Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-05


in de bottom9 De good luck gwine
ter be jess like rose-jess IKE a
roserh
AS the carriage rolled on away
from the road leading by the quar-
ters down 1.-The big ribbern road to
| the landing where Nathalie and her
grandmother would take the steam
boat for Mobile, Philippy Jane was
the impersonation of unalloyed de-
light. rs gwine ter be tuck in de
great house, mammym was her ex-
clamation when she ran down the
Clubhouse path to meet her mother,
who was returning from the field.
You crazy gal, . replied Nanny,
STOPPING to kiss the frolicsome brown
child. ..De white folks amt gwine
ter teck you in. My family amt
nuver bin house servants. Yves alters
wurk in field. Huccume you say you
gwine ter be tuck in?''
..Kaze l is; little Miss Nathalie done
say so. l gwine hab pink frock an
ruffle on my apurn Ole mistis like
me, she 40. She say smart gal last
Sunday evening when we all chillern
wuz sayin' de catkism, she did. Kase
l done larnt dat part bout Keep your
han an foot FUN a-pickin' an a-steal-
i'm Den say, 'AIistis. how gwine
pick cotton, den. eff keep my han
fun piekin'?' She mos die laughin'
at me, she did. Yes, Is gwine to be
tuck in, sho' fac'.n
As the short winter days passed
away. great was Philippy's eagerness
to hail spring. Moss is gittin' green
in cornder of fence, nanny. Amt
spring most here?"
blue eyes is a-bloomin' in de
grass, nanny; I'll soon be tuck in F"
Then one day, early in March. after
she had been playing down in the
woods pasture, on the ledge OBJ de
branch, " she held something white
in her little chestnut fingers as she
ran to meet Waller Mimy." Spring
done come now, kaze / done found
two white lilies. Miss Nathalia soon
fotch herself home now. / want her
to come, kaze got de headache, an
l wants ter put on my pink frock.
an my apurn wild de ruffie. Next
morning the child's head and hands
were hot; the lilies were withered,
her tongue was parched with fever.
she tossed restlessly on her little
bed. '.Marse Toms wife, was sum
moned, and soon she came with Sal
lie, the hOusemaid, behind her, bear
ing a tray containing some del
icacies for the sick child. Then
MARS Tom, " the doctor, was called
in, only to find that the little girl
was very i'll with high fever
Yaller Mimy knelt constantly
at the bedside striving to see
some look of recognition in the face
of her child. '.Marse Toms wife,
full of sympathy, sat dipping her fine
soft handkerchief in cold water, and
bathing the burning head that tossed
to and fro on the coarse pillow. Sud-
denly the little eyes opened, and
weak voice whispered: NANNY, it's
de spring time now. Ise gwine ter
be tuck in. dat all my little gal
studyin' bout, bout dat, and little
Miss Nathalie. The roll OF wheels!
The carriage has stopped. A child's
voice calls out; ''Philippy Jane!
Philippy Jane I've come home. Here's
your pink dress and your RULED
apron! Here's the pretty 1 prom
ised you. Where are you?" ..Yaller
Mimy" and "Marse Toms wife, both
went to the door. A hand of warning
was held up. A hush fell. Down
from the carriage very quietly came
the little mistis," her eyes brim-
ming with tears.
She placed the bundle in the hands
OF the mother; was clasped to the
heart of Marse Toms wife, and then
stood by illness at the bedside of the
little sufferer. just then the sick
child moaned and murmured: IL
gwine to be tuck in de great house. .
Days and nights OF pain came and
went for little Philippy; days and
nights Of anxiety and WEAKNESS to
her nurses. At last, one morning.
just as the gray dawn began to
gather flush of crimson, the eyes
opened, a smile played over the
wasted features, the lips moved.
Bend close, oh sorrowing mother
Catch the last words from lips so
cold: Use tuck-in-de-de great
house, mammy!" Bend close, oh
mother, your hot tears fall on
death-cold face. One sigh OF icy
breath-will there-will there-be
another? All is still.
The sobs Of Yaller Mimy break the
stiffness: .'Marse Jesus done tuck de
chile in. She in de Lords great
house. Eleanor G. Gibbs in the
Inter Ocean.
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