Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

via en-. Ole riar-ter toe 'er he done promas
ter let Cindy marry SkunGas.
10. we'll, seq ole mis-. dat iosn' cut no
nSSer Des's too much er dis fooli hness bout
husbans en- wibe- 'inongs' ie nis yer, nova
DAYS One Niger man is De sane sraud3-r.
en- dey Il be p.entv un en- down ter Wa.h -
ton : plsntstio3' ole miss wnz a mighty smart
woman. but she diin know sy vthlng
B. "'Nsll.' saws ole MARI. de .-aos n be iaii
by IN mont now. en- Ien iev wo1 Z be a1tn
ttr do fer erna3der mont er six week. -
We IL lie; her G. down dcre al stay iii 90 tor
pickin time; III ies> len err ,-r EN- al ira
III d-y wants ter keep 'er en- We finis dosn
need er. den well ,alk gu.der bout ssllin 'cr
Vel tell her d,; we ies gvine le: her E #, down
cere VIII de chill en- a week er so en- den come
back, en- den We won't hab no fass bout it,
so dey dxed il dat erwsy, en- Cindy went of
wild EN-. she spec'in ter be back IN a week or
so. en- de wife folks not hahdlv low,n' she a
I come back at all Skandu- didn lack ter hab
Cindy go. but he couidu no nuihin'. lie xuz
wukkin Of in ernuddcr part er de plauta ion
wen she went swsy, en- had ter tell her good
/ by de night befo'.
'Bimebv. wen Cindy didu' come back n
two or th &c weeks, Skunda- 'mense to get res
less. En Sklndus wuZ diff eat FUN udder
folks. Mos folks wen dey gifts restless can't
sleep good, but de mo res'lesser Skundus got.
de mo sieepier he 'pesred 20 get. Weneber 10
wuz n wukkia' er eatn. he'd be sleepin'. Wen
de yuther niggers nd he skvlarkin 'roun' nights
en- Sundays, Skundus I'D be sound asleep in
his cabin. Things KEEP on dis way fer 'buu:
| mont after Cindy went away. W en- one mawuin'
Skundus didn't come ter wuk Dev look fer
I'm roun dc plantation. but dey coaia' fin
\ I'M. en- befor de dav wuZ gone ey'yboly WIZ
sho Dat Skundus had ruined erwav
'.Cose dev wuz great howdydo bon. il.
| Nobody Eada neober ruined erway FUN Mnrse
| Dugai befo, an dow haIn' b en- a vlr,a SAY
Niger in de neichbo hood Ter tn &c er 10 years
De tie folks wuz all wukked up. en- lev waz
mo ridin CT bosses en- mo hitckia' up er bug
gles n a little. Ole Mare DuCaI had q Tot err
papers printed en- stuck up on trees hong ao
roads, en- dey vuz sumpn put in lie noos-
paps-5-a free niger rum down on de Wirn'r-
to-! road read ce pnner Ter some er Cur han s.
teiiin all boa; how hish Slga1ns WIZ. en- va:
Kline or tecf be had. en- boat n skvah he had on
his ief cheek, en- how sleepy no wu-' en-
| Of rim ward er one han le~' dollars f.r
whoeber I'd hetch i'm. But none OF en- eber
cotcn i'm.
''W'n Cindy fus' vent away she wuz kinder
down in d, moaf fer dlv or so. Bg: she went
to II new fine house. lie folks treated her vel en-
cere wuz SIGH good comp nv moug,' her own
people dat she made MP 81 mia she night :
wei hab good time fer de week er iwo she
wuz gwine ter stay down dere. BI. wen lie
time roll on en- she diiu hsarea npihn' boat
Cvne back. he raence' ter sif Kind s,ecrsd
she WIZ nebeC gwinc TO see hcr mammy nor
SHundus no mo. She VIZ monst - clt uD
bout II. an los er appetite en- got so Pc en-
Skinny her mistess sont 'er down ter le-NamD
fer Ter g tsome roots Ter ter max. some tea fer
er health. Her mi, tess sont her 'gsv 'bont
Tia ee o'clock en- Ciriv III In come back tlll
after sundowa: en- she say she ben louLir,' fer
de roots. dat dev didn pear ter be none er dem
kin er roots fer mile err SO long de aily or
de swamp.
'Cindy 'mence' TO ter git better les ez soon
rs she begun ter drink De root tea Ity!iy a
lnonst u, good med cine. leas WAYS in her case
1t done Cindy so much good ia. her mist ess
Guided she'd take il herself en- Gb Il ter ,le
chilen. De fus' day Cindr went after de roots
dey wuz some LET ober. en- her mis-. ess tor or
fer ter use dat fer de mex dag. Ciady done SO,
but the toll 'er misteSs hit didn' hab no strcnk
en- didn do 'er no good. So ov'y day after las
Marse Wash r'tons wife nd san' Ciady down
br de ai1Se er de swamp fer ter git fresh
roots.
"'Cindy. said one er dc ior hans one dav,
yer better keep way finn dat swamp. Dogs a
la Mt walkin down dere.'
Go way FUN we're wild yo' foolishness.' said
Cindy. 'Dey ain no ha nts. W'ite folks do.n
lieve in SIGH things fer L heared EN- say so:
but yer can't spec nothin bester fun fiel
hans
"Dey wuz one man on de plantation. one or
desc yer dandy niggcrs W at 'lz alluz runnin'
after de wimmen ao!ks, Cat got ter pe,t'r rim
Clndy. Cindy di9n pay 'tentioa ter 'iln,
but he KEEP on tryin fe- ter cot her wen he
con.d 81; a chance. Fin1y Cindy tole i'm fer
tcr re- ner lone, er g sc saInD might happen
ter i'm. But he dida' min Cindy. en- one
ebenin he liowed her down ter do swamp.
he los track un CT. en- eZ he WIZ a-start;n'
back out n de swamp, big black ha' ut 'bout
ten feet high. en- wild fence rail in its ham
jump out n de bushes en- chase i'm clar up in
de con fel. Leas' ways he said it did; en-
after dat none err de niSse-s wouldn't go nigh
de swamp, cep'n Cindy, who said i. wuz all
tooIishness-it wlZ dis niggers guilty con-
science dat skeered 'im-she hadn' seed no
hant en- wuz'n skeered er nuaia' she didn't
see.
"Bineby. wen Cindv had BEN gone .1m
home bout two mont s. hsrves' time come on
Ell Marse Dugai foun hissef short er hans
One err de men WIZ down wild de rheums tiz
Skgndus wuz gone, en- Cmdy wuz gone en-
Garse Dugar tole ole Miss dey WIZ TO use talk
in, he couldn' ford ter buy no new hans en-
he d halter sen fer Cindy, EN- pat her in De
fiei; fer de cottou-crap wuz a ,aoast'u us big 'un
dat year. en- Ciudy wuZ one de bes' cotton
pickers on de plantation. so dey wrote letter
to Marse Wash n ton dat day fer Ciniv. en-
wanted Cindy by DO cen er de mont, en- Marsc
Wash ton sont her home. Cindy dida't
pear ter wanier come much. She said she'd
go. kinder Use ter her moo home; but she a.dn'
hab no mo- ter gay bout comm dan she did
bout goin'. Howsomederer, sho went down
ter de swamp fer ter git roots fer her mist ess
up ter de las day she WIZ dere.
Nv en- Cindy got back home she wuz nightly
put out ca Sc Skundus wuz gone, en- hid didn'
pear ez eff anythin' any body said ter 'er nd
comfort 'er. But mawnin' she said she'd
dreamp' dat night dat Skundus wuz gwine ter
como back; en- sho' 'nuff, de ve'y mex mawuin'
who sh d come waikiki out in de fiel' wild his
hoe on his shoulder but Skundus, rubin his
eyes ez ef he hadn' got walked up good yit.
'Dey wuz a great mirstion mongs' de mig
gers, en- somebody run off ter de big house fer
ter tell MGrse Dugal'. Bimeby hero come Marse
Dugar hissef. mad as hswnit. a-cnssin' en-
gwine on like he gwine ter hurt somebody: but
anybody wat look close could a seed he wuz
mos tickled ter def fer ter git Skundus back
ergin.
"'Whar yer ben run eruay ter. yer good-fer-
nu.hin', lazy, black niggcrg SEE g. Inn gwine
ter Glib yer 90 hunderd lashes. I'm gwine ter
hang yer up by Yer thumbs en- take ev'y bit or
yer black hide Off n yer. en- den I'm gwins ter
sell yer ter dc fus spectator wat comes long
buyin' niCgers fer ter take down ter Alabam'.
Wat yer mean BY runnin' er way fun yer good.
kin marster, yer good-ier-nuthin', wool-headed,
black scound'el?
''Skundus looked at i'm ez ef he didn' under
stan. 'Lawd. Marse Dugar,' sez e, Il doan'
know " at youer talkin bout. / ain ruined
erwav; ain be IN nowhar.'
'''Whar yer be fer de las mon'?' said Marse
Dugal. Tell me de truf. err I'll hab yer toneue
pulled out by de roots. I'll tar yer all ober yer
en- set yer on fab. I'H-Tlr-. Marse Ducar
went on at tarrable rate, but eve ybody knowed
Marse Dugar bark uz wuss n his bite
''Skundus look lack e wuz skeered mos ter