The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-11-26
A rHUU STORY. UErERrEp WoHu
Fuu WuuD A. 1 HEARD II

JOYS H#f ..tHzs HH haE sAt Eta~Ift f.#H " H-
oar servant. and colarc3. She wa ai
mighty frame aaa stature, sae was 90
yean ola, bul hcr ege WAS undimme4
aa8 her strength uaabaled She was 5
cheerful, hearty ED s5Hl, and &c was no
moro lraub'e Tor hcr go laugh ihau i& Is
f7r bird 10 sing She aas under fire,
naw, as usual when thc dag is done
That is 90 say, she was being chade1
without mercy, su3 was enjoying 1t,
She would LET al peal after peal Of laugh
Ter, and then at with her face in her
hand. Ba1 shake with throcs Of enjoy
inert which she could Ho longer get
breath enough to express Al such a
moment 81 this o thought occurred TO
me, aud ! said:
Aunt Rachel, how IS IL that you've
lived sixty ycars aud never bad any
lroub1ef
She stopped quakiug She paused,
aud there wac O moment of silence. She
turned her face over her shoulder toward
me and said, without even a silence in
her voice:
Misto c., is you in earnest?
II surprised nae a good deal; and it
sobered my manner and my speech, too,
I said:
Why, | thougbt-ihat is, meant
you can't have had any trouble. I've
never heard You Sigh, and never seen
your eyc when there wasn't "a laugh IN
.H.
She faced fairly around now, and was
full Of earnesiness
Has had any trouble: Misto G.,
Is gwyne TO tell you, den leave it to
you. was bawu down 'mong.t de
slaves; / knows all bout slavery, case |
ben Of 'em my own self Well, sah, my
old mandate my husban'-he was
loyiu' an Kind 10 me, jist as Kind as You
is TO yo' own wife. An we had chil'en
seven chil'cu-an' we loved dem
chiPeu. Dey was black, but de Lord
can't make no chreuso black but what
dey mother loves 'em an wouldn't give
'em up, 10, not for anything dars in dis
whole world.
Wen, sab, was raised In ole Fo'giu-
ny, but my mother she was raised in
Maryland; an my souls! she was turri-
bic when she'd git started My Ian! but
she'd make de fur fly! When she'd git
into dem tautrums, she always had one
word dat she said She'd straighten her.
self up an put her fist in her hips aud
say, | want you to understand dat
want bawn in de mash 10 be fool by
trash! Is ore o de ole Blue Hens
Chickens. is! Case, you see, dats
what folhs date hawn ia Maryland calls
deyselyes, an dey's proud Of il. Well,
da's was her word. don't ever forgit
| it, bcca'se she said it so much, an beca'sC
she said it one day when my little Henry
tore his wris' awful, an most busted bis
head right up at de top Of his forehead
an de niggers didn't fly aroun' fas
enough to tend to him An when dey
| talk back at her, she up an she says,
want YOU Higgers 10 understan' dat
/ want bawn in dc mash to be fooP by
trashl l's one O. de ole Blue Hens
Chickens, | is! an den she car' dai
kitchen an bandage up de chile herself
So says dat word, too, when rs riled.
/ Well, bymeby, my old mistis says she''
broke, and she's got to sell all de niger
on de place. An when heah da they
gwyne to sell all off at ocliou in Rich
mon, oh de good gracious! know wha
/ DAT mean!
Aunt Rachel had gradually risen, Will,
she warmed to her subject, aud now shC
lowered above us, back against the
stairs.
Dey put chains on II, an put rs on d
stau as high as dis porch-twcnty foo
high-au' all dc people stood arouu'
crowds an crowds. An dey'd come ~
dab an look at IL, all rouu an squeea,
oar arm, au' make Il, git up an walk, an
den say, Dis one too ole, or Dis ont
lame, or Dis one don't mount 10 much
An dey sole my ole man, AN took hin
away, an doy begin to sell my chil'el
and take dem away, an | begin to cry
asa do man say, Shet up yo' dam blub
BERN, an hit me on de mouf wild hi
hau' An when De las one was gout
but my little Henry, grab him elost NJ
TO by brcss 30, au' ris up an says, YoJ
shaut take him away, says; III kin IL
man dat letches him! says Bat m,
/ little Henry whisper an say, ! gwyne Il
run away, an den | work an buy yo
freedom. Oh, bless de chile, he alway
so good Bat dey got him -dey got him
do meu did but took and tear Dc clo'e
mos of Of 'em an beat 'en over To
head wild mo chain; and dey give it e.
me too, but / didn't mind Jai.
Well, dsh was my ole man gone, 90
all my ebil'eu. all my seven chiPen-a
/. six Of 'em haiu't set eges on ag'in to di
day, an dst- tweBty-oue years ago la.
Ea,ter. DE man dst bonQAl me b'lon
+ in Newberu, aH bee took me dab. Wei
aymeby de years roll on on de waw eum
z Ny mafstcr be vas a c0nledrit colouc
au was bic tami'y's cook. So wheu q
Unions took aal town dcy ell run ava
az Ief7 me afI by myse)f vid de othe
uigsers ln dat mons'us big house, 50 d
big uniou ogeers move 90 dab, sn' de
ask inc would | cook f5r dem. Loa
#b'ea son, dats what &. i1ri
D,y warnT $40 small fry oli-srs, min
q you, dsg wss De biggest aey is; az d
WAY dey maae dem sojer. fao-gy round
DE gen be t9ie ne 10 bnss dat kitchen