Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-09

hopeleSSly ruined. \. Il. Fullerton, OF
absorbed in solIoquy, slowly measured
the path through the cornfield.
Dem niggers bin talkin' so much
bout Marse Billy's ghOs', they've kinder
got Miss Rachel ter believin ii too. But
Marse Billy amt comm back He's
resin too good an easy in his grade ter
be wantin' ter do dat Abraham's got
him safe in his bosom long wild Isaac
an Adam an Laz'rus, an he's lookn'
down dar at de rich man in de lake oh
fire an birthstone, Begin fur one drap
oh water ter cool his burnin' tongue.
Yes, Marse Billy's resin too easy up
dar an he amt botherin' his hade we'd
ober Miss Rachers hade or Sc warm
dem. He amt gwine ter want desc
clothes tell Judgment Day Wen Gabriel's
trumpet calls de lambs an de goats out
er dere grades. Marse Billy's wearin'
de clothes of righteousness. washed
white in de blood of de lamb"
Allen was very fond of preaching. and
these remarks being delivered in the
darkey minister's style, sermon was
suggested and he began to exhort an i'm
aginary congregation.
Yes Marse Billy's wearin dem gar
ments, an how did he git UNI, an dat sof'
seat in Abraham's bosom. long wild NOey
an Lazarus an Isaac? Did he git UNI by
stealth an lynn an barin' false witness
against his ueighbOr man an neighbor
woman? No, he got um by walkin' in de
way dat Abraham an Lazarus an NOey
p'inted out to him. Dey always walked
wild him a cloud in de daytime, an a
pillar OBJ burnin' fire by night. Dey
showed de had an narrer path, an
Marse Billy walked dar day an night
sleepin' an wakin' Wen he come down
in de cawnfiep an de cottOnfiep. did he
come down dar by hisse'f? No, Lazarus
an Abraham an Noey wuz wild him.
nlggers say, Christmas gif', Marse Billy,
did his han go down in his pocket by
hitse'f? No, Abraham an Noey run dere
han down wild his, an hope bring up"
Here Becky's cabin was reached and
Allen was Immediately enguIfed' in it's
| fire-lighted interior.
The shutter of the small square of un-
gIazed window was open, and the young
man stepped up and looked in. Directly
| opposite, trig and bolt upright, sat Allen,
and near by was the titteFing Becky, to
whom her suitOr's airs were an endless
| amusement. AT the moment the ghost
white face appeared Allen CHANGED to be
looking up at the window, and with Il
hoarse cry he started up, pointing with
shaking finger at the aperture
Whats de matter? asked Becky,
whose eyes had followed the direction of
| his finger, and met only the calm. family
starred sky. rs you seem Marse Billy's
ghos fer shoE with an expression of
laughter.
Aliens answer was a grasp Of her
| hand, hard with terror and anger
Young Benton was not without spice
| Of mischief, so he readily took the role
that was thrust upon him, and again he
put his face into the window, this time
| staring wide-eyeG and solemnlv at Allen.
ESnpkN Al
fright she fell npOn the luckless Allen
with heavy yellow fists.
Oats Marse Billy, an he wants dem
clothes, she yelled. "Gib UNI ter him
an let him go, too
Instantly the coat was wrenched off and
| hurled through the window. Unminding
| buttons and ''galluses," waistcOat and
breaches were stripped off and followed
| and. himself, n0t-tO-be-deSpiSed ghost in
| his white underwear. Allen flung wide
the door and shot homeward.
The next morning he was summoned
! by his mistress, and confronted with the
| torn and soiled uniform.
These clothes were found last night
near Becky's cabin, Allen" she said
| How do you suppose they came there?'
Law, Miss Rachel, | dunno" replied
Allen. ashy, and shaking. wit hthe palsy
of superstitious fear. They's no tellin
what's gwine ter happen in dis wicked ole
wuld."
"It's strange" the mistress ruminated
aloud for effect. Il don't know who
would have dared take them out of the
chest. Anyhow, take them. and clear
them thoroughly, and bring them back tC
me-"
Anxious to maintain wide distance
between himself and that direful uni
| form. Allen retreated as Miss Rachel ad
! vanced.
Not less you uses fo'ce, Miss Rachel
| IL don't want ter tech dem clothes.
| don't b'lieve Marse Billy likes me tel
| fool wild dem anyhow, an no good ebel
comes OBJ crossin' deal folks wishes"
Force was not used, and never again
| could Allen be induced to enter the gar
ret alone, or tech dem clothes" Ant
never again did ne cross Becky's thresh
/ old.
"She jes' darded him ter come dowr
| dar," she would say, with a threatening
motion of her head. 'She wasn't gwin'
| ter have sperretS larnin' de way down tel
| her house. an folks dat had nm follOwin
! dem aroun' couldn't keep company wit
| her" And never again, it is parhap:
needles sto say. was the plantation visited
| by MarSe Billy's ghos.-New York Com