The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-11

ed. Il run an | run, an | come so
fas' l got stitches in de side FUN head
TO heel"
Tom brought her a glass of water
which she drank between gasps.
Il nevah run so befo enduin my liv-
in days" she asserted. you knows
me, who l am an whum 1 cum FUN,
highs wells / know who you is,
reckon, MAZE Vanrevel?"
Yes, yes, I know. Will you tell me
who sent your"
"Miz Tanberry, sub, dat who sended
me, an in a venomous hurry she done
de same!"
yes. Why? Does she want me?"
Mamie emitted a screech, Deed she
mos everlas'in'ly does not; Dat de Ve'y
exacindes' Twin ting she does not
want"
Then what is it, Mamie?"
''Lemme git my bref, sub, an you
hole yo'ne whites 1 tell you! She say to
me, she say: Is you 'quainted MAZE
Vanrevel, Mamie| s. she, an L up'n
ansuh, Not to speak wild, but dey ain
none on em 1 don know by sight an
none betterer dan him. l say Den she
say she say: You run all de way an
fin dat young man. she say, s. she,
AN if you don git dab TO he leave, er
don stop him on de way, den God i
mighty forgive you!' she say. But you
tell him fun Jane Tanberry not to
come nigh dis house or dis gyahden dis
night! Tell him dat Jane Tanberry
warn him he mus keep outer Carewes
way Ontel he safe on de boat to-mOr-
rer. Tell him Jane Tanberry beg him
to stay in he own room dis night, an
dat she beg it on her bented knees!'
An dis she say to me when l tole her
what Nelson see in dat house dis even
in. An hyuh l is, an hyuh you is,
an de blessed Jesus be thank, you is
hyuh!"
Tom regarded her with a grave at
tention. What made Mrs. Tanberry
think / might be coming there to-
night?"
"Deys curious goins-on in dat house,
sub! De young lady she ain like her
self; all de day long she wanduh up
an down an roun about. Miz Tan
berry are a mighty guessifying woman,
an he minute tell her what Nelse see,
she spec you a-comln an dat de boss
mos pintedly preparin' TO it,"
Can you make it little clearer for
me, Mamie? I'm afraid 1 don't under
stand"
We'll, sub, you know dat ole man
Nelson, he allays tell me eV'yt'ing he
know, an ev'yting he think he know,
jass de same, sub. An dat ole Nelse, he
mos 'sessmul Guild man in de worP to
crope roun de house an pick up de
gossip an git de TO an behine er
what's going on. So twas dat he sees
de boss, when he come in to'des even
in, TEX dat heavy musket off'n de racks
an load an clean her, an do it wild
a mighty bad look bout de mouf. Den
he gone up to de cupoly an lef it dab,
an den come down ag'in. Whites dey
is eatin', he 'nounce thee time dat he
goin be way endu'in' de evenin. Den
he gone out de front do, an out de
gates an down de street. Den, sub,
den, sub, faint no mon a half our
ago, Nelse come to me an say dat he
see de boss come roun' de stable, keep
in close in by de shrubbery, an crope
in de ballroom winder, witch is close to
de groun', sub. Nelse 'uz a cleanin' he
harness in de back yo'd an he let on
not to see him, like. Miss Betty, she
walkin' in her gyahdeE> an Miz Tan
berry fan on de po'ch. Nelse, he slip
de house whuh he lights ain lit, an
stan an listen long time in de liberty
at de foot er dem sta his; an he hyuh
dat man move, sub! Den, Nelse know,
an de done crop up to he cupoly room
an'-an' dat he settin' dab, waitin'
Miz Tanberry come in de kitchen, an 1
shet de do an l tole her. An she
sended me hyuh to you, subj An if
you 'uz a-goin', de good God mighty
mus er KEEP you ontel 1 got hyuh!"
mo; 1 wasn't going" Tom smiled
upon n6f Sadly. L udIe say IlGlG . ii
simpler explanation. Don't you suppose
that if Nelson was right and Mr.. Ca
rewe really did come back, it was be-
cause he did not wish his daughter and
Mrs. Tanberry to know that-that he
expected party of friends, possibly,
to join him there later?'
What he dom wild dat gun, sub
Nobody goin' play cyads ner frow dice
wild a gun, is dey?" asked Mamie as
she rose and walked towards the door.
ooh, that was probably by chance"
mo, subj" she cried, vehemently.
AN dem gelmun ouldn' play t'night,
no way; mos on EN- goin' wild you to-
morrer, an dey sayin good-by to der
folks dis evenin'. not gamblin! Miz
Tanberry IL be in a state err mint ontel
she hyuh rum me, an l goin' hurry
| back. You won come dat, sub? kin
| tell her dat you say you sutney ain
| comm nigh our neighborhood dis
night?"
Il had not dreamed of coming, tell
her, please. Probably I shall not go
| out at all this evening. But it was
| kind of you TO come. Goodnight"
He stood with a candle TO light her
down the stairs, but after she had
| gone he did not return to the office. In
stead, he went slowly up to his own
! room, glancing first into Crailey's-the
| doors of neither were often locked-to
(
ished packing. In his own chamber it
only remained for him to close the lids
| of few big boxes, and to pack a small
| trunk which he meant to take with
him to the camp ~ the state troops,
! and he would be ready for departure.
/ He set about his task, and concluding
| that there was no necessity to wear
! his uniform on the steamboat, decided
| to place II in the trunk and went to bed
where he had folded and left it, 1t was
not there. Nor did a thorough search
reveal it anywhere in the room. Yet
| no one could have stolen it. for when
he had gone down to the office Crailey
| had remained on this floor. Mamie had
come within a few minutes after Grail
| ley went out, and during his conversa-
! ton with her the office door had been
! open; no one could have passed without
! being seen. Also a thief would have
taken other things as well as the uni
! form and surely Crailey must have
! heard: Crailey would-Crailey-!
Then Tom remembered the figure in
the long cloak and the military cap,
/ and, with sick heart, began to under
stand. He had read the Journal, and
he knew why Crailey might wish to
masquerade in a majors uniform that
| night. If Miss Carewe read it, too, and
a strange wonder rose in her mind, this
and a word convinced her. Tom con-
sidered it improbable that the wonder
would rise. for circumstances had too
we'll established her in a mistake. tri-
vial and ordinary enough at first, mere
ly the confusion of two names by a
girl new to the town, but so strength
ened by every confirmation Crailey's
wit could compass that she would, no