The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-01-20

hum in this yere cabin.
''Shct Up. Jed Huncay. cut in his
bette:haif, SHARPLY ana as she spoke
She ,arsIi The litt!s inan uncei":Coni-
ously by one arH, ard t}rust.!:g him
roughly To one sid" strobe heavily
forward tutil She paused in tie centre
OF The room facing US with her arms
e,himbo
Now I'd jist like ter know. She
breakin into a house. and Il KILN a
doYg, an Il catin up everything We
uns got without so much as a sayin
by yer leave er nuthin'. reckon as
how you uns don't take this yere
cabin fer no tavern?
Madam" | said with low bow.
1T is misfortune, not desire which
has caused us to trespass upon your
hospitality. We will very gladly pay
you literally for any damage done. |
am an officer in the Confederate ser
vice, and the breaking down Of our
horses compelled us to take refuge
here in order that this lady might
not be exposed to Hanger from rowing
gangs of guerillas. The dog attacked
us in the dark, and we killed him i'll
order to save our lives.
The deep-mouthed bloodhound
heavy bay resounded up the rocky
way" calculated Bungay with dan
cling eyes.
"Drat yer potry. Jed Bungay, ye
dew make me tired fer suah.' She
turned back to us. and from her first
words it was plainly evident she had
been impressed with br- one sentence
of my labored explanation.
Did you uns say as how yed pay
fe. whit ye ct anC fer tibet truck we
busted?" she asked doubtfully.
Certainly. mazda l, and took
some money from my pocket as evil
dence of good faith. What would you
consider due you?"
The grim, set face relaxed slightly,
while she permitted her husband to
edge his way little more into the
foreground.
Wal, stranger. | sorter reckon as
how bout four bits ill squar things
dorgs is mighty durn cheap hereabont
enyhow Give me Their four bits,
mister, an | reckon as how it II
be all right.
gla iced at Mrs Brennan and the
amused twinkle in her eyes led me
to say heartily. I'VE had not entirely
completed our meal, but imagined we
saw ghosts
Ghosts" He glanced around ap-
prehensively,- "'On Heaven and on
thy lady call, and enter the enchanted
hall Wus Their ghosts We saw over
thar" And he pointed toward the
wall opposite.
nodded
Then | sorter reckon as how
Marian and me wus them ghosts" he
continued, grinning. we sorter reck-
oned as how We wanted ter see who
wus yere afore we come in. III
listen TIL my fancy hears the clang of
swords, the crash of spears. These
yere is tough times, stranger. in these
parts. an man whut has ter perfect
a lovely female hes got ter keep his
eye skinned"
Maria shifted CONTEMPORARY.
"Ye're no great shakes at perfect
in O. me, Jed Bungay. Now you sit
down thar an begin ter fill up. l
reckon as how Their Cap an his gal
will kinder jine with us fer manners.
She seated Jed with such extreme
vigor that I looked for the chair to
collapse beneath him as he came
down, but the little man. not in the
least daunted. picked up his knife and
fork with a sigh Of relief
80 woman in our hours of ease
uncertain. coy, and hard to please.
he murmured. Come. sit down.
stranger; sit down an share
soldiers couch, a soldiers fare Not
as I'm a sojer," he FASTENED to ex-
plain, but thet's how it is in Their
book. Say. old woman. kint We kinder
skier up some coffee fer we uns-
leastwise whut US Confeds call cof-
fee?"
without much difficulty ! induced
Mrs. Brennan to draw her chair once
more to the table, and ! sat down
beside her.
You are Confederate, them"
asked, curious to know upon which
side his sympathies were enlisted in
the struggle.
He glanced wariiy at my gray
jacket. then his shrewd. shifty eyes
wandered to the blue and yellow cav
airy cloak lying on the floor.
wal, jist don't know. Cap he
said cautiously. continuing to eat as
he talked, "as I'm much O enything