The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-20

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had dem niccers up 10 day. an dc way dey
did wuk wuz a caution. Dey had pieht,
bread and meat, an good close ter war, an
dew was dc fattes' niggers in dc "ho'e se'-
Element. $50 -,
mBimeby, one day ole Miss she call me up
| am tell me dat dc Yankees done gone aht
| took Atlanty, and den presently near Wv;
dow wuz marchin' down lords Putmon, an
de fus' thing knows Mars Jeems ne Ilu
nm one day wild whole company nv men.
NJ los, sioD longer huff fer ter changc
bosscs nm, snatch, up mouf'ull NV sumpn
Feat. Ole Miss tolc i'm dat Wuz kinder
bossin' roun', an he call me up an say:
"<Daddy all ole Miss's chillun call me
daddy Daddy, he say. t pears like dere,s
coin' ter DC mighty rough times foun
here. De Yankees is done down ter Maoi,
son, an 'twont be many days beio' dev,ii
be all thru here. Hit amt likely dat dey,ll
bodder mother CT sis: but, DADDY, Ell ae
wus comes to der WIS, spec you ter take
kecr I'm EN-
"Den say. 'Iou been KNOWN me
long time, amt YOU, Mars Jeems?'
Essence I wuZ baby, daddy seq he.
"Wcll. den, Mars Jeems,' seq |, you
know'd 'twant no use fer ter Ak me ter LOOK
arter ole Miss and Miss Sally
an he souoZe my ham an Jump on de flly
bin sayin' fer Jim, an gallop of. know'd
by de way he talk an de way he look dat
deere wuz gwine to I've Sho' 'nuff trubble, an
so begun fer ter put de house in order, as
de scripter sez. i got all de cattle an de
bosses togedder an / driv 'em over to de
TO- mile place. ] made pen in de swamp
an dar put dc hogs, an haul nine wag-
Gin loads NV con an eat an fodder to de
crib on dc fo' mile place, an den l Sroun'
my Ak.
"Bimcby, one day here come de Yankees.
Dew ies' Swarmcd all over keratlon. De
woods wus full I'm UNI, an de road wus full
I'm l,m. an de yard was full Tin UNI. ] done
heard dcy was comin' fore dey gotin sight,
an went to dc we'll an wash my face an
hans; an den went an put on my Sunday
close, an by de time
DE YANKEES HE'D ARRovE
WIS settin' in ole MISS room wild my axe
tween my knees.
"Dem Yankees, dey ies' ransackcd de
whole place. but dey didn't come in dc
house, au' ole Miss, she sed she hoped dey
wouldn't, wen ies' den we hear steps on
Gc po'ch, an here come two young felers
wild strops on deere shoulders an s'ords
draegin' on de flo an dere spurs rattlin.'
| I won't say l wus skeered, boss, cause l
wuzent, but had a mighty funny feelin'
in de naberhood NV de gizzard.
usHcllo, ole man. SEE one, fWhat you
dom in here?' Old Miss didn't turn her
head, an Miss Sally look straight at de fer.
"tWell, boss seq I, Il bin cuttin' wood
for ole Miss, an Jest stop ter WON my
hans little
"tIIit is cole. tlat's a fac seq he. Den I
cot up an went and stood behine ole Miss
and Miss Sally, a-!eanin' on my AK. DE man
wat wuz talkin' ter me, he went up to ter
fer am lean over an WON his hans. Fus'
thing YOU know he raise up sudden like an
say:
"sW'at dat onyo' aN?'
"sDat's de fer shinin' on it, seq i.
"sI thought it WIZ blood seq he, an
den he left.
"But, boss, dat young teller wouldn't 4
laft dat dav eff he'd know'd how nigh unto
eternity lie wuz. Ell he'd jes laid de
weight wv his han on ole Miss or Miss Sally
in dar dat day, boss, he'd never know'd
what hit I'm Ell what he was hit at, an my
onlicst grief would bin de needcessity OF
spiln' ole MISS kyarpit. But dey didn't
bodder nobody ner nothin', and dey how'd
derse,f out like dey had real good breed
ing-dey did that
dwell, de Yankees dey KEEP passin' all de
mornin', an it 'peared ter me dat deere Wuz
string wv 'em ten mile long. Den dey
commence gittin thinner an thinner-scaccr
an scacer an bimeby I hear skirmishin'
eoin' on. am ole Miss she say how it wuz
Wheelcr's cayerlry afollowin' wv EN- up. /
knowd dat eff Wheeler's boys wuz dat close
I wuzent doin' no good settin' roun' de
house, so jes took Mars Jeems's rifle an
started out to look arter my stock. Hit was
a mighty raw day, dat day wuz, an de
leaves on de groun' wuz wet, so dey didn't
| make no fuss. an whenever I heerd Yankee
| ridin' by jes stop in my tracks an let him
pass. i. I wuz STAMINA dat way in de aidge
NV de woods wen all Of sudden see
little ring Nv blue smoke bust outen de top
| NV pine tree bout half mile off, an den
mos TO- could gedder up my ideeS,
HERE COME DE NoIsE-BANG!
Dat pine. boss. was de biggest an dc
! highest on de pantash'n, an dere wasn't 8
linn on it fer mighty nigh q hundred feet
uD, an den dey all branched out an made
dc top look sortcr like 4 umbril.
"Sez l to myself, Honey, you er right
on my route, an l will see what kind Ell
bird is a-roostin' in YOU While wus &
talkin' de smoke bus out agin, and den
bang! L jcs drap back inter de woods an
skeartcd roun' SOS ter fetch de pine tween
me an de road. I slid up putty close tel
| dc tree, an, boss, wat you recken see 20
81 have no idea, Uncle Remus."
"Well, ies sho ez youer settln' Oar u.s.
senin' to dc ole Niger, dere Wuz live
Yankee way up dar in dat pine, an he hac
n spy-glass, am he Wuz lodln' an
shootin' at de boys Just ez cool ez cow
cumber, an he had his boss tied out in dc
bushes, cease heerd de creeter trompin
roun'. While I wuz watchin' NV i'm
see PIN raise dat spy-glass, look fru 'em :
minnit, and den put 'em down sudden an
fix hisself for to shoot. [ sorter shifted
roun' SO I could see de road, an
I had putty good eyes in dem days
too. waited q minnit, an der
who should I see coming down de roa6
but Mars Jeems I didn't see his face
but, boss, I knowed de FLY dat had raised
fer i'm, an she wuz a-prancin' and adam
cin' like school gal. kuowed dat man in
de tree wuz gwineter shoot Mars Jeems ell
he could, an dat 7 couldn't STAN. had
nusscd dat boy in my arms many and MANY
a day, and he'd toted i'm on my back, an
larnt i'm how to ride, an how ter swim, an
how ter rastle, and couldn't bar de
idee NV sandin' dere am see dat man
shoot i'm. knowed that the Yankees wuz
gwine ter free de niggers, Gaze ole Miss
done tole me so, an I didn't want ter
hurt dis man IN de tree. But, boss, wen /
see him lay dat gun 'cross a linn am settle his
SELF back, an Mars Jeems goin' home ter ole
Miss an Miss Sally, aforementioned all
| ,hout irnednm. am T les raise I'D wild der