Show JU I U r GABRIEL A Novel o of Reconstruction TOLLIVER By Dy Joel Chandler Harris 5 J Copyright 1902 b by Joel Joet Chandler Harris I U Continued from Yesterday looby sho I kin honc honey What you reckon I been loin doln all all long tong shorts cf ef I dunner how ter tel spell h Why I could pell long IonS to fo I J knowd my own name Lets hear you rou spell then said Isan Nati egg o dog doS was the prompt re rc- rc Nan looked at Uncle Plato to see sec if ir ho he c was Joking but he ho was solemn solemn- ity t itself E cbS egg cm he continued Now spell John A. A Murrell said Nan Murrell the land pirate was one of her favorite heroes at nt this time Uncle Plato pretended to be very cry much shocked Why honey hone dat dut man rank r En Ln n he want how bow you ou speck me ter tel spell er somebody which i I aint never nc laid eyes on Well Yell spell goose then said Nan seeing a flock nock of oC geese marching stiffly in single file me across a 0 field neld near the road load Uncle Plato looked at them carefully enough to take e their measure and then shook his head solemnly Deyer so som m many n un urn um honey be hard fer ter tel spell Well Veil just spell one of them then Nan suggested S Which Un un hone honey Any one you ou choo choose c. c Uncle Plato studied over the thc matter mattera a moment and ana again shook his head Uh ulm hone honey ef eC you OU speck me mc fer ter spell goose boose you ou got t ter r pick out dc do one you OU want ant me imie tel ter spell I Well spell pell the one behind all aU the I rest Uncle Plato again shook hIs Ills head Dat ar goose got half grown goslins g an I aint never how ter spell boo goose e wid half grown golins g Then spell the one next to the head Nan Xan was Inexorable Dat ar at- aint no goose replied Uncle Plato with an air all of triumph a gander gandel I dont don't belle believe you rou know how to spell goo goose e. e said Nan with something like scorn corn Dont you ou fool Cool yosef oser hone honey replied Uncle Plato In a tone of confidence You git sit me a great big fat un un not too ol or nn nn an not too young oung an fill er cr full er an bake bak er cr brown In de bl big oven an save all de an put puter puter puter er on de do table not fur CUI fum Cum whar I be settin at an an gl me a pone cr Ct orn bread bicad an dont don't have no an laughin In de le game game an an ef et I dont don't sp spell ll dat goose Ill I'll come mighty mIght nigh It I will Ef I dont don't spell er dey wont won't be C fer tel de nex man ter tel spell You kin pen on or dat hone honey Nan suddenly called Uncle Platos Plato's at attention attention at- at to the carriage horses which were hitched to the wagon She said she knew their theil names well enough when they were pulling the carriage but now now- you ou changed the hors horses horse's s Uncle Uncle Un Un- cle etc Plato she asked How I change um urn hone honey I mean haven't you ou changed their places No maam ma'am he answered with con con- emphasis No Xo maam ma'am ef cC I tem tel put dat off orf boss hoss in de lead joud oud see some mighty high kickin you sho would Oh lets let's t try It It cried Nan an with real ea eagerness erness The old negro had just jURt given his head a preliminary shake when the rattle o of ofa ofa a kettledrum was heard and above the rattle a fife was wa shrilling The shrill ute life and the roll and ana rattIe rattle rat rat- tIe lie of or the drums These were sounds saunas somewhat new to Shady Dale In 1860 but presently they the were to be heard all allover allover allover over th Ure land The drums were beating the signal for calling together the men of the Shad Shady ShadyDale ShadyDale Dale scouts and ana the m meeting was for tor forthe forthe the purpose of organizing and electing electing- officers All this was accomplished and andIn andIn andin in due time the company was rl rigged out in the finest uniforms the children had ever seen At least twice a week the they marched through the streets and ana out In Into Into into In- In to the Bermuda fields where the they had their drilling grounds These were glorious glorious glo glo- rious days dars for tor the youngsters Nan was wasso wasso so 0 enthusiastic that she organized a 3 company of ot little negroes and insisted on being the Captain Gabriel was the First Lieutenant and Cephas was Wag the Second She wore a paper hat of the true Napoleonic cut and carried In one hand her famous sword gun and the colors In the other Th The oldest private in Nans Nan's company compan was 9 the youngest 4 The uniforms of or these thc sun-seasoned sun troops was the regulation plantation fatigue dress dress dress-a t 5 a shirt coming to the knees Two or three of at the smaller privates Pr- Pr al yates vates s had evidently fallen tallen victims to tho pot liquor and buttermilk habits for their bellies stuck out black and glistenIng glistening glistening glisten glisten- ing from rents in their shirts One afternoon as Nan was drilling her troops she chanced to glance glanco down the road and saw a wagon coming along llong Deploying her comp company n across the highway she went forward in person person person per per- son to reconnoitre She soon Eoon discovered that the wagon was driven b by Uncle Plato Running back to her veterans she placed herself In front of them and calmly awaited results Sl Slowly the fat horses horse dragged the wagon along when suddenly Nan cried Halt Half whereupon the drummer began to belabor his tin pan pan panl while Nan leveled her tier fatuous famous s gun sword gun Td-gun at Uncle Plato Bang she exclaimed and then Wh Why didn't you ou fall tall oft ore the wagon she cried as Uncle Plato remained Immovable If the truth must be told Uncle Plato had been dozing and when he awoke he viewed the scene before him with astonishment Ef Id I'd a fell tell de ae wagon honey hone who gwine ter tel pick me up he asked laughing Why Vh no one is picked ed up In war warIs war Is 18 war var hone honey Of Ot course It la Is Nan declared Docs Does bofe bore sides hatter hafter take part In Inde Ine inde de e rucus asked Uncle Plato making a terrible face at the little tittle negroes of or said Nan Why V h course Seeing the scowl Nans Nan's ans an's veteran troops began to edge edse slowly toward the nearest nearest nearest near near- est breach In the fence Uncle Plato seized his whip and md pretended to be clambering from Crom the wagon Continued Tomorrow |