Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-20


fore he was trying to persuade the ne
groes to run away from US. had q
feather bed that wasn't in use at the
time, and old Mills over here had a
frst-rate article of tar on hand, and
when we got through with the gentle
man he looked like an arctic explorer
Where are you from, sir?"
I told him, ard then he asked: 1.-THE
name is all right. md the location is
good. My oldest brother knew a Cap
| tain Hawes in the Creek war"
He was my grandfather" 1 replied,
He looked at me, still pulling at his
pipe, and said. Then, sir, l am, in
deed glad to see you. ALI. what's your
father doing?"
Nothing, sir; it's Sunday" Alf an
swered. blushing. The old general
looked at him. cleared his throat and
said: Yes. yes. Folks all well?"
1 heard the door open and close and
1 saw Alf move, even as his father had
moved when he came upon me In the
road. 1 heard light footballs in the
hall, and then out stepped a girl. She
smiled and nodded at ALI and the gen.
eral introduced me to her. Alf got up,
almost tumbled out Of his chair and
asked her to sit down. "Oh, no, keep
your seat" she said. I'm not going to
stay but a minute" She walked over
to a post and, leaning against it, turn
ed and looked back at us. She wore a
flower in her hair and in her hand she
held a calacanthus bud. She was rath-
er small, with a petulant sort Of beau
ty, but I did not think that she could
be compared with Guinea, for all OF
Alf's raving over her. Her cheeks were
dimpled, and we'll she knew 1t, for she
smiled whenever anything was said.
and when no word had been spok-
IN she smiled at the silence.
"Alf, what has become of Guinea?"
she asked. 1T seems an age since !
saw her."
"She was over here last think" ALI
answered.
al. You'll be counting meals on each
other, like the Yankees, after while"
he said. why don't you quit your
foolishness; and If you want to see
zach other, go and see. I don't know
what your feelings are In the matter
eir," he added, turning to me, but
don't see much good in this so-called
0ublic school system. And OF all
worthless things under heaven it is
negro that has caught up smatterine
# education. God knows he's trif1ine
onough at best, but teach him to rear
md he's utterly worthless. I sent a
negro to the postoffice some time ago
md he came along back with nv
newspaper spread out before him, read
ing it on the horse. And If 1t hadn't
been for Millie would have ripped the
hide off him.
"He didn't know any better" the gir'
spoke up "Poor thing, you scared him
nearly to DEATH"
"Yes, and 1 Immediately gave him
he best coat I had to square myself
not with him, but with myself" said
The old man. But l hold that If the
negro or anyone else, for that matter
'ssto be a servant let him be servant
don't want man to plow for me SIM
nly because he can read. Confound
him, I don't care whether he can read
or not. want him to plow. When
choose my friends it is another mat
Ter. Your father go to church today.
hlf?"
"I don't know, sir" ALI answered
moving about in his chair, and then In
his embarrassment he got up and stam-
neringly begged the girl to sit down.
"Why, what's all this trouble an'
nonsense about" the general asked
looking first at the girl and then at All
"'Od zounds, there oughtn't to be anv
trouble about a chair Fifty OF them
back in there"
To be Continued