Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12

think bout dat. ! cain think uhbou
nuth'n but how mad Bill North gwin,
e be wen he come out'n de house en- fin
me gone, an cain fin me nowhar bout d.
place. En- | know'd he gwine t brinl
Bob Ketchum's nigger-dogs, en- dem var
mints gwine chaw my meat, en- Bill
North gwine tan my hide fuh good. FL
wen l member all dem things l feel
wusser en- wusser, en- / wisht T. goodness
he'd pulled my shut at de fust off start
But l didn' stop trott'n. | des keI
gwine thOo de woods sort o. groanin' Ell
talkin' t myself. Jgwine t see Mas Ton
Tom Cobu'n. Mebbe he could her nv
know eff | kin fin' i'm he gwine try.
foots it bout ten mile to Mos Toms
place, en- tin's uh black man wat know
WI kim down by de creek. / hides in d.
busbis tel he comes up T. cen de row, er
den AK i'm mighty cautious bout MOI
Tom. He says he health done gone by
drinkin' en- da done TUX i'm Off T. d.
springs. Den ! lef' dare en- say | goe!
down t. ole man Barnes'is. Iain't fuhgi
dem words North say bout Susan's
moster buyin' O. me, en- hangs On t. dal
lax uh drowndin' man T. uh plank"
Here Uncle Jake stopped and tapped
his pipe on half-buried brick, and said
"Boss, wish yu' glib me some mo
dat plug cut. 1t tases pow'fnl good
Whar yu' git it?
"Well," he went on, 81 git down t dc
Barnes plantation bout sun iown en- !
hang uh-rouh' de qua''uz Til kin sen
word t. Susan dat | mos starve' T. def,
en- want uh see Ter.
"'Twarnt long after dark TO- she come
slipp'n thoo de trees wild uh baskit on 'er
ON, en- say mos in uh whispnh: 'Heah
/ is, Susan en- she say: Jake, what
de mattuh wild yuh? Dis ain Sad'day
night. You done run'd uhway fun ole
Bill NorL'n,' Den ups en- tells 'er how
| done got k"ts'h up wild on all uhbout it.
"'Grs stns f., jake sess Susan,
don't y sm' 'iac white man gwine t
do wild vest
II 'uz =" busy stuffn In taters. en-
chicken, en- tread, en- buttuh. en- SIGH lax
wot dat gal brung me, putty much quit
talkin' fuh uhwhie. But bimeby my i'll
nerds da quit da frett'n en- quite down,
en- den / leil Susan | want t. see Col.
Barnes en- ak i'm t. buy me way fun Bill
N )rt'n, en- she low FER moster he done
ben talk'n bout dat. but my moster e
won't part fun me. Dat mex me mighty
low-sperited, but / tells 'er l boun' T.
see ole man Barnes. Den she say he not
at 'ome, en- be gone hell de cen de week,
en- TO dat time mebbe Bill North e fin
me out.
"'Berry well, den,' say, Il cain hep
1t. / cain 90 back en- STAN all de cow
hid'n dat man got laid up fun me by dis
time. Eff e git me, he nuver know wen
to stop beat'n on me, he 80 mad. gw inc
lay 'roun' here tell Col. Barnes git home,
en- den gwine see i'm eff ] kin. You
bring me baskit vittles ev'y night
''En Susan she LET me den, en- / hear
Ter snuffin' en- cryin' e. she went toze de
big house.
swell, sinks bout in de woods, en-
Susan she ruus out ev'y night t. fetch de
baskit en- bring de news, en- Sad'da y-night
hit come, en- Cnl. Barnes he got home en-
not uh blessed word fun Bill North.
But knows he vine sarch dat planta-
ton soon er later. En- knowe'd more'n
fun talkin' wild me. Yuh know, Boss,
dem slabe laws mighty tight on pussens
wot hobbers runuhways. I kncws Col.
Barnes don't want know nuth'n bout
me, case Bill North gwine ak i'm eff e
seed me, en- den wot e gwine T. say? But
Susan she hep ME out'n de diffikilty
She say Mos Willyum (dat's Col. Barnes
he gwine to walk by hisse'f ober e prar
meet'n Che mighty 'ligious MANI, en- 'e
be comm back 'uOut nine uh. clock, en-
kin meet i'm on de road comm home.
Den e cain blame hisse'f fun talkin' t.
runuhway-nigger.
$50 / way lays de paff down by de
INA mir " "
wo'm, moonshiny night. en- de kitty dds
'uz singin' fun all da's wuff. Eo it crost
my mine, it did, how happy | mout be
white folks. But bout dat time | hear
en- whiskers wen de moon drap thoo uh
hole in de tret-tops en- strack um, en- e
min me one dem OIL Bible prophits.
"Den | il up en- say wild uh trimbln'
in my thoat:
"'Mos Wiilyumi'
"He stop lax he s'prized, en- say Who
dat cali mes'
"'HiL's me, Mos Willyum-Jake Co.
bum
"'W'at you slippin bout here fun,
Jake? You done run'd uhway fun Nor
tn? Wat yuh mean by shown yo'sef
t. me? Don't you know hits my duty t.
tex y'u en- hol' y'u fob yo' moster?'
"'Mos Willy um, fuh de Lawd sake
don't talk dat uhway. 1t mos kill me.
Who | g"ine come tub ef not you? |
5es hleeged t. run uhway.'
"En den up en- tole i'm all uhbout de
trouble 'Lwix' me an Mr.. North, en- |
wins up by baiggin NV i'm t buy me
fun hisself en- sabe me OuJ'n dat bad
mans hans. us so offul feared o. Bill
Nort'n's cow-hlde dat / DIES fall down on
my knees dar in de woods TO- ole man
Barnes, en- hof is hau's en- baig i'm not
t glib me up. e / seed de tears uh
shinin' on is whlsh uZ, IN hearn UNI drap-
pin on de leabes, Ell / know'e he gwine
e friend me, en- it mex me cry too, en- |
say, 'L,wd tless yuh, Mos Wi,lyum, wot
uh good man yuh i, /
''Eu den e put is hans on my head,
en- Ter uh Will, i hearn i'm say in 'Po'
Teller, POI f. ller ! en- den he say: Jake,
l mighty sorry fun yuh, but 'frsid
Cain do y'u no good. l done offer Nor
TN mon y'u ~utf, en- e say e not gwine
let 60 T. nobody. spect, Jake, y'u
got T. take some bad med's I'u 60
ON uh way, now, en- don't y'u be akin
e me no me- Csc Of yuh duz I'll hab
to port y'u to Nort'n.' En- den de ole