The herald., 1893-05-28
MASTERS MONEY.

Now set still, chillen, an don't make
tuss, an I'll throw my head togedderan
tell yer bout yer gran'pa hidin his mum
ey an watches an juelry duren de wah,
when de Federuls 'stroyed Atlanty. Ole
marster hbbed in Georgy, erbout five
miles frum Atlanty, on de Chattahoochee
ribber. ! jess wish you could see dat
plantationi Yer gran'pa Hooper want
no po' white trash, wild tree or four mig
gers an q few bobtailed ponies. No, sahl
he had 80 many niggers he didn't know
some OBJ 'ern when he met 'em in de road.
Inebber see gch places as his here in
Alabamy. Sich a big house, wild up
stairs, an chinbleys built out OF de put
tiest white rock, an hall big enuH tc
i. drive-de lrerridge in, an de houeygucks
an 1essymen, an oleyanders growed wild
eberywhar. And den de biggest chess
nut trees, an huss apples, an danissno,
I'm peaches yer ever saw growed ona lit
tie crick called Peachtree crick, an when
de Linkum sojers was in Georgy dey
fout a battle right ON de banks of dat
prick, an we niggers all run an hid be-
hind de haystaclzs.
My olest boy Chats named arter de
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. What dat yer say?
Eoun's LAX somebody a-sneezin a long
Bneezes Well, 'clar' it do. Housum-
sber, lisa pretty name, think. You
chinens goes ter slkule; ken yer tell me
what dat name means9 Yer oain'tl
Well, who glib it dat name? 0gieforpel
Eleggsander 81. Stevens? Fore graciousl
You's de ignoruntest chil1eni Why, de
Injuns named it, an uster know what
1t stood fer, but disrememburs now.
Yer ak yer ma tonight; she's borned
down dar; bet she know. Yer gran'pa
jess had two cfillens-yer ma an pore
Marse Wilium Henry, who was killed at
Gettysburg. Hewas q fine lookin young
man; dem Hooprs-Georgy Hoopers, ]
mean---was all pow'ful fine lookin folks.
Yer Uncle VIII was eddycatedtn Mas
sychusetts. I 'memburs well de fust
time he kem home from slrn1e updar.
He br1ng his ''chum," as he call him,
back to Georgy to spend de Takations
wild him. Marse Tom Curtis was a
tall. proper loolin young man, an ole
mafstarsan Miss Sally lack him pow'ful
we'll den. "Why, that's papa,s name;
was it him, Uncle Peter Now, If yer
all ,rupts me enymore Til jess shet my
mouf right up; In coase it was yer pa,
but he want yer pa den. MHrse Tom
an Miss V'leria tuck ter each odder
right away, an he look at Miss Vgeria
lack she good enuff ter eat. Dey staid
home till about cotton piclzin time. an
den dey hab ter go back to Massychu-
set4s ,s, -4se..- &C., -----s,--s ---...+s
'-oAo -..ls, what he said been in his
family yeers out O. mine; say it scrosst
de ocean on a Mayffower. | thought it
was onery loohn, but Miss V'leria
nebber tuck dat ring off no more till she
see Marse Tom, cause he put it on wild a
wish. Dey won't off ter skule agen,. an
ole marster he kept maxim more cotton
an buyin more niggers till he was de
richest 1nnn Ground Atlanty. De las
year Marse VIII Hooper was at skule ole
marster gun to look mighty 'sturhed an
serus. think mebbe Marse Will done
tuck ter drinken or gambler, but my gal
Phyllis, what waits on de table, she say
dat ole marster said.dar was gwine to be
q wah, he was fear'd, an dat he gwine ter
write for Marse Will ter come home,
Den one nlawrin he tell ole miss dat
Souf Callina dun pulled loosefrum de
odder states, an fore long anudder an
den anudder state, an onesday he say ole
Georgy show her grit-an pull loose too.
Den we heerd dey had been fghtin at
Foat Sumter, an den de wah gun sho'
enuf. Marse Will he come home an
went to Richmun ter jine de soiers.
Miss V'leria an ole miss went ter Rich
mum ter see de las of him, an twas de
las shore enuffi Miss Vleria she give
'em big flag an made speech. dis
remembus now de mos she said, but l
hurd her say dat man was cowyerd dat
wouldn't dare to fight for sich Ian.
She cry, an some of de sojers cry, too,
but Marse Win so proud he could scarce
ly see. Dey marched off, playin DIX
les Ian" an "De Gal Lef' Benin Me-"
Marse Win tol Miss V'leria dat Marse
Tom Curtis done jined de Linkuim men,
an dey want frien's no more, an ole
marster say he nebher want ter see him
agen, an dat Miss V'leria shant write to
him, but she wore dat ring, ef ole mars
ter did scotch eroun
Well, de w2h went on, an de gol an
silver money got sca'ce, an wedidn't hab
no sugar nor caufee nor 'bakker, 'cept
homemade, nor store close. Even Miss
V'leria, she wear homespun dress like
de darkies Wehardly ebber heerd frurn
Marse Will, an ole marster he git Jess as
gray an stoop shouldered. He say he
nebber 'spact ter see Marse Will agen.
Bimeby we heerd Genul Sherman was
jess a-makiil for Atlanty, burnin bridges
an 'stroyin railroads all along. Some
our loves down niggers said dey was
ywine ter run away an jine de army
when dey got ter Affinity. When de
Linkum men did git dar. dey 'stroyed
Bhings auful. 1t was mighty purity
soyn when dsy marched in, but it look
lack yearthquake struck it fore dey
lef'.
Ole marster knowed dey wascomin ont
toIhis plantation, an so he 'cluded to bury
LII his money AN watches an iewelry
where day couldn't find 'em. So he ,putl
III OBJ de silver spoons an sech like wild |
le money an watches Ia tin box an put
lat in 'bakker box, an one night,iess
fore day he slipped down to de.spring
kn dug hole at de root OF aolechessnut
rec dat leant right ober de spring, an he
berried it in de hole an kipered it wild |
rocts-an tlirowed water oil oEer ter hide
de fresh dirt. Ole naargter didn't even