The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04

wen have race this evening; see
that everything is ready"
Eyes, mausser.
s"Tll take llck with me to steer"
At this Daddy lack shuu.ered. "Tl
go in no sperit boat" he Ia Uttered, and
shuffled out.
Save you right fer comm yer way
you had no business" muttered lobe.
'"De Idly OBJ r,indin' delirious pussonw
"She is the fastest sailer on the sound"
continued the old man.
"Yes, mausser," repeated the impass-
i've lobe.
She's built for speed, forty feet long
and foot WIDE"
Good Laud" calculated lobe, thrown
off his guard, "what hel Dat amt
nuthin' but er boss trough" After a mo.
ment he recovered from his surprise, and
said in beguiling accents, "Sposen you
tex er nap, sub, befo' the gentlemans
come, SO you'll feel fresh en- libely."
He gently turned the sick man over,
smoothed the pillow under his head, and
soothed him to sleep.
Summer had passed and autumn had
come, and nature was preparing herself
to meet the death that winter brings.
With the wa ming season the old planters
life had ebbed away, very slowly but
surely, as if in sympathy with the APP
preaching death of nature, he was going
to his own painlessly, calmly, surround
ed by his family and his old servants.
Seeing these, quarter of a century
lapsed out of his life, and he still fancied
himself back in his island home, sur
rounded by the slaves he had been raised
with, and his old neighbors, dead this
many year His servants viewed this
phase of his sickness with superstitious
sorrow.
"'E gwine berry fas," said Maum Di-
nah, wiping her eyes in the corner of
her apron. e talk constant OBJ de dead,
er sho sign ell soon be wild EN-"
AS the sim was setting Mr.. Conner fell
asleep, and MS wife left the sick room 20
see a friend, who had called, leaving
lobe alone with the sick man. All at
once he reused up, and his eyes fell on
the faithful nurse standing motionless at
the foot of the bed.
81 am not so well, lobe, feel weak.
If any one calls, I'll see them in here"
Nobody Gwine CALL" said lobe, $50
don't worry, sub"
Good evening, doctor" said the sick
man, looking over Tobe's shoulder and
towards the door ''Walk in"
lobe turned and looked, but saw no
one.
"Place chair for DR.. McAllister,
lobe, here close to me-"
lobe hesitated, but obeyed as his mas
ter said:
"Sit down, doctor don't feel so
well today. Why here comes Mr.. Nor
rison and Ju !ge Derry and Mr.. Lasalles.
IT'S most kird, gentlemen, to call 1t is
quite while since I've seen you. LAS
they had been dead many years it was
very likely.) lobe, place chairs for the
gentlemen.
In spite of his vaunted courage, TObe's
face began to turn ashy, and the whites
of his eyes to show, but he strung the
chairs along the bedside and listened
aghast, while Mr.. Conner affably CON
versed with them. The evening shades
were creeping into the room and gave a
weird look tC things. Presently the old
mans eyes were again riveted upon the
door.
Here comes Col. Tyler and Governor
Gates. Chairs, lobe. Come in, gentl9-
men. I'm so glad to see you. lobe,
what are you about? Why don't you
place chairs Cor them?"
"Dey's none, stammered lobe. "Wait
er minute, sub, tell kin git some," and
he hurried to the door.
"Missisr' he whispered.
Mrs. Conner FASTENED in.
"De room is full OBJ sperits," he gasped.
81 can't stay in yere alone. De sperits
and gosses is jis' a-swarmin' roun' de
bed" And lobe set his teeth fast to
keep them from chattering as he list
ened to his master talking with the
! dead.
Mrs. Conner seated herself on the side
of the bed, and at last succeeded in
lulling the old man back to sleep, and
from that sleep he never woke.
Night came and settled on them, but
still he slept on; and when the sun rose
the next morning the old planter had
! joined the friends whom his servants be-
lieved had come for him, and gone upon
his journey TO the hereafter.
The old negroes wept when they found
he had left them.
"De bes' mausser niger eber hadr
walled Mauu Dinah, wringing her hand,
in the kitchen.
Jetty, the cook, girl of the new
regime, viewed her with contempt
"Masterp cried Jetty in scorn. master