Putnam patriot., 1911-07-07
some nigger to tak t to Der.

| Ne tais oo de fence. She war smliln at me. showin her teeth lak an aillgators jaw. An she says. .Wba'
 yo doin' darT An says, .Watchin'
 To de fanks.' An she says, 'Wha' 70
 watchin fo de Tanks fo'Y An says. 10 wan Una mars If dey come.
 She talks to me awhile. an bimeby she says. Come down dar an | gib 70 some applejack. war all tired out rloin' so had an powerful thirsty.
 out say, I don't want no applejack.'
 Yes. yo' do.' she says I kin see yo' monf waterin' fo' it Go way an let ne alone. 1 says
 Do 70 know wha' dat gal did? | She pinted to de house whar de apple
 Jack war. an she says. I keep watch To 70 while yo go down an get a l drink. fell under de temptation an. iak a fool. left dat gal to watch an
 went down to de house an filled ma canteen with de applejack Same time tux long drink. l war gittin' ready to go back when l hearn a chatter ob I critters hoofs on de road above an saw lot ob bluecoats gallopin' past | toward de house whar Mars Harry war | writiD the Tub letter to Missy Della. Il want to kill somebody sartin got on ma hose an. ridiD back to de road, saw de gal dot brought de trouble oD me skulkin' away. l fired ma re- voiver al her. Den l rode on. follerin' de Tanks hearn shootin' ahead, but when l got to de house whar Mars Harry was writin' he lub letter de i sojers war all gone But dar beside de road saw what hants me eber since"
 He put his hand to his eyes as if to shut out some painful sight. Presently he moaned:
 Mars Harry layin' dar shot dead" For that few minutes he had been tempted to relax his watchfulness he was paying a lifelong penalty Possi- ply he had dweIt upon his fault so long that 1t bad affected his mind
 1 wondered at the love this black man had for one whom he considered so far his superior-the daughter of the man who had owned him and could have sold him as a horse or a dog. ''l knelt down beside him." be con tinued. an called to him: Mars Har- ry. come to life agin an femme be daid in yo place. cain't live to face Missy Della nohow. How l gwine to go through life with this curse on mel Come back. Mars Harry; come back fo' Missy Della. She cain't go through de worl' without yo'.
 But he didn't wake up DO mo. an when l see it want no use talkin to him 1 tux him up an ca rried him into de house. An then l got wagon an driv him to de plantation.
 He made an effort to tell me of bis reception there. but failed
 How did your mistress treat you after the misfortuneY 1 asked. Misfortune! Dat want no misfo'- tune. dat war yieldin' to temptation. i's one ob de goats dat is tooken from de sheep. Ef l hadn't listened to dat gal Mars Harry wouldn't "a got kill ed l didn't hab de courage to go back to de plantation fo long time: den sneaked in among de udder niggers an hid in de ban. Some nigger sor me an tole Missy Della 1 was come home. She hearn all about how Mars Harry got killed. an thar want anything f0 me to 'ress. She sent fo' me to come up to de house. My legs ha'dly car ried me dar. Missy Della war standin' iyxA An ha I atnad a do do When she sor me she put up Der ham, chekuff to her eyes an held out her hand to ne. She didn't say wod but l knowed she fo'gib me
 Dat didn't do me no good" he con tnued after a pause. "'cause didn't fo'gib maself."
 "Is your mistress living at the plan tation house nowT' l asked
 T reckon she Is dar or l wouldn't De hyar. Much as respec' mars. wouldn't stay hyar if missy war away. l doin' penance. De plantation run min down since de proclamation. De niggers dat laks to wo'k laks to wo'k fo' thairseIves. De udders won't wo's nohow. Bfmby all go to de debbil; den 1 gib my 'arnin's to missy"
 At that moment a woman dressed ID deep mourning came out of the front door of the manor house and stood
 looking pensivey on the landscape
 Dat Missy Delia." said Julius. look ing at the lady. the usual melancholy of his eve intensified She neber git ober it neber git ober it. She war strucken in de heart; war strucken in de feelin'. In de day l see missy mov'nin'; in the night ] wake up an see Mars Harry lyin' dead in de road
 Keeping Cut Flowers.
 Cut flowers will last only three or four days under ordinary care, but con can make them last a week or moro hy doing four things. First. do moi trv 10 arrange them the moment von ret them. but put them in pail If water for few hours so that every stem will be under water clear up 10 tho flower; second. cleanse the vase tboronrbIy before putting In the HOW prs and change the water every da9' third the cooler you keep the flowers tba longer they will last. If you are foo busy in the morning to enloy tbam or have to go out for the after- noon do not leave them in the living ra,,r, for fhev are not used 10 teih- nerafnre of 70 degrees Every nisnt mt the vase in cool place. or oe''e' stin plunge the stems up 10 the How. ers in a pail of water. and. fourth cur shonf . quarter of an inch off each stom every morning. IL is more trou' ,5,o ,, d, this under water. but it pays ose - o,,, ,ba stems in the ordinary