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

did then ana there unfold q tale Of
matters and things as grand as the /
rays Of Aiaddins lamp ever coHid /
have shone upon-a soal-thrl!llng |
and ccstatic narrative Of the great 4
good fortune Of all the DibJles now in |
the land of the living; setting forth /
in gHltcring huas the big Pile placed !
to their credit from the land Of the /
dead. Bv the time this duel conclu- |
sive had ended their mutual coagratu-
lations over the prospect OF S4,5o0,- |
600 being divided between themselves /
and i,iliasf3lk, and had already figur- /
ed out their share Of the dollars and
also acbGt they iateadeI TO 10 acith 1t,
the sun had sunk clear 'oIt OF sight
behind the scar old-feld pines that
covered the South Iadkin bluffs.
Then they gj2riousIy separated "till
tomorrow" Piggins striking for home,
I n!i.cs TO the Eastward, to tell imam
my and Bud :" b b sighting and find
ing his next man; :" Tom Di55ic, in
little pole cabin hard BY, where he
lodged AMI expatiatad to Tenn and
family on the gorgeous shower, Piutus
was in the act Of letting fall on 'em,
till ':the seven stars had got away
yonder."
When Piggin arrived, with hurried
gait and palpitating gi2zar,i, at the
old frame domiciie OF his Eladwart
maternal relatives, on the point Of
lanl where tie confluence OF Second
creek and Tadkin river geographic
ally takes place, it was pass bed time.
"Nammv and Bud Clyde We're in
the arms Of lforPhy," the one ii the
hall Cf entrance ro3n, the other III the
garnet loft. So quietly and cieyer!y,
however, dill Piggin enter the door
and steer his doubtful course among
/ the islands and breakers in the shape
OF chairs, stools, tables, pet coons, coffee
pots, spinning wheels, hoanG dogs ani
/ tabby cats that infested the gulf Of
/ Cimlnerian darkness inside; and 50
softly did his pulmonary bellows fan
and arouse into fame the slumbering
cinders in the huge fire eplace, that
even the crickets We're not the least
interrupted in their nocturnal concert
he didu't tramp en- Iabbys tail, OF
stumble over Tower, ana neither his
youthful nor his aged somnolent rc!a-
I dives mere aware OF his presence till he
in due tiIne had seen cause to face
4 about from the cracking faggots to-
ward q snoring form On Il badstead in
the farther end Of the ancient and
diugy apartment, and had somewhat
loudly and vociferously called out:
Nanny, manmy, wakeu here. >
as that Won. PiGriD % yaWppd
Aunt Dorothy Dibb!c, "Where you
been eli this time? Clyde VAS wantin'
you to go possum huntin with him
looked for you to git home fore dark,
as you said you would. What kept
you 50 late? See any body and git to
talkin 2"
"WcIl I jist reckin I hare seed some
body; and I've heerd somethin too
Bob's come down frum IredelI, and |
been talkin with him up yonder in
that cedar thicket ON the old Forest
Gibbons place the whole eyenin', most
till plum dark,
" hat did Dob say? Docs folks
well?"
They WIZ uncommon well-oh
great spoons, better off than they ever
wuz in all their boyrin days. Graciou:
nanny, git up! I've got sonlethir
splendid to tell you. Were all ricI
won't have to work no more"
ooh, Piggin, ycu jist shet up anC
g'long to bed It's nothin but sums
: o Bob's big tales"
"No, by hockey nanny, youse fool
ed bad this time. I'll tell We, 'poI
, honor, f!r Il solemn fack, we're rich
Uncle Mete's sent Bob all the wa,
down here to-day from above Olin 0!
! ! purpose to tell every one OF the XII
! the good ncws-how that gran-dadd,
Di53ie's estate has panne3 uut anl j
| to be divided amongst Us to TIL
amount of-Aow mach do you think
! nanny %
! The laws-a- -massy-the lack a-day
/ You don't say 50 How much IS i
/, Piggin?' criel Aunt Dorothy, nc,
j most thoroughly aroused, ana spring
; ing out Of bed as lightly as she dance
) the polka or the devils hcrnpipa sixt
: years ago!
Nanny, It's close on to five mil
0 ions Of dol5arsi'
o down her clay pipe from the mantI
shelf, knocked out the ashes, flied i
0 lit it, sat down in the chimney corneI
: and pulled turiously in silence for
+. time, lost in specutati0ns and imagins
2 tive rctrospccts OF al she had eve
d knewn OF the history OF all the Dill
e bles, and that Of Patrick Dibb!e {
1t Ireland, in particular. Bath her reveri
WAS OF short duration and she shortl
5. passed It's parenthetical crisis, bawlin
4 from the the depths Of her to5acc
n cloud:
x Clyde! Oh, Clyde! Come dow
1t here, baby! !"
n By the time Clyde had stumbled
d the bottom Of the stairs, and had a.
p peared upon the waking scenery, ST
v and Piggin were in fresh consultation
lie anI Clyde heard her sagely observil
le to his older brother
''Jist 50! | always said sol I q
Il ways held out that lots o money w
,e layin' over thar whar Pat Dibble Gu
ot frum. | used to often tell your f;lt
v er when when he was a livin', Jesse,
r says I, ii | was only a man, I'd
III right over thar and sees about it 2 J
a know, Piggin, yer grandad had to RI
away to save lis neck frum the
e, British hangmen, all of a sudden lik
m yer know, 'thout settlin up his pic
K, mary affairs. But his parents "