The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-11

r-;aently. at some period in her life,
.h.d cooked for table of some pre-
:ons Every now and then a most un-
.sr,ed accomplishment would sail into
q .dmiration Thus, once she broke
=. aMy marster Mis- Temple, TO de
II DAT ar cream sass or yourn, dat amt
4 R-,vs difrunt to my ole missus' white
Y ,cspt like you all dom putt no cream
.ronri,. But We cripses de butter jes de
L>sss''
.,otter time ''Scallop listers? pint
- Vim Mis- Temple. Alters done scallop
/. ;ssers 70 ole Miss"
Ir5eed. she suggested number of new
.rds 10 Mrs. Temple-generally from
IN. irving pan, but toothsome and deli
shs brought her only child with her,
N.;m. brown lad of fourteen, who waited on
~ better than we feared from his first
winte @sarsnes, a WI, which he brushed the
hav q '', ssen s that fact marvel S
1sasy good darky, almost industrious and
q u. +, IN nest tempered boy in the world.
oil tlCl We were not long in discovering Amt
Wrs.,ory's history. One evening, we found
Eat the smallest kitchen table, with
pemo and the slate, plainly getting a les
Ikn
aWby, Aunt Victory, can you read ?"
laid Mrs. Temple
ayss'm," with a smirk of modest pride,
IxAle Rene added, NAV, she kin read a
Idsht smart, learned her."
aHow nice! Then you can read the
lBhle?"
In vent Aunt Fictory's braids in
Isss--aLaws, Mis- Temple, Use outer de
Nshle an inter de newspapers
1nr \ sAnd writes TO the newspapers" says
HIN lnme. with an indescribable air of
Nhaghtiness.
he does So" said his mother "Ain't
umu never seen de Mosaic Temple!' We
Itdmtted our ignorance. "Wei, he does
Irre regular TO dat"
and you like it?''
nYes mann like living in the city.
Isut nav likes the country better"
"Yes'm, yes'm, you all got mighty gran
uspse vere but gimme de kentryl" She
usss one of those nut brown Africans that
Lave hair long enough to braid; tonight
Ibsrhead was covered with red bandanna,
M s queer Ssss { Z r.
liable with supple, sinuous motion that
Hes negros get too old TO use, she let her
head fall into the open palm of one hand
above the bent elbow, and rs she talked
Hha sphinx like head rolled in her hand
like ball in a cup. 'Oh de kentry wild de
NFgin fel's an de red birds dat comes a
Neck-p eckin at de winder an de darkies
Inatchin' cotton, an sech heap er room
0h, de kentry am SO pleasurefull rs
Ismerome in de city, got t cyar' Rene
longer me if goes out in de night But
unde kentry, rents my little fyarm an
lie got my two mules Mis- Carol give me-
Las year we uns did make five hundred
Iallars. Done SO! when paid out T. de
NHo' dar ben hunerd an ifty-live dollars
Nmmin' { me-
@An it all ben stole!" interrupted Rene
halugubrious tone.
New you mine bout dat, Rene San
drs Dat come longer hayin' no purtec-
Ikr. dat huccome dat"
4 more sullen look than | had ever seen
mRsme's handsome brown face answered
,ais speech. He pushed back his chair,
nutterng something about going to the
a6ce, quite with the white mans air; and
nsmlgged himself out of the lesson or
mrther conversation. Rather TO our sur
Prise his mother made no effort to detain
y,my" she gurgled in the negro
= hshion, swaying herself to and fro, s.dat
! !. IL boy eaynt bar word bout me needin'
.uNI hsnf look out 70 met Now, he are gone
VILN " faTn on me; an wont have word T.
JVUWI M 10 whole day. He's tempered jes'
mehe paw; sulls twel he gifts ober it."
iasked Aunt Victory if Reme's father
sas dead. Laws no." said she. Has
Met aa you?" said Mrs. Temple.'
And doesn't Rene want you to let him
sne back"
rs. aunt Victory rubbed Iher right ear
.Nnst her right shoulder with a coquet-
In gesture; and for the first time realized
Eah according to African notions she
usNa pleasing woman. "Well. sir, Why
sS freddy, faint my ole man, Rene
~ 70 eose not! Hit am de torrer gen.
we were too used to negro morality to
s sAaef ieel or show any particular surprise.
a. seemed decent TO inquire whether
~ usparted husband was divorced from
II. 40 OF course he was not; that was
s s she had come to the Rock-as the
alsansans call Little Rock
l.. gwlne get enforcement fo' fo'ty dol
We lawyer man say" she explained,
~he guy I'm tirty dollar already. Den
g back { de kentry | pintedy does
ap oe IN de kentry, agin.h
pull IT'S such hard work Nictoryl" |
ss 49, loath to see promising cook
Hard wuk! faint muffin t de stove
s.a I'm, uimme my hoe an my row an Use
Spy An laws, Missy, it do pear like
AZ. pteVe III dis we're shut UP town.
NJ, no sunshine yere. | does love de
saaslhlne. All culled folks les natchellv
d., aS up de sun. | knows song bout
sae mad beautiful voice, and we easily
suSoea her 10 sing. | fancy that ''olc
Iss;s whom she was always quoting, had
"'''Sn the song for her.
oh, give de darky sunshine
w an ialr an softly wedder,
via ahite 10 eat, an he will wuk,
r,V days an days togedGer;
ASke AWAY his fine clo'eS.
suu he II dance an sing.
lake away his 'muscments,
stlu dc lat will ring
ont take away his sunshine
1oodby wuk an play.
rsfAy, he 30 hide his haid,
/ a a"eiI sun come back some day!
Ivs;sas easy TO learn her story when she
~ u such mood. Sitting at ease, alone
I,ss.aas, IN the kitchen (for Manda, the
ra,ase IAald, was At n colored BALD, She
nSu9at her whole humble tragedy.
se.Ss. 9se Miss who had raised" her and
Il ,sSH' ler to cook, had died. After her
l. II Isle sne married negro and they went
Ia Ihs ~saAing crop" on the plantation.
In er,,saSegro lIge by name, accepting her
IN ssTse, was very decent man. Vent
IIsSseen de like er Lige { wuk. He raise
eerS s crap on de place an he cyar so
asa .iiischiet wild i'm too done jeS be
Id ~ the time. An he done ben pint
Ihes Ssse = me, ] says dat TO him, an
IsnS u iaut his vituais Alters so proud