The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-02-09
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"Auntie, hyar at the crack!"
"Who is ,yo' callen? Yo' mus be .
chile from yo' voice"
"Put yer eye close up to de fence and
| y can see me at the crack"
| The woman drew near and put her
eye to the crack. Jakey stood off
a little way, and she could see him
| plainly. Meanwhile he pretended to
have lost something on the ground.
"Why Dress my po' ole heart, honey.
eff y amt nothen buta leetle boy in de
| jailyard. Taught t. be huff to keep
dem po' misable po' white east Tennes-
sans dar what dey had in de cellar Wild
out keepen a chile.
.My brothers prisoner, n so air |"
said Jakey in melancholy voice.
"Climb ober de fence. honey and run
away"
1.-The fence air too high, n | amt a
goen fur to leave my brother anyway.
See hyar, aunty. air you niggers Union
or secesh3"
"Why, honey, do you t'ink westurn
ag'in ou' own folks! Amt de Yankee
sojers comen down fur to glib us liberia
tiony'
EFF y cd save Union sojer from
hangen, w'd y do it,
$50 de Lo'd WOULD"
.Then send this hanchikuff to Souri,
Slack"
"Who Souri, Slack!'
''She's my sister. She lives at Farmer
Stacks"
"Whar dat?"
ION the Anderson road. close onter
the Sequatchie river"
While this conversation was going on
Jakey continued his efforts to find some
thing at his feet. He picked up stone.
rolled in the handkerchief and threw
them over the fence.
.What good dat do?" asked the col
ored woman, picking up the missile Of
war.
"When Souri, gifts it she'll know"
Twill dat sabe de Union sojer's neck?"
s'Mebbe t mought. n mebbe t
moughtnt."
II CANT 60 myself-rm too debut
I'll start hit along. Reckon de darkies'll
tote it"
She picked up her basket and was
moving away when Jakey called to her.
"Auntie!"
"What, honey?'
eyer mought git some un to tote hit
ter an old niger named jefferson Ran
dolph, ez lives up creek bout 1--WE mile
from hyar, near the pike runner that
away. Mebbe he'll pass hit on"
''Sho nuff."
"Yo' boy, thar
The jailer's wife was standing in an
open window regarding Jakey severely
"Come away from that ar fencev'
Jakey skipped along toward her. do
ing little waltzing as he went.
''Ef that ar boy wasn't SIGH chile.
I'd think he'd ben up to sumep'n."
What war yer a-doen by that ar
fence?' she asked when he came up.
| "Nuthen."
"What war that y throwed Overt"
i
What yer tlrowen stones that away
fur?"
Fur fun"
We'll. y just keep away from tn
fence er y shan't play in tn yard at all.
III shet y mp with tibet big brother o
yourn."
| "Waal. won't go thar no more" And
Jakey took top out of his trousers
pocket and began plugging imaginary
tops on the ground.
Mark hoped that the preparations the
Confederates were making for the ex-
pected move would cause them to forget
him. He was not destined to be SO for
tunate. The second day after his cap
ture he was taken before court martial
held in house occupied by the staff de-
partment. to be tried on the charge of
being spy.
The court was assembled and ready to
proceed with the case. An officer had
been detailed TO defend the prisoner, but
he had not arrived and the court waited.
Presently clatter of horses hoofs was
heard outside. 1t stopped before the
door of the house, and in another mo-
ment Marks counsel entered the room.
Mark looked at him with astonish-
ment In the tall. straight soldier, with
black hair and eyes, mustache and
goatee. bearing about him that some.
thing which indicates Ito the manor
born" he recognized the officer who had
called at the Fains' on the morning he
had left them-Captain Cameron Fit:
Hugh.
AS soon as he entered he beckoned the
prisoner to follow him to IL corner of the
room apart from the others for consulta
ton. It was not a convenient place fol
such an important interview, but ont
charged with being spy was not likely
to get many favors, and the exigencie'
of the case did not admit of aught ex
cept the bare forms of justice. .5sa
Twill you give me your confidence
my man, or shall proceed at random?
''At random" ..a., .........-,
IF you think it best to trust me.
give you the word Of . Virginia gentle
man that / will not, betray You, and