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

| ter would o said good evenin', dough II
is po' ole no count nigger. En- s'pos4
in mawster do settle Mawse Nick onterj
Sunrise plantation, is Mr.. job Furpival
gwan boss de niggers? DE mo- argy-
fies. 'pears ter me lax de troubles o dis
worr Is accumerlatin'. I gwan travel
long back ter Thorne Hill, jes' ez quick
ez kin git my pass" /"
He could not get his pass until Nicho-
las had breakfastcd, and then IL WAS 90
long past the dawn that old Gilbert, In
order 10 make sufficiently early start,
was obliged TO delay yet another day.
Reckon it's time you were at home,"
said Nicholas. 1.-THE hounds will be into
your hen nests, and the worms in your
tobacco patch, and the grass in your
garden"
ayes, Mawse Nick; been here five
days Already" old Gilbert sighed, think
ing Of Dan Furnival's wandering SOW,
and the hollow iD the wood. EN- Use
had trouble in plenty; Use les my rum
beiilla."
"Ahay said Nicholas. "Then you may
take mine"
mo, Mawse Nick, no sub" said old
Gilbert, putting up his hands beseeching-
ly, while his face turned that ashen hue
peculiar TO the enegro 81 amt gwan tex
yo' rumberilla, nohow."
"Dat couldn do" he said TO himself,
as he turned away. "Iso 'bleedged ter
20 home en- tell mawster is
foun' out. But ! ain gwan tote his rum
berilla, en- tote tales too"
He sat him down under the work shed,
cbiding the lingering hours. Pears
lax Jash,ay been meddlin' wild dat sum-"
he grumbled.
But the sun went down Mt last, and
when IL rose again the old man was well
on his way TO Thorne Hill.
II was dark when he alighted nt his
cabin, which stood apart from the other
negro quarters, and near the head Of the
lane that led from the back premises
along the garden. The cabin. built Of
logs, with a chimney of clay, occupied
one side Of small enclosure, surrounded
by q waited fence. Here old Gilbert had
his garden, his tobacco patch and his
poultry yard.
plum glad is ter git homer he ejacu
lated. "Befo' goes up ter de gret house.
gwan hunt me aigg outen my own hen.
nesses; pears lax ain taste naire aigg
ter my notion sence been gone"
Now, while old Gilbert was absent at
Sunrise plantations "a several things had
happened TO increase the colonel's impa-
tience at Nicholas contentment in exile.
In the first place, a sudden and violent
storm had unroofed Mrs. Leonard
! Thorne's house, so that Miss Flora and
her mamma had been forced to take
refuge at Thorne Hill. This was very
| pleasing to the colonel; for though he did
not like his brothers widow, he was very
fond Of his brothers young daughter.
Flora Thornc, besides being fair to see,
had the serene manners that he admired;
she danced with grace, she sang the
simple songs he loved, she was very do.
mestic, and not I'm the least Learned. "
1t was the strongest desire Of his heart
that Nicholas should marry this pretty
cousin, settle on the Ferndale place, three
miles distant, and fulfill the digniiicd des-
tiny Of a gentleman planter. But since
Miss Flora had taken up her abode at
Thorne Hill, the colonel had made dis
covery that caused him much uneasiness.
That SO pretty and charming girl should
have adorers was in the natural order VI
things, and the colonel did not object u
the frequent visits Of Miss Flora's al
mirers; but that Miss Flora should favor
any one Of them all more than another
Nicholas being absent-was more than
Nicholas father could endure with equa.
nimity. Mr.. Aleck Gage was the one
among Miss Flora's visitors whose com
Ing yexed the colonel, and increased his
eagerness for his sons return.
But how to recall his banished soi
without sacrificing his own dignity
point upon which he was superlativel
sensitive--wos still the problem that Ell
gagged the coloners thoughts. He fel
that Nicholas under sentence of banisl
ment ought TO plead to return home; h
was sure that Sunrise plantation mus
have proved uncomfortable long ago; bu
Nicholas was giving proof of n more oil
stinate endurance than his father ha
supposed him capable Of "Confoun
him for being SO much like mer' the co
onel muttered, as he sat staring at tn
thorny popinac, where the accustome
mocking bird, rejoicing in the moonligh
poured its unstinted song. In the parlc
Flora was singing to Aleck Gage som,
thing about moonlight and music, 10,
and flowers, and the colonel ragged lil
the heather.
Old Gilbert's familiar greeting fell upo
his ear with soothing sound. Lcanir
) forward in his chair, the colonel descrit
dark visage just above the level of Il
piazza floor. "Heliol So your back
last, you old runaway!" he said jocosel
"And how is Nicholas?'
"Mawse Nicholos Is peart ez crickt
suh," Gilbert answered cheerfully, b
added Immediately, and with strong er
phasis, "Hit's mighty lonesome plac
tubbe shot"
"Ha! Nicholas finds 1t lonesome!" Il
colonel asked eagerly.
"He amt complained none," old G
, bert sighed. "En' de craps is nigh
promussin," he supplemented, adroitl
though well he knew that the crops ow,
none Of their promise to Nicholas.
Suddenly ho changed the subject. A
q though he still had it in mind to tell {
> he knew, he found it very hard to NAL
I his report; he could not come at
through the medium of the crops, and
4 was fain to try another course.
4 Whoa dis de tell me, mawster, dow
q ter de quarter, bout de storm done u
7, rooted Miss Pauline's house,
YES" the colonel answered; "didl
you have blow at Sunrise plantation
"Tubbe sho, sub, what you mought c;
high win, the day after got dere; b
de ain no damidge done. Miss Flora c
, her NAV, Miss Pauline, de is all safer"
''Oh, yes, only out of house and hon
" out Of their own house and home, tn
|, is. They've home here, OF course,
" long as they'll stay. don't know he
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