Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-09

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ing to his companion who had gone below,
"Hyar's h-ll up hyar, sartin--we're dead
agroun'," and down into the cabin went,
Kage: . E.aa -..z..-.;.s f..,s - ,7ra
i Every few minutes, however, he would
stick his head out, and cast an anxious look
along shore. After bobbing in and out
and his party on their way to the shore, all
armed seFast by hockey, and hyar they
comes-the Gin'ral and bout forty niggcrs il
with guns, all comm down to that id i
ole scow in yonder, whatll bring 'em all off
to one time Well, it ar too bad, too bad
two hundred poun' hog and no place to q,
hide him in; water only six inches deep,
an the ole craft fast as thunder. Yes, hyar
they comes, sure 'nough, but it won't never
do for 'em to get aboard hyar, no how, or
some on us will hev to stop over night to
Alexandria, and I'm posed to sleepin' in
that town, I am No, it won't never do
for 'em to come aboard they'd see that
hog, and know he war no wild one. but
'long'd to the ole -Gin'ral, sartin. Hyar,
Bill, just you roll up in that thar ole blan-
kit, and tend to be SICK, and put on the
gronin', and hev the smallpox. an diareyar a
and yaller fever, an all them sort oy things, o.
an I'll build smoke, an make noise
an play h-ll generally an deck And
out of the cabin he came, crying and wiring.
ing his hands, and commenced running up
and down the deck. -, ~
By this time the party on the shore werc
nearly down to the water, and kage, ap-
parently noticing them for the first time,
stopped short in his running, and stood look d
ing at them and crying and wringing his
hands in perfect despair. Suddenly, as if .
the thought had just struck him, he rushed
to his skiff, jumped in, and commenced pad
ding as if for the shore, all the time crying
in tone and with an energy which should
carry conviction to the shore party that he
had met with some dire calamity. When
nearly to the shore, he commenced calling
to the General-yet all the time crying
"Oh, Gin'ral! do come aboard to see my
brother-he ar got somat as ails him bad!
He ar black as a crow, an, a-vomican stuff
jest as black oh! do come aboard +
'speck he's got the yallar. fever. Dc, come
off an see him-do Gin raj T m sartin he ell Il
die eff you don't, an yallar fever's sure death.
they say. Oh! do come, Gin'ral. Boo-'
ooh-ooh boo hp' - 9 afa" od5
| BY this time he was ashore, and APPROACH
ing the General, begging him to ''Come a.
board-my brothers got the yallar fever
Boo-ooh-ooh ! boo-ooh-ooh!" The General;
had no disposition to visit case Of yellow;
fever, nor to have a case visit him or his
negroes, and commenced backing away, as
Kage approached, and, calling to him or
dered him to stop where he was, to come no
nearer but Kage still approached, and the
General still backed and made his party
back too. "Stop, you id rascalp' said
the General, "stop where you are, and tell
me what's the matter" Kage still ap-r
preaching Stop, tell you, stop r -
Kage still approaching" "Yaller fever =
Boo-ooh-ooh boo-ooh-ooh! Oh! do come
aboard, Gin'ral my brothers got the yaller
fever, an a vomican blacknin'. Oh ! do
come aboard, or he'll jist die, for yaller fe-
vers sure death. Oh, do Gin'ral! Won't
you? Boo-ooh-ooh! boo-ooh- ooh !'' ''Stop,:
[ tell you p cried the General; ''Stop Or
[ will shoot you, you ID rascal! Boys
Speaking to his men, keep back; 60 back
to the house, all of you. Get away quick
II don't want the yellow fever among you.
Stop [ say Speaking to Kage, who was
still approaching him;) if you come foot
nearer to me I'll shoot you! General
backing off, Go back to your vessel, and
clear out from here, and don't put your
Id yellow-fever-carrying carcass on my
shore again. Put off with you" General
still backing off, Kage drops on his knees
and implores him to ''come aboard to see
na1 dxin, hrotAer what's got the Yaller fever,
and vomican blacknin' BY the gallon: On:
do come Gin'r do come-oh, dol Boo
ooh-ooh boo-ooh-ooh p .'| '-1.' '.
The General still backing off, and order
ing Kage to ''clear out, the latter, spring.
ing to his feet, and crying and wiring his
hands, mado for his skif and was soon a.
gain on board AS he went over the side
he observed she was afoat, and going into
the cabin, Immediately returned, making,
if possibles noise than before, picked
up pole, and pushed her into deeper wa
ter AS soon as she was perfectly clear Of
the bottom, the sails were trimmed, the
skiff hauled on board, the crying stopped,
Bill on deck and the wind fair, they left the
cove, the General standing ON hill on
shore, watching them, and, no doubt, won
dering at the speedy recovery Of 'tmy sick
brother, what's got the yaller fever, an
vomican blacknin' by the gallon -
Yours truly, JERRY,
nxg-Raaut;f,l ava worry haa antifnl is tho