The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-12-19

said Uncle Battus, I'VE ain studdin'
| bout gwine 'way-iz we, boys! wat
duZ yer mean by hh
dat? 'Fo' ERASMUS de suktulnstahses
er my acks doan' jestify II. DuZ II,
ole'oman? VIVA liz dat niger! lou
bet not le'me lay my hans on you
allus hidin' yo'sef We II you've wan Gu
Il mean that | nave reau your
minds. and that your arrangements
are all made to leave to-niSht. 1 see
that you are feeling very BAD over IT,
and | hoped to the last you Wouid De
STRAIGHTFORWARD and come and tell us.
SO that you could have packed up ana
gone away in the open day and SAID
goodbye honestly, instead of sneakihG
off like this in the night. You know
that ever since the EVACUATION OF Nor
! felix YOU could have gone ut any time
you wished and | could not have pre-
vented you. The manner Of your go
ing makes it hard to bear for botn.
'.'Fo' de La AVID. Mars Da'. we haint
90 no mo- uOShuG er gWine an nuItlh
in de worril-iz we. now, ole 'omanE-
IL we. Freelin? Wy ont sum or you
niggers speak out; liz you def! De
. II ttt d. AibIS iN = w rN -
De vah; loastwise dat'S watts de mat
fer wid NE. en- de ole 'Owan's got er
tc0f0he: dat's wun ting at mekS her
sich er tarnashin iiut. | toIe her des
row she ~ glttin' ripe fer de dcbli,
wild her confounded kantankersuneS.
20. Mars "a. we've gWine stey yer
tWcl we houses de res er dis ycahs
crap en- he'ps plant 2ur' Wun aalN
yeah. ez ter dat if we've all or hbln.
Wee much erblcegcd fer de money
but we ain gwire away; mar. sab, DAT
we ain"
keep the money. and remember
what | said. Now good-by and don't
hurt your souls by any more stories.
DO not wound their feelings, papa
| plead. 'by doubling them" though
in my heart | felt his intuitions were
correct.
The Quarters Empty.
About an hour after that Mary
Frances crept softly 70 my side II
nut on my finger Il little ring that
Miss Mary Hutchins had left her as Il
legacy. There was a doll trunk which
had given her. made Of shells, ana
in il were some little keCpSaEeS VofE
precious to her, which she had stored
away from time to time. This h pa,
under my pillow, while a sob escaped
her as she stole away, thinking was
asleep. and | would not und"r"l#-' or
pain her. 4 few minutes later AraOci-
la came in. and. accidentally SJUInb-
ling against Il chair, said: "Il"a&es
marin, lille misses. 'scUZe mel did n
90 fer to week you up. IZe EWIne
down 10 de quarters n lie vile Wlu
dpy-allS. an lille misses, you knows
Bill? Well, | jam by mekcd i'm Wuk
hisse'f ter gittjn' UP Uttered FER
you. You kno' lille misses, Bill wan 5
me ter hab i'm, hut | ain gWine DO
hit. dough dat doan hinder II" um
gittin' i'm ter Git Uttered. en- tarplnS,
en- Climin' uD de trees alter chereS, en-
de lax or dat. duz it. lille misses: |
wush dat pile en- literd ud las You 4
yeah. deed i duz. Kin 1 fetch you n
drink or water er enyting else, lie
misses? lie gwine long now, den. ef
YOU doan' wan nuttin-good-nite, He
misses"
Poor girl! There We're tears in hei
trembling voice. The light wood re
ferred to is the heart Of the pine tree
1t gives q most beautiful and brillian'
light. though the black smoke is very
disagreeable, and candles and oil botl
! being very scarce. it was the best sun
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