Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-02-26
CHAPTER xI-continued.

Abraham flushed. He did not care
10 recall Samuels wedding day. He
fastened to ask the other what had
decided him and Blossy to come to-
day, and was Informed that Miss abb
gail had written to tell Blossy that II
she ever expected to see her Brother
Abe" alive again she must come over
to Shoreville at the earliest possible
moment
Then / says ter Blossy," concluded
Captain Darby, II says. says l, Jest
femme see that air old henpecked
Abe Rose. I'll kill him er cure him!"
says. Here, yer pipes out. Light
up ag'in!"
Abe struck the match with trem-
bling hand, unnerved once more by
the speculation as to what might have
happened had Samuel's treatment
worked the other way.
II left Blossy and Aunt Nancy
a-huggin' an a-kissin down stairs"
Abe sighed: Aunt Nancy alters was
more bark than bite"
"Humph! Barkin' cats must be
tryin' ter live with. Abe" he tapped
the old mans knee again, dew yew
know what yew need? A leetle vaca-
ton. change of air. Yew want ter
cut loose from this alfred old ladies'
shebang an go skylarkin'." Abe hung
on Samuels words, his eyes a-twinkle
with anticipation. "Yes,-yes, 20 sky
iarkin'! Won't we make things hum ?"
"Thar's hummin' an hummin'," OBJ
aected Abe, with a sudden show of
caution. Miss Abigail thinks more O.
washday than some folks does O.
heaven. Wharabouts dew yew caklate
on a-goin'?"
"Tew Bleak Hill"
Abraham's face lost its cautious
look, his eyes sparkled once more. Go
back to the life-saving station where
he had worked In his lusty youth
back to the sound of the surf upon the
shore. back to the pines and cedars
of the beach. out of the bondage of
dry old lavender to the goodly fra
GRANGE of balsam and sea salt! Back
TO active life among men!
Men, men, nawthin' but men!"
Samuel exploded as IL he had read the
others thought "Nawthin' but men
fer hull week, that's my prescrip-
ton fer yew! Haow dew yew feel
inaow, mater"
For answer Abe made quick spring
out of his chair, and in his bare feet
commenced to dance q gentle rheu-
matic-toe-considering breakdown, cry
ing, "Hy-guy, Cap'n SamI, you've
saved my life!" While Darby clapped
his hands together, proud beyond
measure at his success as the eman-
cipator of his woman-ridden friend.
Neither heard the door open nor saw
Angy standing on the threshold, half
paralyzed with fear and amazement,
thinking that she was witnessing the
mad delirium of dying man, until she
called out her husbands name. At
the sound of her frightened voice, Abe
stopped short and reached for the
blanket with which to cover himself.
"Naow don't git skeered, mother,
don't git skeered," he adjured her.
~I'm all right in my head. Capn
Sam1 here, he brung me some won
derful medicine. He"
GLOSSY said you did, interrupted
Angy, light Of intense gratitude
6ashing across her face as she turned
eagerly to Darby. 'Lemme see the
bottle"
II chucked it out O. the winder," af-
frmed Samuel without winking, and
Abe fastened to draw Angy's atten-
ton back to himself
See, mother, kin stand as good
as anybody; hain't got no fever; | kin
walk alone. Yew seen me dancin' jest
paow, tew. An eff had that pesky
beetle banty rooster of a doctor here,