Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15
Dave out tharf' she asked. "Can't you
behave yo'selfs and not dodge about

Dave out tharf'' she asked "Can't you
behave yo'sefs and not dodge about
a-gigglin like lot Of geese?"
"Geese don't giggle. They squawks, ,"
came from the outside.
"Let 'em alone, 'Lizabuth, :" said the
old man, smiling. "Let 'em enjoy
themselves while they can"
"They. are your children, I suppose,
the visitor remarked.
"Waal-that is to say-partly," the
old man answered. miss Madam is our
daughter-the only child we ever had
except Jedge, that tho guerrillas killed
durin the war-but Little Dave amt
no kin to us. We took him to raise be-
TO- Miss Madam was borned, cause he
was little bit of a crippled thing that
nobody didn't want, but he always was
q mighty peart child, and, bless you, he
can do a power Of good with hoe now.
He's crowdin 30 putty close, and Miss
Madam is goin ON H.
"Why do you call her Miss Madamf".
"I reckon that name do sound strange
to folks that don't understand 1t, and
I'll tell you exactly how it come about:
A long time ago, when me and wife
was movin out here, our hoss--the one
we had-drapped down In the road and
died. Laws amussy, how we was trou-
bled, for we didn't know what to do,
not havin but a few dimes, and we
know'd that thar want no use in trJin
to go on without hoss, as we couldn't
do nothin arter we got thar toward
raisin crap. !, While We was standin
thar, mournin, along come carriage,
and right close to it come man on 9
hoss. The carriage was as bright as Q
new dollar, and the man looked like q
governor. Waal, when they got up to
whar we was, they stopped, and the
man asked, What's the matter with yo'
hoss2 'Nothin's the matter with him
now, sub, I said. He might have been
powerful sick few minits ago, but
e's dead now. is that the only hoss
you've got?' he asked. Yes said I,
'and I amt got him now, and the Lord
only knows how I'm goin to make q
crap. Jest then the sweetest face ever
seen-the face Of woman-showed at
the winder Of the carriage. The dog
wood blossoms and the redbud bloom
had give her their color, and the dew
draps from the grapeyines had fell In
her eyes. When she seen my wife
a-standin thar a.cryin, she asked, And
is that really the only hoes you hadr
yes, man, my wife answered,
wringin her hands.
"'And you say you can't make .
crap2'
1--WE can't do nothin now that the
hoss is dead, and we mout as well die
too
"Then the woman sorter leaned out
Of the carriage, and, with smile that
put me in mind of mornin IN spring
after rain had fell the night befo',
said, 'Jedge, get down and give them
yo' hossp
Z" Madam, said he, 1t shall be Jest
as you say and, befo' I knowed what
i was bein done. was so astonished, the
bride rein was in my hand, my wife
was on her knees, and the carriage was
gone. We never could find ont thar
names. All we knowed was Jedge and
Madam. So when our boy was borned
the one that was hlled-we called
him Jedge, and when the little girl
come we called her Madam, but bein
such little bit Of thing, and Madam
soundin most too big for her, we added
the Miss. 'Lzabuth, step thar to the
do and tell the children we won't go
out to the field agin this evenin.
TO BE CoN-iaUED.