Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-04

TUX horses crosst de kentry, we heard bout
de critter riders from de MORT er maxim er raid
In dis we're section. Marse Blaise sent me on
| fas ez could set hoofs to de pike.
watch de place, Forty, says he. EN- p'otec'
20 mistis. I'll get squad Of cavalry from the
| station and come down on them. You know
where L am; keep Q bright eye and Q still
tongue, you scounde ell you, says he.
wen, sab, l ride at er full gallop. but I
want no moen safe inter de Lodge 70 niggahs
en- white folks was runnin' roun' like mad.
skeered to def kase de norfern cabalry he'd
crosst de ribber long by de ole lime kiln en- was
er comm. So dey was, too.
| -, done tole Miss Chew de messages Marse
blaise sent-en dat he's not fur away. She
was mighty mild en- kind talkin, en- so
at her.
| "All twunst de pike tuned blue wild dem
norfern sojers. De big gate wur flung open,
en- dey dash outer der place en- ober de abr ub-
berry clean round de main house. hind en- front,
en- sides en- wings, like de Who'll creation am
'Bein' ez Marse Blaise tole me ter p'otect ole
mistis en- de family, 1 run ont ter open de big
hall do. Twan't er bit err use-de big do wur
open en- dere in de middle OBJ de hall was Cunel
| John His saber drug on de 10 en- what wild de
long cabalry boots en- pistols en- big obercoat
hisse'f.
| Deere he stuck, a calm, 'Chev! Chew !
| mighty loud en- onsultin' like to de balance OBJ
40. out III OF Hluutc MISS SucN Cdlue CT rum
| MIN down de steps, her eyes shinin her curls
er hyin', en- her cheeks famin' red ez dey wur
| when he seen EN- dat las day, en- ez dey hadn
nebber been since.
:. Jack Jackr she screamed, en- flung her
| self inter his arms
HE Jpn carry her inter de DRAWN room
widout takin' no count er nobody.
I've come TO you, Chew, my love, my dar-
| ling" says Cunel John. I've risked my life TO
you, en- this time you must 60 with me- says
do vvtoE aHoa in, do hroo
young mastah, en- no mistake.
''She jes lay her head agin his shoulder en-
let him kiss her en- hole her in his arms, en- she
done flung her arms roun' his neck, er cryin'
she. love only you, and it breaks my heart
Take me with you, Jack Don't leave me-
Den he tell her dat he nebber leave her,
nebber part wild her agin-dey tux her from
him wunst, now he TUX her from dem 70 good
| en- all, en- dey he'd only themselves to thank.
ribber, en- when dey went, young mastah, Miss
Chew rid err big black horse out'n our own
stable, long side er Cunel John.
DE cunel keep or smilin' to hisself dat sly,
nasty smile, like he'd done de bes ting on
Gods yerth Miss Chew wur 'ginnin' to turn
red en- white, but twur easy ter see she wa mt
gwine ter leave Cunel John, en- want nebber
comm back-nebber, nebber. 1 seen it den
she war desput, en- didn't keer TO nothin'
ceptin dat she's err gwine wild Cunel John. She
baby, en- she didn't nebber want ter see him
agin. But she did-yes, young mastah, she did
see my Marse Baise agin."
How did it happen that she saw him again?"
asked.
1T happened Jest dis way, sab" he replied,
| dejectedly. "Dey started back to de ribbur
| er gallopin' like ole Nick wur after em. De
fordin place was mighty bad, but Cunel John
had mos 'spatched all de men befor him; dey
| was err fordin' de ribbur, which is mostly
da vhay, fnl Ea 10 hala .
| twunst, wild er mighty yell en- er fashin
| OBJ sabers en- er firm OBJ guns, Marse Baise
hissef wild er company Of soufern sogers aback
dere critters. come er tearin' en- er thunderin'
out'n de pine timber right down on EN-.
Cunel John en- Miss Chew wur jes' er wadin'
der HOSES in. Use long en- seen it, young
| mastah, kase done met Marse Blaise s6on
| after he happen ter fall in wild dis yere troop
| on yether pike, en- sent 'em down de dirt
| road to de ribber.
'.Marse Blaise wur pale ez def, but he wa mt
| no paler'n Miss Chew. He didn't see nobody
'ceptin' herr Cunel John. He flung hisse'f on
Cunel John like er tiger, en- Cunel John stood
| up ter him like another tiger. De cunel knowed
| it wur def TO one er EN-. He knowed dere
Wa mt no mo chance fer him, Lessen he first kilt
| my Marse Blaise.
'De sun was jes' bout gone, but it tux er las
| shine on dem two long sabers crossin one
anoder, en- fashin' en- or quibberin' roun'
| dem two heads. Twur a turrible fight twixt
1 uOsc COuslHs. VIII utDuIs, ell tIStTs. Ell ueu. Ell
| dere desput white faces. Den Cunel John flung
| up his arms his saber fly high in de air en- he
| fell face forward down on de wet sand wild
| Marse Blalse saber run clean thoo and thoo his
heart. 1t wur done in no time, while de men
| fit en- yelled.
"Er minute after Cunel John fell on his face
| dead, l seen de black hoss ez Miss Chew rid er
| gallopin' down de road home, wild er empty
| saddle en- de rains or swingin' loose roun' de
critters neck. Marse Blaise seen it, too, en-
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Der said de fust wo'd yet long er what his eyes
| lit on dat shutdown.
Miss Chew seen Marse Blaise en- de Cunel
when dey flung onter each odder. She knowed
dat 1t wur dere las fight, EN- she look like she
wur dyin'. She toss de reins oter de beas es
! head. tux her foot out'n de stirrur. but she
| nebber move dem big shinin' eyes from dem
two cousins. She nebber seen nor hearn de
bullets er whizzin' roun' her.
''Miss Chew jes' looked at 'em bout ez long
ez you mought fotch err couple err breffs den
l seen her swing de critter roun out n de
ford and fling herself down inter de ribbur
Miss Chew nebber come up no mo-. She'd
drawed de boss to one er de wust places en-
toss herself in.
Like ez not de critter, strueglin' en-
strainin' to save hisse'f from er gwine down,
| tromp on her. Like ez not she tangle up in
her long ridin' dress. Leastwahs, Miss Chey's
white face smit wild def befo it went
down under de water.
'hhSe why. young uldstan. III neODer come
up agin. Dem eyes were de beautifullest
ebber / seen, but dey nebber look at my
Marse Baise mo-, en- dey nebber want ter
No. young mastah, dats de trufe, dey nebber
want ter.
Just then light far down in the distance
betokened our proximity to the wayside inn
known as Crofton Arms. Forty cracked his
whip the horses quickened their slow trot as
if the CLEAN OF the lamp vivifed their small
energy.
"'Twur gwine on to TO days when we foun'
Miss Chew, ell put her in de family graveyard
wild her grandams. Like as not dey nebber
foun out what she done, en- KEEP comp'ny wild
her in hebben. but dem ez comes after won't
nebber sociate wild Miss Chew en- Cunel John
tho dey is de bes' Ter quality.
MY Marse Bla sc pass by de Lodge gate Wild
out tu'nin in. He halt his critter en- saws to
me: Forty, tell my mother l have gone back
to the army. l can't see my home now God
knows l wish l may be killed and never see it,
You stay here a few days and do what you can
for her.. SEE my Marse Baise, en- pinten' ter de
ribbur, but nebber looking dat wsy.
Il seen what he meant, en- / staid till after I
foun' Miss Chew ell laid her in de grabeyard
When went to camp en- gins to tell him. he
| wave his hand en- says: Forty, be silent
cannot bear it
Il gins to notice ez his hyar be tu'nin' white
ell he nebber smile. en- nebber blaze out wild
Forty, You rascal! Forty, you 'fernal scoun-
del! l knowed den de heart wur clean gon'
outn him."
Drawing cracked horn from under the seat
old Forty suddenly trllled n few wh4ozv notos