Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
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WISH Tor more
tr,,o Very ,S, true" rue, said grandma, YEARLY, very
ness i4r the children; think the general said
it slipped. my memory. I'm getting old, and
Things VIII slip from, me- Wen get a gov
5ness Don;f IoM next year It's getting little chilly
and wait for the children there"
Aha, leaning on her silverheaded cane
granuma made her way slowly into the library
where an was shadow and stiffness. The gold
en- sunset had lost its beauty and charm for
her this tn evening. She only felt she was grow.
ing old-ah. very, very old
railing fast said Aunt Prue, grimlv. as
f ner eyes yes followed the old lady's retreating
forhM fo failing very fast 1t is perfect madness
the way he does, and mean to write him
SO tomorrow. Such announcement I never
saw before in my ife-never! Everything at
SKIES ana ana sevens, from the garret to the eel.
hasrt Inr NOT a piece OF the French china that
hasnt MEX or a crack, and as for the sill.
Ser-soid silver, that ought to be under lock
ana key-lts around everywhere | found
Two spoons In the tea caddy. and that fat
lIbpe.''nent tbsn COOK stirring the starch with an
other And the children running around like
young barbarlans-yes, barbarians!" repeated
1l Aunt Prue, setting her thin lips together
Notning more nor less Clip her birds wings.
;mdeed ;ndianan And a the black feathers gave final
stllf packed rocker. "If / had my wav. id
clip them in earnest There world he mo- ny s,ich
lights as this. Off from sunrise to sunset
heaven knows where"
Iiave not Beatrix and Therese come home
yet asked the good lady, sharply, of tall
slender colored girl, who had sided ont on The
porch behind her O'' VII 'n'
Maam?' was the bewildered reply.
..ddiaye Beatrix and Therese returned yet?"
rn Un' Miss Trix an Miss Tessie, you
means, SAID the girl with grin "No, ma'am.
dey hasn't. Spec deyll be hyar presently
Dey mos generally do git long home bout
DO you know where they are?" questioned
aunt n Prue, fixing her eye severely upon Lie,
VINO became suddenly conscious of her burst
dress and ragged apron.
p, w mar dey Is? No, ma am, doesn't Miss
IN Ink dld say suthin' bout gwin, to de camp
"The-the campl,' exclaimed Aunt Prue, in
amazement. "a soldiers camp"
mo, no, ma am-de colored camp, whar dey
breaches an prays. Aunt Charlotte Laws she
got tent thar, an she 'vited me an de
young ladies long down"
thew BSs, Ssye me said fbas Aunt Prue And
| Miss Irix did say suthin' bout it las
night" said Lie, who was pulling her torn
apron and shufhing from one foot to the other
Prae e ssses Agn gaze f Amt
heZ de feedin' tent, an she makes sweet cakes
an doughnuts, an hez ginger pop an 'simmon
beer An Uncle Jake he plays de bones"
What associates for my brothers child
rem! gasped Aunt Prue. "Bones and sim
mon beer And they are not home yet and it
all day long"
eyes, M" said Lze "dey mos ginerally
do stay all day long. Miss Trix nebba was
de stayin' in kind, an Miss Tess, she jes'
keeps. long OBJ her sister evverywhar Cross
de hills ober de creek tro' de marshes-bi.
yiy and Lie chuckled in momentary forget
fulness of her scandazed listener-"how dem
chillen does go, to be shuah! Der amt no
troublin' to keep dem home. Dey jes' has
good times all day long"
"This is simply dreadful murmured Aunt
Prue, who had begun to pace up and down
the, porch, by way Of, relieving her feelings.
Il knew well enough they were under no sort
of restraint, but did not know they were
allowed to run wild like this at all hours I'll
write to their father this night-this very
nlght. Where are the servants? | must
send some one to look for those children at
once.
And Aunt Prue stalked down to the kitch-
en-, where Nam Chloe stood in high dudgeon
over the tea dishes, exchanging opinions with
old Eph, that were by no means complimentary
to their newly arrived guest
Clean dun out Heven't he'd chance to
set down dis blessed day. Miss Prue been
pokln, an pryin' dat ar long nose OBJ hern
into ebberything. Pot closets AM cbanev
closet an dish closet, a-ralin' an a-scrapin'
an a-countln, ez eff ole miss hedn't guy me
the sponsibIlity OBJ tendin' to things twenty
year ago; Amt gwine to stan any sch med
din, dat l aint'! One missus at a time nuff
fo',, dis chile, Miss Prue may be what yo'
calls hne lady, but she amt dis colored
pussons sort"
Hush, chile, hushl" admonished old Epb.
Miss Prue's Talbot, an all dem Taibots
got terrible SOt WaYa | WAS vU;d da o;,,o.oI