The National tribune., 1899-06-22

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What's all dis I heah erbout Truss? rs
down on dem all--ebery one IL was
President Mckinley Ide stretch up ebery
man who had trus'-make him dance on
muffin & kick at de United States. had
Jest one dose OBJ trus'-jest one, but dat'u
last me as long as lib Some dogs need
tub be half-killed ebery day to cure dem OBJ
suckin' aigs. As a jinerul thing, once does
me.
lie Jest norate my 'sperience. Hit was
| when WIZ habbin all dat trubbel down at
Richmond, & Ide made up my mind dat Ide
lib longer & be healthier if I went some
where else tub 'cumulate wealth by de
sweat OBJ my eyebrows. A gray-haired
gemman, who had white westcote dat
doomed out like de top oh an army wagon,
seemed tub take pity on me, & he says:
MY pore boy, you seem tub hab tuff
time wild dis blessid boon OBJ freedom which
your trends de Yankees hab glib you. De
Yankees won't help You, but We Sudden
gemman are yore best trends. We onder--
Abolishinists do. lie take keer OBJ you
You's likely boy, & look ez eff you's had
pile OBJ hahd wuk in you. 1 beleeb in
treatin' niggehs fair, even ef dey did run off
& help de Yankees subjugate us. Can't
expect no noah sense dan dat from mig
1 done thought dat gemman wild a white
westcote wuz ez nice gemman eZ L eber
seed.
1--WE got fine plantashun ober in Acco-
mac, sez de nice ole gemman wild de white
westcote, "but haint got nobody tub wuk
clene spittoons, & pack caucuses. lie tell
you what I'll do. I'll let you hab fohty
acres, & glib you half de crap"
| thought de gemman wild white west
cote was de incest man eber seed. But I
"Dey done TUX hit all for fines"
'Pll trus' you foh dat" sez he "Tll
done put you on boat down heah 81 send
you dah."
How nice dat wuz. But haint got no
mewel tub wuk de land sez /. NO plows,
nor hoes, nor muffin. ,,Dey done levied on
dem, & TUX dem away
"Pll trus' yOu's foh dem," sez de nice ole
gemman wild de white westcote.
But haint got no grub tuh eat while
line making de crap" sez 1. "Dey've toted
hit all away
"Ple trus' you fol, dat, too," sez de rale
nice ole gemman in de white westcote
"Heah, come right erlong wild me, foh line
gwine dah to-day"
How in de world Good emmy man be nicer
dan-de ole gemman in de white westcote?
We went down tub de boat. See dat dis
boy gifts to my landin',' sez de gemman in
de white westcote tub de fust mate. De
mate not only seed dat got tub de landin',
but he done seed dat l wuZ jumpin' at wuk
ebery minnit OBJ de way. When l wasn't
takin' ON freight or putin hit off, / wuz
pilin' it, & cleanin' de boat. didn't mind,
though, for wuzzent gwine whar Ide hab
40 acres & half de crap, & be trusted foh
mewel, G. sich.i
When we got tub Accomac an oberseer
wild whip in his hand TUX me tub de
place, & showed me one OBJ de cabins.
IN..tt II.
meal & a hunk OBJ side meat "And dat's
you's rations foh week. Mind you git up
inouty spry ter-morrer mohnin when de
hon blows, or lie be round wild dis whip
Dis seemed moutily like de ole slabery
days, but l cheered myself up thinkin'
what a nice man de ole gemman wild a
white westcote wuz, & dat he'd make it all
right in de end.
SO hit wuz all dat long Summer. 1
wukked hahder dan Ide eber done befo' in
my life. De oberseer'd come around
cussin, & jawin', but | wuz ahead OBJ my
tired, Ide console myself dat half OBJ de crap
wuz mine, & hit'd be wurf all dat 1 wuz
gwine froo.
At last de Fall come, & we geddered de
Gavin, & put hit in de cribs, & bimeby de
boat come, & done TUX hit all off tub Balti-
noah. I waited week or two foh settle
ment, & den walked up tub de big house,
& dar l found de gemman in white west
cote settin on de front porch, a-smokin'
his seegar. Somehow he didn't seem SO
nice ez he used tub be.
But done TUX off my hat, & bowed ez
perlite ez knowed how.
well, boy, what do you want?" seZ he.
Il thought, sah,' SeZ /, bOwin' berry low,
dat seein' ez how de crap wuz done sold,
sab, you'd like tub settle wild me foh my
half. sah, if you'll be so kind & bleegin."
"Yo' half OBJ de crap seZ he, blowin' rings
wild de smoke OBJ his seegar. you didn't
hab no half. Oar wuz only half a crap
raised, Il dat had tub come tuh me fOh de
land. De land gifts de fust share always.
Dey amt muffin comm tn you, & wuss dan
trus' you foh, & foh de grub you've ct fob
de last five months, dat trus' you foh, &
de use of de plows & hoes dat trus' you foh,
& de rent OBJ a house dat trus' you fob.
You's in my debt foh all dis
Inebber see sich a change in a man in all
my life. l thought de man in white west
cote wuz de meanest man / eber seed.
4 won't stand hit sez I: Hit ain't
right I'm gwine right ober tuh Balti-
noah & see a lawyer.
Indeed you haint," sez de man in white
westcote, lookin' uglier nor ole Nick his
self. "You don't stir often dis place until
you've done worked out all you owe me foh
what I've trusted you. You can't swindle
me, you black ape. My oberseer dar, is a
&c he's done already got out
q caplaS ION you lore Qe Squire. You try
tuh leab de place & I'll put ball & chain
on you, & you'll hab tub wuk six months
longer tub pay de costs OBJ de capias. You
90 right back tub yore cabin, & stay dar till
want you tub go tub wuk."
tell you hit wuZ wllss' n ole slabery days.
'or wllzzent able tuh git often dat place
until after Ide put in de cawn foh next year.
Den swllm out to an oyster boat. Dey
vukked me mouty nigh tub death, but dey
iidn't bring me in debt, & when 1 got a
,hanst tub give dem de slip, tole dem dat
hough dey wuz ornery cusSeS, dey wlIZ-
.ent nigh SO mean ez men what wore white
&c toted gold-headed Gains, &c
rus'd eberybody
Don't tell me no noah erbout de Truss.
)ey's pizen.