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

The Temples cook was from the coun.
try, and 1T was the surprise Of Mrs. TEN.
ples southern life TINT she was such a good
cook.
She explained IL very iucidly, "1saws 4
know aheap on'y done furgot ter
Evidently at some period In her life she
had cooked fora table Of some pretensions.
Every now and then a most unexpected ac
compllshment'woul sail into our admira-
tion. Thus once she broke outi ''My mars
teri Mis- Temple, TO- de lawd, dat ar
cream,sass er yourn, dat amt noways diff
frnnt to my ole missus' white saas 'cept
like you all don put no cream In yourn
Butye cripses de butter jes de same"
Another time, "Scallop isterst lpinted-
ly kin, Mis- Temple. Alters done scallop
de iHters TO old miss.
indeed she suggested number Of new
viands to Mrs. Temple -generallyffrom the
frying pan, but toothsome and delicate
She brought her only child with her, a
slim, brown lad Of fourteen, who waited on
table better than we feared from his first
appearance, at which he brushed the
crumbs of with the hearth broominto the
dustpan. He was his mothers pet and
considering that fact, a marvelously good
darky, almost industrious, and tehe best
tempered boy in the world
We were not long In discovering Aunt
Nictory's history One evening we found
her at the smallest kitchen table, with
RENE and the slate, plainly getting alesson
''Why, Aunt Victory, can you readS'
said Mrs. Temple
"Yes'm," with smirk Of honest pride,
while Rene added "Maw. she kin read a
right smart. | learned her"
4How nicel Then you can read the
Biblea"
Upwent Aunt Vctory's braidsinia toss;
4Laws, Mis- Temple, rs outer Dc Bible an'
inter de newspapersl"
''And i writes TO- the newspapers, says
RENE with an indescribable air Of haughti
ness.
HE does so" said his mother. "Ain't
you never seen dc Mosaic TempleP" We
admitted our ignorance, "Weil. he does
write regular TO- dat
"Andyou like iti"
Eyes, ,maam, like living Ia the city
Bnt NAV likes the country better"
"Yes'm, yes'm. You all got mightygran'
house yere, but gimme de kentryt"
She was one Of those nut-brown Africans
that have hair long enough to braid To
night her head was covered with red
bandanna, drawn out square eornered
back OF her ears, giving her queer resem-
blanee to the sphinx. Flinging herself for
ward on the table with a supple, sinuous
motion that few negroes get too old to use,
she let her head fallnto the open palm of
one hand, above the bent elbow, and as she
talked this sphinxlike head rolled In her
hand like ball in aaup. "0h, de kentry
wild de wavln lel's an de red birds dat
comes peek1peckin at de winder an do
darkies a-snatohin' cofiton, an sech heap
er rooml Oh, dc kentrg am so pleasurefull
ise timersome In de city, got g cyar'
Rene longer me II goes out in de night.
But in de kentry rents my little fyarm
an I's got my two mules Mis- Carol give
me Las year we uns did make five hun
dred dollars Done sol When paid out
= de sto dar hen hunderd an flfty-dve dol
lars comm b me-
AQ itall Den stoief interrupted RENE
In lugubrious tone.
"Nev' you mine bout dat, Rene San
dersl Dat come longer havin' no purtecter,
dat huccome dat.
A more sullen look than had ever seen
on Reme's handsome brown face answered
this speech. He pushed back his chair,
muttering something about going to the
Office, quite with the white mans air, and
50 amuggled himself OUT Of the lesson or
further conversation. Rather to our sur
prise his mother made no effort to detain
him.
my. myi'' she gurgled In the negro fash
ion, swaying herself TO and fro, ''dat boy
cayn't bar a word bout me needin' man
tlook out 70 mel Now he are gone of
FaFip' no me, an won't have word t'say