San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-12
MISS Lucille, my ycaag insists; wuz actu1y

"Den Mars John look lax he try ter make
light NV it en- couldn't, fur his voice trenholm
mighty strange wen he say;
"'Well reckon de res Nv you don't care
bout gittin' married, so nobody won't take
part in dis 'cep' Ria and Larkin. But well
put it OF tell mex week eu den have big
time en- plenty Z eat
"En wen de time 'riv 'twuz er gran we'd
din EN- infare. Ria wuz dressed out in er
fine silk dress en- Larkin had on bran new
broadcloth en- calfskin boots. De supper
wuz in de big house dinin' room, en- dar wuz
'nugh teat fur a regiment er soldiers After
dey done married dey all tu'n loose ter
dancin' in de barn, en- hit lasted tell mos
day.
"Now I'm gittin' purity oil en- seed consid-
er'ble married people, bofe white en- black;
but dem two wuz certenly de mos happies'
ever come er crost.
'Larkin look LAX he do mo- wo'k en- ever EN-
Ria wuz de same way Well dey live long
dat way fur twenty year. Den come de
trouble fur us all.
"Marse John got ter speculatin'-folks say
he not satisfied wild wat he had, en- want ter
git rich. He wuz erway in New Orleans fur
er mont after time. One day we all hear at
de plantation en- us darkeys all gwine ter be
sold ter pay Off Marse Johns debts.
"Op mistis mos 'stracted, en- Miss Lucille
walkn' de flo' en- cryin' lax Ter heart broke.
De lam en- slaves halter go; de wuznt no
way gittin' roun' hit Judge Bacon wuz
pinted receiver by de law. But all dis didn't
come up ter wat we halter went thoo wen
de day come fur us slaves ter be sold on de
block at de court house. De wuz powful
big croud f'onl all sides; des lax hit wuz er
hangin'.
"a al ,ellin' you de trufe. wuz more sor-
rier fur Larkin en- Ria an wuz fur myself;
! reckon 'twuz kase dey take on so.
"Dar wuz er niger trader fom Louisiana
ready ter buy six ur u.s. en- he wuz wrigglin'
roun' in de croud, AKIN questions en- lookin'
at us. De folks in dat settlement wuz mighty
laekin' er money dem times, en- We know at
some er us boun' ter be tuck way fom home.
"Dey put Larkin on de block fust one, en-
dey gin ter bid up on i'm Somebody start
it at eight hundred dollars, den de trader say
eight fifty. 'Twuz ergin de rules fur um ter
open der moufs while dey on de block; but
Lars 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 hams lax
twaz er rope-Larkin pear lax he gwine ter
die wild er spasm.
"En wen de trader say Eleven hundred dol
lars Larkin DIES 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
"De WOE considerable talkin' 'mongst de
white people, en- er farmer wild er plantation
jinin' we all's bid neven hundred en- fifty.
Larkin look at i'm powful glad, den de trader
say:
"Twelve hundredr
"Larkn 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; al
'er mistis, she tell you So
de auctioneer tell Larkin ter dry up; but
twusn't no use; evy time de trader raise de
bid Larkin beg 'em ter buy um both. Twixt
UNI all en- de 'citement, dey run Larkin up
ter sixteen hundred dollars en- de trader got
i'm.
'Larkin jump off'n de block en- git on his
knees TO de man ell pied wild i'm ter buy
Ria too. Dat trader DIES kick de POI darby
lax he er chunk er wood, en- say:
"'Git erwayl Don't 'sturb mel / haint
here to buy women; 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
foce, wen hit come her time, en- den she
couldn't STAN up she so weak. Marse Sam
Hanna, OF miss brer, bid 'er 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 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.
80 Larkin Ell Ria wuz parted. Dey tuck
i'm way down ter Louisiana ter hep um
make sugar cane.
'"Ria fuse ter live in de big house whar OF
miss want 'er ter stay. She went back ter de
same cabin whar her en- Larkin lister to live.
Way in de dead er night hear dat woman
rockin' erse'f en- talkin' lax she speakin'
wild hants She 60 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 wild de brain fever eli de
doctor couldn't keep 'er f'om dyin' 'Twuz er
sad day fur us all wen Ria was put in de
groun'.
"De war come on den: en- wien 'twuz over,
all de dar;eys wuz free. Den hard times set
in. Massa John told me | at liberty ter
strike out fur myself eff want er 60 But |
didn't leave UNI den, fur wuz bout all dey
had lef.
Bout six mont's after de surrender one
even!n' tods dusk all de family 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 UNI en- den look I'D at de big