A Fool's Errand Volume 1-2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...the back porch, and called sharply, but quietly, --" William! Oh, William!" A voice in the direction of the stables answered, --" Ma'am? " " Come here at once." " Oh, Maggie l " she called. " Ma'am 'B " from the kitchen. "Bring me a cup of coffee, some biscuits, and an egg. quick I " " Law sakes, chile, what makes ye in sech a hurry? Supper 'll be ready direckly Miss Mettie gits home. Can't yer wait? " answered the colored woman querulously. "Never mind. I'll do without it, if it troubles you," said Lily quietly. "Bress my soul I No trouble at all, Miss Lily," said the woman, entirely mollified by the soft answer. " On'y I couldn't see what made yer be in sech a powerful hurry. Ye'se hev 'em in a minit, honey." " William," said Lily, as the stable-boy appeared, "put my saddle on Young Lollard, and bring him round as quick as possible." "But Miss Lily, you know dat hoss"--the servant began to expostulate. " I know all about him, William. Don't wait to talk. Bring him out." " All right, Miss Lily," he replied, with a bow and a scrape. But, as he went toward the' stable, he soliloquized angrily, " Now, what for Miss Lily want to ride dat pertickerler hoss, you s'pose? Never did afore. Nobody but de kunnel ebber on his back, an'_'he hab his hands full wid him sometimes. Dese furrer-bred bosses jes' de debbil anyhowl Dar's dat Young Lollard now, it's jest 'bout all a man's life's wuth ter rub him down, an' saddle him. Why can't...