The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03


more'n week to get well-payin
job"
Her pappy died with that kinsump
ton jist soon after she wuz horned"
said the postmistress, rehectively; IAN
whenever he died they said ez how
some'n his people'd hev it, too"
do We mind" broke in Aunt Polly,
how Sally Ann TUX on at the time
of her pappy's buryin'? They wuz
maxim the coffin before our house, an
she come in an axed me eff they wuz
goin' to put her pappy in that old box.
That's jist what she called II, old
box, an p'inted over whar they wuz
workin'. i tole her that they alluz
put dead corpses into boxes, ez they
called collins, an then put a led on
'em fore they put EN- in the ground
py? says she; 'theys afeared to kiver
him up; he'll git up an shoot a hole
through em eff they tech him.
She knowed what buryin' meant
by the time her five sisters wuz TUX
to the buryin' ground"
Il reckon she did. WAL, must be
gittin' home"
Can't We stay all night?'
mo; I'll hev to be a-goin' You-uns
come up and see us; don't fergit."
A group of men were gathered at
the cove just as the evening shadows
were beginning TO thicken in the noun
talns. Some were seated on the rude
platform in front, while others mount
ed on horseback had refined up to hear
the news of the day; for the country
store and the postoffice take the place
| or a newspaper in the mountain dis
| tricts.
They tell me- said old Squire Bar
low' as he threw a huge qud of to-
| bacco on the floor, they tell me that
Sally Ann Larlxin got that letter from
Bud Hunt to-day, an that she growed
nigh onto an inch since 1t come"
Whar is Bud now?" said an angl-
lar young farmer.
Bud, he's some'rs about Singein-
natl, I reckin; that's what Polly said.
an she wuz at the office when the let
ter come. He's run onto a plumb
| good job thar with some kind of a
railroad consarn, an he's a-gittin' 40
a month
Beats stalk breedin' all holler.
don't it, gittin' into one of them big
| towns?"
Yes, or maxim corn an wheat
too"
"'Tain't every one kin git such a Job
in the city" said the squire; when
l wuz thar about war time they
! lowed ez thar warn't nary place like
the mountains fer Pete Barlow"
WAL, hit pears to me-" said the
store keeper, that eff we an Bud
Hunt could both git jobs thar, that
mos all the rest of us could"
This raised the laugh on the squire,
who responded by expectorating in
a keg of horseshoes that stood at one
end Of the porch. just then a pale
young fellow. whose white skin was
a sharp contrast to his curly black
hair, hailed the group. and was just
about to ride past when the squire
in order TO regain his standing as
leader, called out: Can We pull up an
be frien'ly fer a minute, jim? We
needn't think Sally Ann wants to see
we now. Hain't we heared about her
letter."
Yes, 1 did," said the young man,
I quietly, as he. rode up: II didn't low
she'd care much TO see me-"
Il should guess not" responded the
squire, quite happy again, and restored
to his former position by the laughter
of the loafers. Il should guess not
WY, they say ez she kissed 1t on both
sides fore she opened II, an wen she
did read it her eyes jist flashed like
the biggest star up thar in the sky"
II heard tell that they wuz to be
AANaiiNN JlSb AbI ACOA-N dSiilh
meetin'." said one of the loafers,
winking at the crowd.
THE letter didn't say so,' said the
squire; hit said that he would be
out hyar fer vacation in jist two
weeks. an they could git hitched up
then"
% We hear that, Jim? Thar's no
use in We bein' blowed on Sally Ann
any longer; her an Budll leave the
an
more of neither of EN-"
"I'hat letter said. fer Sally Ann let
Polly read II. that Bud had heard
that Sally Ann wuz bein' pestered by
several other fellers, but that he
wuzn't scared about them a-sparlSin'
her; he knowed that when he come
to fetch her away, that would be the
end CT their sparkin', when she read
the letter my woman said ez how Sally
Ann he'd tied red ribbon round her
neck, an he'd put on her Sunday
clothes. she wuz that set up over the
news"
you 1iel" said the pale-skinned
young man, az he mounted his horse.
II hev that letter in my pocket right
now a takin' IL to her; hit hain't never
been opened yit; yer woman's never
laid eyes on IT, an all that rot which
we've been talkin' is lies. an we know
II. Hyar the letter, and yOu-unS KIN
see fer yerFe'ves that hit hain't been
broke open nary bit. Good evenin'.
square. ! reckon ven be a-tellin' the
rest of what yer woman read, but
hain't got time 10 listen"
With this parting shot the young
man rode off at a trot, leaving the lit
tie group to receive the squires fur
Their Information as they chose. Jim
Farmer was indeed In love with Sally
Ann, and the constancy which she
had shown In her feelings for her old
lover had been a source of much Bit
terness TO him. Hit seems like she
mout a. TUX up with me after he went
away from the cove. FL he didn't
think the mountains wuz good enough
fer him, why does he come along an
take off one of our gals? She'll die
ef she hey TO leave. an he he'd ort to
know Il: she can't stand bein' away
from this settlement"
Now Jim could see the light of her
mothers cabin far up on the noun
tain, and he turned into the trail
which would soon lead him TO the side
OF Sally Ann. His heart beat faster
- he aDproached the dwelling. This