Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-19

star at Miss Sally like he Il neber seen a
white pusSon before De song she war sing
in war
so Won see deb lads, dey needn't come Nooins
To me,
For my heart my heart d, ober the sea.
Deb lads, dey needn't come rooiug tn mo.
For any heart, my heart
Jes den the stranger took step forward.
an she looked up. an saw him. den She
turned dretful white, an tried 10 speak.
but she couldn {, So den she gave a scrpecb
an les bodaciously tainted away. Well
dat broke NJ deb party: lumn.v am Cindy
came an totea Miss Sally off to her room
an dey shut de duSrS on aii der gentlemen.
white an black. An de company went
home right quick after that. an in de
trlbulatlonS lost sight oh de stranger.
Mex day Sally war sick, an de stranger
called an left his card, an l.ummy toIe
me dat when she cayied de card ter Miss
Sally she scream an act like she gwiue
ter faint again MarSe George. he hang
rouu de dore, an out dar in lie gallery. AN
day long, an les bout dark Iummv let
him in. Miss Sally war lying on de red
lounge, ober dar ldis war Miss Sallv's
ROOM, an she look jeS like lily in her
white gown an soft white shawl When
she saw Marse George she look right Glad
and put mp her arms like she would hug
him; an his eyes jes shine But fore he
got across the room, she had covered up
her arms an hid her face an kinder
moaned An Marse George look ut her
an didn't seem to know what to DO. He
waited quite a spell or maybe longer, an
then she looked up an tried to smile
an he say; Sally, dear, what frightened
you? tell me.
An she says, ] saw a ghost George!
an den she whisper something, am cry an
show him de stranger card
An he jumps back from her an creis
%, Sally! an walks up an down de caroet
right fast minute or two. an Miss Sally
look at him real pitiful like Den he come
back to de lounge an spoke again real
stern an solemn, but Lummy can't make
ont what he say, an She seed Miss Sally
war gettin excited SO she bundles Marse
George right out Oh de room An Lummy
don t reckon dat Miss Sally slept wink
dat night.
"Howeber, she finally got well an came
downstairs. an do her music an her
fancy work ies like de odeiA But She an
Marse George don hardly speak 10 one
anoder. an Cap'n Green hold her worsted
an get her fan an pick up her handler
chief dem days. An MGse George goes
out shooting all day an all night he waits
on his mother An hc get pale an his
eyes get bigger an bigger An when
waits ON de table dun notice dat both of
EN- makes out to live ON mighty little An
when | member what mighty smart eat
er Marse George used ter be, sut 'nly
does feel worried About that time de
Colonel began to talk about de Christmas
party De Colonel allus give big time TO
all de pore folks Christmas. an Marse
George hab been mighty Interested odder
years. He aius tends ter trImmin up de
house wild greens, an he nd go TO town
for eberythmg de missus asked for, an
act like he couldn do enuif. Bnt dis
yeah he didn' seem ter hab no spirit i'm IT.
Nh lady kinder joke him. an say she mus
drive him every step, and she told Miss
Sally ter make him work
Me an Ehwum Syvanus draw'd Il
right good loado holly an ground cedar
reckon bout two weeks before Christmas.
an Marse George an Miss Sally an NH
lady all help make wreaths an dcy twist
long strings ob cedar together TO put
around the banisters an such. One day
we war workiu in de half-circle an NH
lady had comp ny come. so she went down
TO the paror while. De vine we war
putin up war too short, an Miss Sally
war piecin it out an stood up on dc
ladder holdin de oder end Marse George
began talkin low an earnest like an she
war trembin right much, ] could tell by
the vine she war holdin'. But she spoke
kinder y, art like she couldn 7 bear 10 talk
AT last hear him speak right out an
say, Sally, ! can't stand this; don't you
sect is killing me? An | do believe IT
will kill my father too
Den Miss Sally drop the greens an flung
herself down on de stairs wild bitter
moan. an cried like her heart would
break, and ! heard her say: Oh, have
mercy Oh, my love, pity met Oh, God!
pity us both Oh, if death would only
GOMEZ
Den he war down on de steps beside
her an he war crying too Twar gettin
dark right fast an dey forgot all about me,
an dar was on top Oh be ladder up ober
DER heads, an didn't know what to do
more dan a statue Oh fooIishness standlD
up dar
Pretty soon he moves little, and she
murmur Don't touch me, George It
is a sin to even think of me. Oh God!
how wretched am an then she appeared
to be praying, al he seem to be cursing
somebody, an all at once il struck me dat
it war de strange gentlemen at the party.
Twar him dat somehow done all de mis-
chief
at cum ter me so sudden dat ! kinder
jump on de ladder an De both heard me.
natchely. An Miss Sally ran of right
smart, tell you / had 10 laugh 10 see
her scamper, do were right much scared
too For Iarse George turned on dis
pore niggah ike a hon ! nebber got
such a settin up no, sab, not chen m
slavery days. An IN de end pore Marse
George fell in a fit like an ! hab Ter tote
him off ter bed
Den we send for de doctor am tela.
graph for de CooneI he war gone "a
Richmond AN NH lady am de doctor, an
Iummy AN me, we sat mp putty near all
dat night De doctor say bee hab high
fever au mu, be KEEP quiet But Marst
George fight az the medicine. an say hc
want ter die, an cry for Sally. an act ike
he had no sense. NIB lady scold him, bui
dat don't do no good. All day Sunday he
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