Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-13

horse all rode away down into the noise
al smoke. Miss Mary watch him till he
all gone. Den minds her dat eff old
miss fin us ont she gwine mex trouble
for us. So we come back to de house.
Aunt Maria met us at de do an says,
'Dey's company in de parlor. De min
lister all ole Marse Campbell wild his
son an 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- eff anybody ak
for her I'ze say she have headache
'kase she wouldn' see de Campbellses
den. But, honey, ole miss dam 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 do house kase Marse Richard
owe him so much money, an den she
an marster have no home in dey ole
age, All it break her fathers heart eff he
eber come back an de place gon' out de
family, an she say Of she love her IA
Their she gwine come right down an get
married to Marse WILL Miss Mary lub
her father morn anything, an ole miss
talk an talk, an Miss Mary kepe her
eyes OH de big diamond ring dat Capn
Hunter Civ her in de morn'n, wiles de
tears rollin down her cheeks, all she Ak
es dey no other way, an her mother say
dat wen she marry Marse Will he
gwine mex her present oh 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 brung home an de ism
no home to come to, SO dat settle 1t.
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 I went down and peep froo crack
in de do. Miss Mary hol her lef' han be-
hin her, an Marse will put de ring on
her right han. She never look up once,
all when ole Marse Campbell give her
do note wot Marse Richard wrote to
him bote de Ian she han it to ole miss.
Den Miss Mary ak en- all leave her
alone for one hour, an she come up to
her room. In co'se I'ze waitin for her.
She lock do do an say, 'Juliette, be
quick as you kin and hep me put OIL
Io+ ,,ro,, e,,;t oh pro, pob,. Tow ho,
wot she gwine do She say: Don ak
any questions. I'zo gotter hurry so l
hep her dress. We bofe so nervous dat
we got de close on backward. She cryin
kase she feared dc Campbellses would
come to fotch her fore she got de things
on. But dey didn', an when she all
drest in Marse Robert sschool unionform
she look jess like he did de last time he
wore 'em. Den she say to me: 'I'ze
gwine down dar in do valley, an TIE
nebber comm back no mo-. l wants yo'
to tell father dat I sole my han to Will
Campbell, wiles my heart an sole al
ready belong to Jack Hunter.
"Den she put her arms roun my neck
an cry lex baby, an we bofe creept
down dc back stairs an out froo de kitch-
Ell do, all she say goodby to me an tole
me go back to de room an wait till her
mother come there to git her TIE SO
skeart I couldn't think. Presently
hear ole miss calm, Miss Mary, Mary,
come down. LESS keep still as de grave
till ole miss open de do all says, 'Whar
MISS Morys' Ios T solid Il dnnno
Den she skeart de trufe outen me, but
l mix it all up, so dey couldn't under
stan. Fus' say she gone up de hill.
Wen dey say Of she TUX de road to dc
right han or de lef', I say she went
down to'des de river, an all do time
Miss Mary gainin on EN-. Wiles we all
talkin one OBJ de Miller boys come in an
say dat ole marse done been killed. Ole
miss turn white as sheet an pear like
she gwine ter fall, an SO lonesome dat
| sot down in de do All cried.
Jess as de sun war settin l look
down dc road an see Long Jim runnin
to'des de house. I ak him eff he got eny
news oh my Miss Mary, an he say Cap'n
Hunter shot right froo de Dress, an jess
as he fall Miss Mary run, cryin to him
dat she his little sweetheart, an beg
him to doant die. He know her do she
got on boys close, an he smile at her
till he dade. Jim drug de body onto de
grass, an Miss Mary march right up to
do 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, an he lay her long
side de cap'n.
"5oon after dat in one OBJ de big bat
ties Marse Dick all Marse Bob both
killed. Nobody lef' but ole miss an me,
aunt Mary an Milly dun run away
wild niger sojer from up MORT, an one
night de house was set Oh fire an burn
to Gle groun, wild all de outhouses, cep'n
de cabin, whar TIE libbed ebber since.
Ole miss she run out oh de house in her
nightgown an got fever all died at
ole Marse Campbell's. I'ze de only one
OBJ de family dats lef'.
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