Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-03
WHY sfE LAUGHED


Place During war Timss.
IN the day after we tunneled ont
OF the Confederate stockade at Sails
bury, n. G., and while each man had
taken his own direction, came upon
2 coiored man in the woods skirtinc
field. He was digging roots to
make himself tonic, and | broke
Through the brush and came unon
MN 80 suddenly that there was NO
time to dodge. He was kneelinp
down, with parcel Of roots beside
MN, and he looked at me for q min
ute and then asked:
When did you all git out Of dat
PRISON.
Yesterday" replied, seeing that
ne had at once discovered my iden-
tity.
An whar yo' all gwine to now9,
I'm going to try and get to the
Yankee lines. ?
He began to grin, then he broke
into chuckle; then the chuckle be-
came laugh and he rolled on the
ground ! thought him demented
and was about to move away. when
he sat up and said:
Il jess LATED an couldn't help it. y
| 7 don't see anything very funny
about it."
But yo' hain't an ole nigger. yo'
see. Hits powerful funny an TIE got
to laff some MOI
He INDUCED in another fit Of
laughing and rolling, and when he
had recovered from it he took seat
on log and said:
Bout TO months ago de missus
she calls me up one day an looks at
me long time an den says:
Moses, has dream las mite.
dreams dat one O dem Yankee pris-
oners got out O dat pen at Salisbury
an dat yo' was hidin him in de woods
back we're. lie gwine to hey yer
whipped for dat, Moses
did she?"
"She had me led up an whipped,
sab, an / dun didn't git ober smartin
fur two weeks. One mawnin bout
two months ago she calls me up agin
an says:
"sYo' boy Moses, look me in de
eye! l has dream agin las mite.
dreams dat one O dem Yankee pris-
oners got out o. dat pen at Salisbury,
an dat yo' was hidin him in de to
hacker house. OATS anoder whippin
fur yo', Moses. !"
And you got it againsr
jess laid it onto me de POWERFUL
est sort, an dat smart didn't dun &c
away fur eber SO long. Bout 70
weeks ago de missus dun called me
up to de big house agin. She looks
at me long time, an den says:
"See yere, Moses | has anoder
dream bout yo' Last mite dreams
dat one O dem Yankee prisoners dun
got out O. dat pen down to Salisbury,
an yo' was dun hidin him in de bresh
ober by de swamp. can't put ur
wild dat, Moses, an lie gwine to hev
yo' whipped mighty hard for it."
"And she actually had you whipped
again2"
My back hain't dun got well yet,
sab, but-yo! vol yol-Ize dun got
to-can't help tt
He went off into another spell, v
lasting couple of minutes, and when
he had recovered said:
Il can't see anything in this te
tickle you So"
Oats cause yo' hain't me, he re.
piled as he wiped his eyes. Dds
mawnin missus dun called me UT
agin. She was looking mighty
pleased, an bimeby she said:
Moses, | has anoder dream bout
yo' las mite / dreamed dat one o
dem Yankee prisoners got outer dai
pen down to Salisbury, an dat 20
found him in de woods an br1lng him
right up yere to me- Yere's nice
piece of bacon to pay fur dat, Moses
an 20 hain't gwine to be whipped
any mo-"
"Well9" Iasked, as he rolled around
again.
why, sab, can't yo' dun see what
tickles me2 Missus had fo' dreams
an I got three whippin's befo' yo' dur
cum, an now LIE gwine to hide yo
under de stuff in de shuckhouse til
dey git fru huntin an den go to glory
long wild o'."-New York World.