The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-01

Ak. De man wat wuZ talkin ter me, he
went I'D to ter de fer, an lean over an
WON his hans. Fus thing you kno" ne
| raise up sudden like an say:
"W'at dat on yo' axr
| "'Dat's de fer shinin, on 1t, SEE l.
"I thought 1t wuz blood, SEE he' an
| den he lsit.
But boss, dat Young teller wouidn, a
lsft dat day, ef he'd knowd how ni7n
unto eternity he wuZ. Eff he'd Jes laid
de weight NV his nan on ole Miss or Miss
Sally in dsr dat dey, boss, ned never
knowd wat hit IN or wnar he was mt AZ,
an NY onliest grief would BIN lie need
cessity of spiin ole MISS kyarplt. But
dey didn't bodder nobody ner nuthln,
and they bowed derself out like dey had
real good breedin'-dey did that.
"Well, de Yankees dey KEEP passin' sll
de mornin', al it peared ter me dat dere
wuz string Nv EN- ten mile long. Den
dey commence gittin thinner an thinner
-scacer an scacer, an bimeby L hear
skirm shin goin' or, an ole Miss she say
how it wuz Wheeler csverlry a tollowln'
Nv EN- up. | knowd dat eli Wheeier's
boys WIZ dat close | wuzent dom 40
good settin' roun' de house, so l jes took
Mars Jsems's rife and started out to look
arter my stock. Hit was mighty raw
dav, dat day WIZ, and de leaves on de
groun' wuz wet so dey didn't make no
fuss, an Whenever 1 heerd Yankee
ridln' by jes stop in my tracks and let
I'm pass L wuz stsnnin' 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
halt mile of, an den mos, 70 | could
gedder up my idees, here come de noise
-bang Dat pine, boss, was de biggest
and de highest on de- plsntash'n, and
dere wasn't lin on it fer mighty nigh
hundred feet up, an den dey all branch
ed cut Ill made de top look sorter like a
umbrill.
"Sez | to myself, Honey, you er right
on my route, an I'll see what kinder
birds is roostin' in youv VILE | wuz
d ta!kin' de smoke bus out sgiu, a den
bang! jes drsp back inter de woods
an skearted roun' SOS ter fetch de pine
tween me and de road l slid up putty
close ter de tree, an, boss, wat you
reckon see2"
Il have ro idea, U ncle Remusi"
"Well, jes sho Ell ycuer siLLn' dar
lissenin to de ole niger, dere was q live
Yankee way up dar 10 dst pine, an he
had spy. glass, an he wuz loadln' an
shoo!ln' at de boys les as cool ez COW.
cumbet, an he had his boss tied out in
de bushes, case heerd de creeter tromp-
in roun'. While wuz wstchin' un
i'm. see I'm raise dat spy-glass, look
iru EN- mnnit, and den put 'em down
sudden an fix ssef fer ter shoot L
sorter shifted roun' 50 l could see de
road, an l had putty good eyes in dem
DAYS, too. | waited minnit, an den
VINO should | see comm down dc road /
but MARI Jeemsl didn't see his face,
but boss, l knowed de FLY dat L had
raised ter i'm, an she WAS prsncln' an
dsocin' like u schoolgirl. | knowd dat
man in the tree wuz gwineter shoot Mars
Jeems, et he could, an dat l couldn't |
stan. ] had nussed dat boy in my arms
MANY an many a day, ar L he'd toted |
i'm on my back, an | learnt i'm how ter
ride An how ter swim, an how ter rsssle.
and | couldn't bar de idee Nv stsndln' |
dere an see dat man shoot i'm. know'd |
dat de Yankees wuz gwlne ter free de
niggers, case ole Miss done tole ne so,
an l didn't want to hurt dis man 10 de
tree But, boss wen | see him lay dat
gun across a linn an settle hisseif back,
an Mars Jeems goln' home ter
ole Miss an Miss Sally, | dis.
remem bered all bout freedom, AN
! is raise up wild de rifle | had, an let
de man have all she had. HIS gun
drapped down an come mighty nigh
shootin' de old niger wen 1t struck de
ground. Mars Jeems he heered &c
racket, an rid over, an wen l tell i'm
bout it, you never seed man take on
so. He come mighty nigh cryin' over
de ole niger, declar' ter erasmus eE he
didn't. An ole Miss-w'y ole Mis-
rsrlv Rugged me, and wen | see how
glad dey wuz my conshuns been restln'
easy ever sence."
%How about the soldier you killed"
ave had ter cut down de tree fer ter
bury i'm"
allow did he get up there|
"W'y, boss, he had on par NV desc
telegraf spurs-de klne wat de tellers
cline de poles Wild
"Your Mars Jeems must be very CRATE
full"
"Lor', chile, dey amt nuthln' Mars
Jeems is got OATS too good fer me. OATS
at make me say wat l do. amt
pwineter be working 'roun' here 'mong
desc chain gang nlggers wen l got
good home down ysnder in Putmon.
Boss, can't you give de ole niger thrip
Ter to git i'm some soda water wild"
And the faithful old dsrkey went his