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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-01-07, Page 6PAGE FOUR THE ,,SEAFORTH NEWS.= Snowdon Bros " tPes ee se, siers" •a'emess et;S Y' John Uri Lloyd azussingoscsaiseresEsesneemonsaaancrea SEA + ORTH NITA, Tory; ail.�1 she say say yes, and ttx Inr Cupe. "Lawd, 'Lawcl, ._Mate, dat wah al - fit]. hard times. Carpe take his shoes off, and tiptoe in de room, and kneel down by de bed and cry like a baby, and say very gentle -like Fe' de +Lawd honey, Cupe ain't td blame for de trouble, case he ware Morse ob de .evil what come of marrying oxide last clay 'al) de yeah.' !Anel she say, berry Weak -like: 'Taint dat, !Cupe; yo' alis am yinnerceitt. What I wan't to say ani bout tings wot comesheah- o'ftah.' 'D'en she say: `Cupe, When I ant gou'e,dis little yinnereent babe Won't 'hab no ntuddah aid de Lawd only knows 'what kind ob a faladah,' 'Cupe he keep still and make - no ansah, fo' ,what could he say? and he only cry and cry,, Den missus say: 'Cupe, nehtbah yio' lobe dis chile; neb- bah; promise me dat, Cupe.' And iCu'pelay: Tor de Lewd, missus, I prones . Den nlisius say: 'Cupe, yo' is,•a tirrgger, and all niggers can't do what dey ;wants to, but you is not a 'field nigger, you is 'a family, nigger, and you will nebbah be sold, nebbah. And nebbah must yo' lobe dis chile, eieceptitsg it ant for de good ob de chile.' Attd' I swear bolo' de.ILawd to dnissus dat nebbah de weddah ,shall be too hot, nebbah too tole, to keep Cupe from doing 'his duty to de new 'blos'nt. And den she reach out her hand, monstrous weak -like, and ole Cupe smuddah it wid kisses, and keep a kiss'n, or he couldn't talk, atesi he hadn't muffin else to do." iA wail carte from the crouching dorm on the hearth. A wail that spoke as word:s could not have done of the impression Cupe's story was making on the solitary witness Of •that night's experience. Old Cupe stopped. his discourse and this time waited patiently until the last sound died away, then resumed as if there had been no interruption. "And den de doctah, he say: 'Cupe, lay de 'hand back, Cupe;' and de doc- tah go softly to de doah' and call Aunt Dinah, who had gone out to cry, and he say to Dinah: 'Take de chile, Dinah; you am now de mammy' and den he sntoove de cubbahleds and Cupe say how easy -like missies go to sleep when she git de trouble off her mind, and de doctah say: "Yes, Cupe, nebbah to wake,' and den ole Cupe' look close at de face and see da't de deah young misses wah dead. Her street spirit had gone to glory while ale Cupe kiss de hand ob de missus what wah. "And Cupe moan and cry and de doctah come any say, monstrous sor- rowful: 'Doan you know, Cupe, dat she am happy now ? Dah aint no swear words, data aint no tab'n, dah aim no coon dawgs yelping all night where she .ani now.' Cupe say: `Taint' that, Marse Doctah; case she am gone to glory, de LaNd knows she am hap- py now; taint dart—but de evil sign: 'What evil sign ' say the Doctah, and Cupe say: 'Trou'ble, pile on top ob trouble; for de dean misses is done gone to glory and Cope• had de hand kiss'n it like es it wah alibe. No tussah sign could be, God help the chile, Morse Dectahl Gad help de ;blas'ml' And de doctah couldn't no moah ansah sech argyment dan de preachah kin, He say, says he: 'Nig- ger signs air nigger signs.' "Now _Manse honey,' Cupe said, suddenly addressing the Corn Bug, "Marse honey, hab Cupe not done what he promised yeah dean' mud- dah? flab he ebah lei' yo'? Hab he not stuck closer to you dare a tick sleeping behind a dawg's ear? ,H'ab de weddah ebah been too hot er too cole for Cupe to serve you ? Hub yo' ebah gott any sarse words back when you cuss ole 'Cupe? IMarse, you know dat ef yoei had, done what Cupe wanted, you would hab been well edye'cate' and .a fine gern'd dike Marse Mande' am. You knows dat ole Cupe trot aftah you from de day you wah a chile until what you air now, and hab begged an'd prayed dat you lissen to 'Cupe when you go on de wile track." • "Yes," conceded the Corn Bug; "yes, Cupe, you hey been a good nigger," °'Nall'h at for Cape t lie now, w Marse? What for Cupe say tiegs dat am not so? Lis'sen, Morse; homey; de day before ole Marse wah killed Cupe wahn..(iii ob de de danger in de air. Morse he laff, at first, but Cupe say to him, es he say to you 'What for should Cupe lie?' When role Marse heah dot argyment he lissen like and say to Cupe, 'Cupe, life am, might onsartin.' Nigger sign er no nigger sign, life ani• on'sartin, and I guess Cupe, I might es .well es not tells you some tings to do in case yoah udda'h nigger signs am right; not stat I be- lieve in tings yo' . talk about; for,' says ole Morse, stays he, `'liggers am, 'stishus.' Den' he go on, kin.dah talk- ing to hisself: 'Idowsunieb'bah, nig- gers ani not fools. Sides,' say ole Manse, ,'you is true to yoah' friends, Cupe, and dot's moah fan I can say for de white people what sit on de scat and play lceards 'iofi•gside hie.' iSo he git solluni' like, and say, says he: 'Cupe, if yoah nigger sign con- sahnih' Inc comes true, and dey hab ud a,r dah coarse true e Ii atings heahoftah..you ,stttiip'ax wh'at'll sprize you.". Cupe,' 'Mars ay, .`1 itab been a fool,'i `Cope, and ii`Inowsit and don't keer to quit, case et iii^ pleasant -like now to be a foo' But you hob stuck to me and tale chile, and de time may come when, you will want to be free. And den he .took a petp(ih out ob his pocket and say, says lie: `nese heah papahs ant all 'cording to law, and when you show cleni, you is a free man.' "Cups he take de papah, and try to thank kiln, 'but de Morse ga on wid de talk and wouldn't let hint - say uuffin, `Keep yoah motif shet and do'an gib me no back talk,' ;he say, 'Dalt ant jes one ting for you to do, and dot air to stick to de .chile.' " "Deed I wile .Marse, I done promise de missus dat de night de angels conte,' " 'Stick to de chile, Cupe,' he say, And den de Marse stop talking ',and walls off. "So much for your pap, an'd now for your gran'pap and nny pap. "Go on," said the Corn Bug. 'Wall, you knows es well es Cupe, dot ole Marse yoah pap, wah killed in Bloody Hollah, and he wha tole by Cupe dat he would be killed likes he as -as, jes es -Cupe tole you about dis boy coming tonight and de ,gearl com- ing de day dat she did. ,come How- suntebbah, dot doan consahn you jes now. 'What 11 gwine to say consa•hns ole Marse father, de 'fightin' Colonel; he was your grandpap, and my pap was his nigger .jes cs Cupcaire your To be continued. nigger. ,And .what pass between ole Colonel, your grandpap, and lily pap, your father never know'd, cause the Persistent Asthma. A most distress - sign was not right and Cupe 'couldn't ing characteristic of this debilitating speak widout de 'sign; 'but now de disease, is +the persistence with which sign p'dicted ant heah, and Cupe recurring attacks come to sap away gwine tole you about what you Iieb- strength and leave the sufferer in a bah '•spected in all your been clays. state of almost continual exhaustion. Dental "Ole parse's father (your grand- No wiser precaution can be taken than pap) say to Cape's father (my pap) that of keeping at hand a supply of long years ago: 'All dese lands be- Dr. J. D. Ke'llogg's Asthma Remedy, , J. A. ILLTN'N, Successes lie longs .to me; all ober behind de big famous as the most potent remedy for Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of ldaztfe-. woods is mine; all dis part ob dis eradicating' the disease from the ten- western University, Chicago, llf, country is mine.' Den he took pap to, der air passages, conflate Royal College of Dental.Sia his iron trunk which he brought fromgeons, Toronto..' Office over Sae Me eiky where he was fi• htin' alongT u r r i D hardware, Main St.,Seaforth. Ke wid Morse Butler, who lib' in CahfiTHE lcry+i�tli1 '11 Co,151. son -de chist de noe nb to Militia! Firs Insurance o soul 'cep de,o•Ide Marse had 'seen into `�g1P L6 before, and he open it an say, says he: 'Dere heah papahs am deeds for all de lands you can see -if you clique de highest tree ori de plantation. Now, says he, 'if dis 'heah son ob mine doan tuhn out good—and he doan promise much, and La'wd knows •S haunt donee much nced'h to Make him good—you keep dese impales till he dies; den gib 'eel' to your boy, ,Cupe; and tole him what to do wid on. He am a family nigger and won't be sold. But ef my chile act like a man, you can gib hint dose papahs and all dis money.' Wid dathe papa pileob showed gol', sech es I eeb'bali 'spectcd to see in ,all my Bohm days;" 'You're lyin', Cupe, you know you lie," said the Corn Bug, ' 1 hev seen inside yer iron chest, and there aint no papers nor gold in et neither." "Nebbah do you mind de chist, Masse; nebbah you mind about de gol'. You don't git none ob dat; it goes to de chillun what sleep in ',Bloody Hollah, case de sign say so. Now you knaers, honey," Cupe con- tinued, "you knows -llarse honey, dat you lt+ebbah halebeen settled steady, so dat Cupe could do what ole Marse r A ,DOLLAR?S 'WORTH act. De bottle am your mastah, and it wah de mastah ob youh pap and yoah grandpap, so Cupe !nab jes kep. the papers as my pap kept dem; and de money and de papahs hab been waiting for de •sign, and now de sign am heah," "Whatsign, you black fool, what sign?" asked the Corn Bug, with an eagerness which showed that he was more interested in thestory than he cared to admit, , "De sign what folks that don't be-, lieve insigns nebbah see," Cupe re- plied; "but dese two chilun 'was mix- ed up in de sign; Cupe lia'b done tole '(Continued from last week.) dis nigger_ehab done; an' what fo' should Cupe fool yo', Ma'se- Now "W'net ole it Tell, me what yo' white man an' nigger, must not try t` saw." circumbent 'Prov'dence; an' de time "I cant," a replied with a shudderam conte for 'Cupe to act, case . Cupe "Where 'tea' yo?" am clone gwine t' tale you sunap'ax' "In 'Bloody Hollow" now what no man ebah. knoiw excep- The look of . incredulity passed ting" Cupe and de dead folks what Ifroi)t his face; he cane at once to my caint talk t' de likes ob yo'. 'Listen t' side, raised me 'from the floor, led me ;Cape's story, Ma'se. . to his own chair, and seated 'me 53' ''Ole Ma'se, your pap, wah a "wild the side of the little girl. chile. Night time come, he wah rac'n "Cupe,"' he called out,—"Cupe, Yo' over do country cotch'n coons, d'anc'e lazy ,nigger, git up; the 'boy 't yo' shindigs, gwine ter, places where he told me 'about es here." nebbah ought to had been, actin' up There was a noise overhead, and in ways dat ole Cupe deaai care 1' then through a -:hole in the ceiling nee niemberlect, an' loan intend to mem- peered two legs, and 'Cupe began the berleet. Wall, fine morning in de descent of the ladder which led to time ob de year when de 'simmers rhe cubby hole of the attic. wah jest getting soft an' de possum What fo' yo' call 'Cupe, Ma'se " was getting fat and de corn was been' "The boy, 'Curie, the boy 't ye said chocked, ole Mase come home an' evould come from 1Bloody Holler. say to Cupe: 'Cupe, lay in de back Here es the boy," logs and git de mansion in order; for The 'white -beaded negro manifested on the last day of the year there'll no surprise. be a rvrcddin' and yo' ,niggers'll hab "I done tole yo' so, pa'se," eh a missus.' 'Fo' de Lawd, dis trigger said reflectively; "I knowed he wah w^a'h' s'prized. He was not acquaint com'n'; de signs .nebbah lie, lfa'se; ted wid all de signs den, else he de figgah in de fah, de hoodoo tracks would have seen the evil coming." in de ashes, de times dis nigger caw A low chant, melody without an' heard when de chicken crowed las', words, negro melody that h'armonis- night fe' midnight, tings what de ed strangely with Cupe's pathetic ex - white man, doan know nuffin' bout. presssion, arose from the lips of the pirated to de movin ah de opal'., :tit se, shadow -clad old crone. Evidently -•..-seee.eisegtepredicted ¢lied• Ole Ma''se, her mied was vibrating in unison yeah pa_ "s eep in 'Bloody Hollah t with Cupe's words, and until the dem he died as (Cupe said he wort d: chant died away old Cupe stood sil- de gearl sleep in Bloody Hollah t t' ent. Then he resumed:— nosy .de boy am heals. De end ob , "Hawsutnebbah, Cupe knowed some spell ant nearly come." tings, and he say to aide Marse, "What air yo' tadkin' about, yo 'parse, doan bring trouble on yeah. •black scoundrel " muttered the "Corn ,mead: Ole lfarse answer: 'You black Bog." rascal, why cain't one man marry es "Neb'bah yo' mind, Ma'se, fah ain't w•'1.1 es 'nuddah?' `Taint dat, Morse, no use in borrowin' trouble; nebbah IC pe say: 'de marrying is all right, yo' min', 'Ma'se; de spell will end fa' ase deood Book 'wouldn't sayso. It g yo' when de yeah ends, an' den yo am de time, :Ne•bbale marry on de las' an' 'ole Cupe must part." day ob de yeah, lesson yo' want troll - "Talk sense, Cupe, talk sense; T •ble. It am a slap in de face ab ?re- told yo' to come down out ov your, vidence 'llarse, Wait one day longer, er , loft, not 'because I want any ov your Morse; all de niggers'll tole yo' trou- i goblin nonses, nor any ov your nig- ble come lessen yo' lessen to 'vice.' ger signs, but tie up the scratches " 'What a nigger kndw'bout Pro - "on this youngster's :feet; can't yo' videuce? Damn yoah nigger non - see he es tired an' sore an' scared sense!' say ole Morse. nearly 'ter death Move, yo' black "An' sure enough, when de last day rascal, move!" ob de yeah come, he did marry Mus- ' Old Cope, muttering to himself, sus Alice, yeah`mud'der, one ale de obeyed; -he washed and bound up my sw•eetes' creatures. 'Laved! Lawd l lacerated feet, having first annovnted chile, but she wah a'honey. But all de /�. ' them with a sweet -scented soothing niggers shake der heads, and slip ' ointment••made of 'the resin of the away de wcd'n night, an' sten' round sw-gum a' gloomy -like, and' whisper fdemsels, `'Noweet for hrse.is supper," ' said the and sure muff nigger sign. conte out "Corn Bug." `'Stir yourself, Dinah!" right; and de end ob dat mistake ain't Then I noticed another form gather conic yet. Neb'ber' more did Masseitself, as if it were created from the grab any luck, One night de barn { shadows. From the edge of 'the hearth burn; next winter six of de ,best neg- where, motionless, she ,had been gers done run off to Ganerdy dem huddled, an old black 'negro crone fool niggers. Den old Marse glts arose and silently 'busied herself ar- ranging nig- cross and takes powerful strong to s ranging any supper, which proved to his cups, and night afttill night dot be simple enough, but very sweet to sweet young missus (would ,hale to i'', the taste, sleep in, her big roam. wid' Aunt Dinah When the task was done and the on de flo' by de bed, and ole Cupe dishes had 'been removed, she slunk on de flo' by de doah outside in de `',tc1: to sliedews,;and in the edge .hail,. And missus would' cry herself f the light-'flittin.gs, where the seen to sleep, and in de mahn'n when ole °j:nd the unseen: blended, crouched 'Marsa come 'home stearin' and `again on the niearth, clasped her cross, she, honey deah, would fro her her ankle drawing hands around s d w g arms around his neck 'an'—oill wall, them close to her ,body, and rested Maras, what's de ne of "memlbering. her chin on her knees Part of her eberyting?" form was viivible in the firelight, part "De honey deah, de honey deah1" wash+blotted out; and thus she crouch-' moaned Dinah; "bress de sweet ed motionless, silently eyeing .me, chile." When I had finished the 'steal, Cupe ".Sleet yeah mouf, Dinah; dis am t. again began talking to the "Corn no trine foal blebbering niggers," ' 'Bug.", Cupe rudely said; and then continued: "So at las' 'one stormy night ole "Ma'se, yo' must lis'n to what "Cupe Marse gel on horseback and ride off says, 'cause he means yo well. DSs,!,to de ta'b's, :anal fat night yo' come were a•little tot; he hab raised you, 6" honey. He mebb;ah 'left you, chile. 'liter de .world, Morse honey. Bross When, udtiah niggers deserted de de soul ob your deah angel mndd'ah. i When de'nigger what go for olds plantation, Cupe stood by yp', an' yo'...Worse .find him, be wag la in' knows dat every +bre•ssed word he keards at de tab'tt and he cuss and ebah tole yo' wah G!od's. truff, Now swear case de nigger say mists wane' lis'n, Ma'se; he ' preachah nebbah him quick, and neli!bah se step would ` spoke nso'ah serous dan 'Cupe do now, he move till mah'n'n come; and, jes'- De signs predicted am conte.Cupe before olds 'Mersa 'step in. de deal,deal,de '.hab kept t' hisself .what ole Ma'se tole him in de ole mansion house dat barn angels carry de sweet missus out ob Id'own aftah Ma'se was killed, an' now de t'ndah• She lib only a• few hours aftah she see de face oh her baby de time am come fo' yo' t' know What chile Viarse. De doctah know she (Cupe hab t' tell you You- calls et couldn't last, and he ax her ef shenigger signs, but lis'n, lla'se, Who hab any word to say be€ore'shc. o' to ISILICk closer .t' yo' all dose yeabs d'an', g CHAPTER III. The Lost Deed. THURSDAY, JAIN'UARY 7,. 19x:2... PROFESSIIONIAL CARD& Medical IIIc closed and locked the door, DR. H. HUGH ROSS, Physkikttt then untied the curtain string and and Surgeon. Late of London Eiieoa lowered the ppeen -paper curtains, and pita],' London, England, Spesiat next dieted the ladder that Thad seed attention to diseases of the eye, ear, him des'cenci telling .me to follow nose and throat. Office and 'red - him. ' He opened the covered of ;an den'ee behead Dominion'B'ank Office: chest, and, after fumbling inside Phone No, 5; Residence Phone MC it, asked me' to look into, its depths,• ,The bottom was covered with'a layer DR. F, J. B+I11R1ROIW3, Seafa. of bright gold' colas; of which 'Cape Office and residence, Gaderioh afcseate, book a few pieces and then secured a. east of the United Church. Clocuna,re largo folded pipe: yellowed with for the County of Huron. Telepkecag age, covered with led seals of wax No. 4.6.' and tied with dull ribbon that once perhaps had been of some bright DR. C. M!AiOKAY.—C. ' ec&s s colo'!: Together we dCapevdad ed honor graduate of Trin'ity"Univet- p+ the room below, where Cape sdtdwed a•nd .gold medallist of Trin�iey Mclicell the paper and the gold to his master. College; member of the College a IThe Corn Bug stared in amaze- Plhysicians and Surgeons of Oalisfa. nicht, and was reaching for the moray ,when Cupe stopped him. "You can't touch de gold, Morse, DIR. F. 5, R. FOlR1SITER-Eye, Ewe de gold ant not for you," Nose and Throat. Graduate iri'•+dit-• "Give me the paper," the meet cine, University of Toronto ' A, impusively de'mand'ed. Late Assistant New York Opp "1-leah ,am de ,ducametrts, Morse, de mic and Aural Institute, Moor paper what ole Colonel, your grand- Eye, and Golden Square throat wools papsay ter mypap would gib tals, London, England. At Cesilicree you all de lands you can see from de ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd 3vIondeejsu, top of the ole Hickory." each month, from ,11 a.m. te• 1 The white matt took the pe -per, turned it about, eyed it curiously, and then handed' it back to Cupe, He could not read, ' DR. W. C. SiTROAT,--Graderaie: air Faculty of , Medicine, University sir Western Ontarid, ^,London. ; Hunker of College of Physicians and Sae - polls of Ontari.b.- Office in rear of Aberhart's drug' store, Scediiet& Phone 90. Hours 1,30-4 p.m., Bei: -9 p.m. Other hours by appoiatr'erte. FARM Ai?ID DSOL•ATE'D TOWN PIRIOIPIE'RITY, 0 +N 'L Y, IIN'SURED Officers— John 'Bemhew•ies, 'B'rod- hagen, ,President; las, Connolly, 'God- erich, Vice -Pres. ID ,F F. 'McGregor, Seaforth No. 4, Sec.-'Treas. Directors—iGeo, R. McCartney, Sea - DR. F. J. BECI31ELY, grmfirats: Royal College of Dental Surgencir,, Toronto, Office over W. R Serfttli..e grocery, - Main St., Seaforth. 'tE.aaese office 185'W, residence Auctioneer. forth No. 3; Alex, Broadfoot, Sea - forth Lemma No. 3; James Evan's, (Seaforth Auctioneer for the.. County of 'Mane - No, 15; IRobk, Ferris, Blyth No. 1; Jas. !Arrangements can be made'for S S'holdice, W'a'iter No. 4; John LPepper, Date at The Seaforth News. Ci g+� Brucegeld; William Knox, Londes- moderate and satisfaction gureet**p borough. Agents—Jas. Watt, (Blyth No. 1; W. E.'Hiochley, 1Seafot)tll; J. A. Murray, WAdSON AND i E 1' Seaforth 'b o. 3, w; • J: - Yeo; •' $;limon° a -No..3; .R. 'G. Jarmuth, Bornholm. �y 2EAI: x.15 Auditors — Jas. Kerr, :Seaforth; Thos. Moylan, Seafort'h'No: 5. AND INSURANCE AG&1a-7e„ Parties desirous to effect insurance (Succssors to James 'Wetsaeh or "transact other business, will be MAW ST., SEAPORTS, t3S51E promptly attended to by applications to any .of the above named officers ad- All kinds of Insurance risks PS^' - dressed to their respective post ed at lowest rates in Firs: -Clash offices. Companies. .•o-.•. .-.-r.r-.•.-.-. you this day, Marse, when the sun was shining, dat his heals boy would coins when de 'bat flap, and ,de owl hoot to- night, and dat Bloody Hollah would mix itself again in tie coxisahns oh dis family?" "Yes," the Corn Bug 'reluctantly adxnttted, "Now 1•issen," eomtinue'el the negro. "Doan tempt Providence, Marse; dah air tings de preachah dean know; tings dat tea'Nhch's can't read' out ob books; tings an ole nigger knows bet- tah dan book -harmed folks, Dah air tings white men can't teach a nigger; 'case nigger sense aint altogeddah same es white man's sense; and doh air tings a nagger can't splain tie hone and whah'foh ob to white folks, 'case white folks sense aint 'z'actly like nig- ger sense. Kin de dawg splain how he coteh de trail of de coon? Need'h am all niggers de same. S'pose Cupe. should try to s'ho'w dere' half . white .niggers, poo' mean trash, what / my grav'dpap lain from iris ole mammy, who dot sense wid iter out obde' hot Gol'coast country, what could Cupe do? Nuffin. Might as well try to teach white 'folks es sech niggers. Ya, ya, ya," lie chuckled. 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