Mexico Missouri message., 1911-12-07
Miss Minerva
and
William reenHil
ua@G arvrNaalEi
CHAPTER l.
A seandaLLzed vLraIn.

rain coat
Miss Minerva was on the porch
waiting TO receive him
Mercy on me. child she said,
what on eartr made you ride up
there? Why didn't you get iuside?'
Il jest wanted TO ride by Sam
Lamb. replied the child as he was
lifted down. An see nice fat little
man name Major"
He ies' wouldn' ride inside, Miss
Minerva" Interrupted the drive,
quickly. to pass over the blush that
rose 10 the spinstcr's thin cheek a.
mention OF the major. 'Twan't no
use fer ter try ter make him ride no.
whars But jcs' up by me. he jos
fused an fused an sput'd an
sputed he ies' tuck ter me rom do
minute he got oft'm de train an sot
eyes on me; he am one easy ellie ter
git quainted wild; so les histod him
up by me. Here am his yerlise,
ma'am.'
"Good-by, Sam Lamb" said the
child as the nero got back on the
box and gathered up the reins. "I'l
see you to.morrer."
Miss Minerva imprinted a thin, old
maid kiss on the sweet, childish
mouth u am your Aunt Minerva"
she said, as she picked up his salchel
The little boy care'essly drew the
back Of his hand across his mouth
What are you doins?" she asked.
Are you wiping my kiss OFF,
"Naw'm," he replied, rs jest AIS
a-ruhbin' it In, reckon"
Come IN, william" and his aunt
led the way through the wide hall
into a big bedroom.
"Bly, ma'am," corrected her
nephew.
William" firmly repeated Miss Mi
nerva You may have BEEN called
Billy on that plantation where you
were allow ed TO run wild with the ne
groes, but your name Is VIII
liam Green Hill. and I shall insist
upon your being called by it"
She stopped to help him off with
bis coat, remarking as she did SO:
What big overcoat; 1t is several
sizes too large for you"
"Darned ii I amt" agreed the child
/ promptly
who taught you such a naughty
world" she asked in Mortified voice.
Don't you know it is wrong to
curse?"
You call that cussIn'?" came in
scornful tones from the little boy.
You don't know cussin when you see
/ It: you Jest oughter hear ole Unc,e
/ Jimmy-Jawed jupiter, Aunt c ndy's
husban'; he'll show you somer the
/ pretties' cussin' you ever did hear"
! Who is Aunt Cindy?"
She's the colored oman what tends
/ to ne ever sence me an Wilkes Booth
Lincoln's born, an Unc'e jupiter is
her husban' an he sho' is a stingeree
On cussin'. Is 20 husban' much OF a
cusser?" he inquired.
A pale pink dyed Miss Mlnervas
thin, sallow, face
Il am not a married woman" she
replied, curtly, and I most assuredly
would not permit any oaths to be used
on my premises"
Well, Uncle Jimmy.Jawed JUPITER
Is jest nach'elly boun' 10 cuss-he's
got a repatriation to keep up" said
Billy.
He sat down in chair IN trent Of
be aunt, crossed his legs and smiled
conhdentially up into her face.
Hell an damn is jest easy ey'y day
words 10 that niger. ! wish you
could hear him cuss on a Sunday Jest
. one time, Aunt Minerva; he'd sho'
make you open 20 eyes an take IN 20
sign. But Aunt Cindy don't low me
an wilkes Booth Lincoln 10 say moth
, in I all only jest darn tell We gifts
grown mems, an puts on long pants"
wilkes Booth Lincoln" questioned
his aunt
Amt you never hear teller him."
asked the child Hes ole Aunt Blue
Gum Tempy's Perjury Pearline's boy;
an Perjury Pearline," he continued
enthusiastically, she amt no ord
nary niger, her hair amt got mare
6ink an she's got the grgude5' clo'es.
They amt nothin' suide bout her.
She got ten chillens an ev'y single
one Of ems got a dih'unt pappy, she
been married so much They do say
she got lniun blood in her, too"
Miss Minerva, who had been stand.
ing prtm, erect and stin. fell Imply
Into a convenient rocking chair, and
looked closely at this orphaned
nephew who had come 70 live with
her.
She saw a beautiful, bright, at.
tractive, little face out OF which big,
saucy, gray eyes shaded by long curl
ing black lashes looked winnlngly at
her; she saw a sweet, childish red
mouth, a mass Of short, yellow curs.
ard thin but graceful little figure
" Shows the names Of Iler ole
Aunt Blue-Gum Tempy's Perjury Pearl
Ines chillens," he was saying proud
ly; Admiral Farragut Moses the
Prophet Esquire, Les the blgges'; an
Alice Ann Maria Dan step-au:Go-
Fetch-!t. she had to nuss all the res;
she say fas' as she git th'oo nussin'
ore an low she coin TO haya
breathin' spell mere come anoIner one
an she got 10 nuss IT, An the mex
Is Mount Sinai Tabernlcle. he name
fer the church where oil Aunt Blue
Gum Temps Perjury Pearline takes
her sackerment; an the mex Is first
Thessalonians; Second Thessalonians,
he's dead an gone TO the Bad Place
cauRe ha sklInt cat-J don't Ypaan