The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07
A THRILLING EPISODE.
How an Old Man Ran Away From e
 Brutal Master.

Brutal Master.
 Neber tole yer how run erway wunst, did ?" asked old Ike, when ths youngster, who having found him in an excellent humor, asked him to tell story.
 "No, l don't think that you ever did"
 ~Oh, eff nader tole yer it wouldn' CT. scaped yer mine so soon. 1t wux awful, dat time wuz. Yer see, de ole man whut berlong ter got in CT mighty push fur money an had ter sell CT passel O us. It almost broke de ole mans heart, Case he thought CT mighty heap O us black uns. wuz bought by CT onery-lool<in' white gennerman dat didn' hab no use fur rum de fust off start. Oae O desc heah men dat chaws his terbacker jes' e fas' ez he ken work his jaws. Chile, no matter how 1igious dat sorer mar may peer ter be, keep outen his way. Isorter made CT mouf bout goin' wid him, an gibin' me CT awful kick, he says, says he Git up dar in dat wagin,' an got up. De fust thing he done when he got me home wuz ter whup me. Look out fur dat man whut chaws terbacker like CT sheep. If he kain't whup de hardes' an hit de fastes' O any udder man, wy den, jes' put me down e CT pusson whut ain got no judgment in de matter. I neber wuz CT brash man, am didn' want ter do nothin', but couldn' stan ter hab dat onery man CT cuttin' an CT slashin' me. It want my fault dat he owned p.e an axed him why he didn' go out inter de mule lot am beat his udder property. Wid dat he kicked me, an 'clar ter goodness dat thought dat neber wuz gwine ter git straight agin. One night arter had had big beatin' fur supper, 'cluded ter run away rum dat place. I waited teii eberybody had gone ter bed an den I opened de cabin do. De night wuz dark an' CT driazIin' rain wuz fallin'. tuck up CT axe CT l went by de wood pile an den lit out fur de woods. 1 travelled tell erbout daylight, and den l crawled inter . holler log an went ter sleep. hadn' been ersleep so mighty long tell heard somebody. 'Jes' wait tell Dan comes wid de dogs said de man whut chawed terbackey like CT sheep chawin' grass. sont him down ter de Tanler place arter 'em. How yer come ter fine out dat he wuz gone?' q seed him when he opened de do' an come out says de oberseer. 'Ah, Lawd,' thinks I, dis po' nigger is dan gone T follered him mighty ciose,' de oberseer went on, 'but los him. He didn't know de woods, an he trabeled ,almos' roun' an roun'. When l los him dis mawnin', I went back ter de house ter tell yer SO yer could git de blood-houn's. ceulder hollered at him, but I knowed dat ef 1 did he would break an run 'It'll be all right, says my maxstsr. 'Dat's CT bad n;gges, an' ef we gits him, we oughser gin him CT hunnefed lashes. Better build up CT fire by dat log.' Good Lawd, de man 'gunter make CT fire right at my head. Elf dar ebex wuz CT man whut prayed in his soul. wuz de man. De fire popped an snapped. My blood run cole! l coul' heah dem houn's CT conin'. les CT ! wuz erbout ter gin myself up, heared CT mighty sbousin'. Look at de deer,' s'claimed de oberseer. 'Heah he come wid CT passel CT men arter him r heerd de two men run erway, an backin' out de log, an' drappin' on one side Q it, l gunter crawl erlong. De two men wuz erbout thirty yards away, q clappin' dax hams. When got tez de send Q delog, got up an' dodged beAin' fast one tree sa' den zuadz, an' e ds great Lswd ruled esbove, come night up on itils bayou dat twa'n't wider dan 9 spring branch. got down on my han's an' inees an soster swum an crawled eriong. Bout dis time l wuz q couple G hunnesd yasds szwsy, an thinkin' das I'd sake q pep at de sitywation, 1 raissd up. My goodness da seed me, an heah d come. had lsf ds aze bshia' an not habin' nuthin' ter toat, coup run lilbs sz Sox. Dc men raised CT mighty ysll an dea I heard d. blood-houn's howl. An, Lawd, how fswf BooiEety, boobssy, but = man, hosey, dean ksre how skessed he is, kain' run Me er dog. knowed dat A% A+- -s-tG e~ S ~s@d5f. 1yes e'ss< sa-