Evening star., 1897-03-06
""GWINE BACK HOME"
An Act Of Kindness to an Old Uncle
In Distress.
ErlIn Dur nj M

In Distress.
From Our Dumb Animals.
AS we waited in the l.. and ~ depot al
Nashville for the train. some one begar
crying, and an excitement was raised
among the passengers. A brief inves.iga
tton proved that 1t was an old colored mar
who was giving way to his grief. Three
or four people remarked on the stranseness
of 1t. but for some time no one said any
thing to him. Then a depot poiicema :
came forward and took him by the arm
and shook him roughly and said:
See here. old man. you want to quit
that! You are drunk. and if you make any
more disturbance I'll lock you upr'
Deed. but l hain't drunk replied The
old man, as he removed his tear-stdine,l
handkerchief. "Tze losted my ticket an
money an dat's what's the matter.
"Bosh! You never had any money to lose
You dry up, or away you so."
What's the 'matter yere?" qUeried a
man, he came forward.
The old man recognized The dialect Of the
southerner in an instant and represSins
his emotions with great effort he an
swered:
SAY. Mars Jack Ize bin robbed
MY name is White"
"Well. then. Mars White. somebody has
done robbed me of ticket an money"
where were you going?"
- 'T3wine down into Kaintuck. whar 1 was
bon an raised"
Nigh to Bowlin' Green. sab. an when
the wah dun sot me free l cum up this
way. Hain't bin home seace, sab"
"And you had ticket?'
Eyes, sab, an ober $50 in cash Bin
savin' up fur ten vars, sah''
What do you want to go back fcr?"
ITO See de hills an de fields. de tobacco
an de con. Mars Preston an de good old
missus. Why. Mars White. I'ze dun hin
xk,B f,,r ff
de longin' has cum till / couldn't hardly
hold myself"
Its too bad
''De ole woman is buried down dar. Mars
White-de ole woman an free rhillen.
kin member the spot same as il 1 seed 1t
Yesterday. You go out halfway 10 de fust
tobacker house. an den you turn 20 de left
an go down to de branch whar de wimraen
used to wash. Dar's TO trees on de odder
bank, an right under 'em is whar dey is ali
buried. 1 kin see it! l kin lead you right
to de spot! ="
And what will you 10 when you ge;
there?" asked the stranger.
Go up to de- big house an AK Mars
Preston to let ihe lib out I'LL de rest Of INV
days right tsar. 'Fze ole an. all alone. an
" ant to beinigt my dead Sorter company
fur me WHEN my heart ach ss."
Where We're You robbsdr'
"Out doahs, dar. 1 reckon, in de croud
See? De pocket is all cut out Tze dreamed
an pondersdIze had dis journey in my
mnd ami aa"t fur yFs: yts ss now rze dun bin robbed
He fell to crying. and the policeman
came forward IN an ofiicious manner.
''Stand .Aack9i sirv' commanded t,e
stranger. 81 Nov. gentlemen. youl have
heard the story. n, I'm going to help the old
man back 70 die. on the old plantation and
be buried dfongside of his lead
80 am ~ called twenty men in chorus
and withias fval minutes we had raised
enough tobbuy him ticket and leave SO
to spare. And when he realized his coed
luck. the old s!ow-haired black fell upon
his knees In that crowd and prayed:
Lord. rze been a believer in You all
my days. an now dun axes You to watch
cher desc yere white folks dat has believed
in me an helped me to go back to de ole
home"
And do believe that Eine-tenths Of that
crowd had tears in their eyes as the gaze
nan called out the train fol, Louisville