, 1902-06-04
1 Florida Waterloo.


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Copyright. i~2. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
You. 'Poieon." yelled Aunt Judy
from the wash-house door. "wey you
gwine? Come back heui.. you trifin'.
black rascal. Didn't An tell you to
stan right by dat wringah until All
was through wild you?
Il was des swine down to see IL
Mist Jimmy's a was tied" said the
recreant Napoleon. as he shifted mis-
weight from one black, s~un-cracked,
bare foot to the other.
"iaas. | specs OATS wat dat extry
flshhook is a hangin' in dem kinks
behine you ear TO; and wat you got
in you han? OATS "a box O wu'ms.
sho's lse alive. Pears like you amt
got sense enough to hell a buzzard.
'Poleon,"
Napoleon rolled his eyes cautiously
around towards a clumr OF saw pal
metto in the edge If the scrub"
where a wide. straw hat could be seen
above the tops OF the palmetto fans.
and a knotty tishpole waved jerkily.
Would she see it? Napoleon's heart
almost stood still as Aunt Judy's eyes
turned in that direction. but old eyes
that are dimmed by many years Of
sewing and standing over the steaming
Washtub are not as sharp as young
ones.
TEX dis basket err clo'es and hang
EN- out on de line" she continued.
"and bring me er coal outer dat tiuh.
| I nnk lax Nh lnSt mug t.L "a v.S''
Napoleon complied. holding the coal
between two sticks while Aunt Judy
pulled for a light. a smile crept over
his face. He knew what Aunt Judy's
"resses" meant. Then. taking up .he
basket. he went out to the clothes
line. keeping carefully in view Of Aunt
Judy. Gradually he worked around. .ts
he saw Aunt Judy's head nod. until her
face was hidden by the door jamb.
Dat boy amt SO bad" unused The
old lady. He dest kin O. childish.
Get kin O. frisky sometimes lax any
boy gwineter do wat got some stiff
ness In he backbone. Guess Ah'll-
Ahll-let him" There was a
long pause. A big. green horseiy came
droning in and settled on Aunt Judy's
head. standing out strongly against
the gray. twine-wrapped strands of
wool. Aunt Judy vas asleep. Ma
poleon came Il peeped in at the door.
Softly putting dow the basket. ne
stole noiselessly over to the palmetto,
and two figures raced of toward thu
bayou.
A little creek made around from the
bayou. over which was ~ wooden
bridge.
SAM" said Napolean. Aunt Judy
10 gwineter wake up fore long. 'Speck
we better fx dis bridge" and with q
mischievous glitter in his black eyes
he commenced removing some Of he
loose boards lying across the two poles
which formed the only passage across
the muddy creek.
Well des fix some err desc fans
across de openin'," he chartered, IN
unflial light spreading over his black,
shiny face. The two young imps 1901
had dead. brown palmetto leaves over
the opening.
Nov. we'll des get out on dat ole
log. and drop our lines in de Black
hole" said Sam.
Aunt Judy nodded and droWsed, CIV
ing forth a gentle more, occasionally
broken by fltful snorts. The pipe still
hung. loosely held. between her two
good teeth. The fire was long ago
extinct. Suddenly she started up.
Great Zion! All mus get dem
clo'es offer dat line. 'Poleon!" 10
answer. "'Specks he dun tralpsed of
wild dat Sam Williams. He gotter quit
dat h%avishness. Yassir, here's de bas-
ket. AhIl des slip down to de bayou
and see. Hope he got summer desc
sand-spurs in his foOts." she muttered
as she made her way toward the path
which led to the river. AS she emerged