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Nellie's
J ’ Thanksgiving
EVA EYLE DICKENSON.
(Eleven Y< ar» Old.)
V Otten for Th- Jun’, r:
•Tomorrow will to Thanksgiving.” said
Dulix. "and we must lix up our .iress* s.”
Th.. dr* .< In qu* -»iiott ha-1 r.« ver l« -n
tit., and now tl»< y a- r«* much th.:
for war. tut Dufaie’a I.imide ting* rs could
ao»n tu. nd that.
"It won’t !*-■ Thanksgiving without a tur
jtej." gruml i.d N*. III*-. as the two gWl*
*«rt- doing th. ir morning work, "ivriiaps
auOtethiUK will tutu up. Jou must not get
no de»pu**4*ut, u. ar." .-■i4 Doi».« s >ott
yoke as die um over !•• r work to keep
N. i.*o trout •ceims it«: t.. r> tn i-»r • >*■'*
tor Ute girU had had a t . ml tune ..mo
their ui-db«.-r u.• 1 and tlwir iat:.<r toal
tl.« n: that en.-ttu:.* that th. y couxl have no
turk<y or at y p*»*al u-imer on the n;-rr..w.
"That i** atwajs i;;* way with you,' ta d
Nelli.. "You ar. a ways .-ayitid perhaps
■umetiung wJI turti up.' a..4 Ali.-» S<h»
t . ... i her • <1 and “. :,t in the ..-a.-- IO
do th- cP aids 4 up. uliil-- 1' ’ll-, lilt, led in
t: •
*<*| wait •*- .*•<’»? WUV * .4la.il*
but wi-.n Net.a I- it ft-* kitclwn ti.v.r lath
er C.&.!!*• IU »IkU !*•»,.; V WaU
u’l .. IIBOV* I l«> it. ‘ iiu <l I ‘ uAr *’ vW
fc. 111.-1. l*e l.ad I* *ll .*< la* 1a...
••i oT N* IL- . --*4 L-jU.c. ”1 w..-h I lad
tin- money to ’ —
th i. m.. ~-•! - »• h.r father
•tu:.-. bby It. to '*« wl.at. «... a. .ad
kiouly.
To ... ! i . vwjlhil ; w-uts, .ad
l i .• ; t.< r
Ji.lly la.. "V.. ...it HW* .*• ill have
f... .urj-ti :.-r n... .. *: Mr. Dra> ton.
u. in ki d D .K with more t. 1t..-r.i.sS
tl- 1. he had : i.va -.i it.ce I. . r uiolhet a
■v‘ | . . •! . . - y n I.* Wav.d hl*
bal.u IO 1- a ... I. . ..I out of It. room.
Jl-... Uh... ..u .... .-tv. «i til* l
Wi... V. . a«-..< 0.. ty. crytHK a-s yllU went
al-out her w k. .< ..d what wa* i >•• mats
ter. N....-* t*t. .Uo-’uy" ail liT troui-i.*.
Uli.le li.aaii v ■ Il- d-d 11. rdo ’.he work,
rd,, -t ..1 until th nins .mis -i th«.ir u«.k
ami th a Went home to.-i Ataly. I er
bus a i. a.I ..i-.a. I i.d .-u.-l sh« wa., > oit.g
to tat. * oi..- of t*.-a turn- > .-• au.l a lot of
other 1....- th!. over li.< le- wh.ai tin yVa le
at church amt co*, k din la s’ lor th. in. bhe
went ri-iu t-» work at.d k.i..«l tl,-- v.rk.-y.
While this Wi - t...a.t{ on at "ila-:it»iy s’’
Hr. huyi -t. w-*s down town or.i a
KMCd 11.-< Ik - ■' were
at home nxuig up tiieir hats and dresses.
Jyolla had a little pin mon. y with which
•be bought a Mile trimming lor Nellie’s
dr. but Untie lor h.-r ow n. eV be u she
fimslod N. ila- s dr. ss it I -k I as nk-e and
otyiisL as on.- m..i waul. T... y tai*..-I and
fab :h.d until Nep. loicot l«r tro.it i. -of
the morning, and UC., a. gay a- u-*u-I when
Hr Drayton . an..- h-m»-. H- didn’t -i- ik
ot wh .t I c 1-1 <• toyng t • N’U.e. lut i o
tohl Doliie- alter ddMs-r was over.
Im.IL. tixed th- :r .ii. s.s in th.- morning
while N. ax read aloud io I.- r ai d In the
afternoon Dolifae read aloud while Nellie
trimmed tbeir hats. After supper Mr.
Drayton kissed tin in gv -luight .in! they
Went to Ud with as light hearts us it they
exp., rd as pood a dinne r <i. th. morrow
uh any one ever at. Dolhe knee* they
wouid have a good d.ntier. but Nelli* uidn t.
liut aha hud gut ov« r her trouble and was
ber». If again. Tli*» girls did not I-ko
many fri* nds in the town w la r»- tii--y liv*-d.
■ Hwy w« nt to slee p talking about what th* y
ir.:e. Ji® t® doTmuAsglvl: g. They wo. id
go to < hur.u in the ■wrunig and «-di on a
friend in th.* afternoon. Tho morning
dawixel bright and sunny and th® girls
were out of bed with the lirst ray of light.
Tim ra-.ming pojo-d quickly ar d tho Mr.
and Misses Itrayton started to church. Af
trr tl;> y w.-ro gone "Mammy- and l» r nu
merous progeny went to the- I. <m*- cf the
Drayi-r.s w"h t’ -- dinner. "Mammy” took
■Hus Ltfi*l:«-li lilial vllilu* fcilH
H
I The Dying Day
H finds many a weary woman’s work undone —many H
h a task but just begun. This need not be. When g
I work crowds the day, shorten the work—don’t g
§ lengthen the day.
g used for cleaning, keeps your work a day ahead of |
| time—keeps you young. Cleans everything. Sold |
oev erywliere. Made only by
THZ N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY,
| Chicago, St. Louis, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, g
was cooking dinner and making pcmpkln
pies the grocer’s wagon drove up with a
turk.-y and other things, but it happened
tliey brought things that "Mammy” didn’t,
and after she had cooked everything which
she and the grceer brought tho dinner cer
tainly wis "tit to set before a king.”
"Mammy" stayed to wait on the table, and
| before long the Draytons returned from
church. When the girls went into the din- |
ing room and saw both the turkeys on the
table 1 loilie said:
"N. til.-, do you think it will be Thanks
giving with two such turkeys as these? Did
1 not «ay perhaps someth.ng will turn up,
and didn't I here?"
There was a poor family living near and
when the Draytons sat down to dinner Nel
lie said. " ’Mammy,’ please take one of
tli.se turkeys to that poor family ot Brax
tons who live on the next street. I’crhaps
th. y thought a good .iinn.-r would turn up.
lik* ours, and they will be disappointed if
it docs not.”
Os course the turkey was taken, aid clnre
then Nellie has believed in Dollie’s lay ng, |
“Fertiaps something will turn up.”
Grady Hospital List.
Mina Causey. Liberty. N. C.. 10 cents;
Bessie 1-iwl.t. Epes. Ala.. 5 cents; Marvin
Bpcor. Sped, Ala.. Ml cents; Th.-un Handy.
Sh.-eley. Tex.. I'l cents; Leo Forest and
Viola Roumillat. Macon. Fla.. 25 cents;
Dottie Smith. Athens, tin.. 1" cents; Henry
Grady Clardy. Moody. Tex.. 10 cents; Jim
mie ]*rnctor. Marietta. G.i . 5 cents. Clar
ence Proctor, Marl.ua. tla., 5 cents; A
Well Wisher. Hal.. Center. Tex.. i
W. It. Wilcox. Feronia. G.l, 1<» cents. Eva I
B. Dailey. Agate. N. C.. 5 e. nts; Gregory '
and Grady Spinks. Randolph. Ala.. 15 cents;
Juelie JolleS. l.i'L .i-ige. G.i.. 1" <• ills.
Harvey 1:. Wadsworth, Perfection, N. C..
10 cents.
Cbaugln*.
Written for The Junior.
Et scvins as if liter birdie
*At*s hot pin' in thcr tree,
Wus slngin* little sadder,
’An wiiut it uster Le.
lie apples ain't so mellow.
An' de |x a« h.-s ain’t so nd.
An' it s« ms 't ev.-r fell, r
Wus er lookin' sorter de'd.
Thor lish.-s ain't er swimla*
Jest l.ke they uster lie;
Ain't liltin' half so easy
As th.-y uster bite f. r mo.
An’ I wuu.l.-r If ther rabbit
Is «-r lioppln* jest ther same;
If lie's tx-ddln’ in ther orchard
An' «r lookin’ j. t is tame.
—Ai.TGN McDaniel.
LETTERS FROM YOUNG FOLKS.
Correspondence that Will Interest and
Educate Cur Boys and Girls.
H.irv. y Wa.i worth. Perfection. N. C.—
I•• r Junior: I have been Intending to
write to your department for a long time.
Papa ha- bv.-n takit.g The Constitution :
almost lift.xn years. My school has closed
now and I am so sorry. We have a de
bating society down to our schoolhouse. I
enjoy going and hearing th.- men .-p< ak.
I have a bi< ,v. h- and 1 like to ride very
much. Sly cousin also has one. He Is in
N.-Alarne. N. C.. now going to school.
Wla n lie conics home we <an tak<- nice
long rid. S together. Wo uro nearly the
sam- ag- and h ivo always lieen together.
His . -Tic I w ill b ■ out in June. Papa and
mamma and 1 w-nt to th. exposition In
your city in l*:-5 and enjoyisl it very* much.
I hop.- 1 will go again som. day. I send
W cents to the Grady hospital. j
Wr » <1 t. ir Cnustnr: H a
time for all things and 1 think that this Is I
a time for tlm boys t > st p forward man-
I . • ■ (that :iH I
ttve intell.ct <d tie- world Is not p-sscssed '
by woman, as some ot our cousins s- em to
think.
1 do think that Thelma Is rather egotistic
Ing tho wmuierfui
of “We girls." S:,i- s. ■ m.-> t » entertain the
Idea that, if woman li.td equal opportuni
ties with man they would i«: by lar ;>ara
mount to man. 1 can't fully discern what
she means by '.p|«ortun!ty. If she me ms
educational lacilitk-s, then she Is quite
equal to mutt, for It Is quite obvious Hint
t;>. le uro us many female c -lleg.-s as there
ins male, or id*out an many. In all other
l*raia-h.-s her prlvil.g.-s and opportunities
nr>- alx.ut taiitai.iouut to those of m it. Al
tliouKh Slav Is .l—i.arre-i from . titering Into
politi. ol mxt gov<- omviital uff itrs. y t el.e
is it Hie r:y to . ominental.- and i-ompiie le
gal v-.ium.-s. If nil.- .leemed le-rs.-U .-apablc,
I admit that w< man has very clear «-<>n
ccpCon, a.nd deep descriptive faculties.
Y. t she hns not that d. • p p-.w. r of thought
and reasoning which man possess. <.
Now*. Iw.ys. let’s not pli:y the sloth any i
long.-r, leu 1* ts. pen in hand. Im* ever ■
r-tdy to light and write vie .rously on any
Mibi- t wiilch m -y l»* sprung.
Although the girls claim tl:.- lead In let- •
terwritliig. it Is te«t l»-cauee they are In ‘
adv.uiee of the Iwiya. but because the i
boy* r> main dormant and full to take an
mt•.*.-<• part. Tho fact te, tka teoya I ivenft
th.* tlm.* to to letter writing which ;
tho girls have. Do boys, let’s tl- ver be 1
cae.ght napping again. 1 will usk a question: I
if two Irresistible bodies meet what will
bo tho result?
With I- st wlsl.es for the continued suc
cess of The Constitution and u lung and
happy life for Aunt Susie.
C irrie Gill. It. an Station. Tenn.—Dear
Junior: I will take for my subject this
time. "My Home." My home was once
owned by my gr.-at-grati.ifath- r Gill. He
camo from York 'air.-. Li.gland, to Bertie
county. North Carolina. Ife had but one
brother. William, who followed him mid
j.«-at- 1 In tlm state <»f <>;»■•». u wa* n«-xt
owned by my grandfaUnr Gill and Is now
TIEE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, .GA., MONDAY, APRIL 5, 189’..
owned by my father. My home Is In the
country. It Is a two-story, brick building
with twelve rooms. Gur lawn contains
about one acre and is covered with trees,
grass, Howers and rustic seats, which make
it v.-ry Inviting. My mother died in 18M.
Her maiden name watt Morgan, My father
Is still living. I have two brothers and
ono sister. 1 send 5 cents for the Grady
I hospital. With best wishes for The Junior.
Jesslo Gill, Bean’s Station, Tenn.—Dear
Junior: I am a little girl only eleven years
* of age. but 1 am determined to Ih> some
body and to do something even now. tine
thing that I greatly desire just now Is to
be received into your charming circle. I
will attempt to write lirst on a subj*et
with which I am certainly familiar, but
which I fear 1 shall not be able to treat
in a very Interesting way. It shall Ihj
"School.” I have so far been knight princi
pally at home by a governess, but father
siH-aks of sending s?’~ter and myself off to
college next scholastic year.
Girls of The Junior, let’s Improve the
golden opportunities of a school girl, and
try in everyway to prepare ourselves to
make good .ami useful women.
1 send 5 cents for tho Grady hospital.
Rest wishes to Aunt Susie.
Attle M.H’an.-r, Clarence, S. <’.—Dear Ju
nior: 1 will take "Faith” for my subject.
As the flower is before the fruit, so is faith
before good works. Ho who has strong
faith will show his faith by his work. If
he has faith in hims.-ls lie shows it by
ambitious plans. r--s.lives nnd «*nd<*tivors.
A true faith Is ne< eseary to enable us to
make th- mo.wt of life and Its iMisslblllties.
i We m-<-d faith in our fellow man. In all
the ordinary business transactions we must
exercise this virtue or accomplish noth
ing. Did >*>□ cv.r retlect what tie- world
would be were all faith destroyed? Faith
an.l <x»ntld-*n<-e are synonymous terms.
What ti wild, rn.-ss would this be were
the conli.l. tice which exists between hus
band and wife des:roved, or did not mutual
confidence exist tjetw.-.-n the tn. tnhers of
the s; rue family circle! Home would eeas..
i to Im- 11-mie; family ties Would prove to lx:
I bonds of straw; eommunities could not be
j Ih-1.1 together; th- vas-t fabric of society
would dfs.solvo and smiling, coumtrl-s would
' oner- more be the abode of ivag- . Too
• great a conli.b twe b. sp. iks a trusting slra
‘ plicity suit**! only for childish years. But
' an utterly incredulous n ature, refusing to
lx lit ve uni. s sup|x>n< d by the evidence of
Ills own senses, as certainly portrays tlx*
Helfish, narrow and bigoti d nature as that
11. I-Ls of waving grain are pro >f positive of
fertile soli, the shining sun and the early
and late rain. Life grows darker ns wo
g». on until only one pure liglit is left shin
ing on It. and that is faith.
1.-. nd 10 eetUs for the Grady hospital.
I would like corr.-spotideiits; either sex.
Many wish, s for Aunt Susie and the dear
old Con.-stltuiion.
"Iz'uretta.” Elberton. Ga.—Dear Junior:
Juanlt i has put me in the notion of join
ing your happy circle.
G.ri.s. We must not let the boys excel In
the argument. (Which is superior, hoyH
or girls'.’! Will Carleton has I>< lutlfully
siid: "If I were a woman I should thank
Go.! for cons..l. ring my soul worthy such
an environment and strive each day to
show that HU confidence was not mls
p!ae.-.1.”
"A man miy be stronger than a wo
man." savs l li Perkins. ::n.l sn trt a m-l
--(watch out, Blinl . r>, but in. tit.dly they are
7HI- YOL'\(i SOX Oi ; . ! F/IMOLA QET.
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VALENTINE STANTON.
There was never a smile in a weary while,
And never a gleam of joy,
Till his eyes of light made the whole world bright—
/X lit lie bit of a boy!
The above Is nn exce’l mt likeness o'
Valentine St.-mton, tl.e four-year aid
son of Frank L Stunt in. He Is a re
markably bright child, and says that
h • Is going to be a poet *oma of these
days. He has a n-mderful memory
on an equality. Woman was first at the .
and last at th.- grave. When men
speak of th.- Inferiority of woman 1 think
of th.- burning words of Lilly I>« v< r.-u<
Blake: "Woman Inferior? Why woman’s
money fitted out the boats that brought
the discoverers to America; her money
fitted out the M.ytlow.r; the American
flag was designed by a woman and Ameri
ca’s national bird was a lion."
Y< s It Is. You .all have heard of the fa
mous war ••agb-, "Aid AU-." who accom
panied a Wisconsin regiment all through
the war. Well, after th. tight.ng wan over
"Old Abe" was taken to Madison. Wis., to
end his days in honorable retirement, and
he spent all of his leisure time In laying
ergs. Could such patriotic or loyal
words have fallen from the Hl>.s of any
man? Say. Blinker, can you or .Mr. Luw
rvneo com.- up to that?
I am not an advocate of woman suffrage,
but bell. ve woman can wield such tin In
fluence over man that she Is the means of
him often Voting aright.
Eh. Blink. r! if you don’t mind how you
are cutting up you will have to bake your
own biscuits th.- rest of your life.
Beulah Walters: Og had an Iron bed
stead.
To whom did a dumb beast speak words
of wisdom? What royal prince laid the
foundation of the second temple?
If you wish to know how many brothers
and sisters we may be get on the Seaboard
Air-Line and come and see "Lauretta.''
Merle Meriton and Maude Meadows.
Byhalia, Miss.— We have until now been
nn rely spectators of the "Lawrence-l'.llnk
er" contest, but in our righteous indigna
tion we can remain silent no longer, and
knowing that "Thrice is he armed who
hath his quarrels just," we rush unterrllied
Into the fray. We agree with Mr. Law
rence, that the subject is growing rather
' monotonous, but womanlike, we want to
! huvo the “last word.” In this progressive
I age when woman may walk unmolested
' i down any avenue of life, these antiquated
ideas of their inferiority seems strangely
1 I out ot place. They belong more properly
’ to the dark ages and would then have ex
-1 cited no comment. If the majority ot
mankind held the views of these two,
women would never have reached her pres
, ent high position, but the litters of Injus
tice would have bound her more closely
a slave to that oft-erring criterion—public
| opinion. But tlx re were a noble number
1 ; wluX recognized this unjust opiV-ssion,
; and lent woman a helping hand to loose the
' ■ chains that bound her and then the poor
' oppressed of past ages became and has
ever continued to be a guiding star, lighting
men to holler, happier destinies. The ad
vantages that women have had cannot
compare witli those ot men, but ot those
opportunities lias she not made every im
provement? If tlie situation had been re
versed if man had only recently been re
leased from a humiliating slavedom ot
tho past and given a tardy recognition of
Ids right, would he thank, you. Mr. Law
rence has made as rapid advancement as
the "weaker sex.” Woman’s sphere lies
more In Hie home and in the quieter walks
of life, and so jierhaps her intellect has
not made Us.-It’ so generally known. Oft
times a man's brilliant achievements are
only the result of tarrying out the sug
gestions of the meek, long-suffering wife
at home, yet the triumph is his only,
w hile in r .- hare in hi., suc. ess Is entirely
unnotlee.l. Now, Mr. Lawrence and ’‘Blink
er,” if you wish to overwhelm us with tie
feat and to drive us in terror from the
lieid, pirfonn some intellectual feat that
shall settle the question of your superiority
■‘lurever and a .lay.” W<- feel eonliil. lit
that our equality, only modesty prevents
our saying superiority, will be lirmly ts
tablished and that victory shall yet be our
cry, but We are generous adversaries and
If Mr. Lawr.iK-e or "Blinker" rise up in
their s.-lf-cunstiluled superiority and shall
do out.- great di cd that shall send their
nam- . to tin- uttermost ends of the earth,
tlo-n we shall most gi ac. lu ly accept d<-
I feat ai.d crown th. m witii tile laurels of
Isucee i. lut until we iiave more con
vincing p -00 l than their unsupported word,
Iw< will not acknowledge an inferiority
Which (io s not exist. We sincerely hope
that calm ntleetion will show th.- young
men tin- errors of their way. Beg pardon.
Aunt Susie, for such a long 11. We would
be glad to corn spend with any of tiie
cousins.
Arthur Betts. Double Springs. Miss.—Dear
Cousins: 1 am a great admirer ot’ The
Junior department, but from a sense ot
timldDty L hav- kept sib it Now, if
Aunt Susie will p- rnift. I will join Blink- r
and Lawrence mi tit- subj< ct of “intellect."
or. In other words, "are the mental capac
ities of sexes .qnal?” It strik-s in- very
forcibly that they are not. If we view
this question l.y the light of reason and
philosophy, we cannot help seeing that
w-men w.-r— nv ant to t-- inferior to men.
TL.- fetiial.* of ev.-ry ,'tin.l of animal is
weaker than tin- anal 1 Now. If women
h.iv- equal mental pc- . It >w is It that
h<-r frame i* physi'-; weaker’.’ Furthi-r,
wom it’s brain Is ti * than man’s; and 1
does not this of it O\e inferiority of
mental strength? •i'll, -s tell us that
the size of the hr.. - vays the .-ritel ion
of intellectual po >m- of tin girls ,
gave great stress. j?te fact that edu-
at'OTi had net Wti nih-d to them ,
‘ Now, let us look . xcu-se. 1 think it
for words and phrases, and has al
r ally given evidence of music tl talent.
His home Is at LSI I’eeples rt.eet. West
End, where he is quite a favorite with
young und old.
, a very shallow one. Was Burns educated?
I Was James Watts educated? Was Shakes
peare educated? No! They achieved their
greatness In spite of the disadvantages of
tneir position, and this genius will always
do. 1 allirm that it is for want of genius, ‘
th. r. fore, and not for want of education, ;
that woman remains behind in the meatal '
race. Now. I humbly submit that as man '
was first form. <l. he was Intended to b -
superior to woman; and a woman was ■
m. de iron a part of man only, she eanot be '
looked upon as Ids equal. We lit.d. too. in \
th. i.p.ur . that woman is continually
told to ob.y man. Now, girls, would this
be the c.i if women were not interior to ,
man? I think that this ought to clearly
prove that the women uro Inferior to men,
and with tills observation T will cun- I
elude.
Paul G. Lewis, New Kent, Tenn.—Bear ,
Junior: It has been about orm year since '
CORBZTT-FITZ.S
m-toseope; can I>* seen by every
l«.dv at home for only 15 cents,
the price of a pock.-t klnetoseope.
Not a description, but a living, mov
ing exact miniature of tho fight, showing
I the movements of the fighters, the blows
as they were struck and th.’ eff.s-t. Got
your order in early, Send 15 cents to Living
Pict uro t'u., Box 484, Atlanta, Go.
r
I wrote to tho dear old Constitution. Tho
people around here are getting ready for
another crop, clearing new ground and
building fences. I have been at work this
morning sawing up an old log with a cross
cut saw. I would love to saw with some
boy of my size, but I have to saw with a
big grown man, and he. jerks my arms and
almost knocks ine down with my end of the
saw. I am going to tell you about an old
coin I found this winter. It Is as bright
and the letters as plain as when they were
cut 1 found It in an old ti. hl. One ono
side is the name, Louis I’hillippi, the first
Holds Francais. A man's head in tho
center, hair tied behind. On the other side
is a wreath about the size ot a silver dime.
The date is almost effaced, but looks like
16(11. Please tell me throught to Tho Con
stitution If it is valuable as a relic. Any
information that any one can give me on
tlie subject will be gladly received.
live Aunt Susie and the old constltntiolT.
Sufferers forget the sunlight when they
notice the shadow to which disease has
brought them. They have only to take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and bright rays of
health will soon be theirs.
Aaron in the Wild Woods. ® °
The Story of a Southern Swamp.
O O JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, o o
Copyrighted, 1597, by Joel Chandler Harris.
IX
THE IM’SETTING OF MR. GOSSETT.
If Aaron had known It was Mr. Gossett’s
vol.-.- he heard and Mr. Gossett’S hand that
brought tin- buggy whip down on lie’ poor
hor e’s back with such cruel energy, the
probability Is that he would have taken
to ills heels; nnd yet It Is Imposdble to
say with i-ertainty. The Son of Ben All
was such a curious compound that his ac
tions depended entirely on the mix* l he
chanced to In- In. He was full of courage,
and yet -was terribly afraid at limes. He
was dignified and proud, and yet no strang
er to humility. His whole nature resent
ed the Idea of serving as a slave, yet he
would have asked nothing !>• tter than
to lx.* l.lttle Croch tt’s slave, on I h- was
gi ld to call Mr. Alx-rcrombb* m ister. So
that, after all. It may be that he would
have st—od his ground, knowing that the
voice and hand w.-r- Mr. Goss-tt a. whin
his ears told him. as tiu-y now did, that th
horse, made furious by the i rm I i ti '-k*- "f
the whip, was running aw ty, coming down
the hill at breakneck epeed.
Mr. Gossett had been on a fruitless er
rand. When his son George t. ached home
that morning and told him that Mr. Jim
Simmons’s dogs had follo.ved the trail to
the river, and there lost it. Mr. Go sett
r< marked that he was gl id lie did not
go on a fool’s errand, and ho made va
rious statements about Mr. Simmons nnd
his dogs that were not at all p->lit ’. I-aoT
in the day, liowv-r. (though th- hour
was still early), when Mr. Jossi-tt was
making the customary round oi Ids plan
tation, lie fell In wlt'i a n*-gr > who hid
b.-en hunting for some stray sheep. Th
m-gro. after giving an account of Is.s
movements, made this further i -mark.
“I sholv ’spe< ted you’d !»» over yard, r
wld Mr. Jim Simmons. M trst-r. His da-gs
done struck a trail l*-:idin’ Inter de swamp,
an’ dey sho went a callyt, > • In*
"Wlien was that?” Mr. Gossett Inq-died.
“Not mo’ dan two hours age, cf d:>t.”
responded tho negro. "I lis’n at um I < -1.
an’ dey w. nt right spang t yr’ds io. i.w.imp.
I know’d tlie dogs, ka.se 1 done ii< at Vtn
n>- n dis inornln'.”
Giving the negro some instrn-?’ one tl-at
wcu'd keep him busy the rest of the i -y
if he carried them out. Mr. Gossett tinn
ed his horse's head in the lirei-’ie'i -f tl.e
Swamp, and rode tdoly thither. 1 lie Ida*-
tab <>n “c .ircd high In the iu <n-l pu'd ’.o
attention to Mr. Gossett. For varloti tea
sons that the Swamp knew- about th ■ Tur
key Blizzard was not In sight. The Swamp
Itself was full of reposeful irllence that
daylight usually brought It. Mr. Gossett
rode about and 'dstenc-1. but. if all the
dogs in the world ha I su-i 1 -:ilv disap
peared, the region round about cot-t-i rot
have tx-en fre- r of their birKiit;; a:ii buy
ing th in ft was at that mom*- it
All that Mr. Gossett could do was to
turn about and ride back home. But In
was v.-ry much puzzled. If Mr. Simmons
had trailed a runaway Into the Swamp
and caught ld;n, or if he had made two
failures in one morning. Mr. Gossett won!-i
like very much to know it. In point of
fai t, lie was such a pr i -tie il bu.-i v -a m*n
that he felt it wa.s Mr. Simmons’s duty
to make some sort of report to him. In
matters of this kind .Mr. Gossett was v.ty
precise.
But after dinner ho felt In a more Jocu
lar mood. He informed his son George
that he thought he would go over a id
worry Mr. Simmons a little over ni> fail
ure to catch Aaron, and Im had hi* horse
put to the buggy, nnd rode six or s ven
miles to Mr. Simmons’s home, smiling
grimly as he went.
Mr. Simmons was at home, but was not
f. ellng very well, ns his wife Informed
Mr. Gossett. Mrs. Simmons herself was in
no very amiable mood, as Mr. Gossett very
scon found out. But she axkcl him in po
lltely enough an ’ said she’d go and tell
Jimmy that company had come. Sim we.it
to tlm garden gate, not very far from tlie
house, and called out to her husban-1 In a
thrill voice:
"Jimmy! O. Jimmy! That old buzzard
of a Gossett Is In the house. Como see
what he wants. And do put on your coat
before you come In the house. And wash
your hands. They’re dirtc-r than sin. Anl
hit that shock of yours one lick with
the comb and brush. And come right on
now. It I have to sit there and talk to
the old rascal long I'll have a lit. Ain’t
you coming? I’ll run back before bo ran
sacks the whole house.”
Mr. Simmons came sauntering In after a
while, and his wife made that the excuse
for disappearing, though she went no fur
ther than the other side of th.- d H.r. wh.-t-i
she listened with all hear ears, being tilled
with a consuming curiosity to l:n »w what
bu.dn.ss brought Mr. Go- ett to that Imus-,.
She had not long to watt, for the visitor
plunged into the subject at once.
"You may know I was anxious about
yon. Simmons, or I wouldn’t be hen*.”
(•The old hypocrite’ remarked Mrs. Sim
mons on the other side of the door). "You
didn’t conn* by when your hunt ended, and
I allowed niaylx? that you had caught the
nigg r and either killed or < rippled him,
ami—ahem—felt a sort of b.xc cw >rdness In
telling me about It. So I th might 1 weuid
come over and see you. if only to say
thi't whether you caught tho nigger cr
killed him, he’s responsible tor it and not
you.”
"No. Colonel. I’m not In the practice of
killing niggers nor crippling them. I’ve
caught a many of ’em, but I’ve rev.-r
hurt one yet. But, Colonel! If you’d ’a’ I
gone through with what I’ve been thus day,
'ou’d ’a.’ done exactly what 1 done. You’d
•a’ want right straight home without step
ping to ast questions or to uswer 'em—
much less tell tales.”
Thereupon Mr. Simmons told tl.e story of
bis adventure in the Swamp, van i-liing
up the facts as lie thought he k* ew them,
ami adding some details calculated to tuako
the eplgo«le much more .nterestlng from
his point of View. It will bo remembered
that Mr. Simmons was in total Ignorance
of what really had hnppem-d in the Swamp.
He had conceived the theory that his dogs
had lilt upon tho trail of a wildcat going
from the river to Its den in the Swamp,
and that when the dogs had followed It
there th. y had been attacked, not by one
wildcat, but by the whole "caboodle” of
wildcats, to use Mr. Simmons’s expression.
H iving conceived this theory. Mr. Sim
mons not only stuck to it, but added vari
ous lu.-lil. ntM that dal credit to his Imagina
tion. For instance, ha made this statement
in reply to a question from Mr. Gossett:
"What did I think when I beard all the
racket and saw Sound come out mangled?
Well, I’ll ted yuu. Colonel, I didn't know
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rible racket in all my born d:g s. 1 says io
myself: ’l’ll just ride in and :--e what th ■
trouble Is. and if ttv-re ain’t but o;i<: wild
cat I'll soon put an end to him.’ So I
spurred my h >ss up. ami start. 4 in. but be
fore wo w. nt anyways imr.lc' t . u-iss give
a snort mid tried to whirl around and run
out.
"It made me mad at the time,” Mr. Sim- !
mons went on. his inv. ntivo '' ■ ■ ulty rising !
to the emergency, tin:. <'oL>:icl. it’s a
mighty good thing that hoss had more
| sense than I did. b. . nuse if h>- !i iiln't I’d 'a.'
never been sitting 1.--re t--lie y>» t about it. ,
I tried to make t-.e hos.-. a.u.d. but he
wouldn’t, and. just then, w iat should 1 i
see but two great big wildcats try ag to !
sm alt up on nx-'. ’ And ail the ti :a-. Colon- 1.
tlie racket in tlm vamp w..s getting io 1- .
er and louder. I’iut • v. :- ■ in then.- some- !
Wheres, and I k»..»w'd in- was attending
to his busim -s, so I j::-t give I! - l>o-s tin:
reins and Im went li'> Im w ; allot out of ,
u gun.
“I ptill--il him in and turned him aro’tr.-l,
nnd then I saw I'luto trying t > • ome o it.
Now, Colom l. you may know if it v. ;s • -o
hot for him it was lots too warm lor me.
I’iuto tried to come, and he wa.s a-tighting
like fury, but it w; s no g•. The two cats
that ha 1 been smak.ng upon me lit on him
and right then and here they tore him all
to Hinders! Colonel, th.-y didn’t leave a
piece of that do. s hide big enough to m .ko
a woman's glove if ir had been tanned.
And as if that wouldn’t do ’em. they made
another sally and come at me. tush and
claw. Ami I just clapp--d s;>urs to th
i boss and cleaned up from there. Do ycu
! blame me. Colonel?”
; “As I under hand it, Simmons.” remarked
| Mr. Gossett, after pulling !, s be.ird and re- [
; fleeting a while, “you didn’t catch the nig
, ger.”
. ("The nasty old buzzard!” remark -i Mrs.
I Simmons, on the ot > .ol ■ of the uoor.
' "if 1 was Jimmy I'd .-i t him wi’.ii a die *r.”)
“Do you think you’d ’a’ caught him. t'oto
; nil, taking into u.-c.-jat ail tie- clrcm- ■
; stances and tain.,. .. jui;-. 4 .Mr. Sitn
i mons, with his irrit iti:- 4 iv.l.
i ”1 didn’t .ty I wa- t - ;to < -'.-!» h'm.
<l:4 I r. -a.-.l Mr. G-> -:t. "l -li in’t say
’ he couldn’t t l away iroin my degs. ■
I did I ’.”'
“Suppo.-i-d you I;-.-'’.” ted ’.'r. Firn
mons. ”v.->uld -. = i 'a' ’- i it? I ain’t never
hear.! of jou wuk a in imong a drove of i
. wild.-a ts to eat. : i a r ■ . . ’
• “And so j-..ti <li I i’t ca'eli him, nnd your
I fin.- dogs are tai- r now tiiaii they ever
• w.-re?” .Mr. Go - tt remarked.
[ ("My g.HHI-i. - ' if J::nniy <1 >n't bit l.'m,
I I’ll go in and do it m.< If.” said Mrs. Sim- |
mons. on the other sale of tlie do >r.)
“Well. Col-.i: 1. it’s Just ilk-* I I you.” ‘
Mr. Simmons would have said something
else, but just then the do<>r o; ■ n- J . nd
Mrs. Simm «is wail;. I in. i r.- in ’o r < ye.
“You : iti-l your |IW, haiu’t you?” she i
said to Mr. <ios it.
■' W hy—e i—y < -s’ ni—but—”
bins about it.” sho snapped. "If I
you ain't cli.: _• 4 mightily, you to■:*«■. a
heap more of ?. -i in your ;n>. k< t than you
do of tx nigger i:i the bii.-ii. .-. Jimmy don’t
owe you nothin', do< - he?”
“Well—er—oii’m.” .Mr. Go -ett had been
taken compl'-t'ly by surprise.
"No, he don't, and if he did I'd quit
him right now-this very minute.” Mrs.
Simmons declai-d. >-esti<-u!::tmg omnlouMy
with her foretiir. r. "And whit Jimmy
wants to go trolloplng about t • c ■ try
trying to catch the niggers you drive to tlie
woods is mor: 'n I can tell to save my life.
Why. if he was to catch your runaway
niggers they wouldn't stay at home no
longer than tho minute jou took tl.e rop’.s
off ’em.”
Mr. Simmons cleared his threat, ns If
to say something, out his wife ami ■ ip.-tv-l
him.
"O, hush up Jimmy!” sho cried. “Y-*u
know I’m telling nothing but the truth.
There ain’t a livin’ soul in this country
that don’t know a Ge-. •tl nigger as far
us they can sec him."
"V.hat are the ear in.irks, ma’am?” in- 1
qu!r<d Mr. Gossett, trying hard to be’j
jocular. In a moment ho was heartily sor- i
ry nu hud ask-u ... qm- ■ k-u.
"Ear man. ? P.r mark.-.? Hid-- marks, :
you better say. \Vi;v. they vo be, n • i. ■ d i
and half fed till tiiey aj
look folks in tiie ;;ae, and I deal Oianiu
'em. Tie j •- ■ ■
along and look meaner ta .u sin. ecad
tiuu’t their own m«-in > t!..t sin-ws i
’em. No. Nut by a long s s..t. Ili say
tii.it much tor tho pour ircotui.-.”
There was something of a pause here,
and .Ur. Gossett promptly t* 'k uuvuum. e
Os It. lie rOl - . .I-....- .’
who turm d ln-r I?., k on him, and started :
fur tlu* Uuor, . lying:
"Wed. Blmnaona, 1 just called to s< e what
tuck jou’d iiad liim morn.eg. .\lj times
up. 1 must be going.
Mr. Simn ■■ him to t
and out to tile gale. Beiole Mr. G-■■*-it
got ids buggy tr.ru- I and l-ad.-d t a. rd
tho house, remarking to .dr. saaawi.s in
a confidential toise;
"1 *ay, Sil
•Lm’.”’
"A right w rm one. Co! . !, if I do say .
ft luj. ir.” t-p-.c-u Mr. -.• with a
touch of pride. "But. Colon, i. In-foro you
get clean away, lets have . kind of Uli- i
derstanding uncut tlii- matter.
•’About wh.u ni:tt r?” -dr. Gossett sto-.d
with onu foot on his bu. y s.ep, ready to
* 4 *’’AboUt this talk -f J nny’s,” s.-.-.s Mr.
Simn in * nodding his L- 1 t-iw :* I tie
house. I'll go tld;, t r. 111 s y that I’m i
mighty sorry it w it : "Hi. ..o<..y else ti nt
done the talking, and in . -mu body eis.- s ,
house. But siiv-o it was J-miy. it can’t ,
be helped. If what sh< said makes you feel
tired—sort of weary like when you begin I
to think about it, i- st 1- ar in mi id, Q •
n-1. that I hold mys* It b :h ; ■ - ••• illy and '
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Mr. Gossett lowered his eyebrewn and
i> i
"Why. ot iuu,-:<-, ;.;mmoii .” h< said, a
little stiffly, "we all Lave to stand by the
women ft !’■:>. 1 understand licit. But
bluni* <1 if I’d like to b<- in your sho -s.”
“We!!, Colonel, they fit me liki a glove.**
Mr. Go —tt s-,::. 1 himself ii. his buggy
•nd dn ■ . lirsu Sinunon was stand
ing in ii- • <io->r. la r arms . kimUo, wlien
1 . :
"J.mi- a o it. ’ ■ . an l rizo to
that old buzzard fol want 1 said, did
jou?’’
?.Ir. Simmons laughed heartily at the
1-lea. and win :t !•■ rep it- 1 v.h t !.- had
S- l to .Mr. ,;f. j;.,. ... 4
Lin; and ki■ j r.-.m, nd tl a mu into
tue next r... :n . t! .o , ,-i. u a ] t 's the
one way that .h m , b;lv . 1)f
I down, as Mr. mmona wc ild have •x
--i pre .- d k.
i . V Ut ’ " ’ " , ’ t ’l’. :s-- Itl■:Mr Gs
't
A ’ did, was
• ■
J ■ ■ d bin :i :
I . - , ,-d.
Ify dt.gr. < m-YU,.)'.- . ■
'' - ‘
I Wunmn : ' : -
: his hm .... ■. ■ '
i I)*.* as r;-,t i ‘ -2< d
hlm -nlf at «* ■■ ■ p *
j could st,.
niuch lor *. ~. . ” • 4 ' l,j o
- b-::-
I I;-.: drive e-r "• i' G '• "" ”-'uld
do in :■ - -..- ever
aml t< th. , .rV\'"- 1 " Vv ' y * l-'c’-i
r ' th-’ other i 1 that
dr voOf i~u % ;n «as a
' M- <- '. 1 " ni Wu ' :I '■■•in ..IT,
fanhf
I Sw‘..mp ° lhc r "' J to l ”°
’ ’ " ■
the dram « • . ;
f ;
I good illlll.oi-eu. i< •. ,1 he ■>
tlm
■- p* t<d toiigue-i.-- i.i.g *i r ; Simmons
had given him ur.d su-.-.nl. d m vo-k
himsm: into a Very uc -.-, . m ’.,.,’
Mmn b < hor.-e came tu the t°op u f %ie
h'u ,-om- ib eg ; animal - i.-. a s:r.-y pig,
j or maybe a cow lying in i e i..-,- eurirnr—
i lj >wvrve to one side.
I liS "'” 3 . entir 'dy too niu-.-.'t for
iMr Go- •tt s ui..-.rung nerve < lie
s ized ti.u whip ai.l i,: it
down upon the animal's back wall Ina
• m.gi.t. .4. dd* m J by- the sudden . :. i unde—
■ served blow tii ■ horse ni.id a tvri .-.-<• lunge
forward. < ausing Air. 0.-. sett to drop the
j reins ami marly crowmg him from the
l ( '- 1 L'" 1 i.g :* - : r.. ey. .ku l.vn»i»
i piling.-1 along the road. Tim grade ot’ the
1 in■; was SO y<! t •<»•. a::im ,i .- m:-l not
go up I. Lut m idi long
, liir'.iiig >:.■ ougtiv about as tL-J-.;gii it bad
I Le, u mail" of cork.
Ihe gi.,g .-mJ iur h’ng of buggy
ad-- ■-! to tlm animal’s «.x< n< m-nt, and :..o
j climax of its terror was r- • : when
, Aaron d up in tim d ;rk b- -or-- it. The
! horse made one x.ii-i sw« rv - to tl.e side
; of the r>.id, but faih-d to elude Aar-ia.
: Tiie sudden swerv--. however, threw Mr.
j Goss’-tt out. He fell on tin* y->ft earth and
i lay there limp, stunned ai.d frightened.
I A.iron, holding tu tiie ho:-e. ran by i.s
side a. liitlo way and soon hit-1 the :ini
j n ~1 under control. H-- -ootiied it a mom-ut
j t."k .1 to it ui. .1 it whinnied, fa. tened the
i lims to a ieiie-i corn* r and tn* n v.eiit bi K
to See it 1 ‘ 1: Il V. "IO I. n fail 11 from
til - buggy, little creaming that it was his
own r. .Mr. Gm-.- ett. But just as he leaned
ov*. r tiie man I;-uuiikr : -bi him the news;
tiie k*- n nose ot b.e dog hid disco* -Ted
it, thougn he st* >-l some distance away.
. - : tO SU : -
self azaiii, and as be <*id so Lu saw some
thing g.eam in tiie stari:g:.t. It wus -Mr.
<tt's i istol, v .’i m’"i fail a from
ins pock-t US hr- f- il- Aaron i-ickcd up
t-.e W- i;-oti. il-.:. it very ging riy. for
ii.- w ... im>i*- *i to nreurms. ;... i plac-al it
umier the buggy y-nt- Then .:e .returned
w'itii an • r m :.d and gava ills atteii
ti n to Mr. Go< tt.
"Hurt mu. li?" 1 asked curtly, shaking
tlie prostrate man by tae should* r.
“Moro scared than hurt, 1 reckon, re
pi; i .Mr. vi- "What w.s that dog
barking at just imw?" , <
■•He ain't u---i i' s. ring wL.to folks ta
tlie dirt,” Aai-m (':-:"’ --*l.
“Who ar** you?" Mr. <io.- ’tt inqmred.
“One.” answered Aaron.
“Weil. If I’d seen you a 1 tlf hour ago I d
sworn vou we-e iw--.” M; :t made
l is k-- at i - ... n ex; : - . . .’■ -*-U
<l*l not und r• land a .J. could
: pot appi-»-;ale It. So he s.u-i r-ui'inu.
t Vour !..:t.d u ■- r :■ y r m rs
i and help im to sit up. I w .-.t to u<u if any
i bones are broken.”
Aided by Aaron. Mr. G ■ -tt assumed
! a sitting P<> . ure. M -•!•■ ' _' -as f<e *ng
-Iil: . ; • •
en I n- s. heard his 1- rs- snort, 'i ais
reminded : .:*i. t- rin w - .-till in- v.hat
da <l. that . e aud sturu.d out w *th a
horse and bngey.
".That's your .. rse, T r k■ i. M.ne’s at
homo by this time with two l>.. y shafts
swinging to him. I. .*l, what t*ml a sun
can b-.”
•That's your horse.” said A- ton.
• ” Aaron ai<c\v<-red.
"You? Why, near
WU.S C' WU ! - * iiKv 1-. * ... r»3
w<*re <;itvr liixiu Who arc you, anyhow
•‘One.*’
“Well, you ar-' v. -rth a dozen common
run. Give rm- your b..*n<!.”
.Mr. C - -t- -lowly ra: • -. ’ ms. if to his
feet, shook i ' ' 7
nn.i iipi-ar. .1 to be mu- a re!:, v- 1 to t.nd
that his ’- • ■•-' ‘ a l **: ns p rs v • :o
• .'t
1 Went cl* -e to Aaron and p*-- i* d in ms
• ‘’’lJlamol If I don’t b. lie*.*' yo.i are my
■ runaway nig; r!” Mr. Go —tt exclaimed.
| “I smell v.i.i ky.” said A iron.
“Confound the stuff! I never will got rid
of it.”
Mr. C-tt put hls L inds in his p ck- 's
; ami w.'lk**i around again.
“Your name- is Aaron.” lie suggested.
' Re<-< iving n.» r* i-ly. lie sai*i: “If your name
is Aar. : you lx long to i :ity < u t-vior.g to
me get in the buggy and 1- t s go home.
Y,. i’vo !».- n in the .■ ■ i- ■ -■ • ■ ■ ■
'Too long.” replied Aaron.
“That’s » tact,” Mr. Gossett assented.
i. .. on and g - h ma ■ with me. If you’re
afraid of me you can put that id. a out of
v- nr miixl. 1 sv ear v<ai shan't bo hit a
lick. You an* the only nigger 1 <<* r had
any r. speet for. and i'll be blamed if I
know hint I * .me to L.-.y-- ny 1* r y-m att* r
the way you've treated me. But It you’ll
promise not to r a. m. at-;.’ more I’ll tieat
you right. You’re a good hand and u good
Mr. Gossett paused ami f* It in his pocket,
evidently sean hing for something. “Havo
you s*-ei' a pistol lying loose around liere?”
he asked. .
•‘lt’s ail safe,” replied Aaron.
"You'vo got it. \<ry well. I was just
going to pull it out and hand it t > you.
Com** on; it’s get :*ng bit.." S -a.<- c,..t
Aaron ma 1-' no m*'-vet;u nt, Mr. < -tt
triol nnotlur s* b< tne. "V. * tl. if y. u won t
go home.” ho said, “and 1 thi-ik I can
promi-*- that y.o’ll be sorry if you *!on’t.
way for me. I'm afraid of that horse
after his <-ai r tonight."
"Well I'll *lo that.” remark -il Aaron.
He h< Iped Mr. Gossett in the buggy, un
tie.l th*- lim s. took his seat by his ow n* r.
and tha two were soon on their way home.
(To Be CoqtiuuvdJ
11