The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-19
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BY e. RASBURY.

Miss Lena, you sholy is lOokin' good
IN DAT white wropper. You look too
nice to wurk. I'll come up to de house
by-an-by an straighten up. You jes'
res yO'Self."
When judy expressed admiration for
me or was solicitous of my comfort, I
Immediately experienced a vague feel
ing Of impending trouble.
81 mos forgot Dat yaller Sallie is
on de back porch waitin' to see yer"
(which yellow Sallie?'
Yellow SallieS are as plentiful on an
Arkansas plantation as roses in June.
dat hyf'lutin' niger what calls her
self Sadie" With a snort of contempt
and q high head she trudged off to the
kitchen humming: de fire will ketch
you sinner, run"
'GOod mOrnin'. Miss Lena" said
neat looking yellow girl, as l came
down the back veranda. 'MiSs Lena,
Use in Il little trubble an l wants you
to help me outcn it. Use named Sadie,
an I helps Liza wild yo' clo'es eve'y
week"
every well, Sadie, what is the nature
of yCUr trouble?" I felt no surprise
at the request, as | had held the office
of peace restorer for the plantation
during the ten years of my happy mar
ricd lie.
sole Judy'S at de bottom Nv it,"
CHANGING Indignantly at the open kitch-
en- door: "dcy call her mOurnin' Shep-
ard. Il pillar of de church, but / calls
her straight out old haitian, 1 does
an if She warn't ole 'nough to be my
nanny I'd play a chune on her neck"
SadicS anger was evidently growing
as she prepared TO relate her woes. and
rs | heard an Ominous snort from the
kithen | thought il advisable TO have
the story quickly and be done with it.
ITS dis way, Miss Lena" resumed
Sadie "Eve'y body knows me an
Manuel has been fiXn' to get mah'd for
some two years: but since he has been
wrIrkin' round de house here and un-
der de 'fucnCeS Of dat old haitian, his
love has been GOBLIN an 4 GOBLIN.
So Liza. she ups an says he been con-
lNTF'i, S''in'bb'iI - put IL b'll III MS iNu'
I tried not to bIieve her. hut fore
Gawd. Miss Lena, when Sabbath after
Sabbath went by an Manuel either jeS'
Stopt ut de gate as he past gWine to
church. or didn't come bout q tall, |
irs' got thinkin' it an warn't hardly
able 10 eat n0thin'. Liza. she jeS' KEEP
on bout de coniur tell l ieS' couldn't
stan il no longer. So me an Liza puts
out over TO Manuers hOuS' when we
WIS >ho he was in de fief ut work,
What do you recon / foun' dere, Miss
Lrnat"
| could not imagine.
"Thry wus three bokayS on de tabul,
= bottle of mus on de mantle shelf, a
lair Nv y0' ole lace curtains 'dorning
der windcrs pair Nv Mr.. Johns slip |
verS under de bed, some cake / mos
know cumd from de big h0uS', cause I!
TVS in one NV your beS' white nap |
. kim an Il photngraf Nv dat ole bag q |
liar rim on de wall"
well. Sadie" said I, new light !
davnimc on me, "since You love Man
ucl and want to marry him, why don't |
YOU put pretty fiXingS in his house?
YnI are younger and better looking i
than Judy. YOU know"
SECS. I knows. Miss Lena, but isn't |
got m"lhin' perry. New, if you'd give
INC - old tidy I'd put it on his chear
and try it,"
| Sigualcd my willingness.
"WhiIc yCu'Se in de house, please
ma'rn. gimme Il little hartS-horn for
Liza haid.'
begun To search for old ffnery.
dreaming the while of helping Sadie 10
heat Judy at her own game, thereby
smoothing the course of true love.
Gathering Up the find and the am
monia bottle. I went back TO the We
ranGa to discover Il living moving mass
on the floor. composed of kicking feet.
hnhi,ing heads and flying hands.
Sadie hoiStcd the white flag with
Shrek. Judy. the ancient. arose wind
cd. bat triumphant and silently re-
sumrd her daily ayocation rs if moth
Ing out Of the ordinary had happened.
The creStfalen Sadie took the things
] handed her and disappeared.
The next morning 'the mistress was
also the maid.' As l was t0ilinG over
the midday meal in walked Sadie, smil-
in- and happy.
You ieS' 90 10 de hous', Miss Lena"
she said. IN finish de dinner. De
I"nErrn' shepard won't be here-no,
she won't he here soon"
Sadie laughed mySteriouSly. Last
night seed Judy an my Manuel come
into de church arm in arm, an my
blood pintodly billed. l tells Yer. Pres
entity Brother Jarrett, he calls mourn
crS an we all sings, fire will ketch
you. sinner. run
manuel goes up TO de mourners
h,nCh wild Il lot more men. Den out |
falls de shepard in cr trancc-like
did. I puts de bottle of hartS-horn in
Iay pocket. an goes up too. We mourn
eel a long time. and Brother Jarrett he
say. why dnan yo' pray, don't be stiff /
N. .rI-nd an Eppp do Shpnord prprOn-