Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-11-28
BY $ o. II. Dickson.


her oln-cob pipe. sac Was a sturdy
old woman. but even sturdy people
Eet tired sometimes. aud sue had TN
tshed hard days work. al the tub.
Aunt Hetty was great tRiker, and
when she couldn't Ind any body else
10 talk TO. sne talked 70 herself.
This afternoon. her daughter. who
lived with her. had gone 70 the sil-
lage. aud she thought she was alone.
for she could not see this reporter.
on the other side OF the fence. with
the trunk OF big tree between US.
Yes. sub! de Good L2Nd know Use
got 'nough ter be thankful fun. an IL
seem ak was ankful, but de preach
er say how We uns orter Try ter count
up, ef We kin. wat We know Is dh
blessin's We done had dis year. Well.
wen We come out de cnurcn. dem ON
grateful gals, Nina an Sus.n. dey hab
de impeience ter say e dunno ~ at
. talkin' bout dat We culleTed folks
ain got nuuen ter be tankfui tuut
Lawd, furgib den, dey's jis fool young
people dat don take no time TO tink
bout muffin but lOolisniuess. but chen
AFTER dey gifts schOoin' an orter know
bettah"
Now, I'm a-go.n' ter see ef ! kin
count how much owe fun dis year,
en- how much ! kin pay"
We'll now. femme see, dar was de
fust Oh de year. We neber had no cole
vedder ter speak Nv, an den my Dress
ed wife baby! she never does furgit
her ole mammy-here she sen Two
good loads o wood, an dat beside
scn'in" me my comfOr bic chair az
Christmas. Dat makes two.
Den. May Ann. sue got religion.
an IL 8 a holm on, fun she amt sad
no sass wods ter me sense. en- shes
willin' ter get her part o de vittels
an de soap an sta'ch. Dat meks six
RltergCdder.
~ ell. den-dis yere iOuntry is pur-
u good. DE wlte folks seems lax
deys wiilin' ter hab We uns yere an
dey trus' us. an talk kin words, an
de Lswd knows how dat helps.
~AnOder ting I sholy do tank de
LaNd full don hab ter ride an none
O. dem fool t'ings-dem auter-some-
things. dat shc do b'lieye is de Debil 8
own cayages / know uiy wife chill
len rides In EN- sometimes, but been
a-prayln' de Lawd ter change dere
hearts an I'm a-loohn fun EN- ter
quit. De Lawd meks hosses-we all
know dat, but who eber made all desc
yere gym tings dat mos ebry das
run ober someAn'4 ] gone ter de fence
wen all dat string o dem come long
en- I shOly tank de Lawd Ober an
ober, dat ] amt wife an young. an
rich 'nough ter chen want one, mucl
less hab one. SENS lax. wen / gi
ter t'nkin' bout it, dat ] arter cOun
dat fun tree or four tanks gibens.
Well, den. yCr's my home, l owns IL
-Taint fine lax LOUSY AIMS. / an
got no hne chany ner chairs. but W a
got is clean. tank de Lawdl Al
rsfll an sam dey's spectacle men an
cot good homes an wibes wat hao
derselyes. an don tut on no airs w'cl
srey comes bout de ole NANNY
i know ] can read, but ! don blam
nobody, but my own self fun dat +
I hadn' a been such a fool gal Wei
J wus young. my young missy'd AHA
me a-rcadiu' foh ! WIS mayed An
how. my chillen kin read an de goo
Lavd is done fun glib de foilies o
my youth. an lie lubS me. dis i know
fun de- Bible ;ell me so.
4 got a good preacher too. = doI
talk so big you can't un'erstan' hin
x les talk lax e knows wat e
talkin' bout. and dat We uns Amt ga
no book larn n. la mercy, / don
stcr counun' u rin't no use tryII
ter count up yer maiciesl
Now, dere one Ting de preache
say We uns musn fuhgit. OATS q
tanksgiben sirs. Ef you ain got mon
ey, 10 mus be sOmehn' dat you tin
lot Of; sOmefin NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The old woIan stopped talking, he
thoughts had run ahead Of her word
and as I peeped through the fenC
at hsr. I saw on her Old. brown faC
a far-oI. dreamy look-a look. almoi
as If IL was se.ng some OF those WI
had lived with her in a happy an
hong dead past
Then she seemed 70 come 10 hersel
and TO remember what she was 20 {
she must give something "yaler'
BILE"
She rose slowly and went into T.
house. ] guessed that she was lOOkir
ever her treasure. and ] was so dee
" moved that ] resolved 10 draw nea
or. The eavesdrOpping was with Il
nocent purpose, and would be Of las
ing benefit TO me, and 10 others.
I crept softly to the window OF b
room, which opened on her yard whe
! was now standing. She went TO
old Ia recovered trunk and took o
an old-fashioned veneered work bo
which l recognized as having on
belonged TO her "Ole Misus.'
She opened Il slowly, and vi
trembling hands.
'Iawd" she said as she raised b
eyes devoutly; de Lawd done kno
dere amt but two things ] got d
count like ! do dis we're. Seem i