Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-31


b1onged 70 'em BOT. ain nuvss ~
ated myself wild po' white trash"
Nicholas looked at him with An cd
smile, saying slowly, i've turned over
new leaf. I'm not going to be bad bog
any more. You can carry that news
home, il you like"
BLESS Gawdr' calculated old Gilbert.
"That affair between me and Marcus
White happened some time ago; It's al
over now, and my father need know
nothing about it,"
"The Lor'-a-migbty, Mawse Nick! Hit
wuz de troof, den? Way of herc-sr'
none but niggers en- de oberseer ter tek
keer on your
"Oh. was well attended to-" Nichols
replied evasively. "I'm going to lead .
steady life in future; so this affair may
as well be forgotten"
"De Lawd be praised! Not but whatI
knowed you wuz jes' a-foolin' wild you
chances ter have young folkses fun,
Mawse Nick"
But old Gilbert had not been thfvs
days at Sunrise plantation before he
learned that II was Nicholas invariable/
habit TO ride away as soon as he he'd
eaten his 0 o'clock supper, and IL was
always late before he returned.
"Dat boy do too much prowlin' By
night" the old man grumbled. "Mawse
Nick orter be home flyin roun' Miss Flora,
en- me orter be home mindin' my own
s,..----~ps. But so skeered de boy d
nike. No9s;Yid bad crowd I'm 'bleeged
ter stay q 90, lin tex my observations
And in order (, sensa his sobservations,r
old Gilbert had to confr. q p'sn.->
81 dunno whey Mawse r,ck kin b
gwine 80 stiddy," he argued, "bedouts0
hits dat place de calls Eden, what ha1
tried desc some years ter be town. Jes
sto' en- meetin' house, en- han'ful q
little onpainted dwellin's, sich ez moughS
suit de Furnivals. l gotter git Mswse
Nick gimme me pass ter Eden. 'Pears
lax mought be outcn terbacker, en-
br,ing fo' bits wild me in case o need"
Old Gilbert drew from his pocket loun
black plug Of tobacco, which he looked
at affectionately. "IIit's wuth all O two
bits, he said. and sighed 'but dis nigga
Is n chuch member In full standin', en-
ain gwan tell no lie, lessen satan git
mo-"
i1t lutu dbluc tuc 1dIutso uc Woo RotStk
ing, and went out into the grove, whsfe,
after assuring himself that there was No
one to see him, he shut his eyes, whiried
around and threw the tobacco ~ far -
he could send it. "Now," he said, Tn
plum out, kin az fur pass ter 80 tet
Eden. Hits my bounden duty tor lcoh
after dat boy"
The pass was readily granted, and
while yet the sun was high In the sky
old Gilbert set forth, attired In his eiery,
with the shadow Of the cherished unAs
brella over him.
"Hit's two hours be sun. Mawse Nick,
he said cheerily. rs he passed the piaxses
zen kin come home by de light o Dc
moon. Use freed too many 'possums tss
be skeered o dc woods by moonlight"
Nicholas laughed to himself with The
unspoken thought, II verify believe al
the old chap wanted was chance to hoist
that umbrella"
II was two miles to Eden, and old
Gilbert, as he trudged along, had no more
idea than n child how he should proceed
in order to learn tho secret Of his young
masters nightly rides. but with firm b.
lief in tho righteousness Of his under
taking, he hoped for the guidance Of .
special providence.
MAYBE ain gwan fin' out nothin's
but gwap TO do my bes'," he said 70
himself. 'Sperreted young gemmens lak
my Mawse Nick is sartin sho' ter 81
talked about, en- mought hear some
thing. EN- l mought git sight o d.
black hawse o his'n."
He readily found the one store whsre
the scant retail trade Of the placs w11
transacted and entered with his pen =
his hand.
The storekeeper, tall, lank, saIlow,
stoop shouldered man with long haiF
and heavy beard OF dingy hue, leaned
over the counter, and eying old 0ilbeft'e
brass buttons with smile, remarked:
You must ov come from the mee-
tropolisy"
Use fun Tallahassee, sub, " said GIL
bert, dofiing his hat "Col. Thorne'e
man Gilbert, come over ter de Sunrtee
plantation; en- here's my pass, sub"
Anything you'll haver said the store.
keeper, glancing at the paper and hand
ing It back.
1.-TWO bits wuth OF terbacler, Of you
please, sul," old Gilbert made snswes.
producing an ancient leathern puree.
"Yo' towns a-growin', suhf" he said, In
gratiatingly.
"Slowly, slowly" was the answer.
"We'll have railroad 10 the moon about
the year 1900"
This joke was beyond old Gilbert'g
comprehension; but the little crowd Loaf
ing around set up a perfunctory shout
for the storekeeper was the local wit.
The talk that followed had no bearing
whatever upon the affairs Of Nicholas
Thorne, and Gilbert went out and sat on
the steps a little disheartened. He had
fnncicd that every one would be talking
Of his young master, but Thorne Hill
was smaller than old Gilbert dreamed.
aud even this insignificant world OF Eden
turned upon pivot Of its own.
As the dusk deepened, and lights began
TO show in the windowsof tka tH71tits6iRg
houses, o.. 1s, EQse and-p<SS, sGsds0l :
the lcnely and deserted street; for night
came early to these primitive folk, who
were now at their evening meal.
"Call dishyer Eden?" he muttered, In
deepest scorn. Better name hit CLANCY
berry. Nuver seed sich many Clancy
berry trees in all my time. En- de ain
good ter eat, nuther. Ef hit wuz Talla
l,assee now, many's dc kitchen whey
mought git invited
He wandered on aimlessly to tho end
of the struggling street, where house.
guiltess of paint, like all the others
loomed up in the dusk, isolated, upon thu
edge of an old field.
A prey to homesickness suffering
unknown in his experience hitherto-olt
Gilbert sat him down on the stump OF
| nnhIn nnk Ihni had been felled To mAkS