The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-20

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ing and Catches something Which His
"~Maiumy" Was Going to Buy.
"Mammy,' urged Abraham Lincoln
Culpcpper. glib me a dime to buy
some Gshin'-tacklc. | know dere's fish
in dat ere pom. an want to kctch
some
II amt GOT no dime to spar yo',
Aby.' replied nanny, who was busy
cutting up pumpkin into a huge iron
pot on the cook-Stovc. Use been
a-tryin' to sabc up money to buy mt a
tr.-kittio an Il fryer. Take TO bits
fur en- bof, an Is cot no dimes to
spar"
But want to kctch some fish,
whineI Abraham, persistently.
Amt no fish in dat ere pom, no
how declared nanny.
But the boy was not to be silcnced.
''Drre's MINERS he insisted. AN
ii deere MINERS, why mount dcy be
catfish an pike?'
At last mammy's patience gave way.
"Et YOU don't quit a-pcsterin' me
an hush your mouf, | gwine cuff yo'
wears good, Ab'aham Linkum Culpep-
per- she declared, angrily.
And Abraham took himself out of
The way, muttering as he went.
Iii, whar you gwinc. Abe?" called
lis sister Maria, coming up from the
>prlng with a l~ong-haniled gourd in
her hand.
Maria's woollv head presented a
strange and startling appearance, plat
ed as It was into innumcrable little tails,
which stuck out in all directions, 'liko
quill, upon the fret(ul ~porcupine.'
"Whar's You gwine, Abc?' she re-
pcatcd, tossing the gourd on to a bed
Of onions, and rushing after her broth
cr, who was just opening the broken
hinged gate leading out into the lane.
"Oh, dunno whar,' answered Abe,
,ulkily. NANNY wouldn't Glib me a
dime to buy dat ere tishin'-tackle, an
jes' a good mind to run away
''sho, Abe, don't run away. Les |
an you gwi down to de big road an
amt for 4 dime advised Maria. hope
fully. ME be we kin lin one in de
iu't."
But Abe shook his head doubtfully.
Nanny mout of gimme a dime
he unused. I'D Of cotched her some
fish fur dinner if she would
Nanny Cu~lpeppcr lived with her
two children in a half-tumbledown little
cabin on the outskirts Of a Western
village. A grove of black walnut trees
stretched their great arms above the
humble roof, and 4 'sink-hole' pond,
common to that section of the country,
showed its stagnant waters a few yards
from the house. Nanny had but re-
Gently moved into the little cabin,
which she obtained for a merely nom
inal rent, and supported herself and
her offspring by taking in washing and
ironing from the village.
Il wusht | could of Glib him a dime"
she reflected, as she stirred the pump
kin with a long-handled spoon; "do'
amt got it to spar. Takes a power
full sight of money to buy ~vittles, an
dem chillcn amt got no shoes fur de
winter. Hitll soon be cole weather,
too, now de frost has come. An der
amt no fish in dat air pom, nohow,"
she added, c~onsolingly.
About an hour later, Abraham came
rushing back, fairly painting for breath,
his round, fat face, beaming with i'm
portancc.
NANNY, mammy!' he shouted,
eagerly. me and Maricr has foun' a
pnnkin in de road-a whoppin', big,
WALLER punkin, what roll of'n n wagon,
an de man ncber stop to pick it up!
Marier's n standin' over it a-kivcrin' it
with her dress, 50 dey won't nobody
see it till we kin fotch dc whcel-bor' an
git it. It's too big to tote"
Nanny caught the infection, and
fastened down the road with the wheel
barrow-a relic from her late husband,
who worked in a brick-yard There
stood Maria, screening the pumpkin
with her skirts. 1t was a "whopper,"
sure enough. and took the combined