The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

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brought in sf fCr Fer .8 Free sO Pofiy, w sRss her mS out
the top round Of tho chair she sat In, nm
clasped her knees with her long arms. Then
ri dunner how come II, but when. de sui
shine IL look like along time ago when do hous
S SSTn; W VIa,I95 RlTht come. GO asm ~ lSoat aSt I \ 6s d9a
s sSRsep see OF NMsr.uter' dat sG" Ve'y Dy night. / star
from de place whnr I been workin, time dc SUI
20 down, an when ! come to turn In de biI
i%,sh 1 e &c sS4Sdi s gate !S1ff id H'I,i an dem DEN say ! ' iss my y
might be comply n de front pealzer, an III
go roun,. dc IacE way an, come IN by de nigge,
99sS H.: ,el h hsH my ss %i ar Mr. Sq a. nT man !%h"'
"Hudspeth." said Buster John.
"Kaze he gimme a sewn ounce one time.
home. w" Walk hRfTio onys. ffVdTIEI{. a nS low, i N mighty USts
sorry dat ar Mr., lludspy, amt here now. kaze
punce.' Dos bout dat time / look up an look
roun an right at me wnz a man. / could n,
tracks. Hut bowed. ] did. an drapt him
He say, Amt dat Free polly?,. I say,
dat 'twant nobody in de roun' wori' but dat
vHs u say, oo 4 got % 3 GROW .TSy, to pick wild YOU I
plsReT,,' say I say. I dom don't "s see how + kin %
dat, sub, when e.. cen about all | kin do fer
i'He say, 7 hear tell you es das han'in glove
wild dat ar Niger A'on what Pap bought fun
at s SS hSn.t. SUBJ saT Il waz A nmbe SHs5 Is eet To
lie say: 'ENa!H}pineiu III git you yit, an
you i say. 'Yasser,' and den bowed perlite
81 ! know how an come on % de big house:
Little Marster-which ,dey call him Little
Crotchett-is sorter aiiin'. an say ter myse'f
him. SO, after while. up / goes. an sbo' nun.
dar wuz dc Little Marster layin' up dar readin'.
HE ,,I put s doTn a. ms Isl book on ne Sid; an, i0 OK IKE aoh hs
say dunno, 'cep'9 You have somebody q rub
tooby-ehore ! will. an glad to do It, an den
whirled in an rub 'em. an whites I'm a-rubbin'
Nunitin' states whar we live at, an | cay eff I
ever know'd 'em l done fergitted 'em of'n my
AN den. bless yo' souls. he lay dar fat err
his back. an call Oft dc names or all de presi.
denotes or de Eunitin' States same ez eff he had
'em right dar In a book. an den when he done
dat he toll me all bout John Henry Bonaparte
an Mr.. BENJAMIN Arnold. which he traded off
his country fer a par err shiny boots an a cooked
Buster John and Sweetest Susan laughed
ae "Yes. honey Sn% yrf he lazy lay d ln"f fat e m his sTbS BACK an,
toll me all de news ! dunner how long | sot
dar. rubin, an, noddin'' On, iis'nin' to Dc Little
he wuz skeer'd, she ,wuz gwine down aRin ef
folks up dar whar dey make laws did'n stop
scandalizin' an gwtne on. I speck both..un us
must er drapt off ter sleep, kaze when ! walked
R Bime De V DE- hftt hsd M GGss ' 'sny. 'p0 %Hs' A aSTn:
he cali me Polly. Ann fer short-'Pollyy Ann. I
smell smoke. What does you SMELL.
,o ~ say; | smells m, i n smo sror too; l speof'some-
say, Polly Ann. dis amt de time er de
u say mebbe somebody possum ,huntin'
draPt der lsv to !PnI,S an tn sot d fire a to de d w s;%s q, 4.
year when dey hunts possums.'
he say. Ali do same, Polly Ann, I smells
II say. Dat what Brcr Fox say when Hrer
Rabbit put fire to de hay what he totin' on
'De Little Marster say. Polly Ann. maybe
somebody done put fire to de hay what we got on
II say. 4 amt skeer'd er dat
Dis make him laugh, He say. Polly Ann.
folks don't halter be skeer'd to git burnted
At this point Free Polly suddenly became
very solemn. A heavy frown appeared on her
placed one hand lightly on Sweetest Susan's
shoulder and held the other to a gesture Of
looking all ar Ground nnan.d the room as i
Right dar and dem she said, IT not only
e sme'' eyes Se S% Tes. h / Sssd itAi SssH II stT wid m my
IT,, not much bigger dan n pipestem come curl.
c ee 0' Den. e~ Way of yander. / hear s" ON b
boiler. Den somebody holler'd mo- closer.
Den de cows gun ter low. an de bosses TO
II say ter myself. Niger oman, you better
keep 20 eye peeled kase sunni n'er gwine, on an
i h,ar somebody boiler right out de lot dar.
d Little Marster say, Polly Ann; / tel!
II say. 4 biieve you, honey
by dis time. de fuss outside wuz Rittin'
Srackli an' ike Eas scm eb h S sSqsd hs ssoo ' s psEcR
de little candle got mo- paler.' an den it seem
Den | happen to look up at do window, an,
man. sul. lie whole place wuz lit up
night. 'A Size rshfiniin' N red red De s IN fe
keep on curlin' up an curtin up. 1t cum thoo
DE Little Marstersay. DE smoke smell so
bad ! got ter put my bead up' de coyer.'
de- smoke comm up thoo de floor you better
I'D gone down dem sta,rsteps EASTERN I
up" exclaimed Drusilla.
e you had" said Free Polly, scornfully. |
an dat Would "a been des ike a niger f epSdn de
der an sorter pat de Little Marster on de leg
Watch out, Niger oman! Watch OUT
Den l gun to strange, an l went to dc
s~quallin' an fussin' dan ! ever been hear befo'.
an time | got to de window somebody smash
i In, an l des give one big squeal an drapt on
Now, dat ar somebody wuz A'on. He clum
tree, ne ulu. an ne smash IN lie win
dow. an. he wrop de Little Marster in
lie quilts an coverleds. what he had on him.
an ,toted him down de tree on one arm, an
den he come back an toted me.
when we got down. dar wuZ a big crowd
stamina round. an oil. ;Marster wuz ,~a'cryin''.
an A'on put me down an went up IN de crowd.
an when he got dar he, fell down, like he wuz
dead. When he smash In de window, de glass
cut him in de arm, an In de face, an he wa.
bloodier dan a stuck pig. So dar he wuz. an
he lay. He DIES shet his eyes an fell back
like he done dead.
Yes. honey. dar he wuz right In de middle
n big crowd: All de ~niggers, wu2 dar fun
Ave mile 'roun', an mighty nigh all de white
folks wuz dar. or Mr.. Gossett wuz dar wild
his eyelids lo9kin' like dey been turn wrong
Aha, Ell amt mighty much.mistaken dat's
niger, A'on. A'on, git up fun dar, you
gran rascal
But, A'on amt move, He des lay dar like
he dead. or Mr.. Gossett knelt down by i'm,
an put his han on i'm, an felt i'm like de doe,
does. Den he rZ IN an look at A'On long
lime, an den lie shuck his head. He shuck his
lead, an turn roun' an boiler to OIL Marster;
= ledge. once pom a.time ] hear you say you
Nant TO buy, dis niger. What'N You gimme fer
i'm DIES ez he is?'
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