The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-09

sR0kr tie nsnses Of sae cslipasr.
~sWhen, toniehfr s'ts r.
/ ssIonorrs' nisht.'
await are they weitiAg MT
'cause 70 sent Henry Nose over Il
Resale to sell de mule, an deg wants hin
wild dem.'
"Tonorrow night repeated Aunt An
m, and she went up stairs and told Vic
tnrtne. 70
They'd better kill me when they're
KILN the whites said victorine. I'm
none Of them
"'Chloe says they watch us, 80 W.
can't inform anybody said Aunt Anna
III either Of us made move they would
shoot US on the spot. We haven't a re-
liable pistol In the house. Aunt Anna
looked out Of the window. What time
does the moon rise, Victoriner
""Ten o'clock last night. ma'am; II
o'clock tonight
"Ill start at TO- said Aunt Anna.
and take the lower road to Ellison's.
Chloe will help me- That night Chlos
harnesscd Aunt Annals horse.
"'Pompey's drunk asleep wild some
whisky he got In town. He don know
wedder I'ze here or there she explained.
Aunt Anna rode the dark ten miles and
hitched her horse near the Ellison house.
When the door was opened. Aunt Anna,
standing on the steps disguised in an old
dress of Chloe's and wearing dragged
sunbonnet. told Mr. Ellison's butler.
whom she mistrusted, that Lucinda Cot
toms sister wanted to see him. Lucinda
was well known beggar.
81 dom know 20. but we knows Lu-
cindy too well. De las time she come
here she was drunk. Yo' kin pack, 70
po' trash Aunt Anna dropped her head
and murmured, 'Lucindy's dead
" In dat event III notify de boss said
the darby. afraid to take too much re-
sponsibility. When Mr. Ellison came and
saw her raise her head. he suddenly
reached back and shut the hall door.
They stood in the dark and talked in
whispers. Aunt Anna would not have
the plot disturbed.
II you'll get FIVE men into my house
secretly, we'll meet them she said. To.
morrow I'll get Pompey out Of the way
by going to drive at noon, and at the
same hour Chloe will takc the dinner for
the hands to the ginhouse. Slip in then,
and Victorine will hide you. Walk; you
can't risk lettering horses about
Mr.. Ellison looked at my valiant aunt.
They may precipitate their plans. How
can You trust yourself to drive with Pom
pey tomorrow
Lend me pistol replied Aunt
Anna. He got her one, and she nut it In
her pocket. They won't change their
plans. They're afraid to face me n the
light. Good night He called aloud:
Good night. Mary Cotton and shut
the door. By 1 o'clock Aunt Annals
horse was in his stall.
1.-THE next morning while she took her
drive behind Pompey, carrying Mr.. Eli
sons pistol in her muff, victorine receiv-
ed party of gentlemen. who Industrious
~ fell to work drilling holes in and about
Aunt Annals front door. Henry Nose re-
turned from Resale during the afternoon.
At ~ O'Clock he stood before Pompey's
door. Pompey came out. Immediately
every house in the quarters opened sly
door. and figures moved between the mar
row lane Of houses toward the driveway.
The plantation house was lighted as usu-
al, its shutters drawn, its hall lamp
swung above the transom. A faint glow
flowed from an upper room. where the
children slept. Seated inside, Aunt Anna
was saying, 4 shouldn't wonder IL the
fools waited until after moonrise.'
"'At that instant young Ellison gave a
signal from the hall. Everybody went out
there and stood around the door. Each
put an eye to one hole. pistol to anoth-
Err, Aunt Anna, too
when Pompey stepped on to the piaz-
"a. he got five shots and fell back on the
Dthers, who began to yell and push down
the steps. Henry Nose was sent sprawl
ing with ball in his leg. The frightened
larkies believed they had ''een struck by
the wrath of heaven and ran, leaving
heir leaders, one dead, the other disa-
1led, on the porch. None of them ever
Knew that Aunt Anna had assistance
rom outside. They regarded her and
Victorine as terrible pair. Aunt Anna
managed the plantation until she was IS,
hen she began to get rich and lazy. and
he hired all overseer."
The young man took up his glass and
miled at the large woman.-New York
Advertiser.