The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
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cat has not come back. but I have.
feel like truant. l feel a little
ashamed. I feel very rusty. feel
some bashful. 1 am derelict.
guess | am very nearly forgotten.
When the busy season is on (and that
is very nearly all of the time with
me) | have not much time to get up
news or whatever one might call it.
Then the weather is hot and nights
are short, but they are being reversed
now and perhaps I can do better if
laZiness does not become chronic-but
my business is in little farm about
two miles out, and early in the morn
ing | must needs gets off, and it is
rather late when I get back. l have
done the best l could do,-no, but I
thought the best at the time, to make,
and have made, crop, but failed the
worst | ever failed at that job, and
has consequently labored hard for no
pay. This fall | have had an extra
burden, as about every negro in the
settlement went over to Broad river
to work on the rebuilding of the dirt
dam, and I had to do all of the work
that the hands we once had, as thew.
too, simply quit their crops, and so,
there.
| did "dress up" to again start evils
ting some time ago, but mother died,
which sad event to me occurred Oct.
llth, and l have been lonesome, very
lonesome, and I feel it still growing
on me; even after a lapse of about
month. I do not hear her voice
\ in, OF MI
house is dark and desolate when I get
IN. When the lights are lighted, there
is a vacant chair. l do not hear her
call during the night for some little
assistance any more. I wish I could.
She was past her three score and ten.
and feeble and childish. but, | miss
her. l came near saying that I did
what | could. but l did not. | see it
now. 1t is too late. I wish I had
done more. We had planned for much
more comfort for the winter for more
safety when fire time came; we knew
she could not last many years more.
but, God, if l had known the time
was so near-but pray the Lord
will forgive my shortcomings and
neglect. She was sick less than "a
hours, and the end came as if she
was simply falling asleep. She was
did not see the place where the
tram fagman had his legs cut off here.
Tor several days, but men who did.
end did not see the man even, said if
was horrible, the human blood, scraps
OF flesh and bones, and the rail bloody
for ten or twelve feet. The Times
gave notice of the accident, so 7
can add no more ;only that we often
read of like accidents, but when one
Is right at our door, we more forcibly
see the horror of them.
Some witches came to see us one
night last week. Let me see; yes, it
was Oct. 3lst. A great knocking at
the front door was an announcement.
Going to the door and opening it.
there stood on the piazza four figures.
with some sort of weird head dress
and hair down. was taken a little
OIL my feet, as it were, for thought
them group of Gypsy fortune tell
erS. and I said. "Good evening"
did not wish to be bothered with anv
gypsy fortune tellers, but they would
not speak. only bowed and scraped.
Light dawned on me then. and I knew
It was some girls up to playing Jokes
or prankS. so I called back to nv
brothers that the ghosts had come and
told them to come and see who have
come to see you" The witches" CANA
INTO the house, bowed and flourished
around some. and then took their dc.
pai itrre. We tried to say SOM .tEin.r
I" make them laugh, and couII ncar
them sitting the laugh-they came
near breaking anyway. I believe they
had to hurry away to keen from
laughing out And I never thought
OF Halloween until after they had
gone Il am not much for society
that's Why. | tried to think of
something, appropriate" to say, but
they did Illustrate me at first I have
kicked myself twice since for not he
ing gentlemanly enough to 90 and
help one little witch" down the
Stens. If / had thought of Halloween
and when they come in had locked the
door and put the key in my pocket 7
would have had more fun. Wish T
had asked them to "call again" Thev
were all pretty girls-if they had
not been they would not be Santuc
girls. They would have had to come
from Union, or Jonesville. or Lock-
hart Junction, or Kelton, or Oakland,
eh! Hey Denver.