Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-07
MOSES IN THE THE BRUSH.
An Incident Which Happened During Wa
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On the day after we tunneled out of
the confederate stockade at Salisbury,
n. c., and while each man had taken
his own direction, l came upon a color
ed man in the woods skirting field
He was digging roots to make himself
tonic, and / broke through the brush
and came upon him so suddenly that
there was no time to dodge. He was
kneeling down, with a parcel of roots
beside him, and he looked at me a min
ute and then asked:
"When did you all git out of dat
PRISON.
Yesterday" I replied, seeing that
he had at once discovered my identity.
AN whar yo all gwine to nowP'
I'm going to try and get to the Yam
kee lines"
He began to grin, then he broke into
a chuckle. TheAa the chuckle became
laugh and he rolled on the ground l
thought him demented and was about
to move away when he sat up and said:
II jess LATED and couldn't help it
81 don't see anything very funny
about it."
But yo' hain't an ole niger, 20 see?
Hits powerful funny an lie got to
laff some mo-
He INDUCED in another fit of laugh
ing and rolling, and when he had recov-
cred from it he took seat on a 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, l has a dream las mite I
dreams dat one % dem Yankee prison
ers got out o. dat pen at Salisbury an
dat yo' was hidin him in de woods back
yere. lie guwine to hev yer whipped
for dat, Moses"
Ibid she?"
''She had me tied up an whipped. sab.
an l dun didn't git ober smartin' fur
two weeks One mawnin bout two
months ago she calls me up agin an
says:
'Yo, boy Moses, look me in de eye!
has dream agin, las mite. dreams
dat one o dem Yankee prisoners got out
o dat pen at Salisbury, an dat yo' was
hidin' him in de tobaclSe- house. OATS
anoder whippin fur yo Moses
And you got it again?''
jess laid it onto me de powerfullest
sort, an dat smart didn't dun go away
fur eber so long Bout TO weeks ago
de missus dun called me up to de big
house ag'in. She looks at me a long
time, an den says:
See yere, Moses, | has anoder dream
bout yo' Last night dreams dat one
o dem Yankee prisoners dun got out
o dat pen down to Salisbury, an yo'
was dun hidin' him in de brush ober by
de swamp. l can't put up wild dat,
Moses, and Ize gwine to hev yo' whip
ped mighty hard for it"
And she actually had you whipped
again?"
My back hain't dun got well yet, sab,
but-yo! yo! yo!-lle dun got to-can't
help it-?"
He went off into another "spell,"
lasting couple of minutes, and when
he had recovered, l said:
II can't see anything in all this to
tickle you so"
Oats cause yo' hain't me-" he re-
piled, as he wiped his eyes. ''Dis nav
min Missus dun called me up ag'in. She
was looking mighty pleased, ad' blme-
by she said:
"Moses, had anoder dream bout yo'
last mite. 1 dreamed dat one O dem
Yankee prisoners got outer dat pen
down to Salisbury, and dat yo' found
him in de woods an brung him right
up yere to me. Yere's a nice piece of
bacon to pay fur dat Moses, an yo'
hain't gwine to be whipped any mo-"
''Well?" I asked, as he rolled around
again.
"Why sab, can't yo' dun see what
tickles me? Misses had fo dreams
an got three whippins befo' yo' dun
cum, an now ize gwine to hide yo' I'M
der de stuff in de shuck-house til dey
git fru huntin' an den go to glory long
wild yo."-American Tribune.