Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-05-22
Down ON the
SUwannee River
BY WILLIAM HAVEN ROSS
Copyright, 1908, by McChWe's Newspaper
Syndicate

left on the counter"
There was no reply.
"Well!' calculated the cap'n. tibet
lazy gals snoozin' like sixty an let
tin trade git over inter the next
county, M-e-r-llndaw
Still Melinda did not respond In per-
son or by voice. The cap'n looked
around in II helpless way. Over to the
east he could see a murky stretch of
the Suwannee river bending through
the trees. There was dusty, lifeless
road In front of the shore. The capn
reclined and reflected. 1t was hot,
and he hated to move, but he want
ed his tobacco, and, being wild
over with but one child, his comfort
certainly was dependent largely upon
her If she were too lazy to wait on
her poor old dad, he thought 1t only
served to prove that he had wasted
money when he bought her a melo
deon.
While bordering on her ingratitude
and shiftlessness he nearly lapsed
again into slumber, but an awful
thought interviewed. 1t made him sit
upright, bringing lis chair down upon
Its four legs with bang.
sam Womperr' exclaimed the capn.
"I'll bet tibet dodgasted razerback crit
ter hez he'd the effront'ry ter cum gal
livantin' round hyar ag'inr'
a. a N..A.
the house that formed the rear of It.
Asleep In the little porch which
framed the kitchen door was a small
negro boy. Capn Eph kicked him.
Rouse up, Nose" said the cap'n,
IAN tell me whar's Merllnda."
IL dunno, boss" said Nose, edgIng
to get out of range. II hain't seen her
fer more'n er hour"
LOOK hyar, leetle niger brat, am
ye gOin' ter tell whar my darter isT
Don't yo' stomp cap'n! Fer de
Lawd's sake, don't stompr' shrleked
Nose, drawing his knees up to his alb
domen in the agony Of expectation.
"T'ze gwine ter tell all l knows"
"Jes' We tellv' was the cap'ns grim
Admonition.
az seed Mis-, Msr,,nda c,r ortor 40
doah an, wova hos han, Dan IooLod
over wander " ana Mosa no,n,od 10 tho
north "on, sood aon, wornnor an 40 -
at de edge NV de cl'arin'. Den she
done went inter de house an got her
bunnit. seed her 20 over ter whar
Sam wuz lOnfin' round, an hmeby !
aoad ,a,,, 81. - -. 49,, -
90 ,Iono"
"Ntovho uovhon .o,,,oou,.od .ho
can.n az bin hoad ,or, on a, ,ho hand
Tho river,s mighty low an, thar oIn,,
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.ha 80. =. "a ,..,.,. ss,S,
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w" "nu '
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w ."Jy' W" ,'o,"''' VI VI. n'"u'
"''n' Nv" =, gun n'u ye nenn
."e, "e', n-''"'", '"''"s" '"e or"Sh'
ne hehru nanl ASK.
so' 'ne gun hnou'eu 'ne cup H.
drawing Dead on me young man hs
ne spoke ne yes pint thet Doht rlgh'
III nynT UT u III yer niue WIN DUCK
Snot'
o"" p"uSen WIN up'ltteu phudf
long enough 10 conclude quickly that
u WIS WISE 10 oDey' ana when IL
HtrucL tne water aghih u sent the aug
out nyihR '"""ru tne pahk
"hhr ne ye soin' MIS- blegsf the
chP" inquirer oi Mehhuh III nhe
IRONY
! WIZ Roiii er git iherrleu' an ~
no yi.' sne repiieu 40 uehah'iy that
tne caPh gaspeo'
90 Fe WILL 30 ye "iII' ne resl'''u-
gu see ye gum 700 hehnhtrohH
Ier ne-Dut not merrled Ter hiin' gal
!" I'cR OUT the hI"h Ter ter DC my
soh-'n'or' II" ooan ye he'hh terglt
thet
Inc chph chhlDed INTO the boat ana
pointed up stream lie sat down
at that end OF the crnrt, win MS gun
across ms Knees ana grimiy sup
pressed MS wrhth' Ihey had not gone
iar petore the dugout gilded by big
water ohk whose branches extended
by huge grapevine The fruit WINS
ripe and hung I'm luscious clusters
"IIop on err mint" said the cap'n
"Lemme Kit err bunch"
Sam backed the boat under the tree.
and the cam carefully pIoced bia
gun where be thought he could get II
quickest and reached aloft among the
tendriIs. Sam lot him get n good, firm
hold and then drove the paddle into
stream for one long. strong stroke. The
duoout shot from under the can,n,s
feet in an instant, leaving him dan.
Cling above stream thirty feet from
shore
Bloody blazesl What on airth am
We aboutl Hey. cum backp shouted