The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11


| liant or the wife peevsh UNEXPECTEDLY so that
ouarrels followed. the evil eye had fallen upon
that household. DID aches and pains or dis.
the pigs. or murrain ihe cow or some other
disease the ponies. OF, green gill the oysters.
the powers oi the evil spirits were
hope o res Widow zppe or Sersr
Dave must be consultel. The Ghncpteeguers
The widow held The hands Of those thai a ap ;:
piled to her examined the skull Of u drowned
sailor found on the beach, mpmbled over. the
dried heart OF frog. and made the sign OF the
cross again aud again with wand nude OF q
serpent's skeleton bound together with human
hair pucked, she said. by unseen spirits from
the heads OF those who had offended her This
DONE she gave TO the applicant u powder wrap-
oed in black paper, and with that for a charm
the, distressed one went away comforted.
Oid Niger Dave els process was -, more myste-
the hut IN the swamp rol ing ball Of unknown
composition on a sEaky table. 10 and fro.
while he bent his whitening head above il and
whispered words which no one understood.
Not inrequent!y tho visitor would not be al
lowed to either explain the cause OF the visit or
ask question he must stand IN silence while
that ball rumbled about on the table til! the
old coiored man was ready to stop H. Then. TO
the amazement OF the Oh ncoteaguer tho old
conJurer would tell in solemn voice all about
the trouble that had brought his visitor to the
hut in tho swamp Surely, tho powers OF dark
ness must have told him about it. and i'm
pressed with that belief the ChincoteaGuer
went away to obey the inJunctions OF the con-
Jurer to the letter.
Woes became wider than the confines o. Chin
G1te&Gms OF o. o. AcSom"ek GcoMny In the
r"mplsined o. Before him when the compsn e
ant was absent. and by his mysterious knowl-
edge Of facts nnd his awful threat extorted the
truth. and then ,aid such commands on both
husband aud vito 80 invariably healed the
difficulty: Tor fai'hfulnes- and kindiness. one
toward the other. tol we'd on tn" commands Of
ignorant pl Though hp
tho black arts. he did for The thincoteaguers
what neither, Judges nor IurieS, nor religion
sorrow in many homes that he mad
m"dG hHnny Wien on ne m3 '! y5l'2 Or
tho Swa M and found old Dave sitting by the
table with bis, face down on @Ine arm. and tho
C,,2nIurpg bail IN ms hand He ala not move
spoken To- nor WAS he ever able p again set
the all rolling in tie interest," OF 81 her health
or ,eGGo tor he was dead. Tho %id9w Zppie
had died before nim, aud 20 one has arisen
70 take Their y! aces. The preachers came to
the is5Gnd OF hingo cage win their n-ayers
anu serHoGN. tu, while me OLD hIncoteaKucr
will 2tten. aud listen, and believe he will not
he wholly conferred
,iIE oYarEE ROAST.
n'i I;nndie Mason kent he first hotel on the
Island, Iha hOuso, which face the bay, did
not diiier IN sGc or hppearance from the other
dwellings, but in lrj.' handle hung up a sign
and made p"onIe who came rom the main
lHni welcome. Tor n consideration. dis placa
speedily became lopHar, far ard near, because
81 the rolics held there Vndcr tho nHiuo OF
oys'er asts thcrt arc .catUT"s about an
uysteI roast tnat arc eNcecdih. Y attractive 10
III" wilder spirits OF tn" Virginia PENINSULA
even 10 this iay
Old Ran ir would announce n rOHSt some
weeks H. adiHnrr, gen"rallN naming some such
holiday rs Hns.nng'"n's birthday, for In this
climat" luo wrath"r rnu ordinarily be depend
c,l on. save IN January. When tho day and tho
roople rame manT buShrl" moIo OF oysters
than could hr eaten wore TO be found beside
lie Mason house, and hugo stack Of pine
chunks ms we'll In the old-ashone iIreulaco
within, md over u DroHd hearth made OF stones
without. big res wero made vii the chunks,
and then tho roustinr began, oysters fre-h rom
tho sal' water, cooked IN the corner OF
n big fireplace. or on red-hot rocks out OF
doors. have u flavor found nowhere
else. but the oysters Wore not the chief attrac-
Of girls, and II, was II large. good.looking,
harnm .scarum family. Moreover there were
the choicest products Of Virginia and West In
dia stills, the latter smuGgled in by the sloops
that then traded to Jamaica and other ports
down that way.
As the oysters began to sis2le and sputtor
under the heat the OLD man brought out tho
rugs anu stood them on a table with tin cups
and ten Guns in bountlIul array. with every
oyster n drink was tho hilarious custom, and
there was no exclusion OF the gentler ser from
the ring about the liquor table.
Finally. inspired by the flavor oil tho oysters.
the tlddlers drew their Instruments from blue
cotton bags. screwed and scrarrd at keys and
strings Tor While In discordant notes. and
then, With q. musical twaaE and thump OF
oh. the reels and the upadrilIes! Oh, the ligs
and breakdowns! such grace when bowling
" HonoTs TO yer pardners: such yigor and
enthusiasm when told 10 balance al 80 such
hearty embracing At the call OF Swing" And
when each dance ended the young man always