The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-04-09


meat.
$50 yo's nanny boy he sneered.
IAN scboolin' boy! Nka's yo' sense,
CGFy? 4 manlmys good 'nough TO
babies, but ives too big ne5bcr hab
no nanny, an I'm tough. Yo' better
widout one. Dey spiles big boys
"YO' ain't know my nanny" was
Cuffy's answer, AN yo' amt keer for
schoolin' 'Cep'n' for dat yo'd lie fink
in like me-" Then a sGdden inspira-
lion seized him, and he aided, 'Wha
go stay tonight. Shack
Don know" indimerentIy. '.rouli'
some'er's. Mebbe in ole Browns lusn-
Der yard If dc Waterman don kctch
me-"
Den s'pose yo' come OH home long
D ne an see my nanny" invited
guny eagerly. 'She make yo' tinb like
me, shore We hab watcrmilyun an
sweet taters an bacon, an in dc lnawI-
in nanny likely glib Us fried chicken.
Yo' can sleep long o me in my bald.
VIVA yo' say"
Shack did not say anything for fully
two minutes The question was &
wcighty one. at first his impulse was
fat refusal, but the thought OF meet
Ing Cuffy's nanny and being able 10
ridicuIe that obstinate boy in the in
trenchments of his own home was
pleasant one. And then the water
miIyun an sweet taters'' and the pos
sibility OF fried chicken! They decided
him.
rs yo' cake he grinned
The two boys walked cautiously to
the edge of Wung Sins laundry roof
and peeEed down. Crap shooting was Il
serious Offense, and Snack was careful
to keep this retreat on the laundry roof
| from the knowledge of he police.
See anything. Cuhy:" he whispered
as they glanced sharply from side to
side.
only dat fruit seller on &c corner.
He ain MINI
Grasping the edge OF the roof with
their hands. they swung over and
dropped lightly TO the ground. Then
! they scurried round the corner into
Bay street and were lost in the crowd.
Cuffy's mother lived in 4 small tene-
nlent in the colored district She was
ironing when the boys arrived.
Dat yo', Cuffy?' she called as they
darkened the low doorway. Come
r5ght in, honey An who's yo' frien'?"
Him Shack, nanny, answered.
! Cuffy rather proudly. "Yo done hcah
me tOle bout him.
'+Co'se l has. honey. co'se has" tie
woman exclaimed, leaving her ironing
and coming forward cordially. "Glad
10 see yO', Shack. Come right in. boy
done heah bout yo' heaps o times.
Sit down in dat rockin' cheer Oar
dat's right So yo's Shack Law, law.
Ally boys done tole bout 20 no end
Say yos able do anything yo' set out
for; dat yo's de mos promisin' black
boy in de whole city" She returned
10 her ironing and worked vigorously
for several minutes, then: ''D0es yo'
know. honey. OATS 4 mighty fac say
SO? De mos promisin' boy Dat
means dar'S gran wuk befo' yo-gran'
wuk, honey. We black folks need jes'
4 glad you an Cuffy am frien's. He's q
good boy, but easy led He needs
strong. true frienS to show de way.
Wha's dat. Cuffy? Shack goin' stay
all night? Shore 'nOu.h: Law. law
OATS good. Now yo' boys ie. placate
rl0ng y0'se'fs while l get dis ir0nin'
Of; den YVES hab supper an mo- talk.
~ I,f -
sol water"
Shack had listened without any at
tc:.lpt 10 answer but lis eyes ana ears
were keenly alert This was an eS-
perielice Which was entirely new and
wi.icli it woUid take him time to AL
just. lie had peered into rooms Le-
fore now and had generally been driv-
en away with 4 broom or poker, bur he
did not remember any Of them that had
been quite so clean and coZy as this
scantiIy furnished room, and certainly
none OF the women had been like this
one who was actually treating him as
though his presence was desirable. But
Of course he was right in his declara-
ton that nanny was detriment to
a big boy This was only an unusual
side he was seeing; presently would
appear some weakness with which h
could Overwhelm Cuffy.
But what appeared presently brought
him half to his feet in sudden wonder.
terison, contempt. There was CUfry
actually telling his nanny about the
crap shooting and the money he had
lost, and more wonderful yet, instead
Of scolding and Furnishing him as ordi-
nary women would have done, this
nanny was patting her boys checks
= and talking in & low, earnest voice.
and, yes, they were both crying.
Sha, drew hard, deep breath and
, va n momentary expectation OF
he: own name. But, no, Cuiry
oIl. $50 " himself and then went
back TO his chair by the window. where
lie sat very sober and thoughtful. And
his nanny began to put away her
ironing ana prepare for supper.
; After supper Shack returned to the
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