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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-21

Some 80 or more American sculptors
OF renown are at work upon the deco.
rative groups which are to have a
place at this Exposition. These are
to be nearly all original productions
under the master direction of Karl
Bitter 1t will be the most elaborate
use OF decorative sculpture ever under
taken at an Exposition, there being
more than 125 groups. These will
adorn the fountains, bridges, entrances
10 buildings and other salient points.
Besides the pools and fountains, with
In the several courts will be q grand
and stately canal which will surround
the entire group Of buildings. In the
southern reaches of this canal are
artificial bodies Of water known as the
Mirror Lakes, from which lagoons ex-
tend In several directions, thickIy set
with aquatic plants Of rare species.
In addition to the sunken gardens
and other floral features Of the courts
Will be the horticultural exhibits In the
southern parc Of the grounds. These
Will consist Of several acres of beds Of
the finest productions Uf the best nurs-
cries and greenhouses Of the western
world. The competition for supremacy
Will be very keen and tlse lover of flow
ers will have rare opportunity To
make a comparison Of the mrvits Of
the productions Of competing growers
MAKK BENNIrT.
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position in Buffalo This building was
typical in its style of the old fashioned
Boston architecture and, i'm addition,
possessed Il special interest from its
historic associations. 1t formerly stood
Oh the Washington street end Of Prov.
idencc court. partly on the site Of what
Is now ClarkS Tavern.
One of the members Of the Massa.
chusetts commission to the Paris Ex.
position, who recently returned from
the French fair. secured there about
450 valuable exhibits. which will be
transferred to the Pan-Amcrican al
Buffalo. Ex xMayOr Frederick Fosdick
of Fitchburg and city Treasurer Il. Il.
Tift Of Springfield returned recently
from visit Of Il few days in Buffalo
very enthusiastic over the prospects
for the success Of the Exposition and
are anxious tu have the good old BAY
state we'll represented there.
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Good News from Missionary Reid
and Family.

The many friends of Dr.. Gilbert 8,
Reid. Presbyterian missionary at PekiO.
China. ADD Of bis wife. who was Miss
SalIis Reynolds. of Colum m5ia, 8. G
cousin Of our .ownsmau. Mark Rev.
nolds. Esq will be pleased to read ,be
following news from them. which car
to Mr. Mark Reynolds yesterday 10 :.
letter from Dr. Sam Reynolds of Green
vile, 8. G The latter bad a letter
from bis sister. Mrs Reid, dated Sbsop,
hai. Ootober 7. saying that she and her
baby bad arrived there from Pckiu. Vi.
Tieutsiu
She said that they had o terrible time
10 Pekin aud lost everything excep. one
trunk containing . few clothes and pho
sos The baby vas very i'll both during
aod after the siege. bu, was then ian /.
proving daily Ga July 5:b Dr.. Reid
Vas wounded 10 the calf Of bis log Viii. b
bad caused Q great deal Of suffering. but
VAS about we'll as the time sbe wrote
except that hs limps aud has to use /.
stick He accompanied her .ud the
babyss fer ss Tien tsiu, snd sher see.
ing them on the vessel be returned to
Pekin. She fears that be may have
gone to Pso ting.fu to assist 10 tho
rescue OF some poor people who we're
defending themselves against the Bog.
ers
Mrs. Reid said nothing about retuvs.
ing to this country.
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TAX RETORNS FOR 1901,
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COyNTY

OFFlCE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COyNTY.
SUMTER. s. c., Nov 81, lsec.
Notice is hereby given that 1 will attend, ir
peson or by deputy, at the following places OF
tho days indicated respectively, .or the purpos,
OF rsceiving returns Of personal prOperty nnC
poll taxes for the fiscal year commeucips Jan
uary lst, 1901.
Arohice, Sumter, S. C.. at all other times uv
to Feb. goth. 1901. inclusive.
TMdalrs Store. Wednesday, Jap
usry 2
Ptivsteer (JenkipS Store), Taurs.
day, January 8:
Manchester Geo T. Geddine'sA j.
Friday. January 4
Wedgedeld, Satur day, January s.
Stateburg. Monday, JANUARY r
Hagood. Tuesday, January 8:
RemSert, Wednesday, January
Smithville, Thursday. January 10
Gailsards 4 Bosds, Friday, Jsnu-
ary Iii
Gordon's Min. Saturday, Janusry
L.
MayeeViile. Monday, January pg
scotIs~ille. Tuesday, January, Is
Shiloh, "Wednesday. January E8.
Nor~ood's * Roads. Thursday,
January ~
Lynch6urg. Friday, January s8e
Msg,slia. Saturday, Jsnusry To-
Reid's Mill. Mondsy, January 81
Bisboq~iIle. Tuesday and Wea0es
day. Jasusry "a: and 2S
ManDrille. Thursday. January, ~
Bossssds. Friday, January 25.'
The law requires that all persons o~piug
property srin any ~ise having charge osssuch
property. ssther as agenn Ass hand, guardian,
trustee, sxe0utor,' administrator, etc., return
the same under oath to the oaitor, v hs re-
quests alspersons 10 he prompt IN making sheir
returns aad save the so PEP cent. penalty which
will be added to Tho. properly valuation, Of all
persons ~io fail to. mako retusns within the
time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they swn on .hs first
day Of January 1901
Assesso oss and saxpayess liz enter tao first
given na-ne of tho taxpayer in full, also make
II separate return FIR each township where the
property is'lOcated and also in each aad!every
case the Numbar Of ths sehssl distris. must
be given,
Every male cisoen between Tho age oft twen-
ty one and sixty years on the 6rst da,Y Of Janr
uary. Ghi, except ,thOss incapable Of earning
q support from being maimsd. or fnom other
causes, are deemed Ia xable polls, IN Ii except
ConfeSerate soldiers So yeaIs Of age, ON Jaxu'
ary lst. 1901.
All .uturns nast be made on or before the
2Oth day Of February. ne1t. 1 cannot take
returns after that dsse and all resarns made
after the 10th day OF February arc subjeat to
q penalty of S3'per cent.
j. DI6GS WILDER,
Auditor Sumter County,.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK Oh
SUMTER,

STATE. CITY AND COUNTY DE.
POSlTORY, SUMTEl. 8. G.
Paid up Capital 5 $4,000 90
Surplus and Pro6ts Is, 900 90
Additional Liability of Stock
holders in sxcess of tbsir
stock $4,000 90
Total protection to depositors, SlT5O00 90
Trsnsacts . General Banking Business.
Special attention given to collections.
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You cant afford to risk your life by allow.
log . cough or cold to develop into pneu
monis or consumption. One Minute Cough
Core will cure throat and lung troubles
quicker than any other preparation known
Many doctors use 1, - a specific for grippe.
Il 10 90 iufallible remedy for Group Cbh
drsn like Il aod mothers endorse it 5
Hughsou 4 %.
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Choksd on the Negro.

n The lass sambes Of the Baltimore
onullotussss' Record contains On
i9>ossssipg letter hom Mr.. r. w.
1osd, Of Oolumbis. IN which be
*olyee whsG the Record, oslls "A
keeid Kxplsuasieu Of Southern PoIi.i
col Aeaios /" He sgress with shs
nssesd that every man opposed n
l,:c.-;sn shosld pablieIy cay 90
Ueeoevss the matter 10 under dis.
eenion bat holds that they csuuo,
'''voes accordingly" in oil the South
ess sssses without endangeriug
@onsssic sssnquillity." Mr.. Shaud
o1ds:
~ am very sore that il is 40 in
peesh 0ssolios The opportunity to
vees directly for . Preeideul is 10.
<llvss by Law to the people They
}eo(e for electors Of President. and
- directly for the President The
oKin'ey electoral ticket 10 this
<D>uns u S-?nPossd Of seven negroes
ed ~ white men elected by .
0egyo copve0s,0n A vote for this
olekss wss the only mode BY which
.ooo who desired The election Of Mr..
Mckinley oosId express bic choice.
"Mssy pessous 10 the South" ssys
NJ. Shsnd. "myself incladed. hoped
NJ ar. Bryso would 20, be elected.
hid yet did not spd would sot vote
~ Mr. Mckinley through the med
isa Of negro electoral ticket. sod.
- 'efose, did not vote st oil That
- 10 ssy that Mt Shsud wss ready
- vote f,r tho candidate Of the party
which msde negro conventions end
usgro electoral tickets possible and
which sisods for the equal right Of
ohs negro to participate in oil the
political sfsirs Of this county. but
~ did not sad would not vote for
Nr. Mckinley through the medium
Of . negro electoral tiokes" He was
willing to swallow Mckinley. Who
sspsssenis the negro in American
pclitics. bot choked on the negro
Who. iu his turn. represented Mr.
, Mckinley end hls political party.
Mr. Shsnd appears 10 hsve clipped
. cog somewhere in his statement oi
''Sousbsru political action" which
Ne are cure be will discover upon q
closer exsminstion Of the case. The
fact that there were seven negroet
end only two white men On the Nc
Kin!ey electoral ticket in this State
ought really have had no influence
on the conduct Of the white men wht
wanted Mr. Mckinley to be elected
The seven negroes did not represen
themselves bot Mr.. Mckinley ant
HE party. Voting for them Mr.. Shane
would have ss certainly been voting
for Mr.. Mckinley aud what Nj
Mckinley represents - II they hs'
oil been white. To object to tn
color Of their skin-s mere inciden
Of the condition which Mr. McKiu
ley's party has msde-snd st tb
ssme time approve Of the color {
their politics 10 something that "
cannot understand -News and Cou
Ter
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West Indiana VIII Attend =,

Louis II. Aymc. Unitod States Consul
to Guadclorpe. says that In the West
Indies the Fan. American Exposition Is
considered mitch more important than
the Centennial Exposition OF 1876 and
that hundreds Of natives are preparing
to come TO IL.
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'r have used Chaubsslsin's Collie, Cholera
ssd D,ssrhess Remedy sod dad IL TO be .
great ssdieios," ssys Ne e 8 PHILIPPE Of Pc.
sssa, Ark. "Is oassd ne Of bloody Coz. I
sssses spssk 700 highly OF g." This remedy
sivsys viss Ne good opiaioe, u not prsiss,
C shso che uss Il. The qslot cares which
u s0ssts svss 10 ths nest severe essss make Il
Avsssss ssssyvh~s. Fer sale ~ Dc A J
Colsa.
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THE SUCCESS OFOU LAST
= DeCial Sale
Was even greater than
we looked for.

We have the confidence of the people.
and they know that our advertisements
are the truth, pure and simple. Our
motto to advertise only that which we
have, is an established fact. Specials
we advertise are as we represent them
to be at all times A call on us when in
need of any of the many lines we carry
will be convincer once for all that we
are the real money savers to you
Below are a few specials we place before
you for this weeks offerings
Just inTwo lots of ladies rainy day skirts As thew
are desirable just this time think the prices placed
on them will bring you in to look and then to buy
Our S. 80 Skirts SAC Our 50 so Skirts 81 80
Jst ina special lot Of fancy wool mixture elegant for
chdseps school dresses which greatly demand just
10 make yoa better acquainted with dress goods depart
ment the price will be 23c The value &c yard more.
just in--Anoter lot Of chdrens ribbed hose The good
kind The kini have been selling for years. always IOc
stocking Just you lay in supply the price will be
pairs for Csc.
JUST nTw ayGve mercerzed underskists Black Cerise
Dark Heotrope Our regular So IS skirt and we'll worth
price. This week the price Will be So 19.
just n-A small lot only Of Dotted Swiss Curtains rue
edge Intended for ST IS retailing. This week price while
they last 81 So.
Just nA small lot of chdren wool REFERS tan and grey
and years only Regular 81 50 value For this week 81 l9
Just n-Our second lot of chrens school shoes for bows
and girs at 81 and 81 25 They crack-a,jacks
Just inTen doz Mems Black Apnes all in this lot
Would make fast selling 75c To make Easter selling the
price fer the week will be soc.
Just Anoher lot of celebrated knockabout suits for
boys Double breasted coats sizes to l Really ST. 25 vae
This weeks price SIC.
Just nAbout 20 gents Mackntoshes at less than New
York cCst. chance for you while we have them.
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1.-THE END. |
a Slight misunderstanding.

A well-known brilliant entertainer,
who has just returned from a five
years tour in South Pacific seas, has
many amusing tales to tell, among
which is the following:
II was ordering my advertisement
in a Melbourne daily newspaper Office
one day." said the narrator, when a
tall, lanly countryman walked in and
said he wanted an In memoriam' no
tice in the obituary column of the
paper.
"'My ole guvnor died a year ago.
he explained, and should like a bit
o poetry in the paper about him.
"'All right answered the clerk.
have you brought it with you?'
"sNo,' said the rustic; cant you fix
me up Il bit?'
Certainly replied the clerk. Our.
charge for I'm meEoriam' notices is
six shillings an inch
"A look Of intense amazement passed
over the countryman's face. : ..%@a
Good gracious! he cried, as he
made for the door, Il can't stand thai
My guvnor was six feet highr"-Mea-
bourne Argus
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Notice Of Lis Pendens.

STATE OF MINNESOTA w
County OF Mile Laos 90
District Court. Seventh Judicial District
e'orneliu c. p. Eberhardt. Plaintiff
VS..
Henry b. Wright G.. G. Sheppard.
the unknown heirs of Maria l.. Wells
deceased. the unknown heirs Of
Frances Crowell, deceased the I'M
known heirs Of Harrison l.. Croweu,
deceased. Emma Crowen, the I'M
known heirs OF Nancy p Turner. de-
ceased, Fred p. Clark, G. NJ. Wilson;
also all other persons or parties I'M
iknown claiming any right, title, es-
tate, lien or interest in the real es-
tate described in the complaint here
in. Defendants.
Notice is hereby given. that an action has
been commenced in this court by the above
fondants: that the object of said action is to
determine the adverse claim of the defendants
and each and all OF them. and the rights Of the
parties respectively herein in and to the real
estate hereinafter described, and asking that
said adverse claim of the defendants. and each
of them, may be adjudged by the court null and
void, and that the title Of said real estate may
De adjudged and decreed to be in the plaintiff
and that the premises affected by said action
situated in the county of Mile Laos and State
Of Minnesota, are described as follows: The
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter
the north half of the southwest quarter. the
southwest'quarter OF the southwest quarter of
section eighteen QS), and the north half of the
northeast quarter OF section nineteen GO in
township thirty-eight (3S) north. of range
t'venty-seven (2) west 4th mer.
CHARLES KEITH.
Plaintiffs Attorney, Princeton, MINI.
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I1JRSDAY nj "a RCH III 81 900.

Use got ter see de keow fus' tore guys
any man my ahnscr. Cahn't take no
man an den trus' him for de l1eow.
Now, don yer say annudder word,
Moses Lipscomb. hain't got no time
to be talkin' now, Use got ter finish
ironin' Capt. Camps shirts, for he wants
dem ter-morrer mornin' fore breakfas'.
So git long, Moses, an eff you comes
ter-merrer arly an tells me eff you kin
guy me a keow or eff yer cahn't I'll guv
yer yer ahnser. Go long .now,'' and
she went into the house and left him.
For a few moments Moses stood as if
he had just been sentenced to the coun-
ty prison.
u, "Keow!'' said he to himself. EFF she'd
asked me to gllv her de handl' of milk
pail hain't got none," and then, turn
ing, he walked mournfully away.
When Aunt Belinda opened her door
the next morning and looked out upon
the dew-besprinlkled landscape, spark
ling under the first rays of the morning
sun, she saw Moses Lipscomb standing
in front of the house. His hands were
in his pockets, his soft old hat was
stuck on the side of his head and near
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lCOpYRIGHT, 1894 !

yallcr wcsh, wot was ole Kunnel West
erman's, an wot done wash an iron
till dc ole l1unnel die. Dem breaches
is yous, an 'spects dem shoes an dat
ar shirt an neck hanl1'chef, but you
take off all de res of dem tings fore
yer says anudder word"
Without hesitation Moses Invested
himself of hat, coat and waistcoat and
laid them down on the grass by the
path.
sis dem dar cole cuff buttons you's?'
asked Aunt Belinda, severely.
mo, dey hain't," said Moses, ''dey's
Buck Simmonses."
''Takc dem off T. said Aunt Belinda.
Nov den," she continued, when her
orders had been obeycd, ''you looks
like Moses Lipscomb, only cleaner,
which amt no fault. You kin sot
youse'f down on de grass dar an say
wot you's come ter say" and she seated
herself in her chair.
With a grin, Moses sat down ON the
grass and embraced his knees with his
arms. II hain't got nuthin' ter say,
Aunt B'linda, 'cept wot said aforc. l
done come pay 'tentions to youse'f wild
a view to matermony.''
"Wot yer got ter sport a wife wild,
Moses Lipscomb?" she asked.
"Hain't got nuthin','' answered
Moses, his white teeth shining like a
rift of light in a cloudy sky. "Bress my
soul, Aunt B'linda, eff ev'ry colored
man in dis county wait til he kin
| sport a wife afore he marry her, whar
all de marryin' be?'
To this Aunt Belinda made no reply,
but sat gazing, not at her sutton, but
over the fields toward the east. Pres
emily she spoke:
''You Moses, you git off dat grass an
take away dem clothes an den come
back arter supper dis evenin' for yo
ahnser. Now git along mighty quick.
l hain't got no time to fool wild vel
| now
| Moses was we'll acquainted with
Aunt Belinda:s decision of character
and without making any remonstrances
he gathered up the discarded clothes
bade her good morning and departed
Aunt Belinda watched him until he dis
appeared behind a bit of woodland tt
the west and then she turned her gaze
toward a field in the opposite direction
She had seen, before Moses left, another
man approaching through this field.
The newcomer was tall and rathe,
| spare of figure, and advanced with lonE
strides. which soon brought him to tn
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NYot you NEAR? 2" cried Aaron. ''Aint
that fair twixt us all fx'd2 Didn'tl
guy yer dat keow fer marriage settl'm
paid in vance? Didn't you pomise
me- ~
''Go long wild yer!' shouted Aunt
Belinda. "How yer dare come hyar wild
yer lies an yer thieveries? seen yer
yes'day mornin' comm over de feldi
seen yer stop an look at dat brack an
wife lzeow, an lknowed you knowed
dat keow didn' long in dis hyar neigh
borhood, an T. es' thunk ter myself I'd
ask dat long-legged Aaron ter guy me
a keow an sec wot he do. Den yer
done stole dat brack an wife keow an
fotch her ter me an tell me lot o. lies
bout raisin' her from it'll cah'A
Now let mo tell yer, you Aaron, dat
brack an wife lkeow is my keow. Day
for yes'day bought her outer dru~
of cattp an paid fer her wild money wot
done save from washin' an ironin',
an put her in dat field, an nobody
bout hyar done know Use got dat
lxeow. An you done stole my own
keow an come hyar wild pack o. lies
an ask me ter marry yer on count OF
yer 'guvin' her ter me-my own keowl"
mis- Tinsley, said Aaron. drawing
himself up, ''de langwidge you's usin'
ter me is 'fensive ter my min. Ef
you's de kim O. woman wot uses SIGH
langwidge / don't want no wedlock
wild yer, an dom want ter hyar NO
more fool talk 'beout yer buyin' dat
keow. Use too ole fer any sech tales as
dat. Jes' you guv me back my keow
an retires from dis controversy. An
look hyar, Miss Tinslcy, eff yer don
guv her back I'll have yer rested for
'tainin' keows on false pertenses.''
At this moment sudden noise was
heard inside tho house, &: stool WAS
tumbled over the floor, a table was
pushed roughly to one side, there was
a quick stamping of feet and in an IN
slant Moses Lipscomb, his eyes glaring
and his head lowered like bull ready
to charge matador, appeared in the
doorway.
''Git, you, Aaron!' cried Aunt Belin-
da. The injunction was not needed.
The long-legged sutton gave one glance
at the doorway. This was not the first
time he had seen Moses Lipscomb with
his head down and his eyes glaring,
and without hesitating he turned and
fed, with Moses after him, roaring like
an Infatuated king of the herd
Aaron's legs were very long; his silk
hat fell off, and he did not stop to pick
it up, and his fright and his strides
were SO great that he soon left his pur-
suer far behind. Moses stopped and,
giving the hat a kick that would have
done credit to a college football man,
and, shaking his fist after his flying
foe, he shouted:
t'Ef ever l kotch you. you daddy
long-legs, I'll butt yer low an I'll kick
yer high, til yer never knows de diff
frence twixt de earf an de sky! Comm
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hyar an talkin' tcr my B:linda bout
'restin' her fer false pertenses an
keowr
When Moses returned he found Aunt
Belinda seated in Il chair, laughing I'M
til the tears ran down her cheeks.
*'Hc make me crack my sides!' she
exclaimed, II jes' say ter him: Ctr an
he more'n got!'
Moses sat down on the grass, wiping
his face with the corner of a torn shirt
sleeve.
WAS all dat de true fac" he said,
''wot YOU done say bout buyin' dat
keow an her bein' yer lzeow all de
time?"
''True as Gospel" said she, II kin
show yer de 'ccipt wot made de driver
guy me fore paid him. Wouldn' trus'
no stranger like him wot might come
back hyar sayin' he done los l1eow in
Perkins ole fields.
Den, B'linda,' - said Moses. Il reckons
Use a no sin man. COS eff I done guy
back de keow wot stole to de pusson
wot stole her from. den Use all right"
go long, you Noses" cried she,'I
hain't got no time ter talk SIGH fool talk
wild yer. Use got ter iron Capt. Camps
shirts an tuck 'cm down ter him, an
you go git me some good light wood fer
ter he't de irons wild, and when you
done dat I'll guy yer ten cents ter pay
pore Uncle Pete fer de hire of dat coh't
wot you comes hyar wild ter pay ten
tions ter me wild a view ter matermony.
I knows you hain't got no money ter
pay him wild, an eff we's ter be married
we's got ter start squar.'
THE End
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house. He was very we'll dressed, but
not after the fashion of Moses. His
hat was high, but it bore no untimely
Grape; his clothes were black, and fitted
him very we'll; his cravat was white,
and in his hand he carried cane with
a silver head.
"Mornin', Sister Tinsley,'' said he: II
hopes sees yer well?''
'Mornin', Brudder Aaron" said Aunt
Belinda; ''ef yous got time ter stop. sot
yousef down hyar, and I'll fotch an.
udder cheer
He lifted his hand deprecatingly.
Never, Sister Tinsley, never you wait
on me. OATS my part; waits on you"
and briskly stepping inside he brought
out a chair
The newcomer sat down, put his hat
on the grass and his cane beside it, and
then, leaning slightly forward, clasped
his two long black hands between his
knees: He was many shades darker
than Aunt Belinda, and several years
older His face was long, and rather
thin. After q few remarks about the
weather and the t'craps' he proceeded
! TO business.
"Sister Tinsley," said he, II knows
you is a woman wot amt got no time
to waste, an Use a man wild duties an
'sponsibilities. Now, I comes to de
pint widout no scrapin' an prancin',
and comes here, Sister Tinsley, to
ask yousef ter combine wild me in de
vows O. wedlock; in udder words, Sis
ter Tinsley, asks you to marry me.
It's long time sence you was a wild
der, Sister Tinsley, and de Bible says
faint right fer a man, nor woman, to
live lone, specially in a house like dis,
wild no udder house nearder dan a
quarter mile. Now, you kin see for
! youse'f, Sister Tinsley, dat a man like
me, wot's lived in de city an waited at
Il hotel an as" 49,
Oats so,' said Aunt'Belinda; '"cuse
me fer interruptin' you, Brudde1
Aaron, but you is mistook bout me an
dc Bible. De holy book dom say nuf
fin bout women livin' lone, only men
an wot does want wild anudder hus
BAN? Oar never was a better man dan
Dick Tinsley, an he was an awful
trial. Now volts dc good Of my havin
anudder man hangin' round hyar? Use
mighty cumf't'ble an reclzons Use got
cv'ryting in dis worl' dat wants, 'cept
one ting"