Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-11-21

//Ns@. ISH yer new Christmas dat
IL EMNM de white folks done fotch
fx0)A ermung we-all ain lax de
ole Chrismu. wuz. Hits
xgZ pooty good, howsumdever
811s.& Sides. dc ole Chrismus
ain what hit ulster be-"
So said black Aunt julie. as she sat dip
ping the gravy from the corners of big
pan and pouring 1t back over the roasting
turkey that she had drawn from the stove
oven to see how it was getting along.
"rhanks-givc-up.' dey calls HIT she
continued. ~ members mighty we'll de
fus time we-all had dish yer new Chris
mus. Hit wuz right after de waugh-ac
very mex fall-when Marsc Jeems brung
No' ma to be dc mis:iss OF de o.e ovation
place.
Laws. warn't SHE pooty. co! Mhut's
lax she ever gwintcr. elder. OATS cause
she SO good. l alters is he'll out dat good
Miss en- gentl'niss swinter 60 monst rs
heap tcads kcepin' people pooty. Wen
dey's hawnd dat way. En- Ise seed it mex
de Eomeliss softer people look lax dere
wus angels in dey eyes. so:te: winkin' en-
twinken' gOod-nachered at yer"
1t was in cabin on the Overton plan-
tation. in middle Tennessee. beside the
tanks OF Duck river. and on the edge of
Tue SISiI Ilelu VI IaInOuS UuIIle VI SiIc
Civil war; There We're places in the logs
where boys lad dug with their jack.
knives to get Mt the minnie-bal that had
strayed that way. The chimney OF the
cabin-tEat Is to say. several feet Of it.
at the :cp---was OF brick, AMI .ooked mach
newer than the stone part. at the tase.
That top part had been carried away
b.; slot from one Of Thomas guns dur
ms the fight. and. several years after
ward, it Lad been repaired with brick.
Aunt julie was taking and busting" the
turkey and on Il stool near by the ancient
n'anmy sat II r-Eaired girl Of seventeen
whose eyes were so darkly brown that
they We're nearly black. The eyes twinkled
With pleasure though her look was one
OF deep interest too. rs she listened and
Watched.
Sl,e was the one daughter of "Marse
JOAN Jeems Ovahtoa." though she had
brother who was all Overton, and this
Lex, N,ferton was older. by n year or two
than his sister Zena. He had inherited all
the instincts of his Southern father. and
She Rad received n division of father and
n,s:Ge.. the latter having been Chicago
ssrl OF New England ancestry.
"Io' brother Lee. he monstrous LAX yO'
ain tack no rs Wen he hit dish yer old
turk right slMng in de haid wild he rifle"
From, the open door Lee Overton sprang
IN, and. laughing said:
"Eut didn't hit it. Nanny julie. Twas
ZeHa did it. She can outsoot me any
Gay III 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 a man among 'en all would have got
one if Zena hadn't missed lot of them.
a Thanksgiving turkey"
:WEO SOt I'D dem turkeys 2n nuerie6 tho
old black dame.
why, mamma did. Of course" replied
Miss Zena, land knew she intended the
turkeys should go to the poor fellows who
were shooting for them. except this one,
and 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 I thought it would be more fun
that way. SO worked that part of the
affair, and I knew zena would get one for
couldn't shoot well enough. So they were
Just as fairly divided and mother is none
the wiser, while we had a 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
II am going to tell her. Brother drew me
into it in sef-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.
Mother will frown a little, of course, and
then they say It was like father. That
settles everything for me-"
Use thankful, anyhow" Aunt julie nut
In. En- dish yeah's er Thanks give-um
turkey. En- dat minds me whut I gwinter
say. Sedown dar in de cheer, young mar
ster, whilst tole you whut wuz lis
ewinter tell yo' sistah.''
Is this war story?" ungraciously the
young scapegrace asked.
Brother! Amt you ashamed?
mo, sub, dish yer aim 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, hit !, seems lax he waz mo- pris'-
pen. Whut yo' call dat place: He jes'
pintedly KEEP de railroad bot fun heah up
norf, tell one day he comes back fatchin'
go ma. En- one day-she ain ben heah
mo- den mont. neider-wen she COM
me, taikin, to 70 pa bout keepin'
say, 'Wut's we got to be thankful furo
Ain de souf all broke up: Ain we done
to de Yankees? Ain de planta-
tlon all toe to pieces? Look at dem cuaw-
tabs. all shot !cost. Look at DAT stock.
;lll runnee off. Look ct dat great Bis
roe ttoo de ell err dc house
whut jis' done got patch. 'kase YOU is
tom1n'.' En- he runs on lax dat. till l
thought he was 'stcacted.
den 70 ma up en- say. she did: En-
you earn think er nuthin' tall to be
thankful fur?'
Muffin tall h. say.
Den she tuck him by de arm she did.
en- she led him ovah to dat great long.
full lengthf iookin- glass, she did. an vile
he's arm an peepin out lax a pic sher in {
yo' got muffin to be thankful fur?'
dar at 'er. en- he low: "'Wen, 1 do reckin'
~ yuther man on dis footstool.' En- he kiss
ay: Laws Dress yo' sweet life! Cose Use e
yuther people in Tenn essee. Use got yo'. e
'ay; 4 wuz'n meanin' me. You is in de els
n heself loose. he did. fun dat on En- II
de plantation FUN dat day to dis. Wen you
e. den you. Miss Zena-he jes' go VILE he
l ovah de neighbour god. En- sense Use be
ten yo' ma dey sens Thanks-give-um d.
wild it. Thank de La AVID
r Thanks. The Cat Out
is. sab. it am jis es Little Harold-M.
! nothin' fur me to Mamma-Yes. chi