St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-23

i" our long gallery Of memory Saints
one takes Iaius to r. .menber, aud their
scenes; but sa'yrs "nc endeavors m los.,
'Aave you had enou.h o' the siitt.~n -
asked B'ddulph. "Shall we go up
tThe,'ve put Us all three in t. same rr.,n
but bivouacs in the same big room-Ou'.
Du'rs-are What We sre best used to-
Two aud a.hali beds. one b.uken back
led chair, washstand decked With IN an.
cien'-frnged towel and AZ abandoned
t"'th brush. one tora slipper, and stove.
|pips hole, furnished our bcd-etamber.
!" We were about u cAst l,ts f"r the half:
bed, when ve heard two men enter the
next room. The partition was only ~: ..
pasted over lath, ani Gu, up as If Por.
de' Ru ian member Of Congress d pruc.
tised 1t it with bowie knife before a
street fight. Every word Of our neigh
bors Game t" us They were talking Of a
'slave bargain. l eliminate their a'hs,
though such filtration does them iniu~
ice.
"kiyht hundred dollars,' said the frs,
speaker, and his vnice startled W as if y
dead man We knew had spokrn. "Eixh,
hundrcd-that's tn. top Of my pile fo'
that 10y. Eff he waro't 50 I'D and hadn' :
""e eye poked out, sgree he'd be vutI.
u heap m"e.'
"Waal trades trade. I'll take yer
stump Count out yer dimes, and Ill 6ll
"ut blyuk bill Ut sale. Murker, the
boys y"ur'n."
! "MArker!' We started ut The name.
his vas the s.tyr We had observed in the
bar.room Had Fulano's victim crel.t
,, from under his cain in Lu..ernal Alley
and chss. d Us t" tax flesh here and harm
Us a.ai" (F"lan'', Wades horse, had
trampl.d to death, william If that name
VII" attacked Il em on the Plains.l
, The likeness, look, v"ice and mare
were presently ace .nnted f;'r.
You're boxing for your brother out
from Sacr4menter bout now. / reckon"
said the trader.
"lle wur comin' cross lots with man
named Larr"p, par'lencr Of hi<'n Like
enough they've stayed over winter in Salt
Lake. They >u.hter rake down y most
'''"untnin'"us pile thar"
"N"rm",s il flush and sassy with their
lines scnce the emigration. Now thur
yer bill IF sale. all right"
"A"d thar's yer m"ney, all right"
THAT ares wut call screecl,in' ynd
price for an old. "ne-ey i niger -Four
teen hundred d'llars-sn all fred price"
Eight hundred, you mean"
"N"; fourteen. Yer see yer not up
ter taime on tn niSycr question. ''kn"w
'em like a church steeple When l hou lit
that are boy, now c'nin' three. year, l
zee he wuz spriyhtiy niy.er. one CT yer
ambitious sort what would be mighty AZ,
to git frscti. Us, an be maxim tracks. on
less I g"t holt on him. So. seq to him,
Ham. you're sprightly niger, one O.
he real ambitious sort, now si.icher:' H..
allowed he warn't nothin' else. 'Wsal
a l. Ham how'd you like t" buy yer
>eIt, an be tree niger, az hev u h u
flyer own. an y woman Of yer own. al
j So like white f'lk>:' 'I"r,' $z h
'Na~Sa Id like it h.ep.' 'Waal, SEE
you j's, scrabble r,urd an r.;-e me *cvc,
"u derd dollars an' III s*'Il y'u to ycrse''
,."' cheap 1t that So yer see he b''.,n"
so pav up. an / got holt on him He'>
i handy nisser, an like', niger. an IL
l",p'ler niger. lie k;, pity On 'ht 4 llL
like t'imc-pooty nigh a NJ us'ril it th,,
are Niger. He kin cut hair, and fly
ueefs'eaA with syry man. ''e kin drive
team, nj" do little j;"er work, a. sI'oe /.
mule when thar amt II, rex ar lac
smi h r'una. lie made these yer hH't
a''' re-''ar st"'npers they is He's one
them chirrupy, snili"' nix gers, with whi,r
tecth and ye~tcet mau"ers, whit critters
snd t'aks MT rally takes to. :.Waal. h.
picked up the bits an quarters riyh
an mart art. He's been at it, lnm;;nr r. abe {"
RAIL ambitious, fur bout three yearr aar Last .a
3 Sunday, after q church, ", be pi"ted ul' th'
last IL Of the six hundred. ). I ,llowct;
WIS cOn'e time ~ sell IN He wus 60,
tin. his head drawed, an' his idees net III.
fses1on very unhealthy. 3 {. didn't like a.