Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-25
DUN GONE.


II reckon he's dun bin called fur,
around to the grocery.
Somebody dyingP'' asked man
who was passing.
Eyes, sab.
"Who is it?''
Jupiter, sah-my dog Jupiter.
Mebbe We wouldn't mind gwine aroun'
dar wild me? It's lonely like to be wild
anybody dyin'.n
The old mans voice proved that he
was deeply moved, and the pedestrian
went with him. Around the corner and
half a block up the street they turned
into a yard, and there lay the old dog
on the grass, eyes half closed and breath.
ing heavily.
''He's moas' gone--moas' gone"
whispered the old man rs he knelt on
the ground and softly smoothed the
body.
whats the matter?r
'..Ole aige, sah-nuflin but old aige.
He's bin givin' out dis last var, but
didn't reckon it would come quite so
SOON"
''How long have you had him?"
''Dat's-dat's what makes it hurt me
SOP ] rized him up since de time he
wasn't bigger'n my fist It's gwine on
twenty Vars since dis dog stepped foot
in my cabin. Jupiter, does We hear ole
marse talkin' TO YEP Does We know lie
right yere beside YEP"
Twenty years is a long time" said
the pedestrian.
YES, a long, long time" whispered
the old man. AN dis ere Jupiter has
mixed in wild all my joys an sorrows
all my good luck an bad. He's seen
de time when he had plenty, an he's
seen de time when we had neither food
nor fab. Jupiter, open yer eyes once
an look at mel lie right yerel ]
wouldn't leave We fur all de gold in de
hull world
''How does your wife take ftp" asked
| the visitor.
. Deed, sab, but-r'
The old man broke down at that,
tears raining down his cheeks and his
throat filling up, and it was long min
ute before he resumed:
''She's deadt Died five Vars ago.
| Jupiter an me was all alone in de house
wild her when she closed her eyes. sot
! dar a-holdin' of her hands an singin''
| shes gwine up to heaven ira chariot
She gwine to jne de band;
DE bells am aringlng fur TO call her,
| She's agwine to dat better land.
''An' dis Jupiter sot dar an knowed
dat she was dyin' jist as well Us | did,
and he mourned an mourned, an
couldn't be comforted. 1t war; days
and days befo' he would eat noaful,
an many night as we sot in de dark
ness a step on de sidewalk soundin' like
old Sues would make him spring up
an bark fur Joy. He's been jst like
relashuns to me since dat"
'.It's too badr'
"Y-ycs. I'd gin all l have in dc
world to keep him alive var longer
Jupiter, it's me-ole marse! Doan' y,
h'ar me talkin' to yep
'Have you always lived here?" asked
the man, striving to divert the others
attention.
mo, sab, an dat's another reason
why ! can't keep de tears back. Do you
know dat ! mar'd Sue down in Georgis
in de ole slave days? Jist befo' de wa
she was sold away from me, an | neb
Der spected to see her no mo-. After
de wa libb'd in Richmond, an on,
day somebody told me dat my Sue was
in Detroit | didn't wait to arm money
i didn't wait to write to her-but dat
same night | sot out afoot, Jupiter wiC
me. 1t was weeks an weeks afo' w,
got yere. We went hungry an thirsty
We lay down at night all tired out, AN
we got up in de mawnin' wild all oul
bones achin'. Some helped us an som,
cursed us, an we got we're at last an
found my Sue Sich rejoicin' an cryin
an prayin'! An Jupiter seemed to un
derstan all about il, kase I'd told hin
de hull story ODER an ODER ag'in as W,
trampcd long de highways
''He is dcad!'' whispered the man.
IAN ne gone? Fo' de Lawd! he am
Jupiter! jupiter
q will help you bury him if you vii
get spade"
Thanks answered the old mar
when he could choke down his feeling
''No hand but mihe must bury dat Of,
dog. He's got ter be laid in tenderly
lie got to lay him in de grave an
mourn ober him by myself lie obleeget
to you-you may 60" And as the MAJ
passed out of the gate ''Ole Marse'
knelt beside the body again and sobbet
out:
dun gone away from me, an de oil
man am left to watch in the darkness
aloneg-Dctro1 Free Press.