Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-23

Uoi WIS hans chuck iull OF DresHins 10
me, and jes fan dis ole brack face wild
him wings till gifts full breaf OBJ de
glory dat am shinin on de udder
shore Lor, Tor, how de time am
change! Now when / links OBJ de
pusson dat cum'd like a robing lion,
seekin whom he catch somebody, an
stole dat dear chile away, l feels dat
de light am all gone out OBJ dis poor
sole; and when / looks ober OAR by
de shinin shore it pears all dark fore
desc ole, weak eyes!'
What / said Myron, much interest
ed in Aunt Ruth's story, WAS the
child stolen away?'
Vas, Massa Cap'n Doker, an Use
jes gwine to tole ye how dat cum'd
roun. One day Itooks de chile ober
dar in de woods to gadder nuts. Fore
| gets de bag half full, fought heerd
suthin scratchin roun | looks up in
pussimon tree an dar l seed big
fat 'possum Golly, how my moui
did water! Muss hab dat 'possum |!
So / huff de chile on de groun and
rund for de hons. De fus nigger I
seed was ole Moses hisself holm in de
garden, SEES to him, sOle man, les
you drap dat hoe, an fotch massa's
gun from de kitchen, quick es YOU
can; right ober dar in de pussimon
tree am a big fat 'possnm Hurry up
yoursel, now. an we's gwine to hab
roas 'possum and sweet later tor sup.
per- Fore de lor, Massa Cap'n Do.
ker, you jes ort to seed dat ole nigger
drap hees hoe, pick up his spawn
feets, an skoot for de gun! When he
cum'd ont ob de hous, he holIar,
'Whar dem 'possum, Rule?' SEES /,
Done tole we, ober dar in de pus-
simon tree whar de chile am squattin
on de gronn?' OFF he go so fas desc
ole hoofs couldn't cotch him. When
cum'd up to de tree. he say, where
dem chile, Rufe p Den when I seed
de chile was moved away, I gets
skeered an runs roun and roun de
tree, but couldn't fine noffin. Ole
Moses gifts so skeered too, he did'n
member noffin more bout dat pos
sum, an he SEES, 'Rufe, uf we dom fine
dat Young misses, massa kill boat on
us!' Der we rms up an down de
woods like donates, but couldn't
fine her; so | gifts OFF to de house fas
| could all to!e massa all bout it; an
he call ont de dogs, and niggers, an
dey looks for free days an nights !;
but dey nebber seed dat deah chile
any more!
Here Ruth wiped her big, white
margined eyes with her apron, while
her face expressed as much grief as if
the agony Of that hour was on her
still. liesuming again with: DE
sherf he .aok all ober de state, spen
heap naassa's money, and be dom fine
her too Poor missus, when dey dom
fine her chile any more she greebed
so lard dat she broked her heart all
to smash, den she went and gore ded
Massa he feel berry bad, den; he set
roun de house all day, and done say
noffin to nobody. When he couldn't
stan dat no longer, be walk ober in de
woods fru de cane brake, and down
IN de fields whar de niggers am work
in, an ali de time he didn't know whar
hissef wus gwine TO. Bime.by de
war coined, and jeff Davis made him
kunnel in de secesh army. Massa
berry glad he 60 away from de place
ob trouble, so he went to de war.
But twan't no use. Massa Cap'n Do
ker, fur de Lor hab bees han on de
las ob de family; up dar whar Genril
Hooker fights de Battle OBJ de
Clouds Massa gifts killed, and dey
send bees body hum, an buried it side
OBJ missis. Now you seed how we
am boss OBJ dis house,
just then an old hen with her brood
appeared in the door yard, which was
evidently a violation OF the plantation
rules, and old Rnth instantly jumped
to her feet with, 'Hy'ar, You good for.
noffin, jes took yourself straight out OBJ
de front yard dis minnit; Shoe dar,
shoe !! shaking her apron Justify at
the offending partlett, she disappeared
around the house.
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