Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-18

! B'SSlblN h'biNh'
One day Buster John, walking with his
mother through the lot, burst out laughing
at something the Muscovy drake said to the
! big white gander. He laughed so long that
! his mother concluded that he had hyster-
cism and carried him back to the house,
! and proceeded to dose him with hot and
! bitter drinks. He made made matters worse
| by telling her what the drake had said to
! the gander. for she was then sure he was
"nighty" in the head and so he had to go
to bed, though the sun was shining warm
! invitation. He never made a similar mis-
take. nor did Sweetest Susan after this ter
| rible warning.
Drusilla finally consented to make one OF
! the party, but she was particular to lay down
the conditions under which she would give
the youngsters the pleasure of her company
She held up her left hand with the fingers
| wide apart, and as she named the conditions
she would register them by pulling the
| fingers together with her right hand
you all say you want me ter go dar whar
dat oil man live at? tell you right now
| amt achin' ter go dar kase l don't like
! de way he look out'n de eye; he chuk full er
rank venom But eff does go, amt gwine
! ter follow after you in no foolishness.
| amt gwine in no bubble''-here she pulled
| the little finger OF her left hand-'1 amt
gwine in no Fimblethinger doin' s"-the third
| finger was pulled down-"an' | amt gwine
nowhere ner do nothn' dat folks don't do
when dey got der seven senses"-here the
middle finger was pulled down to join the
! other two.
These were the terms OF the contract to
which Buster John and Sweetest Susan were
| compelled to give their assent before Dru-
| sila would consent to go.
dot Drlieilla "dOn't hem
der you all fun gwine whar you choose ter
| 60 Ef you wanter git in bubbles an git
| few'd away wild, go an git in um. Eff you
| wanter Jump in springs an pon's an dream
| youer some'rs else go ahead an do it. But
don't ak me ter do It, kase IL you does you'll
! have a great tale to tell Miss Rachel, an
| she'll gi' nanny de wink, an mammy'll gf
me a fralin'. Well, I'll take de frailin';
| I'd ruther be beat ter death on top er de
] groun' dan ter git flew'd off wild in bubble
, er drowned in dat ar Fimblethinger country
The children faithfully promised that, no
matter what happened or what they did, they
| woldn't ask Drusilla to join them and they
wouldn't complain about her to their mother.
This seemed to lift heavy load from Dru-
silla's mind. She breathed freely and be-
came even cheerful.
The journey to Mr.. Bohs' house was in
all respects a repetition of the former one
| Johnny Bapter driving the two seated spring
| wagon and singing blithely, and, when they
| arrived at their destination. Miss Elvry
! was standing at the door with a smile of
welcome. Little Billy Biscuit had grown
considerably. He had larger ideas, too
He was no longer a calf in n pen, but a
saddle horse tied to the fence, chair turned
| on it's side answering all the purposes OF a
fence in this case. The bride was length
,,-1,
seemed to be a frail substitute for a halter,
it must have been strong, for it served to
hold this restive horse, which was making
, tremendous efforts to gain its freedom
paving the ground and kicking out its heels
| at terrible rate.
The earnestness OF Little Billy Biscuit was
! comcal to see, and Sweetest Susan thought
it was the finest spectacle she had ever
witnessed. She wanted to hug the child
then and there; but Miss Elviry shook her
head.
"'Twould upset him for the rest Of the
| day." she explained. "Ef you want to
please him, just say, Whoa there' Eff
you git wi him you've got to believe
in his make believe. You wouldn't believe
it, honey, but that child amt half as much
trouble as a grown person. Why, when
you want him to be still all you've got TO
do is to tie him with some SEWN thread
an say he's hoss. A hoss he'll be tell
you come an onloose him"
| The children entered at once into the
spirit of the affair. At a word Sweetest
Susan and Buster John became horses and
| Drusilla was mule. The change was ef-
fected as suddenly as the geni in the
Arabian Nights could have accomplished it.
No waving of wands nor incarnation was
| necessary.
| This drama of the horses was all very
well for little while; but the older chill
! dren being used to more variety, soon grew
| tired Of it, and it was not long before they
succeeded in coaXing Little Billy Biscuit
| out OF doors Just as they went into the
yard, Miss Elviry suddenly remembered that
she had forgotten to feed the hen with the
young chickens that had Just been taken
off," SO she mixed some corn
meal and water in tin pan, and began
to call the hen.
The call was answered from overhead in
the most unexpected manner A crow,
cawing and croakng, began to circle around
Miss Elviry's head, and presently lit in the
pan OF dough.
80, get away from here,' Miss Elviry
cried impatiently; you're alters stickin'
yourself wheer you ain't wanted"
She pushed the crow from the pan, but
he flew back with many croaks, and not
until Miss Elviry had given him a good
share OF dough, did he cease his hutterings.
She dropped a wad of the food on the
ground, and this the crow proceeded to
devour talking to himself all the while.
Miss Elviry went to another part of the
yard, hunting for the young chickens, but
the children stood still and watched the
crow.
Amt I done toll you dey wuz cunjer-
people?" whispered Drusila why you
can't git in a mile er no crow lessn you
been rubin agin deze folks. Now min
what tell you; dis crow sho is satan;
you may follow after i'm eff you wanter, but
/ amt gwineter bulge out'n my tracks"
Little Billy Biscuit, however was on
very good terms with the crow. He sat
on the ground by the bird, and with a
small twig touched him occasionally on
the legs. The crow saw the movement
every time, but invariably he would raise
the leg that had been touched, stretch
out the toes on the foe; and examine them