Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-03

ton, and wherever EmInelinc thought the
group was big enough, she rested her
head on Thcodore's shoulder, and MOURN
fully sobbed out, "uncle Cole were al
ways decent to me-" Sunday was the day
set for the funeral, consequently Emme-
lines admirers were expected 10 go out
on that day. They were met at the sta
tion by small boy famiiarly known as
Ragged Jim" He greeted them with
smile. and inquired, Gentlemen, l hopes |
you has brought your weepingsT' They |
proved this by bringing forth two razors
and a pistol. Then Ragged Jim escorted |
the aristocratie contingent to the house.
Emmeline and Sis, the oldest sister, had |
evidently had n quarrel for they were sit |
ting one, at one end, and one at the other |
end Of poor Uncle Coles coffin. Uncle |
Cole himself had frequently told me.
NANNY, she had had fifteen head of |
children" but at the funeral only thirteen
were present. In time, the preacher APP
pcared on the scene, and to Emmelne's
CONSERVATION, was seized by Sis, who
talked to him for long time. after which
he suggested that the funeral now he
started with the solemnity due the oc-
casion. Emmeline and Theodore walked
together, while the gentlemen with the
"weepings" were just behind them. The
church reached, the thirteen head of child
rem all seated, the preacher began, isis
ter Chloe, weep; your father is dead.
Brother Juniper, weep; your father is
dead! Mary Jane. weep: your father is
dead" This was kept up until twelve
We're named, and Emmeline was left out.
There was an insult she would not stand.
and so she raised up in all her majesty
and her Grape veil. and asked. us askin'
too much when l dequires why | am left
out"
AT the other end of the bench stood up
Sis with the answer: Uncle Cole he
were none of your father
Back came the retort from Emmeline:
Il knowed he weren't: Use got the best
blood of the South in my veins; Use al
ways knowed it, hut Uncle Cole, he were
| always good to me. and unless am prop
erly treated at this funeral, ] don't go for
to give one cent toward payin' the preach
er or the undertaken" This threat
probably induced the preacher to inter
| fere, for he said: Sister. let US have no
| determinations" The funeral went on
| quietly after this poor Uncle Cole was put
in his last resting place, and the family
returned to the house, where there was
| the usual dinner to serve. Theodore posi-
lively declined to partake of the feast,
4 kase he never eat after woman cook
in" This hit at the cooking made all the
blood of all the Coles boil in Siss veins.
She told Theodore that Emmeline was n
decentralization, that, without wedding
| ring, she had two small boys. Emmeline
came to the front with the expressive
reply, $50 has, an what is you dom to
keep 'em? The State in which Use a free
citizen is a earin' for them two dinkeys.'
After this the sweepings" were used.
the mourning garments were torn to rags,
Ragged Jim was made happy, and late
that night-a sight for painter-Emme-
line came home and greeted her Missy
with chuckle and the information that
de funeral was a great success. We rep
resented de 'stocracy, de borrowed veil
am tattered, we got de better in de fight,
I'll have nothing more to do with any OF
de Cole family, and not one cent of my
money shall go to pay de preacher, and DIT
undertaken, an he needn't to count on it.
kase he can't take up de coffin, and he
can't have me took away by the police
man, kase Theodore said. as how if
. weren't Uncle Coles daughter, and SC
publicly denounced as such, the law
couldn't tech me. but does hope Missy
that somebody will give Sis an Chloe til,
best lashin' they has ever had"
The real Southern darby is joy for
| ever in her use of words. Emmeline wa.
very dignited as far as pronunciation
+ went. The last time / saw her she h;l,
: entered into the marital state, unitin,
herself with gentleman whitcwashe
q commonly known ms Tommy Jenkins
I had IL. 81.
q vitcd me, when ] called on her. to have ;
milk punch, and on my declining it sh
I said: ooh, do have it. little Missy. tn
milk came from an elderly cow" TIE,
! minutes hard thinking made me under
' stand that Emmelinc was not disparae
!, ing the milk as coming from an old foun
tain, but praising it as coming direct fror
r an beautiful Alderney. However til
: new generation of darbys is not like tn
. old, and ii is pity. The old one was :
# full of joy; was so happy and So eager
q have everybody else happy that il is
n pity for ii 10 die out. The Nanny VIII
n nnrsed my father and me, who had bee
. my grandmOther's maid and who sleer
/ at the feet of my grandmother, was
common type throughout the South, b,
:, you don't see that type nowadays. III
/. new maid yearns for false teeth and
- trunk; she is fond of medicine, and like
g to go to white doctor.
:. She wants the hymns that are printe
= IN books, and no longer compOses them
w meet the demands of the hour. As sa
a this seem to hear the voice of EmmeliI
"a announcing in clear tones:
m DE rocks an de mountains will all fat
away,
An we will have new hidin' Mace fiji,
n day"
!, just why Emmcline should long for
- new hiding place on the resurrection da
-, she does not know, hut it sounds We
- and the words adapt themselves to ii
~ | tune.
ar We have told so many stories that v
n have forgotten that we were going to ii
no Philip Gudgius' funeral Uncle Timotl
has driven us around by the village, al
- we are at home before we know it. L,
" not think Uncle Timothy wanted to
- into the graveyard, and Mis- Tomlins,
~ says: Mrs. Jim Philip is a woman wi
60 no emotions, so there would not have be,
he much pleasure"
h "Sic transit gloria mundi" This
~, about the only Latin know. and trn
Won can translate it. because Won Il
!" surely better up in Latin and everythil
, else than is Bah.
Id MS COSFESSION.
~ Once i was youngSter happy,
&c Not shred of care knew;
IN Mirth Wv ayp ont bp tan