Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-16

stretchin' out and trem'lin' ter hol' hers
Marse Henry sort err ketch his BRET. an den
BEN ober an kiss Miss Nelf's ham, an dey
walk OF down de lane ter de gate. 'Twuz
er mos dinner time wen dey cum back
but dey luke like ez If dey had fxt things
ter suit 'em, an Miss Nell's eyes wuz
ez full er happy light ez cud be. Marse
Henry he lux happy, too, but wen he LUX
up and see Ole Missus stan'in' in de do he
git stern like.
"W'en dey wuz all settin' down at de
table an was done eatin' Ole Mlssus
say all ter oncet: 'Gawge, ez Mr.. Ray
mond's baggage ready fur him to sen'ter
de boat dis ebenin'P She didn't say it mad
like, but jess ez cool an perlite as 20 cud
wish, but 70 cud see fire fashin' out'n her
eye an de sides OBJ her nose kin'er swell
and draw in like er horse when he gets
scared. Marse Gawge he look up quick and
say he doan' unnerstan'. Miss Nell she git
jess as white ez de napkin in her ham what
wuz pressed ter her side jess bout her
heart, an her eyes wuz lookin' straight at
Marse Henry. Ole Missus she wait mint
an den AK Marse Gawge ag'in wifi JUS de
same words eggsackly. Marse Gawge he
seed what de tr'uble wuz, an he push back
his chair. Jess dat minute Marse Henry he
stan up an bow to Ole Missus an say low
an clear: I onerstan's yo, madame, an
will act accord'nly'
"Den Ole Mlssus' eyes snap an she stan I'M
straight an say: I'm mighty glad yo' do at
las, sub, an I'm pleased ter fin hab
made at leas' one Yankee 'prechiate his
own meanness. Yo' absence will be a re-
lief, suh;' an at dat Ole Missus max fin
bow an walk out. Marse Gawge, Miss Nell
and Marse Henry jess sot dere Ike dey wuz
stone. All OBJ a suddin Miss Nell she gave
little kim Rnh an, aim
pin out er her chair ez Marse Henry
caught her in his arms. She had
done tainted dead away. Marse Henry
he jiss clean out'n his head. He kiss
her hans an face an call her all de sweet
names he could put his tongue ter. Bime-
by she opened her eyes an, see who wuz
holm her an git red an den white an
faint away agin. Ole Missus she hud de
noise an walk in an see Marse Henry holm
Miss Nell in his arms. She jess tore de
| poor chile out'n his arms, an turnin' on him
like er iger, jess screams at him: Go, sab,
an dom yo' ebber darken my do agin wifi
yer cussed Yankee face
Marse Henry he turn white ez er ghos',
an turnin' SEE: Good ebenin', madame
and walks out.
" Dat night he lef, and de boat he went
on nebber reached de mex landin', but wuz
bu'nt up in de big creek ben bout twenty
miles down de ribber.
Pears like Gawd wuz punishin' Ole Mis-
sus, fur frum dat night ebber't'ing went
wrong. De gin hous' wuz burned and de
nex' spring dey he'd a crevasse what
drownded de mules an mos ruin'd de place.
Miss Nell dldn' nebber act de same ter Ole
Missus, chen when her ma wuz dyin' er
fever. Marse George he sol de place an
took Miss Nell an me up nerf. Miss Nell
she ies' KEEP gittin' mo- poly an mo- poly
till she wen ter sleep one night an didn'
wake up no mo-. Her heart wuz jess broke
Marse George he works down town an
texts kyar er him, but he amt de Marse
George dat he ulster be. He amt nebber
been sence Miss Nell wuz TUX away POI
Miss NELL Sho'ly her heart wuz bruk; it
was sut'nly."-McC LinOdr, IN N. Y. Natl
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