The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-12-24
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Hidden Money

make fuss, an I'll throw my head
ogedder an tell yer bout yer gram
pa hidin' his money an watches an
iiuelry durin' de weh, when dc Fed
eruls 'stroyed Atlanty. Ole marster
libbed in Georgy, erbout FIVE miles
frum Atlanty, on de Chattahoochee
ribbcr. IjeS wish yer could see dat
plantation. Yer Gran'pa Hooper
Want no poi white trash wild tree OF
four niggers an G. few bobtailed po-
nies. No, sph! He had SO MANY
pigccrs he didn't know some OBJ 'em
when he met 'em in lie road.
nebber see sich places as his
here in AJabamy-sich a big house,
wid upstairs an c'limbleys built out
OBJ de puttiest white rock, an q hall
big cnuff ter drive de kcrridge in, an
de honcysucks an jessymen an olcy-
andcrs growed wild eberywhar. An
den dc biggest chestnut trees an
hoss apples an danissno an peaches
yer ever saw growed on q little
crick called Peachtree crick, an
when dc Linkum scjers was in
Gcorgy dey fout battle right on de
banks OBJ dat crick, an we niggers
all run an hid behind de haystacks.
by 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
pretty name, I think. Yer chillens
goes ter skule. Ken yer tell me
what dat name means? Yer cain't?
Well, who glib it dat name? Ogle-
forpc! Eleggsander Fl. Stephens ?,
Fore graciousl Yer's de ignorunt-
est chillens! Why, de Inj.,ns named
it, an I uster know what it stood
fer, but I disrememburs now. Yer
ak yer ma tonight. She's borned
down dar. I bet she. know. Yer
gran'pa jes' had two chillens-yer
ma an pore Marse Willum Henry,
who was killed ut Gettysburg. He
was fine lookin' young man. Dem
Hoopcrs- -Georgy Hoopers, I mean
was all pow'ful fine ]ookin' 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 vakations wild him. MArse Tom
Curtis was a tall, proper lookin'
young man, an ole marster an Miss
Sally lax him pow'ful well den.
"Why, dat's papa's name. Was it
him, Uncle Pete ?" Now, if yer all
'rupts me eny more I'll jes' shet my
mouf right up. In coase it was yer
pa, but he want yer pa den. Marse
Tom an Miss V'leria tuck ter each
odder right away, an he look at
Miss V'leria LAX she good eruf ter
eat. Dey stayed home till about
cotton pickin' time, an den dey hab
ter 60 back ter Massychusetts.
Fore Marse Tom goes he glib
Miss V',leria q ring what he said
been in his family yeers out OBJ
mine; say it crosst de ocean ON a
Mayhower. I thought it was onery
lookin', but Miss V'leria nebber
tuck dat ring of Nc mort Till she
see Marse Tom, cause he put it on
wid wish. Dey went off ter skule
.agen, an ole marster he kept Iuak-
in more cotton an buyin' NOR. Mig
gers till he was de richest man
eroun' Atlanty. De las year Marse
Will Hooper was at sl1ule ole mar
ster gun ter look mighty 'sturbed
an ser'us. I think mebbe Marse
Will 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 Will ter come home.
Den one mawnin' he tell ole miss
dat Souf Callina dun pulled loose
rum 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 VIII he
come home an went to Richmun ter
Jfne de sojers. Miss M'leria an ole
miss went ter Richmun ter see de
las OBJ him, am twas De las sho'
enuff. Miss V'leria She glib 'em a
big flag an made a speech. I disre-
memburs now de mos she said, but
! heerd her say dat man was cowyerd
dat wouldn't dare ter fight fer sich
q LAM. She cry, am some OBJ desc
]ers cry, too, but Marse VIII 80
proud he could scarcely see. Dey
marched off playin' ssDine's Lam .
an 'sDe Gal I Lef' Benin Me-
Marse Will tol, Miss V'leria dat
4 Marse Tom Curtis done fined de
Llnkum men am dey want 1rien'a
no more, am ole marster say he neb-
Der want ter see him agen am dat
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