New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-31
I'm cold blood How was i. . Tell me. I"

Wien asked tbs qucft4Cn the Old Lorrc laying midc
lis spade squstieI tie grass aud tlcn in
broken sentences ard with :cGuor, interruptions OK
rrossive q the intensity # Lis feelings, he told NE
about his grandson.
lyon sees, massa, his pore muddor-dc ony child
We hed-die when Peter berry little ting. not No
higher II dat grahesone so lie was fetched up long oh
ole folks like e lie our own chile. He wus
great coulart ter U.s. Sar obery body tack him.
al ebeIy body say what likely boy Potr wus-he u
soe ory time, fur tousand dollar an in good hacker
times he wael in hacker taciry) be q lIung If
teen hunIed. easy, EAR. Wall, when dc Seccsh
make de hig skedsdIc, massa Fwoed long wiG
'am On he tuck Peter wid him. Dat Almost
broked my ole heart sar. ease he WIS all hedoll
he'd. sar hut it wus dc Lords Will an sides
!. couldn't be holped no how. Wall Peter, kept long
wid de Seoesh nigh cntor var, an den dcy want ter
make him gunner ter ba,try, but Peter tolc ON lie
wouldn't Oh de NordCrn remmeD, dat an friends ;cr dc
track folks. way-not fur 10 sldrGtion, ear. Den
dcy Glib him awful whirpn'. an lock him W in dc
Jail lie got way dough an af'er mos credible suiin,
sar got widin de lines. Dat WIS Don't dc time dG;
Gnral Rosey was gvire ter srniic dc Phils'urs Wild
de hip an tiCh, down dar ter StunIibcr Wall, dcy
want Peter gwo long wild dc waius. az Peter axcd
ne what ho should dc. Now, he WIS al he'd sar all
he'd; an sol my berry life on dat 10y but tolc him
and here the old Strengthened up his bent form.
and his skrunken features assumed look Of quiet
dignity, Il tolc hin. saT dat he hednt but one life,
an ter GLIB dat FIR his country an de track folks An
he done il. lie done il, sar An Ct deyd on'y gib'n
him muskci, sarT 1Iore swaying his body back and
forth. he burst into paroxysm Of grief "ony gbn
him nusket sar an Jeff him fl de Secesh-but. ter
die So sar-,cr die SO; II too lardit clean broke
ole Joo's heart. sar."
And how did he die, Uncle I" 1 asked when be be
came somewhat composed.
I'm q tell You. sar. II was dis O way. Peter he
swo off wild de wagins an gwo OF wild him. case, ye
sees, couldn't be OBJ no yere an dor WIS no tolin
but mough, DO sufa down dar; sides couldn't bar
ter DO way frgm Peter far suin ycre, 1ayng his
hand bis hearD. teled me dat trubbe a comm.
Wall On de day ob dc flst battle WIS in dc rar-
bout fifty wagins US. ell wild brack dIibers. an
n white Le.toDan-an q planter hbin' bout dr rid
up an teod DC Leftcnan' dat McCook druv ter
uovhar. an dat he'd jess n seed Wheolors calvary
bout fee toGfand Oh uu.-leadn norf an be reokoned
dey swinc Ter come down on Cuanol Innis up ter
Lavernc lie say some one oTtoT gwo up AL Jeff dc
CunuG know. but he couldn't gwo, case he went fur
Seccsh. an cherry one round oar know q lin. De LET
euan lie say hab ter gwo case Ger WIS 10 ono dat
could be speered bu: me-ye sees Peter an driv dc
same wagn, an he'd dc same wages, bu, dc Loftcnan
he sot Nigh ne. an lie gib ny ra,ons. 20 tort
could rib ny cloes ter dc country. We hednt none
bu; de wsgin bosses. but &c planter. he say WITS
welcome tcr hisn, so l got on ter him. an rid of ter
tel Cgnnel IHIis. ODE Lords hand WIS In dat. ear
Sometimes He cut down de Young sspn's ar leah de
ole Trees a gIow.n) / ielied Cunnel InLis wloi
&c pa;ier say. an de Cunne, dough be hednt uoro'n
bout free hunrod men, 'peared berry glad ter ycre it
hem Dc gemman, saT, dat doant surrender much.
Wal, &c Cunnel lie II ut me jess like i WIS white
man an make me tarry drr obor night Airy Dc neI
moruin fwoes back ter whAr De wagons was AL dcy
wasn't Oar, but daT. AL around, de ground q cob
cred aid brack mep-sAoited dovu-dead !"
Here tie old negro rarsed for q rnomon, Ills lips
moved silently. but lie shed no tears said nothing.
and be scon resumed his story;
"Ilucl'd al boat an could II lne 40 sign oh Pc
ter; but arteT q while gwoed down dc PIKE ar dar,
right in de middle Oh de road. o man In Peters
cloes wild his head 20 nigh bowed Of dat could nj
ten Who lie WIS. ! could Mt bheye u WIS Peter but
knoe!ed down aside Oh lin az prayed an den "a
IN Lis pocket az fine DC Bible he'd gibn ter Peter
II WIS him. j shot my eyes an groaned. When ]
open'd 'um sgin de tky was brack-it warn't more'n
ten Ia de Inornln--aDd de yerih wus brack al dar
want no sun. moon. no stars In de heabchs
On de Lord hisseh peared ter hab lf de univarse.
cot dar IN sot dar an so OAR night Ia &c road how
long Ia neber know and at LAS de hoss-ld lei hin
gvo a browsin In dc wcods-come up ter me- TN pat
tn bis head down ter mine cried tn whinDetd Jess
loike lie knowd de great trabble dat wus on me Dat
sort o brung nc ter myself. an tlnkn dc pore crtier
woItcd some water rix up On DRAWN Peter under
q tree left him dAT fur I'd muffin ter bury him Wild
and sides tort Il he above ground de Lord-ef
dar wus AIRY Lord leT-ooGld Mt hop seem him. al
20 he'd be q sort O. lbln witress agin dem as he'd
murdered him"
And who murdered him T. ] asked.
DE Wheeler calvary DAT wed bin q warned ngin
dey come oer do train right arier gwoed way tuck
de wagns an shot down do drbers In cole blood. case
dey wa brack De Leftenan be sot high Peter. an
when lie seed whot dey dom. he tole dc Scocsh
Major he'd GLIB tousand dollar fur Peters life But dc
Major, he say he warnt no Dggcrtrader. an den he
mt his voyer right sque agin Peters head on bio"
lila brains ell ober de Le.tenan. DE Lef.enan' wus
a changed afterwards, an tcled me Ill bout bow II
WIS
WAL totcd de boss OF ter run bout mile back
but lie wouldn't drink-peGTed loike he Enowcd what
WIS comm on him. al didn't koer bout nnihn more
OIL dis ycrth. Idayered de cannon firm of on de
battle field all do mornin an wanted ter git out oh
trabble-I knows dot WIS wrong, sar, bnt couldn't
holp so turn de boss roun an gwos of ter de battle
-tey didn't call it battle dat day, hut dey kop
irin' de big guns all dc time j hadn't nd more free
mile fore shot bit de pore boss on dc shoulder right
afore me an Kill him ter onst AT fnsi tort "us
dead too fur was frowed long way. but i warnt
hurried nj al. Wall. do boss die, an couldn't DO
muffin for him. gifts up an gwoeS Oh higher ter dc
battle walk on an walk on an at lass come ter de
place whar dey fit 90 two days arterwuIds-dey call 1t
Ueps halfacre'-itm cus ter whar de pike runs
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