The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-30

house, put a pillow in the chair ITO make
it feel like home" as she said. and sta
toned the child in the warmest corner.
! Then she woke her brother. do your
/ dressin' in your own ROOM she said;
/ we've got compny this mornin'.
| Mr.. Bobs didn't seem TO relish this, and
/ he began to grumble in tones too low to
| be heard in the adjoining room. Comp
! ny! Wen, bejingd eff they amt afoot
! early! That's all I've got to say. bejing'd
| eff faint" And that was all Mr.. Bobs
/ did say.
Sweetest Susan soon informed Miss FL
! viry of the facts as she knew them, ard
then remembered that Druslla was still
! i'm the wagon-and the cute little baby
yes, and that awful man.
Mr.. Bobs was very much surprised to
see Sweetest Susan in that place at that
early hour, and glad, too. for he and the
! Abercrombies and the Wyches had always
been good friends.
! You know what they say i'm the Bible,
Elviry; fust war, and then signs and Won
! ders That's what they say bejinged ef
faint" In a few moments Mr.. Bobs was
put in possession of such facts as his sis
ter had learned. and the 50-odd queer con-
illusions her quick Imagination had con-
| jured into being.
selecting a stout hickory cane from his
collection, sailed out, Temarking, Hes
got to be a heap bigger than me eff
don't find out why he's creepin round
a-stealin children, and why he's crope
into my premises. Bejing'd ef he ain't.'
But as Mr.. Bobs went out, the White
| Haired Master drove into the lane and
he and Aaron came forward as rapidly
as they could. Mr.. Bobs went TO the
fna
away from the fodder stack, and then
| looked into the wagon. Drusiha and
Little Biscuit were soundly sleeping but
| nothing was to be seen of the driver
Searching around the premises carefully
and continuously, MIR. Bobs presently
heard voices in a pine thicket not far
away, ana there was Mr.. Roby Ransom
preaching sermon to the birds and
bushes. He was not preaching loudly.
for he seemed TO be exhausted, ana oc-
casionally he leaned against saplng for
support.
Mr.. Bobs knew him at once as a crazy
man who had lived in the neighborhood
some years before, and who had been Sent
to the asylum from an adjoining county
Meanwhile the Whlie-Haired Master and
the Son of Ben Ali came up, and great
was their CONSERVATION for a moment
when they discovered neither Sweetest
Susan nor the wagner were 20 be seen
Fortunately, the suspense of the grand.
father was of short duration. He heard
Sweetest Susan call his name, and in a
moment she was in his arms, and Mis-.
Elviry found is necessary 10 wipe hei
specs.
Then came Mr.. Bobs with an explana
ton of the whole matter, and he ant
the White-Haired Master and Aaron
went to secure the unfortunate Mr.. RAN
som.
"Roby, you better come 60 with us.
reckin," said Mr. Bobs, kindly, laying hi!
hand on Ransoms shoulder; come. now
you better go long of us"
But the unfortunate had worked him
self into state of frenzy. He eiared a
the three with CLASSY eyes, ana then
shrielSing out something about the fent
ApOlIyon, ran through the bushes ane
brambles into the woods. Not even Aaror
, could overtake him. He disappeared. anc
although searching parties secured III,
woods for miles around, the unfortunat,
was never seen again. His fate became
legend, and the legend developed into tn,
/ collection of myths, which in that neigh
borhood are passed about from mouth [,
mouth to this day. Those most affecte,
by the whites, tell of Robber Ransom
while those of the negroes give bloodhound
8 ling tales about Robtyransom. Some o
{ these tales are curious, while all ar
! marvellous, and parts of other myths an,
! legends have been injected into them.
4 1t Is hardly necessary. to say that neithe
e the White-Haired Master nor Aaron mad
any serious effort to find the lunatlc afte
: he had once disappeared. They had othe
j things to think about There was Sweetes
= Susan's mother: they knew that ever,
= hour that passed without their return wa
D to her a long season of agony. The Sol
e of Ben Ali, indeed made no delay abou
going There would not be room in tn
e buggy for four, in any event, and by tax
ing advantage of the neighborhood by
e paths and short cuts, he could reduce III
distance by at least a mile and half
v The Whlte-Haired Master delayed N
/! longer than was necessary. Mr.. Bobs an
g Miss Elviry insisted that he should hav
j a bit to eat: "Ef faint fine, its clean
thank goodnessr' she exclaimed; but no h
4 smiled at Miss Elviry's remark and de
clared that he would have no appetlt
until he saw Sweetest Susan safe I'm he
mothers arms.
Drusilla heard the remark and won
dered if she'd be safe in her nanny
arms and after thinking over 1t awhile
she concluded that she'd be far from SAT
at this time jennings affection wa
strong enough but 1t had very sharp re
actions when her alarm was over.
There were still two matters 10 SETTLE
The first made its appearance in the bac
of the wagon, while the White-Haire
Master was thanking Miss Elviry for he
proffered breakfast. II was little Bill