Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

preston.
o The noise of the wheels brought Aunt
Emily to the door-Aunt Emily just as
l left her, kerchiefed in crimson, at
tired in check. smiling, rotund, black
as ebony.
"Bress do chile, she amt altered
none. She am only growcd up" cried
the soft, sweet negro voice. "BrCss de
chile. I'd knowed her anywhere. -
Then l was clasped to her bosom, sob
bling in spite of myself. And still VIC
torine banged away at the Bonnie Blue
Flag with an energy that assured me
of her strength and vigor.
why doesn't she come to meet me-
l whispered to Aunt Emily.
Don't yo' mine, honey" replied
my old nurse. Her heart come. only
she got one of her crankums or. Mighty
high strung, Miss Nictorine is. Don
yo' mine. q long in. & long i'll an get
it over" With this she gave me push
that sent me across the sill Of the par
Tor door. and the music ceased. My
half sister started TO her feet but in
stead OF advancing rctrcatcd into the
corner. her arms outstretched, her palms
toward me.
HALT" she said in solemn tones.
Not Il step nearer until You reply to
my questions. Have you come home
with northern principles or southern
principles: Answer, Porsis Carlton !;
answer truly"
looked at her, tall and dark, with
her eyes flashing and her hrows bent,
and began to cry, and then began to
! Il !,
tween sobs and giggl,s managed to cx-
claim:
"Oh, TicIy. darling, cont. Ihaven t
come home with any principles what
ever. l am utterly destitute of prin-
ciples of any sort. I've just plain come
home. Oh. sister Nicky, don't stare at
me so! Come and kiss me
Come kiss yo' sister. Stop actin jess
like yo' got no feclin, Miss Nictorine -"
said Aunt Emily. lis clar ashamed
of yo', l is. and dat's de trutf. - And
then Nictorinc gave Il gasp and rushed
toward me, and we cl;>ped and kissed
and kissed and claSpcd again, and Aunt
Emily glidrd OUT of the room, shutting
! the door behind her. And of the two
l think my half sister wrpt the longer.
! Then W. talked and talked rs though
we would never have done. about old
! times and what we had thought and
! hoped and suffered.
At last the door opened, and what a
fragrance Of good things rushed through
it! Odors OF coffee and broiled chick
! en- and corn cake and wheat biscuit and
! roasted sweet potatoes and persimmon
| preserves, sliced oranges, and l know
not what else.
"Chillm. come to supper, said
| Aunt Emily, and hand i'll hand we
came to the feast prepared in my honor.
Aunt Emily waited ON us, joining in
our talk. The day closed in while we
We're still At table, and the level sun
! sent its red ray across the cloth. Aunt
Emily went to the window to close the
blinds and paused there with a low cry
Of For de land. dem norf folks pigs
is in de gardin agin!'
The second time this week, - said
Victorinc. She -sprang to her feet,
seized the tongs%and thrust feather
buster into my hands.
| "Comc. she cried. y moment more
and We We're IN the garden. rv-cnforccd
| by Aunt Emily. armed with IL broom.
CHAPTER II.
Did You ever chase pigs out of gar
den? If not. You can never imagine
what time we had of it-how by the
time We got two out the first was in
again; how they scampered and sQuCal-
ed and ran between our feet, upsetting
Emily twice during the contest. Once
we thought them all gone, only to hear
them squcaling in chorus as they fol-
| lowed each other in at some broken
palings at the farther end of the gar
| den. About two to every five of the
| palings Were absent and always had
been as far as | could recOllect, and the
! little brother and sister piglets We're
very Young and Slim and could enter
anywhere. At last, just as despair had
seized lis. assistance arrived in the
shape OF two gentlemen, who rushed
across the road together, one Il grave
parsonage with Il vandyke beard more
than tingcd with gray, and wearing
near sighted glasses, the other Hue eyed
boy with curly hair and white teeth.
| These going more scientifically to work,
soon banishcd the intrudcrs, and Vic
torinc. who had not offered the slight
est courtesy or thanks to our deliverers,
turned tivrccly upon the elder man.
Let this be the last time your pigs
trrspass upon my land, Mr.. Summers.
she said, with an alarming flourish of
the poker Let it be TIE last
ALLOW me to suggest, Miss Carlton"
replied the gentleman, that if your
fence were mendcd my pigs could not
get into your garden quite SO easily. l
believe" he added. casting his eyes
slvward, that thcro is not whole
| fence in this shiftless country except my
own. Pigs: Why. elephants could
walk in through those broken palings,
madam
Il suppose, " said Victorine, appar-
/ emily addressing some unseen cOniidant,
that this is northern pOlitrncss.
plain statements of facts, madam, y"
said Mr.. Summers. by the way, it is
! my duty to say that l object to the rag
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