The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-04

odder. Eff was you, daddy, Ia ru
dis here schoolmaster off, and ia neVe
let him come anigh me agin; for, tai
nv word for it, he's got evil desigr
aein YOU; aud dis here ting, wat "
sees every night in de sky, is sent Tor
3sFaEa o6; DADDY; aEe my advice
and gid rid of Samuel Burns; for he il
minded to kill you, as sure as 1 am
your dorter."
In uttering these prophetic words
Yetta had gradually scared to the Wllo
eloquence peculiar to women. Fol
while the old man was amazed; but
at length recovering his austerity ne
cried:
swat de tefie ails de gal Is she
beside herself? Wat did you tream, you
hussy?" ..---
aWy, daddy, dreamt dat de pigeon
house fell down." replied Yetta, serl-
ously.
"Watr' exclaimed Mr.. Elfins IN g
tone of voice not unlike blow upon
the bottom of a tin pan, at the same
time planting his walking stick firmly
before him, while rage rwinkied in his
ewes as he discovered that so alarming
a prophecy rested only upon an insig-
nifcant dream.
sWat!'
ssJess as sure, daddy, as you stand
dare" answered Yetta, gesticulating
vehemently with her head and out
spread bands, 'jess as sure asyou stand
dare, I dreamt de pigeon house fell
down, I dreamt it tree nights, and l
know it meant dat dis here school
master"
.Shtop! you goot-for-nottin' hnssy.
Dis is some voolish tefelment wat
Aprac Priester has bin wisperin' to
you; and"-here the old man advanced
towards Yetta with his stick elevated,
not, however, to chastise her, but
merely to illustrate his concluding SEN
tence,-s'ef I ever git widin reach of
him, Pll preak his rashkaliy head"
"Ah, daddy" cried Yetta, sAbram
once Turned some strange cattle out O.
your"
ssIt's tam Iier' snarled the old man.
"And," continued the distressed
damsel, "Abram stopped de holes in
nlalnmy's garden, so dat de rabbits"
'sIt's anodder tam lie" growled her
obstinate father.
"Ah, WE'LL" sighed the poor girl, -
see you will not take warnin'."'
swell, now, kin you tell me wild ali
your treams wat goot it would do Mr..
Purns to kill me"" enquired her father,
with great reason.
"Wy daddy, surely you and nanny
ricoliicks Wen dis here schoo!master
told US long time ago bout one Mister
Guy Fawks wat blow'd up wild five
hundret parrels of gunpowder whole
houseful of peoples in de olt countries
on account of de Roman Catoficks?"
questioned mis- daughter with almost a
Sibylline scream.
''Yes, py ching, I remeinpers it well
enoug" replied the old man, much
confused by the audacity of his dangh-
ter's insinuations, II remempers very
well all spout wat he said, but can't
see ennyting in it.
"Ah, daddy, you wiltsee wen it's too
late,n said she.
AS Yetta left her father she muttered
to hereelf through her compressed lips:
Eyes, yes, I see it muss be done: I'll
have to blow daddy up with gunpow-
der. IN do it sure"
Foolish girl! VIII you provoke me
to make Abram Priester's execution,
and likewise your own, the denoument
of this story?
Late one evening Abram Priester was
along the road leading to his
fathers house from the direction Of Mr..
Eihns'. It was Friday evening, and
Samuel Burns had dismissed his school
somewhat earlier than usual. He had
all day, much to the neglect Of his
duties, been trying his hand upon a
work of art,-a piece of carving with
the blade of his pocket knife. Having
it to his liking, he dismissed
the children to their respective homes,
and betook himself towards Mr.. Eltins'
where he was invited by the old folks
to spend the night. Abram PrieSter
canIered swiftly on his way, His con-
tFacted brows and the almost convul-
sive clutch with which he grasped his |
showed that thoughts of
an unpleasant nature were agitating |
his mind. An abrupt turn in the road |
brought him suddenly into large old
field, and he was nearly thrown from |
his horse by the animals darting to |
one side with loud snort. Recover
ing himself: he saw advancing towards
him the figure of a mea tidily dressed, |
and holding in bis hand something |
which Abrams keen eye easily discov-
cred to be pipe &C., 'astically carved" |
out of a red cob having attached |
to it stem of u.!usual length. Alas, |
his perceptive Powers went further
than this pipe In the rapidly increas-
ing gloom of the twilight he neverthe- |
less recognized in the person before him,
Mr.. Samuel Burns; and his evil angel |
caused the blood which bis heart at
that moment distributed through his
flesh to become black with hatred.