The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-05

10 HuSH, IOHU
said so. What wonder, then, that her
mother took no account Of anything
she lacked Nanny bewailed them
quite enough for two.
me an Bulge-dawg, us is dc onlies'
ones whar looks out fer Tony" that
good woman said. "Her nanny, she
des so wropped up in dam dar preacher
chilluns oh her'n pear lex she don
keer of po' Tony dom git two caliker
frocks in de year.
Bulge-dawg it was who sat waiting
for his mistress. AS the wagon came
abreast of him he began to caper excit-
eddy, barking aloud and leaping half
his length up the tree. At Tony's whis-
tie he fixed upon her pair of reproach-
full eyes. She laughed, but shook her
head as she said caressingly:
Poor Bulgy! Did he want the squir-
rel so bad? Come along, old fellow. You
ought to know it amt worth while to
tree anything when we are at work.
wanted to bring my gun ever so bad,
but Nanny was afraid it might 60 off
and shoot her. Besides poor old Nance
ought not to pull an extra pound as hot
and muggy as it is. "
dat she oughtn'," Nanny supple.
mented, with another deep sigh. dat
one thing why | tole yo' yo' oughtn'
try dis yere dribin ter mill yo'se'f same
lex yo' wus po' white folks. Yo'
want gwine stir one step 'dout come
too 1 weighs suppin, does. "
81, IN, tI,o Cos int
est possible shrug "You know how it
is, she said. II can't plow. | can
drive. The whole plantation is out of
meal and so in the grass from all that
rainy weather we must work like Turks
to get out again. So have come my
self in place of stopping plowman. l
amt bit sorry either. 1t is such fun
seeing the trees, the fields, the houses
and what other folks are doing. You
know you like it, too, Nanny, in spite
of your grumbling. As for me, l ain a
freed bird. have not been outside our
own fences in two months, and now che
high water makes us take a road
never travelled before in all my life.
"De good Lawd he knows / wishes
yo' nebber had er sawed hit, Nanny
said, thrusting her tongue i'll her check.
81 been thinkin eber sence dat man
back yander say us ha'tor come dis
way eff Marse John Ant my Morris, yo'
pappy up in heaben, kin see whit gwine
on down yyra terday l spec he try tel
git up outen de grade fer ter stop hit. y
"Why?" Tony asked, taking firmel
| Of
he would hate so to see his daughter
doing honest, necessary work? l hope
oh, SO devoutly-my father was not
such snob as that. Tell me, is there
any reason''-
''Reasonl Reasonr' Nanny broke
in. "Whar yo' eyes, chile? Yo' ears
Ev'ythingF Don't you unnerstan' ha'tel
be suppin metty powerful ter set me of
ON dis yere traipse wild yo'. My hear
git up in my froat cherry time dan
mules back dey ears, but yo' shain'
come long yere by yo'se'f, not eff
knowed fer certain my ole neck gwin'
git bruk fer hit No won'er yo' ain
nebber seed dis yere road. Hit rul
, tn 'ough de Harp Cross plantation
When us git in sight er de house dar,
: gwine dribe eff it gin me de heart bust
an make yo' lay low in de wagin
Date dar satcful ole sinner shain't hal
+ de sati faction er seein yo' dat WI
. horned de bes' quality in dis county do
r in niger wuk."
: 81 don t mind work nor if the presi
dent saw me at it,, Tony said, sitting
very upright. Nanny groaned again
, II dom b'leeve de chile know hal
whut she tallin bout" she said a
though speaking to herself. 81 know
amt nebber tole her, but sho'ly Mis-
= Francis
Miss Francis has never told me any
thing. All know is Mr.. always USE
to bemoan the fact that she was no
friendly with the Crosses. He said i
shut him out of their elegant hos! itali
ty, ;" Tony said, her lip curling u lii
tie, $50 if there is anything TO tell
Nanny, she went OF, ''nuw is til
y time of all times to LET me henr it, -
+ "Dee is er tale, sho' 'nough, Man
T. my returned. LAS nigh as | knows hi
: hit begin sorter dis way. Dis yere Har
n Cross war libin in dis big fine fahr
4 now, he's son ter dc oherseer whar yC
e gran 'pappy, Miss Francis pa, had. Har
Cross he oIder'n her, dough, free, fl
c years older Dee growed up on do sam
t plantation. Yo' gran 'pappy he wus d
a bes manager roun 'erbout yere. He dc
had oberseer case he think hit look bel
:, . ter, seein he's sech er big gentemuI
r Bimeby he gin de Crosses sech er goo
5 show an larnt de ole man sech er muo
g fahm sense do oberseer gut 'bove hese
l. an set in ter buy Ian an niggers OBJ b
own. But soon as he gut UNI foil
foun' out, dough he had larnt ter WI !
}. he amt larnt how ter treat he blac
l. folks. Dee cotcht de whup fer DIES an
an ey'y thing, an whuppin p'intedl
d want lowed on we all's plantation
n Ole marster he laugh an tell his mis-
. gers he amt gwine bodder hese'f whuI
4 pin um eff dee wanter be triflin, an
n dee wanter steal, why. be smart an hid
d hit, so he won't be made shame err dc
by fin'in hit out. Lord knows twain
nebber nobody had de 'casion ter stei
dar. 'Twus des ak an hab, an de ve'
e same way at Marse John Ant'ny Mo-
rises. Dem two places, dee laid sortt
cattawampus ter one norrer, Ole ma
!, Cross she had somehow gut hold CT Ia
right in de notch or de two
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