Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-16
OLD AUNTIE'S STORY.
A Romance Of the South Just
After the War.

After the War.
"Iuse'ter b'lOng ter de Hend'son family
befo dey wen up de ribber to Plaq'min De
ole marse died 'er yaller fever down IN st.
James pa'ish, an de folks 'peared like dey
cud'n' stay no mo- on dat place, so dey cum
ter Plaq'min. Dey wuz jiss Ole Mlssus,
young Marse Gawge an Miss Nell, and dey
was lxin'er POI, COS de wah didn' lef' much
fur 'em. Marse Gawge he had ter cum
back fun VaRinny, whar he wuz ct school,
COS Ole Missus she didn' hab no mo- moner
fer ter SEN him, an she lowed dat if dey
all wuk'd dey cud lib on de Plaq'min place.
So dey did; but ct wuz mighty po' hbbin'
side err what dey wuz use ter hahn. Ole
Missus she gun ter git kim er sour. Didn'
nufin please her, enDyhow. She wuz de
contraries' ereetur you ebber seed, she wuz
sho'ly. Eff 70 sade blak wuz blak she'd low
Il was whittier er sum udder kim er color;
emmy color, she didn' keer, so long ez it
wuz'n de color you SADIE Po' Miss Nell, she
wuk'd hard but she couldn't do muffin
what wuz rite. Marse Gawge he seed how
Ole Missus was goin' on, but he jess shut
his mouf sort clos and didA' say u word.
Bimeby Marse Gawge ne get aletter fun up
Norf, what say ez how his bes' fren' at school
wuz er comm down ter st. Louis, an wud
buLu uOWn ItT bcO ililll Gl ITO WuL Wiluu's
Ole Missus she say she didn't warn nobody
ter cum. Marse Gawge he say he goin' ter
have his fren eff he wants ter cum. TT wuz
too late ter say emmy thing ennyhow, fur
de same night Telegram cum sayin' MarSe
Henry-dat's Marse Gawge's fren-done lef
st. Louis and comm down ter Plaq'min on
&c boat.
"Dat settle it. Ole Missus she run and
storm aroun', but tain no use. Marse
Gawge say he goin' ter have his fren', an
ole Missus had ter gin up Sho' nuf, when
de Silver cum down Marse Henry he walk
offn de stage au' TEX Marse Gawge right
'roun de shol'd'r an squeeze one ham, lax
he gyvine ter shake 1t off'n' him. Dem two
iiss lov'd one anudder Dey got in de ole
car'ige, what Marse Gawge done had all
wash'd up an clean'd, an cum up ter de
house Ole Missus didn't wan ter hev him
cum, but SEEM he did she wuz too almighty
proud ter let him think she didn't want him.
Marse Henry wuz er Raymond, but his folks
done move Norf since befo de wah, an his
pa Wuz in de Union ahmy. Ole Missus she
know'd dat, an ct made her hate Marse
Henry, fur she wuZ er mos strongeS' kin err
secesh. blieYe she WIZ wuss alter de wah
dan she wuz befo' Marse Henry he didn'
seem ter kyar. He couldp' see muffin emmy
how fur lookIn' at Miss Nell. | dom blame
him, SOS she wNs sut'ly bu'cheus. When
she kDow'd Marse Gawge's tren wuz er
comm, an dat Ole Missus wuz mos likely
ter raise er fuss, MISS Nell Jess lay herself
out ter make up fur her mas failin's. Lawd
how dat girl did work. She sec TO every
thing herself De parlor mus be all clean
cut, an de spare room what wuZ fur Marse
Henry mus hab flowers an new curt'ns an
all such like. Den she fix herse't up. l
had TO com her ha'r two or three times TO-
1t suit her. Den she put on er black silk
what'er Aunt Har' ct done SEN from France,
en- she put er red rose in her hair jiss ober
her lef year, en- tux some er Ole Misses
lace an twis' it roun' her nee till she look
LAX er queen. Miss Nell snt'nly wuz buchous
dat day, but Ole Mlssus she didn' hawdly
do nuffen She Jess stood in de do kim er
cold like, and say 'howdy,' an mighty soon
she done gone ter her own room.
"when Marse Henry been dere bout q
weel, H. coud'n see nufin' but Miss Nell.
He less foliSr her 'roun' an LUX alter her
like he cud Jess eat her wifi his eyes. When
Miss Nell wu'd walk Opt'n de room 'peared
like Marse Henry cud'n set still, he wer
Jess dat nervus. Den when she Wud cum
bask he alters jump mighty spry an nix her
chair, an he didn't seem ter like ter hao 1T
Ve'v far from his'n Miss Nell she 'peared
kinder glad, too, an / see when she ketch
Marse Henry loolun' at her wifi his heart
jess all in his eyes, she kin'er blush an
look down like she very 'shamed an glad,
too. Marse Gawge he seed it, but he didn'
say nuffin', but ole Missus she didn't seem
ter see nor hyar amy thing till one evenin'
when she step out'n de do ter de gallery
an she see Marse Henry an Miss Nell
stan'in' down At one en- an he holm one er
hams AM benin down ober her an talkin'
mighty low on earnes' like. Ole Missue
abe seem ter see all ut oncet, an she flung
her head up and call out: 'Nelhe, come tel
my room,' an den turn foup' short and
walk in de house. Miss Nell she whisper
sumfin' ter Marse Henry an he tex hei
ham an bow mighty gran, an low over i
am kiss it, an den Miss Nell she walk In d
house wifi her face mighty pale an ne
head up. loolkin' fur all de WORT IKE ne
ma. dom lxno' what Ole Missus say, ou
Miss Nelf bimeby came out ter dc 90 an
ree Marse Henry walkin' ve'y fas' up an
down an smokin' mighty hard. She stol
an look at him or mint an den say kline
soft and tender: Good night Mr.. Ray
mond.' Marse Henry amt seed her befo
mt when he hyar her voice he turn quic
an, AXE a step to her, but she done goiie
Den he walk ter de steps an see his fac
ioas es WINE an sot, an / kno' he ain
vvvine ter 90 Wy wifout Miss Nell eff b
Kin he'p Rissef. De Mex mornin' Of
NIssus and Miss Nell dom cum down
brekfus, and Marse GawSe and Mars
Henry dey eat kin or quiet BY deyselves
When dcy cat brekfus see 'em walkip u
and down de walk IN front err de house, an
Marse Henry he got hol' Marse Gawge'
arm and talkin' fas' an low. Bimeby Oh
Nissns came down an wuz drinkin' he
cofIee, wien Miss Nell walk in. Miss Ne
say good mawnin',' but Ole Missus mel
Der took 40 mo- notis dan if she didn't hya
er see nobody While dey wuz eatin' ther
wasn't word passed tween 'em, an 500
ole R[issus git up an go back ter her room
Maree George he done gone ter de fel', bu
Marse Henry be jess trampin' roun' waitir
far Mss Nell Wen she cum, he jess wal
right up and hol' out bot hans. Miss Ne
she stop mint, an git kim er red, den SD
look up an IL seem like her eyes wuz lul
er tears, but she put fust one ham an de-
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