Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-12-11
June-Air yo' givin' Il to me?

! edcn one perfect little cross and al
We know about rocks and mines ant
gold and the study of the mountains
seeking to find what God put there
. have never been able to know JUS
J where these stones come from.
June-That's cas- they lain't talked
to the fairies. I'll bet as how yo' know
Jack jes' whar they come from?
Jack-I know the fairy story 4bou,
them.
June--An' If yo' tole me do yo' reck
. on they'll be mad?
Jack-No, now that you've made Oh
your mind to go out into the world
and get lot Of learning they'll be
glad.
June-Tell me about it., Jack.
Jack--Well, June, they said this lit
tie valley over in Virginia, no one liv-
ed there at one time, except fairies
and everybody was happy.and nobody
ever fought each other and there
wasn't any feuds and there wasn't
any Falins, and there wasn't any
were just full Of love and smiles like
you and your sister Sally. And one
day a stranger came into the valley
and ne brought message of how our
Lord was crucified; nailed to the cross
by those who thought Him evil when
He wasNso good And they cried-all
those good fariest cried--and the tears,
instead Of coming up like little flow
ers to bring message to you, when
they fell to the ground, they formed
little crosses of stone and that's to
make you remember, June, that when
you wear one Of these little crosses
you must never think of evil of any
one. t
June--Not even the Falins?
Jack-No, not even the Falins.
June-My, but that will be powful
hard. But I'll try, Jack, and when |
amt tryin' I'll be huntin' one TO- yo'
and then I'll know when@o' have one
yo kayn't never think bad o. me; but
you kaynt be blamin' me kase didn't
know about the crucifixion,.
Jack--Didn't~the minister Ia z You?
June-oh, the circuit preacher is
r
always rampin' and roarin' about hell
fire and folks not drinkin' moonshine,
but he never said nothin' about our
Lord bein' nailed to the cross, so may
be he don't know. Maybe yo' get it
out thar-with the learnin'. Jack, eff
! stick to the fairy stone an don't
drink no moonshine, will yo' try and
get my dad to let me go out yonder
whar | kin git learnin,' the way sister
Sally wants me to and is always cryin'
to me to do?
Jack--l will. Just as soon as get
well acquainted with your father. / |
am going to have him send You to
school down there in the Gap. Then |
won't have to sit around telling you,
June, because you can tell ME
June-Must 20 go now, jack:
Jack--Yes.
June-Air yO' comm ba.k same
time?
Jack-Sure l am.
June-Sholy camin'?
Jack-Surely camin'.
June-I'll be waitin' for yo', Jack,
hyeh beneath the pine.
Uncle Billy-June. I've got the pal |
pers hyeh in my coat--all ready for
70 an him to git married. An have
yo'r Uncle Billy do it. Kase Jacks
plum crazy to marry yo'. a
June--I amt havin' men ask'n to
marry me through yo', Uncle Billy,
or through pap. The man that mar
ries me has to come to me first, an
Jack didn't do it I'm much obleeged TO A
Jack for wantin' to marry me an I'm
much obleeged to yo' for fixin' it up,
but ! want to tell yo' one thing, / /
amt going to marry anyone. I've made
up my mind and that's all.
judd va ken do jes' what you're
amin to do, by God, your papa's with
yo'.
Jack-June, you didn't even say
goodbye to me when you left.
June-I reckon that night when vo'
left me out in the front yeard yo' had
sed goodbye to me, Jack.
Jack-But Uncle Billy has told YOU.
June-Im much obleeged to yo' for
sending the messages yo' did through
Uncle Billy; first to my pap and then
o be passed to me, but l don't feel
ike talkin' about these messages bein'
IS how yo' got me in my home alone
surrounded by perlicemen.
Jack-Alone?
June-Yo' heard what l said-alone.
Jack-Jme, I'd soner have my right
urn cut off than to do what I'm going
o do now. | know what kinship means
o you and your father and what your
friendship means to me-if that's all