The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02


limb. But this didn't help me much. The
Aa"k began TO call her mate, and in
very short time there were two of them
salHns around The biggest one came
slowly down and lit on the limb right over
me. She leaned forward and looked al
me-and of all the horrible creatures you
ever saw, she was the most horrible. She
Dreathed loud as a possum snores.
u came very near dropping from the
limb. l moved towards the body of the
tree and the hawk moved after me and
tired to reach me with her hooked beak.
l made dash and went around the body
OF the tree, and as 1 did SO the hawk S
mate came swooping down. BY this time
the other hawk was on the wing, and by
the time l dartod on the other side she
was ready to swo0p. This wouldn't have
lasted long. Some one came along and
said shoe to the hawks and they flew
away, mad then felt that same somebody
take me from the tree more dead than
alive"
Where are your brothers and sisters?"
asked Sweetest Susan.
We'll, you know how IL is in the woods
and fields; il Is everybody for himself
ana everything for itself. once out of
the nest you must look out for yourself
AS for my brothers and sisters, ! wouldn't
KNOW them, If l We're to see them. and
they wouldn't know me. Sometimes | see
my mother, and she always has a hickory
lut or a sweet acorn TO give me; but as
Tor the rest, I know nothing about them
II is very comfortable here, where you
nave somebody to clean out the hickory
nuts for you, and l suppose I'll never see
any OF my kind any more. A little more
water II you please-iust drop. Thank
you! Now, II you'll put me in a nice soft
place Ia like to take a nap"
But before Fit could get any sleep the
children felt in duty bound to show him
TO their mother and to their grandfather.
The White-Haired Master, who never al
ioWed any one to kill or pursue the gray
squirrels on his place, took the Hveliest
interest in Fit. He took him to the
HDfary, sent for some ginned cotton, AMI
made him nest behind some books on
ihe top shelf, which was not too high for
lne cnlIdren to climb to; and there, for
many long day, he made his home
Inc library was in room that had not
peeh originally built for holding books.
ana the shelves were built against a win
cow the back of them being boxed in at
mat point. Fit, soon discovered that
mere was a broken pane behind this box
lnE' which gave him an easy way of going
out ana coming in. He went out and m
10 so much purpose that he soon brought a
VINE nome and before the summer was
over, ne had very interesting family
composed OF his wife and four plump chill
9Ien-lhe wonder and delight of Sweetest
susan and, indeed, of all who saw them
MRS. tlit was shy al first and insist
co on scrambing out in grent
haste when Buster John or Sweetest
susan came 10 see the little ones. but
sme soon grew accustomed to these visits.
ne four young ores were as tame as
kittens from the first, and remained so:
ana II was sometimes amusing 10 see
lnem sWoop down from the top shelf 10
ule mead OF some unsuspecting visitor,
VINO mad been carried to the library.
Where the Nhite-Haired Master transact
ed an his business. Sometimes the wives
OF the neighborlng farmers who called
on business, We're purpOsely asked into
the library by one or the other of the
children. They never failed 10 utter wild
screams when they found a wild thing
about the size of a big rat running about
over their heads and shoulders
incidentally the children learned one in
teresting fact in natural history from
Fit. They had heard, or had read. that
squirrels store up nuts for winter use
But when obey mentioned this, Fits
surprise was great.
why, what nonsense" he chirDed
I'm cold weather we find plenty on the
ground under the leaves. and in The
trees, too. We bury them for use in
summer. before the acorns and nuts are
ripe, but we don't need them much after
the Whiskers begin to grow on the roast
ing ears in the fields. When The weather
is very, very cold we sleep, and nobody
gets hungry when asleep"
After SO long time. the voice of Aunt
Minervy Ann was heard, calling the chill
dren. She had been around to the quar-
ters, saying goodbye 10 the negroes she
found there, and sending faTewels TO
those who were absent Mai Tumlin
Dardup her former ms etpr opd Mice
lie, her young mistress, We're going to
move to town, and town was great
place in Aunt Mnervy AIMS imagination.
To go there TO live was something won
derful; she didn't feel at all certain that
any of her Old friends would ever see her
again, and she said so, shaking her head
soemn'y.
"You see me now, an you better look at
me good, kaze l dunno when you'n see
me any mo-. When you tell OF Aunt Min
erVy Ann Perdue goodby now 1t may be
fer de las time. Mars TumEn an Miss
VaSlie gwne, an I'm bleeze ter go wild UNI
fer ter keep UP de name er de family |
dunno moi him tan about desc town doiu's:
dey may wipe me up, err dey may wipe me
down, er day may wipe me Off de face er
de yeth; but YOU KIN put-yo' 'pen'ence in
one thing: or Minervy Ann Perdue will
be dar whites de wipin gwine on. You kin
lay your las thlip on dat"
Having told the negroes goodbY in this
solemn manner, Aunt Minervy Ann now
came TO tell the white folks farewell. And
first she called for Buster John and Sweet
est Susan: but the children would not hear
to any goodby so early In the day. They
insisted that Aunt M.nervy Ann should
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