Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29

eight fifty. Twuz ergih de rules fur um Ter
open der moufs while dey on de block; but
Larkin clean forgit de rules; en- wen dey got
ter biddin' hot en- high on i'm, his eyes got
plumb full Of water en- he tar open his shirt
at de neck en- twis' his hat twix' his hans lax
'twaz er rope-Larkin pear lax he gwine ter
die wild er spasm.
"En wen de trader say Eleven hundred dol
lars Larkin des bend down to'ds i'm en- beg
i'm
"'Now, marster, eff you buy me you mus
buy ria, sub; she's my wife. Oar she is wild
de red head cloth on
Ode woz considerable talkin' ,mongst de
white people, en- er farmer wild er plantation
jinin' we al's bid 1even hundred en- fifty
Larkin look at i'm powful glad, den de trader
say:
Twelve hundredr
"Larkin look at i'm ergin en- say:
'Ef you buy me, sub, fur God sake take
Ria, too, sub. wouldn't be no count doubt
er, en- she is er mighty faithful woman; az
er mistis, she tell you So
"De auctioneer tell Larkin ter dry up; but
twusn't no use; ev'y time de trader raise dc
bid Larkin beg em ter buy UNI both Twixt
UNI all en- de citement, dey run Larkin up
ter sixteen hundred dollars en- de trader got
I'm
"Larkin jump of'n de block en- git on his
knees 'fo' de man en- pied wild i'm ter buy
Ria too. Dat trader DIES kick de POI darby
lax he er a chunk er wood, en- say:
"'Git erwayl Don't 'sturb me! I haint
here to buy women; l des got orders fur
men,
''Larkin look LAX he stark, ravin', 'stracted.
He went ter Ria en- dey cry togerr lax
chilern-
''Dey halter take Ria ter de block by main
fo'ce, wen hit come her time, en- den she
couldn't stan up she so weak. Marse Sam
Hanna, OF miss brer, bid Ter in en- give 'er
ter OF miss kase she sech er favorite wild de
family; en- he bought me too, kase didn't
bring much; want ve'y stout EN- reckon
dey feared l gwine ter die.
''Marse Hanna bought de plantation too,
en- decided it ter OF miss, so de family went
back dar ter live wild only er few niggers
$50 Larkin en- Ria wuz parted Dey tuck
i'm way down ter Louisiana ter hep UNI
make sugar cane
'"Ria fuse ter live in de big house whar OF
miss want 'cr ter stay. She went back ter de
same cabin whar her eu Larkin lister to live.
Way in de dead er night hear dat woman
rockin' erse'f en- talkin' lax she speakin'
wild hants She 90 bout de place 'dout
talkin' ter anybody wild FER head hangin'
down
''She got mighty thin en- peaked: en- OF
miss couldn't git 'er ter eat much. Den ter
rectly she got down,Fid de brain fever ell de
doctor couldn't keep tr fom dyin 'Twuz er
sad day fur us all wien Ria was put in de
groun'
de war come on den: On wen 'twuz over,
all dc darkeys wuz free. Den hard times set
in. Massa John told me 1 at liberty ter
strike out fur myself eff want er go. But l
didn't leave UNI den, fur wuz bout all dey
had lef.
'''Bout six mont's after de surrender one
evenin' tods dusk all de famibly wuz out in
de ya'd. We seed er OF raggety darkey COM
in up de big road. Wen he got ter de bars,
he clomb throo um en- den look up at de big
house. Den he look at de row er cabins, whar
de darleys ulster live, en- he 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,
den he tap ergin. But nobody didn't open
it; so he pull de OF rusty chain out'n de hole,
en- push de do open en- go in.
Purity soon he come out in front en- count
de cabins wild his finger; den ne go back
ergin en- look in de do. Den be tu'n roun;
slow en- tumble long up ter whar we all
stan in
He tuck of his OF hat en- STAN TO Marse
John bowin' en- tryin to steddy hisself wild
his stick Look lax his clothes bout ter drap
offn his body, dey so ragged en- he's so thin.
'Marse John, has you forgot mep he say,
tryin' ter smile.
''Marse John des shuck his head, en- look at
Nm vey straight, en- tell i'm he cayn't mem
Der i'm.
''I's Larkin wat ulster b1ong ter YOU de
OF darkey say. Den we all shake i'm by
de han, en- OF miss pear pow'ful 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 OF miss
room Den Miss Lucille en- OF miss make
haste ter git i'm some VAIN victuals t eat
'Dey fetch i'm some coffee en- light bread
toast, en- tell i'm ter eat bit en- den lie down
en- res hisSef, 'at he is sick en- mus be careful
wild hisse'f.
But OF Larkin wouldn't tech de toast nor
de coffee. He stan up en- ak OF miss
"'Miss Laura, whar's 'Riar
"OP Miss tu'n her head way en- amt said
muffin Den Larkin git ter shakin' lax he
tuck wild chills, en- be say:
"'Marse John, whar' is 'Riar
Nobody wouldn't tell i'm muffin bout his
wife bein' dead; SO he walk out dois-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- OF
miss put 'er han on his arm, des lax he wuz
er white man, en- lead i'm ter 'Ria's grave,
wild 'er name on de white sign at de head.
''OP miss des look down at de grave, wat
had grass en- flowers CROWN ON it, On gin ter
cry, en- Larkin know what she mean.
''He des fall down by it en- moan, en- moan,
en- cough, LAX be bout ter strangle wild his
tears. Marse John en- me halter tote i'm
'twixt us in de house, en- OF miss fix i'm his
bed He never lef' it. De doctor came, but
he say 'twuz no use, de OF man done broke
down wild trampin' SO far, en- his heart broke,
TOO.
'He died de next day, en- he wuz laid side
Ria under dc trees, hind dc big house,
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