The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-29
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OnIee, Nos. 20 n"d ~ Toa1ieen,h Street
EQUALIzED.
NY FLORENCE Il, IlALLowsLL,

pullets, eggs, okra, and small garden truck
was near by, aud Miss Sophie turned 0
once into path which led 10 II, sure {
having her need supplied. ff.jf
Aunt Sylvie lived alone, for her husban,
was dead, and her children had left her ID
homes oil their own; but she never SCENE,
at all lonely, and was always chanting L
herself anatches OF soul.stirring hymn
learned In tho New Ball church, OF whicl
she was IN active member. But she wa
not singing to-day, and her faco wore YER
doleiul expression az she Sat in tho dooi
way Of her cabin, her fat hands crossed i'd
In her lap. l,,'@ $3.50 = III, -
"What's the matter, Aunt Sylvie7" aske,
SOPHIE. you look as grave IS a Turk"
II don't know nutlia bout Turks" sait
Aunt Sylvie, with Sigh, but Use got rea
son 70 look grave, child; I'se thinkin' bou
my horga.." :
"fhose precious ho2t!" laughed Sophie
:They1l bring your grey hairs In sorrow |,
the grave, yet, II you don't train them bo.
tor. What Ia thetrouble nos?"
"Dey's done gone. chile, OATS de trub.
"Gont!" repeated Sophie; "where?" 7
Oats zackly what I'd like ter know my
own eoll Niles, an it's what Use gwine teI
fine out 10 1se much older" ~ =
Tho broke ont OF the pen, suppose,
said Sophie. II told you iast week that h
needed stronger door," ~ ~
Il laid out ter fix it, honey, but Satan
tented me oil, s'poae. His ways ID ewiu
aggravatin' sometimes He lays in wall
AL DO time Tor such unwary nip gahs E, me
An did tell dat Monkey Lewis to tx dc
d.; but boys is 30 trillin' nowadays. Dare
amt no 'pendence ter be placed in 'em,
pears like. But II the Lawd spares me-
an l lib, an gifts dc Time to.morrer, I'se
gwine ter fix da. pen myself, an be behol.
den to nobody"
&"But what ia the use OF tixingit, now the
hogs are gomez" asked Sophie.
faint no use, reckon, Well. I ain't
gwino ter, then, less'n I yi.s dem hoyps
back; an means ter hab 'em, too, or DER
wort: You jes' bar dat in min chile"
"You surely don't think any one has
stolen them, Aunt Syl,:e?"
Aunt Sylvie compressed her lips and
looked very wise.
Yer amt egwine ter git me ter saw
nuflin' agin my neighbah," she said, i'm
presstveiy. Il DON 'cuse nobody. All
say is dat dose horps wss h'yar night 10
last, when went ter mee,in', an dey VIA
gone when got back. I dom trus' no.
body, an ! don't Gus, nobody. De fac
jes' SLAMS" ~
"Bnt your private opinion is tina. Tony
Jackson took them ?" 0,.I5'. Z :.
Aunt Sylvie moved uneasjly.
well, will low dat membered dat
Tony weren't ter church, an it did seem
curious, mighty cur 'oup. / nebah did hab
no use fer Tony, nohow." -
tsr?' Io', A =,
swell, sorter mentioned do subiec' ter
him dis mornin', but he lowed 81 he
hadn't seed no horgs 'cept his own, He's
81 ign'ant Teller, an his manners dom do
him no credit. I'epise such nipgahs. He
won feel 30 peart when he's called up in
de 'quiry meetin' ter.night.n 60. :.
You don't mean TO say that YOU are 90.
Ing 10 Law the To- Of those ho,s before the
church," cried Sophie.
IAebah filings sideways, Miss Sophia. 7
goes straight at de- heart OF a tiuv. An I
means to know whar dose To- horgs is no
matter who suffers. iur it. Yes, do matters
ter DO CURED inter ter.night, if veal lib,
an de Lawd spares us."
swell, l hope you'll get some eatitfac.
ton out ol the inquiry" eaid Sophie: sand
now give me dczsn eggs, II you have
them, and let me 90. shall be late 10
supper il don't start home ut once.n
desc is mighty fine eggs" said Aunt
Sylvle, as Bhe filled q small basket. II
blu Drag Oh my hens widout shown van.
ity." "''
Sophie laughed to herself Fl she went
home with the basket Of eggs on her arm.
Aun, Sylvie's four hogs had been Hourcs
OF trouble to the neighborhood ever since
che had bought them as sho,es, and their
occasional disappearance had invariably
resulted in GOODNESS between her aud her
nearest neighhor, Tony Jackson, who had
been rash enough to admire tho old wo.
mans live stock in no eiinted terms.
"He'a covetous, dat niggah it," Aunt
Sylsie would sev, with q Solemn ehake Of
her turbpaed head; II dom put no trus'
in him. nohow. horgs is his weakness
an dey'll be his ruin, yit"
That evening, alter the regular relipiopa
exercises at the New Bell Baptist chufcl,-
thus named from the fact Of new bell
having been put upon it some ten years
beiore-were concluded, the meeting was
called to order, and Brother Parker, a very
old man, with woody hair, snowy white,
and leather.colored skin crinkled in mum.
berless wrinkles, rose and announced that
"a lew minutes would now ba utilized in
'quirin' inter de question OF Sister Mack's
horgs." =s ~. an - = - :
"Da business oh dis soci'ty is ter main.
tain do truf whercbber ioun'," he ta:d
IAN it's 'ques.ed dat Brudder Jackson will
stan up" ,. "''
Bother jackson stood up at once. and
every eye was r;veted upon him. $50
"Brudder Jackson, it's my painful pleas.
ure TO 'qulre Oh you whar you WAS las
II had de neura'jy," aaid Brother Jack.
son, who was very little and very old, IAN
| stlld away on count Of it. 1 cotched
cold dis day two weeks a.wadin' in de
creek alter mlnuers. l had on nv bpa'
pants, al took 'em off count O. spilin,
'en, an my legs bein' 's'posed-"7 -
."De explanation is plessin' an satisiac.
try to all, interrupted Brother Parker. as
several Of the younger members Of The
congregation giggled and covered ,hsir
faces with their hands; the perticltrs
oh, do Transaction is unnecessary. We will
now perceed to de mex question 10 de
board: DID you sec Sister Macks hores
last night?' + .S,57l I'll 80
. Yer, | did" answered jackson, looking
confused. II went ober ter see Sister
Mack, ter get satlin' fer my reura|jy; an /
looked in de hors pen as l went by,
AN, you let 'em outer do pen, knows
you:did," interrupted Aunt Sylvie, rising to
her feet. a"1t amt no us'n my tryin' Ter
keep horgs, nohow.Z Dat cabin OF yourp'v
got de plaugue. Do las man what ibid in
| had u pow'iul lcanin' to'rdp horpg too
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