American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22

heap the white folks thought of him,
and how it 'peared like they loved him,
they was SO kind; and then he'd tell
how this one give him a gold
piece, and that one a bottle of whisky,
and bout the no-account POI white
folks that he saw, and say how power
full glad we mus be that we want born
POI white folks. Sometimes he give
us sip Of the whisky, but mostly he
drank it up before he come home. He
was very strict with mother and the
chil'en, and said he didn't want us to br
fond of whisky You see, we was all
guri chil'en, and whisky amt good fol
little gurls. When my ole r,;ss died, ]
was put to work in the field, and learn
ed to pillow, hoe, split rails, and gather
in the crop. was big strong CURL.
and could do as much work d. !, man
"When my young miss got married,
she took me for her maid. That put
me in the notion of getting married too
and so l done get married to Cato
Jones. But while 1 was off with Miss
Caroline at the Springs they sent him
away to another worl'.'
"What do you mean?" cried H,
horror-stricken.
"Jess that, missis; they sold him &c
go to New Orleans, way off to another
worl'. Then L got married agen, but
I've done forgot the name of that one
he was powerful of no account, and
jess ran him off with club.
~ didn't marry agen for right
smart time, 'peared to have such bad
luck with husbands. got mars to hire
me to another gentleman, and cooked
and washed for eight persons. I KEEP
my kitchen so clean that they said any
one might eat off the flo'. 1 worked
right along there till Emancipation.
But after Emancipation, 'peared as eff
mus go off somewhere away from my
ole home, and so come down here with
all the chil'en. You see, 1 wanted to
feel free, and 'peared like 1 couldn't
feel free where old mars was.
"Jess after got here met up with
Doctor Prince General Jordan, an we
married. He was good to me. He
thought such heap of me that he never
let me work, and sat still so much
that 1 grew ght fat. But that happy
life of ours didn't last mo- than six
months"
"Why not?" asked L.
"There was an ole Ethiopium wom-
an, you see, who had wanted him to
marry her; but Doc, or Prince General
Jordan didn't care for her so much as
nothin'. And that bad old black WON.
an gave him cake with something in
it, and he died."
Poisoned"
"Pizened? Yes, sure enough, pizen.
ed.r
1 learned afterward that the negroes
rarely will allow that any one dies in
natural way. Poison, witchcraft, and
the evil eye finish most of them
"I never have took off mourning fol
Jordan,' was her next remark. We
glared. There she sat at that moment
in blue dress, red turban, yellow apron
and garnet earrings! The incongruity
seemed to strike her, for she added
hastily, ssBut wear what people give.
me-"
"Then you never married again
CharybdisP''
"Oh yes, miss; my chil'en got me te
marry Cupid Home"
"What! Not Cupid, that bad fel
low that tried to kill a policeman las
week."
"Yes, miss, that's the niger. Yot
see, the chil'en made a great 'miratior
over him, and tole me how he'd do fol
me and not let me work, and then hi
had such louin' name!
"Brother Peppers, the Methods
minister, he married us. wore pur
pie calico dress-jess an old one 1 had
I've always been powerful glad that
never bought nothin' new for tina
weddin'.
ssAfter we was married we had some
ham q bought the ham) and som,
taters and coffee, and every one flowed
it was a good huff weddin' for a widow
to give.
"We lived in that house near the de
pot, but didn't stay with him long
Why, missP Three days after we wa.
married he got after me with that han
bone, and he liked to "a killed me.
| jumped out of the window at last, anC
run off to a neighbours, and mex morn
ing went to town and didn't come
back for three months.
"When I got back, Brother Pepper.
an the elders of the church come t.
me and flowed 1 mus 60 back and liv,
with Cupid. They tole me the Bibl
said 1 was to go back, but L tole ZEN
that the Bible didn't say was to LEI
myself be killed, and if it did, 1 wan
gwine to; 1 had done left him, and
was gwine to stay left"
With this, Charybdis got up from thu
hearth and moved toward the door.
ssBut," said H, 81 thought som,
one said your husband was that OLE
Charley who came last week after tn,
mules. When did you marry him
Charybdis?"
Charybdis was in the act of vanish
ing, but she re-opened the door to say
with chuckle,
"Oh, jess got him accidental like
Good night, miss. ''-Harper's Bazar.
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