The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-14

neat new shingle. bearing In bold black
letters the following: Il don't want
no nigsers hansin' round here aud I
don't want nothing TO do with niggers
nohow." II 10 signed Caroline Lee"
Now. to . person born with almost
~ much curiosity a. cat. such .
sign b like red rag to . bull. How
ever. for . long time. In spite Of all
could do. never had . glimpse OF
the occupant, though I often heard .
somewhat cracked yet unmistakably
darby voice singing AT the cross, At
the cross" Then finally, one happy
afternoon saw her. little and old and
wiry. black ~ the ACC OF spades. clad
In calico skirt and bright red sweater.
and welding an Ak with all the vigor
OF farm hand. OF course I was over
joyed at seeing her. but was still Q
long way from knowing what the sign
meant. I thought Of every way to be-
come fr1ends with her. but none
seemed to suit. until finally l had Q
happy thought--her dog.
When meet cat she always gives
me one look and Immediately remem-
every dog seems to recognize In me q
boon companion. so from that time ON
my path war clear. Every day az I
went by I'd have visit with the dog.
while his mistress peeked surrepti-
tiously from behind the curtains. At
last I was rewarded by . smile and
q tentative "Mawnin'." And such Q
smile! II was for all the world like
the sun breaking through O fog. In
this way matters went until l came
to know her better, and finally one
day took my fate In my hands and
asked her to explain the sign. had
been afraid she would take my request
as an offense, but instead she smiled
broadly and invited me to set down
on the porch STEP" Needless to say.
l was only too willing to set"
"You see." she said, Its neah eight
cen yeahs since my ole man died down
In Nashville and lef' me with six chill
len and nothin' to- keep me on. But
lawd. All didn't care; pears like All
knowed ev'yone In Nashville. so All
1es' whirled In an went to work. All
raised evy one of them cEillen. and
when they got married they les
picked up one after nuther and lef'
me. Well. All didn't min that, but
looks like ev'y time any one OF them
chillen or their husban's got out o.
work-and that's mighty neah all the
time-<hey come to stay with me. All
stood that for . long time. and then
All got kinda tired. % jes' went to
hissus White. that Al worked TO-,
and tols her Akd naAs up my mind
70 light out. 80 yXas . powerful Ans
womaa, Aiss White vus, ana she tols
No she was a-comin' out hsah. and
would bring me long. She didn't half
thfnh Aid come. but 'psars like AID
got kinda dssp'rit. % Al come. and
the only thing An brunG wus nah lit
tle ole grip and nah DAVIS.
We'll. An got along nns heah, too;
you SEQ. Miss white moved lots q
people roun' heah. and All had all
the work An could DO.
But lawd. All hadn't been hesh
moron two months when them pesky
chillen O. mine comes pilin' In on me
like the wrath O. God. Seems like
they'd been writin' to some fool mig
sah heah. and they just got It into
their haids to come. They didn't have
no money. 30 All had to let EN- stay
till they got work. An finally 1t was
tes' as bad as ever: got 30 All couldn Z
keep enough to eat In the house to
feed nah dawg. let alone me. All
didn't know what to do for a while,
and then one day All got to thinkin'.
and went down to the sign man and
had him paint me that air sign. Them
fool niggahs done took the hint, too I;
an All hain't never seed hide nor
hair uf 'em since"
But don't you get lonesome for
them sometimes?" asked.
"Lawd. honey. II you'd been both.
cred with them like All have, you
wouldn't think Aid evan git lone
some; Sides" she added, with a
twinkle In her eye, "they's enough
white folks comes in heah to ask me-
about that sign to keep me from evan
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