Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-06-07

; weed grown yard; but the windows Of
. This house were hung with curtains.
ssDrat 'emr' he grumbled. "Ev'y yuth-
y ~ house has riled me wild de sight o
\ yittles, en- dis one hides me FUN seein
( Atser Mawse Nick. 'Spect hits dat Mar
cus White crowd. playin' cyards, en- bet
TN high. Doan b'lieve he's gone ter
Texts. En- Mawse Nick--he means right,
|. hat d. temptation is too strong. Igwan
n pintyT tell mawster ter tex de boy outep
4 disl3yer place."
4 Hot finding another stump convenient,
4 Gilbert crouched down at the foot OF
China tree, and resting his back against
The trunk, waited and watched, how long
he did not know. But at last his vigil
s was rewarded: the door opened, and
x Nicholas stood forth In the moonlight.
He was talking to some one within, but
4 only his voice, not his words, could be
\ hecrd.
\ Old Gilbert's devotion to the family"
snade eavesdropping duty. Creeping
B - his knees in the shadow Of the fence,
i - near the gate a. he dared, he crouched
\ ln one Of the angles formed by the rails,
4 ond bent his best ear, aided by his curved
4 hand, to catch what Nicholas-was saying.
And this was what he heard:
ssIt il too glorious night to lose; let
- have one little stroll in the moon
lieht."
sEIit's gall" old Gilbert was almost
H fetgAyedi into calculating aloud. EN-
~ orter be sayin' dat same ter Miss
Y l3orai''
e vas agirl. She came out into the
Hoonlight that flooded the porch, tall,
onder, dark haired girl, with sanity
1ce and voice like flute. She said
nething the old negro could not hear,
~ he heard his young masters reply:
40k course the colonel will make row
drst. You see, Dosia, hide nothing
- you. But when they know all
2txe been TO mellow you have re-
~ me from my wild life, oh, dear
lat more he said old Gilbert did not
III he had heard enough. He drop
"a dSS on his face In great fright.
y yhsn he rose- up Nicholas and tho girl
4 ~ passed down the street, arm In arm.
4 ~ old spy could see them rs they went.
scafet Kings" he gasped. sis come
~ dis hyer way ter see mawster's son--
nawster's onliest son gallivantin wild one
3 y dem Furnivalsi Sholy, sholy, Mawse
4 nick an Gwan git tangled up wild dis po'
4 white trash. Ipray! Lawd! what GAVIN
+. &o1 ain gwan say nothifr ter Mawse
s Moi, ~ 10 mex him rampin' mad; I'd
y oieht yuther mawster'd git mad with
H< - DEN rile Mawse Nick. Hits mawster
< ~ blame, keepin de boy in dishyer lone
n eome place. Wish WIZ home now
Dere's all my money--en' dat olo SOW
Il GFat her! En- my Dominicker hen most
Il tpady TO come often her nes'--whey't
my rlimberilla? Lemme study whey Ii
] lefIum? 10 sot on Mawse Nick dis
eemember whey leffum."
b Sore disturbed, the old negro hastened
81 back to the stump where he had sal
q down; the umbrella was not there. He
81 1otyaced his steps to tho store. but the
oherished badge Of respectability was moi
- be found FOR any search.
swell, well, me sighed, "ili luck doar
uuver come single handed. Maybe HIT
y 3 sign dat ole Furnival SOW is rooted VI
~ money. Dey is nightly in de way
81 1em Furnivals, 'en de bes' what kin d.
" 1oginst 'em is ter wrastle in prah."
Thus communing with himself and car
sying detected head, old Gilbert came
u1aawares, upon one Of the citizens o.
S< den, who was acting as a patrol.
sltE' said the man n nsrief authority
= ass,.; es.s.,; iisSlQn HI Gilbert, stop
ksnd. while with the other he fumbied Il
S ~ pocket for his pass. Use Kerne
1horne's Gilbert, sub, FUN over ter Leon
come ter de Sunrise plantation. Maws
Nick wrotened me permission ter com
s. hp ter de sto' en- buy terbacker."
The man held the pass up to the moon
q 6ght, and while he read old Gilbert scan
nd his face studiously.
"Aint you Mr.. Job Furnival. suhY' h
asked. with far more Difference than b
considered the Furnivals entitled to; bu
& Mr.. Job Furnival's daughter was hor
cred by Mawse Nicholas attentions, an
that made difference: it was the par
81 q wisdom, apparently, TO keep on tn
rood siee Of Mr.. Job Furnival, and &c
Z ~ the information possible. 81 mem
bes de favor of yo' pusson bout Talla
hassee streets"
Ya-as, that's my name" said MI
Job Furnival, with hesitating drawl.
Old Gilbert grinned affably. sis 70
D. done quit Tallahassee, suh?,
"Well, my wifes health war broke,
eaid Furnival, san got job down tn
nay, an bought house an lot cheap
After q pause he continued: "It W,
a plum lucky for Col. Thorne's son tn,
ny wife tux care on him when he x
ask ota oh ~, No Wbifa,e lrp.fa A.
E<eNs war the one ter blame, SO he bel
0nr kin we war boun' ter look after Mic
ThOrne, sorter. II war close sha,
twixt him an Kingdom Come, an
amt sdxackly got my forgiveness y
thet amt told the colonel nothin bot
hit. But Nick1is, reckin, is skeerd
~ the colonel than ever he war of Il
deyil, an he wouldn' let no letter
wrote, an the doctor said doan fret hin
~ so--an' so"--
Yes, n,awster." said old Gilbert.
It's larnt Nick Thorne one wholesou
6sson, reckin."
syes, mawster," said old Gilbert agai
~ heart was very heavy.
An ] reckin, maybe, he'll walk
1gaighter track. ef SO be the colonel W
ninded ter settle him permanent ont
- Sunrise plantation. It's a good pie
~ lan'."
- dunno; dunno poihin'," said G
Hilbert.
"Ef Nick'lis--war minded-ter ms
Furnival resumed hesitatingly.
oad Gilbert waited respectfully for I
esencs 70 be finished, but Job Fur
y wAx only attempting suggestion
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