Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

wv any-the bed, a huge four
poster, canopied; the bu-
reau high and with brass handles to
Its drawers; the chairs straight backed;
from the center of the ceiling hung q
chandelier Of glass pendants. All this
antique magnlficence was lighted by
the single tallow dip which also giie.
tened upon the honest face Of Ginger.
Il hope 70 berry comfolem, sah."
said Ginger. setting down the candle
and turning to depart.
mo doubt Of 1t. Wait bit. l want
you to tell me to whom this plantation
belongs"
"Cunnel Rutland. sah."
Been In this family long?
~ t'ousand years, slh.'
"What?"
"Don't know nothin bout countin.
Spec it's been in de family mighty
long time. Cunnel Rutland. he mighty
fine genrman, sab; Cunnel Rutland.
he own ten hundred t'ousand acres''-
"How manyT
"De biggest plantation in all Alaba-
ma, sab. Cunnel Rutland be de big
gest"-
"Wait a bit, Ginger. Who is Miss
Pinkley?"
missy Pinkley, she mighty fine lady.
sab. Miss Pinkley. she"-
"What relation Is she to Colonel Rut-
land"
missy Pinkley. she war Missy Rut-
lands sistah. sab. Missy Pinkley.
she"--
"Where is Mrs. Rutlandr
"Missy Rutland, she's daid."
"Who is Miss Jaqueline"
"AIissy Jack, she's de fust young lady
In de souf, sab. When Missy Jack go
to de planters balls IN de city balls In
Huntsville, she take all de young men
away from de udder young ladies an
make 'em all mad 'nuff to eat her up"
'She is Colonel Rutland's daughter,
supposed"
Eyes. sab. Missy Jack de apple OBJ
Cunnel Rutland's eye, sab. Cunnel
Rutland dom care nuffen bout nobody
but Missy Jack"
How about you cOlored peopleT
"What dat, sahT'
do you like Miss JaquelineY
"Like Missy Jack! Reckon de culled
people do like Missy Jack. Culled peo-
pie Tub Missy Jack like de angel OBJ
isn't she Just q bit hot tempered?"
Reckon Missy Jack Is hot tempered,
sab. Missy Jack. she got de hottest
temper in de whole souf. Missy Jack,
she"-
Hold on; explain why you all love
Miss Jack when she has a hot temper
and speaks to you sharply"
Laws a-massy, she dom mean nuf-
fen. Missy Jack, she scor wild de fire.
brand in de eye, but she won't let no
body else scol. Yo' ought to see dat
gal when Mars'r Bingham-MarsrB ing-
ham. he de oberseer-Mars'r Bingham
whip de niggers. One day Mars'r Bing-
ham, he whip me. yelled lax a killed
niger. Missy Jack. she run out wild
her hair a-fyin an her eyes a-shinin, an
she TAX de whip out O. Mars'r Bing-
hams han, an-golly Moses. how she
lay it on dat oberseerv'
did he take 1t kindly"
"He couldn't do nuffen. Eff he tech
Missy Jack, CunIel Rutland shoot him.
Cunnel Rutland, he got de biggest tenn
per. 'cept Missy Jack-ain't nobody got
temper lax Missy Jack in"-
ANY more RutlandsT
mo. sab. Amt dat 'nuff-all dem
mighty fine peopleT
quite enough. Now you may 60,
Ginger"
Ginger departed with a frown that l
should have called for more such peo-
pie as the Rutlands and somewhat dis
appointed. fancied, at not being able
to impress me with the magnitude of
the family temper. l closed the door
behind him and locked 1t.
John Branderstane," 1 said, looking
at the dim reflection of my body in one
Of the great mirrors, had it not been
for that little girl down stairs your
being would now be no more real than
that image. Never have you had SO
close a call, and you'll never have an
other so close without it being the last.
but you've no time to waste. Your
situation will be more critical with the
rising sun than 1t is this minute. Some
thing must be done"
l went to window. 1t was at the
end OF the building. My room was on
the second story of the house, at no