Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-24
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING co,
E. E. ELWELL, AGENT.
Ofice Cor. Byidge and Vuter SIS. Augusta. Ne.
d-ees


De alctione. Il Larsin ter dry up.
twuznt no Use, sy'y tine de trader raise de
bid Larkin beg EN- ter buy I'm both Twixt
um all ell de 'clleLDeut, dey run Larkin up
ter sixteen hundred dollars g de trader got
I'm
"Larxin jump of Dc block en- git on his
knees 10 de Ran en- pied wid i'm ter buy
Ria too Dat trader DIES kick de 20 darby
La ne er a chunk er wood, en- say.
cit erwAyl Don't 'sturo mel | haint
here 10 buy women, 1 des got orders fur
men
''Larkin LOOK lax he stark, ravin'. stracted
he went ter Ria eu dey cry togerr lax
chilern.
"Dey halter take Ria ter de block by main
fo'ee, wen hit come Der time, en- den she
couldn't stan Up she 50 weak Marse Sam
Hanna. oil miss 0rer. bid 'er in en- give 'er
ter OF miss kass she sech er fayorite wid de
fam "; Ell ne bought me too. kase didn't
bring ulaeh; I Want yey stout Ell reckon
dey ivaIed sN ne ter die.
"Marse Hanna bought de plantation too.
en- decided 1t ter OF miss, 80 de family went
back dar ter live wild only er few niggers.
$50 Larkin en- RIA wuz parted Dey tuck
i'm way down tsr Louizana tsr hep nm
make sugar cane.
"'Ria fuse ter live tn do big house whar OF
miss want 'er ter stay. She went back ter do
same cabin whar her en- Larkin lister to 1--we.
Way In de dead sr night hear dat woman
rockin' ersef en- taIkin' lax she speakin'
wild ha'ntA She 20 bout de place dort
talkin' ter anybody wild 'er head hangin'
down
'.She got mighty thin en- peaked: en- OIL
,11 linz tar taro napf tar.
rectly she got down wild de brain fever Ell de
doctor couldn't keep 'er fom dyin' 'Twuz er
sad day fur US all wen Ria was put In de
groun'.
DE war come on den: en- wen twuz over,
all dc darteys wuz free. Den hard times set
in Massa John told me l at liberty ter
strike out fur myself ef want er 60 But l
didn't leave UNI den, fur wuz bout all dsy
had lef'.
bout six mont's after dc surrender one
evenin' to'ds dusk all de famibly wuz out In
de yad. We seed er OF rsggety darxey com
in up de big road. Wen he got ter de bars,
be clomb throo um en- den look up at de big
house. Den he look at de row er cabins, whar
de darkeys ulster live, en- be limp erlong wild
his stick tell he come TO 'Ria's house
.'He stopped at de do en- knock ont wild
his stick He stan' still er minute en- listen,
deu he tap ergin- But nobody didn't open
it: so he pull de oil rusty chain out'n de hole,
ea push de do open en- so M.
Purity soon he come out in front en- count
de cabirs wild his finger, den be go back
ergin en- look in de do Den he tu'n roun'
slow EN- tumble long up ter whar We all
stan in
lie tuck OH 10 oil hat en- stan No Marse
John bowin' en- tryin to steddy bisself wild
his stick Look lax his clothes bout ter drap
off'n his body, dey SO ragged en- he's 50 thin.
"'Marse John. has you forgot mef he say,
tryin ter smile
"Marse John des shuck his head. en- look OF
i'm ve'y straight, en- tell i'm he cayn't mem
Der I'm.
"''s Larsiu wat ulster b'lOng ter you,' de
OF darkey say. Den we all shake I'm by
lie han. en- OF miss pear powf put out
kase he lookin' so sick.
''Dey help i'm inter de big house, en- give
i'm er seat IN er big arm chair IN oil miss
room Den Miss Lucille en- oil miss make
haste ter git i'm some VAIN yictuals t eat.
"Dey fetch i'm some coffee en- light bread
toast, en- tell i'm ter eat hit en- den lie down
en- res hisse'f, at he Is sick en- mus be careful
wild hissef
But Of Larkin wouldn't tech de toast non
de coffee He stan up en- ak OIL miss;
"'Miss Laura, whar's 'Riar
''Or Miss tu'n her head way en- Amt said
muffin. Den Larkin git ter shakin' lax hs
tuck wild chils, en- be say:
"'Mnrse John, whar IL 'Riaf
Nobody wouldn't tell i'm muffin bout hi,
wife bein' dead, so he walk out do's-dey
couldn't 'suade i'm ter set still
Den dey all walk roun' hind de big
house whar de slaves all wuz buried, en- oil
miss put er han on his arm, des lax he ~u;
er white man, lead i'm ter Rias grave
wild er name on de white syn at de head
"Or miss des look down Mt de grave, wal
had grass en- flowers grown Oh 1t. en- GIN TEL
| cry. en- l.arkin know at she mean
! He dss fall down by it en- moan, en- moan
| en cough, lax ne bout ter strange wild hi,
tears Msrse John en- mo harter tore In
'tWixt us in do house. en- oil miss fix i'm hi
bed tie never ief7 II. De doctor came, but
he say 'twuz no use, de oil man done broke
down wild trampin' SO far. en- his heart broke
! too
! He died de next day, en- be wuz laid sids
Ria under de trees, hind de big house ~
! viii N. Harden in Atlanta Constitution.