The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22

pan and pouring it back over the roasting
turkey that she had drawn from the stove
oven mt, to see how i, va citing along .o
continued. Il members mighty we'll de
fus time we-all had dish yer new Chris
mus. Hit wuz right after de waugh-de
very mex fall-when Marse Jeems brung
yo' ma to be de mistiss of de ole ovation
place.
Laws. warnt she pooty, do! Whut's
mo- she ain ovah dat yit. Doan seem
LAX she ever gwinter, elder. OATS cause
she SO good. l alters is hel out dat good
heap to'ads keepin' people pooty, Wen
dey's bawn'd dat way. En- Ise seed it mex
de homeless sorter people look lax dere
wuz angels in dey eyes, sorter winkln en-
twinken' good nachered at yer"
1t was in cabin on the Overton plan &
tation, in middle Tennessee. beside the
banks of Duck river, and on the edge OF
the great field of a famous battle of the
where boys had dug with their jack
knives to get at the minnie balls that had
strayed that way. The chimney Of the
cabin-that is to say, several feet of 1t,
at the top-was of brick. and looked much
newer than the stone part, at the base.
That top part had been carried away
by a shot from one of Thomas guns dur
ing the fight, and, several years after
ward. it had been repaired with brick.
1t was on Thanksgiving morning that
Aunt julie was talking and blasting" the
turkey and on a stool near by the ancient
nanny sat fair haired girl of seventeen
whose eyes were so darkly brown that
they were nearly black. The eyes twinkled
with pleasure, though her look was one
of deep interest, too, as she listened and
watched.
She was the one daughter of "Marse
John Jeems Ovation" though she had
Lee Overton was Older, by q year or two,
than his sister Zena. He had inherited all
the instincts of his Southern father. and
she had received division of father and
mother, the latter having been a Chicago
girl of New England ancestry.
"Yo brother Lee, he monstrous lax yo'
pa Wen ee was size er Lee, en- I lay he
ain tuck no ris wen he hit dish yer old
turk right spang in de haid wild he rife.
From the open door Lee Overton sprang
in, and, laughing, said:
But didn't hit it, Nanny julie. Twas
zena did it. She can outsoot me any
day in the week."
"G'long way. You ain come heah tellin'
me Miss Zena ben out dar shootin' tur-
keys?"
yes, and what's more, don't believe
that man among 'em all would have got
one if Zena hadn't missed lot of them,
just to give these poor folks a chance for
a Thanksgiving turkey"
"Who sot up dem turkeys?" Queried the
old black dame.
why, mamma did, of course" replied
Miss Zena, land l knew she intended the
turkeys should go to the poor fellows who
were shooting for them, except this one,
and l know she intended that for you.'
"Yes'em, but yo' ma ain done sot up no
turkeys fur to be shot fur"
NO." interjected Lee Overton. "Of
course, she didn't set 'em up to be shot
FOR, but l thought it would be more fun
that way, so l worked that part of the
affair, and knew Zena would get one for
you and any of the other fellows that
couldn't shoot we'll enough. So they were
Just as fairly divided and mother is none
the wiser, while we had lot of fun. Be
sides, that was the only way could make
Zena do her best shooting when occasion
demanded"
100, oo!" calculated Aunt julie, Use
mighty glad yo' ma doan know bout dis. -
But she will know" said Miss Zena
Il am going to tell her. Brother drew me
into it in self-defense, Or
Something just the same to you," said
Lee. We'll, that will be all right I've
had the fun and your conscience is clear.
then they say it was like father. That
settles everything for me-"
Use thankful, anyhow" Aunt julie put
In. EN- dish yeah's er Thanks give UNI
turkey. En- dat minds me whut l gwnter
say. Sedown dar in de cheer, young mar
ster, whilst 1 tole you whut 4 wuz jis
gwinter tell yo sistah."
Is this war story?" ungraciously the
young scapegrace asked.
'Brother! Amt you ashamed?"
mo, sub. dish yer ain no waugh story
Hits sense de waugh"
"All right. Nanny julie. I was only
Joking. Go on"
"Ez I wuz sayin': Wen yo' pa come
back frum up yander, whar he wuz pris'-
ner den he wuz at Camp Dngem-er SOM
pen. Whut yo' call dat place? He Jes'
pintedly KEEP de railroad hot fun heah up
norf, tell one day he comes back fatchin'
yo' ma En- one day-she aim ben heah
mence talkin' to yo' pa bout keepin'
Thanks give-um. En- yo' pa, he up en-
say, 'Wut's we got to be thankful fur?
Ain de souf all broke up? Ain we done
subjected to de Yankees? Ain de planta-
ton all toe to pieces? Look at dem guaw-
tabs. all shot loost. Look at dat stock
all runnee off. Look ct dat great big
cannon ball hole thoo de ell er de house
whit | jis' done got patch, 'kase you is
COMM En- he runs on lax dat till ]
thought he was 'stracted.
Den 20 ma up en- say, she did: FER
you earn think err nuthin' tall to be
thankful fur?'
Muffin tall he say.
Den she tuck him by de arm. she did
en- she led him ovah to dat great long
full lengthf lookin- glass, she did. an vile
er he's arm an peepin out LAX pic'sher in
yo' got muffin to be thankful fur?'
'n oar al er, en- ne low Well, do reclkir
any yuther man on dis footstool En- he kiss
say; Laws Dress yo sweet life! Cose Sc
e yuther people In Tenn essee. Use got yo',
say; 7 wuz'n meanin' me. You is in de 81
urn heself loose. he did. fun dat on En- Z
de plantation fun dat day to dis Wen yo
Lee. den you. Miss zsna-he jes' go wle h
all ovah de neghborhood. En- sense Use /
IN ten yo' ma. dey sen IS Thanks-give-um {
wild it. Thank de Lawd."
FOR Thanks. The Cat Out
-Yis, sab. 1t am jis es Little Harold-N
IN nothin' fur me to Mamma-Yes, oh
T. H-no 1o,, .