Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-02
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WHY he LAUGHED.
An Interesting Interview Which Tooa
r1ucr During War Tlmcs.

bury, Y. e., and while each man had
tu!<c,, his own direction. ! came upon
It tr}lurrsl 1l13, III the wuu0s skirting
II tie1d He was digging roots to
make himself tonic, and / broke
through tho brush and came upon
him SO suddenly that there was no
time to dodge. lie was knecling
down, with Il parcel OF roots beside
him, md he looked at nc for min
ute and then asked:
when did you MI git out Of dat
PRISON.
"Yt~tertlay," REPLIED seeing that
lo h:ltl 1T once discovered my ilcn"
tity.
An wl>ur yo' I'LL gwino to now?"
Tin going to try aud get to the
: Yankee lines
HI began to grin, then he broke
into chl1tile; then the chucklo bc'
; came Il hugh and he rolled on tho
ground. | thought him dcmcntcd
: and was about to move away. when
! ho sat up anu said:
/ jES> lAllt%t t1ll tt'llt\t1l
Il don't sec anything very funny
; about it,
But 20 hain't nm ole niggcr, yo'
SEQ. Hits powerful funny al lie got
to 1atf some mo-
Hc i,i<lulgtd in another fit Ut
laughing ;>nl rolling, AMI when he
/! h;ul recovered frum it llu took Il scat
OH Il lug aud s,&id:
! bout fo' months ago tic nai;s11>
! she calls hit up ullc day I'LL looks ut
11c Il it;l;. time III tlcn says:
! ''At,*t>. | has II dream las mite
I dreams .i:1t o1>t o dem Yankee p,is
F.: ol1trs sot out q <11t pun ut Salisbury
! IN .lat vi was hitlin him III IL woods
back yere. 1zc gwinc to hey yer
whipped for dut, Moses
did she:'
"'Shu had me led up M whipped,
sab, IN / dun didn't git obcr snlartin
fur two weeks. One mawnln bout
two months ago she calls me up agin
IN says:
"'Yo' boy Noses look me in dc
eye! I has a dream agin las mite.
I dreams dat one O dem Yankee pris-
oners got out o dat pen at Salisbury
IN dat yo' was hidin him in dc to-
hacker house. OATS anoder whippin
fur yo', Noses.
And you got it again1'
Jess Ibid it onto me DE- POWERFUL
! est sort, iii tlut smart didn't dun &C
away fur cber 80 long Bout 70
weeks ago 0c 1,lissus dun called mo
up t. dc lig house agin. She looks
ut Inc hong time, an den s,ys:
! ''St'e we're, Moses. llls anodcr
: dre&1,n bout 20. Last mite | dreams
! dat one O dem Yankee prisoners dun
got out q dat pen down t. Salisbury.
! un 70 was dun hitlin him in dc blrsh
obcr by de swamp. can't put w
wild uat Muses., MI 1zo gwinc to hcv
20 whipped mighty hard for it..
"And she actually had you whipped
i again."
! My back hain't dun got well yet,
sab, but-yo! 80! yo!-1zo dun got
/ to-ca1lt help it.
i Ho went off into another spell"
lasting Il couple of minutes. and when
he had recovered said:
! Il cant SEQ anything in this to
| tickle you So.
Oats cause yo' hain't me" he re-
piled rs ho wiped his eyes. dis
mawnin lnissus dun called me Up
agin. Size WIS looking mighty
pleased, III I,imcby size said:
Noses, has anNler dream bout
W las mite dreamed dat ONE o
dem Yankee prisoners got outer dat
pen down to Salisbury, an dat 20
found him in dc woods an b111ng him
right up yel, to me. Yeres a nice
piece Of bacon to pay fur dat, Moses,
an yo' hain't gwine to be whipped
any mo-"
"Wcll!" asked, az he rolled around
again.
Why, sth, can't 20 dun SEQ what
tckIes me! A1issus had fo' dreams.
ali got three whippin's befo' 20 dun
cum, an now lie gwino to hide yo'
under de stuff in dc shuckhouse till
dey git fru huntin m den 60 to glory