Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-18
S- WAY HS LAUoHED

WHY Nk lAUoHS6 4. r.s~r,.sins iatsrvtsw whssh rsss Pts<s Dursaw War Ttssss- On the day after we tunnsied out of the Coufederatas stockads q eaiis- bury. N. c, and while ssnh msn had taken his own direction, l came upon . coiored man in the woods skirting . HeId He was digging roots to maks himself tonsc. and broks through tho brush and came upon him co suddenly that thare was no time to dodge. He wsA lneeling down. with . parcel of roos besade b.yn, and he looked at me for . min uts and then askod:
 When did you all git out cf dat pr;sonf'
 ssYcsosrday, I replied, sssine that he hnd d oncs discovered my dsnr tity. as,.
 An whar yo' all gwine to ncvf"
 I'm going to try and gst to the Yankee lines.'
 He began to grin, then hs broks into . chuckle; then the chuckle be- nams . laugh and he rolled on the gruund. | thought him demented and was about to move swsy. whn hc nt up end sAids
 q ie1 laffed an couldn't help it-s
 T don't ses anything very funny about t. s
 But yo' hains m ole niggsr. y0 ssa Hits powerful funny an rss got to lnG some mo
 He indulged in another ft of laughing and rolling. and when hs had rscoversd flrorn it he took q saat on . log end saii; a..
 <, s'Bout fo' months ago d. Eni9us she calls me up one day sn looks at mea long time an den says:
 'Mosea, has . dream las nite. Idreams dat one O dem Yankee pris- oners got out O dat pen at Salisbury an dat yo' was hidin him in de woods back yers. Izs gwips to hev yer whipped for dat, Aoees s Did shet" s oas
 e''She had me led up an whipped, sah. an I dun didn't git ober unartin fur two weeks One mawnin bout two months ago she calls me up agin . an says 8s sssSk aeagf
 ssYo' boy Mosss. look me in dc eyei has a dream sgin ias' rite. dreams det one o' dem Yankee pr;s oners got out Q dat pen at Salisbury. an dat yo' was hidin him in de to- backer house. Oats snoder whippin fur yo', Moses, ss
 And you got it againf"
 ..Jeas laid 1t onto mo de powerful est sort, an dat smart didn't dun gc away fur eher so long. Bout fo weelEs ago de mizsas dun called mo up to de big house agin- She looi1 at me long time. an den says;
 See yere. Mossa 1 has anoder dream bout yo'. Last nits dreams dat one Q dem Yankee prisoners dun got out O dat pen down to Salisbury, an yo'was dun hidin him in de bresh ober by dc swamp, Icanf put up wid dat Moses an Ize gwine to hev yo' whipped mighty hard for it. .And she actually had you whipped againss
 My back hain't dun got well yet sah, but-yoi yoi yoi-Izs dun got to--cant help it"---
 He went of into another spell, l" lasting Q couple of minutes, and when he had recovered said:
 Il can't see anything in this to tickle you sor ,
 ..Dat's cause yo' haint me" he re- piled IS he wiped bis eya. "Dis mawuin missus dun called me up agin. She was looking mighty pleased, an himeby she said:
 Noes, has anoder dream bout yo' las mite. l drsamed dat ore O dem Yankee prisonen got outer dat pen down to Salisbury. an dat yo' found him in de woods an hrung him right up yere to me. yerss nics piece of bacon to pay fur dst, Moses an 70 haint gwine .to be whipped any mo-. N--s
 'Wellr Iasked, as be rolled around again. ~
 Why, sah, can't 70 dun see what 6ckles mel MEps had 10. dreamA an l got three whippip befo yo' dm cum. an now Ixe gwine to hide yo' under de stuf in de Hhuckh house till dey git fru huntin sn. den eo to glory long wid yo'. New York World.
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