The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-12
DOCTOR BOB.
How He Freed Aunt Tempe from
the "Kunjer."

the "Kunjer."
Unc' Primus' wife. Priscilla, who kept
the dairy on Tom niue Plantation, died
about midsummer, in the twelfth year after
Mawse Tom and Mis- Mamie were married,
and settled on q place of their own She
eft, among other valuables. . lowered
pitcher tina was the cause Of quarrel be-
tween Unc' Primus ard his sistcr-in law,
Aunt Tempe.
Aunt Priscy had left no children. but
Unc' Primus had "a niece % whom he wished
60 present the lowered pitcher, while Nom
RhOdy declared that Aunt Priscy had ciHsd
that particular pitcher TO her nearest OF kin,
Aunt Tempe.
lacked by Nom Rhody, Aunt Tempe got
possession Of the pitcher. but in the strug-
gle the spout was broken of. and this small
fragment Cnc' Primus pocketed, vowins
vengeance.
Hits q greet pity" said Nom RhOdy. un-
easily, ''det Primus is sisters sons wife's
aephew ter ole Unc' December over ter
Mswse Goes and she speedily procured a
rabbits left hind foot for Aunt Tempe 20
wear In her bosom.
Thus panoplied, Aunt Tempe defied Unc'
IGtuIOSe "NOe ~ tNSS ttiu NhbOS "a
took . second wife, professed himself al
peace with all the world. and made over to
Aunt Tempe whatever possessions Of her
deceased sister ne had not already bestowed
0pOn his niece.
t'Dat 'ceitful Primus ~ said Nom Rhody;
and when, on q day in September, Aunt
Tempe was taken i'll, Nom RhOdy declared,
mysteriOusly, that it was just what she had
expected.
But tt was not what any one else would
have expected. for Aunt Tempe was u
robust, cheerful woman, brisk and tidy. and
frOlicsOme rs . kitten with Mis- Nannie's
children. h Aunt Tempe should be i'll
was incomprehensible, and 50 strangely Ill!
She had no fever, she complained OF no
misery" anywhere; she simply stopped In
the midst Of cutting out the plantation
clothing. and announced with aoiemnity
thai st0methin' ur mother wuz wrong"
As Nom Rhody stated il:
'-Ofa Friday by noon,
'Cordin' ter change Oh de moon,
Sis Tempe her wuk wuz done"
Nom Rhody had q gift ut orscular jingles
that procured her great esteem on the plan
tsti0n. Il was not hidden from the negroes
thai this old nurse. who had raised" Mawse
Tom was deep In the lore Of the evil one and
all his works-not to do them. but to give
warning thereof; for Nom Rhody VA y sis
tor In the church that stood in tho sandy
bottom beside the creek, . shouting and
fasting member. q leader in .'prah-mectin'a,"
- one called to wage u perpetual warfare,
% she said. against Satan and his imps. and
Nom Rhody held that Friday was the DEVILS
wi day.
"Hukkom I know datr' said she. DO il
~S~ns . ,0opev lN,ars sh,. A.. A.1.
10 skaase o. Fridays. 'lone o. totin' sticks
ter mon de fiahs below. When you sec mis-
chance happen O. di: day, de5bil got u ham
In dat job 10y means O. his ministers. sho'ly
mon perticklar enen moon changes"
When il was suggested that the doctor
should be sent for. Nom Rhody shook her
head and said: No white mans doctor top
side O. dc yeth cou.dn' do SIS Tempe no
good"
"Mom Rhody did not hesitate 10 express
this opinion Ia Mawsc Tom himself. seeing
that she had raised him. But Mawse Tom
would not listen 10 such nonsense, he said,
and As Aunt Tempe had now been living Ill
some days without improvement, Christie
pher Columbus was dispatched for the fam.
lily physician. who felt Aun Tsmpe's pulse
and looked at her tongue. and asked il she
had any pain.
Auu: Tempe said: mo; only q general
Gin-out" The doctor thought AZ first that
she was playing 'possum.' but day by day
she grew worse, until 1t last it was indispu-
table that shc vas very i'll She could not
move. except to turn her poor head upon her
pillow. n roll hereyes beseechinely. The
power o: speech was gone.
Il done told Mawse Tom he gwsn ding
away his money on white mans doctor ~
grumbled Nom Rhody. '.Eu now I tell yss,
Mis- Mamie. honey. Sis Tempe 10 done gin
mp ter die. douten Doctor Bob il sent fur
Doctor Bob should nave borne some out
landish. tougue-twisting name. for he was Q
native African, but time out Of mind be
had been known ~ Doctor bob, q healer Of
the "kunjered." and the negroes far and
near regarded him with . scntiment border
ing on veneratiou. He was . slave on old
Major Wheaten's place over in the next
county, but his master never hesitated to
allow him 70 lay down the hoe whenever
there came = summons from . victim Of the
~"skunier."
Indeed. DR.. Bob's fees were . liberal or.
ct to the loss OF his labor in the cotton
row. for, between the major and doctor. the
charges amounted to fifty dollars more or
less. and whoever employed Doctor Bob
Uoo tue trOUOsS OF O0uiluX nun ana Ms
pnraphernalia back n forth. There wss
not very much Of Doctor Bob il is true. bu.
there was . great deal Of the ~parapherualia
Nswse Tom grunoled much a; paying such
aprice for ~humbussery and superstition.
especially as both he and Doctor Henly had
decided that Aunt Tempe case w2s hope
IOss: but old Mis- and Mis- Mamie said that
they could not see Aunt Tempe die with
any wish unxra,.ned. and little Nan. and
Roy and Susy. and even baby Tom, began
now % caamor for Doctor Bob: therefore
though Nswse Tom had often declared thai
noceor Bob should never ses foot o. II
eaaneasiou. - w1s sent for.
Had Doctor Bob refused . cnA IL -
Toa-iA-Loek wesld have Sels iAa0