Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-10-07
POOR DEFORMED GOOST.
He Was Wicked, But He Saved
"Litty Mas"

HSNl'. N-NNiilillt'l MY nlOlner.
The table was spread for one of those
enormous dinners in which Southern
households cNultcd before the war: the
guests Were arriving. and NV mother
was in her chamber pinuing some fresh
roses in her bosom. when Aunt Sileny.
the fat cook, waddled in with this an.
palling announcement
What has become OF the SOUP"
'De hes gumbo dat make DIES wear
I'm de pot. He'd tree DAYS work wild it
Dat Goo>t-io s' creep in. lif' de pot to
he's head, n drunk lot oh it an spill
de rcst"'
oh, Goo-t. said my mother.
calmly. Can you give Us any other
soup. Aunt SilenV?'
fDon want ter glib strange gemmen
haSty scrambles. III had dat niggah'
- and Aunt Silcny grumbled her
way back to the Kitchen.
My mother went on pmning her
roses. which were not so soft pink As
her pretty cheeks. and | stood close at
her side admiring her. when the twins
burst in. their Scotch kits and plaid
sasheS covered with mud. followed by
1iida, the nurse.
Mother. Goost rolled me in the
chicken yard cause he said we'd tell
he d been suckin' eggsr'
Please, Miss Emmy. | he'd dem all
ready, began Tilda, ''foh de com
pany-"
My mother put her hands to her
ears.
Leave the room. every one of YOU.
Change their clothes. Tilda Was
ever a woman 30 tormcnted? That boy
Is possessed with What is the mat
ter with you, William" turning to
meet my father. who stood i'm the door
way.
lie was a tail. grave man. of whom
his children stood greatly in awe. But
my mother, little. vivacious, animated.
with all the enthusiasm OF the French
blood that WAS IN her veins. was tbe
idol of the house NV father held mn
his new hat. but YESTERDAY a Gloss
beaver. bat now battered and muddy.
II find that this was worn last NIGHT
by that boy Augustus. and
"GOosl again" My mother threw
herself into her ca>y-chair i'm an atti-
iude Of resignation. ooh. 20 ON Wi.
liam Don't mind me. There seems
10 be nallstUrm of miscrie, settino in.
My umbrella j. upr'
'1sadorc. do be rational This ne
gro must be- punished or sent away
Punished, WHY. Their. j. not a dav
that ne j. not cuflcd and beaten about
the Kitchen ard stables, Coachman
ostler, walters, all take their tum at
him The blows fail upon him as if me-
d. .arH.
W mere; Who world take him a, a
gnu for mere = sake. take that hat
out Of the room and don't mention
"oost nam" "a me AGAIN."
wa. -taEding by the window. and !
remember that I looked ~ my mother
III her soft. shinmoriug silk. pearl,
about her white throat. aud rose, ON
her breast AMI then down into tho
garden. where GOD-t. The deformcJ
negro stable boy. ,guaited lalily in the
sur. and thought what q shame il wa.
That she should ever have 10 seq ar
think Of -ucu a fellow. IS 90 any idea
inT hc WEES human being and bound
d" %, bl ANY Gee. 10 never impressed
me nor. 'm sure, her M father.
i'T 'hamlm y. was pby -fciau I'm =
Iorgc town on Ifc border OF one Of tbr
iaFc h0ldiue 0tates. a. only tine
rirer seim lt as ron thu STATE of
OHIO, anf -preWd slave who wanted 10
3" ire aae 9Ft tD eros fhe .tre,fn, i'm a
baioa' fye-eaf Hence. few remained
'4lt uo-c yHr were c0nteuted viii,
thch ioi Tue LATTER generally were
oil hou-c--o. ans. rmcle.' anil
'maunsrrt = Zoo were looked mon q !
ape 81 ih, 'amily nd so treated.
Among o1r share WAS this how
IVu,f d"formed and ,-rniuOi,.
worihle.s negro. re stole. b., ,Irank
he geld gu ~ nt chmre spoke tho
ifuih 20 } Dipnef Goo.t was ,f
iu" bottom - half The BOD .-chief D Town.
h' would disappear fp d.tts aud Green
nics ma.- oi rags and mud. fo beg
l1f some new cl0thr- and 10 present
him-oil ior hi jon. Ibrrc ,vs.
i'o. q rmdiHHfc mal.cc iu his trick
"uri bowed that inhi- hdl igporar
Soul bitter iatred ,,f ft.
whole EulIIt But nothinQ would iu.
Curr IHr tn Lp to Ohio. or n, boz. FREQ
iic eti1ert rH- Df .ia ouiniop tl,e,
i1r world 'l iho tlampney.. owed
MIN li.l1
Nhie Z w1- Iootmy om of ,ra win.
dow INTO ihc gardrn. Aunt ~iicn, s,a
IlIdH both icYs TINE from fuer labor.
to - out ard barato Goost. 10 whief
Iilra added aHp ricim- Ha,. on fla,
car She In go as wr have besfer
the h"rse-ilofi 10 Foe .nl. Goost die
not Dldgc nor wink whIir -hc struci
ISM, ia. a- -he iWucd AWAY hc shot ,
malignant giarc. ffcr hcr Their
joan and Tod Hc bols vino waited
pefsed him iu thcir nsity dress.suit