The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-29

she bargalncd for. She never counted
on 'em taking her at her word: she
thought she mought stan one or two
Of 'em, by kcepin' Of EN- on their own
side of the bed: she didn't calker-latc
they'd put her on the chil'en's pallet
long Of the whole gang, baby and all.
II ken put you men-folks thar in
the shed-roOm," says old Mrs. Rain
crow, "and the women ken all pile up
in here together. That's the best l
ken do fer yer. but sich as II yer are
welcome to it-set down thar Ma
'li-zay. an quit a.standin' twixt me
and the stranger. Go out thar Robert
e. Lee and stop that dogs mouth
from barkin', and tell Jabez L. Curry
and William Henry Forney to fetch
in turn OF wood. Didn't tell you
to set down Ma'li-zay? You haint
made Out'n glass-nobody cant see
th0o you"
After Il while the boys went into
the shed-roOm and whispered and
giggled and got to bed some sort of
fashion. The planks between the
rooms are so thin you can hear every
word that's said. Caledony was so
tired and sleepy she was ready to drop
down quick as the pallet was spread
on the floor. The old wcinan got the
baby to sleep, little John II. Morgan,
twO-ycar-Old, and laid him over next
to Caledony to keep him from roliin.
off'n the pallet.
Come here to me Alabamy Tech
me-nOt, and lay on tother side of your
little buddy, and do you shake him
and pat him II lc goes to wake up,
and don't you ag-ger-vate him nutlcr.
I've had too hard a time a gittin' of
him to sleep for the likes OF you to
wake him up. You citizens been
a-stutiin' Of him on them old hard
green peaches and everything else you
ken lay hans on all day long, and ]
don't look for nur-thin' else but for
him to have a spasm this night.
E "Fctch yerse'f here to me, william
Henry FOrncy, you and Robert f. Lee
, and wash them muddy feet cr YOUR
| and lay down thar side Of your bi.
sis. Don't you hear me, william
, Henry FOrney? William IIcn-rce-cc
! come here to me this minute and la,
down thar side your big sis fore
! knock you down, and don't you lem
! me hear another whimpcr from yol
n tonight. owe you Il beatin', any
how, fer a-snatchin' that chicken
gizzard out'n your little bubby's han
4 "Now don't try to take up all TIN
n room and spread yourse'fall over tina
are pallet, fer yer sis Ma-li-zay's go
to pile over in thar somc'ers." Gale
!, dony give groan and rolled over t
. the edge of the pallet.
u The old woman run her pipe in til
ashes and tuck smoke, then blowe,
y out the taller candle and lett it smok
in and smcllin' wusscr'n the pipe an,
!, went to bed.
Then little Grover Cleveland, 81
. months old, who had slept throug
y. all the racket, quick as things go
:. quiet walked and begun to cry.
I'll Caledony gin another groan. Aftc
4, a little everything got still agin, an
Calcdony tuck notion she'd git o.
q t'othcr side of the pallet, away frol
a the child that was likely to have
4 spasm. She gin Robert +. Lee
10 shove and he worked his way Off'n til
N pallet up into the smutty flreplac
"a and sot up yell: 80, somebody, wha
;, mc-c-c? loss | loss It's dark
l skcercd l skecrcd OO-oo-lioo! ! o,
Oo-hoo.'
:, "Git up from thar Robert f. Lc,
!" and git yourself back on that are pa
:" let fore stomp the life Out'n you (bl
. he cried On). l lay l ken put yo
IL back" and his many riz In the dar
20 and piled him over In amongst en-
u then come down on CalcdOny with
rousin' slap. II mout er knowed "
u sis Ma'-li-zay wouldn't res til 81
;" kicked you off'n this here pallet
"lt's me you are hitting" says Cal
~ dony. Don't, don't, ouch Ouch, II
~ ~ me, l tell YOU"
~ ".Yes, l know It's me, and it's n
~ I'm after" says old Mrs. RainCro'
u" you been a-t0r-mcn-tin' Of your lit
buddy all day long, and er eachin' I
" u whippin', and not a-gwine to re
a.. tel you git it. Now lay still and sh
up your mouth"
y" l tell you, Cal hushed quick, and
"u heard the boys In the shed.room 81
"u gle. 1t was pitch dark; everythI
., soon got quiet. CaledOny could he
~ the crickets chirping and the dyi
"u Goals cracking on the hearth. A G
come whinin' across tho pallet; s
). reached over, grabbed 1t and slung
'Vc TO the back Of the room. It crawl
II. through the crack and Dulger snarl
q outside. She heard one or two chic
TO- ~, ems crow for midnight, then dropp
lno of to sleep, when all ut once lit
"" John r. Morgan rolled over toll
Wy chil'cn and turned his heels loo
"o kicking her In the face.
~. ,u' She yelled out: "This chllds got
:" spasm; come and get him quick, h
got spasm."
out The old woman jumped up qui
40 struck light and tuck the young
on In bed with her; then Caledony v
sorry she hadn't thought about II