The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
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casters in the middle Of the table, and candles
seersucker coat, and waited on us, and his wife
made up the morning bread In the covered way
calling out friendly remarks from time TO time
Take some more sugar in your tea, she uiBcu
Hospitality. lie likes his real syrupy.
We stayed one night at homesick little place
In Albemarlc called the Mount Nue Hotel. FROM
the upstairs windows / could catch glimpse Of
the red chimncys Of the Rycs homestead, where
.Amclic, tho beautiful Princess Troubetskoy'
Ell by the visits Of her wafmcst friend, julio, Ma,
grudcr. Our host knocked on my door alter hnd
retired with the request Please marin, KIN you y,
keep little on hand, but its been borrowed 80
much this season that it's all give out and don't
much like Ia make out the books in lead pencil
AT Ford's Hotel on the upper fork of the Shen-
andoah, We took dinner one hot day in August
and ON going TO my room, WHICH had exldenty
been occupied Just before me. ! found uet my
predecessor had exhausted the contents Of the
pitcher and ! wondered curiously how was TO
geti! rchllcd; Wandering horclessly up and down
the hall, ] knocked on one or two doors, even
boldly entering one room when ! received no an
swcr, but supreme silence wss over a Contin-
uing my search 10 the lower floor, seemed to be
In city OF the dead Somewhere at the hack
high African voice was singing just take The
news To mother. and tell her how ] love her. her,
but when called, no answer came but the loud
droning Of the bees In their hives out in the garden
",lf somebody would Just take the news TO mother
drops OF cool water 1t would be good deal more
to ne PURPOSE, ! thought; seyagcly,, 49,,
ON the back porch, half rotted away, and
prOppcd up with barrels and railroad ties, found
an old an asleep in the sun, with home made
palmetto hat pulled low over his eyes, and corn.
cob pipe In his mouth In despair shook him
Wake up please, and tell me where eau
hnd a chambermaid. ! demanded irri,ably,
Marin he calculated, stumbling back 10
o. you old foolr mut,ercc.
Where can ] find chambermaid? Cham
bcrmaid, cook. servant, negro woman. cook.
landlady,
by this time my patience was quite gone. 4,
Mebbc you mought see somebody In the
kitchen. he said at last only half awake
GLADLY Selling this thread Of hope, flew across
me yard, through broken gate tied together
with twine string and into rcd brick build
ing. from whose chimney cloud 81 ascending
smoke told me this was my goal Falling over
a dog asleep on the duorStonc, / entered the
Kitchen, where a bare footed negro gid in golf
shirt was frying apples
will you get me n pitcher Of water plcase'
begged, with my heart in my voice.
m busy now, she answered, pointing 70
e pan II fpIernT s 70 ogg dw SI
yondeT Behind ITc Ice Ice hous us '''.'s % . - WV
"A very. pleasant. mothcrly looking woman,
black as Egypts night, was waitress at Glare
tans She told me the storyof her life while
she passed the dishes. and when she spoke oil
her grandchildren. asked her how old she was.
We'll. m. some OF the real old folks who can
seven ., forty. but d.nf tightly think Kin
be as old rs that, do you she replied.
One Of the incest times Of ali WAS at a lovely
old tavern called Sunset House. built over Goose
Creek. \ charming white haired lady of n dead
and gone generation 81, next me, and broke the
lee by whispering How do you like the light
bread, honey She told me that Why had once
been her own cook before she broke up house
keeping. and came 10 the hotel TO live, and she
was n truly Christian woman in spite 81 tie fall
ing oil in her bread making
"'Dncc Just before the war she went on. some
of the negroes told me that Why, who had al
ways been a pillar in the Baptist Church had
yielded 10 a temptation born in her blood and
stolen ON old turkey goblcr from the neVt planta
tinn was shocked al this crime. and told Why
rhr must not GO I" communion I'LL Sh" had rc
prntcd of her sins and resolved To- lead new and
cody life The following Sunday breakfast
was late. I waited and waited iii 7 was worn
/ out and finally asked one ~ tho house servants
what on earth had caused the delay.
AUNT why's gone "a communion, Miss. she
snid, grinning
when the criminal did finally put in hrdy
appearance. spoke t. her very sternly. and ASKED
her what she meant hy going 10 IN" Lords sup
per with that black sin on her soul
Law. Miss May" "she laughed. consciously
| you don't suppose | was gon Ia let that one
old turkey gobbler stand between me and my
Saviour
u must really GO now dear" Mrs Strangely
said. rising. Sometime III tell you about th'
day We got lost. and found a French princess
buried IN ue Virginia hllls. but that is another
. story"