, 1890-05-08

wnylaid Jlmto, and sant II to "del
lccile buckr, boy"
The invalid was delighted with
the gift, and observation-disclosures
Jupiter-iltted into II il handle, and
II served him for IL dipper from
which ho drank water, which his
two satellites brought him fresh
from the spring.
Mrs. Iuchlnn was 80 pleased at
this Offering TO her idol that she
sent for Bundoo and thanked him.
She also commanded him to carve
her couple of shells. Bundoo was
battered, so he selected two good
ones, and, seated under q tree In II
remote corner Of tho yard, fell TO
work. Whites have peculiar ias-
cinat lon for negroes. Having once
been with them, they arc 10th To go
where they will see them no more.
Bundoo was beginning to feel this.
Every day he came up from the
quarters, took his seat under the old
llve-oak and carved his shells,
! !
Little Arthur, who was the victim
Of hiploint disease, had another Mt
tack with his leg and Bundoo could
hear the sick child's walls as he lay
In his hammock In the piazza; "Min
mic, Minnie, Minnie-oh, me leg!
Minnie, Minnie, Minnie-oh, me
legw and u feeling of compassion for
"de buckra boy" filed the fierce
Africans heart. In vain the faithful
u,yro triaJ 90 np,,,so hnr ,hurna
and sang him songs and told him
tales Of cunning "Brer Rabbitt' and
stupid "Brer Wolf" He only
fretted and walled, "Nlinnie, Min
ME, oh, me legp There his two
satellites sat on the steps, and with
their rude pandean pipes, made of
small canes, played for him eerie
tunes-now shrlll, now soft, now
dirge.like, as they blended with his
wall of minnie, Minnie, Minnie,
oh, ME legv'
Bundoo finished carving his shells
and brought them TO his mistress.
az will send them to Savannah
and have them mounted In silver" I"
she said. This she did, and they
ARE yet preserved in her family, II
marvel aud curiosity.
Tyra, who could do more with the
invalid than anyone else, was at
tackled with the chill and fever; she
was up to-day and down tomorrow.
Mrs. Lacklan dreaded her sick days,
Arthur was 40 captious. Then,
strange to tell, Bundoo offered to
sit beside the patient and fan him.
lie Bundoo TEX de Ill puckra
boy, missis," he said, giving her for
the first time her title.
She hesitatcd looked I'm hi face
nm instant, then consented. Little
Arthur cried; he was tired and
wanted to move, hut was afraid to
let anyone but 'Tyra touch him, and
'Tyra was sick.
"Oh, Daddy Bundoo! Daddy Bun
door' he walled.
lie Bundoo try tu'n de little
buckra boy" said Ebo, coaxingly.
Arthur was so tickled at the new
title that he laughed. The Eho was
wns both strong and gentle. He
turned the child so easily he hardly
knew he had been touched. The
invalid drew a sigh Of relief. "Oh,
how nicev'
Bundoo took the fan Of wild tur-
key feathers and began to fan him.
"Daddy Bundoos, u said the little
boy, "how good you Is! Daddy
Bundoo, loves your
The captive was speechless. a
great bump rose In his throat and
made him dumb. Relieved by the
change of his position, the sick boy
tcl asleep, and l3undoo watched b..
side him, tanning him. When he
awoke, the Ebo borrowed Sambo's
pipes and played upon them. such
blasts rs he sent forth, now quick
and martial-now sad aud waiting.
Little Arthur was delighted.
DADDY Bundoo makes them
tall" lac said.
When 'Tyra returned the next
day, she was filled with jealousy
and tried to drive the new nurse
oil, but he refused to budgc. The
little boy, too, clung to him. Then
'Tyra's wrath overfiowed.
"Sou ugly old black savage! You
Afrikin manw
"You Gullah gal, yo'self" re.
torted the other.
"Gullah galn Tyra knew what
the Ebo meant by that-to inlply
that she was inferior stock to him
self. III vent Gullahr' cried she.
"Your farrer wuz.n
"I yent me farrer,n said Tyra, al
country huusn I tunafa ..l,.i.a ~
"Ale duZ, too, said the Eho, sur
veylng his garments.
81 wuz bawn wild 'em - said Tyrn
pushiAg her advantage.
"Tyra,h called Mrs. Lachlan from
the room, "hold your tonguer and
Tyra was so VeXed at this reproof
and so full of jealous rage that she
took II chill and went home, aud
Bundoo reigned in her stead. She
was sick for several days, and the
little boy found his new nurse dun.
"Tell me q story" he cried, "tell
me a story
The Ebo thought awhile, and
then said:
"one tam n man wife dead an e
leab EN- two pickanlnny gal. Tur-
rer wife, % hab no pickaninny 40
'e hate 'em. One day dc man gone
an e leab de new murrer home
wild dem pickaninny. Dem % say
ter de biggcs' gal: Come yer, set
by me In de do, and Iil gal law
down 'e head In 'e mu rrer lap. Den
dc oman TEX long knife an cut iem
Off e trow e head an e foot un.
der de do step; e cut up 'e body
an bile 'em fer dinner.
"De Ill pickaaninny hab no sense;
e tex . sister Ill finger bone fer
play wild, an dem e t'row 'em way
ober de pile a. ma'ble stone In dc