The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09
pl AVIATION PAGEANTS.
Continued.
nv JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
alright 1899 by Joel Chandler Harris
PART XIV.
The Diamond Mine.


..s,,r tales. But I kin tell you mo- tales
,,, folks dan what l kin bout creatures.
4 5rsve die creetur tales tooby sho'. 1
,rsr how anybody kin hep b'lieyin
I'm hut dey all tell bout de time when de
j ,,srires WIZ kinder up in de WORT like
4 ~. Is now. But sense den look like
AZ. been takin' de wrong kinder doctor
* bskaze deyer dun swunk up so dey
Il amer hide out Dey amt quit talkin',
Il 70 hear UNI say dat A'on an you
4 know how ter hoT confabs wild UNI.
i ,f dsv a5n't nigh what dey useter be.
4 Abs done come in an tuck der place.
q d51oo dat anybody er anything is been
a. usrel by de change; but dar dey is,
here We is. an we all an dem will
,tsr scuf9e round an do de best we
well. anyhow. you told US one tale
H. o,Aer day. and you'n have to tell us
4 manner to make 1t even. You know more
4 ,r ors." This was Buster Johns ar
4 please stay to dinner and tel us one,
81 5, ono We are going to have crab
4 lders.' This was Sweetest Susan's
4 Aunt Minervy Ann looked at the little
4 RI and LAUGHED. Honey, you know my
feakness mighty well. Crablanders! l
4 1t seed none in so long dat dunno
/ han dew look like, much less how dey
4 Ike UNI. l know de name, an member
N tase. but OATS all"
why. they boil sweet potatoes till they
i he soft s,rape The skin off, mash them,
x2dnkle sugar on them, and then wrap
Me- in piecrust and put them in The oven
n bake" said Sweetest Susan.
"Sbo nuf sugar. honey?" inquired Aunt
a reryy Ann so.emnly. I'VE amt had no
H. huff sugar al our house sencc d'b2t-
Yes" replied Sweetest Susan; real
1 ugar We have a barreiful. a"
"A Whole bairlful! Run git de key er
b sto'house an femme kneel down by
! at bairl an hug it."
The children laughed, and Sweetest
jsan pretended 20 be going after the
8eys but Aunt Minervy Ann detained her.
RD5n 90 dat honey. Miss RachePd think
D., Of Aunt Minervy Ann Perdue come
h. fer ter say 'howdy' ter de vittles,
! udler sayn goodbye ter de folks"
4 She paused and looked at the children
81 L
#i1Eer' kaze we don't have too many
aatrs at our house, an dem we does
&aye amt eWine give nobody de dys-
#spsly Whar Miss Rachel? got sump'n
Wanter tell her, an den, alter dinner,
4 j tell you a tale, an den I'll take my foot
4 my han am 90 on bout my business
it'll be a long time more TO you see
n Minervy Ann Perdue."
Ihe chlldrens mother was in her room
4 wing and thither they piloted Aunt
ElneVy Ann. Then they went to amuse
themselves the best they could until after
Iaer. What Aunt MInerVy Ann had to
n their mother must have been very
lnny, for presently they heard her laugh
4 ng so loudly that they looked at each
fhef and laughed, too, in pure sympa-
Eay For very long time they had not
fe3rd their mother laugh so heartily and
/ long, and il gave them pleasure to hear
4 now
Alter aWhile-a very long while it SEEM
4 TO the children-the tinkling bell an
olheed dinner, and after that meal was
p'er they Waiied patiently for Aunt MI
e1Fy Ann, who was having her dinner
Il lhe kitchen, where she paid Jemimy
/ ne highest of compliments by eating a
great deal of everything that came to
ana Iain't de yappetite, chile; it's
r cookln'; l use ter b'lieve dat l could
70 stump n wild de pots an ovens my
Dul you young folks done got clean
tu5au er we OF ones. I hate ter say it,
ny ne uu1e mought ez well be tol, spesh-
Esay When it can't be hid"
Inns was the sort of fattery Jemima
EpP-eclated, and she piled Aunt Minervy
s s pate high with the best the kitchen
I'laed Then when the guest had fin
l7l Jemlmy pressed her to have some
Jung else and declared that Aunt MI
faly Ann had been ''mincin, an not
finally Aunt Minervy Ann having swal-
kYse as much as she could, announced
intention of hunting for the children,
~ sac dldn't have 10 hunt at all. for they
Non,, outside the kitchen door. They
b a nave been inside but for the fact
n al -ey had been warned that they must
st Ndlch other people while they were
auns neither at the table i'm the dining
'Vl nor anywhere else
aunt llinervy Ann wiped her mouth with
9aek of her hand and laughed when
r. saw them. "''e'-
tvsr ' la, Is de outdoinest white chillun I
EoL. 'ala eyes on. You des grab holt er
s,sr ou wiring tales out'n UNI DIES like
Nt"s chicken heads off. How YOU
h. sot any tales to tell? | boun' you'd
n, 10y Ter yosef eff l wuz ter start in
MAX. make up a tale"
|Anr. ,l.Aeiess, in spite of these protests.
kror. AlnerVy Ann went around to the
Eny NV. 'e'anda, saying. IN be dat fur on
holou.,Ss nome, anyhow" and the children
hef wy Aer. Once there, she seated her.
Il 81 Sr.'Ie steps, and Buster John, Sweet
kbolt t'a ana Drusila grouped themselves
b. ,b,. There was so much formality
[hnd ma. ,'lat Aunt Minervy Ann laughed
,I goested once more.
y U o.l, ter eracious" she cried. 'you
Nav boas 30 solemn an pious dat it makes
4 ar.bis1l.l eel empty. You set up here so
n fjs so' dies like dey does in church 10
n tsiss syos' dat eff my head had been full
Dow nv u7y wouldn't be na'ar one in it
<lay Ray you make me feel like [ did de
y d. e,'. 1onn Henry Jerding cal on me
Epud3s,', nee meetin'. He say, Sister
&erul aunt Minervy Ann was a won
II 0se5 ,it''"'e' ana she rolled her eyes and
Enack- sin slowly and flung her head
~ sopl5 Fuddew, what is de state er
tr-narrsr ~ yer Stlll Wslkin' in de er--de
IT niqel. '''l Dey wuz a whole passul
One en- ~ car, men and wimmin an
[le In r,. "Immin had up an spoke. an
&n had spoke so loud dat she fell down
Eona b, De toted out Not to be out
b5, TuL l riz, an try to say sump'n
Iklees ter .y mans gun to trimble. an NV
T. roof snake, an my tongue got up in
IWou 20 my mouf clean oi1t'n reach
b. gs you-all had been Twin, close 70
'An1 ,,.a1u you'd know OF Amt Nfiner,,v
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