Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26

tn dcef MIG dusk. TIE negro was in
advance 4 Us. H turned d. the colo
nel.s remark. ard I saw his white
teeth cleaning Ain IL use'n er man
tryin Ter hide his u,ui frum Mays
La, h. said. je,,ins Inns Z with 4
laugh Not Il bitter Use, Gaze he gwiue
read er mans mind like one deze we're
b. Is wld er luther klyer On It. -
"ti1 or, yul ~c1undrel," the colonel
1a;lel
-. sin; d..t's whuc e desn.
Anything teon going 81 since I
irtt::''
No, sab; net much SAM PRrdy IN
Jim Bates got inter er squlbtle, an sam
stabbed h.m, an de doctor say he ain
gwine lii,
That SCI
las, sal, al Niles Parker WIZ flnr
r. or colt day beto yistliy, an dA sav
tatuueo' A.s .4i1s st ter come eli.
You don't tell me-
Vas. sab. an ole Miss Nancy lie
trod on or rennl stick an fen an lraaa
her hip, an da low She an II gwIne git
well Gaze She - old =
''Wha. ~
Vas, san, an Cap'n Baw,cs sent
word TER M Hichs dat he VIZ er 1ae-
fare t.,r. ~ c=t II 4zg3 2,l I s55l NJ
Hicks rldin toward de cap Il : house ~
dar : ne tellin whit has happened II
d. time
'sNsf3. You " all had Il fine tiHe
s:nse les;. Hop up there now IL
drive Us home.
Tie next day was the day IL ra
Christmas. and how dre4mily delight
fal did l IND this old place faueled
that in every corner 4 romance was lid
Ing The loud creak Of the old w;ndla-s
at the Well was cry fEean the past.
There had been killing fraSts but ua-v
the air was sottened with Indian sum
mer's hay breath. At early morning
the colonel took me to see his mint led.
The carriage driver lowered near us,
grim, sly, half laughing Look Ike
somebody dun spit tobacker juice on dat
glass" he said, and the cd colonel
turned upon him. If you don't COON
away and attend TO your own affairs,
I'll take stick to you. But wait a
minute You tell the nigeers that n
going to give them an cid fashioned
Christmas Tel them-men. women
and chiIdren-to be in front Ct the big
heuse early in the morning. Do you
hear
Does I yere:" cried the old negro.
bowling almost TO the ground Does l
we're: Did Moses we're it thunder when
he Went up inter de mountains, sab:
i, !, l. 4,
his garments: reckon does we're, an
I thanks de Lawi.
Early the next morning. before the
winter birds began 70 twltter. | heard
the negroes assembling in front Of the
house The invitations had not been
confined to the tenants on the colonel's
place, bat had included those who lived
on some of the adjoining farms.
The colonel was early aStir. He
ing it to me remarked: Under amber
glass Don't let that point get away
from YOU Listen at EN- down there.
Happiest people on the face Of the earth
the only real philosophers. Do you
know what We got for them: M0lasSes
candy fer the children and ec2nog for
the men and women. You know that a
negro has always thought that to have
enough es2hn : Is to eaten glimpse
OF heaven. W Ge' up be1oie DAY ara
MADE a WASH kettle lu4I OF II. Dfihh
ina" AiAoer lass l III AFRAID 'Aat you
are about - ley that point get away
from E"Rs
assured MN that l was not. tod
HIM that II was really better than the
mint that grew along TN branch ami
TINS pleased MIN. An sad ne !
see that you nave not l1Ved tee long III
the north. We'll !et Us 90 Gown ana
open mp
E" nat a caF 'hat was "1iA a y9keef
steers the negroes Ore" an enormous
hickory log INTO the yard, bored auE.r