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

az ~ he toie me TO bring de rnlngs
,d ol,,,a on--he he'd to stop at ole Nun
nol Corter's whqr wuz took pnu III %
nioht aim sed WORD Wheu iioh s.a,.aii
Ten me ali dat, but stood dere nhe uuhlo
fool, till he az me what CONN sausaS sor 4
Sinrse John, wuss; no he war 'bout
come back den, an l say no, nc .et vail
s ue s'i,r, foet IL she'd mind TO
,,hort helm axed thousand auestiqhsI 1
49,, o,vine tell dat darky what come
60 Zen say Hezekiah, come mean, an
,vc sot down on de ole pump togeuuer M
Isav: 'Hszekiah, youse R"lne 49, MIu
dc uarse an you don kno "nat ".n as
~ bannen. swar dis 10 me, dat u ever
70 n"pe Dror IL burt or sick you will lem me
i niniS - i,;n come TO i'm HeZeklah look
re- he vnz scared, but he say; l swar,
Tiabev. so help me Cord Dats az
80, .It;,c ,,yrtne back now. Don tell de
Marco 7 don bin heah. or what l say; an
KIN Won mt doz in yo' Anap-sack' h,eP
,en tllI Won need 'em fur DO marst' an
.hove de two bottles OF VINE Wra, 10y
over at i'm. Dey WIZ euo ll,,,o ~, Ne N,r
he'd he'd dem bottles uyer sence silss MN
i,',e,ito vruz baby. | knod de tears ,wuI
ocor1ir, orin. so / went III quiek an dlon
pn mn rom. but | kno'd Hezekiah was
I'm" mis- MARGUERITE WIZ ont on de steps
,,.l,c1' cor,c mn an she axcd me wh1r |
In an, cav I bin down TO de quarters 70
see NANNY. an VIVA. she up iur 50 soon
She saw she couldn' sleep. 50 thoush1 Sleu
come out ,,,,..,;o-.oo
met bob Inn sleep. ddR feel no pune
Dat dov IN de next few WIZ buoy ones
~ d. negfborhood dcv WIZ SAD ones
too an d. oepfmcns mos LETT, an Hosd
tn0v-s d. ,rirpmin' folks he'd dc wuss time,
'car1se dov had to stay back an wat.
!" Fur some time De fowlks wuz kep' busy
wild de sewin' an de knittn. IuT ce sol
;ers. but artor awhile dey didn' nav no.
dim to sew or knit.
caynt tell you bout 'em-dey wuz too
"Niies Marguerite WIZ wonder to me IN
dem devs. FL long "a she could at De
sf1T She sow'd an KNIT fur her solieis, ez
she call 'em, ar send DC things 10 her aunt
wnar lv'd IN Bichmond. Sine nuss e,e
parse faithful. an he got 80 arter aWmie
he wouldn TEX nOthin' To- eat nom nonoly
Int her. lie didn' bgy' much appute on
t,yar n rood thing ne didn'. fur thar warn't
roucb to civ i'm. Dem wuz awful tunes
dem WIZ: ! cayn't tell you bout dem no
how. After awhile de ringers done iei'
dorp warn nobody To- keep EN- from gWlne'
aid GOV wuZ free an dcy warn gwuc 10
cav. 80 presnv deere warn nobody lett but
ole Joe's brother, Abe, an ne Wes an
what stav'd wild de Darse an DC ilttie MS
sus. Things vent on, res gittln WI. r n
vussor till dey got 20 dat state J tnlnk
dew cayn't ct no lower. but Miss Mar
gueritc never utter no compliant but go
on brayc-Ike, though | could see tWuI
mos l,llin' her. Dis wuZ III de winter OIL
icf Dat Pm telin' YOU bout now, when we
wuz down so low. and tWuz on Christmas
eve dat Dc change took place m dc lharse;
De SNOW he'd commenced early da' n'rh.h,
an bv y it wuz foot.deep an SUI comm
down. les blindin'.
he WIZ talkIu' bout missus. an / seed DAT
Miss marguerite know'd 'twould be over
fo' long. an marse be gone, too
All dav we s0t up In his room, but deere
warn uutbin' we could do. II mos kill
me fur her 10 be thar au alone, but we
couldn' ct DO word TO any. dc nelgnoors;
deere warn nobody 10 send but ola ape an
he would how perish'd 10 he'd gone hal
mile in dat weather;
that dlv wuz. We he'd bin mighty .,parn.
of de wood fur dc pile wuz Citing low an
de- prospects of film it warm much. hui
t'warls evenin 1 got rockies an les' saia 1
dldn' care: de little miSsus warn L"lhe
freeze dat night, SO when ! went up m
marse's room / tookcn pile OF WOOD aA
made de biggcs' blaze / could ct:
"rTwuZ ne, bout twilight, an dc snow
vbor he'd lin fallin' all day done stop. an
all outside WIZ ies' n Thitg ~ II DC angels
he'd spread ont dcre wings an. covered dc
ea~tb.. when | looked az de Marse / seed
dc end wpz mos hcah Miss Marguerite
wuz Eneelin' down by de bed holdin' his
hands. an her face wuz pressed on en-.
She look I'D when come in an tell me to
call Abe. lie wuZ standin' jos outside dc
DO. avaitiu' 20 be call IN an he sicp m
side an stood by de foot ob de bed az de
tears WIZ arunun' down his itcS' an rs
ole hands WIZ atrembln', an | knO ne
wiz praviu' fur de little missUs. De mar.e
Law mighty quiet, an De freight play all
obcr de bed, an presny he stir an look aJ
Miss Marguerite, an she Ies' CIV one cry
which mos bre'k my heart, an ole Abe les'
slip down on his knees an sob out loud,
an | cOuldn' stan'it no longer. an started
TO 60 out when dc marse say, Llshey take
| Narouerito' an / come back an heah'd
i'm tell har to kiss i'm, iur he WIZ eoin 10
missus. an den in u minute tWEZ all over
an he done got o. her at las an Hiss 1lar-
uerifc done tainted dead away.
1--WE to0ken her up an carried her IN her
own room an | thought she warn never
| rolil' to come too. but arter awhile she
omen her ewes, an she say dey's al gone
NANNY an / say rZe heah. little missus.
| heah'- me- She want TO cit right up an
90 in her fathers room. but ! tole her no
! sha couldp' DO dat vet dat Abe was in dere
| am she WIZ les dat weak dat fur once she
! give in an | coyer'd her mp warm an. STIR
! de fire an den left her an went back IN
| De marse's room whar Abe an me did all
| we could fur I'm.
| Bout day while We wuZ q sittin' dcre
| Miss Marguerite come III an say she WIS
| better now an we could 90 81 she want 10
| be alone awhile. She was les dat white dat
| il skeer'd me. an tole Abe % hurry of an
tell some de neighhors to come over. lie
| am bin gone long TO hcah knock on de
| back do and when Iopen Il dldn' see no
! body an WIZ gWne TO shet dc do when
my foot Int "a box whar wuz on Dc s,I; l
! pick il up an ten il to dc mlsSu5, / tcll hef
! whar find it. and put sometrcsh wood On
| de fire. an when turn roun see Il dc box
! WIZ open an de inside WIZ iull OF Cnli~t-
mast roses an yiolets. an den member
! twuZ Christmas day. an 1 know who d
| cont dom flowers. an so did Miss Marquee
rite. but We ain neither one sea what We
! thought
| Some De neighbors soon come back Wild
Abe, an dey sut'ny wuz good 70 us-dey
sut'ny WIZ. Dev did all dey could, an d.
| dav Marse wuz buried dey come from far
am near, al dey dat could. Mss Mar
guerite had n put right close to .Nlissus,
! an know'd dcy WIZ happy in heaven:
| after de funlai de little missus most CIV
up: do snow he'd begun 10 fail agin, an it
wuZ courtin' death 10 90 out. want 20
~ her what we gwine 10. but | cOuldn' AK
/ her den. oz she dldn kno' hersaf. One
night, bout two weeks arter marse done
gone. Miss Marguerite an me- wuz IN de
dinin'-room, an ! WIZ awaitn' on her an
| uyin' 60 mex her eat q moutlful-I know'd
! 'lwarn tcmptin'. bus twdz all We he'd. but
she couldn't est ucth.n'. an | WIZ ios'
gwine to TEX her plate when / heah'd q
| knock on &c do. De wind wuz ahOwliu'
m awh.ln ROM &c house to dat extent
! ] warn certain of nothln', bat / open de
do. Gle Snow most bliud'd mo ez de wind
! blew it IN my face, an couldn't see nothin'
tall, I'll somebody step IL en- | seed tWuz
/ Hezekiah. Il swar I'd come SEE he. an
| pze come, an den he fell down IN q heap
on De 40 an l made sure he wuz frozen 10
Diet.
I'VE wuz pow'ful took back by de eight
| of Hezekial, bat we didn hey time To- talk.
J call Abe an We WORK on i'm fur q good
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