Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-26
yICTRY'S ENFORCEMENT.

Evidently At some period In her life she
had cooked for a table Of some prctcnsions.
Every now and then n most unexpected &c.
complainant would sail into our admirn.
ton. Thus, once she broke outs My mars.
teri Niis' Temple TO- de fawd, dat M
cream sass cr yourn, dat amt nownys dlf
frnnt 20 my ole missus' white stss 'ccpt
like YOU all dom put no cream In yourn.
But ye oripscs dc butter ics de same"
Another time, "scallop istor-i pin'ed.
ly kin. Ms Temple. Alters done scailop
dc isters TO- old miss"
Indeed she suggested n number u new
viands 10 Mrs. Tcmple-genorally from the
frying pan, but ,oothsomc and delicate.
She brought her only child with her,
slim, brown lad Of fourteen. who waited on
table better than we feared from his first
appearance, nj which he brushed the
crumbs OF with the hoirih broom into tho
dnstpan. lie was his mothers ret aud,
consllcring that faet, m4ryclously good
darby almost industrious. and tho lost
tempered boy In the world
We were not long Ia discovering Aunt
Nictory's history. One evening we found
her Vt the smallest kitchen table, with
, Homo aud the slate, plninly grttlngn Lesson.
why, Aunt Victory. can you fuadW
said Mra. Temple.
"Ycs'm," with amlrl Of honest pride,
while Rene added "Niaw. che kin read a
right smart. learned her"
allow nlcci Then you eau road tho
Bihlcw
Up went Aunt victory's braids In n to.s,
flaws, Mis- Temple, T.. outer de Bible an
inter dc newspapers"
And writes 10 tho newspapers" says
Rene with nm indoscfihablc air of hnuehtl.
ness.
"lIe does no." said hls mother. "Aint
you never seen Dc Mosaic Tcmplow We
admitted Our ignorance. "wcll. he does
write regular TO- dat"
"And you like lt"
ayes, mn'am, like living in tho city.
But NAV likes the country better"
"Yos'm. ycs'm. You all got mighty gran
house yorc, but gimme dc konlryw
She was one Of those nut-brown Africans
that have hair long enough 10 braid. 10
night her head was covered with rel
bandanna, drawn out square cornernd
back Of her carf. giving her queer rcsem-
blanca 10 the sphinx. fling.ng herself Tor.
ward on the table with a supple. sinuouH
motion that few negroes get too old 10 use,
nhc let her head fall into the open palm Of
one hand, above tho bent elbow, aud M she
talked this sphinxllkc head rolled In her
hand like ball Ia cup. "Oh, de kcntry
wild de wnvin' nors an de rel birds dat
comes a pcck.pcekin' NJ do windcr an do
darkics asnatehln' cotton, an scch heap
or rooml oh, dc kcntry am 40 plcasurctull
pse tlmersomc In de city, got q cyar'
Rene longer me II | goes out In de night.
But In do kentry rents my little fyarm
nm TA got my two mules Mis- Carol give
me. Las year We uns did mako 1--WE hun.
drcd dollars. Done sol When paid out
T. dc sto' dnr ben hunderd an ff,y.lyo dol.
lars comm q me-"
"An' Il all ben stolel" interrupted Rene
In iugubrious tone.
"Nevi you mine bout dat, Rene san.
dersl Dat come longer bayin' no purtecter,
dat hueooiac dat
A morr sullcn look than had ever seen
mn Remr's handsome brown face answered
,bls sn.eeh. II, pnshed hack his chair.
mutterinx somothing nlpout going 20 Tho
ofiiec. ouite with tho white mans mfr. and
40 smueglcd himself out Of tho lesson OF
fnrther Conversation. Rather TO our sur.
prlso his mother made no effort to detaiu
HIM.
'Aiy, myf' she gnreled In the negro fash
ion, swaying hor,elf TO aud fro, dat boy
cayn't bar word bout me neodln' q man
a. look out 20 mel Now ho hru gone Oh
rarln' no me. an' won't have q word q say
To- a whole day. ao's tempered les like
he paw, sulls twol he gifts obcr IT,"
asked Aunt Victory II Romo's father
was dead. laws, no." said She "lIai
he left your said Mrs Temple.
ale has dat"
"And doesn't Reno want you 10 let lin
come baokin
Aunt Victory rubbed her right ea
against her right shoulder with q coquot
fish gesture, and for the inst time | real
iled that, according TO African notions, sh
was pleasing woman "wcll, sirl Why
Mis- Freddy, 'tAlnt my ole man Rem
ilects 20, icoso mott Hit am dc torror gcu
tleman."
We were too used to negro morality q
either fcol or show any particular surprise
rnt II seemed decent 10 inqnfrc wheih'
the departed husband was divorced frol
her. No, Of course he was not That w
why she had come TO the Rock, M tho A
kansans call Little Rock.
III gwinc get enforcement TO- foty do
lar do lawyer man say" she explained
"dlone guy i'm tirty dollar Already. Dc
20 back G dc kentry. | pintedly do'
rave q be In do kontry ngin."
But it's such hard work, victory
suggested. loath to see promising coo
depart.
"Hard wiki Taint uuilln o de Hto'
wax. Gimme my hoe an my row an II
happy. An laws, Missy, 10 do peap IKE
.,a,.n, l,,.,s, Ga dia warn shul mn tow