The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-15

steadily ahead. At Dennis station
| there Is a fork In the ROAD, one bFdnch
! leading 10 the Eatonton ana the otner
| leading across the eastern portion or
| the county past the ApercrounDlo place
and so into the road that runs into
| Greene county by way OF Roach's old
ferry. II was by this road that the
! mules had come several days before,
and they either turnd into it OF their
own accord or they were guided into 1t
| by Roby Ransom, whose mind seemed
/ clear enough at times.
AS the wagon was comparatively
empty, the mules had no difficulty in
making good time. They did not need
to be urged, but went very rapidly Of
their own accord. Late in the AFTER
noon they came to the Abercrombie
place. Billy had grown very tired and
he was also hungry. The sun was near
ly down and he knew that it would
presently be his bedtime, and he had no
Nanny Rose to tell him sleep story
he had no muvver to take him in her
lap and sing to him If Nanny Rose
happened to be busy, and he had no
one to give him a good, warm supper.
with milk to drink.
In short, Billy began to realize in q
dim way his helpless and forlorn con-
dition, and he resented 1t most bitter
ly. He was a very independent little
chap, but there were times and occa-
sions when his courage gave way and
this was one of them. So he began to
cry, softly at first, but as the tears
started to flow. he became more and
more impressed with the misery of his
situation and presently he was making
himself heard in series of loud walls.
1t was when he was thus loudly be-
wailing his fate that Buster John and
Sweetest Susan, the grandchildren of
Mr.. Abercrombie, heard him. These
children were riding with Aunt Min
ervy Ann, who had been to their house
to borrow some provisions, of which
there was not a too plentiful supply
in that section after the federal army
had passed through. Aunt Minervy
Ann also heard the child crying, and,
as she was not taken by the looks of
the man who was driving the wagon,
she advised the children to jump out
of her cart and follow the wagon back
as far as their gate. 1t was an easy
matter for Buster John to catch up
with the heavy vehicle in which he had
heard the child crying. His first i'm
pulse was to crawl in the wagon from
the rear and find out what allied the
child, but he thought better of this
plan, especially as the man who was
driving was IN plain view from the
rear as we'll as the front. What Bus
ter John did was to climb on the pole
of the wagon and pull up by the feed
trough, which was swung across the
rear end of the vehicle. He raised his
head above the level with great eau
ton, and presently, as his eyes became
used to the dim light, he saw Billy
with his head buried in the bedclothes,
crying as If his heart would break.
While Buster John was wondering
what he could do, Billy raised his head,
saw him and cried out, Tate me outer
here! o, please tate me outer here!"
Buster John jumped down so quick
ly that Sweetest Susan thought he had
fallen, and she came running to see
If he was hurt. Buster John was afraid
the man would turn around when he
heard the voice of the child, and so
he had jumped down as quickly as