, 1902-02-21

mighty nigh shutdown widout eatin' er
bite.
At las 'twus done, an we skeered
de hens in an l axed fer de key. "Jes'
shot de door. Use broke de key. I'll
git er nuther ter-morrow," he sed. Dat
wus one tired chill, but after supper
he sed he b'lieved he'd 90 over an tell
Mars Halls gals he WIS done 'lectrify-
ing the house. l helt his coat for him.
an as he went out he sed, Nanny.
ef you gifts sick er wants me quick jes'
ring de big plantation bell an I'll be
home in no time. fer I'm er ridin.
Tempes'. I talked scan'lus to dat boy
bout ridin' dat wicked horse. m
threatened to tell his pa, but he KEEP
, on stiff-nected.
/ Presently. Sol coined in to port his
days work to Johnny-boy. but fndin'
me by myself sed he believed he {"
home as he wus plum petered out wild
de hard days work.
When | got thro' wild my dishes l
got down my pipe an lit it, an, Miss
Sallie, er strange thing happened. |
III Vl pSSh CT houuiA 1 uOoh D..
but all to won every bell in de house
set up er ringing IN err ringing en- it
skeered me so I couldn't move fer er
time. But de bells KEEP up err ring
ing an I thought maybe twus Johnny
boy at de frunt door, an I went an
opened it. but nobody wus thar. l
went to all de doahs an found nobody.
7 thNrnhf ov horto thn~ nv, vnolo 600
de big plantation bell in de po'try
yard. AS l wus er runnin' down de
walk l heerd a most awful cussin', per-
haps. rung de bell. put back into de
kitchen an locked an propped de door
an didn't sca'cely breathe tell I bcerd
Tempes' feet hittin' de bridge in high
places.
When Johnny-boy come er Dustin
in l hollered, Oar wus er Jack-er-mer-
lantern here er ringin' de las one Nv
dem devilish BELLS" He didn't wait
ter hear no more, but ruined out close
ter de hen house an shouted, "Say.
you, down there, jes' hol' your BRET er
lew minits tell de deperty gifts here"
an he laughed as eff hants an Jack
er-mer-lanterns wus funny. But l wus
still skeered n l sed, Honey, fer
Gawd's sake. tell yer pore OIL nanny
what rung dem bells?" "Yoh trusty
wus cotched by de trap f1oah an flung
inter de pit; he wanted de balance Nv
Uncle Jim's leghurns," said he. Sho
nuf, up rid de deperty an dey brung
Sol outen de pit. l was dat mad al
shame dat ! mos jumpt on him after
dey got de cuffs on him Johnny-boy
cotched me an sed, You mustn't fight
er prisone:., If he has been yoh beau
Nanny, you needs to learn or little
bout law. an err little bout Electricity"
AS de deperty walked erway wild Sol
l didn't even look after him.
Den Johnny-boy sed sumpun bout
de 'casion 'scusin' teahs, but | toll him
'twis good riddence. an den he 'cused
rue er bein' tickle. l toll him fat |
didn't keer whit he sed, whut l hated
WINS fer Miss Elnore to git after me
bout dat trifin' pusson. She is de
beatenest han I ever saw ter run er
joke clean slap in de groun'! He sed
he'd compromise wild me, eff I'd keep
you frum tellin' his pa bout him ridin'
Tempes' he'd keep You frum telling
Miss ElnoIe bout me an Sol. Miss
Sallie. doan tell on us, please, marin.
Miss Elnore and Mars Jim comm
home ter-morrer, an Ellie an Mr..
Will next week. When Use seed Ellie
an helpt 'em make de sausage Use er
cumin' over here to stay wild you
erwhile. 'kase l doan like dem bells
Johnny-boy put up
Bells here?
Yesum, knows dat, but Use usen
ter desc.