The Monticellonian., 1899-08-11

him and end the struggle. When l am dead We will have the same chances It the thing, and am not afraid of the finish. l wish we were going to get together right now. l am tired of get ting the worst of il this way. II is wearing me out. did not know St.i 1 that when l told about the killing and gave myself mp Martin would leave me alone. but he has come to me sinneI have been locked up. so guess he Uiil keep coming every Tuesday until they do with me what they want to do down there"
 Iiunn was led To tell of his carly life on the big southern cotton plantations. l His wording k impossible of imitation, a~ are the numerous quaint phrases which he Hsed When asked how cid Martin Was he said. ''over poll, {" and seemed astoHished when he had 10 cT- plain that he meant he was over - years of age. and hence did not baza to work ont his poll taN on the rnads. He gave deeidin9ly interesting ac= count of how he first learned to Work l in the fields. He told. when but q f5t- 1 tie pickaninnN. he carried water to lie men in the fields, and made himself useful about the big plantation houses Later he learned To picl, cotton and 1 to work in the fields He prided hin- i self on his ability to work.and berlme one of the best rail splittcrs in tal- ] houn county. Then a friend. for wne n l he had worked. wanted him to acdui.e p9rlanl eq pun LIMO SUI Jo pr4lssuoq F l the project over in his mind until he determined to do SO.
 He acquired. IS he thought. title tn some land, and then married yellow girl from neighboring plantation, and started 10 improve it. He had I crop of cotton He raised corn and sugar cane. or. Us he called it. "raised sorghum. He had laid out q nice little garden plot near his cabin and tn re 1 he grew garden truck and small 1eeez tables for his table. The old cabin vzas covered with climbing vines and the place. from the description, must h1ve been very picturesque. His first crop of cotton was q most successful ane. and ii waS sufficient to pay for hi, l land. But he saxs Martin. who liyeG II tue ttIltI filtl Ol tue ldllt.N men IDt~~ttfi | his little farm. could not bear to see han prosper. and kept wanting to dis possess him of the lanG. He had ;t cou- fused idea of the homestead laws. and il is difficult to understand just what The transactions were between taem. l Bunn neither reads nor writes. and his statements are so elouded bN his k norance that they are hard 10 wei"h properly. Whatever were the 1s.eei- opment>. the two came together one Tuesday morning in June. and ,;anl says that Martin cut his across the wrist. He fought Martin off, and Nars tin left his place with the announce mcnt that II night he would refaan and clean ont the place.
 Bunn talks pathetieally of the after- noon he spent He tells how he walied down the long corn rowS and ho,v he i looked over his fat hogs, his sleek cows and horses. which, he says. had ar- cnmulated and bade each of his "S- sessions good-bN. He knew the end could b" nothing else than his death CT the death of Martin. ks the day wore on lie grew desperate, the saving, of his hard labor, the plans of long even ings in front of the little cabin faded aWaN. He crew desperate. He said he knew the ways of the south at the tim". and that death and the deStrur- tion of his property were ineNitanle. He went To his home. He took his shotgun, looked over his little prnpel- tv for last time, and walked Il few wards To the point where he met Mar tin. Then came the tragedy. He spent the six wears since then wandering from place 10 place. d fugitive rom justice, his own conscious causing him to suffer all the torrure~ ot the damned