The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-23

ter see i'm dat he don't want ter see UNI
twel after de dog days done come ana gone
Dat zackly what marster say.
While he talked Uncle Cato moved about
rapidly.
mo. suhr' said Uncle Cato, 81 can't 'sturo
i'm fer nobody Eff you bieedze ter see IN
you-u halter SEN some yutler llSBcf, haAo
| knows what kinder caperS narSter cuts
up when 1 don't do like he tell me- Git
some yuther niger, an I'll stan here VIA
de wheelbarrer ready fer ter haul I'M OH
after marste done Drained i'm"
Nonsense! Nonsenser exclaimed Mr..
Beasley, sharply. Il don't want to see the
general. l want to see your young mistress.
And if she is not to be seen, then tell my
daughter that L am here with some news
for her"
''Yasser, yasserr' responded Cato with
alacrty. 'Ill go right an tell Miss
Susy dat her pa want ter see er Ell she
amt too busy wild Marse Burrell."
THAT Winstett puppy exclaimed Mr.
Beasley, scowlng.
At that moment Mrs Fincannon came out
| into the garden. She was looking tor
| a key she had dropped
We'll, Well" exclaimed Mr.. Beasley
chow is Mrs. Fincannon today?'
| Mrs Fincanncn looked up in surprise.
| Then she said grimly:
81 was feeIin lots better while ago than
| 1 am now That much l can tell you"
"Ah we'll! remarked MIR. Beasley, pat
| ronizingly, 1--WE are all subject to sudden at
tacks-the little tWitcnings ana spaShS
that remind us how brief span lille IS
Don't preach at me, Beniah BeaSley!
exclaimed Mrs Fincannon, losing her tenn
| per I'm old enough TO be your nanny,
an | wish / had a'been. You'd cut slght
| different ligger from what you're a-cuttn
now"
No doubt, madam! no doubt MI
PeasIey bowed with an air OF great ueICi
ence ut would have been rare comb
nation / should have been born win d
mustache." ,o.
yes, said Mrs Fincannon with 1ncreas-
ing ire IAN you'd a had some honest plooo
il you so,, Mr.
tut, tut, madam, don't fly up so! MI
Beasley was not there to create e C0no.
"I5Iaoyue on YOU! Show your manners,
then!" .,,,o eorvont )"
Mr. Beasley lifted his hat ana maze do ~"
| a bow as he was capaole o.. roe ecross
Mrs FincannOn folded hel ilii" " -
~ ar,nla bosom and regarded Mr.. beasle9
+hronoh her spectacles with a stare HAIo'
and severe she said atterWaru nc - Va
"oava him sech look 1t was d "Oli -,
| hadn't a'sunk bodaciously lnto .n f7 oi1,i1,o
..Reniah Beasley" she said, a1ter slVlns
H.: +ho benefit of as much contempt do
ha could concentrate in STARE "%'n ~
Won to come out right fat-footea an 'ei,
me what all this hulla-baloo is you re tiyln
80 ,-;clL IN wi the Herndons. They ain t no
0ash an blood OF mine, but Will "
| know the ms an the outs OF IL.
| 'i .os,dan,, ), responded Beasley, cit is as
| eiro,,Ia as A B G. 1t is no hullapaloo a.
| all General Herndon owes me money aii''
| I'm trying to get settlement IL ho' olie
! , +ban in another. [ am too poor a man
I'VE +bo dabt run on and not know what
the outcome is to be- r,,.,
| ..Reniah Beasley!" exclaimed MIS- = lilCdi =.
non chat amt the truth, an you hiio" :,
! lest as well as you know you le 80, =
tbora pushcod Herndon never Slfuch
trade ner drove bargain W.
| his two eyes seen the lght.
True. madam. But whenever nave heaiu '
our townspeople complaining that ueiei a.
Herndon owed them money nave ooue ~
| up the debt Ill.,, 10 tho
| wall Amt YOU ashamed of yourself TO
| no a-nesterin your betteTS! DOM you
| know p'int-blank that the LORD nam
| agwine to let you git the better OF such
a man as Bushrod Herndon? Mark what
I fell YOU, you'll be in deep trouble before
| you're much older"
| Whereupon Mrs Fincannon turned away
! indignantly and started to go in the mouse,
! but changed her mind and went into the
! ,,isteria arbor She seated herself, took a
| na.r of cotton cards from the workbag
| swinging at her waist, and proceeded to card
! rolls for spinning. AS Mrs. Flncannon
| turned away from Mr.. Beasley, Susy and
| Ethel came up. ~
You here, ,papa? said susy did you
| send for me?
| tion the unlimited guest, or the old gray
rat that falls down the chimney flue: am