New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-25

barberin'.' he says; 'Ps gwyne to hne my
| ole nanny, leesn she's dead So he sole
| out an went to whah dey was fecrultin >
! an hired. hisssf out to de colonel tor his
/ servant; an den he went all frOo de battles
| every whah, huntin' for bis ole nanny; yes
! indeedy, he'd hire to fust one officer an den
another, tell he'd ransacked the whole
| Souf; but you see didn't know muffin bout
| dis: How was Igwyne to know it
! ,"Well. one night we had big sojer ball;
| de sejers dab at Newo bern was always hav.
| in balls an carryin' ON. Dey had 'em in
my kitchen, heaps o. times. 'cs'se it was 30
! big. Mine you. ! was dorm on sich doin's;
beca'se my place was wild de officers, an it
! rasp' me to have dem common sojers cavor.
! tin foun' my kitchen like dat. But Away
| stood aroun' an KEEP things straight. did;
I an sometimes deyd git my dander up, an
den I'd make 'em clay dat kitchen. mime
| tell YOU:
"Well. ono night-it was a Friday night
deg comes a whole platoon TIM . Niger
| de house was headqrartere. you know.-an'
I den ! ~as list a-bilin:.' Mad! ! was iiss
a-boomi't! l swelled aroun', an swelled
| aroun': jist was aitchin' for 'em to do
! sOmefn for to start me. an dey was
! a-waltzin' an a-dancin'. my but dey was
havin' . time: an jist a-swellin' an a-swel.
in'up: Poorly soon, long comes SIGH spruce
young Niger a-sailin' down de roous
I wild yaller We men rOun' de wais'; an 3oun'
make q body drunk TO hook at 'em; an
when dey got abreas' o me, dey went to
| kim o balancin' arOun'. fust on one leg an
! den on t'Other, an snilin' at my big red
! turban, an makiu' fun. an ups an SAYS,
'Gt along wild you !-rub5age3 De young
! mans face kim o changed all Of sudden,
I for bout second, but den he went TO smil.
in agin, same rs he was befo'. Well, bout
dis time, in comes some niggers dat PLAYED
| music an b'long to do ban, an dey nerer
! could git along widout putin on airs. An
de very fust air dey put on dat night, lit
into 'em. Dey laughed, an dat made me
wuss. De res O. de niggers got to lauehin'.
an den my soul alire but I was hot! NV
eye was Just a-blazin'! jist Strengthened
myself up, so-jist - I is now, plum to de
ceilin' mos'--an' digs my fists into my hips
niggers to understan' dat want bawn in de
mash to be fool by trash. rs one O. de ole
Blue Hens Chickens, 1 is" an den 1 see
dat young man stan a-starn' an stiff, look
in kin O up at de ceilin' like he fo'got
somein, an couldn't member it no mo-.
Well, jist march on dem niggers-so,
lookin' like gen'l-an' dey jist cave away
befo' me an out at de do. An as dis young
man was a-goin' out, heah him say to
anoder Niger, Jim.' he says, you go long
an tell de cap'n I be on ham bout eight
o'clock in de mawnin'; dey's somefn on my
NINE he says; 4 don't sleep no mo- dis
night. You 60 long he says. AN leave mo
by my own self
"Dis was bout one O'Clock in de mawnin'.
Well, bout seven was up an on ham,
gittin' de officers breakfast. I was a-stoop-
in down by de stove-jist so, same as if
vo' foot was de stove-an' Id opened dc
stove do wild my right han'-so pushin'
it back, jist as pushes yo' foot-an'
I'd jist got de pan o hot biscuits in my
ham an was bout to raise up, when
see black face come aroun' under mine,
an de eyes alookin' up into mine, jist I
as IL s-lookin' up clost under vo' face now;
an l jist stopped right dab. an never |
budged jist gazed, an gazed, go; an de pan
begin to trembla, an all of sudden
knowed, De pan drop on de flo an I grab his
let ham an shove back his sleeve-jlst so. az |
Is doin' TO you-an' den goes for his fore
head an push de hair back, 80, an boy y
! says, If you amt my Henry, what is you
dom wild dis welt or 20 wis an dat skyAr
on 20 forehead! De Lord God OBJ heaven
be praise. got my own sg'in"
''Oh. no, Misto c.. hain't had no
trouble. An no joy !"-Aaantie.