The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-15

en- come mighty nigh gittin drownded
befo' he woke mp. Ole marse heared
bout il en- forbid his gwine in swimmin'
emmy mo-, fer he said he couldu' ford
ter lose i'm
zone mawnin' Skundus didn't cum
ter wuk. Dey look fer i'm roun' der
plantation, but dey couldn't fin i'm.
en- befo' de day wuz gone ev'y body wuz
sho dat Skundus had ruined erway.
''Cose dey wuz a great howdy do
about it Nobody hadn't nebber runned
erway fun Marse Dugal befo'- en- dcy
hadn' ben a runaway niggcr IN de
neighbo'hood for thee er 70 years De
w'ite folks wuz all wulllNed up, en- dey
wuz mo- ridin' er hOsses en- mo
hitchin' up er buggies d'n er little Ole
Marsc DugaF he'd er lot er papers
printed en- stuck up on trees long de
roads, en- dey wuz sumpin' put in de
noospapcrs-a <rec niggcr fun down
on de Wim'Pton road read de papers ter
some er our han's-tellin' all bout how
high SlIundus wuz, en- W.T. kline er teef
her had. en- bout a sl1yah he had on his
lef check, en- how sleepy he wuz en-
OFF rim a reward er one hundred dollars
fer whoeber nd lzetch i'm. But none
of 'em cher cotch i'm
Zone mawnin' bout er month later
who sh'd come walkin' out in the de
fiei' wild his hoe on his shoulder but
Skundus, ru bbin' his eyes ez ef ne hadn'
got walked mp good Wit.
"Dey wuz a great 'miration 'mongs'
de niggers, en- somebody run of ter dc
big house fer ter tell AIarse DuTal'.
Bimeby here come Marse Dugai bIssef,
mad a. d hawnit, a-cussin' en- gwine on
like he gwine ter hurt mebOdy, but
anybody wat look else could n seed
he wuz most tickled ter def ter git
SHundus back ergin.
." "'Whar yer b'n run ervay ter, yer
good fer nuthin', lazy, black niggerP
sez e. I'm gHine ter glib yer TO hun
dred lashes I'm gwine ter hang yer
up by yer thumbs en- talk ev'y bit or yer
black hide Off n yer en- den I'm gwine
ter sell yer ter de fus spectator wat
comes long buyin' niggcrs fer ter take
down ter Alabam'. Wat yer moan by
runnin er way fum yer good. kim mars
ter, yer good fer nuthin' wOol-hcaded,
black scound'el?'
''Skundus looked at i'm ez ef he didn'
underStan'. 'Lawd, Marse DugaT, sez
e, i doan' know wat youer taillin'
bout. l amt runned erway; l ain ben
nowhar'
W i.s4r yer Den Ter Ce las LIlDntg
said Marse Dugal' Tell me de truf
er III hab yer tongue pulled out by de
roots. I'll tar yer all ober yer en- set
yer on fab. Tll-Tu-' Marse Dugar
went on at a tarrible rate, but cve'y-
body kuoyved Marse Dugal's bark w
wuss'n MS bite.
''.Slundus look lack e wuz skeered
most ter def for ter heah Marse DugaT
a., In
II ncrstan' wat Marse Dugal was
talllin' erbout-
-. 1 didn't mean no harm by sleepin'
in de barn las night, Marse Dogal. scz
e. 'eu yer'n let me off dis time l won
nebber 90 so no mo.
well, ter make a long story shot,
Sllundus 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 w1Iz up dere de hay
'peared so sof en- nice that he had laid
down ter take little nap; dat il WIZ
mawnin' wen he woke en- foun' hiSsef
all covered up whar de hay had fell over
on i'm. a hen had built a nes' right on
top un i'm. en- it had Half dozen aigs
in it He said he hadn't stop fer ter git
10 breaIxius', but said jes' suck one or
two er der aigs en- hurried right
straight out in de ficr fer he seed II
was late en- all de res er de hans wuz
gone ter wuk.
~ ouer a liar said Marse Dugar,
'en de truf ain in yer. Yer ben run
erwav en- hid in de swamp somewhar
grnuder' But Skundus svvo' up en-
down dat he hadn't ben out'n dat
barn. en- finally Marse DugaT went up
to de house. en- Skundus went on wild
his wax
well. yer mough. know dcy was a
great 'miration in the neigh DO hood.
Marse Dugar sent for Skundas ter cum
up ter de big house mex day, ca Skun-
dus went up 'sPect'n n fer ter I1etch
| forty But wen he got derc Marse
Dugal' had fetched up ole Or. Leach
| fun down nn Rocktish en- another young
| doctor fun town. en- dcy looked at
| SlSundus' cves, en- felt of his wris,' en-
! pulled out his tongue. en- hit him IN de
! CHS, en- put dere ycahs ter his side fer
ter hcah his heart beat, Ell den dey
up'n made Sllundus tell how he felt
when e woke up. Dey staid ter din
| ner, en- w'n dey got thoo' tall1in' en-
eatin' Gu drinllin' dey tole Marse DugaT
| Slsundus had had a Catacornered fit en-
had pen In a trance for 70 weeks
| Dis yer boy, Tom" said the old
man, STRENGTHENING ont his leg care
fully preparatory To getting up. rs
is like his gran daddy. ] b'lieve ei
somebody didn't wake i'm up he s'eep
till jedgmcn' day. Heah e comes now.
Come on heah wild dat w'eelborrov,
yer lazy, good fer nuthin rascal"
Tom came slowly round the house
with the wheel barrow AMI stood blink
ing and rolling his eyes as if he had
just emerged from a sound sleep and
was not yet hal: awake
We took our way around the house
the ladies and / in front Julius next
and Tom bringing mp the rear with the
wheeibarrow. We went by the well.
kept grapevines, heavy with the prom,
Use of an abundant harvest, through Z
narrow field of yellowing corn and
then picked our way through tn,
watermelon vines to the spot where the
monarch of the patch had lain the day
before in all the glory of its coa'
OF variegated green There was {
shallow concavity in the sand where i
mad rested, but the melon itself wa.
gone-Two Tales.