Wichita eagle., 1888-07-22
GROSS DE LINES.

GROSS DE LINES.
| Skuse me, mistes, but yer ought ter be
nifty thankful ter de Lewd for letten yer CT
so easy. Scarlet fever's mighty bad zeese,
| an dem chiuun's been nifty sick Ny LII
miss an her sister tuck 1t at de same time,
bofe un EN- down at once, dss same ez yo' III
gals POI liz Ada die On de foath day; seem
( lax death struck her from de fus. Dey ma
was mos crazy. 1 nuss en- day an night.
Miss Grace pull froo, but she w puny fer
/ long time, en- den it TUX evybody on the
place ter please dat chIle-she miss her liz
sister. and she dom feel too well herself, an
it's Aunt Elviryn here, an Aunt Elviry"
dar, an Aunt Elviry tell me tale" from
mawnin' tell night, des sicily Like it Is Wild
desc young ladies.
was raise in de state O. Virgi1ny, nam.
in Prince William, but come away fun
Oar wild my misoes when l III a ga We
come to Kaintucly, an dar l stayed, of en-
On, twel I coma down here wild Sam after
de sreHder.
Yes, mistes, stay right er long er my
white folks al endurin' de wah. Dem w
dangus times. dem war times WIZ Marster,
he's Union man He call hlsself Union
man, do ne mo- skeeder e. de Yankees den
Of deg was de bad man an ell his inps. But
mistis, she boun' TO side wid Mss Grace. An
Miss Gracei Lor' bless you, Miss Grace amt
no Uuioasr Size de wI,Ss Secesh you cher
seed.
She an Mars Lance WIZ cotin' VIXEN de
wah brull out. Mistis want EN- ter put IL OF,
but Mars Lance come, be did, ter CUR house,
and he tell Miss 'Lizberh-dats my -1iscis-de
wah be all blowed ober in thirty days; deg
siD'e er g'wine ter be no Gtin'; dey al des
g'wine out on a frolic. ter skeer dem Yankees
"a 'swade Miss 'Lizbesh, and birlehy she gin
her word an dey got married Deg had 4
Gig w-ddtn'-de las big wedhin' seed DEFY
don't hab no big weddsns desc days. Miss
Grace she laf and say, Eff dar's g'wine ter be
a wah, dis nay las chance ter git any cloze."
She an her ma went ter Louisville, an dey
got piles and piles o cloze- De big boxes
wuz comm tv7eil yer can't reS-silk dresses
az fine bonness an | donno what al. DEFY
vas spread out on de coyupny room bed, an
on is cheers, an fole up N de bureau draws,
an hangin' up II Dc wardroom-evyIfng was
full Sne buy nur Dis tylIak sides de ere she
tux her cloze 10 when she went on ter de Viz
einny Springs de yeah TO de wah OATS
uher she fus see Mars Lance. He swap de
qucsshun Wise she dar He jes ptnsedly fall
in love Wild Miss Grace frs time be sesd her,
an DE amt waiSa no time fooii1l' rom.
We'll, Miss Grace sue got married. Iy
min tn ne she g'wine ter hab trouble |
dremp O. r1pddv wateh free nights han run
min, an dre,lp o. hawr cattle-and bofe o
dem dreams is nifty bad signs, honey. She
aidu' stay at hone ter hab on infar-dO she
did nab splendid secon' days dress-cos
Mars Lance he uz cap'n Of coClp'ny, an
he SAL he bleege ter git back home, an
loss no time. / went wild can. Stockycy
folks TO de war didn' wait on deysevs same
lax dey does desc days. was Miss Lilebeths
waitin maid fo' she marry Mars Thomas
her Eta, ole miss, gin me to her TO she died,
cos wss oofe raise up gals together in ole VIZ
ginny, an den l nuss her baby. Sac couldn'
truss dat baby Wild nobody but ne. eZ
Miss Grace git bigger It tux men her M
bofe ali our time await!n' on Der an dom
for her So lii Daisy got wars mo lax a
oman dan Miss Grace waz Wen she's mar
ried. She w ole nud to git married,
too; she w ebry day o sebenteen, but she
want no mo- count fer wuk-huh, ] useter
put out her clean cloze fo' de fab, an fix her
watah fer her ter wash, an pull off her shoes
an stockins, an peck up hz tingS an put
EN- away. | kro77ed Mss Grace couldn'
do widout NE way down dar hunks all dem
strange felix's, an she want g'wine OF nohow,
Ike po' folks, douS E,aid, so | went erloDS
wild her Dat was il March. Bout de fus o
May Mars Lance went or wid his comp'ny.
He didn't come back 10 no'-be was kilt; His
Eody SIT, .1t come home, an fotch his hoss
an his wasch an chain ter Miss Grace.
Miss Grace pear lax she stunt, she don tex
no intrus IN nothia' She stay on wid de
AIstoa as Miss I.zoeeh want her ter come
home ter hve, but Miss Grace say, Il don
want ter go home whar all de gals | useter so
wild, is, an evrting look 50 nachul, an Lance
didn't know nobody. / Tuthsr stay here whar
he growcd up. an evybody loved him" Miss
'L.zb-th she think Miss Craze boun' ter do
risat bout evyUnI. Soon's Miss Grace got
on her black we went up ter see Miss Liz0eth
-dey was Up iRsider De Yankee lines. Aiss
'Lizbeth dia sholy LOOK bad She look mos
ez ole az ole Miss do wen she die. Soons sh7
laid eyes on Miss Grace shs bust out cryln',
an she sag. ''Oh, my po' cailei7 She look
Lax she tuck it hardern Miss Grace do et
auythin' One dag when Nis Grace ain IN
de room say, Miss Grace git ober it after
vile Miss Grace SO putty she amt g'wins
ter stay single" Miss Iisbeth up an say,
! You caSat tar be slammed o yerseif Efviry,
TO speak 30 o your Miss Grace Pc chile.
bar heart is break" and she gym to cry. /
sa<:
Miss 'Lizbeth, you must sSr,se me Yer
amt done forgit, IS you, what sorryful
times you usetsr hab wen youse lax Miss
Gracea Manys de time dat Use gone to de
graveyard and fotch yer home often Mars
/ Miles grave after dark"-for Miss 'Lizbeth
was widow when Mars Thomas marry her.
| But my ralkin' dom do no good Miss
| Grace doa seem TO notice how poly her ma
I was, an twaas none O my business to stress
/ her 70 mon she was already; SO bineby We
went back to Mss Graces new kinfoiks.
Miss Grace git letter onceu vile by
/ some o dem grilier sojers what come FREQ,
al after vile she git letter fun her pa dat
her M ain, 50 well, an den Miss Grace git
Uneasy. She says: PA writ unbeknoEnst
70 ma, an fee-j she bad or" IN she say
she bieegs to go an see her ma.
{ Oar was a young lady an her aun. fun
! de same part o kaintucky wat We come fun,
ben a vistin down dar wha- Giss Grace was
g hvin', an dey was a gwiue home. Dey
fren's done sent fer 'e-a. an dey cadj driver
he was dc one what fetch de letter. So Miss
Grace sent me TO cyah EN- note AKIN ef
we can 90 wild EN-, and dey sent dsy comp
'mease an dey'd De very glad O her comp NJ.
/ Miss Alssoa hsd a heap o dem ole hard
beat biscuits vhss 'spises. an cole ban an
chicken, an demo what all put Cp for q
snack, COS it was two days we'd be On de
road, Al Der an Miss Asry an de beys cry
vs., day kiSs Miss Grace Eccd-by, bs. GsT