Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-04
We ain, bin goin' dis wny lone

- ~ nnrna from. but way oil | could
beab de other gent'mens a-hollerin' an
calm. an reckon dey GOT suPplh TOO.
~ na,cer over on his back, an den /
saah,d i'm say. my Cord. what hay' done?
an den i look, an ocre' r'sn' oei" me Wuz
Marse Courtney $3.50,
'ia =. HIIe1ekiah stop still when he say dat.
~, T ,yofch de little rnissus. but she ain
oiv, no evidence of nothin', so | say. go
on 90 loot a, i'm Iona L..
cot down b'side i'm 90 see whar he wnz
~, he blood wuZ ies' a-pOurin' from de
, ,~,,-d an know'd it he'd TO be stoD'd
n mvct or he wouldn' las long. DE marse
,binI a mint an den he GIT up quick an
Ill he coat OF an den of come his shirt,
- g., could say n word he wuz down on
~ knees tearin' 1t in strips an blndin' up
Morse COurtney's wounds.
!" Re wuz jes' eZ tender 81 "A woman. but
his face wuz awful hxd an he didn' say
nothin' TIL he got thro'. when no rizHp an
eov sUczekiah, We must GIT i'm into
ny, How i'm de name o. do Lawd we
wine do it dunno, but marso lac know'd.
an, presnv saw. He taken his big coat of
mn, lad II on De snow an les u gentle ~
n no yuz handlip' baby he put Marse
Oourtucr on II an lsec'd we edastretcher
IKE He tell mo 10 TEX hold OF one sIlc
an he would tothcr, an De horses dcy
v,ould come on blind. Fuft I Wouldn'
move. / tell i'm ain cwine TO lct i'm friz
fer no Yankee. fer he'd bc stiHer'n ice II Ho
gwlne walk five miles to DE- camp Ike ,dat'
an' les didn't bulge. Marse Roger look
at me a mint an he pull ont his watch an
held IL one nam an he took out bis pistol
wild de oder. an be say. Hezekiah. "t you
dom take hold dat coat an hep carry uiS
gouf'man into caup you VIII bee 70 dead
niger in two minlts. DO you heah?
~ aim never b'leye nv marse meant Dat
snre nouf. hut / ain certain. GO J aetcn
hold an we start of. We ain bin walEn'
half mile TO- il began 10 snow again an
do wind cut our laccs most IN two, Wl' |
thought we'd all drap 10 We reach camp.
I noted Dc aarse ioOk'1 whit. on eY 'ry
now and then he'd bite hi, lp. INT ne
didn' sag nuthin. Ircsnv he SPY we'd bet
ter ston and an rest I'm under tree.
seed de marse dIap his arm do"n an de
blood WIZ all on his coat. an nL dis time
he ain ever tole me lee done BIN snoi d.
his lef' arm. on ! couldn' do nutkin' iur
i'm. De sun wuz most down whcn we got
into camp. an ! seed dere wuz some COM
motion goin' on, an ! soon ioun' out d4t
we he'd got orders to move ON % te
city. Mars, Roger carried Narse Courtney
right i'm his tent. ~ be soon como
too. hut We seed be wuZ gwiue 10 hav'
spell of il. for he soon went Oh into .eyer,
an all night he rave an ak most dreuul.
Narse Roger he'd his arm fiX'd, an tried
10 mex ont Ike it warn n0thln', but
know'd better den dat, Eur ! couid zee by
his face how he wuZ q ,ulcrH. By night
de mex mOrnin' we start % Richmond, an
les eZ soon % we ct deere Marsc Roger hct
Marse Courtney put IN de hospital. Pears
to me some ~ heavens 'habiianfs drap ont
de skies an come down 20 help dose pc
sellers. an dey WuZ al w.men. De boys
he'd suppin' to ear DOT night, an d2y eat lt,
too. Al dat night Mar-e Roger uuss ms
patient 81 he call i'm, nm all De spare time
he could lit ne run ROM from his hospital
TO see how Marse Courtney WIZ gilt.u on.
"Arter a few days he tell ne he think he
wuZ gWiue to GIT Well, an. Lls race it
some dat awful look what he'd bin on IL
sence be done shot i'm.
Il beg marsc % go an lie down an rest.
lie ain sleD' none sence we come 10 oc
city. an kn0w'd he WIZ gWine lrck down
arter awhile, but ile Ics' laughed an say
WuZ uarvOus.
"Presny be turn roun' IN say, Heze-
kiah. of am TOXIN down fo dis gent man
gits wen, swar TO me yOu viii nuss i'm tlll
he is on his feet agin,' and 1 swar Jcs' cause
hc aX me.
II he'd ,uppin' 20 tend to dat mornin',
an whom ut back o. de- HOSPITAL an az
fur my marse dev tell ne he WIZ very lil
an didn' kno' nobody an dat ] c0lidl' see
i'm. tell de- man he WIZ % fool 20 think
he could keepmefr0m my marsc am heio'
he could ketch me ! wuZ way mp de steps
an ne WIZ ashakin' hi, fist.
~ couldn' hardly bIeye dat WIZ nay
Narsc dcrc on dc bed je-' a tcarn' an q
ragin wild fever. His arm WIZ ie,' awful.
de- doctors saw 10 must come of an den !
bust out Cryn' an OK 'cm not 20 tex my
marsc's arm an dcy tell me ef dldn' stop
dey'd send me ont, an / ain Sod n0tWo'
sence. bur ics' sat stlll by dc bed tryin' To
mole I'M IN.
DE second day he WIZ sick a lady come
in de room 20 help nus- i'm, mn / thought
{ know'd her an J soon found out who
twuz, fur she tolc me She WIZ yore aunt,
Miss Marguerite. All night an all day
Morse Roger he'd bin talkin' bout you,
calm You Eur tOtell you suppln' an, be say
Won wOuldu come an DC doctors dcy say,
Won't the lady come Il may do I'm good,
an whom dcv say yes AK yO'rc aunt would
she STAY wild i'm tin git uack. an she say
YES. start Off an walk all de way 90 *
YOU fur 10 go 10 I'm, en- not wait till too
late. You',e hs only chance, Miss Mr.
guerite. far Cords sake save my mar5e.
Ain nobody sed a word when lleZekiGh
finish. ne WIZ all in tremble an So WIZ
[ fur / didn' kno' what de h,tle mis,us
c,ylne 10 do, wImmen Is SO contrary.
| Pros'ny Miss Marguerite git up am her
cheeks he'd two red spots in en-, an she
say, git cy'ryth.nS ready to start by light,
! an when Won IL ready call me. dats ell,
! but 1 thank de Lawd fur dat much.
/ She went straight 10 her room. an ell
/ thro' dc night / could hoah her wGlkin' dc
| 90 but she didn come outs side. We ned
a busy time gettin' al &c things togedder.
all de little wine we he'd left We took. an
all d. linen we could fine. and by day we
WIZ ready 10 start
1T took rs mos all day To- get dere. do
| boss wuz 10 slo'. an 7 Thought c0~e We
wuz goin' 10 her aunt's fust, but she AK
Hezekiah whar WIZ dc hospital, dat She
| wuz gNlne deere. Hezekiah led the wa
no de steps an open de- do .ur her to go
| in. De light stream all over her an her
| long cloak slip oil, an Alarse Roger he
seed her ipst nn' he say Marguerite. ies'
| dat, an she slip down hy de bed au' she
saw PIE come Roger, TIE come
"She done bin married more'n o year
| for / axed her one day what she kick
| Nlarse Roger fur, an she say she he'd heah' d
be wuz gWme 10 marry young lady IN do
| North dat's why.' n. l.. d.