The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
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"No."
"A leftenant?"
no" ....-..
"Hain't yo' un noSlin but Jest com.
mon fulksi" she persisted.
mo"
Didn't allus say yo' un had no
speerit about yo', and that's why We
was allus pore and low DOWN." she
bitterly exclaimed as they passed into
the house. Ike Baxter, yo' hain't
shucks! You un's low down, and yo'
like to stay right thari Everybody lso
is comm home with gineral's and cor
poral's and majors stripes on thar
Sleeves but yo' has dun let EN- walk yo'
inter the mud and hain't got no speeris
to resent it! III I'd gone down thar, I'd
"a come back as big as anybody! I've
dun told everybody yo' IN was gin,
eral, and now-now yo's only jest COM
mon
Mrs. Baxter sat down and wept and
used her apron for handkerchief. Ike
had expected just such reception, and
he had a plan to develop at the proper
time. While she continued to weep he
helped himself to bite to eat from ne
cupboard and maintained silence.
And why didn't they make gin
eral of yo'f" asked Mrs. Barter after
about 10 minutes.
"If 30 un dun had any sense in yo'
head, l could tell yo', he sullenly re-
piled.
"Sensel Sensel If hain't got sense,
who has! If it hadn't bin fur my sense,
we uns would hav bin right down to
tater skins vars ago. It's my sense that
has kept us outer the porehouse and let
us hold our heads up with the best of
'emi Leastwise I've allus held my
head mp, even if yo' hain't"'
Its this way" said Ike as he con-
tinued to eat and reflect. ITS cor
poral, sergeant, orderly sergeant, leften-
ant, captain, major, kurnel and GIN
eIal. Takes heap O. time to git up
thar! Everybody has got to begin way
down"
But yo's not even a corp--coIporal
yit!' she exclaimed as one eye filled
with tears of disappointment
And what's the reason hahn t? Do
yo' un remember that Yankee lawyer
who lived yere -feller named kenton:'
Seems like did. -
lie un's 10 blame. Tried to git us
all captur'd at Bull Run. Tried to, put
all the officers down. Got in with y'in-
eral Jackson and talked agin us, par
iicklarly ME. Reckon lie un said heap
bout yo', too, while he un was at it. Ii
it hadr t bin fur he I'm, I'd hev had
stripes on my arms heaps o stripes -
and yo'd bin proud o. me. It's Jest he
nn that keeps me down. We all hate he
un, but hiin's got Gineral Jackson on
his side. "
1.-The pesky varmint she gaspel,
with uplitted hands. "He un's all to
blame them"
IAN to blame.
'Tnlkcd about mo TO Ciineral jack
son, What could he un say:"
Dunno, but | reckon he uiI went on
b nj yo'r gwine h'arfnt to church and
dippin snuff and gaddin bout and com
piainin. lie nm rubbed it in III hoth o.
MS powerful hard, most likely. Refo'
that Gineral jackson was as good as
pie to Inc, but afterward he IN wouldn I
dun notice me tall"
sThen-then it's the Yankee who
dun Keeps 20 all bacls:" she asked aft,
er taking a couple ot minutes for reflec-
tion.
Jest he nm alone, answered Ike as
he finished his snack.
And yo' all hain't got SUNK nutf tc
drive he un ont! Ike Baxter, yo' un
allus did dun let folks walk yo' inter
the mud but didn't reckon it was a.
bad as thisi Fur shame on yo't''
Iiows we all to drive he un wher
Ginefal Jackson is in the ways" asllet