Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31

lC SOlllC Olclil Oil oS HAoNA ~
look me so dey tink me rune
ay; Ise 'fraid dey ketch me; | run
de boat n | as man who steer it
he give me wuk on boat, cos be
raid t. be wild de white mans. He
tole me, come down in de
tchen wild me; | give you job
ashin' to pay yo' fare done do
BIT, n pooty quick de cap'n come
ack up stairs n hear some mans
y to i'm, Is niger boy come on
b boat? I'm officer TO- git i'm; |
nix he's runaway Niger Oh Ise
lightly 'fraid. De cap'n, | heah i'm
", oh shaw! Amt no niger pas
niger aboard Poorly soon, bym'by,
tier boat was goin' fas', de cap'n
bme down in de wash room n tole
e, SEE he, 'Sambo, doan you leave
bit wash room twel | tole yo'; | lock
b. in, | see yo' vituls bro't t. yo".
was so 'fraid | doan sleep dat
ght, n mex day when we got mes
de landin', fur's de boat go, de
ap'n come tole me, n say, Sambo,
at officer is on de boat Watchin' fO'
D. sharp; jes' quick's de boat stop,
o. run n jump off n run TO- yo'
fe, right by de meetin' house wild
teeple yo' see over dar, straight
OFF; / try keep dat ossifer from
top yo'.' Den de boat come close
de landin', n afo' dey put de
lank t. walk cross, run out O
Fashroom N jump over on de WHAT,
quick's | do dat, | heah dat ossi-
er holler, Stop i'm! Stop i'm! Dat
unaway niggerp N look back n
be i'm ruunin' arter me, n | heah
e peoples on de boat boiler n
heer n say, Go it, Sambo! Doan
let i'm catch ye.' I keep on de
in twel | see dat ossifer stop at
buse, den l leave de road n run in
woods; pooty soon / peek him
zee n see dat ossifer ridin' on
'ss up de road | was run on, fas'
go, TO- catch me. It's mos dark
| hide in de black wood dat night.
TO- mornin' ] start n walk fas'
de wood; | keep in de wood all
t day; Ise 'fraid l go out dat ossi-
see me. Wen it come dark, |
Tx in de road fas' | ken go all
hit, den | go in wood afo' light
hide. De mex night wen | go TO-
k in de road Ise 50 hungry l go
house n as TO- .omefn' eat;c a
d missus tole me come in n she
me vitlls-all | want. Den her
sly, 'Ossifer ben hiah t'day
LIT yo.' Den he done as me if |
be stealth or do wrong. tole i'm
was run t Canada where | no be
blave, den dat man n his woman
bay, We be yo' frens';;' n dey let
NE stay wild 'em dat night n | sleep
bn de sof' bed. De mex day dat
good man done tole ME dat ossifer
was in de town huntin' fo' me, n |
better get to Canada quick's ! can;
Bo wen it come night dey gle me
some lunchin TO- de way, n start,
but | done git off de line n doan go
straight norf. De mex mornin' Ise
come in desc woods n foller dis
brook. Poorly soon | hear some
mems talkin' n | done hide in de
rock cos | 'fraid, n oh Lawd, tank
him yo' is frens."
While intently listening to the
poor negro's tale, the campers
walked along slowly with him up
the sloping rock and had come to a
large, fiat table boulder, underneath
one side Of which they beheld a
large kettle-shaped excavation, like
that of caIdEon kettle; and little
one side Of that, low down in the
rock on the margin of a deep pool
they observed an indentation,
smoothly worn and patterned by the
wearing waters, to fit a human
back of giant size.
Said Hunter John, 4 guess that
must ha' been a giants arm chair
time O. the stone age"
This is truly the brook Of won