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

de main house, hlnd en- I1ont, ch siueo eA "--oN'
like de Who'll creation am Dust loose. ,.. 10
Bein' ez Marse Blaise Ioe me ter p'otect oie i
Mistis en- de family run out ter open de pig haii
do WANT er bit er usede Dig GU Tuf obp His
sabre drug on de flo, en- what wild de long caolIk
boots en- pistols, en- big, obercoat, he done iooA
mos 81 gran, ez Marse Blaise hlsse'f.
%Dere he stuck, ar calm, Chevl Chev
mighty loud en- onsultin' like TO de balance Cd
us. But in er minute Miss Chev come er runnln
down de steps her eyes shin ner r cul bsp he seen
EN- data las day, en- ez dey hadhU heoO'i ''e"
since: , -. .o,oorOsd on flung her.
lie lie JPN carry her inter de drawin' room,
widout takin nc count er nobody. l..
I've come TO- you Chey, my Ioye nv fe u 70,
YOU, en- this time you must go WIN me, says uaU
Cunel, de wiclSedest Crofton in de preed' young
Mastah en- no mistake i.
"She ies, Law her head agin his shoulder, en- leu
him kiss her en- hole her in his arms, en- she done
Yes yes, III go this TING, Jack says i shs; me
love only you, and II breaks my heart. LUXE ni'
with YOU, Jack Don't leave me-.
"Den he tell her dat he nebber leave
her. nebber part wild her agln-dey lux Iun
her from him wunst, now he tux her IIy 1oS ue -
thank. WANT no time belO' dey rid OF PACK i 20
de ribber, en- when dey went, young Mastah Miss rS
Chev rid on er big black horse outn our own
stable, long side er Cun'el John.
nasty smile. like he'd done de bes ting on u0u
yertR. Miss Chev wur ginnin TO turn Teu Gu
white but twur easy ter see she wa III w. ~ ~
leave CuneI john en- want neDper coIl das,,"t ON
nebber, nebber seen it dcn-she wur desput, en-
didn,+ leer TO- nothin' ceptin' dat she's er gwlne
wild Cun'el John. She done fogot Alarse blaisc.
EN- fo'soolI him en- de baby en- she alun o,,nd
want ter see him agin. But she dld-yes;s young
mastah. she lid see my Alarse Blalse a9lh' -, On
{" How did it happen that she saw him again
asked. -, a.L no renIied
deicrtedly' "Dey started back TO de r1DDer er
gailopin' like ole Nick wur after EN- ne IoIuln rum,
place was mighty bad, but Gun Ell Johh na1 lIUo
tsnotched all de men befo' him dey was er fordin
de ribbur. which is mostly dangerous when ioIKS
dunno it's holes All twunst, wild err mighty, yell
en- er flashin' oh sabres er firm OBJ guns Narse
B1aise hissef wild er company OF SouIern s 'n
aback dere critters, come er tearln en- er t9 iC
derin' out'n de pine timber right down on EN-.
Cun'el John en- Miss Chew wur Jcs er wadln der
eases in rs long seen it, young mastan, kas Ss
done met Marse Blaise soon after ne haPpGh e .ot
fall in wild dis yere troop on yether PIKE en- sehO
EN- down de dirt road TO de ribbur.
Marse Baise wur pale ez def, but he wa mt no
Mailer Miss CLev. He didn't see nobody 'ceptin
fer'n Cun'el John. lie flung hissef on CuneI Jonn
like or tiger, en- Cunel John stood up
ter him like another tiger. DE Cunel knowe1 ~
no mo- chance er him, lessen he fust Kilt my
DE sun was jes' bout gone, but it TUX er
las shine on fe two I e dem
two heads Twur turrible fight twixt dose
cousins, wild debbils en- tigers en- den' EN- ugI p
desput white faces. Den Cun'el John 1uh8 up
his arms his saber fly high in de air. en- ne , fell
face forward down on de wet SAND, via Slarse
Blase sabre run clean thoo and thoo hs ne 1eaIC;
1t wur done in no time, WHO dc men III ell
yelled. ~, -. Tom
dead | seen de black boss eZ Miss Chev rld t or
gallopin down de road home, via er empty sanuje
en- de reins er swingin' loose roun de crltler
neck Marse Baise seen 1t, TOO, en- IKE " h99t
he seen all / seen, but he amt nebber sald de
fust wo'd yet long er what his eyes ILL Oh uat
Miss Chew seen Marse Blaise en-, de Cun'eI
when dey flung onter each odder She Knoweu
dat it wur dere las fight. en- she look IKE ,s sne
head, TUX her foot out'en de stirrup put sne
nebber move dem big shnin' eyes from dem
two cousins. She ne6ber seen nor hearn dc Dull
let's er whizzin' roun' her.
Miss Cbev ies' looked at 'em bout ez long
ez you mought fotch couple or bretfs, den
seen her swing de critter roun out n de for1l Ell
fling herse'f down inter de ribbur. Miss Chey
nebber come up no mo- She'd drawed de hoss
to one er de wust places on toss herself in
Like ez not de crtter, srugglin' en- strainin
to save hisse'f from er gwine down, tromp on her
Like ez not she tangle up In her long rldln
dress. Leastways. Miss Chev's white face wui
snit wild def befO' it went down unner de water
"Kase why, young Mast9h II ne6ber come
| seen. but dey nebber look at my Marse Biais(
no mo-. en- dey nebber want ter. No, young
Mastah. dat's de trufe, dey nebber want ter"
| just then q light far down in the distance be
tolxened our proximity TO the wayside inn know
as Crofton Arms Forty cracked his whip; the
horses quicllened their slow trot, as If the CLEAN
of a lamp viyifed their small energy. .n.
Miss Chev, en- put her in de family graveyard
wild her grandans. Like as not dey nebber foun
out what She done en- co KEEP f4mpn S wa ne
'sociate wild Miss Chcv en- Cun'el John, tho del
is de hes er quality
My Marse Blaise pass by de Lodge gate widOu
tu'nin' in. He halt his critter en- says, TO me
! Forty, tell my mother ] have gone back Il
the army. can't see my home now Coo
knows l wish, | may be killed ana never se'
can for her seq my Marsc Blaise, pinten' te
de ribbur, but nebber looking dat way,
Il seen what he meant en- staid MI after
foun' Miss Chev. en- laid her in de graveyard
When | went to camp en- gins 10 tell him, h
wave his hand en- says, Forty, be silent.
cannot bear it.
en- he nebber smile, en- nebber blaze out wild
! Forty YOU rascal Forty, you formal scOundel
/ lznowed den de heart wur clean gon outn him.
Drawing .crnc ked horn from under the seat
old Forty suddenly trilled n few wheezy notes
which, echoing among the hills with an unearthl
screech, must have rudely disturbed the repose o
the birds and sent the rabbits scuttling thrOug
the leafcss underbrush in sheer fright.
"Your master has fored badly to- hay
such msfortunes and become poor, too tn
for Basil Crofton Nevertheless, my remark wa
| q mistake.
WHO said my Marse Bloise wur po' ?" brstle
| up Forty in indignant scOrn. He amt pO, sab
| ne amt got sech er host Of niggahs roun', but
lib In de gran big house, en- hez gran dons. e
heI wine cherry day. he N Miss Ellen ain
nebber ct on muffin 'ceptn' silber dishes, en- d
stables is full er horses. Ny Marse Blaise ain
no no sah he lib like er lawd yet, sab, wi
fine mutton en- ole hansen oysters-en-en-"
Forty paused in the enumeration of luxurie
which seemed to afford him intense delight in tn
mere naming
Pardon me-" was my apology. Il merel
Judged so because such a number were improve
ished by the war, and you are not with him"
Come ter think er IL, de big folks mostl
pulled fat down. but my Marse Blaise amt p,
no, sab. he drink his fine wine outn de Crofto
wine cellar. en- he druv out wild his fas' troder
yes, sah he lib Ike er laR glo.o done ow
or nov91ey or wngrs. but driv dis stage kase-
kaseIm SO turrible sOt on , maxim money CO..
then struck me- as suspicious. My Mnrse Bai.
en- Miss Ellen amt none er yo' po' folks"
VI ,rorda cvidentlv ranking in his wounde