The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-02-20

from the number OF your packages.
Been buying yourself rich2'
There IL was again, George Washing
toms birthday; she heard H. every
where. The very banks would be
closed. she heard somebody say; and
the post Office would be open but an
hour all day. Clearly IL was George
Washington's birthday.
To be perfectly sure about IT, how
ever. she determined TO step around 10 |
"Marsc Toms Office" and ask about H.
Marse Tom was once her husbands old I
master. and he would be pretty sure TO I
tell her the truth.
"Marse Tom" said she. thrusting her |
head in a moment at the door. What am !
de incasion oh all de Indictment in de
town ter-morrer?"
lit is George Washington's birthday.
Aunt June. Come in and get warm"
said the master. without looking up
from the paper he was busily prepur-
ing for the court that would convene
the next week. But Aunt June was
gone; she went straight back 10 the
| grocery.
'Ef dey's all detarmint ter hab il so.
reckon il am got ter be So" she de-
ciared; and she bought back pound OF
the butter she had sold. two pounds OF
cheese. and n dozen sticks of striped
peppermint candy.
"Ef ev'ybody else ain gwine be-
grudge de chile de celebrating, reckin
GEoly his own nanny ain gwine do
dat" she said Use gNvine straight
home and kill him"
She felt relieved in crossing the
bridge 10 find the workman gone.
Il don want hear no more of that mig
gers mouf." said she. Lack ez not
he'll be thinking don know de bufday
oh my own chillen."
She made several convenient stops on
the way home. however. and at each
stop explained why she was imposing
SO upon the mule.
"Dey's lot Of things in de cart, TO be
sho," said she. but hit am George
Washin'ton's bufday."
And for the life of her she couldn't
help saying il just as the people in town
had said IT.; as something that every
body ought TO know. Whether these
knew or not she was not able TO divine,
since the same reply met her at each
repetition OF the announcements: yes
sum-"
She was planning a great feast; she
meant to make a cake and stuff it with
raisins. "He ain no emery niger, dat
boy amt" said she, as the white mule
plodded patiently homeward.
Little Wash couldn't understand
his sudden rise TO greatness, though
he very cheerfully washed the pota-
toes. killed and picked the hen.
and was told that he might beat the
whites for a cake the next day.
"a cake fur yo bufday dinner, son.
his mother told him.
That night when his father came
homo Aunt June asked him II he
couldn't get of from his work next day
and eat dinner at home.
Hitam George Washin'ton's bufday."
she explained again in the town tone.
II done been Citing de chile up bit OF
nice victuals."
Uncle Jake scratched his head and
pondered "Ole oman" said he, after
a pause, "you's mistookin, honey, bout
dat. Ter-morrer ain Wash's bufday
Wash 'uz bawned in de summer time
Don yer rickerlict dc threshing?
Eyes, sab, dat / does. But de town
folks dey ali say ter-morrer 'uz George
Washin'top's bufday Dey all wouldn't
hab il no udder way. De very niggers
on de pike say II 'uz George Washin'
tons bufday. And seeing they wouldn'
hab IL no udder way jest stepped round
ter Marse Toms Office and nx him
Kase know ef Marse Tom say II So il
am so. So put my head In de do ant
e says /: 'Marse Tom, what's ter do ter
n morrer?' or something mighty lack
dat. And says he: Hit am George
p Washin'ton's bufday' Den CONF
II long and Kilt hin; kase know !
Z mus be SO den, aldo | reckelick 1t ain
L So"
re Uncle Jake tilted his chair back an'
/; broke into laugh. "Ole oman sale
T. he. you're oil wrong bout dat. De,
{. uztalking George Wash
1t in'ton. ! heered all bout dat long go
Sc Dey wan meaning we-alls' pc little
Wash here"
M Aunt June's eyes flashed for min
it ute; only n minute. however, and sh
n ducked her head TO laugh.
er II done kilt him." said she, "and it'
cot ter be eat. George Washin'ton az
Y. gwine hab dat bufday. lie bee
le mighty handy helping bout de bah.
is and all. and he kin hab two bufday
dis year well ez not. Dey ain no secl
Il pre't Difference 'twix. the twenty-seckei
or o Feb'rery an de twenty-ninth ofJuly
X ez | kin see. Seed de reesuns, con, tn
de cake; hits fur yer bufday dinner tel
W. morrer."-Wfl Allen Dromgoole. j
he Youths Companion.
THE SAME CASE, WIN DIFFER
y EMIT ENDING.