Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-12-06
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Hidden Money

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pa hidin' his money an watches an
juelry durin' de wah, when de Fed.
eruls 'stroyed Atlanty. Ole marstel
libbed in Georgy, erbout five miles
frum Atlanty, on de Chattahoochee
ribber. I jes2 wish yer could see dat
plantation. Yer Gran'pa Hooper
WANT no po' white trash wild tree OF
four niggers an a few bobtailed po-
MES. No, sab! He had so many
niggers he didn't know some OBJ 'em
when he met 'em in de road.
I nebber see SIGH places as his
here in Alabamy-sich big house,
wild upstairs an chiklbleys built out
OBJ de puttiest white rock, an hall
big enuff ter drive de kerridge in, an
de honeysucks an jessymen an oley-
anders growed wild eberywhar. An
den de biggest chestnut trees an
boss apples an danissno an peaches
yer ever saw growed on a little
crick called Peachtree crick, an
when de Linlum sojers was in
Georgy dey fout a battle right on de
banks OBJ dat crick, an we niggers
all run an hid behind de haystacks.
Ny oldest boy Chats named arter
de Chattahoochee ribber. What dat
yer say? Soun's lax somebody
a-sneezin' a long sneeze. Well, I
'clar' it do. Housumeber, it's a
pretty name, I think. Yer chillens
goes ter skule. Ken yer tell me
what dat name means? Yer CANT !?
Well, who glib it dat name? Ogle-
forpe! Eleggsander H. Stephens?
Fore gracious! Yer's de ignorunt-
est chillens! Why, de Injuns named
it, an l ulster know what it stood
fer, but l disrememburs now. Yer
ak yer ma tonight. She's horned
down dar. I bet she know. Yer
CRAMPS jes' had two chillens-yer
ma an pore Marse ,Willum Henry,
who was killed at Gettysburg. He
was fine lookin' young man. Dem
Hoopers-Georgy Hoopers, mean
was all pow'f fine lookin' folks.
Yer Uncle Will was eddycated in
MASSACHUSETTS. I 'memburs well de
fust time he KEN home from skule
up dar. He brung his ''chum," as he
call him, back ter Georgy ter spend
de Valuations wild him. Marse Tom
Curtis was a tall, proper lookin'
young man, an ole marster an Miss
Sally lax. him Dow'ful well den.
"Why, dat's papa's name. Was it
him, Uncle Pete" Now, if yer all
'rupts me eny more III jes' shet my
mouf right up. In cease it was yer
pa, but he want yer pa den. Marse
Tom an Miss V'leria tuck ter each
pdder right away, an he look at
Miss V'leria lax she good enuff ter
eat. Dey stayed home till about
cotton pickin' time, an den dey hab
ter go back ter MASSACHUSETTS.
Fore Marse Tom goes he glib
Miss V'leria ring what he said
been in his family yeers out oh
mine; say it crosst de ocean on
I thought it was onery
lookin, but Miss V'leria nebber
tuck dat ring off no more till she
see Marse Tom, cause he put it on
wild wish. Dey went off ter skule
agen, an ole marster he kept max
in more cotton an buyin' more mig
gers till he was de richest man
eroun' Atlanty. De las year Marse
Will Hooper was at skule ole mar
ster gun ter look mighty 'sturbed
an ser'us. | think mebbe Marse
VIII done tuck ter drinkin' or gam
bin, but my gal Phyllis, what waits
on de table, she say dat ole marster
said dar was gwine ter be wah, he
was fear'd, an dat he gwine ter
write fer Marse VIII ter come home.
Den one mawnin' he tell ole miss
dat Souf Callina dun pulled loose
frun de odder states, an fore long
anudder an den anudder state, an
one day he say ole Georgy show her
grit an pull loose too.
Den we heerd dey had been fight
in at Foat Sumter, an den de wah
gun sho' enuff. Marse Will he
come home an went to Richmun ter
iine de sojers. Miss V'leria an ole
miss went ter Richmun ter see de
las OBJ him, an twas de las sho'
enuff. Miss V'leria she glib 'em a
big flag an made speech. I disre-
memburs now de mos she said, but |
heerd her say dat man was cowyerd
lat wouldn't dare ter fight fer SIGH |
4 lam. She cry, an some oh de So
iers cry, too, but Marse Will so
proud he could scarcely see. Dey
marched off playin' 'FDixie's Lam"
IN ode Gal l Left Benin Me"
Marse Will tol Miss V'leria dat
Marse Tom Curtis done fined de
Linkum men an dey Want frien's
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