St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-04-01

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Simpsons heart was set upon Lily, the
name of former mistress OF whom she
was very fond. "Lily,s, all right, mah,a
said Arabella Maud, the eldest -daugh-
ter. But 'tain't enuff.~ssAll stylish
folks tack on two or three names"
EFF she was a boy / reckon we'd. call
her Mckinley" putsin Benjamin Harri-
son. sThen,= as a bright thought struck
him: What's de name OBJ de presi-
dents lady, Arabella Maud?a
"Idy." promptly answered that young
person, who was authority in her own
particular circle, even in matters per-
,tainiilg to the white house. but, you
see, we'vegot an Tdy; Idy Elizabeth"
Green Simpson, the head of the fam
lily (whose name couldn't have been
more appropriately, sat smoking his
pipe in the warmest corner of the.
chimneys. No one ever thought of
consulting him about family matters.
DO as yermah says, chillens; he'd say.
sometimes with a show OF. authority,
sI'se mo- ,portant nattahs to tend to-
though what theysWere no one ever dis
covered Therefore, an explosion OF
sehimneEs No one ever. thought of
caused greater CONSERVATION than he
did, when, taking Ills pipe out Of his
mouth, he said. Shame the kid Eastah
Is4ig ,ssse. ~ -..@-3 -.,ss.s5s s-sfz
For moment there was. silence; then
his better half rolled her eyes in his
direction till nothing butSthe whites
were visible. and said, with a grin:
"Whah'd yer get such an ideah in yer
pate, ole r1an?''
e cause to-day's Eastah, to be suah, !"
answered Green, chuckling at his own
5 brightness. s..
Strange to say, all were favorably inn
pressed. Sounds like 'ristocratie white
folks said Arabel1a Maud.
Grover Cleveland had gone over to
the clothes basket where little No. :
was peacefully sleeping and stood gaz-
ing at herfor a few moments Then he
said. in deep bass voice, which, was
going to say came from his boots, only
hewas barefooted: sIilies swhite. ("
This seemed a poser, but Arabella
Maud proved equal to the occasion.
SYer granma1f's named Rose, she said,
sharply, ssand she's the blaekest niggah
you eser seen reckon there's black
roses and lilies, too, nowaday I've
seen 'em in bnnnits.
Grover was quenched and the baby's
name was settled. .s,- :. =
Poor little Easter Lily! 1T wasn't
long before they discovered that some
thing was the matter with her sight.
'sShe can't see the leastest thing. .''seon-
planned Abraham Lincoln, who was try
ing to amnse her one day II done
b'Iieye she's blind as a bat.as And SO il
proved.
a happier, healthier little darky
1fever lived. and with six brothers and
sisters tosee forsheqg she didn't miss her
eyes for awhile But it was a great
grief to Mrs. Simpson. Her chief com
fort was in the child's name. "Eastah
Bily's so sort o religious Ike" she'd
say. Pears like it's jest the name for
a pore blind lamb
Mrs Simpson was devout member
of the -''Zion Baptist church . and Eas-
ter. Lily was very fond of going with her
and listening 10 the singing. ] think
in spite of Mrs. Simpsons sorrow over
the ckild's misfortune, she felt that il
somehow conferred certain distine
ton upon her TO be the mother of a
blind child, and she took a particular
pride in leading Easter Lily up the aisle
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