The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-18
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HE QUEEN.
BY JOHN p. JovIs.

lie say GaynL cAll neE my tSueSns Dub uAb 4 kln
call her he Queen eff / want to.
Now my oil marster. Gen'l Edard Castleton
was he Queen pah, and we used 10 hab private
shutah ttutor) for her and her bruddah, Mars
Temple De Logan chillum come to school to
Mars Ed chutah too, and young Mars Harper
Logan and he Queen done been sweetheart eber
since she so high. / ain say muffin. but /
how t'Ings ewine to tn'n ont fo she twelve yeh
OF; cause de Logan family de- only one in de
county kin hol dey head mp wild de Castletons.
IN Mars Harper jealous chen oh he Queen cat.
Rnt he hab rival all de same, eben when he
was q boy-Wintah Pegrum, po' white boy,
what brung truck TO de house to sell. and al
ways hangin' roun bout recess when de Castle
ton and Logan chillun az play. But none Oh de
ehillun hab anything to do with him 'cept Mars
Temple. who fetch him in de liberty day,
and gle him all de oil book he ain wan hesef:
and after dat Wintah study so hard he own
home dat one day Mare Temple top me dat
Wirtah smatah dan even Mars Harper Logan.
/ ain belieb dat po' buckrah chiliun kin be
sma t as quality, but Mars Temple say it q fac.
rotis all els time dat Wintah cayn't keep he
eye off ne Queen; and / see by de way she
strut around in her white pant'Iet. and let her
big, sof eyes res cherry body but Wintah,
dat she see it too. But he ain say muffin. cause
one day he fetch a basket made oh wilIah and
all hid bensat' bright red ap1 yaliah leaf, and
full obi bulls and muskatine. know by de
shame face way he act dat he fetch en- for he
Queen, but too skeer'd to gre EN- to her, SO
took de basket from him and ham it to her for
him. She eye blazed up right off. like fat
light'ocd splintah. Den she twis' up her lip and
swell out her nose and mach up TO Wintah. and
follow close behind to hear what she gwine TO
say.
81 s'pose mus scuss you" abe say; 'for you
po' buckrah iRnant You don't kno no bettah
dan to be guilty ob ies such impotence"
81 good as you is" say Wintah; 'tand know
mo- dan some dat t'ink deyse'f too good to
ssociate wild men-lookin' straight at Mars
Harper. who always taggin' after he Queen, and
was stanGin' close by her side.
Oats a lie," say Mars Harper, cool and sassy
lookin,.
What you tink dat Peerum boy do DENT
Well. he ain ak Mars Harper what he say, or
what he mean, or ak him eff he wan chance to
taKe it back, like mos boys when dey ain spiin'
for fight but he walk right IN 70 him and
smash him in de mout wild he is'. and plant
anuddah one on he nose. till de blood sput out
like poke hey juice. Oh cou's' Mars Harper de
bisges, and SO pat EN- 70 dey hut one an
But FIN dat de wah ain ober yet for he
Queen fly at like hawk. and pull off my
head hankcheh and tromp on IT wild Der purity
foot. an scratch my face wild her fneah nail,
till tex her to her nah. who spank her good.
On, tell YOU she flint and steel to- her
nah ween her. and gunpowder after dat.
But IL de rumpus one hi pearl button bus off
de back OBJ he Queen frock. an Wintah pounce
on it like gol, an pnt in he pocket An when
/ come back to de we'll see Win ah machin' off
like he own de Ya'd. not drop 90 blood on him
anywhar, 'cept what he peel he knux on Mars
Harper toof (toothl.
time after dat an den I see him beckon to me
from de front gate. When / wen to him he glib
bright new han'kcheh, heap purifier dan
de ole one.
Oats for de one she stomp in do mud" he
say.
After tank him for it. ak:
s.Whufer you aim come 20 de house no mo-;
but SEN 20, nah yo pah wild de tingsl'
when she hn ont good she is I come
back, but not befo, he say, like he sho dat time
comm some day
Den de wah come an Mars Ed mex speech an
dewhite people hoiah an de tab bari bun; an
TO know it all de good ole time befo' de wah
done slip out my han, an l caynt get EN- back
no mo-
He Queen mos sebentean den, an she an
Mars Harper say dey engage but Mars Ed
ANA do muffin but shak hs white head an look
sad an talk bout wah an bloodsh+d, an say it
time 'nuf for chillen to talk bout margin after
we stablish our freedom. So he Queen bah a
big eryin' spell an cut mp high capeh, but Mars
Ed aiu' pay no ';ention to her, but riZ q regi-
men an mach off to de wah. an Mars Temple
go-too; not cause he wan to. for he lub de book
mo dan de gun. but cause he know Mars Ed
gpect it oh him
Mars Harper Tub to hunt an fight, out he aim
wan TO let he Queen, an deh ain no telln' JUS
how long he might nab stay at home Of she ain'
jus as good as toll him dat he hab to go gle
her for good.
Omen is curious. He Queen know dat Win
tab bin 'lected colah sergen' OBJ de company an
yetshe insis' on 'sentin de faR but when she
bout to han him de flag she motifs ring on he
hngah wild Ill pearl button for set an in
stead 90 putin de flag in he han she gle il to
de man mex 10 him, an ten she mex a mistake.
De way know is dat after she come back nome
she AK to fin ole frock she use to war, an
when tell her it done wo' out, she me for
my button bag. an hunt tro' il till she fin lii"
button zactly like de one Wintah pick up in de
ya'd.
''Dis button mex purity set for ring" she
SAY. lookin' ct it had.
Elbow you know2" I ak.
"'Cause see one OBJ de 'tlery men wild one
like dis set in he ring" she say.
IAN he name WintAh Pegrutn," say
''How you knowl' ak.
"'Cause dat DIS button you bus off yo' frock
when Mars Harper an Wintah hab de fight bout
de BULLS, for see him put il in he pocket like
dat de only button dis vert" (earthl.
81 ain know how he got it," she say; 'tbut
spected it use TO blone to me. an fuse to g'a
she say.
Well. after de comp'ny done drill 'nnf. it
mach off. an lef' he Queen TO cry her eve out,
of she wan to; an it look ike she try to do
il. too; but after while she say she ain Ron cry
no mo. an set to wuk to mex SAN bag for
Cha'son harbah an dc cos, scrape lint an pach
sweet 'tatah an rye TO mex cof'y Den she wen
wild her mat an nuss in de horspitle. an rattle
her dIment at de far an sell pach pindah at de
Dhzans an DO cory ting else she Kin To hen our
side; sIll TO long dab ain piece OBJ silvah lef'
in de house-all sol TO hny horspitte supply by
de blockade runnah-an' her wa'drobe got SO
slim dat shame to see her lef' de house. she SO
pc an shabby lookin'.
After while Mars Ed come home sick on
furlo. an, de doctah say he mus let do army
m TEX buro zition Den got raj shame OBJ
myself, cause amt done muffin for our side
but hep cook whites for when dey pass
Ero' de town; when Mars Ed talk bout Duro,
I member got ole one in my house. an tole
he Queen dat eff her pAh kin mex any OBJ it,
he welcome. She laf, an lat, an LAT when
tell her dis, an Mars Ed SEN for an gle me
q fen-dolah Confedric bill.
Tain wuf much now" he say: ssbut when do
wah ober it fetch ten dollah in eor."
got dat money yet, an ewine 10 keep it.
cause Mars Ed neber fool me in he life, an I |
know be wud comm true yet. dom keer what |
nobody tell me