New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-14

Cunel les put his arms roun her. en- ill., ai e
Ghsv clio close fF brow en- hair as knOwed arse
| Blaise nebber dassent do. She nep6er 10 pia HIN
wuns-she done fogOt my Mars s ba ,TSen is this
| IN end? Do you think | am made Cd sVohe'
| aSbe les look up at him wild dem pretty eyes
o. hern, ez says ez soft en- sweep ez CT nu'' Al
O" y IT must end soon, Jack--I cannot bear it
| O. Jack, cannot be so false to everybody
Den de Cunel kiss her agin If MsTse I Bn he
could jes er clapped eyes on him he'd a, cut h~
| heart clean out but he didn't spicion nuinn.
will YOU 40 tomorrow night. love3' still hold
| In, bor in his arms like he's kinder used ter H.
1 have it all arranged TO have hoises HeTe a' yne
to O dance Sefe SO s nobody observe absence
Consent, my precious darling what does IL mat nat,
ter about Blaise? He can never love you as l do
Miss Chev looked jez' ez lOvin at de Cun'el
| ez de Cun'el did to her: .p,
| "'Do you think SO. Jack !? says she. ferhaps
he will not care much, and l am so miserable,
7 am sure Of it. Chev. my beautiful Baise
| cannot love as | do. We must go and be happy.
saws de Cun'el, wild dat mighty smoove tongue or
so dey fix it up to away crost de line into
Norf Caroliny de next night az To- Wne h, ueI
doncin' was Gwine on, en- de fiddles en- tamorlnes
on 6anios would keep de white folks en- niggers
| from er hearn oh EN-. -, 49,,
| "Is hind ole mistiss lockwood en- heard epery
| cotcb or BRET er Cun'e Johns doins Wld de laay
| he's so sot on havin', en- was goin ter marry nun
come dat Chuesday two weeks, Use sartaIn en-
| sho' deere wouldn't be hyaf er niue Iel el Ouii "a
'0,'I Dew vp went on back to de house; Miss Chey
slip inter de back do, en- rs handln apple do
| Tonn' aqip when dc Cun'el walk hessef inter 9e
| room. mighty onconsamed like, en- lowed ne u
| been er chattin' ole Simon long err de wedder 10
morrow night. - o++or
de white folks he'd ct dinner gan to see MIS-
| Cbev want err noticen' de Cun'el, an de Cunel
was er shyn off from Miss Chev. o.,,,
| Crowds OBJ compny come dat Gay, m Ty
rwine TO stay till after de weddin'. Miss Chevs
checks were red ez hot Goals, en- her eyes W '.in
shining like doments Oar wa d S 5e1oef bn she
beat herself dat night She's so pow IuI R neiSS
dancin on smilin' ez gay ez or bird MaISe D aso
he's mos beside hlssef he's uat t+o piebbI t Gins
fn 1 see dat de- Cun'ei wur droppin back to de side
! do. but Miss Chev she was er danoin' wid Marse
Bse All wS %pst sGe ep in nf it. 00A
| "''There now Blaise she says. er holdln IL up,
see what have done must n go Srs e en
Ink notice dat de Cun'el had done drop hsseI
outn de do en- was gone, en- TUX notice, too' ez IL
wur ten minutes to III.
"'Wel, SCI to myself, Forty, you're goo 70
be spry e} you tree dat coon l jes' steps up to
| de Maior-Sliss Chev's father-en AK him 10 step
out Narse Blase he's er calm, to me- et Ho G1
Seerd Ia''S Meen de Major went out only he's slow
n grond like in his motions. en- Is turrbe feared
| dey'd git or start on MS. Now, YOU S,e He MagoI
wur er greet hunter, so sneak Marse DiaiSe gun
OOS What the devil are you after, FOrtyP says
"Whv. soh.' saws I, don't you member dat
bio onm tree back or de rose garden2 IF we
kin creep up Ter it, deres de biggest posSum Si'-
H Tp devil vii there is burst out de Major Give
me that gun. Forty en- go ahead at double qulck.
Well sab, didn't lose no time er gittin de ;T
mighty quiet, SOS not to skeer dat possEm' g., we
come 0utn de bushes spang on Cun'el John us o e.
She'd She'd done got inter her bes' Trailing dress
De Major he gins to cuss De Cg Sne FL G biP
down from de saddle, en- hung on to dc Major er
begin Pitifql TO- de CGn'e on de- cu.stn,. de
Major made shot wuk er dat runaway plSlh l y.
He make Cunel John clar out dat mint aoack o ef
de critter he'd fetched, en- he tole him ez ne "a
shoot him on sight, eff he ebDer sot eyes on him In
Virginia. Den he TUX en- made Miss Chev promise
to marry Marse Blase et she d1dn Iv NE was q
Miss Cbev knowed he'd do it eff he said SO, en-
he'd done said it. She shuck en- trimbled IKE er
but de- Major T Tim IN or sSe an IN en- prom
ise to marry Marse Blaise; but 1t wur mighty
faint sf she's bout TO die, ell she look 'urrlole
struck down en- white, en- skeered
De Major carry her straight back to de house,
en- she's glad huff to sneak up ter her room wldout
; nobody er ketchin' OBJ her: ouo. hod
de Major done shet de do, den he called TO- me ter
come en- show him dat possup. tole MIN ue
scrmwegin he'd done DRY oil ds posS oar to no.
Blaise,, saws de Major to me. 1t will all come
right and the po boy would be badly cut up
won't say nothing, says L; but, young mastah, |
wish to Lord | he'd tole my Marse Blase, but !
didn't-no sah didn't-twan't no use den; Dut
wish I'd er tOle him"
Forty stopped abruptly.
MY Marse Blaise evidently held the foremost
place in the affections of the old servltor lie Tor
Got to crack the aged whip re uvenated BY i neT
mailbag. or remark on the signs of the moon as
\ We'll YOU see, sah," he began again, Cun'e
G Iohn he les, cleared out, en- nobody couldn't tel
a WIN 'ceptin en- savin' dat he'd done it afor' Ell
nobody hedn't time to vase on him; Miss CheI
She kep' TO her room purity much tell de weddln'
, Dew said she's ain' and twur de trufe. She done
turn white dat night, when de Major bounced dow
s on 'em, en- she KEEP er tunln winter en- wh'eT
: seemed like she done guv up singn' en- laihn.
: Marse Baise war skeered outn his WIS l0hge
Miss Chev. He'd hang er rom her. en- waf 6ia ei
& she'd git Worried say, Do go away Blalse
[ you will have Inc always; why can't you leave IN
in peace cot q or down 70 her boin, sicl,
!, and didn't poster her no way, but 1ef her ter her
. | self en- got as patient lamb Come to thini
i oh it, dunno how sech .er maste,ful man, nepoe
usen ter be crosst like Marse Blaise, could er beer
y | so humorin' en- mild like; but you see he's 81
: mighty sot on her, dat wur IT,
g AN de fust famblys in de State come to da
g weddin Our whit folks was mighty gran pee PEG
& en- feastin' in de kitchen, en- feastin down in d.
Il cabins en- feastin' cherry whar, but de bride youn
! Mastah, she wur mo- like er ghos den befo
II Marse Blaise wur happy er King, savin TO Mis-
r Chev er lookin' IS il she's gwine inter her coffin
Dat .wur jes befo de ,war-Po' MarSe Blalse
n Il suppose she did not go into her conn,
= commented as a reminder and no doubt she wa
=; You dunno muffin about our white folks youn
= Mostah. ef YOU has any such err notion Dey'
~ been married bout er year when dc baby wa
- born. 'lwur called Cheyellen kasee twant n
10 boy Marse Baise he'd done TUX his regimen
y to ~ war en- o. course | went erlong wi
him Miss Chev gin to look sorter lively after d
81 baby c0Ine MarSe Blase de Cun'el Of c
" crttcr regiment wild Stuart en- dey couldn't nebbe
., bnte fit de Norf if dey hadn't er had my Mars
IL Blaise Men tIarsc Blaise whopped de Norier
n, sogers every time we TT EN-
. De Soufern Confede'acy wouldn't nebber TUX
u Of 10 heart hadn't been clean souaShe