The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

AioS III 6Ciili AllSS WIN w LiolISS Jus
heap toads keepin' people poorly, Wen
dey's bawn'd dat way. En- Ise seed it mex
de homeliss sorter people look lax dere
wuz angels in dey eyes. sorter winkin en-
winken' good -nachered at yer"
1t was in a 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
Civil war. There were places in the logs
where boys had dug with their jack
strayed that way. The chimney of the
cabin-that is to say, several feet of it,
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.
It was on Thanksgiving morning that
Aunt julie was talking n blasting" the
turkey and on a stool near by the ancient
nanny sat a fair haired girl of seventeen
whose eyes were so darkly BROW hat
they were nearly black. The eyes winkled
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 a
brother who was all Overton, and this
Lee Overton was older, by q year or two,
than his sister Zena- He had inherited al!
the instincts of his Southern father, and
she had received a division of father and
mother, the latter having been a Chicago
girl of New England ancestry.
"Yo' brother Lee, he monstrous lax 20
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 I 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. I don't believe
that a man among 'em all would nave got
one If Zena hadn't missed a lot Of them.
just to give these poor folks a chance for
a Thanksgiving turkey"
who sot up dem t~urkeys?' queried the
old black dame.
Why, mamma did, of course" replied
Miss Zena, and I knew she intended the
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
curse, she didn't set 'em up to be shot
for, but I thought it would be more fun
that way, so I 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 rs IalTly divided ana mOLner is none
the wiser, while we had a lot of fun. Be
sides, that was the only way I could make
Zena do her best shooting when occasion
demanded"
90, oo!" calculated Aunt julie, Use
mighty glad 20 ma doan know bout dis"
But she will know" said Miss Zena,
Il am going to tell her. Brother drew me
into it in seIf-defense, Or"
Something just the same to you." said
Lee. Well 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 err Thanks give-um
turkey. En- dat mind me whut I gwinter
say. sedown dar in de cheer, young mar
ster. whilst I tole you whit 1 wuz jis
gwinter tell yo' sistah."
Is this a wal story? ~ un~graciously the
young scapegrace asked.
Brother! Ain you ashamed?"
mo. suh,d ish yer aim no waugh story,
Hits sense de waugh"
All right, Nanny julie. I was only
Go on"
"Ez I wuz sayin': Wen 20 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 les
pintedly KEEP de railroad hot rum heal up
norf, tell one day he comes back fatchin'
70 ma En- one day-she ain ben heah
den a mont, neider-wen she COM
mence talkin' to yo' pa bout keepin'
-give-um. En- yo' pa. he nm an
say. 'Wut's we got to be thankful fur?
Ain de souf all broke up? Ain we done
to de Yankees? Ain de planta-
ton all toe to pieces? Look at dem uuaw-
tabs, all shot loost. Look at dat stock.
I'll ruined of. Look ct dat great big
'~annon-ball hole thoo de ell er de house
"hu l jis' done got patch. 'kase you is
COMM En- he runs on lax dat. till
he was 'stracted.
Den 20 ma up en- say. she did,: En-
you earn think er nuthin' tall to be
fur%
Muffin TALL he say.
Den she tuck him by de arm, she did.
IN she led him ovah to dat great long
ull- iengthf lookin- glass, she did. an vile
ne,s arm an. peepin out lax a pic'sher in Z
% got muffin to be thankful fur?'
dar at 'er. en- he low: Well, / do ~reclin,