The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-04-07

tions about negro pastors.
"Dat iey Reme's meannessr declared
Aunt Victory vehemently "Brer' Thomp.
son swar T. me dat jes' de talk o. dem or
merry, pusillanimous niggers IN Dogtown,
dat wudn't give muffin T. de church Me
an Rene, we give five dollars. Dat Rene,
he is good boy, but l'se consarned about
him, kase he won't got meetin's nurt
chu'ch nur muffin an says dat Mist
Thompson amt mor'l man. He Is pref
deeced, dat all, Mis- Temple. Dat story
bout Sal Miller aint got wud O. truff in it,
She got T. swar dat ar baby on somebuddy,
an so she taken po Brer' Thompson dat
aint skacely painted lips wild her. He say
he skacely seen her Aint mare critter
'cept Rene Sanders does believe 1t. An
he believe anything on earth agin Brer'
Thompson. | knows Rene, he jes' aimin'
de plumb vile, git me take his paw backp
"But could your Would be comet" sail
my artful friend
Victory's great eyes flashed. HE done
come ev'ry month. ober t. see me frum
Newport, in de cyars, an walk out six
mile, TO- seben months pleadin' wild mel"
said Victory, "look like he aint 'jectin'."
"Don't you think you could forgive
him2"
Victory's handsome face hardened again.
"De fust time say t. him; Lige Sanders,
amt gwine take you back TO- my husband
twell de sun dropI You git outer my
houseP Dat how talk T. him. An he go
off mighty dowr, wild Rene Mex time, |
says, 4 don't want no wuds wild ye Mist
Sanders But let him come in speak wild
Rene, kase he did set heap O. store on
Rene, an Rene ON him. An bymeby he
got t stayin' longer an den Rene wnd
hab him stay T. dinner An Mist Thomp-
son say he make his braggs er dat, an
say ben turnin' my mine u him. Dat
rile me But de las time wen hecome, he
done shaved his beard an look so like de
Lige | married dat"-she flung out
clinched hand to strike her breast furious
ly-"something hot come up dar, mindin'
me O. all dem Times t'gedder an de lille
dead chilen an' all, an ben fair choked.
So hilt my haid mighty boyish like, an
marched outer de house, new passin' a
wud wild him. An de mex day done rent
de house an all T. Brer Thompson TO- him
an norrerculled man wet patches tgedder,
t. keep tweli come back, an | drawed out
my money dat got lefr t. de sto'; an
Thompson git Enforcement fun Ege."
"And promised him. dare say, to marry
him afterward,n said 4
But Victory drew herself up proudly
"No'm, I doesn't gose easy. ! only done
prommus git divorcenent fun Lge !
show Lige don't nebber furgive him"
We both surmised that it was more an
ger against the erring Lige than love for
Thompson (whom we unreasonably dis
liked that was at the bottom of Victory's
motives
| From this time our sympathies were en-
tirely with the husband. Rene declared
that Thompson stole his mothers money.
He knew about the hiding place. "She
wouldn't tell me where she hid it." says
Rene, with Indignation, "but she owned
up she told him"
There had been suspicious Of Thompson,
1t appeared, in regard to some church
moneys that were in his hands Oh, yes,
Rene admitted, he had paid the money
back Fbut not until after they had lost
their little hoard.
81 knows nav, she sets store by paw,
still, )" 8, q Rene, "brrt this fellow talks SO
smooth he's fair bewitched her | did
write no paw wherewe ben, and I'm hopin'
he'll git round I-sett him all the money
mawlet me keep outer my wages and my
grips"
The grips, 4 suppose. were Reme's tips,
which he received on various occasions
."Maw'll get her enforcement in two
weeks, she says" Rene went on gloomily,
"and she lows to go back Z the country
right strait but | amt going with her ii
| youall will keep me-
Reme's prediction came true. With a
profusion of thanks for our kindness, Vie.
tory gave us warning She was going back
In three weeks to her own house We
couldn't complain rs far as we were con.
cerned, especially as she had hunted up a
newtcook of great gifts in sauces and sal
ads (aecording to her former employer,
neat, industrious, indeed lacking little OF
perfection except good temper
! Rene, on this official iconfrmation, as il
were, Of iiis fears, became a walking statue
of gloom. 1t was at this period that he
broke aRoyal Worcester plate and three
cut glass wineglasses, all Of which OF
course just slipped from his hands while
he wasn't doing nothing" His misery
over the wreck was such that Kate hadn't
the heart ITO scofd him.
Hecameto us later and begged Kate not
ito take any'money out Of his wages, due
the next day.
"Maw, 'she,said you'd keep most all, +" he
whimpered, ""cause they're the incest kind
of dishes and,cost terrible sight, she says.
But if you'd please not this month, III
sure work foryou all next month"
Kate reassured him. She wasn't going
to take his money, but why was he so anx,
ious to have the wages this monthH
Then Rene confessed that his father was
In town, and so was Mr. Thompson,
4And Thompson, he's all fixed up" cried
RENE, "out of our money In black
preacher coat and silk hat, Oh, he looks
mighty fine But paw does look pint
blank gashly Yousee, Mrs Temple, he
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