Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-21
"Yas, sab"

there, ana come DdCh as QUICK dS you Can
and tell us all about IL. DO you near
"Yes, sab"
"Well, go on now"
Felix Saddled old Kit and rode away,
and the old man yelled something at the
boy. | don't know what it was. lost
my recollection somewhere on the gallery,
and did not find it until the next morning
when | came down stairs. There 1t lay.
soiled and feverish. The old man came
out bright and hearty, and insisted upon
my drinking another julep, but violently
refused. My spirit had been weak and
now my heart was heavy. | had thrown
away my assignment, and the voice of
crabid dismissal rang in my ears.
Don't you fret" said the old man.
Felix will fix it all right. He'll be along
after while"
| did look forward to his coming with
sort of indehnable and groundless hope,
and ii seemed that he would never show
himself upon the brow OF the hill down
the road. He came at last, and now the
sight of him increased my nervousness.
He turned old Kit into the stable lot,
hung the saddle on the fence, in the spot,
fancied, where the planter intended TO
hang the boys hide, and slowly approach
ing the gallery, sat down amid an en-.
tanglement of morning glory vines. He
did not say a word-he did not look at us.
Felix" said the old man.
"Yas, sah," he replied, looking up.
did you &c over to Buck Snort?"
"Yas, sab"
"Did you see that blamed niger
hung?"
"Yas, sab"
"Tell us about it,"
"Wall, sah," he began getting up, 81
got on ole Kit, did, an started down de
road an | amt gone fur till yere's ole Miz
Jones' steer standin' right cross de road.
Says |, whoa Kit an Kit she whoaed.
Den says /, steer, oh, steer De steer
amt sayin' nuthin'. Says !, steer, you
doan know who you foOlin' wild, does
you? De steer amt sayin' nuthin'. He
had er lump o. mud on de eend o. his tail
an keep on er lashin' fust one side an
den de uder. Says |, steer oh, steer he
amt sayin' nuthin', but KEEP on er lashin'
hirsef, fust Jne side an den de uder.
Says /, steer, you dOan know who you
foolin' wild. Ell had er cum long yere
yistidy an you hader stood dar datteT
way, IL wOulder been all right, an eff |
wuster come erlong yere ter-mOr' an you
wuster do diser way IL would be all right,
but you doan know who you fOOlin' wild
now, steer. You fOOlin' wild er man OATS
er 'po'tin' fur er paper
"De ole steer flung his tail up in de ar
an jumped ober in de paster. went on
down de road den an | amt gone fur till
| come ter ole man }OZel'S hOun' dog er
standin' right in de middle o. de road,
barkin' fifteen ter kill hissel. Says /,
whoa Kit and Kit she whoaed Den |
says, dog, oh dog De dog amt sayin'
nuthin', but KEEP on er barkin'. Dog,
mus say that you amt up in de erfairs o.
dis yere life. You amt been edycated
err TALL De dog amt sayin' er word, but
KEEP on er barkin'. Dog says |, it's all
mighty well fur you ter fool wild de com
mon tun o. folks, but now YOU is fOolin
wild er pusson OATS 'po'tin' fur er paper. ,
Huh. De dog jumped ober the fence an
run under de house an he howled nightly,
he did, too.
Den rid on an finally got inter de
town. Neber seed de like o. folks. / rid
up ter er rack and turned de sheriff's boss
loose an hitched ole Kit. De sherif's
boss didn't want ter go er way. an
boxed him side de jaw ar say, 'g'way
frum yere. Use got no time ter fool wild
you. Use 'po'tin' fur er paper DE boss
he went er way, he did. Den went ter
de Jail Da had de man dar; oh, vas, da
had him right dar. Says |, folks git outen
de way. Use 'pO'ting fer er paper, an de
got outen de way. Da had de little ole
niger in er iron cage. Vas, da did.
right in er iron cage. | neber seed er pus-
son look ez bad ez he did. De skin wuz
often de wrist whar de han cuff dun
rubbed him. Den | yere clank, clank,
clank. Da wuZ er cuttin, de iron rings
often his ankles. oh, Lawd, he moaned,
'sabe my POI soul!' Clank, clank, clank.
oh, Mars Jesus, look down on dis po' ole
niggern Clank, clank, clank. of come
de iron rings. an den de sheriff say, come
/ you eZ / kim Tender wild him! Talk er
| bout bein' tender wild eT man when you
gwine put er rope roun' his naik wy,
KANT stan er tight collar, an | knows
! couldn't stan dat rope. Da tuck de man
out-da led him er long like some pO' dog
dat da wuZ gwine kill Gaze de dun got toe
ole. Da led him up de steps o. er fiatfo' m
one, an sas | ter myself, 'whut da go ter
so much 'spense fur, jest ter kill one po'
ole nigger?' When he stood up on de
| flatfo'm, he look up, he did, an say. oh,
| Lawdn Err ole oman ober In de cOrnder
o. de fence, she say, oh, Lawd!' Use wild
you, honey. says |. oh, Lawd, says her
ole man ober In er nuder cOrnder. Use
wild you, too says /. De sheriff he aXed
de ole niger et he had anything ter say.
and he said no, but jest ez de sheriff had
put on de black cap, de niger, shudderin
In de darkness, says:
Take off de cap jest er mint, Mr.
Sheriff
mir. Sheriff he tuck it off: an den de
niger looked up at de sun an didn't say
nuthin' fur er little while. Den he says
| Oars dat sun gwlne or long up dar-
gwine er long. 1t has allus been gwine eI
Hong, an IL always will be gwine er long
1 but whar will be when dat sun Is gwint
| er long termoTreT? Dat sun wuZ gwlne el
( Jest the same way long time er 60 when
wuZ er little boy, out In de tiel', settin' NJ
In de corner o. de fence under de eldel
bushes by de water Jug. whar de dog lay
OF hittin' de gToun' wild his tail whenebel
| ! spoke to him, an 10 was gwlne long jes
de same when | wuZ eT plowin' in de tel
after got big er huff, an ulster wonder
ef IL wuZ de greet eye o. de Lawd er look
in down at me, One ebenin' when tn,
greet eye o. de Lawd dun gone down be
him de hill. | stood at de do o. de lauy
m, etin' house, wiph' de tears zen M
leyes. SUBMIT mout er been de gre
eye o. de Lawd-tOle me dat
wuz er sinner man, an ! had knel
down at de mo'ners' bench an de Spere
had dun whispered dat my sins wuz wipet
out. Peace wuZ in my soul, an | stOo,
dar llssenin' ter de glad shouts o. de folk
inside an ter de whipperwill down In d.
bottom. | went home wild dat same peac
In my soul. an de next mawnin' when
went out ter pillow de greet eye o de Lave
looked brighter den it had eber done. an
de dewdraps In de bud o. de young col
'peered like specks o. de greet eye dun
drapped of down In dar. | wuz er sing
in er glad song when er man come out II
de fell an 'gunter talk ter me. | wuz s.
happy at fust dat didn't know whit h
wuz er sayin', but finally ! understOo