The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30

right up an made Lige an ole Minkey,
de coachman, go and brung dat pooh
fellah to de house. She an me fxin'
up a bed fur him while dey is gone.
"Byenby dey toats him in an lays
him in it. He was outen his hade lake,
an missus send right off fur doctor,
and he foun' he was shot in de side, de
ball goin' roun' by de spine, an he say
dat air pooh boy dun got he death
blow, and de doctor recon he was cider
shot while on picket duty or had
dropped behind when he dun got hurt,
while de arms marched on an lef' him.
Anyway, dar he was. an he doant know
nobody ner nothing, an de doctor say
he was parlised, so he couldent even
move his pooh lounge.
wall. missus an me nussed him till
we both pretty nigh dun drop in our
tracks fur a week. Den at las he dun
went home to glory, as de sun was
settin' lake in sea OF iiai.
But jis afore he breaved his las he
kinda com'd to his senses, an KEEP
Iookin' at missus-an' he try'd so
mighty hard to speak an was dat dis
tressed case he couldn't, de big tears
roll outen his handsome black eyes an
roll down his cheeks dat was as white
as de sheet. an de sweat lay so cole an
thick on his hands dat his pretty dark
curls looked like dey were don got
dipped in de rain water barrl
de Missus take his han an say:
".Nebber mine. de lovln' Jesus knows
les what We want TO say an would
help him ter make her enstan, anyway
she would dun find out who his folks
war an write EN- all about how he Mt
an died duin' his duty, or what he
thought war his duty.
Den he kept looking at his pooh
ragged clothes, dat was a hangin' whar
he could see em. till missus takes de
hint from his appeain' eyes, and goes
and hunts through de pockets she dun
found nothin but little bible, an when
she bring il to him his eyes jes shine,
lake de stars in de night, an missus
opened il an a leetle tintype OF putty
Young thing a hcldn' little baby er
about a year old drapped out, an then
he looked so glad Missus axed him ct
DAT war his wife an baby. an he
nodded vas. an den missus say: /
kin find dem by vertisin in de news
napers. an | tink dun know what we
want me to tell dem an den she see
dat he was satisfied. an MS poor eyes
was loosin' DER light. She dun TOOK mis-
han in hers, an sang lake an anger
dat pretty hymn about;
"All my trus' on de is staid.
"Dar was two or three verses. but
djsremember 'em. Anyway while she
was singing de gates oh glory opened
and TUX dat poor boy In.
"Ef he war fightin' on de wrong sac
no dident dun know 1t. He Just ala
his duty as he had learned 1t from oder
bades. So de missus had him laid 10
res, nm in de grove back of de house
an cherry Decoration Day she dun put
noses ON dat lone grade. rain or snine'
sick or we'll"
"Did she ever advertiser asked
Jennie, wiping the tears out OF her
eyes.
Deed she did! an fur years she war
irwin 10 fine dem folks OBJ hlsen' VII
n went on fur nigh on ter fifteen years
DE wah was dun. de niggars all Tree.
NASSAU Carter loss an arm hshth
aein Il, an his only chile, young MasSa
John. war growed up to be man an
like his ma. as putty as picIer' ana
dat smart dat he run de plantation ms
own self. He hired de niggahs to WORK
do, war good fur anything. an let de
trifin' ones go.
wal der used to be lots OF COM
nanv allus comm up from Charies-
TON an one day in May dar war MASS
Johns cousin. Miss Liddy Carter Gun
comc out to de plantation ter make q
visit an she brung er!ons YOUNG