Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-15
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Colonel Harding was one of the wealthiest
planters on the Mississippi river. Although
he had been educated at the North, and was
something Of man Of the world, he possessed
to the full all the distinctive characteristics OF
the Southern gentleman. He was very fond
Of entertaining and his dinners were known
the country round. The basis Of much of
Colonel Harding's pomp was his eafin< to
the perfection OF which his negro cook, Caesar,
toiled night and day with that unceasing in.
dusty that the negro only evinces when en-
gagged in the destinations OF the culinary art
But, alas that | should have to record it,
Cesar, like all grea, men, had his weakness,
and that weakness was no less than the lazy,
impudent, shiftless, good-for-nothing Dinah.
One Sunday, just as the dinner was going
upstairs, Dinah sauntered into the kitchen
with siding, shutting gait, and with the
easy confidence OF one who knew her rights.
look hyar, you Dinah," said Caesar.
trembling with the ioreboding of i'll, ''doan'
you come foolin' roun' hyar. go, no time to
bodder wild you. So you jess 60 long"
80 amt foolin' roun' nobody" said Dinah,
sullenly, as, like one OF Paul Jones's frigates,
she sided up to the kitchen table.
Now ON tina, table, all succulent in ixings
and gravy, lay Fat roast goose, Drowned to a
turn, and just ready to ascend to the colonel's
table. In the twinkling Of an eye, and before
Caesar could prevent the mischief, Dinah
whipped of one of the legs and bolted for the
door.
"HyaI hyaI Niger gal, bring back da,
leg, rushing after her with the iumspit in his
hand. Bring back dat leg dis minute"
But Dinah was now far away dancing in the
twilight, and munching away dcs,ructively AT
her stolen property. Poor Cesar, in the
meantime, was in despair. He hustled around
the kitchen, racking his brains for some
remedy to repair the havoc Dinah had made.
Suddenly thought struck him. With the
goose in his hands, he rushed frantically to the
range, boldly threw open the Crate door. and
desterously exposed the despoiled side Of the
goose 10 the glowing Goals within. This done,
he carefully deposited the goose. with the re.
manning Lex upward, on the plate again, and
with trembling heart awaited the issue The
situation was indeed critical. Soup had beer
served, and fish they were now passing ths
toast. It was time for that goose to appear
With The natural instinct Of seIf.preseration
however. Caesar deferred the awful moment a,
long as possible. In fact, he went so Ear il
his mental processes as 10 delude himself viii
the hope that !, might no, be necessary to SEM
| up the goose at all. lie was rudcly awakened
from this dream. however, by the coloneli
body servant coming down stairs and cyin,
out;
"The kunnel wants to Know why YOU dean
send up dal goose y
Resistance was useless. Caesar abandones
himself to his fate. In contrast TO this scene
all was merrimeni and laughter above stairs
The colonel was in high spirits he had beeI
telling one Of his fsvoriie anecdotes, and il has
been unusually well received, and As the goss.
was placed before him his eye CLEANED xitl
further satisfaction. In nothing did he TAX
so much pride As his geese.
"Miss Jones'" asked the colonel. blandly
"wha, shall help you TOD VIII you take
wing OF piece oi the breast :"
"I'Il take a leg. Il you please" replied Mis-
Jones'
"css,ainIy. 49, Jones and VIA, can
help you to. Miss Smith p
Aites nomeni's hesitation, Miss Smith re