The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-27
|VICTRY'S ENFORCEMENT.

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The Temples cook was from the coun
TRY, and it was the surprise of Mrs Tenn,
Piles southern life that she was such good
cook.
She explained it very lucidly, Laws, ]
know heap on'y done furgot it!'
4 Evidently at some period in her life she
+ had cooked for a table of some pretensions
EVERY now and then most unexpected &C.
accomplishment would sail into our admira-
lion. Thus, once she broke out; MY mars
berl Mis- Temple, TO- de Lawd, dat al
Dream sass er yourn, dat amt noways diff
Erunt to my ole missus' white sass 'cept
ike you all dom put no cream in yourn.
But We cripses de butter jes de same"
Another time, "Scallop listers? | pinted-
y kin, Mis- Temple. Alters done scaIlop
be listers fo' old miss"
Indeed she suggested number of new
bands to Mrs. Temple-generally from the
drying pan, but toothsome and delicate.
She brought her only child with her, a
linn, brown lad of fourteen, who waited on
able better than we feared from his first
appearance, at which he brushed the
oALOo O44 NAOLl tiAC hCd4 III DlOOlll lllbO IllE
ustpan. He was his mothers pet and,
onsidering that fact, marvelously good
arky, almost industrious, and the best
empered boy in the world.
We were not long in discovering Aunt
ictory's history One evening we found
err at the smallest kitchen table, with
eme and the slate, plainly gettinga lesson.
"Why, Aunt Victory, can you read?"
bid Mrs. Temple.
"Yes'm," with a smirk of honest pride,
lille Rene added: "Maw, she kin read a
ght smart. l learned her"
How NIGEL Then you can read the
ibleP''
Up went Amt Victory's braids in toss:
Avs, Mis- Temple, rs outer de Bible an
tcr de newspapers"
"AYld / writes fo' the newspapers, 4" saws
enc with an indescribable air of haughti-
ess
'He does So" said his mother. "Ain't
pu never seen de Mosaic Temple?" We
mitted our ignorance "Well, he does
rite reg lar fo' dat"
And you like it,"
Yes, ma'am, like living in the city.
pit nav likes the country better"
Yes'm, yes'm. You all got mighty gran
|use yere, but gimme de kentryp
She was one of those nut-brown Africans
at have hair long enough to braid. To-
ght her head was covered with a red
ndanpa, drawn out square cornered
ok OF her ears, giving her Z queer resem-
Ance to the sphinx. Flinging herself for
rd on the table with a supple, sinuous
ptlon that few negroes get too old to use.
let her head fall into the open palm OF
hand, above the bent elbow, and as she
ked this sphinXhke head rolled in her
nd like ball IN a cup. "Oh, de kentry
de wavin' fiel'S an de red birds dat
pes peck-peckin' at de winder an de
fkies asnatchin' cotton, an sech a heap
fooml Oh, de kentry am SO pleasurefull
timersome in de city, got L cyar'
me longer me if l goes out in de night.
in de kentry rents my little fyarm
rs got my two mules Mis- Carol give
Las year we uns did make five hun.
d dollars. Done sol When | paid out
e sto' dar ben HUNDRED an fifty-fve dol
comm t. me-"
An 1t all ben stoleg' interrupted Rene
lugubrious tone
New you mine bout dat, Rene San
81 Dat come longer havin' no purtecter.
huccome dat"
more sullen look than had ever seen
Reme's handsome brown face answered
speech. He pushed back his chair
ttering something about going to the
be, quite with the white mans air. and
muggled himself out of the lesson or
her conversation. Rather to our sur
e his mother made no effort TO detain
My, my!" she gurgied in the negro fash
swaying herself TO and fro, dat boy
pit bar a word bout me needin a man
ok out 70 mel Now he are gone off
a. no me, an won't have a word L say
whole day. He's tempered jeS' like
law; sulls twel he gifts ober it."
asked Aunt Victory if Reme's father
dead. Laws, no." said she. Has
PIT your" said Mrs. Temple.
BE has dat"
nd doesn't Rene want you TO let him
back"
Mt Victory rubbed her right ear
INST her right shoulder with coquet-
gesture, and for the first time / real
that, according TO African notions. she
% pleasing woman. well. sir! Why.
Freddy, faint my ole man Rene
70, 'cose notl Hit am de torrer gen
an"
were too used 20 negro morality to
Y feel or show any particular surprise.
It seemed decent 70 inquire whether
departed husband was divorced from
No, of course he was not. That was
she had come 70 the Rock, as the Ar
Ians call Little Rock.
gwfne get enforcement To- fo'ty dol
lie lawyer man say" she explained,
e goy i'm t'irty dollar already. Den
back t de kentry. l pintedIy does
c be in de keEtry agin."
ut its such hard work, Victoryi'' /