Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-18

sneaScd or like a dog dat had been
stealth bone.
Odd Bill had de heaves an WAS
spawned, an he had to 40 mighty
slow. L rode under de stars twill
scr a light wha' de sun comes up, an
all OBJ a sudden l heIrn somepin dat
sounded lax thunder away or. l lis
tened. an henrn anudder SCUM lax
&c fus, den anudder an anuLder.
It's Gurus how de debbil makes US
believe what hain't SO. DE sun war
Swine to rise cl'ar. an dcy want no
sign o storm. but IL GwiEe so OH an
sit de wiGuer l got 10 b'l:evc it war
storm Ef it wax guns. dey war Yam
kce guns. an got 10 <" L..c., 10 look
cat 70 ,4iSi'css an &c ,hi!'n ON de
plantation Tiak nobody hab said
uothlu' bout Yankee sojcrs bcin' souf
IF Nashville. 50 dat can't be Yankee
Guns. Dat make II sartiu dat it's
thunder. Git up. Bill | says; I'm
| TOin' on
"Fust OF had bad luck gittin' dar
when de funeral war goin' on.
Lnowcd l mustn't wait, but sor Ben.
&c niggcr VIVA had dc Sccon' chanel
Iefo' de widder married Nose, crowd
in in TO git dc fust chanct now. an
dat made me hot to git ahead oh him.
He sOr me an come UP to me, an he
says. says he. Tom. yo' want de wild
| dCr:' Yes. l says. says l, Il does
| Got Mars Phillips pnlssionT No.
/ says. 1 hain't.' 4 hab.' he says.
Il t'ink nothin' could be done twill
after de funeral. 50 l goes hurryin' TO
Mars Phillips for p'misSlon. Mars
| Phillips knowed niche tink | mighty
| fine nigger-so he glib me de omission
an l went back to de cabin wha' de
! wilder fist come home from the fu-
neral. Dare l see dat niger Ben jist
comm out He looked at me kind o
qua. but / goes in de cabin.
How yo' do. TomP says de widder,
says she.
How yo' do yo'self: says I. 1
reckon yo' feel pOrely. seeIn' yo' los
yo' man
Yes. l nebber git anudder SIGH
man as dat He war mighty fine man
You mought try says l. 'Yo' know
l wanted yo' befo' yo' married Nose
"'Reckon yo' did
"'An' / want yo' now
"'Yo' mighty tatterin'. Tom says
she, an mOuGht be wiliin'. but yorc
too late l jis' promised Ben Il few
minute befo' yo KEN in
Il got up mighty quick an say,
goodby an was goin' out when d.
wilder called me back an says. says
she:
III Ben goes to glory bcfo' me- III
TAX yo. Tom. Don feel bad bout IT,.
70 turn1n come sho'.'
When ! goes out see wha' l
gwine dOne-leaben miSt'ess an dc chill
en to go lax a fool after Il oman Wild
anudder Niger ahead o me- an /
knowed well enough dat de gums !
hearn of IN de east dat mawniD' at
sun up wax Yankee guns. II war &c
debbil tole me dey war thunder. / jas
mounted Bill, an l lam him twill |
got to de plantation. Ii war full O
Yankee sojers.
"Dey had gone into de manor house
m war q runnin' off wild all de silber
an all de furniture an clothes dcy
could kerry. When come up mist ess
war standln' on de gallery, loOkin'
dref1ul
Tom she said, 'whar yo' been
man rode up to de plantation at
= o'clock dis mawnin' an tOle us &C
Yankees was marchin' down de pike t.
Huntsville. l knowed dey'd be here TO
day, an wanted yo' to hide de vara
, bles'
, Il 'membered Kunnel Coolidge stand
In in dat same place on de gallery an
sayin' to me. Tom. I'm gwine to leai
, my family under yo' car l JUS
! dropped my head down, an ] hahn
: ris' 1t up since.
= Dem sojers come from anudde
: kentry wha' dey been used to kerry OF
7 all de val'ables dey kin cit dere hands
q on, an dey jis' cleaned cut de town an
;, all de plantations round it. Eberyt'in:
4 Mars Coolidge lef' i'll my car VA
token, 'cludin' de pianny. Ef | hadn
h. been runnln' after 'owan dat wa
n busy buryin' her fus' husban' an ha,
- membered wha' Kunnel Coolidge sal
to me an what | said TO Kunnel Coo
- lidge I'd been thar to hide al de val
- ables. I had q place all fixed TO da
\, away up in de trunk o. one O de tree
wha' dere war rotten hole. wa
r, gOin' to put 'em IN Il box I'd made *
n 'em pu'pose. an had ladder read
10 10 to git up to de hole. that war xiv
10 cred all over wild branches. But goii
= after dat wilder dat | didn' git nohoV
:. KEEP me from dom all dis. an hahn
., nebber fo'give' myself nohOw."
Ia Tom finished his story. looking MOI
-, distressed If possible than before.
gave him something to help him (