Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-04

| her sop Jack, whar Wu1 sicsi VIZ s., -,
-, d,dn, siav more'n haf-hour, an, on
, v,.. 80, back / heah'd SIGH gallopin n
/ n,c,,,;s; dcyn dc road ez made me think he
40 10, bissef must be a chasin' somebody.
| 7 ~ Zoe, s,an hack in de shadow an wait fur
~ r,yer rtwuz 10 pass. DE moon brek
Ont from cloud les ez dey got near me,
AM when look up seed DAT twuz hiarse
| Courtney, an he sut'ny did nav curious
| look on his face, he suthy 9lu. wv IL
| jono arter dat / heah he done line ue
Yankee army an wuz captain, an kno'
be wuz n Good one, fur he wuz born boss,
| he wuz. ,,,,,
| 7 fol. creenv kinder like dere wuz suppin
gwine 10 happen De lights wuz ail CUT
| down stairs. so / went rlght up 10 hls5
Marguerite's room TO brush her nair' INC l
allus does; but de do WIZ snst an SUI say
she ned n headache an couln go 10 Deu,
| ez she didn' need me fur nuthin'. wuz
| ies' dat sot back didn' mek no Response :
all but | sut'ny wuZ dis,pinted' n5u
| calkerlated on hav'n' talk wid DC httle
n1issue an fndin' out how dc case heu pro
press'd an how Marse Courtney done t9o6
| his hckin' She warn IN De haple oI te' IN,
! aim nnyver told me ies' dat, fuI tWul
'rinst her principles to do that: but sui ny
! did think I wuZ pWine 10 heab 'bout qis
case. an when | fine I amt. On dat sue
didn' need me dat night, 1t jes' made me
sick. it sut'ny did. .,-
| "sfiss Marguerite warn one o dem per-
| sons whar Won could go up t. an AZ en-
! bout deTe bizness, an eZshe nloD Foiultoci
no information 7 AK no questions; conse-
ouence wuz didn' kno' what wuz re statee
| OF affairs. A dav or two arter dat heahd
| thro' Hezekiah whar Young Ma'Se Roger
| bov. an who b'lOng % lin, dat Mar~e
| Courtney done bin 10 deere house an s'aY
| bout day or so. when he WIZ calfd way
suddin bya telegram what he say WuZ very
| important, m be wuz 'bllged 70 go.
! kno'd all dat telegram biz'ness WIZ o ne
| los made mn 10 keen dc folks from KNOWN
| de truf, whar WIZ dat Miss Marguerite
done kick i'm higher'n an eagle KIN ny
| tho knO' che ain done 10 rough, iuf MISS
Marguerite wuZ born lady. an she cav mt
| do puthin' what warm lady-like. she cay NJ;
but | didn' cav nuthin', tho my nose did
snuff de ar little highcT'n usual; J. les'
| held my tongue, fur J dldn' dcuss prIVa'e
| bizncs9 wild nobody. didn'.
Things wuz sut'nv .pow'tul slow roun
de Hall arter dat. De little missus WuZ ne
same to all 'pearances, but kno'd her BET
term de rest, tur kuo'd her thoughts -.
she thought 'em an ] could see suppin
wuz wrong: but what 'twuz COUNT pro-
Zacly calkerlate.
Bout q week or two artcT Narse Court
news visit Marse John wuzt aEin' wuSs, an
Marse Roger WIZ sent fur 20 come IN "a
hurry.
Didn't seem to me de Niger what went
| fur i'm done cot dero TO | seed de Doctor
riding up. his boss jes' white wld dc sweat
whar he come so fast.
Miss Marguerite wuZ waitiu' fur i'm,
| an her eyes. whar he'd bin 50 full OF anX-
| ioueness an trouble while slttln'. by dc
marse, done drop some of II when she SEED
Il - 1
missus Miss Marguerite she wouln' low
| it to hersrf but ! seed how tWuZ an !
! lno'd she felt mo- trustfulnes- wild i'm den
| all de gentmen in de county biled down %
| one man, an when oman les tru' man
! like dat is all gwine 20 git right, fur she
sOt out in dc right way, sures You porn
she is. -,
| a long time. tho be tole 'em dey WuE
| frightened TOO soon, dat dere warn nutmn'
much wrong sep de pain WIZ q little
wusser. AFTER de marse got sortcr free OF
de misery. whar be wuZ in all over. an
do7e of. Miss Marguerite, size told de
| Doctor he mus come down and tex some
tea wild her. an dc Doctor say he would be
VERY glad. so dey went down IN de tea
| room an Miss Marguerite she pour ont de
| tea in de little chiny cups whar you could
mos see through an hand'd it to i'm her
sef. She tell Jack dat he could 90. an
| cOsa went out too. fur | allus wautd de
! Doctor to have her 10 hissef. so ] ies' sim
| out on de porch, an pres'nv seed EN-
cross de hail an 90 in de lbr'y. sat stiil
an watch de moon, an II comes back 10
me now no mOre'n # twuz yesterday.
1T twuz q curious kind Of ani0ht, warm
! fur awhile an then kinder shiyery ~
cold. De moon les play'd wild de clouds,
! sometimes 'twould brck out an shine soft
an clear nm steady. an then 'twOuldn' no
mOre'n peep out. an then gin 'twOuld 90
| in altogether an leave things right dark
| like Miss Marguerite wuz mighty sad an
| quiet dat night, an Marse Roger warn
| much better. | could see i'm thro' dewln-
dow an TO de Lawd couldn' hep watchin'.
! De little missus ayed de Doctor IF dere wuz
any mediate danger IN r'gaTd 10 3larse John
an eff he thought the wuss wuz near. Her
| voice WIZ low an full of tears when she
| axed i'm dis an she loOkid sadder den sor-
row ez she stood leann' up 'gainst de man
tel, her hands clasp'd right loose like IN
front. She he'd on soft white dress dat
night wild crmine all round de neck an
sleeves. an de ermine warn no whittier den
she wuz De moon shined down right
tween her an Marse Roger an seem TO ne
| il wuZ like o spell on 'cm. tie dldn' pear
10 kno' what she aXcd i'm. Hcwuz staudin'
! ies' on'site her an' wuZ lOokin' NJ her so
! tlct cot so pOw'lul naryOus he'd 10 move
up closer | kno' 'twuz pOw'tul mean
! thing fur Niger to do but ! couldn' hep
It, missus. ! WIZ les' uat excited an fus-
! trated dat night ~ f de mare wuZ ccurtn'
me. | wuz sartin he wuz gwlne %
tell her al about it., an l WIZ
| DAT anxious to know what de little
| mIssus WIZ gWinc 20 say dat ! d.dn' think
| bout dc impropri'ty, but ies' step right
| gintil ike under de window, whar wuZ
open, fur he room wuz mighty warm. an
stood in de shadows whar ] couldn' be
seen, but whar | could see an heah all dey
"When Miss Marguerite stop he didn'
say nuthin at fust, but arter a mint he
say, very quiet, dat he didn' think dere
| WIZ cuv cause TO glt Uneasy right away
| but dat he wouldn' 'ceivc her, au' dat she
| kno'd how 'twuZ wild sich cases; sometimes
| dey took sudden turns either way-some-
! times fur better. sometimes fur wuss.
When he say dat Mss Marguerite jes' drap
! her head on her arms an lean on de man
tel an Iheah'd one sob--dat's al.
"Marse Roger wuz lookin' at her wild de
love in his eyes what a man don hay dere
but once, an he say, Marguerite '--jes'
dat-but de way he say 1t jeS' say all dc
rest. an dat one word done court her.
"Arter awhile ne went up TO her an
taken her hans in his'n, an be say he
didn't know 10 words TO tell her bout his
| love, tQl, an zen Ills NoANt Hbi ~ INV VA
couldn't heah good, so | slip down on
my hans an knees an my BRET WIZ acomin'
hard an / wuZ a-stretchin' my neck out
| wusser'n a terrapin, but | wuz dat anxious
20 know what lie little mlssus swine say
dat warn conscious of no position.
Fer mint Miss Marguerite d.dn' say
nuthin', an den she rare her head back
ike Young boss whar was snoItin' in de
air. an she say in do haughtles' tone what
a woman kin use, dat she dom uudcrs!nnd
bis speakin' TO her ike dat, he sut'ny am
cot no right, how dare he say sich thinas,
an den she drap her head in her hands on De
mantelpioce, an tuz so pizen still IN dat
room | could heah de moonlight move on
de to-.
What in dc name o reason done possess
Miss Marguerite 10 say dem wur3s duruo.
an AIarse Roger be dom seem 10 knO'
either a. fust-his face les got white an
ser. an fur mint he didn' say nothin ~
den il pear 20 break o him what she meant,
an ain uu,yer leit fur nobody Ike } all
fur i'm den: aud presny he 50. an ei
hadn' o seen ina wouldn' hev known who
twuz . talkin': / he'd dared to hope what
he'd heard war Mt true, Marguerite, an so
presume 20 speak, pray YOU 20 iurglv
1 me AM furpet all Keep | IL dc same friend