The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-05

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business b. free Snigge got ieddling wild
me- Il doa,, & kee,' whcdder3 tis MI Yeh
err hog KILN lines. sy s.s 5
K sat /, ,pon Sby tho black skinned ciceronob
d and 4 sage of the old Virg lnla planta ton
had mad tho drst at tempt to get into
tho Rood grsaoes Of tho IA mir oa md feared
old man and had mad a flat fa lure
sof sl AZ,
@SIEven RI Aunt Merry u wanted II Is # show
whichHsido sho bel ongca on, by a,s IS Y IN
was termed Jhelc Toby, asked her
politely whore she was going sas 4 she
kwine vhar gwines az w l1t y !
8' ,rhe double bnrreled rebuff set the up
START thinking and no made the "a tai
blunder sof giving vent to some obse Il
tions when no should hlvo RENAME q 81
6lent.ig IS V. va
III ren,arled that Uncle Toby was az
himself a..treo niger as he 80 con- n
3tenptuo,lsly put 1t, 8forbhis Ole Marster's
had long ago set him free.
.ook err he'll. u nj gger, dis aint no no
healthy Clint for you; DC rust place
YOU. knows too much for yell LIVER i anu 81
You talks too much yen Gors ,'t v
gwinc ut 50 a elegato i dat do sebenS sees
al Golden ,Wunder can, I save ~ er ME-
K oar. look at $mo %y Docs yer see ma ann
d,ns yer heal d me 4 st Well. a den listen y
3de nex time you calls mo- er free nigga q
gwir,e flx yer 50 thnt yo' NANNY "a I,
recogrise yer. You pigeon-to ed 70 PIE.
mink !9s 81 OH talk 4 about free--nigge Ter
r. jest cause old N1arster was az afeereds
DAT somebo would 81 Il mo who wont {, y
unnf # erntlff AZ to have me. NJ and az q Ga
al me free, But he knowd &dat. 4 wont
BE g;elvartng round de yea;rtl IKE < &c
res er desc heh free !. D $, n =
mint what call 95a III l (. n
belong Ole jes g sans es Y,
ala before he sot mo free. Atld an t1,,a
a. &wha q you got to- 90 Wild mo and 9 ol IS.
Marster? "A n NJ you fool Wild me- gw N
AZ Vol 50 5yous can't git meal N his
stnte: al, den5youll starYes fer yer e. amt !,
got sense ernuffS to earn one and tyer,
Zig err coward pester vid q cliicke'p'#
coop. b y, n I, & Z ~ Is
saryan { 4 judge Beverley, III gina 4,
nearly all ahisEiife, abelonged to the hgn3
asta NEGROES Of the South who looked
down ,ipon ii blacks had not p1 heen
al similarity ised and teei, )ust as
Ina looked down vhlte trash
|#and ..half -straine ::
wa q II au tocr y an nIl sl w
re took more prid In the family OF M
master than$did that dis hng1,ished J " Il
5ist Stl ,n,sel Il ss I'D more han once Y I'd
lmorished the Judge for HE seeming !! lack
$ofS9interest ir the great ma eE8.SV q, non
1,obv prated about famty II he re-
farre5 II 4 ways ri q the white family IN
Which he had been born az ~
securing Of his freedom wa g mere ere "
scident IN his ife ~ nag ~
siitte difference wit him or remained
with tle Judge just us III had Ion 81 s't
nm Nv Id ppyS years. Ind eed thgt was q g
~ tha conditions Of facce tan &c. 98
|&7l rho nreviolls New Year ~ Judge beverley
had announced with MI cf$ cero'n1o emo y
Uncle Toby that he was as freo Sas ~
I (the 8judge) was 4: fs5s ~;
t,Wllat yer say Alarse % udgc' N s s'S'sl ID
a sliell the q ma zed old IMAM IS,
8S ;rbo 5ii1dre n explained his munllicenoe,
for Uncle S,roby was not 50 old that ne
swo,,,lI mot have s. command ed IA sale II q
! ia rpa Gsu n of money, and money wa al
ithat vas lacking In the l5everley es
and tho time had arrived W that was :, u
BADLY needed to prevent g MOI u !l l'uNe
worthy sale. !. "a Y, V !, u
-. u IL i III Tired III old Toby what has been
wtd yor /, So long N I Y rlevnh thought 90
| AIM wa Il ar comm when nah ole marster
would drive inch ava " fohm De ole place s,
Ms rse Ted I'D ded the old man Wstn
4 IA nfully anxious look on his race ,'s a
,yeh turns me out, who gyyine f i''' me-
and WHO yer gwine gtbe yer ole ~ CLONES
tcr?''' Z. !. /, J, X, !,
,y.onninsitvs induced him to do Wllat he
did not intend to do, and what ne nag
! esver & ono before with any Of his slaves
I$not5 even q Uncle Toby, who was c4o y :!
- nm than any OF tho others rs. l1e
vas thus led Ito give his old servanIa y
Little iforrna ton about the co O
81 affairs at beverley Tall" rs. 10y
Uncle that t Was only Y g qhesl ali
tha nlace md all OF tho negroes IN order es
| 80 p,net urgent demands q e Northern
crcf,itors. In ali probability the CHIEF cred
itoraywo,,ld buy lii tho place, for he knew
lin, 40 lie anxious to get IT fora home. u
NJ his son had married q! young lad y ~
the neighborhood In setting Uncle 'Is 5siopys
that Toby would mot PASS under \. "a y 20
! control Of d stranger. ono WHO Ger, (.
5fainlv did not understand the idtosy.N-j
3crncies 81 tho old negro and who mlght
,,,akn the remainder Of his X aye - url-
pleasant oven II he did mot sell ..doW M
| the river d. possibility fraught Z Win
terror to tho heart q every negro Y on
the place. !. II !, Y, u ], ~
limo has almost arrived when we must
* our separate ways, 7 oloy ID. said toe 6,
Judge with ana ltw vi ps bG.o
now owner, that II Is, 1t Will 4 DO better
for you to DO In q position 4 where yo y
can do as YOU please, 7 don't wait
| your declining years clouuet, VIII 1lllse1S,
and If ii were possible would 90 arrange
lac you would not have q, 70 e, % :, p [la
rest nut the Northern gent eman -;
ferrel to has a mortgag on 81 q thn
negroes and all OF the lands md stock
here, ana In setting YOU free. h ! am doug
| tho only possible thing for you, as he
las consented 70 that, No,s Toby.
/ don't3wan ito get rid Of YOU, as you
NUT 1t. # You have been Very true antf
loyal 10 Ms all, and you may console.
yourself with tho knowledge y hat YOU
have been my mainstay In the recent,
not altogether happy years for me, am
making this New Year as happy for me
and for You as possible By making you
| d free n,nii, hut II Twill be some time,
Toby. before we must pNrt perhaps 9 I,
year, and until the last You shall 20 my
| cci,vn 1T tiISt n YOU have always