Milford chronicle., 1889-02-15

/ Done3 er kayln KIN do er smarter show In er
dav dan dat Jake Hes kinder trihin', he u
But IIstend ter him. amt had no old man
TO train In some time. III train him. Yo'n
see be toe dc mark. I kin do all do washin'
an cookin'. Jes' likes not you let me hab er
/ few mo- things in do cabin; on'y er few mo,
meek US mighty comf'ble.p
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 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, "rn
SEQ 20 amt sorry for dem words An now,
what time shell we sot fur de weddin'l Dis
ebnin bout 81 Dat'n give Jake time ter gwf'
ter Asheville, git er few tings and bring out
der minister. He sh1l meek er soon start
Shell we say s, Miss Ayerfn
That lady laughed and assented Sally's
face was very pleasant to see as she said:
"I'll be grateful ter yo' dc longcs day | lib,
mighty grateful Jake shl be sont OF n no
tme.n
1t was true Jake was seen going down
the mountain toward the State road for
Asheville in less than five minutes He was
walking. Il is not much for these people 20
walk SIX miles, or ten or twenty Sally had
just walked out from the town
Having set things ser gwine,n 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 tho 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 "sure enough
cook" and the dinner, of chicken and pone,
and tomato okra soup and baked sweet pota-
toes, was served in such a way as to prove
her words true Nothing seems to fatigue
her. She worked like a lion, only believe
lions do not work. She strobe around, and
made things kinder whiz," the twins said.
just before sundown 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 "she'd
ben married in de las time She had KEEP it
SOS she reckoned it would do ter be married
in ergin; ef she could only hey er flower pot
ter hold in her hand She believed it was er
good sign fur de bride ter hev er flower pot |
She hadn't had none when she married Bill
1t turned out that by flower pot she meant |
a 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 1
her. l have never yet seen any member of |
the colored race who was backward about 1
begging for what was wanted. The twins /
were sent out to CLEAN evergreeus from the |
mountain side; Ristus and the baby came. /
and kistus helped festoon this greenery until /
1t seemed that we were anticipating Christ
mas We were 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 fgllre
full IN the glare from the hearth.
Master KingP she exclaimed. - never
was 50 outdonel"
She said Master King" at intervals in the
next few minutes and often smiled to herself
As the dusk deepened and the mountains en-
circling us grew blacker she became anxious
about Jake She said be wor sich er onusu1
trtfin' niger he might hev got de minister
an den los him, some way She wished she
had gone herself, only Jake never'd cleaned
urp de cabin.
She retired to her prospective dwelling
soon after o'clock, and when she reappeared
she was in the pink cambria. If anything
could have made her look like a common vel
ow woman this would have done So But
her noble physique dominated even over the
-awdry flnery. As Amabel remarked, Jake's
could not be other than q kind Of
Semiramis or Boadicea, or ''that sort of a
person, you now.n
As the clock licked on and no Jake ap-
oearcd, we became quite nervous with anxiety
Is we waited with the bride in the green be
licked room. Sally still insisted that Jake
lad probably once secured the minister, but
lad afterward ''lost him" She seemed to
hink that a minister might be lost something |
Ike a thimble or Jack knife.
When it lacked but a quarter to even Mr.
Aver could not pretend to read his'paper any
more. Ten minutes later and Sally was
quite rigid in her gay gown, sitting in the
'ack OF the room. When the twins were not
unning into the house to announce that they l
lad been listening and couldn't hear nav I
hin, they were dashing out to listen. Once {
went to the stOop There was not a sound, /
ave the mysterious mountain sounds There /
vas a faint glow behind Busbee, showing t
where the moon was. c
Ristus was standing on the stoop. He had 1
'een invited to remain and witness the cere- L
nony. Ole Pinks baby was asleep on our G
ed. He expressed great sympathy for Sal y
y. He said it must be jist awful ter be mar t
1t, but It must be awfuller ter think yer I
wine ter be marrit, and then not be marrit t
ritter all He offered to 60 out looking for t
AXE. S
Sally had come to the door and overheard Y
his last remark. She said we might leave
AXE to her There was that in her voice
nd manner that made us all well content
hat Jake should be left to her.
After this time seemed to fly It became 8 4
clock very soon. Mr.. Aver kept piling the
rood on the fire, and the flames made the
reen festoons look very lovely; but what
7as their loveliness but q mockery9 We were I
art of bridal party, with missing groom.
We almost felt as if we were portions Of an Il
Illustrated sensational story. Involuntarily 81
began to make headings for chapters-l Il
omposed some extremely good headings b
The clock struck 10. l asked Mr.. Aver in q
whisper what he thought was the matter. h
le said he thought the matter was that Jake =
ad got drunk in Asheville and would not be =
BILE to get out Of that city before the next "
ay. He further said that sometimes Jake
'ok glass, and if he took one he always a
ook great many more. a
At II O'Clock Sally rose and went out with oi
Ut speaking. Ristus took the baby and de- Oh
arted in the moonlight for the hovel where n
g lived
In a few minutes Sally returned in her old .
resa She had a large, thick comforter in o'
er arms She asked permission to wrap it u
out her an layn on our 6oor.
So we all retired The dogs were evidently II
realty confused that, after all this prepare lii
on, nothing had happened--New York Tri- in
me.
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