The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-10
THE CAPTURED MooNsHTyERs.

what 10 you say, youns man. You want to go forte
tell
How mought happen they cotched me, and stuck me
here in u col.
Don't understand it myself and that's Jerusalem fact;
Reckon it Just they told to-day, took In the
act
what was the acts That's the thing am tryin' togn
through my wool
seems like tolablc ignorant somehow powerful
duh
Mebbc you'll know more about IL than l do after you
hear
Firstly | run away out Of the war, long time
Mousht hey been fifty year all that seem to know;
Then was oniv u lad, little and lean as could be-
Sow I'm man with baird. heavy and tall as see
scriptcd in the army, the with the brass
buttons sand
Nanny she scrceched and she hoered SET was already
dead.
Well YOU may bet tina, wondered what all the fuss was
about,
Somebody said when aNed. 1t was niggers for which the
folks tout
Nggers Fl that didn't sit mel Stranger it's truth that
say,
use fur nieeers had we. down Pnev Creek
We never owned nszers and never no negers owned
warnt clear to my notion what to DO with the
But the with the brass buttons said. whatever
was right
All had do was lest to stand up and fight
stand up and shoot at the Yankees could
spite OF what nanny had told me agin the sheddin VI
blood
stranger STAYED to skrimmage and then lit RICH,
out q thar.
Tnkin Id rather take up fur while with the painter
and b'ar.
creetcrs tina, nanny had said loud to Kill
choose
Creeters whose bodies arter the, dead
Into the mountains wentfur enough to be safe you may
bet,
Yes Of It wasn't Tor one thing moush, hsv been son'
Onvct
That nothin arth but passed. vi ieuers like me-
Chaps who had run from the and was glad enough
to be free.
Thar all stayed In the eutest and secrotest sort Of
place.
Ready hide ct stranger should show his face
Livn deer Tar and possums and and secb.
somcu eatin Of creeters uset TO think ut to tech
POOR Wei. reckon-not poorer than sumo had been
alters aforc-
Richer know than Ell we'd shot all bits In the
Stranger at last hesred tell from one that
We had kno~ed.
How that the all and crops the battle
folds growoj.
That made US jubous, wondered. and reckoned N
moushtbeSo
You know
Some one molsht want the reward So we moved on W
the hills.
Takin little traps and not iorsittin stills
stills did you ask why stranger, does that any
way queer
Stlls' Yes in had stills. when whskey
aud 80 dear
Yes sr. them stills afore long was tlessn indeed my
when We had larned as we thought that the war was
over and done.
Folks etchin the to way up thar In the
hills.
swappin' 1t of FUR whisky, sech made with
All EN- said though why was never could see.
Nobody down below could make sech whskey as we
Money KEEP comm in the paper at iust, Sou know.
Then tile bright silver pieces such as We saw long ago
Stranger. I've got-you may bet I've notion OF tein
YOU whar-
Lots OF Confedrit money slowed away safely up thar
Yes, was sa,in, within to work and hive scsnty sne
rough
Hopin ~ take long trip by and by whom I'd saved ~
enough
Nanny was dead but wanted to 90 down ON Piney
Greek range
Jest far to see the old places and froue sroukd for
change
Stranger I'm comm risht what can't cit through
my head.
one Of the fellers and sorcrs was comm he said
Then sudden. aiore could start AMI very far
sclers was all around US lest they was in the war
fout en- In course tout when we gathered beyond
the brook
Think that sech men as u was g"ine to be easily took
Reckon we'd been thar once ami knowed what IL was t.
| he free.
M,ught well die was fur cotchin hansn you
No Wsrnt likely wed want to back to our old
| mauds
Long we'd life in bodies and loaded guns on,
hands.
stranger what's that you say That thar raay Amt nc
| What II wasn't scrpuon the sogers had come than
iorg
Only to break mp the stln because IT'S aain the law
Mister, thought you had hut what has got into
| yer Jawf
suhn' az IN the Law stranger, hope you mean we'll
But 1t II know my self that story won't do 10 tell
/ When 1t comes down 10 realin. mought as well hes
bat.
But am sure thar never was any sech law as that
Nc clear rs the sunlight what istnc matter with
scrpton II isa desarier-and cotchn' is hansin' yos
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