Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-05-27
MASTERS MONEY.

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Now set still, chillen, an don't make
fuss. an I'll throw my head togedder an
tell yer 'botM yer gran'pa hidin his mum
ey an watches an juelry duren de wan,
when de Federuls 'stroyed Atlanty. Ole
marster libbed in Georgy, erbout i've
miles frum Atlanty, on de Chattahoochee
ribber. jess wish you could see dat
plantation! Yer granpa Hooper want
no po' white trash, wild tree or four mig
gers an few bobtailed ponies. No, sab!
he had so many niggers he didn't know
some OBJ 'em when he met 'em in de road.
nebber see SIGH places as his here in
Alabamy. SIGH big house. wild up
stars. an chimbleys built out of de put
test white rock, an hall big enutf to
drive de kerridge in, an de honeysucks
an jessymen an oleyanders growed wild
eberywhar. And den de biggest chess
nut trees, on boss apples, an danissno,
an peaches yer ever saw growed on a Ut
tie crick called Peachtree crick, an when
de Linkum sojers was in Georgy dey
fout battle right on de banks OF dat
crick, an we niggers all run on hid be-
hind de haystacks.
Nv olest boy Chats named arter de
Chattahoochee ribber. What dat yer say
Soun's lax somebody a-sneezin long
sneezep Well, 'clar' 1t do. Housum-
cher, it's pretty name, think. You
chillens goes ter skule; ken yer tell me
what dat name means? Yer CANT!
Well, who glib it dat name? Ogleforpe.
Eleggsander II. Stevens? Fore gracious!
You's de ignoruntest chillen! Why, de
Iniuns named it, an ulster know what
it stood fer, but disrememburs now.
Yer OK yer ma tonight; she's horned
down dar; bet she know. Yer granpa
less had two chillens-yer ma an pore
Marse Willum Henry, who was killed at
Gettysburg. He was afne lookin young
man; dem Hoopers-Georgy Hoopers, l
,nean-was all pow'ful fine lookln folks.
Yer Uncle Will was eddycated In Mas
sychusetts. I 'memburs we'll de tust
time he KEN home from skule up dar.
He brung hts ''chum," as he call him.
back to Georgy to spend de Valuations
wild him, Marse Tom Curtis was q
tall, proper lookin young man, an ole
marster an Miss Sally lack him pow'ful
we'll den. why, that's papa's name,
was it him, Uncle Petes" Now, If yer
all 'rupts me enymore I'll jess shet my
mouf right upi in coase it was yer pa,
but he want yer pa den. Marse Tom
an Miss y,leria tuck ter each odder
right aSssy, an he look at Miss v' l3 2
i LACY she GOOD en1f tsT eat Dey staid
home till about cotton pickin time, an
den dey hab ter go back to Massychn'
sets. :, M
Fore Marse Tom goes he glib Miss
yleria q ring, what he said been IN his
family yeers out @ mine; say it cross1
de ocean on Mayfower. ] thought il
was onery lookin, but Miss Vleris
nebber tuck dat ring off no more till she
see Marse Tom, cause he put it on wild
wish. Dey went off ter skule agen, al
ole marster he kept maxim more cotton
an buyin more niggers till he was ds
richest man Ground Atlanty. De las
wear Marse Will Hooper was at skule ole
marster gun to look mighty 'sturbed al
serus. Ithink mebbe Marse Will done
tuck ter drunken or gambler, but my ga
PHYLLIS, what waits Oh de table, she say
dat ole marster said dar was gwine to b
awah. he was fear'd, an dat he gwine tel
write for Marse Will ter come home
Den one mawnin he tell ole miss da
Sonf Callina dun pulled loose frum d.
odder states, an fore long anudder al
den anudder state, an one day ne say oil
Georgy show her grit an pull loose too.
Den we heerd dey had been fghtin e
Foat Sumter, an deu de wah gun sho
enuff. Marse Will he come home al
went to Richnun ter jine de sojers
Miss V'leria an ole miss went ter Rich
nun ter see de las of him, an twas d
las shore enutf! Miss Y'le-;-, ~ s,.e
,or, I,;,r flo,, o,,..---.s d speech. dis
eiii d ote ~, n n6w de mos sho said, but
hurd her say dat man was cowyerd dat
wouldn't dare to fight for SIGH a Ian.
She cry, en- some Of de sojers cry, too,
but Marse Will so proud be could scarce.
ly see. Dcy marched off, playin Dix
les Ian" an DE Gal Lief Benin Me. "
Marse Will toll Miss v'leria dat Marse
Tom Curtis done jined de Linkum men,
an dey want frien's no more, an ole
marster say he nebbcr want ter see him
agen, an dat Miss V'leria shant write to
him, but she wore dat ring. of ole mars
ter did scotch eroun.
Well, de wah went on, an de gol an
silver money got scace, an we didn't hab
no sugar nor caufee nor baker. 'cept
homemade, nor store close. Even Miss
V'leria, she wear homespun dress like
de darkies. We hardly ebber heerj frum
Marse Will. an ole marster he git jess as
gray an stoop shouldered. He say ne
nebber 'spcct ter see Marse Will agen.
Bimeby we heerd Genul Sherman was
jess a-lnakin for Atlanty, burnin bridges
on 'stroyin railroads all along. Some
our loves down niggers said dey was
gwine ter run away All jine de army
when day got ter Atlanty. When dc
Linkum mon did git dar. dey 'stroyel
things auful 1t was mighty purity
town when dey marched In, but it look
lack a ycarthquake struck 1t fore dey
lef'.
Ole rnarster knowed dey was comm out
to his plantation. an SO he'cluded to bury
all his money an watches an jewelry
where dey couldn't find EN- So he put
all Oh de silver spoons an sech like wild
dc money an watches in tin box an put
dat in baker box. an one night jess
afore day he slipped down to de spria:s
an dug hole ut dc root Of ole chestnut
tree dat leant right ober de spring. anhe
berried it in de hole IN kivercd it wild
ROCKS an tlrowed water oil over ter hide
de fresh dirt. Ole marster didn't even
tell ole miss whar he gwine to berry it,
Den he went ter de house an tote Miss
Sallie dcy was safe fer a livin if dc Mig
gers was sot free
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