The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-18
Queer Circumstances That
Caused Him to Save a Sinner
By Charles Wisner Barrel

his haint nebbe gwine tech Marse
Iafe' CON icle-n-n gwin change roun diff mt mig
gah Yes sab! ben rbe bad my day. hievin' n yn
but gwin tun en- de narre path gwine ak yo fergve me-
Marse Debbl.-"
rustic and an indignant snort attracted Captain Chesabys
tenon this juncure toward the back door, and looking that
direction he behed Aunt Ds Uncle Roscoe rotund feparner
held her trusy broom In her wide geng written wonder
contempt She reatenngy waved the broom to and from
before like tiger ang his tail AS Uncle Roscoe stopped for
breath she uttered such conquerng Zulu might voice. and
bore down upon him. He heard the yell and the hollow thump OF her
feet and half to meet the onslaught but was too late She
smoe at him wildly and vousy The blow caught him ON the ear
ad check and with squa that part gurge he topped
I Farm yo manners she shrieked yo nasty black ruff an!
III arm yo break inter Mar aes whisky lay heah drunk
de hall whar de quality mough walk n akin Satan fergb yo
She struck eecy again Git heh Git outen sight, yo
low-ife scamp afore ! kills yo!'
The old butler rombed fmped dsheveled beneath
the rain Of blows and with coaa streaming the wind dashed
down the hall and disappeared through the door with never look
back a the Of his DOWNFALL.
Aunt DIey stayed behind and angy surveyed the wrecked
ep muterng meanwhile threats Of bodily violence her
ward spouse Then she btook herself to the kitchen and returned with
and duan Her had not yet smmeed down. and she
cleaned up the wreck.
''I cure dat ran houn er desc tricks er break is back!
she avowed vigorously she wadded back to her work
The yard still bore its lazy appearance when Captain
Cheay dyeed of his suit Of mall viewed again from the
porch.
few chickens sang songs from bunch Of
shubby nearby An idle horse under trees the paddock
stamped his feet and struck with his tail ut the mpuden flies that
sisted in biting him locust sked dsonanty But these the
only indications of life No sound from the
quarters.
SO the Captain away through the orchard and lost
in its maze of green
The slowly sinking peaceful sky, when with fair
string of fish Captain Chesaby nead his home that Wg
merry old and spoke CHEEKY word to the fedhands
passed coming supper and he red his that he would
pass Uncle Roscoe's cabin.
he the old seated the doorstep of
his abode bandagd with clean of nen his face wearing
painfully subdued He seemed study Bible which lay
before him his knees
Captain Cheaby stopped whing and his pole gently
cabin he looked Uncle Roscoe for minutes but the
old avoided his gaze
WeI Roscoe he drawled at length "wha yo been doing to
yo self now? fghng?"
But Just then the strains of plantation broke upon them
Uncle percepbe hver and glanced unasy about
of Aunt D foaed weey out through the kitchen
window of the big house:
folks dat a deacon steal
Way down yandr en- de confef'
But | cotch confe'
Way down yande co'nfer
CANCEL Gabr el the old calculated invountary Then
pulling himself together with effort he looked up and met the
Captains gaze.
No suh Marse Lafe" he said ~ hant ben rumpus
hans de weha He shivered slight
and glanced apprehnsve his shoulder toward Chesaby Hall
But boun hahn gwn git m coch Lafe
he added.