Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-18

Z folk Dat fall, en- lef Lizzie here on de
plantation, but she lowed him to come
back when he had min to. He want
here, do, when de onlies chile Lizzie eb-
er had wuz born, en- dat wuz little Jacob
Lord! how much store she did set by
dat chile. I don't b'Teye' Mist'ess cher
made more er one er, hern den; Lizzie did
er Jacob
! 5"De fall dat boy wuz goin' on three year
ole-he was mighty puny, but his nanny
Lizzie wuz In de cotton-patch, like de
house gals 5aIlus he'd to do after de morn.
thought wuz de peartes' chile In de worl'-
in business wuz done. Aunt Cherry wuz
de baby-tender, an happen dat day she
wuz laid up with roomatiz, so Mandy
had to stay home en- tend to her nanny
an de folks babies, too Well, when Liz
zie come home ct twelve er-clock for din
ner. little Jacob wuz mos bent double in
er hard fit Lizzie alus helt to it dat
Mandy he'd let him fall down de lot lad
Mis- tress, she wicked ober dat chile
der. but dar want no way toprobe 1t.
Mistress, she wicked ober dat chile
night en- day, same es twas hern, en-
Marster sent fer de doctor. en- eb'ry-
thing, but t want no use He got ober
dat spell. but he wuz homp-back. en-
ebry once en- erWhile he fits would take
him. He neber did grow much mo-, en-
eyes like er. steers. All de folks, white
en- colored, set er heap er store by him,
! he wuz SO gentle-like en- easy.
S''He wuz de comicales child bout some
things. to be sho'! He'd lie down in de
grass en- play wild de worms en- de ants
mos all day. en-, de birds want no more
feared I'm him den nothin'. But amt
neber seed nothin' like de way he loved
his nanny. Feared like he knowed what
she wanted befo' she open her mouf FIG
didn't tab what you call real good sense,
but he wuz er mighty smart chile den,
bout some things
"'Pears like Lizzie's troubles COM
mence wild dat Fiction. She neber see
much mo- pledged. POI thing. tell de Lord
freed her soul from de bon's .er sin. en-
sotsher foot on de firm rock er founda.
tons
Here followed groans OF religious signi-
.fcance.
.Wel1, es wuz er-tellin' you aunt
Susan resumed. mist ess took 1fandy out
err de corn-f1el' en- put her in de kitchen
| unner aunt Charity, to larn de cook 9
trade. En-. den come de s'render. Lizzie
en- HE wuz two er dem dat stayed wid
| Marster en- Mist'ess, but Mandy WIZ dc
very fus' to take herself off. She went
straight to Norfolk-.es' likt Lizzie said
she wou1d-en' got er cooks place by lynn
to some white folks dat she wuz cook ct
I Marter's, when she want nothin' but
! de unner one Mist'ess ak Lizzie IL she
| didn't want to go to Norfolk to be nigh
Joe-er course he staid wild young Mist.ess
case de Yankees he'd done killed her
5cap'n, en- she couldn't er# got long no
| how ,theut Joe. But Mist'ess Wuz err
gettin' ole en- sick, en- we en- Lizzis
| vuz de onlies' OBJ de house-sarvants LET.
to wait on her. an you know we wa mt
gwine to 1ebe her to no corn-hel mig
gers. so
..Joe had reber come to see Lizzie sense
de s.render. but she didn't pear to s'pi-
cion nothin'. She said t wuz jes case
| hes$ didnt like homp-back chillerns en-
| somehow er nudder. he neber did pear to
| take to little Jacob. One day here come
er letter dat Joe he'd got some fool 70
write Ter him, sayin' ses how dat mar-age
'tWix him en- Lizzie wa MT Iawful-en'
| dey married by young 1Iistess. en- out
Ter d6 prar-book. too! u jes knowed dar
wllz some meanness back er It, so whom
de news come dat he he'd done took Man-
dy, II didn't spTfse me- By tt Lizzie WIZ
| de 20, speeretdes' creeter- Tosbe she :
| She said She didn't blame Joe nair bit,
,aase she. knowed Mandy het done trtcked
him
-De year after dat, bout pul IN fod-
der time ole aunt Cherry died. She he'd
| been parsIized cher sense 10 de s'rendef.
but dat Mandy he'd jess lief her dar on
Marster en- Mistress. She come to de
| burYirl', en- She brllng her baby. er strap
PIN, likely chile. Ell ;Jes' de spit or Joe.
tsDe$ day after de huryln' she LET de, baby
sleep in de house, en1 lock. de do en- went
down In de lo#-groun.5f ei. to. talk to de
han s Dey WANT noboddy sboutsde quar-
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