The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

long nough Ter settle dat I'LL 'couns
or ourn.'
"swhut count is datr Harp soy. I
nebber knowed I was OWN 20 muffin,
Mr.. Morris.
"'Yo's mist ooken, Marse John
Ant'ny say. 'Yo' owes me heap, an
yo' gut ter pay right now
"Wid da. he draws er bead on Harp
He could hit de crack in de doah SO fur
of yo' CANT hardly see hit dar. Dem
whar seen him tole me his face wus
white as he shut, his eyes des or blazin,
when he say ter Harp:
"'Yo' sooundrel, 70 dared ter hit
my boy Sam-Sam, dat's mo- er gen.
temun in one breff dan ebber yo'll be
in or lifetime. wants yo' an all yo'
sort ter know stan n's fer my black peo-
pie. Whoebber totches dem totches me.
'Cepting fer his color Sam, could er
th 'ashed de whole kit an bilin OBJ yo'.
Yo' wouldn' nebber dared ter lay er
finger on him eff yo' hadn' knowed he
couldn' hit back. Yo' had yo' time.
Now he gut hisn. Yo' gut ter histe yo'
shut an take lick fer lick, wild me STAN
min by ter see hit we'll laid on. Eff yo'
dom, ole pistil say de res, an all Harp
Cross done wus ter git often he hawse
an stan dar whar Marse John Ant'ny
tole him. Sam hit i'm three, fo' licks;
den he gut sorry fer dat white man, an
he say:
'Marster, wild yo' commission, sub,
we stop dis. ] knows how hit feels !
rudder let dis yere gentemun loose
"'Des as you leks,' Marse John
Ant'ny say. 'I'm glad ter see yo's too
much or man ter lex hittin er feller
whar CANT hit back. Now, Mr.. Cross,
we gibs yo' receipt in full. De business
is settled, an we's so much 'bleeged fer
yo' company we don't think we's ebbe
gwine want hit any mo-"
''Den Sam he fotcht up Harp's hawse
an hilt de stirrup same lex he done fer
de yother company gentemuns. But
when Harp gut way FUN dem two he
lef' de kentry, he did-nebber eben
went home ter tell he folks goodby. In
ill while, ole man an Gle 'ooman had
done sold out, stock, lock an bar'il, an
gone ter de Eellenoy.
"Us thunk den us wus good an red on
um. But yere come de wah, an yere come
Harp, too, fightin 'ginst we all, big man
er heap. Dat how came him Cunnel
Cross now. hear um say, too, dat how
come he got de CONAN he mated. He
fit in dc same cum'ny wild her brudder,
an one time somehow he sabe de
brudder's life, an gut mos kilt hese'f
fer doin hit. When he come outen de
hawspittle, she took an took keer on
him fer it'll while. Den she up an
mated him. spec she amt knowed
no better'n dat-'taint no quality folks
up dar in dat kentry. An den Harp he
wus right peart, an mon fa'ar ter look
at. Sis May johnson, she been cookir
fer dee Is year, an she lows Miss Cross
is des as much whi' folks as yo' al
Miss Francis dars ter be. I tells her
dat CANT be so-had er been dee neb-
Der would had dc inchorunco ter come
back yere after de fightin wus all done
wild money in bofe powkits when dec
betters wus po' an sorry too.
II yere um say she ,wus richer'n
cream an peaches. Dee buyed one de
bes' places in dee county, an dar dee
been stayin off on on ebber sence. Yo'
knows dee dom hab on much truck wild
de neighbors, but den dee's way SO
much er de time dat ain tso 'stonishin. +"
II wonder why the man. came back
at all, Tony said thoughtfully. "When
was it, Nanny, that my father made
Sam
."Des de leas' It'll while fo' de wah, +"
Nanny said reflectively. II disremem.
. befs ,zactly how long, but yo' pappy
the gnned ter cote Miss Francis des
soon hs she had de chance ter ride by
herself, an 'twus mos at de fus' oh
hit.t He axed 'er bout 'eve'y week, an
she laugh an say mo- tell he done coined
back fun de wah Majer Morris wild
er bullet in he chis' de doctors say gwine
kill him. Soon as she hear dat yo'
couldn' a-kep' FUN a'yin him. He
didn' lib but five year. Yo' wus des
er week ole when he died, an, oh, want t
he proud OBJ his l'ill gall Dee wus two
boys befo' yo'-l'ill lambs dee wus
sho'. Dee took sick, bofe at once, des
as dee mudder gut down. Marse John
Ant'ny nebber res day ner night tell
dee wus layin side by side in one coffin.
He wus stannin lookin down at um, an
me ober 'ginst him. He glib one It'll
groan. sorter gurgly. Den seed dee
blood come outen lie mouf. Time us got
him laid down in de ar he wus dead
too. Doctor say 'twus des lex he
thought-de bullet done wore froo. -
"Was-Sam-t-there?" Tony asked,
speaking very low. Nanny gave a
groaning sigh. es.' ="
"Sam had done went befo' honey, Z"
she said, parting Tony's hand. "'Twus
in de fightin. He went wild his marster.
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