The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-07

Huh! he'd "a 81 you satifactionw ex-
claimed DrusI,la; red a. abbed YOU an
rolled yo' head In one er dem blankets.
an eff dat amt satrfy you, he'd "a gil
you sump'n else"
That's all you know about pistols"
said Buster John imperiously.
No needs ter know bout pistols" re-
piled Drusiila, when you know bout
folks. Why, honey, dat ar man would a
eat you up eff you des so much ez bat yo'
eye at i'm. Amt I done see de way he
chaw whites, an how he talk long wild
hisse'f?''
Nevertheless, Buster John insisted that
he would have rescued the caDtives and
brought them home in triumph
AS may be supposed, the strange ad-
venture of Sweetest Susan and Drus.na
afforded subject for a great deal OF gos-
sip on the plantation and in the surround
ing country and the children themselves
passed many pleasant hour in discussing
ii, when otherwise they would have been
very lonely. Sweetest Susan often thought
of Little Billy Biscuit, and once when talk
ing about him TO her mother she mention
ed what Miss Elviry had said about cast
off children's clothes. Now, as it hap
pened there was a chestful of clothes
somewhere about the house, and Mrs
Wyche made haste to hunt il IN and
sort out as much as might be of some
service to the little waif Then, woman
like, having her mind on the matter, she
Insisted that the clothes must be sent as
soon as possible, and gave orders that
Johnny Bapter should carry everything
the next morning.
The children, hearing ok this, insisted
mat they be allowed to go along, and as
there was nothing to prevent (Sherman's
army having unwittingly dispersed school
ana school-master) it was arranged that
Johnny Bapter should use the spring wag-
on, which had two seats, so that Buster
John, Sweetest Susan and Drusilla could
all go along And, as Johnny Bapter was
going that far, he might as well take an
early start and 80 on 70 Harmony Grove
to carry some gifts of butter -four and
other supplies to an old friend of Mrs.
Wyche's whose husband was in the army.
and whose sources of maintenance had
Deen all but swept away by the army of
invasion
the children were up bright and early.
but they found Johnny Banter and ,he
wagon waiting for them. There was not
much delay after that, you may be sure;
only iitte wait on Drusilla. who was NOT
likely to allow SO short a journey TO inter
tere with the play of her appetite Buster
John and Sweetest Susan went out TO the
breakfast
hands. Johnny Bapter took off his hat to
them very politely, and then. when thew
We're seated in the wagon, he took off his
hat and bowed twice
You're mighty polite this morning,
Johnny Bapter,' said Buster John
Whats the matter with your"
s'Weii. fust 1 bow ter yon-all. an den I
bow ter dem ar waffies an dat ar ham.
l amt see no wafiles in so long dat l
bleege ter bow at UNI. Dey may not know
me- but l knows DEM"
That settled it, of course Johnny Bap-
ter knew what he was doing In their ex-
uberant spirits the children would have
given him all their waffies and ham, but
no; II amt no ways greedy" said Johnny
Bapter so he only took two-thirds. "An'
de waffles got butter on 'um!'' he exclaim-
ed. I'm mighty glad you-all tuck a notion
to go long. Look like dey amt been no
was when you kin git a tas'e er waflles.
Git up dar, boss! what you holdin' back
on level groun fer when you known I'm
up here eatn' waffles? Eff anybody ak you
all how come l don't b'long ter no church,
you up an tell UNI dat its des kaze l Amt
hear none er de preachers say ders gwin-
ter be waffles up dar whar good folks goes.
ST dey'll des say 'waf1es' I'm wild UNI, an
I'll stay wild UNI, too; don't you disremem
Der dat
Fer John-nee Bapiter is my name
You AK my NANNY she'll tell you de
samer'
This last was snatch of song that
sounded sweetly on the morning air. 1t
was accompanied by shaking of the
rens that set the horse trotting at the top
of his speed In a very short while, as 1t
seemed TO the children, who enjoyed the
ride. they were at Mr.. Bobs' where they
r1aOc Ia &c
delighted to see them. The clothes, she
declared, to be the very thing, every stitch
being in the right place, and each garment
certain to fit 10 a t-wy-ty-some might be
a little too big now at the present time,
but they wouldn't stay too big many
days.
''Somethin told me you-ail was a-comin'
to-day. ] had a ringin in my right ear
an my nose has been a-eetchin ever sence
l got up this mornin'. know'd | was GER
tain to have company, and who could 1t
be SAYS / to myself, but the youngsters
from the Abercrombie placer"
How is Little Billy Biscut?" asked
Sweetest Susan.
GAS fine as spit silk responded Miss
Elviry with fond laugh; ''as fat as a pig,
and the cutest thing you ever laid eyes on,
Come right I'M he's back in here sone'rs. |
Billy! Billy Biscuit! Where are you for
goodness sake?'
Here me" replied Billy.
Come here" said Miss Eiviry; here's |
somebodt went to see you
"Uh-uh! Me tant; mes moo-talf !
Moo-talf in de pen-tant dit out"
When Miss Elviry and the children went
to see what Billy was up to, they found |
that he had turned chair on its side, and |
with that had penned himself in corner |
of the room.
''Moo-talf want water" he exclaimed. |
Miss Elviry would have given him some |
from the gourd, but he protested loudly. |
'N-o-o-ol Moo-talf drink out de pen"
and nothing would do but he must have I
a pan OIL water. From this he drank as |
he had seen the calf drink.
did anybody ever see the like of that?" /
exclaimed Miss Elviry in an ecstacy OF |
pride. "They amt marry mother child in |
the world. his age and inches, half as
smart as he is"
Billy Biscuit acted as If he thought so,
too. Inside the somewhat narrow iimits |
Of his pen, he walked to and fro on his /
all-fours as if trying 10 show himself off. |
Now, Miss Elviry could say nothing on
behalf of Billy Biscuits accomplishments /
tbat gweetest Susan would not agree to