The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04

SShN INV I'lNh' ~
''Gen'Ieimen, it's agin de law TO sell "
free pussun, an I'm HS free &S Sc!
Of yuu." =.
"But they drug me out-niHht as II
was an pore daddy and ma'nmy trem
bling an erwin, uebber darn to say a
Il word, an put me III n wagon, an Nv,
uornin' we was 10 de 'HlO Rlber, an
,uk de fust boat dat cum up.
"Dey tried to sell me on de tust boat,
Dut dey couldn't ur | tole everybody |
was Il free woman, al. 1t was dc same
when We got to Louisville.
"Dry got AWFUL mad, and TUX me Out
IN he country; but was no use. Nobody
wanted list sich a woman. and somehow
ley couldn't make a sale; and Il curl
ous expression settled over her sable
features, as she recalled the futile Ell
forts Of her k~iduappers.
''Well misSu5, when dey tOundd eY
rou|dn't turn me into money in KAN.
tuck', dev tux a BOAT fur Memphis, al
agin' they try dar hes to sell me, but
somehow dey couldn't. So it was glttln
crap time, NJ, Curdy swore et dey
couldn't get money for me | sho la
raise a crap O corn iur him, an he give
up a.travelIina an TUX me home with MIN.
''He had a nice farm, q wife, an two
little chiIens.
HE KEEP his oath missus, fur |
worked in de fep all dat season. | got
&c breakfasts, an den went OUT till leo
en- o clock, wuen de mlssuS 'ou.d blow a
horn, au' Id go an GIT de dinners an
clare up, an den work out i'll de tteI
p.OwIn' an ~pIantln, an tennln de COW
I'LL suppah. Den clare up a. n milk.
Den | wash an iron Saturdays. Dey
didn't own any CoIOred people, an |
guess, mleSus, dey was ou'y pore white
trash, anyway. But de woman make 1t
as cas- for me rs she could, On'y she
was :e!I. 1 O her man, an had 10 DO as
lie said. eft it killed Us all.
In dis way | worked till de lust OF
dis month, when We hauled In lie las
load Oh Gavin, on u Friday eUeninG.'
| washed saturday mOrnln, an baked u
lot, fur dere was to be a btg meetin, at
de Gum Spring Meetln' Home; an We
was all goiu' lie ne , DAY, an 80 llrOnGd
away INTO lie night, al hit was we'll on
TO midnight when | hung de las piece
on a cheer fore de tan. / SOt down Il
bit to res, an dOzed Il leetle, an bout
one or 50 | tux my ClO'es an a bite o
meat en- bre i in a bundle an started tor
dis place an'lreedom, an tank de good
Lord I'm here an safe from him" she
added, as q skludder shook her strong
fame for an Instant, whine Il CLEAN OF
pleasure and trust lighted her heavy
eyes.
Forty miles, af)ot?' l queried, as l
thoUght of the past month.
''Ye:. mIssus; it WAS Il hard road to
travel, shudh, an mostly at night FIR |
lald by daytimes an hid in de crush, an
Almost ielt my way dem cold, dark
nights. | was most starved, too, fur
sometimes fur a whole day [ COULDN'T
get mare 'nOugh to dem as would befren'
a pore darkey wild a bite of vltlals.
"ODce | was So cole an weG an hun
Cry dat | stoie ento de quarters ub Kur.
mel Prices place, an jis' as | was gltlin'
de chill often me an a Tit OF bread III
my ham, / hearn McCurdy in de lane
a-askin':
"Hillo, Kurnel, seed any niger wom'
in round dc p!ace2"
''De Kurnel sad ne hadn't, an MCCur-
"l'pe loss a likely woman, an reckon
she's headln tor salem"
Il dldn't ait to hear mo- an loss no
time a-gettin' into u hundred-acre GAVIN
tet', n icadln' even 10 pore rags | had
IN my bundle. Den stole troo de iel'
an tux To de woods, never darn I 90
INTO he ROAD, fur | knOwed dey was on
my trac."
II lay in de woods all dat day, in a
slow drtz2lin' ram, bu3 when de night
cum on, / made trac's lur de road, | tell
you; an beio' daylight / cum
20 II plantation, an soon seed a
culied man at de barn a~-ieedin'; l tole
MIN my story, an he toOk me to his
Yile's cabin, an sac stripped of my Wet
an put some o. nern Oh me, au'
tlade me drink some hot coffee. On,
now she cried when l to!e her all L
had gone tfoo wid 50 iur On de road!
Size tote nae / had Only ten miles more
10 ~; an dat Wac good news, / tell you.
Alter / got warm an iGd, she made III 20
up dc I,dder 10 he lof', an deere | step
an rested ali dat day an night; nay feet
aas.Bo Sole an frosted dat When / rust
got up / Thought | CO aims 70 anoder
step, eben fur my !rfeaoin.
Il stayed dar Lao days an nights, an
dfoiI uv Iatu-5dili ttiiait oy name, iii ssuS;
a migntY white SOU liz had ST. uaA--he
cot ms master 10 ie6 1llsn Dring a load OF
hsGNN W iA4ttA hIts Gil SRI = SNtANV0 ~
li-ht, an he son cofch uD wild me, an
4 rid in dc kyart MOS AFT dy way. i
l h u good iren's here, who
sou,d size dat / lad jestiee Ell could ou'y
sIt to 'em; an h4ess de Lnad dad.
Your man. niissus, says he will see me
iro0, all ~ sheriff says / need It tie
o. McCurdy even ct he was 10
'kase dc Law viii purtect me"
And Judy gaze a sigh Of relief and, |
ancied. Of exlItl alton, th { NJ last she
had escaped from dat raIa bus yitiain,"
rs she called tho thief AIc1ur. u.
30 judy settled down IN quiet, ininis-
Il the needs of our small house
mold, waatinl IN suoinne confidence,
or tile aw TO right her grievo1s wrongs.
fhe domestic machinery moved smooth
ly, AMI L forgot, II a measure the bur
which had pressed 50 heavily upon
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