Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-06-30

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wrong, and just as did SO, thar was a
powerful flash of lightenin' which made me
feel quar-; / always was afraid of thunder
and lightenin', and the Squire, says he: 4
ezNed p
"Ser," says /.
"Ned," say he " the hosses Is missin."
"Missinp' ses I.
eyes," ses he, Z" and want. you to hunt
'em."
Well, hated mighty to start off, and it o
lightenin' and thunderin' SO, and it in the
dark but I was ashamed to say was
afeard, so just afore day broke, | fixed up
and started off in tother direction to hunt
the hosses. Well, / went on thinking
where the hosses could be, and how it could
be supposed could find 'em in the dark;
and a thinking too suppose | should come
across jack.o.me. lantern, and be carried
by it through gravc-yards, briah. h.patches,
logs and swamps, and | should be lost and
starved to death in the woods by myself;
when looked up and day was fairly broke;
was nightly relieved at this for | never
was afraid of any thing in daylight, so /
went on lookin' for the hosses, and called
'cm-coap! comp coap!-and whistled for
'em, but could hear nor see nothin' of 'em.
The first thing ! knowed, / seed one of
the biggest white houses l ever had seen,
with powerful great clesrin'-barnR, and
stables, niger houses and palms all around
the house, all as white as snow. So |
thought I'd go up and ak about the hosses
went up to the big gate, it was at the
road bout seventy yards from the house,
but | didn't see nobody at all. Well, |
didn't know what to do, begin to feel all
was not right, but couldn't git away.
Howsrmever, so it was, stood thar calling
the hosses, coap! coap coap but L didn't
hear 'cm nicker. Well the first thing l
knowed, seed niger come out to the
side Of the pailins, and there he was
peepin' at me, and peepin' at me.
Won't you come in ser" says he. -
Being always bred to manners, | thanked
him and told him yes.
"I started rcry yearly this morning, I
started atore day, out huntin' my hOsses,"
says |.
He never sed one word, but rather grimm
ed like.
BY this time sun was up, and we had got
to the house-golly it was a fine 'un ! lass
windows! brick chimnies |! piazers! porti
Goes sich as you see in Nashville town ::
think.ses-I, am in luck; not having the
least idea of what it really war, and what
war to come. By this time could see the
heads of several niggers, black, and some
mallatters, grinning at me thro' the 6 lass
windows but | had no suspicion; a big
old yaller feller opened the door and bowed
mighty polite.
"Walk in the parlor and take seat sir,"
ses he.
l thanked him and told him yes. "Ihad
started rery yearly this mornin. l had
started aforc dag ont to hunt my bosses"
But as to the place whar he TUX me to,
which he called the parlor! The walls
were as white as could be all around the
windows hung certains, red and white, with
brass bands to hold 'em back; and there
war fire blazin' away, with two great
brass fire dogs, an brass thing round the
fire too keep it in reckon. And there was
a cloth thing on the floor, and bigger nor
any blanket, and pulitzer nor any saxon
you ever seed an tables war pure 'hoeany.
Well, jest as ware gwine to sci
down, little 'oman came to the door and
in the sweetest voice you ever hearn ses
| she :-.->.--
"Wount you walk in an take some
breakfast SIR"
felt sortcr hungry, an thanked her and
told her yes; ses i
81 started pery yearly this mornin' I
started atorc day to hunt my bosses.
So followed her inter the next room an
my eyes thar was only two white 'uns,
man what looked about 25 or 80 years old
all dressed in broad cloth, standin' up with
his hands on the back OF cheer, up to
table, an nightly young oman the put
terest you ever seed. dressed all in white, an
the gentleman, as took it for ses he
"Take cheer SER" just as perlite, Z" an
take breakfast, | expect you are tired Tor
somethin' So
pulled off my hat an went to lay it
down, but one of the niggers, who had
white cloth in his hand, with apron on
tuck it from me, an never seed it any
moro. So thanked the gentleman las |
thought,) an told him | would as 1 had
started gerry yearly this mornin, started
aforc day out a huntin my bosses" At that
minute the gentleman sneezed, and the lady
she stopped down sorter an the niggers be.
gun to snigger the quarest you eve hearn.
Seeing the lady still kept her head down, |
thought somethin' was under the table, so |
looked down an saw somethin' white in my
lap and thought it was my handkerchief, in
course nothin' war the matter, just poked
it in-and poked it into my pocket about
this time the lady looked up, and zounds !!
her face was as red as blood, and she looked
like she had been crying. All this time !
ware trying to git in my linnin and KEEP
lookin' bout me eatin so no one mite see
what I ,uoc ot tho noyt thinp | kpntyed The