The Newtown bee., 1896-07-17


 rrt"vrd the kitchen she said: "Loo~ -in1c, Nrl>r, }au shorriv alh g"lo ta have thtt tramp rn thr h':ph' .--n tin up !" the tah}r>"
 "WhE. rour~r. -ad N~l-r "Gr'5 humHu Hjn't he>
 That dun Ill Ike no d.tleranrn, hcr ou, If thr.r v]dtc folks routd here would du it..
 "rhaJ an't none of my business, au~~trrd h.r hu-h4ud, Il believe in rvl} p.r~ou dnlu' ,hcjrowj. duty. Flu, -o,nethu donu rn the table; fho man hungry, Au don't never git stuck up. i< ,.u&.a.t &l,.:> Nh., .,nurvli'J.:4 ...>, F t, g"uo. -,..'
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 His v.t dJd 4~ -ht ~..~ h.disr, md hen s~ if cut rl Tn n,>ia+ty If .> .u9d- .I o.&u.' . 2- rtr tgo,@r va- u A"."d in .ud -r~ ,a s,.s ... .l, 5as"- wu. q .n.- mapulu.. .hl, cith -hr hH A-9& peu- dent onou<u lp chang. fJr4 r,.sl ol".
 rh4 I...l ate ,.~ if he were hungry, but always sas # hs w,lc F. huDg,A X nt!.- man. There u@- sourshrg in hj> man ncr thal unpt"-acd Nrl-e 1ha1 3.a vas not fccu-as cnumau truug. 4~ h. sat and Ioo2>.o ..l hl~ winter ju pa:irc puu- 0sitv. Alter s -cmrWt4c v04tnued ~ioutr h. aJaJ,--td thc uaA. "Nhy don't vru go su Youg owa peop.c when you 'ro huugry .o.1ead of cnpag to us colorcd i"A:
 There *a- a, rcprool ID his torp, only jnqurry.
 The -ttauger.s eyes flashed suddenly.
 "Go to them up here>' he said meyer, They would give ne my supper with their hYpccriticaI patronage and pur it down tJ charity, You give Dl- something to eat as 4 favor. Your gift proceeds from uniDterestcd Lindncs~ ; they would throw me a bone because they thought if would weigh something in the balance against their sins. To you .m au unfortunate man; to them I am a tramp"
 The stranger had spoken with much heat and no hesitation, but his ardor did nor take the form of offence al Nelsc'- question. lie seemed perfectly to comDrcLoni the motive which actuatcd it.
 Ne]se had listened to him with close attention, and at lhe end of his harangue, he 3aid; You hadn't ought to be SD hard on your own people; they moan well enough"
 My own people," My people are tue people of the 5outh--she people whu have iu their veins the warm, generous blood of Dixic,'
 II don't see what you stay in the North fur ef you don't like the people. q
 II am not staying; I'm getting away from it as fast as 1 can. only cam. because | thought, like 8 lot of other poor fools, that the North had destroyed my fortunes and it might restore them but five years of fruitlets struggle in different places out of Dixie have shown me that it ism the place for a man with blood in his veins, l thought that l was reconstructed; but I'm not; my State didn't weed it, but 1 did"
 "Wher're you from>'
 "Kentucky; and there's where I'm bound for now. I want to get back where people have hearts and sympath- les."
 The colored man was silent. After a while he said and hs voice was trem- uloas as ne thought of the past "Pm from Kentucky, myself"
 'I knew that you were from some place in the South. There's no mistak- ing our people, black or white, where ever you meet them. Kentueky's a great State, sir. She didn't zecede; but there were lots of her sons on the other side. was; and did my duty as clear as could sec it. '' f~.@"5 .......,..1 .."... .@-~
 That's all any man kin do,'' said Nelse; Gan ain't a-blamin' you. I lived with as good people aa ever was I know they wouldn't a'done nothin' wrong of they'd 'a' knowed 1t; an' they was on the other side.n 7'5 ..'.'@." 2 "You've been & slave, then P oz \ '0h yes, I was born a slave; but the War freed me-" t3a&
 1T reckon you wouldn't think that my folks ever owned slaves, but they did. was good to them except me, and I was young and liked to show my l had q little black boy that l used to cuff around q good deal, altho' he was near to me as brother. But sometimes he would turn on me and give pc a trouncing that ! deserved. He