The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-19

nah, and with an impcrious wave of his
hand, "Ncvor let mo hear my daughters
namo again"
And that was all ho would say
Hannah cooked for him, saw that he
slept comfortably AMI tried in many ways
to arouse his old time interest in tho fnrin
1t was all in vein. A montal PARALYSIS
seemed to have settled down upon him
that nothing could dispcl
He jcs' lax daid man waikiki" Han
| nah said to her husband He's got q
look on his faco lax he wus sccin through
etnrnity. Ho nobbcr say nuthin; no 20
erlong obery mawnin ter olo misss grave
| en- dnr ho sets. He won read nur write,
nur nuttin.'
lio gwino 60 crazy, sum or desc days"
answered Jake dolcfully.
Ho look so cur'ous outcn his eyes"
Hannah continued, ~ gittin 'fraid ter let
him set thar by hcsolf all day. 1 tlnk III
mako Sugy-Honcy stay dar moscly, SO she
kin tell nc Of he try ter hurt hcself"
Jake asscntcd to this, and after ample
explanation it WAS understood between
the three that Sugy-Honcy was to DO waller
dc chambre to Colonel Honson. She we'll
remembered her young mistress, whom she
adorcd with All affection tho mistress of to-
day never knows. Tho knowledge that
Miss Mary would want her to stay with
"marstcr" touched a responsive chord in
her heart. She could not do too much
Each day thereafter found her in attend
| ance. Sometimes in an obtrusivo corner
| she rubbed tho knives At other times she
| softly played checkers on I'M old shawl.
but whatever her apparent occupation,
hands, feet and eyes were always Mt his
service. If he happened to be thirsty, sho
1NrD 1Nt hnf
/ she beat up the pillow on his lounge and
! famed him whilo ho took nap. Some
times she sat with a stray newspaper in
her hand pointing out tho letters and
making them into words, for her young
mistress bad taught her u little and told
her to try and learn more.
Just at this juncturc Hannah received n
letter from Mary, which she brought to
Sugy Honey to read Mary asked for news
of her father, and said thcy had been I'M
able to trace him, and wound up by tell
ing of her baby boy, named for Colonel
Henson.
This was great news to sugy-Honcy,
and she decided to write to her young mis-.
tress to como home and bring the baby.
Sho had learned to write little, and after
many attempts she evolved this lettor:
"Dere miss Mary, you is my miss Mary
yit, obon Of wo all is free. Hab we forgot
do good time wo ustor hab? l loves YOU,
oh, how loves you en- do baby wants
you tor cum homo ter yer paw. Ho say ho
won SEQ you, bus you cum ennyhoU on
bring do baby. Nanny thinks master
gwlno tor dio. Ho dom shy muffin, he
don cat much, no don sleep much.
stays wild him ali day, eli daddy ho sleep
by do bod ebcry night 20 yor littlo Sugy-
Honey"
nhcI Now In o,
homo. Despite every effort, shu had heard
nothing of her father and feared no WAS
dead. So even with this sad news it was
with q lighter heart she journcycd toward
her old homo
Arriving in tho ncighborhood, she SEM
for old Hannah, who gavo her tho pnrticu-
lars of Ter fathers condition, and together
they had many an anxious discussion as
to what was best to be done.
De doctor say it wouldn't do for You
ter go ter sec him. He is so sot agin you
havin dc capting. De shock of scein YOU
might kill him." Hannah said on ono OF
these occasions. "But you kin stay close
by, en- I'll make out like I'll hire Sugy-
Honey ter you ter nus. Ho don know
what yer now name is, nohow, On sho kin
take do baby obor dar, on maybe marster'll
notice him AFTER awhile"
Thus 1t was arranged, and tho next day
when Sugy- Honey did not appear rs usual
Colonel Henson seemed restless and final
ly asked where she was
81 dun hired her ont tor nus, answered
Hannah. Il taut she might es well he
maxim or littlo somethin os not"
Colonel Henson said no more, but he
evidently missed tho willing hands and
feet and thu chcory presence to which hs
had boon so long accustomed As he sat
on the porch that evening, n silent, dscon-
solato figure, he heard n jolly laugh and q
baby pretty cooling 1t proved to bo Sugy-
Honey and her now charge.
Tho baby was Il lovely littlo fellow, Just
beginning to prattlc. When Sugy Honey
put him down from her lap, no toddcd in
tho most matter of fact way to Colonel
Henson, put his hand on the coloncl's
knee and chattcd necessarily in his prot
ty, lisping lingo.
Tho colonel soon commenced to take a
littlo interest in farm matters, to inquire
of Jake how many of the old negroes were
still on the place, what crops hc planted
and to give some advice rs to their Guilt
vation. Vet IL was plain that his day be-
gan when Sugy- Honey came with tho baby
and ended when they left. He still had 10
idea who the little ono really was, for all
were afraid to tell him.