The Lamar register., 1892-06-11
THE C0NJURING OF
LIEUTENANT GENERAL. y

tenant General" which his mother
gave him when he was three days old.
Perhaps eombatiyeness was natural
TO him.
The boys were careful not to provoke
him. but Minta Sue Birdsons inces-
sanity qnarreled With him. and he
with her. With them day was in
complete without skirmish. and it
was seldom that the Looking ass
Spring under the beech-tree did not re-
fleet their angry coantenRnces before
it was decided whose bucket should
first be filled.
Once their struggles brought both
iato the spring. and muddled II so
that they had 10 wait long for it to
clear. Their common dread OF whip
ping from thirsty parents drew them
into some sort OF accord before they
parted.
This state of alternate battle and
true. had continued until now. when
they were both almost grown. OF late
the actual fighting ceased, but their
quarrels were fierccr than ever.
But Lieutenant General desired to
quarrel no more with Minta sue after
that fourth Sunday in September
when she drove the family oy.eArt up
to Mud Castle Church. and alighted to
dAsEis them all by pink silk dress
purcha.sj secondhand Of some white
giTi in the neighborhood. She carried
a bright pea green parasol.
When she swept up the aisle there
could be but one verdict. She had, Rs
haF friends declared "shot up all NV
er sudden inter de ourommones' lax
hs~' gyNI in Occcueschec Neck.
"A Lieutenant General CARED at her,
he felt that he could forgive her all
th, insults and injuries Of past. and
proclaim an everlasting hrtuistics.
Perhaps it might have been thus II
MtntA Sur and be had not found
themselves picking cotton so near
each Other the next day
She proposed a pickinsraee 20 the
eusi OF ,hs rows Lieutenant Gene-sl
was an expert cotton picker. and hts
black Enzsrs few so fast that MintA
sns found herself left far behind
Then sire began to say unkind things
TO him, aud AZ last declared aloud. so
;ha. number OF pickers could hear
her, that be had been stealing cotton
oih ~ Hef usAeN1e siAA f-4sAfHe - @-tS
his
am afraid he eontradicted her
roughly. for shs ercR angrier. and
hrap~d insul, upon insult ON him. At
last. when she called him by a very
slaeomplimeataEy nAns; L.erss.,AE.
VI. eide ol her face
The bloS sob.red her Instantly
Her black eyes flashed, but she said
ia voice OF s;ran-r quiet;
.Nuvvcr you mind. boy. gwine
maksyo pay fur dat. sTine coniure
you. e has ter sell inyset I ter Aunt
Pinkey ter tell me how. You amt
nnvver gaine see no mo lpeaee."
She went on wfsh her recttou-pickins
The brightness wcnt out Of the sun
shine Tor Lieutenant General. and the
strength from his arm.
Ie mad never thought before OF the
last that Aunt Pinksy was really kin
to Miuta Sues mother. What spell or
eonjurc was i; that Aunt Pinkey did
not know Was she not so wrinkled
because she took on her skin every
night aud hung it on the bedpost,
while she turned into bat and dew
OF TO ioln the other witches'
Lieutenant General reelected that II
hs should steal in when she was gone
aud hll her skin with red pepper. she
could not stay in il any more, and
would have 10 fiy about forever a. a
leather.winr hat. But he did ncl-sSs
lisve he could ever ind out is time
when she left the skin empty. so his
only chance wAs 20 make iris1lds wit b
Ninfe sue before night
ssus be fright as well have tried 70
pxcify Ncsavius. She rssnfei TO see
bis advances, and s. sunset he went
about helping esto and Janiaz load
the -ag5ns Nyh the baskets OF cotton
~ -ncii = 1isp rited wsy that Junius
said. teasinsiy
TO be sho', you mus be unner n
spell. Tenant Seem lax you dunno
vat you's DOM
lieutenant General paled as much
rs black boy can. "E you come
'cusln' me o. bein' unner spell" he
said. fereely. 'l'll stomp you-dat's >
wat III dol"
Junius. taking heed Of his friend 5
fighting ability, wisely became silent
His strong bass was not heard in the
hymn which thepiciSers sang in chorus
as they followed the wagons to the
gin. They missed his laugh and iests
when the baskets of his rivals We're
weighed and found wanting. He had
eyes only for the spot where Aunt
Pinkey, as she CHANGED to hobhle
past, had been stopped by Minta sue
in earnest conversation.
The next days work in the cotton
patch drove the dread from him, but
on going TO bed he found there stick
tied around with red ribbon and long
black hair a chill came over him.
"Who been yere to-day. nanny
lac. asked; TREMENDOUSLY. "Who been
yereY"
She could not tell, since she had
spent the day washing at the Looking
glass Spring.
lie told her Nasterday quarrel
and showed %s con