San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-07
ghe Daily Eight.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 7. 1889.

Ter me mighty straight, an amt gwlne te
spute SIGH news as dat Twouldn't be SAT-
fur Bill ter turn urp live ergin now.
reckon Bill know dat; he'll stay daid, Bill
will. He warn bright, but he bright 'nougt
ter stay daid."
We were absorbed In looking at thi!
woman, who sat erect and majestic in bel
chair as if she were on a throne.
~ call myself er wilder" she said, IAN
should meek er pint OBJ havin' er minister
marry us P'raps yo' got dat kindness In 20
heart dat You let us hab de wedding hyar In
dis house. Yo' see done give urp my room
In Asheville dis mawnin' an had my things
moved to er cousins ! war some back in my
rent, an some folks amt no consideration fun
er lady as is back in her rent. Oar am Jake
now"
She was looking through the doorway as
she spoke She rose. Jakes long, drawn
out countenance changed to a look of wonder
and then delight
"GawdermightyI he cried out, "is dat yo,
Sally Hab yo' come ter meek urp wip me-
Sallyr
Sally was quite dignified She allowed him
to shake hands with her. He FASTENED to say
he hoped she'd 'scuse him fur 'bigin her ter
trow him ou' de do dad las time he visited
her in Asheville."
They walked toward the log cabin together
Sally retraced her steps to mention that she
hoped there would be no objection to having
the wedding there, and that she should insist
upon having a real minister. 1t was not
much more than half an hour before Sally
returned to us and Jake went to the wood
pile and pretended to cut wood, but his ak
flew very much at random and his eyes were
on the house. He could see Sally through
the window. This yellow woman had none
of the negro slowneSs about her She was
shrewd, too. in taking her position for
granted
Now, Miss Aver" she said, standing with
one hand on her hip and the other hanging
down, her whole aspect one Of strength and
readiness, Il kin rerleve yo' Of all de hard
work I'm stronger'n mos any man. kin
do ou' do work or housework. | meek no
bones er sayin' kin do er smarter show in er
day dan dat jake he's Findor triAin', he is
But Tl..tend ter him. amt had no old man
to train in some time. I'll train him You
see he toe de mark. kin do all de washin'
an cookin'. Jes' likes not yon let me hab er
few mo- things in de cabin; only er few mo-,
meek US mighty comf'ble."
think Mrs. Aver must have felt as did
that to have Sally to the fore in regard to
work would be to have host. | never saw
any man or woman who gave such a sense Of
effectiveness. The very curve Of that un-
negro like nose was a sort Of guarantee.
Mrs. Aver said she would take Sally
"Yes'm," responded Sally promptly, I'm
see yo' amt sorry for dem words An now,
what time shell we sot fur de weddin'l Dis
eb'nin bout 81 Datu give Jake time ter gwi'
ter Ashevile, git er few tings and bring out
der minister. He shl meek er soon start
Shell we say s, Miss AyerT'
That lady laughed and asSented Sally's
face was very pleasant to see as she said:
''Iu be grateful ter yo' de longes' day lib
mighty grateful Jake shll be sont of N no
time"
1t was true. Jake was seen going down
the mountain toward the State road for
Asheville In less than five minutes He was
walking 1t is not much for these people to
walk six miles, or ten or twenty Sally had
Just walked out from the town.
Having set things 'er gwine," as she said,
she took off her white apron and her sun
bonnet The removal Of the latter showed
her thick, waving hair, with its threads Of
gray. She twisted handkerchief round her
head, pinned up her skirts and began setting
to rights the log cabin where she was to live
She told Mrs. Aver she would prepare the
dinner in her own cabin and bring it down to
US She averred she was a sure enough
cook" and the dinner, of chicken and pona,
and tomato okra soup and baked sweet potar
toes, was served in such way Gs to prove
her words true. Nothing seems to fatigue
her She worked like lion, only relieve
lions do not work She strobe around and
made things kinder whiz," the twins said.
Just before shutdown she came TO Mrs
Aver and said she believed all was ready She
had brought a bundle with her from Ashe-
vile. She had pink cambria, the one shed
ben married in de las time. She had KEEP it
SOS she reckoned 1t would do ter be married
in ergin; eff she could on'y hev er flower pot
ter hold in her hand She believed it was or
good sign fur de bride ter hev er flower Dot.
She hadn't had none when she married Billn
1t turned out that by flower pot she meant
bouquet.
Having said this, she walked out with her
grand step and left us to pluck the few
chrysanthemums there were left bloom
ing In the little wooden box at one
of the windows. The sight Of these
had probably suggested her bouquet to
her. l have never yet seen any member of
the colored race who was backward about
begging for what was wanted The twins
were sent ont to CLEAN evergreens from the
mountain side; Ristus and the baby came,
and klstus helped festoon this greenery until
it seemed shat we were anticipating Christ
mas We we're quite bowery. When Sally
came in at dusk her yellow face glowed with
JOY as she looked about. She flung up her
hands and gazed again, her magnificent figure
full in the glare from the hearth
Master Kingw she exclaimed. II never