The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-11-20

tniVur tph uHt oWh, IVY W. W" """y
an me all by myself wild de other niggcrs
in that mon-'us big hou-e. SO de big
union officers move in dab, an dey ask
me would COX for dem. lord bless
you, dats what rs for
"Dey want no small-fry officer, mine
you, dey was de biggest dey 10; an de
way dey made them soiers mosey roun'l
he gen'l he tole me 10 boss dat kitchen ;
an he say, II anybody comes meddlin'
wild you, you jist make 'cm walk chalk (;
don't you he afeard, he say, you's 'mong
frens now
"well, thinks TO myself IL my little
Henry got a chance to run away, he'd
make 10 de norf, O. course. So one day
! come in dab whah de big officers was,
in de parlor, an drops kurtchy, 80 an
up an tole 'em bout my Henry, dey
listcnin' to my troubles jist de same as If
was white folks; and says, What ]
come fur was b'case IL he got away and
come up to the norf whar you gemgen
comes from, You might ha' seen him,
maybe, an can tell me 80 as might see
him agin; he was very little, an he had
a sky-yar on his ler wris' an at de top Of
his forehead Den dey look mourniul,
an de gen'l say, How long since you
los him ?" an | say, thirteen years
Den de gen'l say, He wouldn't be little
no mo, now---hes MANI
al never Thought o. dat befo' He
was only dat little TELLER to me- yit i
never thought bout him CROWN up an
bein' big. But | sec il den. None o
de gcmman had run acrost him, 80 dey
couldn't do nothin' for me. But all dat
time, do Ididn't know it, my Henry ros
run off to de MORT, years an years, an he
was barber, too, an worked for hisse'f
An bymeby, when de waw come, he up
an he says. rs done barberin',' he
says. rs gwyne to find my ole nanny,
less'n she's dead So he sole out an
went to whah dey was recruitin', an
hired hisse'f out to de colonel for his SER
want; an den he west all froo de battles
everywhah, huntin for his ole nanny
yes indeedy, he'd hire to first one officer
and den another, till he'd ransacked de
whole souf; but you see I didn't know
muffin bout dis. How was gwine ia
know it?
"Well, one night We had big sojei
ball; de sojers dab at Newbern was al
ways havin' balls an carryin' on. Dey
! had 'em in my kitchen, heaps o times
case it was so big. Min you, was down
on sick dcin's, beca'se my place was wid
de officers, an it rasp' me to have den
common sojers cavortin' roun' my
kitchen like dat. But | always stood
aroun' an kept things straight, | did
an sometimes dey'd git my dander up
an den I'd make 'em cl'ar dat kitchen
mine l tell you!
"Well, one night, 1t was Frids,
, night-dey comes platoon I'm a nigge
Judgment dat waHon guard at de house
de house was hGidenerten, you know
an den IL ~ = thv Mad! l wa
list a-d yelled aroun, anC
swellei ] was jist itchin' fol
'em 70 nj to start me. An dey
- q ~ a-dancin'? my! but dey
y Ein 4 80, an jist a-swellin' an
- footy soon, long come'
y ~ young Niger a-sailin' dow
de room wild a yeller wench roun' d,
wais; an roun' an roun' an roun' dey
went, enough to make body drunk t,
look at 'em; an when dey got abreas o
me, dey went to kin O. balancin' roun'
fust ON one leg an den on tother, an
smilin' at my big red turban, an maxim
fun, an I ups an seys, CT along vic
you! rubbage!' DE young mans face
kin O. changed, all of sudden, for 'bou
a second, den he went to smilin' a'gin
same as he was befo'. Well, bout di
time, in comes some niggers dat played
music an b'long to de ban an dey mere
could get along widout putin ON airs
An de very fust air dey put on dat nigh
] lit into 'em! Dey laughed, an da
made me wuss DE res o. de niggers go
to laughin', an den my soul diire but
was hot My eyes was jist a-blazin'.
jist Strengthened myself up, so-vjist as
is now, plum to de cellin', mos'-an'
digs my fist into my hips, an says
'Look-a-heahr / says, Il want you
niggers to understan' dat ! want bawr
|, in de mash to be fool by trash Is on'
O. de ole Blue Hens chickens, lis" an
dan 4 400 DAT voung man STAN n starrin