The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-02-01

and wiling to do my bidding a.
willing and as chcerfulIy as loving
child oboys its mother. In answer
to an inquiry Of Epll. as TO where
had been, / answ cred him that had
been riding, and at the same time
told him to proceed with his story
which he did after explaining by
saying that it related to himself
when he was young man. AID
being the overseer of the planta
iion, was telling the darkies: "
dat ole massa wal gwine TO
Orleans. an dat dey mus do dar
best, an not tech dem pigs dat mas
ma war a gwine to send to do fair
| next spring. Massa Clar., dey war
de finest pigs ebber saw, l tell you
dat II assa war proud of dem. |
'spected dat dem nigs var a gwine
to hab dem pigs afore massa come
back, an dat is why | was tellin'
OF dem not to tech de pigs. Well,
mass did go sho' cnoug fdat was
when you war a wee bit of baby
in de cradlc) and he had been gone
about couple of days when dem
nigs come a walkin' up to tie cabin
door wild dem pigs On bode AMI
said jes as smart like as dey could,
Uncle Eph., We want you to cook
desc pigs"
"Well, bress de Lord, Massa
Clar., Hanna heah," pointing to his
wife, "Aad to do it, an de nigs war
jcs a eaten an a eaten. when a
knock sounded on de dore, an |
walks ober to de dore jes as big as
life, and | see a po' ole niger
standin' out in de cold, and he said
to me, can de young folks glib po'
ole man somefng to eat, an Of cose
| said shuah, and de ole man come
in and we glib de po' niger seat
in de corner, all | said to ole Miss
Hanna, am dere any ting for de ole
man, an she said, Yes, Eph., dars
de pan. glib de ole man some scrops,'
an | said, Hanna, you glib 'em to de
ole man., an she took de pan an war
handin' to do ole man, who looked
up, an Hanna looked about a min
u;e ore she cud speke an den she
jes gib dat pan a hebe, an it liked
to killed one oh de Dressed chillun.
Wild dat she hollcred Great Lord !!
Eph. its de ole massa,' an de way
dem nig5 got out of dat cabin would
MIX" monkey laugh, but you know
massa is good man an he laughed
aa' said, L come home too soon for
you did l, Eph ?
well, Massa Clar., couldn't say
one word, an massa went up to de
house a latin as il he would die"
AS Eph. ended his story there
was shout of laughter such as only
southern negroes can give. Then
they quietly | it the cabip, bidding
myself and Eph, good night. When
Eph. had closed the cabin door he
sat down, and | said: "Eph,, did
not want to spoil your sport to-
night, so | did not interrupt your
story any more Than | could help, or
| should have asked you to do this
sooner. While out riding to>day, |
passed the La Monde pIanta tion,
aud Miss Georgia dropped this
pretty little book, which is very val
liable to her, and no one must look |
nto it, not even her father, unless
le have permission, so that some
)ne whom | can trust must return
t as soon as possible, SO if you re,
urn it tonight l will make you
lice present when you return"
"Of cose, Eph.'ll do it, Massa
Jlar., an he don't want no present
lederN ....-
"Well, Eph., you are good,
aithful fellow, aud | won't forget
GU soon. Eph., perhaps you had
letter ride satan; he is the fastest
nd most spirited horse on the
lace, you know; that is why he
gas called such an odd name, besides
eing as black as COAL"
"Eph.ll do as you say, Massa
liar but Satan is purity skeery in
and he is a most to much
,r ole Eph. to ride after night.
iassa Clar., ) hab you heard about
e robbers lately bein' on de road?"
"Well, Eph., | must confess that l
ave, but l guess they won't harm