New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-24
IN that form sah he says to Kycrnai Kyartah, Free


he could shaseiy speak, sab, but finally he managed
to rcmawk that he'd DO DANCED II he evan heard such
,mnudcnce I'm all HIS life. But that postmahster
,pcahcd to have lost his mind, for he said again.
Free cents, Kyernal Kyartah, II yo' please
THAT was too much TO- the Kyernal- Iie was po,
Int he was proud. lie heaved a sigh, and then he
drawed his dcrrnger an he shot the postmahster's
head off, an do you know, sab, them Black RepuD-
lIcans down in washin'ton actually chased the
Kycrnal roun' Accomac County with company OF
soldiers for six weeks tryin' their best to got up
disturbance bout that affair, sah They did, sab,
'pon my word"
Uncle Mose my constant attendant along the POGO
mokc pointed out log hut all covered with mss ana
ivy, and long since abandoned which he said "hah
orter be as interestn' fo' you as TO- me- Dat was
white folks school-house I'm de ole days when dis
nggah was a pickanInny, an yo' gran'mammy,
honey, did dc teachin.' She mowed a powful heap,
kase TO- do reason dat she done got her eddcashun
down TO Rchmon' town. Long when growed up
de niggahs held DER camp-meetin's dere an dc white
folks used do cabin to pen up POI critters in when
dey hold q niggah auction. got 'ligon on dat spot,
bress do Lawd. an when my TO- darters was SOP In
slabery down In Georgey, dey tored from mo an
DER po ole nanny right dab long o. dat willer tree
Dem drefful days, honey. My ole woman 'longed
TO ole Miss Parker 'Fo' she married dc Kyernal her
name was Lawrence an she bringed him most fifty
niggahs. Dey was heap better'n his niggahs, an
dc Lawrence niggahs would't hab no deallns wild do
Parker nlggahs DC ole Kernal was thoroughbred now
min tole yer. Bout ebery FREQ mOnfs he take dc
black marc an ride of ter Salisbury fer game O.
pokah wild some odder great gemmans, and den he'd
come back whomc and fotch niggah drlvah wild him
and sell er FREQ OBJ do Lawrence nigghs for ter glib
hunk wot he'd lost playin' keerds. 'Longorbout
dis time yer gran'mammy sot mo free fer puin' yer
uncle Jawdge outen do branch when he was a-drown-
IN and 1 sot up In cabin whS dc roads FORK 10
Ini,rn town. Mlrandy was dc Parkah COOK. do mos
beautlfuIes' nggah wot cher ye seen, honey an dis
chile made up to her an we was marrd. we had 10
darters two at blr and dey was ubly chillen, now
CO bettah had b'lieve. Dey grOwed up wd MISS
Parkah and she lubcd ZEN, honey, like dey was her
own She wouldn't low 'em ter 'soclate wild de
Kyernaps black trash but Jess keep em in dc house.
one day. sah CORY but 1t makes my ole eyes earinl
Tess ter fink dc Kyernal kim back from poKah SCUM
mad Wild rage an drunk, fer his watch was gone an
ho hadn't g much g shin' lef in his cloes, and
so anybody knowed wot he were bout he Kctcheu
nm nv TO- dartcrs an chucked 'em In DC dcafDo IL
Mrandy hyeerd 'cm scrcamn', an grabbln up
kvaryin knife she headed fer dc Kyernal But twaht
no good. fer he were a powful man an he JOSS
wrcpcbed de blade outen her han an give her poke
td his 1s dat e'enamos' drew her froo' dc side OF
de house, an den no Jumped In dc dearooh anu
whipped up do bosses an was OIL
Tho old man drew his cotton pocket handkerchief
across his blurred eyes aud continued, Dem was
drefrul days. honey dem was drefful days. Mirahuy
r,z up from wha' dc Kyernal flunged her. an "heh
sbc seed dc wagon a-whrlin' of down do lane she
give a cry loudcr'n a painters YELL an hecred II
down I'm de apple orchard mile mp do 0uango branch
tnowed wot dat SCUM slgnifcatcd, honey kno"eu
Il meant ony de one fing an scooted acrosS uo
fold am come out right dere by yander willer tree
,css as do Kyernal roundup de benz, via Mrahuy
a folIern' on foot aswingn' her arms an CALM In
brpa II.
were. sah brcalnl wild cherry Jolt she give her pore
old body along de road. 1t were Jess low, meier,
cooIn, SCUM, an her eyes was fixed on de SKY lKo
she were I'm a trance Dc Kycrnal seen mo a-comn
and he Give HIS boss lick, but 1 grabbed dc lines
an ierked 'cm back
Git away from dar, yo' onery bracR niggahF
roared do ole man, git away er ri kick dc head
often YEP
aNoyv oh case knowed de Kyernal had do law OBJ
n chen ef was free nggah an dem was my
darters so says, says I. Mars DICK says l, yos
a white man an T amt muffin but ole nggah'
80 Dasso,' SCI he.
Dem gals yourn by lawr,' SEE l.
a. Dasso,' SCI he.
But dey am mine by natur',' seq l.
90 Dasso,' SEE he
q. Rack O, dc lawr am do sheriff an dc gun. but
hacl, n, natur dey amt muffin l, ''ceDin tears
an sorrer'
Mosc,' seq he, 'wot dye wantP
&. Air We ewInc ter sell my gals down in Georgy,
Mars Dlckl'
90 Dat am, Nose, Shore
as Den let '.m git outen de wagon an kiss der
ole daddy an nanny goodb an gu d pio'''" ioi
TO take Wild 'em, seq i.
DO ole man gimme long look an no sez: HAD
yer own way bout It, Mosc.'
&" So dey clumb down in de road, an tuck OH ueir
irons fer dc ole man had chained EN- UP lhe uey was
setter dogs, and toe em to be good an homes all
cuv em a blessn'. and did MIrandy, an don
Jumped 'em back in dc wagon an SEE, DnNe oi'
Mars Dick an Off dcy went to Georgy, an Mirauuy
fe down I'm do SAN like she dead, an could feel
my heart helm drug outer by hooks honey, by dc
berry r0Ots'
UrcIo Mose sank down on a rock and buried his
boad in hts hands rocking to and fro and uttering
that strange. mournfu sound that only negro relic
of slavery days can produce. When he grew easier
sald But you heard from them, Mose1'
CLAW, Mars Jack, Mary Ann an Kitty got dc fines
sort Of a whome down dab in Ceorgy, an dcy Kim
back yerp free times ter make VISIT Dey was
buyed up by ole gemman wild bcautiiul young
wife, an she was good to en-
And the other two, Mese7"
"Come Mars jack eff yo's gwine ter Neswaddux
country tcray hits time saddle up dc bosses an
be OFF,
The good old man was right ineS "Oio uiOd"
ful days But II he were capable OF feeling the nor
rid passion OF revenge his soul would have been sat-
atcd long ago. Northern bullets stretched out upon
the cod of Virginia two Of the Col0nePs sons third
was numbered by negro man, whose wife he had sold
into Texas The fourth and last left utterly desti-
,ute by Abraham Llncon's pen became an oyster
man over on the Chesapeake, and lived bis wretched
life in hut far than that of Uncle Nose, and
Northern family lives in the grand old house where
the parkers for nine generations had resided In prince
ly state. ,. ,..
Tho condition of public feeling on the Peninsula Just
before broke out Is well illustrated ny all al