The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-10-17
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uem peas What ne vans, he jes Fill
de sack plum to de mouf, an jes take
it to de hay NOW till he git ready far
um. How ole Mos know dem peas
dar Is morn know sho. Dat night
when everything don sleep. Abe 20
far de peas an git um out ready 10
shoulder, an dar stan ole Mos right
dr.. | jes feel Ike Ise siakin fra do
! y@th, | git So weak in de knees, au
desc ole eyes ia IS fsil me right daf
Case l couidn't see whar l was, an I
couldn't tell who am nulh,r, when
Mos ak is dat you Abe?' den l les
know is sinkin fru de ycth. Mos
nc Je' took holt Nv me an say 'Abo
50 wifi me down to de house, dat
open my eyes right dar in one minee.
went wild him to dc gret house wild
u horrifyin aser al over me. Ole
Miss say Abe DIS am bad scrspe
you air in say i; s-h.o am. Ole
Mos he gi: de greet Book an provo by
de Scriptlr dat dem peas want mine.
Oie Mes an Miss da jes preach a
sermon dat Abe never turgir, an he
haint tech no leas frum Cat day to
DIS. Ole Miss say, ABE, l want
you to promus me two things, never
agln to take anything what haint
yrurn, all to never marry a oman
what does Isc jes been looain ali
over ul' gret Country " ourn to find
her. Once thought l find her. I
watch LinIy one whole yer, dc whito
10 Is ia IS tlu.t her evevwhar in do
gret house, | say sho l done found
dat gat VIA, Miss tell me about. An
sSme AK Ler to be my wife. Abou,
dat time ! see officer comm to ard
lie get house. l wonder whot dat
ID m"aa al! how. llejes ride righs
up to de gne an AK, is Linly Davis
hcr.: say she is sar. lie say he
come 20 serve sear>h wurrcnt OH
her. De white folks done lost seme
jew'r.y, tia fraid Indy am got it.
Dc c.leer say, 'Lindy | must saroh
your house. | Can sec to dis day
how dat gal did ra;r an pitch an say
'dt sha, sarch dat house feel
l'ks !,sej.s nkin iglt fru d, ye:h,
/ case l cone owe dat Z Al, an n ~ know
she sAo am guilty, c!ss sue let dat
offer sarch dat house w.u,ut one
word, sao, it an de trufe. I'sc fraid
Gaeel gwinc blow dc trumpet 10 T
tild dat gtl what ole Miss done tell
G.c bout.
"May &c good Lord hep desc
coiord folks to change f de d.v git
IN. l hope da See iii danger an
1ut d. mvanncis, Il, sho, IL am do
trufe."
DO you remember anything about
the coipred lo.ks rising Uncle Abel
| Law MaSsn yea, dem nisgers dA
jes gli de very Old Nick in ua bout
dat Time sho. Oe Mos ho am
hc:cn; fur un 10, it am de rlfo he
l.. O"c iSht da gwiue rise an kill
all de whit, folks. How ole Mos
know dat is NOR IN l know. Dl done
plan to meet On op &c river hll an
hiii as da g.. O.e Mo, lie ready
wild two bis bIrels foil ~ rocks all
headed mp anA h. done hid wild au
nis'' dar; he keep stii;; d,m Ligsers
IA GIT down dc hlis piece Mid ds
axes an hoes al sticks, when hor.
rityin noise Ike as if the whole 1eth
mad let loose an was corin right
atcr vm, an BLOWN Nv Il trumpet Wus
hearn higher up dc hil. Ever sx
an hoe an stick drapt right dar an
dem nigge;s run right in Cat river
wild dem barrels atec un. Da les
'hotu dat dc whole elem ents WIS a
fallin in on un, an d. c,u,l hear
Gabel up on dc hill a blown Nv do
trumpet, an righ. dar Il. promns ia
selves dl never rise asin. How Nos
git to de gret house is IN ,r'n know,
but dar he is. When dem nigscrs
git nigh DIR DE- whole dem suts j..
s't on fire, an way up on top NV 10
grec house d. trumpet WAS "a tootin,
dtm mig gers run harder dan eber, a
hollerin Lord mercy, de seben stairs
done de station an Gabel d ne cum.
Ole Mos he quit THROWN dem balls
he dip in turpentine an tech 10 do
fire, and he Ct um back ater while
an da prcmus Ole Mos right bur ia II
neSer rise agin." L.
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