The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

REARO a VOICE or supRN
NATURAL SWEETNESS.
And That vEas. tiae End of Sats. Powerful
TemptssiOu ske, Was Bhdsr so Carve
sarah Because. She MAxB Taken AWAY
che Fascinating. Joe henry.

iOl - =IOOnL girl A0 1t3HO-
lady no, sooner hires one than she
grows sassy" and has to be- dis
charged.
Last week l found q new girl
named Manda to give me my break
fast, which | always take alone. She
was short. ''squatty'' girl, with the
map of Africa printed plainly on her
face. She eyed me curiously as 1
seated myself. Whenever I asked
for anything she handed it to me
readily enough but she seemed
nervous and unduly excited.
Finally. as pushed back my chair,
she drew near me and said:
''1s you de boarder what shot de
cat de ruther night?"
l was, and said so.
''Well. Gawd pity you?'' she said,
with sigh, .'cause de witches shore
gwint'er ride yer; dat's right. Err
pusson dat kills 'er cat-hit doan'
pear lax hits 'er sin, but de witches
dey fms hit out, n dey des rides n
rides you, till every mawnin' you
wakes up wild 'er tired feelin' n 'er
powerful misery in you head, you
does, jis lak's if you'd 'er wicked in
de cotton patch all night.
| / told her I would take care of all
the witches, and make noiseless the
cats that played around my bedroom.
Then Manda was silent for a mo-
ment. Her eyes had a araway look,
as though she were dreaming. FL
naily she turned toward me with
start, and said:
| 1sDi1 y-n,, ahor lr;1I ~, ,o,,ee<,
kill a personP" said l. "Bless
you, no. No such crime as that is
against me. Why do you askf"
"Jes' cause l killed er cat once an
de witches rides me cherry nighNss an
den de conjure oman put de spell On
me, n l come nigh killinN SARAH
Doan' know sarah, does youP She's
er gal what used ter wucl1 ouS ter de-
crazy ,sylum fer de doctors, &c milk
in de ws for de crazy pusaons, n
sich. Dat. niger an me had de
same gemmaS~ fer er sweetheart
I was gagged ter atm n de weddin'
day done sot Miss lfzzie. whar I
used to live. gin me a whiiaae dress
sid de ribbons N all de fxinA n iis
bout de time come fer de weddin}> l
kill de cat, n den was conjured.
De weddin' day-Joe Henry was he
name-he pear lax he sick, n didn't
come. Den l doan' see i'm 10 more
tell one day spied i'm n dat yallar
gal, Sarah, gwine down ter de spring
wild dey hans togedder n lookin'
powerful happy, dey did.
II jis stood dere n watched 'em
pass under hill, zen down ter de.
spring. Den de devil he come n say.
says he, kill dat yaller girl-kill 'er.
kill 'er!' l went on home and at de
supper table / kept 'er hearin' de
devil say, Kill 'em bofe.' Miss Liz
zie axed me was ] sick. but l said
Nom but shore was feelin' mighty
cuyous-like. l split de tea on her
| fine silk dress N she scold me might
lily. Den 1 washed de dishes and
ebery time de water splash on do
china hit say 'Kyarve 'em, kyarve
en-: Dat night | cudd'n sleep. De
conjure oman said de mex mawnin':
What tell you long time ago bout
killin oe cats? De witches gwinter
ride you des as long as dey wants to.
n den some time ernuddcr dey gwin-
ter scratch yer right eye outen you,
dey is, n den what yer gwinter do?'
One day las fall, wen deitrees wus
gitt1n' yaller, i Guz sittin out on do
kitchen step peelin' dsa, yaller yams.
wen long come Sarah. .szSq lin lax.
n sot down by me- Den she say.
Where dat white dress you got.
what was gwine ter be fer yer we'd
din? p den she laff n laff n look al
me funny-lak. Dere was de knife in
my hand, n it sharp, too De debbil
he sees us n he say, sNow's de time.
Kill her, kyarve her!' started ter
cut her, when ernudder voice says
jes' as plain, Run, Manda, run. /
kept de taters in my lap an down de
back way run. Presently de debbil
he caught up wild me n say, go
back dere N kill 'err His bref smell
like burn powder N his eyes look
lax two Goals er fire; but de udder
voice say, 60 on. Manda, go on.
Wen got to de ditch l sot down. IL
putty soon Sarah come down by me
n say, DE bridegroom done come N
gone frum you. Whar's yer white
dressP' N she laff devilish-lak ergin,
lie bad spirit say, 'Now's de time;
SUI ner nedfI OUT ef. hyafVe Sr.
But de udder voice say, go back,
Manda, go back
''Jes as l TUX the knife strong in
my hand ready like she wildcat ter
Jump on Sarah. voice ies as pleas
in'-scundin' like de music from Miss
Lizzie's guitar. says, De Great Spirit
up yonder 'er watchin' you, Manda
60 home, Manda;' and wild dat / goes
home and prays lax de preacher toll
me. n wen got through 1 see de
devil poke his tail twixt his legs n
run. n since that day | amt hearn
no more from Sarah n Joe Henry"
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