New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
THE DIXIE.
JULY BURNS AND THE BUM0NGE.

ranged On respective plates. ORLANDO. however, was
not thus burdened. lie only had with nln' MS evor
present sense Of his Importance anu HIS uihne"
capacity for protective barking; mus equipPcu ~.
naturally felt that no was ready TO 60 ahy"ncio anu
he cantered on ahead with the utmost satlsIacuoh'
7 ought 10 have mentioned that when July Burns
had brought the milk and the moss toccthcr WIN her
Order and had given directions for inc cocoouo'
she had ncslce,od 10 tell us the quantity OF moss re-
qulred f,r Fic given amount of milk our ONO ke"'
fear when wc came to consult our Judgment III 'no
matter was that we should not use enough moss w
sufficiently tbicken the milk and kept putting In
one spray after another the milk was heauhe.
MY friend remarked several times that We eh"ui'
never be forgiven II tho stuff shouldn't " sew III an'
cups so as TO turn out like jelly Mha'c'o' my
pcns.n she said, this bumonge must leiL
had TO 70 up to Mar Bakers ana porro"
stralner and as n gravy strainer was all that she
had II was with tho utmost difficulty that we poReu
the warm mixture with teaspoon throush '"o
sfralner I'm very small quantities at timc III our
anxiety a good many drops went on the moor III
very coagulatcd state. and were instantly ea'hri''
I'D BIZ Orlando who developed strong liking for his
kind OF fool We were directly relieved OF our iear
lest this product should not jc for before 1t was nan
pushed through the strancr 1t was nearly as siiH az
cheese or rather like the white OF hard-Doied egg
and by the time IL was in the cups was so SUI"
It would require knife and some muscular power
to attack H. Nv fellow laborer thought thcrc was
milk: VIC were both Of the opinion that IL wouid 90
a capital diet with which TO build up ms TISSUES vi
the young man lying disabled at Mr. Grants Inc
blanc mango had a good look TO It and 1t tasted WELL
and these two important requisites decided us TO taEe
It to Mr. Grants. had been told
The Grants lived in old house. set so near Tue
road that carriages must occasionally run over us
fat front door sonco 1t had not tree near H.
and from IT'S south end window thcrc must Re an
extensive and inspiring view Of the dixie 10 was 100
low for even its chambers to command shmPSo Vi
the ocean. 1t low in structure ana low toncd ID
every way; beloved Of chimney swallows apparently
for as We approached. several Of those BIRDS were
aying I'm and ont OF the enormous mouth OF tho
chimney The cracked and blackened front door had
a row OF small window panes above II. The door
swung open and In the entry sat MT. "rah'
smoking his back to the passerby, and his legs sup
ported on one Of the stairs which began their ascent
directly opposite the door and not many feet from H.
M Grant turned his head when he heard our foot-
steps cllnched his pipe tightly between HIS teeth and
called out yddy. Lyddy Here's company !"
We Immediately heard a mping sound from one
OF the back rooms and an extremely urMmpt Ioohhe
woman came into the entry, nodded at us and SAID
Daniel Id knows ANYBODY en- git by you,
scttin's you be-
Mr. Grant now took bis pipe from his mouth, htched
his chair a little to side and said
at they can't cit by me. Lyddy you know there
amt woman In the world but what can git round
me.'
lie chucklei and we smiled pushed into the
kitchen where the woman beckoned us, bearing our
plates as circumspcctly we could
As sic showed chairs toward US. Mrs. Grant said
that July had told her that gon' to DO so
Kind as TO make some Lumonge for that unlucky
teller as had broke hlsself about all TO pieces. We
explained that asked to make the blanc
mango. but bad never made any before and didn't
think we had been successful Mrs. Grant
pulled her spcctacles from her forehead down to her
eyes, looked at the contents Of tho cups and said 1t
seemed 10 have jellcd. / replied that we feared 't
had not jelled but petrfed. whereupon she smiled
and guessed we Put in too much moss, but 1t was
good deal better to have too much than too little
This said IN such genial way that we both fcit
in better spirits than had done since we had been
requested TO make this article Of food. The terrier
also encouraged to put HIS forepaws, which were
quite muddy up Mrs. Grants lap and TO receive
few kind pats. which he took moro than his
due She told us that this dog had como to her
house before arrival and she had fed him several
times He seemed " awful thin and awful lonesome,
and tell you I pitled him. I'd have took him In.
only our cat won't have dog round. But he loohs
as If he had found some good friends now
Hero a door opened the other side Of the house.
boards creaked labby partitions wavcred, and then
July Burns appeared in the open doorway. She
greeted silently, then sat heavily down In chair
near the door, and Immediately began to mediate
Mrs Grant moved her hand slightly toward July
and said, Just as II she were not present, That's
way she has. | s'pose she's restln'. / often wish
I could rest IS easy IS that faint no use tryn' TO
rouse her She'll rouse herself when she gets ready
This prophecy was evidently fulfilled about ten
minutes later when July lifted her broad face and
Clancing at the dishes on the table near us. she
hoped we'd had good luck, but then child could
make bumongo there want no diiikilty bout that
No one made any reply to this. and Mrs Burns went
10 thatb mar fs called
her patient and thought he would have liked to hear
her. had dropped into doze and she thought she'd Jest
out m change the scene little. She thought
muses. was expected too much to stick to the sick
and git sick themselves.
While she was speaking she had put her hands TO
the sides OF her chair she had done al our shanty
and had thus risen to her feet She walked over and
looked at the blanc mango putting the square end OF
her fat forefngcr on to IT,
"simps to mo-, she said it's Jest like iniy rubber
l d. know whether my young man can eat 1t or not.
II he does eat IT, wouldn't wonder II 1t distressed
him. Didn't have no luck. did ye!'
II 1t India rubber we wanted, we had the
best Of luck, said my friend. somewhat tartly.
Il didn't know IS anybody could help making
bumongc right said July.
Here Mrs Grant interposed by saying good humor-
edly that It made all the difference in the world
whether a person was used TO a thing not And
then July said she'd to shaniy IN
day or two and she'd show us. for likely s not
therc'd be more needed. AS for this NESS why, If
her young couldn't eat 1t, she could, she loved
them kind Of vlctuals.
Before she had finished these remarks we heard
tossing, and mutered and impatient words from
the room where decided that Juy's young man
lying She heard also. and before she loft us to
go to him she said he Jest fretfu IS he could
be, and she yet worried TIL folks stopped bcin'
frcfu She told further that he had said something
about sendin TO Boston for them trained
m she told him II he wanted TO fling away his
money no might but that she herself wouldn't give in
to trained that ever stepped He amt said
nothln more bout It sense" she said in conclusion
Then tho floor crealed again and the partitions
vbratcd, she Went back to her patient.
Even the good-humorcd Mrs. Grant seemed reused
by the mention Of trained nurses, a subject upon
which her IDEAS wore vague but emphatic. She said