The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
RED GUMS HAUNTED R 0
sP CAST BT A WoHAN IN THE
CAPE FEAR RIVER COUNTRY.

n, To,d By tho Hack Homer OF Simtown.
sorr1rRN PINES, Sept. Al doan' spec yo'
49,, vrIn 60 down yon in dc Red Gum Swamp
t,r,rv. long dc Cape Fair Rivuh. sub" said
,h. BLACK Homer OF Jimtown, but If yo' ev'
40 des' femme VAIN 20. Doan' yo' snickuh an
,huckle wen doy done toll yo' all bout dc
MATTED Frog, des' lack 20 tink 1t bean do mon
,t,pse, N~hoppuh yo' ev' deed hoah in all yo'
hon life, subj Doan' 20 do It, sub, 'kase don
dey done joggle 20 do desp'rites' kyine. Dey
will. ,ho'lyl Dey boun' to tell yo' all boat 40
Ha'nted Frog. CT yo' go down dab. 'kase dcy bean
mighty proad O. dat hist'y. why, jickottyi
Some do folks down dab dey tote dey haid pow
'ul high. sub. des' 'kaze dat Haunted Frog dono
bean dey reat.great-gra 'fadduh! Dat SCUM
mighty oueeuh. l done spec, sub. but dat bean n
fac, Yes. subj Duh bean folks down yon yit
wat bean hand straight down FUN de lines O.
sat Haunted Frog, sub, an dey boun' to tell yo'
ali boat II OF yo' go dab. An Of 20 snickuh an
chuckle wen dey done toll 20. lack yo' tink it
bean a monst'us whoppuh, dey des' joggle 20
do desp'ritcs' kyinei sholy doy dol Cunnel
McKeevuh he bean down to dat Red Gum
Swamp kuntry ono time, an co'se dey
done toll him boat dat Haunted Frog. Cum
mel he snickuh and chuckle, an holluh
oat dat he nevuh deed set 'mong setch a heap o.
lishs sence he bean ovuh in Kentucky. an wat
no spec uey uono uoI icy ues nhtCn ~ gORRlo
do Cunnel so desp'rit dat wen he get back homo
he doan' have but two, FREQ teef. an he CANT
zee oat'n he eyes, dey swull shet so tight, an he
have to scrump 'roun' on a crotch. Jicketty!
Int how dey do joggle dc Cunnel dat dab time
81 done spec. de way dis hyuh hist'y goes.
dnt Tozah Duncom he been de means an do
Weeckedes' man wat ev' live In dat kentry. but
he own a beeg plantation an q heap O. nigEuhs.
He wuck he nigguhs SO desp'it dey doan' have
hahdly no time to sleep, an he stahv' 'em mos
70 def. An he stahv' he ownseff mos to def.
too. he been so pow'ful mean. Dat plantation
an all dem nigRuhs dey boun' to go to Tozuh's
dead slstuh Cah'lines chile ef Tozuh he doan'
have no chile he ownseff. an ho so monst'us
mean an wrecked no CANT git no wife, dough
heaps an heaps O. gals dey lake to have dat
pl.hntation an de niGguhs. but dey ain gwan
to b. stahv to def to git 'em. An Tozuh be
hates he dead sistuh's chile wursuh dan he
hate anything, an dat bean q pow'ful heap. sub,
an many time he weesh dat chile it die. an
oy'body know he keel dat chile eff he only done
Dab do it.
who dat chile beani Dat chile bean young
6tevy Bane. He bean boat twenty-one, I tink,
wen dis hyuh happen wat I done gwan to tell
70 boat. He des' as fine young man as ev' do
ride 'hine de houns wen dey chase de fox. an
no So'th'n gemman kin seat to dc table longuh
dan he kin. an many time he been seatin' dab
wen res de Eemmun deg bean unduh it But
plahntation, an only two FREQ nigguhs. but he
bOw,tul happy. He kin have mos any do gals
Boat dis hyuh time a monst'us queeuh OIL
woman done come in dat, kentry. No pusson
viv huh a mighty butul gal. huh Era~n'daughtuh.
she say, but folks dey des' natchly doan' blieve
sy TSd o. # r IL. RSiki ks dsy s tSys ao ssspii n,f shy y. o r dis
abe luke, an she go way OF d'udduh side dc
swamp an live in a OIL cabin wat nobody done
ha'nted. She go roun' dis-away, dat-away. tell.
In fotunes. Bahmby folks wat doan' let huh tell
dey ~to'tqnes dey ine dey con IT all shrevvcl in de
plight Pete Iqndy, de blacksmith. he bean swan
long by de Of wooman's cabin. an he done see
p,'intin' up to de stahs, an huh eyes dey bean
down an gee Pete. an she done hqlluh = yell
vat tu'n him col. an, mo dan fo'ty black tings.
.pses sses up Sl sssh. e sshl lack eel w d. o. X ESo de9 seii lex
scratch 81 Pete lack dey done rip him to pieces.
own cabin he clo'es dey bean des' only tittuhs
an. tattqhs. an he nevnh did know how he done
man, dat dab! Monst'ousl
,D nISoaa ,d know how b. done do It: sub, but
al The Of Woman deciaS b BEEN Ms1 huh Ia' gram.
%;a.ushtqh. and he tombIe head and heels in
lIsi i sts huh o4ah t ARi d is 0 iass S "a sss lone F 'SR;
hain't long findin' dis hyuh out, O. cose. an dc
O. woman she rip and tab, so despit dat folks
birthstone down on huh den de Lo'd been
s@igS,{ patient; an, dat a fac, sub, Blu. young
s sIfS{ Se he 90 Soap .o1 5ssuh 70 TO Sa huh ca sbiRPtp sn an d TAIN;
ful gal 70 hes. wife. be. doan'. ieeuh wat she
lukin' lack he done bean strock, daid. wafo'
nj r. lS Sis dat .ar n,Tayi ,K a De c ol, wo9man she
W az she done tell him / She grin mOnat'nSaa'
ty gDsu an I'd dis hyuh vat she DONG tell him:
,,Mahs Tozuh Dqncom, he bean hyuhr she hol:
I'm. Dis hyuh buful gal sho gwan to be Mahs'
dab bean wat do OIL woman done tell
70 stevy; an dat wafo' he kim out'n dat cabin
ret ont DAT ~ miShtr s Haon q ba Sut stesy ne
oaf, sub, dat .Tozuh Duncom never do get he
clutches Hnc on dat buful gal long as stevy Bane
gal she bean mighty feeuhd de OF woman. but
.hs tend to huh knittin'. an get oat de cabin to
Elm Dat night. sub. an iope way fu@
SSh Wild him. Stevy he tell he nigguh Sam to
Sos 81 as so asnn' f d slmR Ret d tTse S Tia b 5Ef dc an he ss
pqiui gal she say she be dab. Sam he bean dab
S S1f deb, de hoses; an, de- bufql gal she bean dan:
bahmby dey heah some un comm.
.n. Mount 20 boss An 'geet readyr Sam he say.
DE buful gal she mount huh hoss. lukin'
Happy; but skeeuht lack. Den de some un came
Hsnuh an nlghuh, and den bus froo de bresh
70 de road. De buful gal she done give one
ehrck, an, tomble frum huh boss. De some un
II neyuh been stevy at all. sub, 1t been dat
monst Us oil woman; she pick do gal mp an
a. AN she grim black Sam he say. 'des' lack
Sam he resh back wiz do bosses to dc plain
tatl9n, but Siovy he doan' be dab. He doan' be
bowhah, 70 dey CANT fine him, high no low.
pete de blacksmith he say, he done meet do
young mahsuh des' bout dahk, gwan long do
Si ssS', 9, Red Gum swamp, de nig6es' way % do
tttuh dat. Whah he beeni Nobody dey doan'
kkn9w; but dey t'ink, mighty, .hahd. Den balm
y lolks dey heah dat de OF woman an Tozuh
"onians cabin, an dat Tozuh he done holluh:
reckon my plantation an my nigguhs
Ky u9he keep in do Duncom family now! no
de buful gals haht 1t des' nach'ly bean
mos, bruck in pieces.
-Iwo, free nights attuh po' Stevy no done
als peah ,trem de face de erf. Pete do black
fmi1 ne kim reshin' to stevy's plantation. an
".Jieketty he holluh. Red Gum Swamp 1t
oeen svookin', sho's yo' bo'n.'
.mMaho va. say dat I black Sam he say.
D!n. 20 new heah yo' MANS Steyy rise he
stass LIgh an seeing. We woan' go home teel
nonin T." Pete he say.