The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
"Yes, sab; I wus dar."
"Did anybody call on that morn

"Yes, sab; I wus dar."
"Did anybody call on that morn
ing?"
Eyes, sah."
"Who wa it?"
"Well, young Mr.. Wright WIS cue.
Tudder man / doan know who he
wus."
"Mr. Wright had two visitors
then?"
eyes, sah."
"Who got there frst?"
"Dis udder man."
Scan you tell me what this other
man looked like?
No, sab. I did'n see him; I on'y
heyrd him. You see Mars Wright
he SEN me ter clean the gun up fur
him, 'caise he gwine huntin' mex day,
an he tole me soon's I got it fixed
ter fetch it ter him in de library.
Wen l done git it cleaned an teck
it ter him, I foun' de library doah
wus shut an locked, an / hcarn two
pussons talkin' in dar kinder low.
Wen I knocked, Mars. Wright he
coined ter de doah an he boiler froo
ter bring de gun back later; dat he
wus busy den. Well, I go out ter de
stable an feed, de bosses, an in bout
half er hour T went back an glib Mars
Wright de gun. De stranger who
cher he wus, wus done gone"
"You have no idea who he. wasp"
"No, sab. I guess Mars Wright mus
hab let him inter de house hesef,
caise I axed all de niggers bout him,
and dey didn nobody pear to know
nutin bout him."
What made you ask about him?"
swell, you see, us cullud folks likes
ter know who comes ter de house, an
all bout 'em, SOS we kin talk it all
ober in de kitehin monst ourselves
"Oh, I see. Well, how long was it
before young Wright put in an ap-
pearance?"
"He come amos soon's I done sgib
Marster de gun, fur I let's him in
myself TO l goes out"
did he seem troubled?"
eyes, sab. He looked mighty orn-
resty, an he was mighty swift too,
fur he jes' said, sWhar's my father?'
an wen I tole him in de library, he
pushed me outen de way, an he went
right in. I wus SO surprised like dat
I stood dar in de hall an hearn all
[dey say ter one anudder 'fo' I knowed
wat I wus doin'. But I 'clar dey talk
so loud an Cited dat I couldn' hep it,
an de doah wus open, too"
"What did they say?"
"Fust Mr.. Herbert he speak kinder
sof'-like, an he tell he pa dat he
come ter him fur ter git hep. He say
dat he wife an he baby wus a%-starvin',
an dat he couldn' beg from nobody
else; dat he didn' keer fur hissef' but
he couldn' stan fur ter see dem
hongry, an SO he come ter he pa fur
some hep. Ole Mars Wright fe
answer kinder temtious-like, an say
dat he hearn tell huff bout dat. He
say Mr.. Herbert ain got no business
ter marry ginst he will, an dat he
mus teck de sequences OBJ it. Den
Mr. Herbert he git mad an tell he
pa. dat he: gwine hab somethin' any
how, dat he was clean stracted an
he jes' boun' ter hab it. Den Mars
John order him furm de house, an
tell him he ain got no more time ter
talk wild him, fur he wus agittin'
ready ter go huntin' de mex day"
"What did young Wright do then?"
"He jes' crump he hat on he haid
and rush out, an he mos knock me
ober de hat rack as he got out"
"Did he threaten his father?'
"No, sab; he didn' say nuthin', but
he jes' look desprit, kinder IS if he
didn' know what he wus dom an
didn' keer."
London was then excused, very
much to his relief, and he left the
witness stand with the air of a man
who had just escaped a deadly peril.
The other servants were examined in
routine, but nothing of Importance
was added to London's testimony.
ITO Be Continued