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"NIiss 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 SOLICITORS of my comfort, I
Immediately experienced vague feel
ing of impending trouble.
81 mos forgot dat yaller Sallie is
on de back porch waitin' to see yer"
(which yellow Sallief"
Yellow Salies are as plentiful on an
Arkansas plantation as roses in June.
"Dat hyf'lutin' Niger what calls her
self Sadie" With n snort of contempt
and high head she trudged off to the
kitchen humming: "De fire will ketch
you sinner, run"
"Good mornin', Miss Lena" said n
neat looking yellow girl, as I came
down the back veranda. Miss Lena,
Use in little trubble an I wants you
to help me outen It. Use named Sadie.
an I helps Liza wild yo' cloes eve'y
week."
every well. Sadie. what is the nature
OF your trouble?" felt no surprise
Mt the request, as had held the office
Of peace restorer for the plantation
during the ten years Of my happy mar
ried life.
"Ole Judy's Mt de bottom Nv It,"
glancing Indignantly at the open kitch-
en- door "dey call her n mournin' shep-
ard. n pillar of de church. but calls
her straight out old haitian, I does.
an II she warn't ole nough to be my
nanny I'd play chune on her neck"
Sadie's anger was evidently growing
as she prepared to relate her woes, ana
as I heard an ominous snort from the
kithen I thought It advisable to have
the story quickly and be done with II.
ITS dis way. Miss Lena" resumed
Sadie. "Eve'y body knows me an
Manuel has been fixin' to get mah'6 for
some two years; but since he has been
wurkln' round de house here and I'M
der de 'huences Of dat old haitian. his
love has been GOBLIN an GOBLIN.
So Liza. she ups an says he been con-
jured. somebody's put a bat In his bed.
I tried not to b'lieve her. but fore
Gawd. Miss Lena, when sabbath after
Sabbath went by an Manuel either jes'
stopt at de gate rs he pnst gwlne to
church. or didn't come bout n tall. l
jes' got q thinkin' II an warn't hardly
able To eat nothIn'. Liza, she jes' KEEP
on bout de conjur, tell Jes' couldn't
stan II no longer. SO me an Liza puts
out over Ia Manuel's hous' when we
was sho he was In de fier ut work.
What do you recon foun' dere, Miss
Lcnnf"
could not imagine.
"They wus three boknys on de tnbul.
n bottle of mus on de mantle shef, Il
pair NV yo' ole lace curtains 'dorning
der winders. pair NV Mr.. Johns slip.
pers under de bed, some cake l mos
know cumd from de big hous'. cause
twas In one NV your hes white nap.
kins, an n photogrnf Nv dat ole hag q
hangln' on de wall"
"Well Sadie" said ]. n new Hight
dawninc on me. "sincc you love Man
uel and want To marry him, why don't
you put pretty fixings In his house?
You are younger and better looking
than Judy, you know"
ayes. I knows. Miss Lena. but isn't
got nothln pcrty. Now, II you'd give
me or old tidy I'll put 1t on his chenr
and try IT,"
I signnlcd my willingness.
"Whilc you'se In de house, please
mn'am. gimme little harts-horn fol-
Ll2as hnid."
| begun 10 search for old fnery
dreaming the while of helping Sadie Ia
beat Judy ut her own game, thereby
| smoothing the course of true love
| Gathering up the "fnd" and the am
monia bottle, I went back to the We
rnnda tn discover living moving mass
on the floor, composed of kicking feet
bobbing heads and flying hands.
Sadie hoistcd the white flag with q
| shrek. Judy, the ancient, arose wind
cd. but triumphant and silently re
sumcd her daily avOcation rs II moth
ting out of the ordinary had happened
The crestfallen Sadie took the things
/ handed her and disappeared.
The next morning "the mistress was
also the maid" As l was toiling ovel
the midday meal In walked Sadie, smil
ing and happy.
"You jes' 20 TO de hous', Miss Lena,
she said, "I'll finish de dinner. Do
mournin' shepard won't be hcrc-no
she won't be here soOn.'
Sadie laughed mysterlously. LAS
night seed Judy an my Manuel CONF
into de church arm In arm, an m!
blood pintcdly billed, / tells yer. Pres
entity Brother Jarrett, he calls mourn
ers an we all sings, fire will ketcl
you, sinner, run
manuel goes up to de mourners
bench wild lot more men. Den gu
falls de shepard In or trance-liR
daid. puts de bottle of harts-horn II
my pocket, an goes up too. We mourn
ed a long time, and Brother Jarrett, h
say, why doan yo' pray, don't he still
neckcd an keep de shepard precor
sclous all night" Den we all went I
whar she lay and dropt on our knee
to mourn an pray. | cotched de shel
ard l0Okin' ut Manuel Outen de cOrnc
oh her eye, so ! comes through NJ
falls out, bringin' Liza down wifi m
ON de top oh lie shepard. Miss Len'
somehow dat hnrts-horn got in d