The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-20


from the wash-house door. '..wey you
gwine? Come back heuh, you trif1in',
black rascal Didn't All tell you to
stan right by dat wringah until All
was through wild you?
Il was des gwine down to see if
Mist Jimmy's boat was tied" said the
recreant Napoleon, as he shifted his
weight from one black, sun-cracked.
bare foot to the other.
"Yaas, / specs OATS wat dat extry
fishhook is hangin' in dem kinks
behine you ear TO-; and wat you got
in you ham, OATS box o wu'ms,
shos Ise alive. Pears like you amt
got sense enough to bell buzzard,
'Poleon."
Napoleon rolled his eyes cautiously
around towards clump of saw pal
metto in the edge of the scrub.
where a wide, straw hat could be seen
above the tops of the palmetto fans.
and knotty fishpole waved jerkily.
Would she see it? Napoleons heart
almost stood still as Aunt Judys eyes
turned in that direction, but old eyes
that are dimmed by many years Of
sewing and standing over the Steam1ng
washtub are not as sharp as young
ones
TEX dis basket er cloes and hang
'em out on de line she continued,
land bring me er coal outer dat fun.
Look lax All dest mus TEX a res.
Napoleon complied. holding the coal
between two sticks while Aunt Judy
pulled for light. smise crept over
his face. He knew what Aunt Judy's
"resses" meant. Then, taking up The
basket he went out to the clothes
line. keeping carefully in view of Aunt
Judy. Gradually he worked around. rs
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 ne backbone. Guess All Il
Ah'll-let him" There was
long pause. a big, green horse1y came
droning in and settled on Aunt Judy's
head. standing out strongly against
the gray, Uninterrupted strands of
wool. Aunt Judy was asleep. Ma
poleon came and peeped in at the door.
Softly putting down the basket, ne
stole noiselessly over to the palmetto.
and two figures raced off toward the
bayou.
A little creek made around from the
bayou, over which was wooden
bridge.
Sam said Napolean. Aunt Judy
is gwineter wake up fore long. 'Spec3l
we better fix dis bridge" and with
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.
We'll des fix some er desc fans
across de openin," he chartered. IN
unflial light spreading over his black,
shiny face. The two young imps soon
had dead. brown palmetto leaves over
the opening.
Now Well 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 gentle snore, occasionally
broken by fitful shorts. 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
cloes offer dat line. 'Poleon!" 40
answer 'Specks he dun traipsed off
wild dat Sam Williams. He gotter quit
dat havishness. Yassir, here's de bas-
ket Anil 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
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