The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-20

enses and the Calhouns about the State
when they come to visit my marster. He
was a kind father, and would let us sit
up of nights after he come back from
them long 'scursions, and he tell us what
a heap the white folks thought of him,
and how 1t 'peared like they loved him,
they was SO kind; and then he'd tell
how this n give him a gold
piece, and that one n bottle of whisky,
and bout the no-account POI white
folks that he saw, and say how power
full glad WI mus be that we want born
po' white folks: Sometimes he'd give
lis Il sip of the whisky, but mostly he
drank it Up before he COME horne. He
was very strict with mother and the
chil'en, and said he didn't want us TO be
fond of whisky. You see, we was all
CURL chil'en, and whisky amt good fer
little gurls. When my ole miss died, |
was put to work in the field, and learn
ed to pillow, hoe, split rails, and gather
in the crop. l was a big strong gurl,
and could do as much work as a 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 got married to Cato
Jones. But while | was off with Miss
Caroline at the Springs they sent him
away to another worl'."
"What do you mcanP" cried IL,
horror.stricken.
"Jess that, missis; they sold him to
20 to New Orleans, way off to another
worl'. Then 1 got married agcn, but
I've done forgot the name of that one;
he was powerful of no account, and |
jess ran him off with a club.
81 didn't marry, agen for a right
smart time, l 'peared to have such bad
luck with husbands. I got mars to hire
me TO another gentleman, and cooked
and washed for eight persons. | KEEP
my kitchen so clean that they said any
one might eat off the flo. | worked
right along there till Emancipation.
But after Emancipation, 'peared as eff
mus 90 off somewhere away from my
ole home, and so come down here with
all the chil'en. You see, l wanted to
feel free, and 'peared like l couldn't
feel free where old mars was.
"Jess after l got here | met up with
Doctor Prince General Jordan, an we
married. He vas good to me. He
thought such a heap of me that he never
let me work, and | sat still SO much
that | grew right fat. But that happy
life Of ours didn't last mo- than six
months"
"Why not?" asked |.
"There was an ole Ethiopium wom-
an, you see, who had wanted him to
marry her; but Decor Prince General
Jordan didn't care for her so much rs
nothin'. And that bad old black wom-
an gave him a cake with something in
it, and he died"
Poisoned"
"Pizened? Yes, sure enough, pizen-
ed.n'
l learned afterward that the negroes
rarely will allow that any n dies in a
natural way. Poison, witchcraft, and
the evil eye finish most of them.
81 never have took off mourning for
Jordan" was her next remark. We
glared. There she sat ut that moment
in II blue dress, red turban, yellow apron,
and garnet earrings! The inconsruity
seemed TO strike her, for she added,
hastily, "But l wear what people give,
me-"
"Then you never married again,
CharybdisP
"oh yes, miss; my chil'en got me tc
marry Cupid Home"
"What! Not Cupid, that bad fell
low that tried to kill a policeman last
weekP"
eyes, miss, that's the niger. YOU
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 a lorin' name!
"Brother Peppers, the Methods
minister, he married us. ! wore a pur
pie calico dress-jess an old one | had
I've always been powerful glad that
never bought nothin' new for tina
weddin'.
"After we was married we had som
ham Il bought the ham) and SOM
taters and coffee, and every one lowe,
it was a good nuff weddin' for a widow
to give.
"We lived in that house near the de
pot, but l didn't stay with him long
Why, miss? 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, ant
! run of to a neighbours, and mex morn
ing / went to town and didn't com
back for three months.
"When / got back, Brother Pepper
an the elders of the church come t
me and lowed l mus 60 back and liv
with Cupid. They tole me the Biol
said l was to go back, but l tole Eel
that the Bible didn't say l was to lie
> myself be killed, and if it did, l wan
gwine to; l had done left him, and
was a gwine to stay left"
> With this, Charybdis got up from tn
hearth and moved toward the door.
"But," said H, 81 thought som
> one said your husband was that oil
Charley who came last week after tn
. mules. When did you marry hin
! CharybdisP"
:, C%harybdis was in the act of vanisl
ing, but she re-opened the door to sa,
with y chuckle,
20 "Oh, l jess got him accidental lik
!, Good night, miss. "-Harper's Bazaar.