The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-21
CHAPT Err I.
A ScandaIized Virgin.

negro driver sat little boy whose
slender figure was swathed In huge
rain coat
Miss Minerva was on the porch
waiting to receive him.
Mercy on me, child" she SAID
what on earth made you ride up
there? Why didn't you get inside?'
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 jes wouldn ride inside, MISS
Minerva" interrupted the driver
quickly, to pass over the blush that
rose to the spinster's thin cheek at
mention OF the major. "'Twant nc
use fer ter try ter make him ride no
whars but jes' up by me. He 1es'
fused an fused an 'sputed an
'sputed he jes' tuck ter me rom de
minute he got off'm de train an sot
eyes on me; he am one easy chile ter
git 'quainted wild; SO jes' histed him
up by me- Here am his verlise,
ma'am."
"Good.by, Sam Lamb" said the
child as the negro got back on the
box and gathered up the reins. III
see you to-morrer."
Miss Minerva imprinted thin. old
maid kiss on the sweet, childish
mouth. 81 am your Aunt Minerva
she said, as she picked up his satchel.
The little boy carelessly drew the
back of his hand across his mouth.
What are you doing?" she asked.
Are you wiping my kiss OFF,"
"Naw'm," he replied. us jest AIS
a.rubbin' 1t in. | reckon"
Come In, William" and his aunt
led the way through the wide hall
Into q big bedroom.
BILLY. maam," corrected her
nephew.
William" firmly repeated Miss MI
nerva. you may have been called
Billy on that plantation where you
we're allowed to run wild with the ne
groes, but your name Is VIII
liam Green Hill, and | shall insist
upon your being called by it."
She stopped to help him off with
his coat. remarking as she did SO:
What big overcoat; 1t Is several
sizes too large for you"
"Darned II t amt" agreed the child
promptly.
Who taught you such a naughty
word ?" 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 Cindy's
husban'; bell show you somer the
prettics' cussin' you ever did hear"
who is Aunt Cindy?""
shes the colored oman what tends
! TO me ever sence me an Wilkes Booth
! Lincoln's born, an Uncle jupiter Is
her husban an he sho' is a stingeree
on cussin' Is yo' husban' much OF a
cusser?" he inquired.
A pale pink dyed Miss Minerva's
thin. sallow, face
Il am not a married woman" she
replied, CURLY, "and ! most assuredly
would not permit any oaths to be used
on my premises"
We'll. Uncle Jimmy-Jawed jupiter
is Jest nach'elly boun' to cuss-he' s
| n ion tn Eann " al
Billy.
He sat down in a chair In front OF
BIZ aunt, crossed his legs and smiled
coniidentially up into her face
Hell an damn is jest easy evy day
words to that niger. wish you
could hear him cuss on a Sunday Jest
one time, Aunt Minerva; he'd sho
make you open yo' eyf an take In 20
sign. But Aunt Cindy don't low me
an Wilkes Booth Lincoln TO say moth
in t 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.?
dnhtu Nuc 'hiiu' ne Ole aunt due
Gum Tempy's Perjury Pearllnes boy:
an Perjury Pearline," he continued
enthusiastically. she amt no ord
nary niger, her hair amt got mare
kink an she's got the grandes' clo'es
They amt nothin' snide bout her
She got ten chlllens an evy single
one of ems got diff'unt pappy, she
been married so much. They do say
she got Injun blood In her. too"
Miss Minerva, who mad been stand
Ing prim. erect and stiff, fell nmpl,
into convenient rocking chair. ant
looked closely at this orphaned
nephew who had come to live wit!
her.
she saw beautiful, bright. nj
tractive. little face out OF which big
saucy, gray eyes shaded by long cur
ing black lashes looked winningly a
her, she saw sweet. childish re,
mouth. mass OF short, yellow curls
and a thin but graceful little figure.
Il knows the names OF aller oil
Aunt Blue-Gum Tempy's Perjury Pear
Ines chillens." he was saying prout
ly: Admiral Farragut Moses tn
Prophet Esquire. he's the bigges'. nj
Alice Ann Maria Dan Step-an'- Gt
Fetch-It, she had to nuss all the res
she say fas' as she git th'oo nussir
one an low she goin to have
hreathin' snell hara coua onothar m,