New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-05-17
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rocks an throwed water all over ter hide
de fresh dirt. Ole marster didn't ever
tell ole miss whar he gwine to berry it.
Den he went ter de house an tole NJ.
Sallie dey,was safe fer liv>lif don:
gers was sot free. -
Pore ole marster thought nobody di>;1i
see him dat night; but, chillen, Gar We.
an ole Jezebel of a niger oman dow.
at de spring. She was runnin erway to1
Atlanty, an when she heer somebody
comm she hide an watch an see ole mar
ster hidin sumfen. an when he 20 home
she goes to de tree and digs down an
fms de box an think it war baker
dat he hid dar. She was in SIGH hu11
ter get off she jess kivered up de box lac ::
it was an went on ter Atlanty. Ne:
day erbout eleben o'clock we see bis
cloud O dust an heer horses stampin an
men hollerin, an we knowed de Linlzu1n
men WIZ a-comin. Ole marster an Miss
Sallie look pow'ful 'sturbed an uneasy
Here dey come froo de big gate, horses
an all, trampin ODER de purity flower.
beds I'll breakin up de conlzshells erlons
de front walk. an gets off dere bosses I'll
comes right in de nice wax hall wild tlere
muddy boots an didn't chen take off tlere
hats ter ole miss.
What you say. chile? Was yer pa wild
elm? No. honey, your pas a nice man.
Dem mon was de shabbiest lookin fel-
lers, not a ossifer mungst 'em-jess stray
glers, ole nlarster said, dat follered de
ahmy ter steal. Dare was mighty fine
men 'mungst de sojers at Atlanty, an
Miss Vleria was dar when the sojers
marched in Atlanty, an she say dare was
lots of nice men wild 'em. Desc men
kilt ole Nero, Miss V'leria's pet dog
cause he barked at 'em, an den went
froo de house an tuck all de blankets, All
bruck de peanner an de big speer glass
in de parler. an rip de fodder beds and
shake 'em out de winders. an kill de
tuclzeys an hawgs, an stroyed de corn,
an drink up de cider, and den tell Maum
Phebey ter cook dinner fer 'em.
After dey eat dinner one sojer asst ole
marster IF he had emmy store 'bakker. -
He say. mo: he not saw emmy store 'bak-
ker fer ebber so long," Now. dat ole
Jezebel what watched him dat night had
follered de sojers out to de plantation.
an she herd ole marster say he didn't
had no baker, an she say, ''yes he hab
got 'bakker: he's got a whole box berried
at de spring." Ole marster turn white
as sheet when he see her gwine ter de
spring an de sojers wild her. Bimeby.
sech hollerin Ill shoutin down at de
spring nebber heer! We know dey'd
foun it, an pore old marster nebber seed
dat money ag9n. 'Twan't long after dat
; we heerd pore M&rse Will got kilt at
; Gettysburg. Ole MAI. kept gettin punie1
, an atin strange. tell he jess lost his
mind, an go erbout polzin in de leaves
wild his cane, lack he hunten fer some
thin, and he tell Miss Sallie de sojers
didn't get de money: dat he got it hid
! su,nwhar, but he can't tink whar it is
After de wuh was ober. who should
come ridin mp hut HIarse Tom Curtis
Ole marster done fe1git erbout he fit on
de oddcr side, an he AK him whar he left
Marse Will? Miss V'leria cry. an Marse
Tom cry, an she ak him how he could
fou't agen her folks. all he said dat honor
made him do it. Den he see his ring or
her finger, an he ak her can she lub him
yet, an say eff she'll marry him dat he'll
be ole marster's son, stead of Marse
Will Ole marster died jess afore dey
; was married, an ole miss soon follerec
him, an den come out to Alabamy tel
end my few days wild yer ma an pa
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