The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-11-13

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good in 'en TO AK us when they
don't know us" Pap he WAS .
pullin along with a gripsack III each
hand "a ruffin and BLOWN. MISS
Slack she was tOlin of the baby
and The qailt aud the basket, and /
a leadin little Say AuD, and the /
little dog was trotin along behind.
s.They axed us TO ride" says she,
"less all ride" Pap he stopped and
lowed, "Great JehoSephat! Bets,
honey, Pm 4 gitlcn plum tired,
2hew !-md l dou't know bow you'-
uns feels, but feel plum foolish. l
believe We are on a coal trail. I'm
afraid we hant IA sYine to find them
folks after all. Sposen we borry a
wagein aud go to that thar grand
what-you-may call 'em hotel"
"That man axed us to ride In his
ca'iage-less all ride" says Miss
Slaek.
"Git right in," says the hackman,
"git in and Ill take You to the
Grand Windsor Aud Miss Slack
she piled III bag, basket, baby and
dog-and we'uns got in express
waggin and all hands rid up and lit
out at the Grand Windsor aud C0u-
sin Pink she was plum happy. But
| tell you Miss Slack she wasn't
happy-she was mad-bilin' and
hoppin mad. "Why, he axed us
and begged us TO ride,' says she,
'jlst begged us to git ln-pleg take
him-begged us to ride and never
said NARY word about no money tel
we got cuff ia er kuowed that
was his game ! bound you ia er
walked, I'd er showed him mighty
Quick | could walk if l. er drapt in
my tracks when l got here" "Hush
mammy," says Christopher COlum-
bus Slack, "folks can hear you.'
"What do | keer for folks y says
she. ga body has to live and larn,p
says Cousin Pink.
The Grand Windsor is a mighty
fue house. Miss Slack was skeered
to go up in the top lott, aud skeered
to sleep in a room by herself, Goals,
you'uls will have to pile in longer
me and the chillun,' says she, aud
we went in with her aud little Say
Ann; she s0t into haudlin' every
thing she seed, broke the soap dish
afore she sot down, and turned on
the water, aud none as didn't Know
hhow 10 stop II, aud the old oman
Wa ,keeret and ran out IN the ball
and yelleu i9F sOmebOdy to come
thar ouick. "Some. bOd-dee, some
bed ee run here quick !" and two OF
three women FOLKS jumpt oupn bed
and run oupn ther rOUms a hoilern
"Firel Fire!! Fire HIP loud as they
eonld veil. They WAS shore Oui
roum was on fire, and Miss Slacb
she was skcered plum to death
thought the house was on fire, and
she sot in to holieriu' five, too, loud
as She could bdwl, aud grabbed hei
young'uns to run. Them wOuel
run in our room and turned the wa
ter off, and got Miss Slack sprte
quiet, but her little Grover Cleve
land kicked aud squaeled, aud littl
Say Ann she cried and ielt he
breath tel she was plum black Il
the face, skeered purity nigh tut
fits, aud | thought she never wOuli
hush. But her nav gin her bile
aig, and she smeaTed it all owe
her face and scattered iJ all owe
The floor, and after awhile got sort
er still, and the fus thing we know
eel she was in her deyilment agin
. She sot into workin with u buttol
that was screwed in the wall and
crying for her nav to git it of 70
her to play with. Miss Slack sh'
ierked her away from it two O
three times, but she kep on gwin'
back a foolin' with it agin.
4 niggar man KEEP comm to thu
door TO know il we'uns wanted any
thing, and ever time he'd say, 81
thought you ruBg, didn't youriug ]
Come to find out little Say Ann wa'
at the bottom of il ali, kase ever
time she fetched that thar buttCr
she was a lingiH Of bell. Old Miss
Slack she wouldn't believe nary
word of il, lowed, "whO ever bearu
tell of riugin OF a bell with a but
ton, l never hearu no bell ring and
don't believe nary word Of il.
believe ii to be one of that thar
black uigger's lies,H says she. She
was already mad at the niggerany
how kase be snickered in Der face
when she axed him whar was Miss
Windsor, the oman OF the house,
| Yon see Miss Slack she had bag
aud basket plum full Of vittles
aud wauted to 60 to the kitchen e
I ak Miss Windsor not to put herself
to no trouble on her account, thai
she had plenty Of cold yittlcs, and
[ could make out on it mighty vel
tel next day, aud lowed long as she
furnished her own vittieS she
thought they hadn't orter charge
her nOthin, kase she made up the
bed aud swept the floor, and vasenl
30 trouble TO 'em. They told her
she'd have 10 pay the same whether
she ct or not, 50 when she went g
the table. she raked ever blessed
tniug ofi'n her plate into her bag Of
virtles-'loued 81 she paid for 4
she vas a gwine 60 haze il.
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