Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

ground andfmade believe to he sctatchin
himself. but his foot was simply moving Ii
and down IN the air. At this the chidre
laughed very heartily.
| We'll" slid Rambler, when we ran up o
the young man and the young lady there wa
great furry. The negro girl screamed. an
the young lady rushed into the arms Of tn
young man for protection My companion
and ! ran around and circled. but all trace G
the Son OF Ben Ali had disappeared.
II found the warm scent of horse, bu
there was no horse to be seen. thought thi
very strange. so | followed IL few hundred
yards, but said nothing to my companion
about it. The scent led out of the woods
through q field in which the brown sedg
grew high and, in going through this,
carght the scent of the Son of Ben Ali. I
was high on the sedge and I knew by thi.
that the horse had the Son OF Ben Ali for
rider. But said nothing to my compan
ions l turned away from the horses trail
and continued to go In a circle, until. coming
to the point where the young man had
entered the woods made some fuss over 1t
and this drew my companions away from tn,
sodge Held They came to me, but I tolt
them 1t was a mistake. and in this wa,
cooled them on SO that they were no longer
as keen to find the trail of the Son of Ben
All as they had been.
II have told pretty much all know about
It," continued Rambler. dodging another
| spark. ut happened that the young man
who was out there IN the woods with the
young lady was the man to whom Old
Grizzly had sent the Son Of Ben All with the
bale Of cotton
WAS 1t really papa and mammal" asked
Buster John, turning to Aaton.
| Aaron laughed and nodded his head
| well, they've never told me anything
about It," said Sweetest Susan, in an in
jhred tone
Nor me either" remarked Buster John.
| "Huh!" exclaimed Druisiila. folks don't
halter tell dey chiluns all dey know"
Just then a loud but mellow voice out
| side cried out: "Drusilla! You Drusilla! !!
you'd better answer me gal! I boun
| I'll make you talk when I git holt er you!"
Drusilla put her head outside the door
and yelled out: "Ma'am!"
Come ere, dis minnit, madam! Whar
| is you?"
"At Unk Aon's house, mammy!"
Tell her Uncle Aaron says he wants
to see her." said Buster John. This Drusilla
did. and presently Drusilla's mother was
heard coming along the path. breathing
dire vengeance against Druslla and won
derng what in the world Aaron wanted.
rs that you, Jemimy?" asked Aaron.
Come fn-don't be scared"
Jemimy came In laughing. and her smile
was In queer contrast to the threats she
had Just made against her daughter.
What you all doin' here?" she said. see
ing the white childten. 'Unk Aaron is.
what | got An dar's dat oil dog settin'
up dar big ez anybody. What you want,
horey?" turning to Buster John. Talk
quick l amt got. no time ter th'ow way.
! got ter go up yonder Indicating the big
house, and set my mornin's bread ter rise
Then she turned3to Aaron. did you call
me sho' nuff, erGis deze yer chilIun des
rurnin' on wild der foolishness?"
Aaron nodded bis head and brought out
stool for himself giving Jemimy the chair
in which he had been sitting.
II 'clar'. ! aiRt got no time fer ter be,
settin' down AIere gwine wild deze chun
Time yo' Unls A.on know much bout you
ez what 1 does he won't be settin' down
here worryin' 'lDng wild you.
Jemimy said this, laughing in an embar-
rassed way. She stood in awe of Aaron, but
she sat down. 'What you grimm at, like
ter know" She cried, turning suddenly on
Drusilia, to hide her own confusion. "Whar
Aaron shook, his head and Drusilla made
no reply.
Aunt Mimy," said Buster John, 1--WE want.
you to tell US about the time you went into
the woods with mamma-whensU Uncle Aaron
was runaway. and when Mr.. Gossett was
running him with dogs. '-
Jemimy laughed and then she looked Sc
rious. She looked first at the children and
then at Aaron. At last hersieye fell on RAM
bier, who had crossed the hearth yand was
sitting between Aaron and the chimney jamb
ISl di iHlSuty WuCu MISTAKEN, SAID
Jemimy. dat ar very dog dar is one er de
dogs what wuz runnin' after you. Aaron
nodded his head He gittin' oil, mon Why
dat ar dog amt fur from twenty year Or
Jemmy paused. but nobody said anything.
Finally she went on:
81 never is ter fergit dat day. eff wuz ter |
live ter be older dan OIL man Methuslem. I
speck / wuz bout IA year OIL, an Miss
Rachel, she wuz bout 1S or 19-some'rs long |
in dar.. Soon one mornin' she sont me out !
ter tell OIL Unk Aberham fer ter saddle de |
pacin' flly. She low she gwineter go out |
in de woods after some wiz flowers, an she |
says she want me ter go along wider. So |
dey done saddle de flly, en- put Miss Rachel |
on 'er. an tuck me on behine 'er, bein's ez
de flly done been trained to tote double.
l had er basket on my arm, an dat ar basket |
sholy did worry dat hoss. She danced an
she pranced, an twuz cen bout all could
do ter set up dar, her back wuz 80 slick.
But bimeby de fily done git usen ter de
basket, an after dat ak Miss Rachel war
she gwine. She say she gwine after some
viii flowers. l ak her wharbouts / 'low'd
dey wuz plenty right whar we wuz at. She
up'n say dey want 'nuff ter suit her. We
rid on an rid on, an bimeby I say, Miss
Rache, you know you amt gwine after no
flowers She ak me wharbouts she gwine
den. l say You er gwine over yon'er in de
big woods She ak, what she gwine over dar
for. | say" 81.
Here Jemimy Strengthened herself up and
looked at Aaron curiously ,.s. -...
81 clare ter gracious / oughtnt ter be
tellin' dis TO desc yer chillun," she said.
Aaron made no reply, way or another
but seemed to be surprised. and the children
protested loudly.
you'll run right straight an tell Miss
Rachel" exclaimed Jemimy, as Indignantly
as IL the children had already told their
mother.
''Why mamma knows 1t already-if it's
rue" said Buster John scornfully.
"Shed run me off'n de place eff she
tnow'd | wuz runnin bout Of times !
light here TO you all. La! niggers is fools !
no spechually when dey er wimmen folks"
II reckon she's about right" said Rambler, | {
,awning and stretching himself.
what kinder cu'us fuss Is dat dog max
M" asked Jemimy. seeing Aaron and the '
children laughing. II amt never see no dog q
make fuss like that. You all better watch '
lat dog. He so Oh, dey amt no tellin' when !
,e'll go raviu'." 70. a'~ d
a"You told mamma she was going to the
zig woods said Buster John, by way of t
9moz
"She want vO ma den? remarked c
emimy. II say You amt gwine after no n
lowers. Ycu er gwine over yon'er in de big k
vocds' She axd me what she gwine over l
lar fer l say.GfYouer gwIne dar kaze you
peck you'll strfiee up wild dat Dave Henry t
Vyche' Man. BsIh!l She blush I'D tWel il |