The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12

stand. w nat SN0ll De Sel6CIeQ out OF all
this gay pile where everything looks alike
looks a little dull to grown-up eyes? About
the first OF December The Call will review
the chtdrens books of the season.
Frank Stockton II think ii is he) some
where tells tie story of writer by trade
who had been tolerably successful In SELL
ing his wares until he was unfortunate
enough to write a story with a touch of
genius. From that sad day on editors re-
turned his manuscripts with the sugges-
ton that they should be glad TO accept
something Of the type of the too success
fuI story. While the public received such
stray bits as did escape into publication
win dlstavor, because they betrayed de-
cadence. The poor man was finally re-
duced 10 the necessity Of writing under an
assumed name; his work was again ac-
cepted, and by TINS means he was enabled
70 earn d modest income, but fortunately
We nave 10 right to expect new Uncle
Rcmus IN every one OF Nj joel Chandler
Harris new books. Uncle hemus MARIA
tNes ale reauy 1Clk-JaIes, nanued uoNn
from generation 10 generation, passed
from nreside 10 hres4U", aud mus SUB
1e~ttd TO an lneNOIaDle testing, an unerr-
my criticism ana an ntul4ISclIL REVISION,
W.tCl may assure us that only the pest
TU.NS Ul the best stories Fave survived.
y Tale which mas Aelu the attention OF
w. u
cOvTced listeners through yeas ana years.
AID winch mas been 4Tec.. mUuIneu py
every teuer. must nave Leeu originally
SOC anu must nave attained something
IKE perfection III us KING 40 uLe man
q = stot AZ t,Is-,a.as Ar narIts itas the
rlEuL 10 ask - JnaJ We shan read "Ine
Chronicles # Aunt MluerNI Ann as II
We .au nevc. heard cI Uncle hemus.
IL ,Sas nul tCr nothing juat Aunt MlnerNyt
Ann WIS descended nom d great -grano-t ,
n.other. VINO ilyea 10 be l-y-years oIu. and
Nsl.o bore lattCOeu Oh ner breast an eagle,
th- So. o. royalty. she had oad
when i VAS aroused; but It was accom-
panied uy d heart a. tender ana deNO-
IlUu as lnselnsH as any mortal ever pos
sy-s1Q or displayed. Her temper vas
more widely adl erJIsed than her tendet-
ness. ard neT InQtpeuCeuce more clearly
in eriaencc than Hel unselnsh deVouoh'
tiI!ate4l -" " Aeu she Was congratulated
o. The fact tha- her husband was inc
leader of the Colore0 people III the county
he. answer was reauE. Nv ell, ne can
lead me / tell voG dat right now.
So decisive is Aunt MlnerNy Ann first
appearance on the scene. ana nowhere
does she belle the impression produced
b. these first WORDS Whether putting her
hin through the Legislature or minister
er1v 10 Mss Values needs, or wrest-
Ire Tor her p;e with Salem Birch, or
..fr3i-lr' ont. Elv Ensign, or dong uke-
49, nv tba ,ossttt bows. She is the same
5iire,,, S'- Ann PeT6ue at,home an abroad,
an IN ais Yer great town whar you can't
l-r I7icz,-fS 10 cook fer NOu''-prompt and
fl,r---.T i'm deed and word capable, gen
er0us. fierce and kindly and even distin-
r1lisled by q rough majesty Of manner
sn5 cbaracter
Mr. harris more than once celebrates
her dramatic power Of ViVidly bringing
before me eve the scenes winch she de-
scribes. Perhaps the most forCible in
stance occurs In the description of the
night with the Gossetts.
.1'errerl5Iy here dey come. Dey kinder
Quiet down when dey see me an Marss
9,un7IfN Dey driy uD. dev did, an driv
on nv an dis make me b'lieVe dat dey
y,-I1z c-v-iua ON bout DER bizneSs an let
ye-aI 20 on bout our'n. but dat idee
want in der head. Dey driv by, dey did:
an den dey pulled up. We walkt on, an
Marse Turnlfn lookt at um mighty hard.
Rube. he was drivin'. an ez we come up
even wild um. he low, major Perdue 7
hear rell DAT YOU slap my pa face not
So nightly long ago" Marse Tumlin say,
= dId. an my nan amt clean yit" He
raf- II OUT so dev kin see fer deyse'f. Il
bIieve," SEE Rube. IN take closer look
al it," Wild dat he hpt out er de buggy,
and by de time he hit der groun' Marse
T[lnlin had knOckt him a-wfndin' wild his
curly hck'ry walkin' cane. BY dat time
John Henry had jumpt out'n de buggy,
an he went at Marse Tumlin wild a dirk
knife. He Rep de cane off n his head by
dodgin' but Marse Tumhn nit back lick
an knock de knife outn his han an den
dey clinCht. Den RUDE got up an start
lords UNI on de run.
bofe. I seed sumpin' had ter be done, an
dat mighty quick; so l tuck after RUDE.
CotCh m by de ellybows, showed i'm ahead
faster dan he, wuz gwlne. an steered I'm
right lords de caved-tn place IN de brier
bushes. He tried mighty hard TO stop,
but he wuz gwine down hill. an had de
OF boy in me. l got i'm close ter de place,
sub. an den 81 m a shove an. inter de
briers he went, head over heels: All dis
time had de rock in my han. BY dc
time turn roun see sam a-comin
When De rumpus start up MS moss shled
an made break down de nil Wld I'M,
but he slewd i'm roun' an jumped off,
an here ne come back, his face red his
hat on an Of Nick hlSselt Iookln out n
his eyes. know d mighty well / can
steer him into no brler bush, an so when
he run by me let i'm have de rock In
dc Durr er De year. wa Mt no lght
lick, sub; WIZ plum Veenomous by Den,
an ne Went down ueS llke peet Goes
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