Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-12-04

"HullO, nanny, WHATS broke lo't
here now, Ia like to know" inte--
rupted Clyde, starring in half-awake
bewiiderment at both his unusually
wide-awake home folks. rs you@c
cracked, set.in' up here talkin' tins
time o night? What yez want W,
me? Johnson's hounds been kill
IN the sheep agin. Piggin 2"
Piggin rose and clapped his hand
loudly on CIyde's back and 70 red
out: ito
"Yc..'rc a ytes nan, old< fellow |
Squire Littie's rich Hiss Nancy +
daresn't kick you now. She'll be
glad to hev you. You kin marry her
botter and dress EN- out in silks and
dimonds too !"
Here Aunt Dorothy affactionately /
embraced both her boys, and they all
three Joined hands and danced around |
the room.
sJu call me, Mis- Dorothy?" asked
old darkeY Nose, reused by the noise /
from his kitchen couch, and poking
his head in at the back door.
NO, Mosey,' blandIy replied Aunt |
Dorothy, 81 didn't call you; but |
want you to tell Saza TO git two fried
chickens ana peck Of pancakes for
breakfast; and Kill that thar possun
you've he'd fattenin', fur dinner"
'Spcctin sum er the quality, miss
Us z"
Not exactly, 1Tosey; but we're .
lool,in' fur Bob Dibbie and some rich
gentlemen and ladies. 0, Nosey
Fust thiag YOU do in the mornin', you
81 down q the store ana git 50 cents
wush in sas.if, 4 dollars wuth Of good
coffee, two dollars worth Of sugar, anJ
ten yards OF that thar specilles. kali
Izer like what Hiss Nancy Little wars,
and q set Of knives and forks and tea
spoons.
"All right, nissus; here's dat ar jug
to' hard cider" grinned old Moss;
speck Of yuze stays up yuze'li want a
drink. Dis niger gwl2e to git anud-
der nap"
But th.ccIe was f'nary nudder nap"
/ for the whites there thai night. Glee
! fully they discussed the ali-absorbing
topic, counting, dividing aud fancitui-
/ ~ dispensing their expected wealth,
in rs realistic frame rs if they had
it safely in hand. Indeed Uncle Dem
etrius, the Doctor, was such scholar"
and such a business authority IL the
estimation Of his rural relatives, that
the mere transmission of the ;ntorma-
ton by special messenger from him
settled al doubts and made fEassIr-
ance doubly sure.'2 Happy Aunt
Dorothy and sons !-G They were still
talking away at great rate, when
the farmhouse chandeliers for miles
around began to crow for It new day,
as if rejoicing in the new era of pros
peritv now apparently dawning upon
the Dibble family far and near.
BY sun-up the yard was full Of
Dibble heirs, congregated from all ad-
joining parts Sue had on ''the big
pot and the little one'' for dinner
festival; hard cider and whiskey were
flowing; and Bob, master of the situ-
alton, was also marshalling and in
structing his men and women. 'And
now," said Bob, addressing the assem-
bly,, there's just 81 Of as. (including
Uncle Doctor,) and eight more in the
Western States to be'notified by mail,
make -. Consequently we will have
about one hundred thousand dollars
apiece !"
"What will you do with yourn,
Cousin Robert?" said one of the nine
elderly maiden ladies in spectacle IS
called for short hiss Samantha Ann
Sophronisba Betsey Cameline Dibble
''Do with it? Let me see. WhooP
! I'll tell ye. I'll buy me steamship
wish part of it, put the balance OF
board, and 50 voyaging rouad thc
word
"}YouIdn't you be afeared Of pirctss
, Cousin Robert" 2" says Betsey Came
) iaa, who has = constitutional dread Q
being robbed or murdered.
Nary bit-man of war-cannon.
and marines on her enough to clear
out and capture all the Captain Kidd
that came in my way. How abou
: your siars, Cousin Beta CIR Soad o
| specie, mine |, according to Uncle,
; calculations
IN list build an Orphan CoIleg
I at Franklin Church, and a splcndi;
marble chapel an1 parsonage for on
( preacher. Oh, then I'd give lots t
: the poor round here. Got any baccy
). Cousin Robert2 Please fill nay pip
;, agin" And she and four ether ladia
a pu4aI and pulled, and three othe:
; rubbed and scrubbed in their snuff
: and then all sighed, 1eiigiojisiy sati
}. iiel not to run the risk Of bein
+ knocked ii the head f9r their shares
E "What you goin to do with YOUR
y ef We git it, Aua5 Dorothy ?" querie
3 Tom DIbble, q lazy f.lrmer and intiu
. trious fox-hu1ter.
"0h law chile, I'm goin' to hav II
i some new feather beds and thing
How you 'spect to manage YOUR
% chile?
} "Damfno. Coin to hev hossss an
e hounds, you bet. Whoop-pee" an
4; he jumped high in air, cracked h
3 heels together anl cut the pigea
wing on the floor.
/ How about gittiss it. Dob? says o
IS grandsire Solomon Dl5ble, cmphasi
n ing "g;tt;e" by a heavy blow Of h
h cane on the table.
!, Never mind, grandpap, don't
% the least oneasy. Well git it,
e "Will you and Doc go arter it,
IL will the heirs agree to send me al
m Lawyer Bivins ?''
e, "No needcessity for that interrul
K ed Dick Dibble, the sciloolmaste
as well git a lawyer in ireland, by W.