Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19

do it. when l loved you 500 oh. it burns
! an burns. Let me out. Sally
"You see he war jumpin aroun' on
der bed, an we wal all tryin' to hole him
still. An Miss Sally say to him: There.
there; lie still; It's almost over; have pa
tience-patience patience! She spoke
right low an soft, an he kinder stop an
listen; den he 90 wild again. an Miss
Sally hush him three times. De Colonel
an NH lady stood at the foot oh de bed,
trembling all the time.
DE doctor came an scratched his arm
with a bright little thing.-I don know
what they call tan he suit My war real
still after dat. But he war cold and shiv-
ering, an de doctor say his pulse am very
faint. Miss Sally rubbed his hans an
hold them to her warm cheeks, an Lummy
an | warmed the blankets an put hot
things to his feet. But it seem like 'twar
no good. After a spell the doctor went
out, an de Colonel an m hlady went, too.
Marse George hadn't spoke or 'peared
to n anything den for a long time.
an | sut'nly 'xpected that he war beyond
speech.
But | saw Miss Sally drop his hans
an take his face between her two soft
hans.
Sweetheart, says she,-an' l fairly
jumped to hear her, for do her voice war
low, t seemed as do twould pierce be-
yond de grave, sweetheart come back; oh,
come back to me! Look at me,-look in
my eyes, George!'
An sho' huff he looked up les as
matched! An she looked straight into his
eyes, an seemed to hold him with her
look, an she says, oh, George, dom give
up! Be brave, sweetheart. Fight it out!
i will help you sweetheart, we will fight
it out together.
But while she spoke his eyes grew dull,
do still fixed on hers. An she cried out
in real terror: Sweetheart! Oh, my
darling, don't you know me?' an his face
frightened up an he spoke out right
plain. Yes, Sally, l know you An he
opened his eyes wide as if he couldn't see
plain, and feel for her with his hans, an
say: Kiss me, Sally
"Well, sab, she stoop down an kiss
him, an dat war his last breath. l thought
she would keep him alive wild de power of
her will, but the will OBJ de Lord war great
er.
dummy spoke to de Colonel an NH
lady, an they came jes' in time ter see
Miss Sally kiss his eyelids down, an pull
her hands away from his.
"Jes' den a little streak O. sunchine
come In troo de windows an de bells
rung out, loud an sudden, an right
happy like-fer it was Christmas maw-
MIN
Here the old man broke down. and bowed
his woolly head and wept aloud, and may
be my W eyes We're not very dry just
then. After a while he went on with the
story.
Miss Sally went away de day before
New Years an married the stranger. 1t
'peared that her father had promised her
to him years before, an when he was dying
he made her swear to marry this man; but
he been off ter England and never writ
a word, an Miss Sally kinder hoped he I'D
marry some other lady, an let her alone.
Den all of a sudden he 'peared to her and
wanted to be married d rectly. Nh lady
were mighty took back an wouldn't 90 to
see de marriage, but she sent 'Cindy. An
'Cindy say she wore a black dress to be
married In, an before she went inter de
church she went an kneeled down a min
ute at Marse Georges grave. An cherry
New Years eve, Marse Georges ghost
comes an walks up an down the gallery
dar, an we reckon, Lummy an me, dat he
I'm uneasy bout Miss Sally"
| stayed at Magruder's until January
), and enjoyed myself hugely, but didn't
catch the slightest glimpse of the ghost,
and can not say that | really expected