The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-09-08

once In aWnue Mars harry ne tax
me an ride TO de ole plantation to see
his ladylub An when we come away
Missy Della say. TAX car OBJ him.
julius, 10 my sake An | say: 'NeD-
Der fear 70 dat, Missy Della. Reckon
/ know what Pm about Den Mars
Harry an 60 baek to camp.
"One time when Glnerai Wheeler
war leadin' his men back in de r'ar oh
de Yankees, br'akin' UP de railroads
an burnin de wagon trains, he stop
one day TO rest In a wood an stayed
dar u whole day. Mars Harry he neb-
Der LAX to rest When de udder men
war restin' he war always tryin TO
git some message TO his ladyluD. He
would go TO house an write long
letter TO her full OBJ Tub talk an pay
some Niger 10 tax It to her.
well. when eberybody was restin
Mars Harry he Tux me with him TO a
house about a mile away an sot down
In de libin' room befo' a table. an he
wrote an wrote all de mawnin'. But
befo he sot down to write he tole me
to go down on de Nashville pike. about
mile from whar he war writin'. an
stan on a rise In de groun' whar
could see down de road, an II see
any bluejackets comm wor TO ride
back an warn him.
Il rode down to whar I could see
two or three miles an sot on ny
hose, iookin' down de road. Fust
thing knew sor a Niger gal ioolin'
frou de rails OBJ de fence. She war
smilln at me. shown her teeth lax an
alligator's jaw. An she says, VIVA
y0 dom darY An says, 'Watchin'
10 de Yanks.' An she says. 'wha' 20
watchln' 70 de Yanks for An ]
says. To wan ma mars II dey come
"Sbe talks to me awhile, an blmeby
she says. Come down dar an glib
yo' some applejack. war all tired
out ridln' 80 had an powerful thirsty.
but say. I don't want no applejack.'
Yes. 20 do she says. i kin see 20
mouf waterin To- it, Go way an
let me alone | says.
''Do 20 know wha dat gal did?
She p'inted to de house whar de apple.
Jack war. an she says, i keep watch
70 20 while yo' go down an get
drink ! fell under de temptation an,
lax a fool, left dat gal 10 watch an
went down TO dc house an filed una
cnnteen with de appleJack. Same time
l TUX a long drink ! war gittin' ready
to go back when | hearn clatter oh
critters hoofs on de road above an
saw q lot OBJ bluecoats gallopin' past
toward do house whar Mars Harry war
wrltin the Tub letter to Missy Della
II want TO kill somebody sartin. /
got on ma hose an. ridin' back TO de
rosd. saw lie gui dot brought de trouble
on me skulkin' away. fired ma re-
volver at her Den rode on. follerin
de Yanks hearn shootln' ahead. but
when | got to de house whnr Mars
Harry was writin' he Tub letter de
sojers war all gone. But dar beside
de road saw what hants me eber
since"
He put his hand to his eyes as II TO
shut out some painful sight Presently
he moaned:
MARS Harry layin' dar shot dead"
For that few minutes he had been
tempted to relax his watchfulness he
was paying lifelong penalty Posi-.
bly, he had dwelt upon his fault so
long that It had affected his mind
I wondered ut the love this black man
had for one whom he considered so
far his superior-tho daughter OF the
man who had owned him and could
have sold him as horse or dog.
II knelt down beside him." he con
tinued. AN called TO him; Mars Har-
ry. come to life ag'in an femme be
daid In yo' place. | cain't live TO face
Mis- sy Della iiohow. How gwine
TO 30 through life with this curse ON
me? Come back. Mars Harry; come
back To- Missy Della. She CANT so
through de worl without 20.
but he didn't wake UP no mo-. an
when | see II want no use talkin' TO
him TUX him up an carried him into
de house. An then got wagon an
driv him TO do plantation
He made an effort TO tell me or his
reception there, but failed.
"How did your mistress treat you
after the misfortuner' asked.
"Misfo'tunel Dat want no misfo-
tune; dat war yleldln' to temptation.
rs one OBJ de goats dat is token from
dc sheep Ell | hadn't listened TO dat
gal MARS Harry wouldn't a. got kill
ed. didn't hab dc courage TO go back
to de plantation 70 long time; den |
sneaked In among de udder niggers an
hid In de BAN. Some Niger sor me
nm tole Missy Della WINS come home
She hearn all about how Mars Harry
got killed. an thar want anything TO
me 10 TESS. She sent TO me to come
up to de house. My legs badly ear
ried me dar. Missy Della war standin'
by herself In de hall. stood at de do.
When she sor me she put up her ham
rhekuff to her eyes an held out her
hand to me. She didn't say a wo'd.
but knowed she fo'gib me.
='Dat didn't do me no good" he con-
tinued after pause, "'cause didn't
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