The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-27
OUT OF THE TRENCH.

I iCopyrlght. 1909, BY American Press Assoc.
ciation,I
A few years after the civil war two
men met on Broadway. New York
The one wore the long bair and som
brero that marked him for a southern
er; the other was black as the ace OF
spades.
80 de Lawd. Marse Geo'gep' ex
claimed the negro, with eyes aud mouth
open wide.
ben, 20 black rascal. what are you
doing up here in Yankee landg'
'Wha' I dom up hyar7 l wouldn
be hyar II you war aliveF'
~But am alive"
"Don' know bout dat Spec, 20 may
be 20 ghos'. How come yo' be Twin
when de family all tink yo' was killed
az de battle O. sharpsbu'gg II yo be
Twin, how bout dat awful rakedown
got from Missy Allcef'
what rakedownT
'Mebbe 20 don know dat when yoi
go on TO de wah an / 20 with you
orstensnately to take keer O. 20 boss
war really set up to go by Missy
Alice 70 to take keer o. yo'self. spe-
eially Il 20 got sick or wounded. De
night befo' de regiment marched away
Missy Alice she come to my cabin an
she say, BEG, 20 Internal niggah' -
"oh. no, she didn't"
"Well. emmy way, she said: Ben. rs
mighty glad 20 goin' with 20 Marse
Geo'ge. II be sick Or wounded 20
write me cherry day! 4 CAN'T write.
Missy Alice I says. And she says,
says she; Well. get some one else to
write 70 20 or send me word II be
needs me and I'll come mighty quick
to muse him II yo' stick 10 him an
bring him back safe an soun' to me
TIL see that 20 git 20 freedom An
! says: Missy Alice don't keer bout
my freedom / don want my free
dom. rs allus lived 10 this family
an don want TO live anywhere else.
But I'm watch Marse Geo'ge 10 yo' an
let 70 know If he needs nussin'. I
don promise to bring him back safe
an soun' 70 yo'. but II be gifts killed
or dies o camp fevah or any o them
sojers' diseases | promise 20 on my
wod O honah As a Turnoir nigga dat
hasn't nevah belonged to 10 udder
family dat IN bring his body back TO
20 to weep ovah an be buried in de
family buryln ground.
~Den Missy Alice she say. Ben, yo's
deblish fine niggah'
"No, she didn't. but 20 on.p
"she soy, says she: Ben. I b'lieve
you' II yo' dc dat neber fo'git It.
But II yo' dom bring him back either
Iibin' Or dead red hettah uevah been
bon How come 20 ap byar IN New
Yo'k. Marse Geo. &c. when 20 war kill
ed-I mean uissin'--in de battle o
sharpsbu'g, an 20 cnnnel said 20
body was throwed Into de trenchsn
go on with your story. Never mind
my part Of IT,"
Il hunted dat battlefield all ovah.
turnin' cherry man layin' on his face.
even de Yanks. and didn' see 20 no.
whar. Marse Geo'ge Den de cunnel
be sent an orderly To- me an he say
Ben. 70 masfah he been killed, an
he body must a. been throwed into
de trench. 70 90 home an tell his
people bout 1t. Wha he know bout
me an dat / war a Turnoir nlggahT'
Il asked him to do all that. co on.
I'm anxious 10 hear the rest"
sYo tell him to do dat? Wha' TO- 70
do dat, marse Geo'geg
"I'll tell you my story when Won get
through with yours. 60 on. say"
tMy story's muffin mo n de drubbin'
! got from Missy Alice. | went home
to dc plantation one mornin'. and
Missy Alice she saw me comm way
up de road. She died out Of de house
an run to me, out o. BRET, an she
cried out: oh. Ben! Is he deadg
An / breaked It softly TO her. says.
says 1 'Marse Geo'ge be wha' be don
sultan no mo-. Missy Alice Deed he
don't VIVA is he?' she moaned.
stagge'n back In De trench, say.
DEFY throwed him ~ befo' could git
him%
40 de Iawd. Marsp Geo'ee. though
broke dc news as softly as / knew
how. she SIS drop right down wha'
she stan with a shIvah. ! helped her
up an toted her into de house. Den
when she come 70 herself She said
With a voice dat sounded lax q ha'nt
In de tomb. Ben. 20 way from me
an doan let me evah see yo' ag'in.
Yo's been onfalthful to de trus' | Re
posed IN 70. Co way. you deblish
uiggah. Yo'r-
Hold on. there, Don't put words
you said to yourself into Der pure
mouth"
Eyes. Marse Geo'ge, ! said EN-.
heap Of EN- wo'se an wo'se. An Il
turned roun. as de men do when de
batterys sendln out shot an she'll an
grape III their faces. an l lef dc plan.
tatiou. an hain't nebber been back
dar frum DAT day to this. An SUI
fered all this en- go account An 70
WASN'T IN de trench after alt Wha
debllsh bad luck
ben. said the other, much affected,
"you've hit it exactly II would have
been better II I had been put into the
trench. was stupid enough to be.
come the victim Of a diabolieal story I
Trho-a v.-ao afoFhar GIRL xrolt I WAS F