The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-11-02
'DAT FOOL GAL"
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 ''war raised on dis plantatiOn7 No, sah. war raised on a plantation down In c orgy"
 "How cd you happen to drift into virglnla"
 'How hupp,n to drir up into Yer giney9 Oats story don't like to tell"
 A shining piece of silver Oyercamo the darky's objections. and with sigh he gave the following experience:
 "You sec, sah. when de wah broke out belonged on de plantation in Georgy dat I done tole yo' bout I war a young niggah, but my ole marso done tek consld'able conference Into me an' one day he put his han on my shouldah an said:
 "Julius, I'm gwine oG to do wah, an ! leabe yo' mlstiss an de chillen In yo' car. Tze watched yo' car'ful sence yo' war a pickanlnny. an thar aln't no oddcr nlggah l eber see wots got dc sense ob honah yo' hab.~ When I come back, spec to And all safe, or spec to find yo a dead nlggah.'
 q war night proud to be talked to ln dat way. an riz my han. so. an say Marse, de Yanks'll hab to walk ober my dead body befo' dey lnJure a ha'r In do head ob mIstiss or de ehil- len
 'Alarse be went right away, an I hol' myself desponsible fo' de safety ob de fambly. I had it all fixed fo' to hitch dc hosses m to put de plate an Jewels In de kerrldge m drlbe 'em all away at de fust slgn ob Tanks. mount cd some ob de niggahs m made pick cts outen 'em fo to gIb warnln'. Oar war a fool niggah gal on de plantation, an war might stuck on her One night she say to me; Julius. dar is a dance goin' on In dc holler. an I want to go. Will yo' tek meY tole her dat dere war reports ob Tanks comin Cum Atlanta an I war 'bleeged to watch. Do yo know dat fool gal fo' once foun a bIggah fool dan her own self. She besuaded me to tek her to dat dance.
 "De sun war rlsln' In dc mornln when we started fo' de plantation. Fust ting I knowed hcered de soun' ob Q bugls. 1 stop stlll m turn de dirt color ob a nlggah when de blood goes outen his face. peared to see marse when he ler de fambly In my car, an he war a-polntlu' his Anger at me. Den forgot all bout dat fool gal an lef' her In de middle ob de road an run fas as my legs could carry me to de plantation On de way met one ob de nlggahs wot had out on picket runnln' fo nl he war worf. an he tole me he had come in de night befo' to warn me dat Marse sherman's bum- mers war a-comin'. a-shoyelln de whole kentry Into dere 'pRcious moufs, an dey would be at do plantation befo' daylight.
 "I jlst thought ob dat fool gal wot got me away from dc post whar marse put me. an I thought would hab a ht. Dere had been plenty time fo' me to git dc fambly an de plate an de jewels away, an here war danc- ln' lak de fool niggah war. I wished war dead. Den went on, an, com in' to Q rise in de groun'. saw de smoke. When I got to de plantation, I foun' dat little Marse Tom
 Hold onl What was your masters nameT
 'Parker-Colonel Parker"
 "Go on."
 CT fouu' little Marse Tom. fourteen vars ole, had fired bis rife at de Tanks m dey had shot him dead"
 "Killed hlm"
 "sartln sure. saw de DO little critter lynn on bis back, white as ghos'. picked him up an carried him Into de house. l wanted to cry but I couldn't, l war so mad at dat fool gal wot tek me to de danco When turned fun layin Marso Tom on de bed, saw mistss a-lookin' at me. l nebber want to see dat look ag'in. I fist turned an lef dat plan tation, an nebber went back dar no mo. l didn't keer whar I went so longs got away. 'tculariy befo' marso come home fun de wah. On dc way I met dat fool gal wot tek me of Fum my post. soOn's I saw her went fo' her. She saw blood in my eye an she run lak a skeered deer, SO I couldn't ketch her. Den l come up hyar, an been hyar ebber since.'
 'What became of sallyT
 How yo know her name SallyP
 "Never mind. What became of herr
 "One day when 1 war hoein' on dis plantation saw dat fool gal lookin' ober dc fence at me. throwed down my hoe an run fo' her. but she might fne runner, m she get away. Mud der day sec her agin an chase her away. Do yo' know, marse, chase dat gal till get tired. Den she mek me say I forgib her. but I war lyin' an de time. nn' had to marry her fo' to keep rum havin' de life pestered outen me. We war bof slch big fools we couldn't keep apart"
 Julius little Tom Parker wasn't tiiIedH