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

4 ~onvright, 1899 by Joel Chandler Harris)
VA visit to Billy biscuit.
As the kidnapped children were prepar-
or TO get in the buggy, Drusilla made this
smarl to Sweetest Susan:
-Ef nanny don't kill me dis day, itn
4 h. kaze I'm dead when I git dar.'
/ Al home Jemimy was walking up and
Edowu wringing her hands, and making
/ s,a4ements that went far to show that
/ I.,usDla knew pretty well what to expect.
..l ain 4 sleep a wink dis night, less'n You
H. call noddin' sleepin, not a wink; an
when does git holt er dat gal I'm gwin-
TER make her wish she's "a stayed los"
Just because she stayed with Sweetest
Es.g7n. l suppose" said Mrs. Wyche.
a Nom. not 'zactly dat" replied Jemi-
INV; "but whynt she come on ter de house
H. fetch little Mistiss wild her? She
Eplentv big 'nuff fer dat. Eff she'd "a
come little Mistiss would "a come; you
#-now dat YOU se'f. Oh, eff L don't pay dat
Erieecr gal back for he OF and de newt
II you'd better thank the Lord if you
ever see her again" said Sweetest Susan's
E5istresscd mother
"ru do dat ma'am; PA thank i'm on
|,nv Bonded knee; an fo' l git it onbent
Egood III lay dat gal 'crost it, an when l
- done wild 'er, she won't git in no mo-
Il Naagins-she won't git tuck off by no.
EAody not twel she's done grown, er after
Fl 7ev done put me on de coolin-board may
o know how ter raise children, but l
know how TO make 'um stan round
FL Autbis time Mrs Wyche was lying upon
raf1 coll w n
nv more vigorous COR more venomous, as
he would have put it,, was walking up
hnd dcNn in the long hallway, wrinGing
ker hands and grooming.
ri Morning came on, and it was light
enough to put out the candles, but they
kyere left burning. Presently modest ray
hi sunlight crept in and played upon the
wau opposite 1t seemed to be a signal,
5or the moment Mrs. Wyche's eyes fell
ppon it, she heard a sharp knock at the
Edo5r Jemimy heard it TOO and ran to
back the humboldt. Quick as she
had been. Mrs. Wyche was by her side
bs she opened the door. Aaron was stand
ng on The threshold. Mrs. Wyche held
er breath as he raised his hand, and
BENNY leaned against the wall with a
Ehoan.
81 IAN safe all safe, Mistiss. They're com
La in the buggy" To Jemimy he said:
4 Get breakfast, get breakfast! They're
81 hungry
Did YOU go with father?" Mrs. Wyche
asked
Yes, Mistiss'
81 knew it," said the lady. The tone of
Der voice was full of the liveliest graft
tude Aaron bent his head, raised his
band and was gone before they could ask
sny particulars.
Mrs. Wyche would have called him back,
but a that moment she le,ard the sound
n buggy wheels, and she knew that the
kidnapped children had arrived Before
she could dry her eyes Sweetest Susan
! game running in and rushed into her
Hother's arms with a glad cry; where
fpon the mother felt called upon to weep
little more, though the tears that fell
Pow were far different from those that
gu IN the dreary watches of the night
III Druslila came in with less confidence.
fhe was not sure of her reception. How
~ nanny? Howdy. Misuss!' she said.
fnd then looked at Jemimy.
Come yer, gal said Jemimy She
burned Drusilla around and inspected her
tafeiuAy You amt hurt nowhar, is
Nom! exclaimed Drusilla. Then an
her thought struck her NANNY. did
nimy
Wen, eff you'd "a been losted, I'd "a
led remarked Drusilla.
az thls Jemimy broke down. Look
niger! You better stop foolin' wild me.
mex time you do lax you done done,
gWlnter kill you. You hear dat?"
q Aereupon Jemimy f1outed out and went
u me kitchen, where she went about
q aMasJ with surprising energy, talking
herself all the time
Is impossible TO describe the keen dis
81 continent OF Buster John when he came
~ 20 breakfast and learned of the re-
haoie events of the night He was dis
Z 'o'Hied, first, because he had not been
HaPpt with the rest and, second, be- |
ne had not been walked to join in the |
0". lie mad an idea that he had been |
q a'eN unfairly not by any particular
''H OF persons but in some way 1t |
JUST his luck, he said to be left out |
II HythnS very interesting was going |
"aPpeh. He recalled the day he re- |
81 i1u al nome from school on some slight |
"a Use' and q pack of hounds ran a gray |
Il Hsui UP to the schoolhouse door and |
e a7Hl II there and a little later the same |
81 'le boys found a partridge nest right |
II verge OF the play ground. and the |
III "'u seventeen beautiful eggs in il. |
ii were other occasions that ne remem- |
sx ", ana he said to himself and to 9th |
II ,n", It was pretty hard that a girl |
|u oe having such fine time while
"'S asleep in bed.
~ W sweetest Susan declared that il
II ." such fine time after all. She was
ri N.Y. ana didn't know anything about it.
81 l'Heless, she felt that she had grown |
III .ahee by taking part in the adven-
III ana she put on some of those airs
III 'On are very cute in girls of her age.
Wmen. 80 NN'e ~ sio"H
~ John submitted to them with
III sooq grace, considering that he was
III ''red boy. lie knew he would have
81 ohe strutting himself if Sweetest
II adventures had been his. AS il
~ Ire contented himself with assertions
III what he would have done had he
III ~ we wagon. He might have gone
- p at hrst, he said, but just as sure
III 'Alhs he would have walked when
III wagon 1olted over a rock or lump
I'll ioad' and then-well, suffice il to
Ill nay wagner would have found him
81 "eep trouble. Buster John would
is mis- faI