St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-06-21

ditch, an'.then q loud voice benin hol-
tered outs. .'Yer don't know this. hero
road lilp 1 duz er yor wouldn't get in
NO, says ], scramblin' out 81 doan't
expect do Which way are yer soin',
Sol?,
me? Ize-gwinc down ter see Miss
clo. thinks me an, her can fx tap
fer dc picnic ter=niorrew. Whar is yer
gwine?' - asreets
"Well. We aps Swine in tine same d.
rcction. / thought i would step in 1t
Mr.. Jones' an have er talk bout straw
berry culture. Mine amt doin' SO
we'll" .s. -azs-t s-Ssr- =
we was most ter de house now, an I
looked at dis tall black. feller by my
side an wondered how Mr.. Jones could
have him goin' nth his daughter 30
much. Yhere was sech contra2. IIIb
was black IS q crow, an he had she big
ges' teeth an mouth yer ever see set
in q mans head. Well, / owned ter
bein' sniGgee myself, but'then Clio an
me was like in color, an our upper
stories had receive some cultivation
don't know why, but never like ter
see a mixture Of color. What suits mo
is blacks ter blAcks,aA' tansser tans, Or
in other words, l Ikea ter see distinc-
tion in caste..i -. - - $50
When VIC went in de ole man an his
wife was tittin' ON de porch an Clio was
In dc halllby de lamp readin'. We took
seats, an de ole lady Called te- Clio ter
come outlan' bring de banjo with her,
an knewwhat dat meant for dey Was
gwine terssk Sol Peoples ter pick it an
sing. He got up an took It with sech
grace you never seed. That.wag de
frs time in my life I ever wished ter
be an artist, for l would liked ter have
drawed his plctuie IS he sang: "Dew
Drops is Fsflfns on Me, Love-" Then
he picked for.,fo an she sipged: 'sWay-
down on dc E.wannee. Ribee.n When
she got Through felt like kissin' her,
1t was rendered SO sweet Clio had .
do fact Do Ars' time / ever noticed
her musical taste wss whom sho
were goinii ter school ter me at
Osceola school,house. She could
ies' warble like bird. loved Clio
from dat time, an watched herdevelop-
ment with much interest Clo was my
ideal of q girl She was tall, straight
IS an arrow, an carried her head like q
queen. Her face was round, with .
tingc OF color in her hrown~ checks dat
made her look - fresh - half -blowed
rose. an hes eyes was jes' like two load
stones dat would draw yer to .'em II yer
was two mileS off, - - -St "a
Well, l have digressed a little. ter
give de reader an ideasof mysfatr. hefo<
inc. When de- tingins~as Ovef fell
ter talkin' ter Ar. -%Opss bout ny straw
berries, for tAnro, was No sufiance ter
have . word ,Hjth sC2oSsasS Sol sPeeplcs
had monopollkdssher Hcsnpanys fIyut I !,
was listeneeto sseo1iveksxtion an. 4
do same. an smiled when he asked hel
for her company ter do pieniS, f6r I was
safe on dat question:. s-ai az. 4 no.il
Who is ycs gYiaetds hs in ia..s.ss,
gated. -, a 80 4 sas ts-.
You'll see ter-morrew.p. .-sheS sasd.s
quietly. but hisfaee changed; esptessfon
an he bit his Hip, at tho Same timo |
givin' me Look which never forgot |
and which meant: c"You arc to deprive |
me Of that pleasure. arc yod?. I'll have
my revenge. ":l4 = g. . - 49,
Why he hated me do not know, but
he always had from my frs day As
teacher OF tho .cblored school at Osoeola.
had heard that he said that I was too
proud niggef and needed the starch /
took out of me. but had never noticed
any of his remarks little dreamin, that
there could be trouble ahead: -. 20 =.
The spring vas over an I had moro
leisure an would often SO to Clos ter
while away my dull moments, but I AL
ways found Do house fnll Of eclorcd
gentry of de black type. and it made
my blood boil e think dat one q these
might be a snccessful' suitor for her
hand. AS meyer had'a . chance ter put
IN word in that direction at her homer