The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-23

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know ! can reach them neither with
my teeth nor with my hind feet"
Aaron performed this service will
ingly, and the scraping seemed TO
tickle Rambler so that he raised one of
his hind feet from the ground and
| made believe to be scratching himself,
but his foot was simply moving up
| and down in the air. Al this the chill
dren laughed very heartily
We'll said Rambler, when we ran
up on the young man and the young
lady there was n great furry. The
negro girl screamed, and the young
lady rushed into the arms of the young
man for protection. My companions
and / ran around and circled but all
trace Of the Son Of Ben Ali had disap-
peared.
81 found the warm scent Of a horse
but there was no horse to be seen.
thought this very strange, SO | follow
ed it a few hundred yards, but said
nothing to my companions about il.
The scent led out of the woods,
through field in which the brown
sedge grew high, and, in going through
this, / caught the scent of the Son of
Ben Ali it was high on the sedge,
and ! knew by this that the horse had
the Son Of Ben Ali for a rider. But
said nothing to my companions. /
turned away from the horses trail, and
continued to go in a circle, until, com
ing to the point where the young man
had entered the woods, I made some
fuss over il, and thus drew my COM
panions away from the sedge field.
They came to me, but | told them it
was a mistake, and in this way cooled
them off, so that they We're no longer
as keen to find the trail Of the Son Of
Ben Ali as they had been.
Il have told pretty much all | know
about it," continued Rambler, dodg-
ing another spark 'It 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 Ali with the bale of cot
ton"
Was it really papa and mamma ?"
asked Buster John, turning to Aaron.
Aaron laughed and nodded his head.
wen. they've never told me any
thing about it" said Sweetest Susan,
in an injured tone.
''Nor me either" remarked Buster
John
''Huh!' exclaimed Drusilla, folks
don't hafter tell dey chilluns all dey
know"
Just then a loud but mellow voice
outside cried out: ''Drusilla. You
Drdslla! You'd better answer me,
gal! | boun' I'll make you talk when /
git holt er you'll"
Drusilla put her head outside the
door and yelled out: "Ma'am!"
Come ERE dis mint, madam Whar
is your"
AT tTnk t'on's house nanny"
Tell her Uncle Aaron says ne 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
Drusilla, and wondering what in the
world Aaron wanted.
rs that you, Jemimy? ?" asked Aaron
Come in-don't be scared"
Jemimy came in laughing, and her
smile was in queer contrast 10 the
threats she had just made against her
daughter.
What you all dom here?" she said,
seeing the white children. INK Aaron
IS sho got mo- time fer ter fool wild
you dan what / got. An dar's dat oil
dog settin' up dar big ez anybody.
What you want, honey?" turning to
Buster John ''Tall quick. j 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 turned to Aaron. did YOU call me
sho' nuff, er is deze yer chillun des
runnin' on wild der foolishness? ?"
Aaron nodded his head and brought
out stool for himself, giving Jemimy
the chair i'm which he had been sitting.
u clar', / amt got no time fer ter
be settin' down here gWine on wild deze
chillun Time yo' INK A'on know
much bout you ez what / does he won't
be settin' down here worryin long
wild you"
Jemimy said this, laughing in an EN-
barrassed away She stood in awe OF
aaron. but she sat down. ''What you
GRIMM at, like ter know?'' she cried,
turning suddenly on Drusilla, to hide
her own confusion. "Whar 20 man
ners?"
Aaron shook his head and Drusilla
made no reply.
~ ulib Atlliiys StiAAl A3d9NCA O0AtAat y
want YOU to tell us about the time
YOU went into the woods with mamma
when Cucle Aaron was a runaway,
and when Mr.. Gossett was running him
with dogs"
Jemimy laughed, and then she look
ed serious. She looked first at the chill
dren and then at Aaron. At last her
eye fell on Rambler, who had crossed
the hearth and was sitting between
Aaron and the chimney jamb.
.Ef / amt mighty much mistaken,
said Jeminy, dat ar very dog dar is
one er de dogs what WIZ runnin' after
YOU" Aaron nodded his head. He
gittin' oil mon Why, dat ar dog amt
fur frum twenty year OF" Jeminy
paused, but nobody said anything.
Finally she went ON:
Il never is ter fergit dat day, ef ! Wuz
ter live ter be Older dan Oh man Me
thuslem. / speck l wuz bout fourteen
yer OF, an Miss Rachel, she wuz bout
eighteen or some'rs long