New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06

! 0ioPe III Some erS AT night an crope out crgin
IN the mornin. Nobody that met had any
Idea was er soldier. after they got sight er
me-
An they'd er ben plumb eejets eff they had
jest Ter look at him KEEP my heart er swen' an
er swellin. Nanny she gethered i'm up in her
long arms an rocked i'm in her big lap an they
both laughed and cried tergether. An us chill
dren went ter bed happy.
'Our feathers fell mex mornin'. when daddy
says at breakfast: This yers Heaven. but I
dares'nt stay in it, I'm what they call or de-
serter. an the penalty's death. | must pick me
out er saft spo; in the swamp an hunt up er
chico cypress knee fer er piller.'
"He tried thataway ter make light OF ii, but
1t was TIE cruellest yearnest oh. Matt. says
NANNY all of er trembe. why didn't you run
tother way when you was er runnin, an gil ter
the Yankees? They had men enough ter fight
'ithout rakin' the hospitals and sech.
"'No' he says. Tve studied II all out. I'll
dress UP in Sues co'es'-Sue goin' on four
teen-an' pass fer er merlatter wench I'll tend
the old cotton patch. Hits clost enough ter the
house ter slip in when the ways clear. an clost
ernough the swamp ter hide when there's any
body ridin' round An. ma You can't be too
quick erbout It, We don't know when the de-
serter-hunters III ride in at the gate.
That started Nanny put Sues clo'es on
him. an fixed on his head er har-net stu1ed iu
of Sues hair an tied er old shutdown on top OF
it, He said he didn't think he could stand or
bonnet fappn in his face. We never got no fun
outen that masqueradin'. We watched II with
anxious eyes an was glad that his skin
was dark ernough ter pass i'm off fer er white
Niger: that his little body an beardless face
man an the woman, he says. pintin' ter
NANNY in her mans hat an coat. I've ben
trihin' enough all my life but never expected
ter be quite trinin' as this
Never mind all that. Matt, so we save your
life
~ won't an we never heerd i'm grumhle
ergin We KEEP i'm in the house all we could
nussin' i'm up an tryin' ter git or little bit er
meat on his bones. Then he worked the cotton
patch watchin' out him an all of us III any
body showed themselves In the ROAD ne WAS III
no lhpIecNlN.
1T is wonderful" says Travis. Il should have
thought that somebody would some uihe nave
taken You by surprise -
The ncighbors did lots Of times. We jest
braved it out. Ef any of them suspiconed the
truth Trey never let on strangers G,un , al"
find Their way ter Fersaken When they dld'
When they did" repeats Travis eager lot '"e
ending ,
"One time" says Mersun. long hidden passion
shaking his slight frame and burning undfr ms
lcathery skin, zone time er passel 'r aeSe ~
hunters-we knowed em b; the gray-come IN,
quirin fer daddy. We told en- the s'oty we "toi
got used to: we hadn't seed i'm sence the con
script OFFICERS kerried i'm off. They hunted the
place over. an then come back Tor 'he helu
Blanks daddy was in the CROWD. . .,r.
Hes i'm this valley, some rs, ne sdNS' d"
we'll ketch i'm yit
termed after i'm says one ,,.. .ho,,r. rb,.
".Thev air says Blanks daddy. though WY
they shouldn't er tuck after Their NANNY IN
stead beats me- ,. a..
sixty-an' then at us boys ...
Tell YOU what Blank; when the war over
7 h'icve I'll come back an take these an Two
urhtnin bugs an start er show. I'll make er
fortune.
The brute" .,,. ,.,,,,
"Oh. they didn't mean any. particlar insn n,c
We was Landowners whish mean, means human
rights Blanks daddy only laughed an went
round where daddy was or hoein. -.
".That's Mr. Parish's old Jane We keep her
for her vittes an clo'es. says; an they never
guessed how scared was ,,. he
=" Parish Is got the best or the bargin ne
says Here hold Up yer head auniy. iiu" =
nroud motion an er fiery eve fer or slave ..
" come on Blank says the orhcer' W.
fooled crway time enough now, We must oe
twenty miles furder by sundown pa. ho,o-o
".Ail right says Blanks DADDY hu', .''v, ~.
bo rid of he give daddy or hard cut WIN hiS
ridin whip Take that fer Yer sassy looks
THAT was towards the eend er the Wal an
thev was the last strangers that come ttr f'r-
saLen The very minute We hc"rd II Lees sur
render We brung daddy in the house an phl h,S
own clo'es on i'm. an laid i'm on NANNY
feather he'd fer er good rest. Then "" seed what
we hadn't dremp Of before. that death was on
i'm He'd ben dyin' fer weeks. an NIT up
ruthcr'n give any more trouble ms sttgmeI =,
lef I'm as quick as the needcessiN 81 p.a' a,,io
ont s,oppod our big nanny tuck our niue
DADDY i'm her arms crgin an rocked I'M. W. ''i'
en- erlone erwhile an when We went na.h w. W.
found the life gone outen both of EN-. bul nv
was still In the big rockin -chdr' an "'"''''''
arms clnched i'm tight o ..
There ensues a silence that no ono cares 10
break 49,, .r a.. s,,.
gentlemen" he says presently. ! don say
tho Dnmercr.t marty amt as good as any oth't,
Ter I don't know nothin' bout politics ! doh
wan, TO- Hts ernough Ter me ter Know una ~. ~
the party OF Blanks daddy an tne r., .,,rts
that made my story posscrble. An sun 'nt.N
the lowdowncr IS III FER nothin' but ter vote. You
won't ask ergnP 81, n
NO no." excaims Travis. Take m T@'
sons: he's got just one minute to vote In