The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-17

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Tod a massy! Is de angel oh de
Lo'd speaker to his sarvent from de
clouds?" said the old woman, starting
and dropping her basket.
"Auntie. hyar at the crack"
who is 20 callen? Yo' mus be a
chile from yo' voice"
Put yer eye c.nse up to de fence
and v can see me a. the crack"
The IN drew ncar and put her
eye to the crack. Jakey stood Off a
little way. and she could see him plain
ly. Meanwhile he pretended to have
lost something on the ground.
"Why Dress my po' ole heart, honey,
ef v amt nothen but a leetle boy in
de- jailyard. Taught t. be huff to keep
dem po' misable po' white east Ten
nesseeans dar what dey had in de
cellar widout keepen a chile"
"My brothers a prisoner, N so air
IT, said Jakey in a melancholy voice
Climb ODER de fence, honey, and
run away"
The fence air too high. n I amt a
goen fur to leave my brother anyway.
See hyar, auntie. air you niggers Union
or secesh?'
"Why, honey, do you t'ink we turn
ag'in o. own folks. Amt de Yankee
soiers comen down fur 10 gib us lib
eration:'
EFF v cd savea Union sojer from
hangen, w'd y do it,"
70 de Lo'd | would
Then send this hanchikur to Souri,
Slack"
who Souri, Slack"
shes my sister. She lives at Farm
er Sacks"
"Whar dat:"
"On the Anderson road. close onter
the Sequatchie river"
While this conversation was going on
Jakey continued his efforts to find
something at his feet. He picked up a
! stone. rolled it in the handkerchief and
threw them over the fence.
What good dat dog asked the col
ored woman, picking up the missile Of
war.
when Souri, gifts it she'll know"
Twill dat sabe de Union %soier's
neck"
"Mebbe t mousht. n mebbe I
moughtn't.'
II CANT go myself-Tm too debut
I'll start hit along. Reckon de dar-
kiesll tote it,"
She picked up her basket and was
moving away when Jakey called to
her.
"Auntie!"
"What. honey?"
"Yer mought git some un to tote hit
ter an old niger named Jefferson Ran
dolph. ez lives up a creek bout five
mile fom hyar. near the pike runner
that away. Mebbe he'll pass hit on"
"Sho nufY."
"Yo' boy. thar.
The jailer's wife was standing in an
open window regarding Jakey we're
~.
Come away from that ar fence"
Jakey skipped along toward her. do
ing a little waltzing as he went.
"Ef that ar boy wasn't SIGH a chile.
I'd think he'd ben up to sumep'n."
What war yer a-doen by that ar
tence:' she asked when he came up.
"Nuthen."
What war that Y throwed over:"
"Oh. l war only throwen stones"
what yer tArowen stones that
away fur
Fur fun"
Well. y just keep away from tn
fence er y shan't play in tn yard at
all. I'll shet y up with thet big brother
o yourn."
"Waal. won't go thar 10 more"
And Jakey took a top out of his trou-
sers pocket and began plugging imagi-
nary tops on the ground.
Mark hoped that the preparations
the C~onfederates We're making for the
expected move would cause them to
forget him. He WAS not destined to
he So fortunate. The second day after
his capture he was taken before n court
martial held in Il house occupied by the
staff department, to be tried on the
charge of being a spy.
The court WAS assembled and ready
to proceed with the case. An officer
had been detailed to defend the pris-
oner. but he had not arrived and the
court waited. Presently Il clatter of
horses hoofs was heard outside. 1t
stopped before the. door of the house,
and in another m Marks III
! sci entered the room.
Mark looked at him with astonish-
ment. In the tall. straight soldier. with
black hair and eyes. mrstache and
goatee. bearing about him that some
thing which indicates ito the manor
born, be recognized the officer who had
called at the Fains' on the morning he
had left them-Captain Cameron Fitz
Hugh.
AS soon as he entered he bechoned
the prisoner 10 follow him TO a corner
of the room apart from the others for
consultation 1t was not a convenient
place for such an important interview,
but one charged with being a spy was
not likely to get many favors, and the
~exigencies of the ease did not admit of
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