The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

imt de man he holluh des' as loud as oil man.
'%bon msSs' he luke poNqul s'prise, but he
dandph It keep riz,. an he hoiluh: -
70 n sT, iSf Sss %S Sq 9isf sahi Sa '9o 9f got %i %y y nis M"ii
Wsfro' yo' doen' fotch i'm backr III,
dos yo' Ssh & to man %eI no 'D sSS' y ty' hank to soI me a
spell, an ! done tell yo' why I doan' fotch I'm
Sec mo ! HHH ,w"yhi Esy q In Soy SIld II Ss nen sSS.
lack John de Baptis', only John de bsptis' he
niS Ss oh do ISca hSys and q Si Ni,e an So sniliu9 Z i HRs on J d eo'%
bread an bah meat and y%cn'Zpn., live up dab
in de wilduhnoss, 'kase Idoan'' lack dc wayso Q, de
do w,i, ar" my chilun dey dos natchiy live dab
wiz us. sowe moyo into dat wilduhness, risen
S Rsds SSaiR; S dey ' Ssss pow pSwRta spS sEkssosh ss.% an 'dey
weekeduh dan dey is skeouhcc. an pritch do
EN- frum dey wcekod ways. But dcyy''s mighty
stHbb'ni Mighty stpbb'n. sub 49,,
dceuhs in dc wudes, an fotch 'em IN an hong
'9m at dc front do o, dc face camp. pc front do,
cabin Sirsq so f" de- air. saa an = do 10 light mt, o. dc moo S,.S an do
rain, too, doy have plenty room to git In. heng
dem deenhs W, at dc front dS. o, do camp, an, In
dosprTt bahkin', an i rise up in do bunk. De FREQ
chillun dsy sleepin,, in npddnh bunk dos ovuh
an 500 two big, bshs out dos, wat sniSk oattn
de wudcs to steal dem deenh coccuss. De noise
Soiluh M pow'fu u ' 's%nt De Sahs sec ! Do dogs. dey
dogs nc i pf fomp fun Il p bed d HsF d s%v an de- bahs mos
ting do / hep my wife up to de bunk whah dc
chillun is, oat'n ritch o de trouble, as l done
dogs an bahs in the dcspr'ites' %skrlmmidgc wat
evuh happen in do Tennessee mountains. Dey
BEAM BEAM pine PIN sid sidin, right unduh. dc hunks. an dc
cabin 1t shake an tronlble lacS It done tumble In
g sI heap : ,d mSY, m mini e., : know nc ri d%t 4 * kin n, on.s be be
g |emR Wv $s o aaI,n1, a. %sG SHs e f. n asy IKE
an l glance dat way. Wat 'peah'd to be a
m%onst'us big man came rcshin' in de camp; l
desgr,its. kyne; ! see m slide dat knife clean
de ecnd o. de sh@ty cabin. Dos den d nddah
bah had he ,fangs mos, fasten in my ,froat, an
s aHi pssH wen en1 DC IN man ann he froS se Seselif on on flp bah 4
and slash It open mos frpm eend to eend. 1t
do camp down an kivvuh us deep neat do
an nj ar fE' fg' G Gs 'rss dat ! head asss S s%m %iis' az %'S SSiiian
stricken, an holluh,n, an l know dey cant be
a sonsw s"t dc Sn, p9 sSye Us m rum w ds b @fhsp 1 IN en fH%
heah him. an CANT sec i'm. ! dig out de
S Sife S Sn' de 6 fsillS ws a, A. m dey been 70: de- no make ssse% sn
bahmby, we onkiyvuh him. an, we see dat he
bISeknde Slaekes' man syuh did see, sub
e ere %%ShS' d les by UP dc O wra USa'' and we we
INK he C. SdGid' ,n sh% slS,,n We E. pull pull! h him out ut
we know he ain deid, an we keep at I'm, and
wen mawnin' come he kin rise to he feet, but
mus drop on de Eroun 70 dat man an wush'p
him 70, Wat he do. but 70 we kin say a wud he
rise to he feet. frow up he haid monstus high,
fold he aims cross he Ches. and say:
Us" IL q runaway nigEuh!% u,, ,un,
till 70 T sit a Mei hsS an den ssy We n nH py saay right hynh
"sDen he wilt right down, sub. an, tell US how
q slave, an how he run away FUN 20. sub,
dough yo' bean pow'ful kyinc mastuh, an he
S nssn frsS % ON Rfs way se' No4i. s ,H how SS he TsP Rnppss
rippIn me to pieces, an des' pitched in an save
".I meek up my mine dat vcry. minute, AMI
des' stay dab long enough 10 rise annudduh
stay dab till I come back, 'ksse l gwan way on
some business. an l jurncy oyuh hyuh, sub,
6Oi mahs' he listen to all dat story, an some.
Wen de stranguh say he mus own dat nigRuh,
he danduh rise agin.' an he swnh an holluh:
wat he done do 10 yo': yo Want TO own dat
nixE%h! ! desp'rit notion to squash 20 to dc
'"'Dcs hank a minute. Cunncl! dc man he say.
y mus, own dat nigEf E, ~ ! mus VI %, own h, dat tn ni 1SEnh
he please in dis hyuh wide wul!'
~ be damn II yc' dol Of mahs, he holluh;
woan sell un to, YOU, an yo' neynh shall set
i'm free! No. sub! I'll set 'un free myself,
An oil, mahs' he done draw W. dc papuhs
wat. sot BIZ free. an give 'em to de man fun
de Tennessee mountains, an dc man he des'
natchly mos cry he eyes out, an go away
sayin' oil mahsuh boun' to go plumb TO heaven.
shu's he BON! But my o nanny she dcsp'rit
pG, 9g,i b. dono ow.n GRAVY d,, . t.c, y. ,ho
say. 'Sho! Castin' dat nigguh out o. dis hyuh
Ian % freedom on to de col wul' lack dat !
Time it jog on an jog on. an we doan' heah
no mo o Bip, 'cep' dc tankfnl wuds he send
mahshu in a lcttuh fun dc Tennessee noun
tain man.
Den bahmby de wah It done come along.
Times dey gcttin' mighty hot. an mahsuh iine
de ahmy to go hep swip dc Yankees back FUN
dat dan Ian % freedom.
'!.Dey mus be eittin' dcsp'rit weak up Norf.'
m mnhs he say. ,Dey sendn' nisguh sojuhs down
"Mahsnh go to dc wah. an he a pow'ful
flghtuh. ono day in a monst'us hahd battle he
fine heseff cut OFF from he men an s'roundcd by
q heap o Yankees. He cut an slash an fight
lack a tiguh. but dab bean too many gin him.
Ho loso he pistols an he sawd, an a Yankee
sojuh have he gun aim plumb at mahsuh's
haht. Dcs' den q nigguh sojuh como reshin'
froo. frowin' d udduh sojuhs heah an dab lack
chat hefo' dc win He, dash heself, gin, Of
mahsuh des' dc time dat, Yankee sojuh pull do
mahsuh's haht. De bullet II sink in dat po'
niEEuh sojuh 'sted of in oil mahsuh. des' as
mahsuh see him an know him an holluh:
"'Bip!'
Yes, sub! It VIII Bip. He des' nod he head
an smile, an die in oil mahsuh's ahms!
when mahsuh come home from de wah an
tell boat dat, ! des' belluh lack a baby, an say,
h. % 20, R aSS.,vI, t'ns' Shot Mo- dan a king