The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-23

10 eat, and a-walchin' that old We
man hunkered over the fireplac
smoking like a tar kiln.
"Well, l fept on a-laying her
irving TO forget how mortal hun
cry | was and maybe catch fort,
wlnkS Of sleep, but The mule wa
as hungry As | was, and every nov
and then he'd fetch a low kind O
a whickerin' e-haw, and then h,
would let in TO knaw on the doc
jamb. ! got tired of his capers af
Ter awhile, and finally said:
81 know you are hungry, ole
man, and If thought you'd eat il
I'd give you some of this coffee
"WelI, sir, happened to have
my eyes turned toward the fire
place when | said this, and Pm a
sinner if | didn't actually see that
old woman prick up her ears like
she'd heard hing drop.
"She Strengthened up, looked al
me moment, and said:
"'Did you'ns say c-o-f.l-e-eP
"'I did, madam.
"G-i-n-n-y-wi-n.e COFFEE ~
"Genuine coffee, madam
"A-gwin TO give it TO The new
elp
"'The mule is tired and hungry,
madam, and so am L.
"'Stranger, | hain't seed no
g-I-n-n-y wine coffee for nigh on
to three years, an Int would seem
sorer onr'lig'us, somehow, to feed
hit TO a newell
IL suppose she'd actually told
me the truth about having nothing
to eat, bu, said at venture:
Madam, | have 100 pounds of cof.
fee here under my head, and if
You'll get something for me and
my mule 10 eat YOU shall have
some OF it,
"WelI, sir, it acted like magic.
She went to he bed in the corner,
turned back the cover,turned down
the mattress, and I'll agree never
to put good victuals in my chops
again If she didn't haye a regular
commiSsary in there. All the un-
der paIt Of The bed was planked up
solid, and was just filed with ham
and side bacon and meal and corn.
She even fetched out a little poke
filled with flour. In five minutes
my mule had a good Iced of corn,
and in half an hour sat down 10
The best dish of fried ham that ever
went down my throat.
"While she was cooking supper.
L poured her out about quart and
Il half of green coffee, and you
onght'r seen that poor old soul.
She was just tickled TO death. She
whlrled in and parched a skillet
full Of it, and when | went off TO
sleep with full stomach, she was |
sitting there Numbered up over the
fireplace, with an old rusty pot
'teaming full, and drinking like
'he'd never get enough. You bel
er believe The pipe was laid on tie
helf and about every fifteen min
ties she'd say to herself:
Hits the fust ginnywine cof-
ee I've seed for three years.
"Well, sir, | won't undertake 10
ay thai she sat there all night and
'oured hot coffee down her throat,
'ecause ! slept like a top and don't
now what she did do-but ri
gree never 10 tell The truth again
she wasn't sitting there the next
lorning hunkerel up over the
shes and a-drinking away, and
ne thing | heard was:
Ginnywine CO f.f-e-c.'
"She stopped drinking long
nough TO cook me some breakfast, ,
nd then | gave her another quart !
The green berries and rode away.
he last | saw of her she was max
lg a fresh potful, and the last :
ords heard were:
"t;5odby, stranger Thank The !;
ord fur ye comm. Hits The fusl :
coffee I've seed in three :, !,
ars.'"-sIilton L. Adkins IN u
dnkee Blade.
Tho fnllouinn daG,;tion &c tho | N