The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-02-09

hundred pounds came webbing out.
Joe, seeing It was too late to escape.
thought Of an excuse. "Oh NANNY, .
he walled, don't whip me Gaze I fell
down ober dat clothes line hanging
dar an turn my foot out OF place,
SOS / can't walk no more'n dat
fence rail can He concluded with a
heart rendng sigh, but old nanny
was on to his many excuses and taking
him by the ear she led the yelling boy
into the house while Jake, the new
slave, heard her say: Amt alIus been
telling yo' dat when chilIuns tell they
nanny lies dey is allus punished, and
II 70 hadn't been telIin me lies yo'
wouldn't hurt go self any way. {"
Nanny said young girl standing
in the door way, don't whip him any
more. need him for awhile. Jest
as you say Miss-iest as yo' say, Use
trying to bring him up in de way OF de
RICH 'eous ies as his ma has alIus been,
but faint no use, faint no use tall, tell
yo' but jest as yo' say-iest as yo'
say" and she went back into the kitch-
en- mumbling
PART II.
The golden sun was slowly sinking as
a fine black horse and rider came down
the driveway. A young and very beauti-
ful girl ran out to greet her father, but
was astonished at The change. His step
had lost its spring; his face was bag
gard; he had aged five years in the
afternoon.
Major Wilmont led his daughter into
the library and there he told her, even
though she had already guessed the
trouble, that he had gambled; once too
often, be had staked all on the boat
race, 50 confident bad he and all his
friends been Of victory.
Only one way presented itself wheriD
he might be saved Should his daughter,
Kathleen, marry the rich old Col. Mar
shall he could pay the French inventor,
Monsieur Lazziere, te withdraw his boat,
Siren, from the race. Then Water
Witch would win, for it was decidedly
the best on the river with the exception
81 the Siren. This Frenchman, of
whom no one knew anything, claim
ID to have made and patented some
Kind OF engine that would enable the
Siren to double the speed OF any other
boat.
Major Wilmont would not have paid
my heed to it, thinking the reports
mere idle talk, had not prominent men
II New Orleans, who had been bribed,
whose honor was thought to he above
eproach, warned him that he would
ose the race, all his fortune and also his
for he had won every race
II which his boat had been entered and
lis pride would be considerably wound
d.
Kathleen tried to cheer him, saying
he would not mind SO much leaving
Ter beautiiui nome, but declaring she
would never marry Col. Marshall.
Major Wilmont decided to go to New
orleans the next day and Kathleen
would follow him the day before the
ace, which would take place week |
rom this day. Major Wilmont went I
lowly up the stairs to say farewell to
he picture of his wife, as he always did. 7
Twilight had fallen. The moon was {
ising and cast soft silvery light Ger |
II the fields. Kathleen paused as she 9
cared the negro cabins; strains of j
lusic greeted her ears. She waited in /
ne shadow, for she was passionately /
md Of music. They sang the songs a
/ the Southland with light and happy s
carts, but during an interval Of quiet, t
4 old negro woman, her face drawn o
nd emaciated, walked to the midst Of d
le group. She had been SO devoted to t
Or old mistress that when she died the Il
ID negress partially lost her reason. t
be had always been considered witch b
! the other slaves, for many times her i
rophecies had come true FIR
Now, as she spoke, every voice was il
fenced She talked ID 4 weird voice D
a white feather she had seen in her s
reana. which meant, she said, that
ouble would soon visit that house. i
hen, as silently as she came, she n
iden off to the woods. She came .
ome sometimes to get food. but lived 4
Iostly off the fruits Of the orchard. n
hen she had gone gloom settled ii
Nout the slaves, aid instead Of the v
ght gay songs they were wont to sing II