The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-21

an SMOKE MISS MARY WNbCn MIN G1lA nc
all gone DEN I minds her dat of old
miss fin us out she gwine mex trouble
for Us. So we conn back to de house.
Aunt Maria met us at de do an says,
'Dey's company in de parlor.' De min
lister an ole Marse Campbell wild his
son am ole miss, dressed up wild her
white lace cap on. Ole Marse Richard
away at de wah. Miss Mary say she
want be by herself, en- eft anybody AK
for her I'ze say she have q headache
'kase she wouldn' see de Campbellses
den. But, honey, ole miss didn' AK me
nuthin. She jess walk right in an say,
Put Miss Mary bes' dress on her, Ju-
liette.'
Den she tole Miss Mary somp'n'
bote ole Marse Campbell gwine TEX all
de Ian an dc house kase Marse Richard
owe him sc much money, an den she
an marster have no home in dey ole
age, an it break her fathers heart eff he
cher come back an de place gon' ont de
family, an she say eff she love her ia
Their she gwine come right down an get
married to Marse Will. Miss Mary Tub
her father morn anything, an ole miss
talk an talk, IN Miss Mary kepe her
eyes ON de big diamond ring dat Cap'n
Hunter Civ her I'M de morn'n, wiles de
tears ro1lin down her cheeks, an she AK
es dey no other way, an her mother say
dat wen she marry Marse Will he
gwine mex her present OBJ de notes wild
Marse Richards name ON 'em. DEN de
Campbellses place be jined TO ourn, an
it be de biggest state in de county. An
she tell her how lex her father git shot
in de wah an brurg home an de ism
NO home to come 60, 30 dat settle lie.
Miss Mary sot orful still for . minute
LEX she thinkin, an den she say. TIE
ready for my fathers sake, Jess for
him She wouldn't put ON no other
dress, but she say wait for me here. Ju-
liette, an she walk down in de parlor,
an / went down and peep froo q crack
Id de do. Miss Mary hol her lef' han be-
hin her, an Marse will put de ring ON
her right ham, She never look up ones,
an when ole Marse Campbell give her
de- note wet Marse Richard wrote TO
him bote de Ian she han it to ole miss.
Den Miss Mary AK 'en all leave her
alone for n hour, an she come up to
her room. In co'se I'ze waitin for herr
She lock de do am say, tJuliette, be
quick as You kin and hep me put ON
dat grey suit OBJ Brer Bob's.' / az her
wot che gwine do. She say: DON a.
any questions. I'ze gotter hurry, so ]
hep her dress We bofe so nervous dat
We got de close ON backward. She cryin
kase she feared de Campbellses would
come to fotch her fore she got de things
in. But dsy didn' an when she all
drest in Marse Robert 'sschool unionform
she look jess like he did de last time he
wore 'ezn. Den she say to me: TIE
gwine down dar in de valley, an TIE
nebber comm back no mo-. j wants yo'
to tell father dat / sole my han to Will
Campbell, wilss my heart an sole al
ready belong to Jack Hunter
Den she put her arms roun my neck
an cry lex a baby, an we bofe creept
down de back stairs an out froo de kitch-
en- do, an she say goodby to me an tole
me 90 back to de room an wait till her
mother come there to git her. I'ze so
skeart ] couldn't think. Presently /
hear ole miss calm, Miss Mary, Mary,
come down. IjesskeepBtill as de grave
till ole miss open de do an says, 'Whar
Miss Mary Las / said, Il dunno.
Den she skeart de trufe- outen me, but
i mix it all up, SO dey couldn't under
stan. Fuss / say she gone mp de hill
Wen dey say eft she TUX de road to de
right han or de lef', / say she went
down to'des de river, an all de time
Miss Mary Rainin ON 'em. Wiles we all
talkin one OBJ do Miller boys come in an
say dat ole marse done been killed. Ole
miss turn white sheet an pear like
she gwine ter fall m ] so lonesome dat
I sot down in de do an cried
jess az de sur wal settin / look
down de road an see Long Jim runnin
to'des de house. I AK him eff he got envy
news oh my Miss Mary, an he say Cap'n
Hunter shot right froo de bress, an jess
as he fall Miss Mary run, cryin to him
dat she his little sweetheart, an beg
him to doan't die. He know her do she
got m boys close, an he smile at her
till he dade. Jim drug de body onto dc
grass. an Miss Mary march right up to
de front. Treckly she los in de smoke
OBJ de cannon, an wen de smoke clar
away Jim he foun her badly all covered
with blood an dust. al he lay her long
side de cap'n.
Soon after dat in one oh de big bat.
ties Marse Dick an Marse Bob both
killed. Nobody lef' but ole miss an me.
Aunt Mary an Milly dun run away
wild a niger sojer from up norf, an one
night de house was set on fire an burn
to de groun, wild all de outhouses, cep'n
de cabin, whar I'ze libbed ebber since.
Ole miss she run put oh de house in her
nightgown an got a fever an died at
ole Marse Campbell's. I'ze do only one
OBJ de family dats lef'.
"1'ze de las oh de Vardens. w
ington Star.