Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-23

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chance he'd fall asleep. lie wuz might
ly nigh gettin' inter trouble MORN
once for gwinc ter sleep in de flel'. l
never seed his beat fer sleeping. lie
could sleep in de sun or in dc shade
lie could lean upon his hoo en- sleep.
lie went ter sleep walll'n' long dc road
onct, en- mighty nigh bust his he'd open
gin tree he run inter. | did heal he
onct went ter sleep while he WIZ in
swimrnin'. lie wuz floatin' at dc time
en- come mighty nigh gittin' drownded
bcfo' he woke up. Ole marse heared
bout it en- forbid his gwine in swimmin'
emmy mo-, fer he said he couldn' ford
ter lose i'm
zone mawnin' Slsundus didn't cum
ter wuls. Dcy look fer i'm roun' der
plantation, but dcy couldn't fin i'm.
cn befo' de day wuz gone ev'ybody wuz
sho dat SlSundus had ruined erway.
"Cosc dey wuz great howdy do
about it. Nobody hadn't nebber ruined
erway fun Marsc Dugal befo', en- dey
hadn' ben runaway niger in do
neighbo'hood for thee err TO- years De
w'itc folks wuz all wuklsed up, en- dcy
wuz mo- ridin or HOSES en- mo-
hitchin' up er buggics DIN err little Ole
Marse Dugap he'd err lot or papers
printed en- stuck up on trees long dc
roads, en- dey wuz sumpin' put in de
noospapers-a free niger fun down
on dc Wim'rton road read dc papers ter
some or our han's-tellin' all bout how
high Skundus wuz, en- W.T. kline err teef
her had, en- bout a slSyah he had on his
lef cheek, en- how sleepy he wuz en-
off'rin reward or one hundred dollars
fer whoeber md lSetch i'm. But none
of 'em cher cotch i'm
zone mawnin' bout or month later
who sh'd come walSin' out in the de
fell wild his hoe on his shoulder but
Skundus, rubin his eyes ez efhe hadn'
got walked up good yit.
"Dcy wuz n great 'miration mongs'
de niggcrs, On somebody run off ter de
big house fer ter tell Marsc Dugar.
Bimeby here come Marse Dugap hlssc'f,
mad us hawnit, a-cIissin' en- gwine on
like he gwine ter hurt somebody, but
anybody wat look close could "a seed
he wuz most tickled ter def ter git
Skundus back ergin.
"'Whar yer BIN run erway ter, yer
good fer nuthin', lazy, black nigger?'
sez e. I'm gwine ter glib yer TO hun
dred lashes Pm gwine ter hang yer
up by yer thumbs en- talk cv'y bit er yer
black hide off'n yer, en- den Pm gwine
ter sell yer ter dc fus' spectator wat
comes long buyin' niggers fer ter take
down ter Alabam'. Wat yer mean by
runnin' or way fun yer good, kim mars
ter, yer good fer nuthin' wool-headed,
black scound'elT
'Skundus looked ut i'm ez eff he didn'
understan'. Lawd, Marse Dugal,' SEE
g, Il doan' know wat youer talkin'
bout. / amt ruined erway; l ain ben
nowhar'
"'Whar yer ben fer de las month
said Marse Dugal.' Tell me de truf,
err I'll hab yer tongue pulled out by de
roots. I'll tar yer all ober yer en- set
yer on fab. rll-Ill-' Marse Dugar
went on at tarrible rate, but eve'y-
body knowed Marse DugaPs bark w
wuss'n his bite.
"Skundus look lack Q wuz slreered
most ter def for ter heah Marse Dugal'
gwine on dat erway, en- he couldn' pear
to un'erstan' wat Marse Dugap was
tall1in' erbout.
az didn't mean no harm by sleepin'
in de barn las night, Marse Dogal,' SEE
e, 'en yer'll let me off dis time won
nebber do so no mo-.
"Well, ter make long story shot,
SlSundus said he had gone ter de barn
dat Sunday afternoon befo' de Monday
wen he couldn't be foun' fer to hunt
aigs, en- wiles he wuz up dere de hay
'peared so sof en- nice that he had laid
down ter take little nap; dat it wuz
mawnin' wen he woke en- foun' hisse'f
all covered up whar de hay had fell over
on i'm A hen had built nes' right on
top un i'm, en- it had half dozen aigs
in it. He said he hadn't stop fer ter git
no breakfus', but said jes' such one or
two err der aigs en- hurried right
straight out in de fier fer he seed it
was late en- all de res er dc hans wuz
gone ter wuk.
"'louer a liar said Marse Dugal',
ZEN de truf ain in yer. Yer ben run
erway en- hid in de swamp somewhat
ernuder.' But Skundus swo' up en-
down dat he hadn't ben out'n dat
barn, en- finally Marse Dugap went up
to de house. en- Skundus went on wild
his wuk.
"Well, yer mought know dey was a
great 'miration in the neighbo' hood.
Marse Dugap sent for Skundus ter cum
up ter de big house mex day, en- Skun-
dus went up 'spectn fer ter ketch
forty. But wen he got dere Marse
Dugar had fetched up ole DR.. Leach
FUN down on Rockfish en- another young
doctor FUN town, en- dey looked at
Skundus' eyes, en- felt of his wris, en-
pulled out his tongue, en- hit him in dc
CHS, en- put dere yeahs ter his side fer
ter heah his heart beat, en- den dey
up'n made Skundus tell how he felt
when Q woke up. Dey staid ter din
ner, en- WIN dey got thoo' tallsin' en-
eatin' en- drinkin' dey tole Marsc Dugal'
Skundus had had catacornered fit en-
had ben In trance for TO weeks.
"Dis yer boy, Tom," said the old
man, strengthening out his leg care
fully preparatory to getting up, sis
jes' like his gran'daddy. I b'lieve eff
somebody didn't wake i'm up he s'eep
till jedgmen' day. Heah e comes now.
Come on heah wild dat w'eelborrow,
yer lazy, good fer nuthin rascal"
Tom came slowly round the house
with the wheelbarrow and stood blink
ing and rolling his eyes as If he had
just emerged from sound sleep and
was not yet hall awake.
We took our way around the house,
the ladies and l in front, Julius next
and Tom bringing up the rear with the