Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-19
WHOLE NUMBER. 1913.

heard a big rumblin soun lex thunder
an saw dc smoke in Gle valley an Cap'n
Hunter comm runnin o'des us wild Miss
Mary lookin like chose. Cap'n Hunter
kiss her han an squeeze it tight an say,
'Goodby, little sweetheart, an she say,
'Goodby, Jack. Den he jump on bis
horse an rode away down into the noise
an smoke Miss Mary watch him till he
all gone. Den | minds her dat eff old
miss fin us cut 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
lister an 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 Campbeilses
den. But, honey, ole miss didn' 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 de house kase Marse Richard
owe him so much money, an den she
an marster have no home in dey ole
age, an it break her fathers heart eff he
eber come back an de place gon' out de
family, an she say ef she love her IA
ther she gwine come right down an get
married to Marse Will. Miss Mary lub
her father morn anything, al 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 de
tears rollin down her cheeks, an she AK
es dey no other way, an her mother say
dat wen she marry Marse Will he
gwine mex her present OBJ de notes wild
Marse Richards s 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
i'll de wah an brung home an de ism
no home to como to, so dat settle it.
Miss Mary sot orful still for minute
lex she thinkin, an den she say, 'I'ze
ready for my fathers sake, jess for
him. She wouldn't put OH no other
dress, but she say wait for me here, .Ju-
liette, an she walk down in de parlor,
an l went down and peep froo a crack
i'll dc 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 oh Brer Bob's.' ! ak her
wot she gwine do. She say: Don AK
any questions IZe gotter hurry, SO |
hep her dress. We bofe SO nervous dat
we got de close on backward She cryin
kase she feared de Campbellse3 would
come to fotch her fore she got de things
on. But dey didn', an when she all
drest in Marse Robert s school unionform
she look jess like he did de last time he
Wore 'em. Den she say to me: I'ze
gwine down dar in de valley, an I'ze
nebber comm back no mo-. l 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 a baby, an we bofe creept
down de back stairs an out froo de kitch-
Ell do, an she say goodby to me an tole
me go back to de room an wait till her
mother come there to git her. I'ze so
skeart / couldn't think Presently 1
hear ole miss callin, Miss Mary, Mary,
come down. jess keep still as de grave
No, ,In r.,
Miss Mary Las 1 said, L dunno
Den she skeart de trufe outen me, but
l mix it all up, so dey couldn't under
stan. Fus' l say she gone up de hill
Wen dey say eff she TUX de road to de
right han or de lef', | say she went
down to'des de river, an all de time
Miss Mary gainin on 'em. Wiles we all
talkin one oh 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
l sot down in de do an cried.
jess as de sun war settin | look
down de road an see Long Jim runnin
to'des de house. | AK him cf he got eny
news oh my Miss Mary, an he say Cap'n
Hunter shot right froo de bress, an Jess
as he fall Miss Mary run, cryin to him
dat she his little sweetheart, an beg
him to doan't die. He know her do she
got on boys close, an he smile at her
till he dade Jim drug de body onto do
grass. all Miss Mary march right up to
de front. Treckly she los i'll 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.
''Soon after dat in one oh de big bat
ties Marse Dick an Marse Bob both
killed. Nobody lef' but ole miss an me-
''Aunt Mary an Milly dun run away
wild Niger sojer from up norf, an one
night de house was set on fire an burn
to de groun, wild all de outhouses, cep'n
de cabin, whar I'ze libbed ebber since.
Ole miss she run out OBJ de house in her
nightgown an got a fever an died at
ole Marse Campboll's. I'ze de only one
OBJ de family dats lef'
'I'ze dc las OBJ dc Vardens Wash
ington Star.
Not at breakfast.
English Sparrow-Mr. Swallow, join
me at breakfast tomorrow. | have in-
vited company Of gay birds, and we