The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-01-21

night certain silence Which you al
ways recognize as a forebeding in those
whom You know we'll IL brought the
dishes and went away without ever a
word of comment and With about his
attentions to the other guests of the
evening with that manner which beto-
kcucd an intense absorption III some mat
ter outside the dinner COURSES When
he put down the coffee, h. leaned over
and asked III Il defcrontial way if !
would mind staying aWhile-he wanted
to talk IL me- ON Il "mattah which is
much worriment tub me. sub. OF
course | said I'd stay, and | waited with
not Il little curiosity to hear what Uncle
Reuben had 10 say. That II WIS por-
tentous affair which weighed upon him
was too evident
Finally the place was empty, save for
my presence and Uncle Reuben came
over 10 me and sat him YEARLY down
His efes were shining with the resolve
of some greet purpose, hut he approach
ed it cauiieusly
Il reckon yuh member. sub, bout
Maiah BaNtlh comm to New Yawk tub
live
nodded assent. l remembered well
the might Whom he and Uncle Reuben
met for the first time since Reuben had
gone into the war as Il body servant
and | remembered how Uncle Reuben
had fed his IMPOVERISHED cid master
through the courses of the best dinner
his place could Law without ever giving
the master an idea that he WAS rcceiy
inc charity | had never forgotten the
tenderness of Rcubcn's attentions to the
man who had once owned INN. body
and soul
".Yuh member him. an wan tuh
aX vuh advice bout uh mattall cnn>arniu
i'm Itsthis WAY. suh Yulissa. Aluiah
Baxtah. he'sun ecmmm. H. am ncvah
use tub Wuk uN no kim ul 10 fin it
mighty hand tuh git LONE k1ln in New
Yav,[ xha6 cyaLodv >yn4 las. ,,hat ne
cit. Ca'Se down home he con bothah
bout nothin. lie dos sci ON he front
po'ch WY he fricu's I'm lrinl, ulins
He lool, ont oyah thu big trl. an he saw:
elijah 'snlaniegah. III thah ma bosses.
An thab'4 ma lan's. Cirumap. tin Grams
is gvne tub be pow ful fine. Take uh
drink. Anthev take uh drink. and this
maiah Is happy. That's all he know
bout maxim nh Twin. lie des 90 tuh
town an sign thu papcrs am git thu
money fun thu crap. Co'se he don t
know nothin bout how thu crap come
tub be made. He aim raised that way.
"Ynh member | tule yub bout how
he get broke up at home IA come tub
New Yawk tuh staht all ovah az in |
rrckin he Thought he'd fin uh cotton
crap ON eyah street i'm New Yawk. ka~c
he aim wor yin much bout nothin tell
he aim got 10 money tail Thcn's wen
! see i'm fust. yuh member
"Ho knows some gemmcn hyah, an
NV co ST they do whut they kin tub give
i'm uh staht. Int thu majah he don
know lont how tuh take chances in
bus ness an so | reckon be ain dom dos
ez well ez he ought, least | hearn tell
he ain, an l DIES want AK yuh bout it.
| want yuh tnh look at this faw me,
Uncle Reuben went down into some
mysterious recess behind his apron and
drew out small book carefully wrap
ped about with Il long string Taking u
precautionary look about the room. he
laid it down in front of me 1t was Il
handbook, and it showed balance III
favor of Reuben Baxter of Tennessee of
fraction over 50, 600.
That whut | save outen thu bust
ness hyah, yuh know. Thu Remmen
whut does me thu honah ny comm hyah
faW uh cauyasback paws me putty well