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.
