The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-10-15

amt costin' you cent, you under
stand"
! | decided to remain until tn
creek should run lower. Shortl
after breakfast the "landlord" cam
to me and said: "Now, as Yo' boar,
amt costin' you nathin' an as 20,
peer to be a mnerdatin' feller
would you mind goln' right up tha
on the hill with Sis an helpin' he
dig potatoes? I'm n,onstrous anxi
Gus to get 'em dug t.-day."
As he had been so kind-as he hat
given me shelter without charge
could not refuse; so, accompanying
Sis, / went up the hillside.
| ~ bet | kin dig faster than you,'
she said, as she stuck her ten-pount
hoe into the ground, =.
II shouldn't be surprised. Ian
not much of a digger"
What air you hast at?" she
asked.
II don't know"
II bet you air q mighty han tc
make love to the gals"
"No, | am not much Of a success
in that line" et
"Mebby you amt been tryin'
right hard"
She stood closer TO me. "Come,'
said |. "let us get to work"
She kept close beside me and
talked carelessly of love, "Ef teh
right sort Of a man waz 10 love me
right hard, do you want to know
whut Id do?" she asked.
"What would you ao9" e
"I'd call him lasses all the time.
Wouldn't that be sweet?"
"Yes, rather" +
what would you do ef a woman
loved you right hardi"
81 don't know"
You'd call her 'lasses, wouldn't
you?"
Il might" D.
"WaII, is | 'lasses?p
II suppose So" | answered, with
desire to pay her q compliment.
She smiled upon me, and then hasti-
lY stepping to one side she seized a
hog that had got into the potato
patch and tossed HIM over the fence.
Just then the dinner horn blew.
Now" said the host when we
had sat down to the i,ible, shere is
a billed rooster. We've had him q
long time, but for a month or mo
lately didn't think he wuz goin' TO
live. He tuck suthin' the matter
with his throat an you mout have
hearn him cough have a mile, but
we doctored him up till he wuz about
ftten TO eat and then killed him."
| had no appetite. The girl after
stripping the meat of the wish
bone, held up the horse-shoe-look-
ing thing and told me TO pull. |
pulled and Sis jumped up and left
the table, but soon returned and took
her place beside me After dinner
my host said that as the creek had
not run down | would greatly oblige
him BY continuing to help Sis dig
potatoes. u would come up an dig
too," he added, shut | got q power
Of fiddlIn' about TO do"
wanted TO risk the creek and told
him so, but he would not hear 10 il.
"M'y, bless yo' life" !" said he, you'd
git drownedsh sho. Tomorrow mornin'
will be time enough, an in the
meantime you will be doin' Of me q
great favor by helpin' git the pota-
toes in. Ricolleck that don't
charge, you nothing fur stsyin'
here, an bein' q upright man, you
oughter return one favor fur an
other"
How did | long for night to come.
The hard work was scarcely less
wearying than the sickening talk Of
the girl. Once | told her that |
should be compelled TO 60, but she
shook her head grayelY and said:
That would make pap awful mad.
| forgot to tell you, but you mustn't I
make pap mad. | have knowd him
10 fellow man fur q week that had
made him mad. An he mighty
nigh allus ketches up with q mar be
fOllers.
was asleep by the time | touch
ed the bed that night, and having
been too tired 10 think just before
lying down, l dreamed Of what a
fool had been in accepting any
terms offered by the old man. On
the following day I announced my
firmly-ixed intention Of leaving.
The old man professed great aston
ishment, "What!" said he, 'triflle
with the affections Of my yfamily an
then leave US in the lurch."
could only gasp in astonishment.
IVY, you promised 10 marry
Sis" said he.
This staggered me. "Promised 10
marry her!' | exclaimed.
ayes, fur right out thar in the
tater patch you lowed that you
wanted her"
II did not, sir" | almost yelled.
didn't you2 Wall, 1 reckon you
did. You lowed she wuz 'lasses, an
ef that amt AKIN in this country