The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
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= CHAPTER NJ.

SOME DIFFERENCES TO THE PAST WHICH IT
NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND
Colonel Graham was very wea
man, and at best very angry one
though 1t would not do for him
show 1t.
He played sick ana no cursed--to him
self-thc doctor who had turned hi
mean pretense into frightful reality.
He was In no amiable mood whel
Othello came In on tip-toe, and, In re
Spouse to his masters demand to know
who was making that noise out there,
made answer:
It's M granny, snh."
May the devil fly away with the biacl
bag! Why he hasn't done so before i
mystery. What does she WANT" Tn
Colonel pushed himself higher up OF
tho pillows and g'ared at The black man
rs II ready to STAY him II he did not a
once give satisfactory answer to thu
question.
She wants fob to SEQ yeh." sal,
Othcllo, his tremulous voice indicatin,
the fearshe felt of his master.
Yes. en- I'ze g5t to sec ye. No use
tryin' 10 keep me out Ell yer sick
I've got YARDS to cure ye; so In comes
ch Wv uOcS yen 10, me lOul
The door was opened and closed witt
q sudden bang, and Dinah stood In tn,
middle OF the floor, bowling in a way
that to any other man than that sitting
bolt upright on the great "four-poster'
bed would haze been extremely ludi.
crous.
4 am sick, woman, and want 10 be
alone, said Colonel Graham, but even
Othello noticed that he did not speak
with the peremptory voice that usually
distinguished him.
SO ye does" The old woman turned
to her grandson, and enforcing her COM
mand by extending her lean, black arm
IN the direction OF the door, she con-
tinued: Git out, 'Theilo; me en- yer
mas'r wants to be lone. Don't We 90
fob to stan dar GRIMM wild yer mouf
open, but go out. Tell I'm to go out to
once"
Dinah turned to the bed, and the
colonel. falling back on his pillows with
o sigh of mingled wrath and pain, said:
Leave me alone, for little while,
Othcllo."
Amazed at his grandmother's audac-
ity, Othollo went out. but he did not 60
out Of hearing. His curiosity was
aroused, and he made up his m nd to
learn, II possible, the secret OF tho Old
woman's power. So far it had been his
firm belief that there was not In all the
world being who would dare to oppose
tho wishes OF his fierce master.
: Dinah had not been In town for some
days, and though she had heard OF the
departure OF the Wanderer, she as yet
did not know that Capt. Denham had
left on that ship.
i have offered you gold to leave me
alone and to keep your cursed tongue
quiet" said the colonel. Now, what
do you want7"
Z Before replying to this the old woman
drew back the bed curtain, 80 that she
might get better view of his face,
and then, coming SO near that she could
look into his cold. glittcring gray eyes,
said In a voice that was not a whisper,
but which sounded far away and
sepulchral:
Il want TO keep on lcadin' OF bettah
life, en- can't go fob TO do 1t w EN- yer
roun'."
Leave mo alonc, and I'll soon be
away" The colonel threw q pillow
inder his shoulder, so that he could rest
IN his elbow. and returned the wom-
an look without flinching. Suddenly,
Is II he had decided on different tactics
rom those he would pursue If no con-
'inued acting in accordance with his
ceilings, he said;
Sit down, Dinah, and let us have n
shat; let US DO friends. as We werc In
he Old times. You must excuse me,
nut have boon sick In mind and body
or some time"
sid rathcr stan up, :" replied Dinah,
md shc p,acci both hands on the top of
Ter long staff. and, resting her chin
hercon, she still watched him.
After pause, she continued:
"Ye'z sick In min On body, en- no
vondah. Wy ye'z alive arter all de
MIN en- body sickness ye'z had yarsel
n made oddcrs fob TO hab Is de mos
sprisin' ting I'zo ever heard on, en-
re boon libbin' now nigh onto fou- ah
Never mind that, interrupted tho
'olonel. restraining with terrible ef-
ort his tendency 10 anger. Let US
ak about yourself and what you have
cen doing since last saw you. Lot
nc SEQ. 1t must 10 one and-twenty years
go?-
Jos dat time. ! couldn't fohgit It,
IA you couldn't fohgit it. We was bofe |
4 Bcrmooda den, en- was tho slave Of !
Q Gov-nah. Does yer rcmimbcr who |
nat Gov-nah war;"
The bag cooked her head TO ono side,
nd loaned forward on tho staff for an
nswer.
Colonel Graham shot q glance at the
ocr and saw 1t was closet. then no |
lrcw back the curtain still further and |
,oked over the room before he said:
Tho Governor OF Bermuda. at that /
me, was my brother
En- dey called i'm Colonel Gra'am,
,o?"
You know they did, Dlnah.
En- II he'd libbcd den dat Goy-naii'd
Gen Lo'd pallton?"
What OF it?"
But dat Gov'nah didn't lib. Eazo
" Doan't you know, sah?'
"Ho dIcd. replied the Colonel, with
bother impatient glance about tho
'om.
EN- Wy did o dior"
1t Is so difficult TO reproduce with nc
Tracy the strange dialect of this wom-
J. that for the present We shall dIscon-
nuc 1t, and give q summary Of the
cts developed by her shrewd ques-
ons and her ready and frequently gro-
squely humorous answers.
Twenty zone years before the date OF
II story, Coloncl-the Right Honor
9.c Ralph Denham Graham, the eldest
y Of Lord Psliton Of Ayr and cambcr-