Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-03-25

all gone. Den I minds her dat eff old
miss fin us out 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 i'll de parlor. De min
ister an ole Marse Campbell wild his
| son an ole miss, dressed up wild her
white lace cap on. Ole Marse Richard
awav at de wah. Miss Mary say she
7-ant be by herself, en- eff anybody ak
for her I'ze say she have a headache
kase she wouldn see Gle Campbeilses
den. But, honey, ole miss didln' 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'
boce ole Marse Campbell gwine TEX all
de IAN an de house kase Marse Richard
owe him SO much money, an den she
M 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 eff she love her IA
dher 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 on de big diamond ring dat Cap'n
Hunter Civ her in de morn'n, wiles 1e
tears rollin down her cheeks, an she AK
es dey no other way, all her mother say
dat wen she marry Marse VIII 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 'stato 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 q 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,
an when ole Marse Campbell give her
de note wot Marse Richard wrote to
him bote de Ian she han it to ole miss
Den Miss Mary AK 'em all leave her
alone for one hour, an she come up to
her room. In co'se I'ze waitin for her.
She lock de do an say, 'Juliette, be
quick as you kin and hep me put on
dat grey suit OBJ Brer Bob's. / AK her
wot she gwine do. She say: Don AK
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
ON. But dey didn', an when she all
i'm More.a r oh q mi
she look jess like he did de last time he
wore 'em. Den she say to me: I'ze
gwine down dar in dc valley, an I'ze
nebber comm back no mo-. I wants yo'
to tell father dat 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 q baby, an we bofe creept
down de back stairs an out froo de kitch-
en do, an she say goodby to me an tole
ne go back to de room an wait till her
mother come there to git her I'ze so
keart l couldn't think. Presently |
near ole miss calm, Miss Mary, Mary,
come DOWN Ijess keep still as de grave
ill ole miss open de do an says, 'Whar
Miss Mary?' Las | said, I dunno
Den she skeart de trufe outen me, but
mix it all up, so dey couldn't under
tan. Fus' | say she gone up de hill.
Ven dey say eff she tux de road to de
light han or de lef', say she went
Town to'des de river, an all de time
Mss Mary gainin on 'em. Wiles we all
akin one OBJ de Miller boys come in an
ay dat ole marse done been killed. Ole
Mss turn white as a sheet an pear like
9,I1 T i
sot down in de do an cried
jess as de sun war settin / look |
own de road an see Long Jim runnin
o'des de house. I AK him eff he got eny
ews oh my Miss Mary, an he say Cap'n
Iunter shot right froo de Dress, an jess
S he fall Miss Mary run, cryin to him
at she his little sweetheart, an beg
i'm to doan't die. He know her do she
OF on boys close, an he smile at her
i'll he dade. Jim drug de body onto de
rass, an Miss Mary march right up to
e front. Treckly she los in de smok,
b de cannon, an wen de smoke c1ar
way Jim he foun her badly all covered
nth blood an dust, an he lay her long
ide de cap'n.
''Soon after dat in one oh de big bat
les Marse Dick an Marse Bob both
illed. Nobody lef' but ole miss an me.
"Aunt Mary an Milly dun run away
lid niger sojer from up>norf, an one
light de house was set on fire an burn
} de groun, wild all de outhouses, cep'n
e cabin, whar I'ze 1ibbed ebber since.
lie miss she run out oh de house in her
ightgown an got fever an died at
lie Marse Campbell's. I'ze de only one
de family OATS 1ef'.
''I'ze de las OBJ de Vardens. Wash
lgton Star.
The Scarcity.
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