New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10

,.o oo,,ida-,,ror ard when she announces. for the
sixth or seventh time. that she must DC gu"
on back" and finally steps out OF the uooi' ~"
hostess snatches blazing brand from the hre ana
volunteers to light her part Of the way hoine' III
nartng words Of comfort as they go
come bark when the suns bout a hour hlsh
.wo DAYS from now Is her parting ln)uhc'lo'
I'm have them powders all READY LOUIS a."
Cwine 20 study more bout jobs Cal'he a'ue'
he swallow dem" And the applicant scuds away
10 her fathers cabin assured that she can VIII '"'
recrcan. Louis from his latest charmcr.
.orha, hr,ndle helrer what was old Socks CALI
~, her neck broke in the rice field ditch. We found
her this mornin'." says long, spare April coming
in on Grannie at her midday meal and helping MIN
self 10 a roast potato just raked out pump an
cand!ed from its bed Of ashes Grannie Is al '"'e'
est IN minute. 49,.
And that litter Of pigs you nad dleu WI" "a"
cholera last week. she asks
YES saws the man. dejectedly; land LINDA SET
a hen on thirteen eggs. and she come OF yis'e'uas
with one lone chicken All dat amt Tor huul'" :
Miss Jefferson somebody's calm de bad luck down
on US steady an Yves lookn' TO YOU to oet'e' H.
OATS what come TO see you bout.
A conference follows % a confidential nature anu
Grannie promises TO look into matters and aver,
the evil influence that is comprising AprlIs al
fairs . ,,r.cr,-cup
Sometimes it Is tiny. speeches. presence that
warns Grannie as the particular cabin IN "hch
her services are needed A small pickaninny WIN
ps-haps even a smaller brother or sister training
behind whose unshod feet make no noise as they
move. and OF whose presence Grannie. busy ABOUT
some household task IS not aware until she turns
round and sees the little figure, hnser-in-mouth'
standing wide-eyed in the middle Of the moor
is your mammie sen YOU for me- asked
GrsnnIe The Nt;le, kinky head mods but the eyes
continue to stare and the finger does not cave
the mouth. uo.
Look we're boy. Can't You talk none Kan
exclains Granne impat.ently. unable 10 MAKE out
whether the nod was affirmative or the reverse
Again the indeiinite nod, and showing d. 81
corn pone in the chd's fingers even "h"' ~
c!aring that she 'aln't got no time to oodder Wiz
chllun" Grannie lifts the Wee messenger oVr'
the threshold and locks her door and oo''s OH -
discover the difficulty.
Grannie sometimes has a husband an unpreten-
,ious individual. VINO plods patiently on MS way
and disturbs himself little about the proader IN
terests and duties that devolve upon his better
half sinister she never $: spinsters are unheard
Of in her sphere of life but ofttmes she Is an I'M
attached Individual deserted wife or one 10
whom no mate was possible, she being 100 master
full TO be the subject creature; So chi'i'esS anu
solltary she seeks among her nelShpo's INC al
lection and companionshp denied her III her nome.
Whether that home be a rickety nut or d COM
Portable cabin, however; whether II De III lhlck-
crovirg conse or cotton field. down In the bottom
LINDA or IN on the hill, many paths converge IN
,ts airec,ion. footways and bride paths where
grass and weeds are never allowed 10 grow, 50
often are they travelled
KEEPING TRACK OR HER CALLERS.
Grannie has a unique way OF telling whether or
not she has had visitors AT any particular time.
When she starts out on morning or AFTERNOON
,aunt she sweeps afresh the soft ground that
surrounds her dwelling. the broom OF native PUSHES
making uniform marks on the level surface.
There now. Anybody what steps up 20 de
porch will .eab dere tracks she says win sa''s-
faction as she hides the broom behind the chin
ney lam and away she trudges 10 the pine woods
which is her storehouse and pharmacy. This red
yeined plant. hiding among the fallen leaves, VIII
make a good balsam for the rheumatic legs OF one
~ her constituents Aunt Jincy-Ann. who. 20
use Grarnles own phrase amt sleep good seem
as the bag ridin OF her in the night time. VIII
imblbe tea made OF that root dug up beneath 'he
nettls. Such and such bark is the very tnihS "