The Lambertville record., 1926-06-03
'wHAR DE HUMAN sPERRIT
BOWS IN DE SHADDERS"


rnagnate was "He dat Believeth Shall Live" We pass
the incidentas of his and consider only
vivid illustration he used and which page out of
his colorful life.
1t hot day-palmetto fans were svishing
rhymicay in the dim interior of the old church. Be
yond the occasional whmper of fretful child there
respectful silence For Doc Bloom acknowledged
"de preachin est man All eber seed"
"Dey amt many niggers hyah whut recomembers de
Cibil Wah" he said when he reached the point of his
illustration "But dey lots o. nggers whut belonged
ter good marsters an dey had good vin. All wuz
o. dat kind.
GWEN de Yankees stahted dey rampages OF
Massa buckle is unyfom an swod an go in de
army or Mssus kiss i'm awful fond-like an pat i'm on
de back, but she cried like baby wen She call
in an say Jake, yo' gotta look aft now dat
yo' Massas gone ter de wah. Does yo' wanta stay,
does yo wanta be free?'
"Ah tells 'er dat All might go furder an fare wuss,
an dat she kin count She look at me kinder
grateful like an hol out er ham ter shake hans wild
me- She a good lady, an she's up in hebben right
listenin ter whut Abs sayn'.
"Well, de Yankees git de best o. soldiers an
things looks kinder black. OF Mssus had fine boy
bout fifteen yeah OF. E amt OF huff go ter de
wah, but e keep beggin fer ter go. But or Mssus
put er aims roun i'm an cry an beg i'm ter stay wild
er. But dat boy amt satisfied; e ter out
back O. de barn an me ter beg or Missus ter let
i'm go.
"Ah hep raise dat boy; e white an All wuz
black but we's frens an many's de times we's done
favors fer each odder But fo' de Lawd All couldn't
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de plantation. Dey's 'spectn ter hab battle wild de
Yankees purity An OF Massa gifts away night
an 1ip' , nv. | - 80 ~; ~ -, r;al op Mss
@ es III ne ~. A., u d VOC, =, do niaht oI v;ssus set
up an ter make a unyfo'm fo' de boy ter wear.
An all de time she's SEWN de tears is runnin down,
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To- >, , no,,r do road +er ne do a,mvi Down do road
h do dns, LcL nm in iii clouds ,vbar % waIkst Down
do rood for tor line do arnvi
An, aft, % gone things doan seem right roun' de
nlantation, Nawsuhi Seem like cloud hangn' low an
4. oroe,s ,yaenin Seen, like do birds doan sing no
No, Soon Ilo do flowers doan bloom no mo- Seem
lilo do bree7as kinder moan thu de trees Seem like
do sneerit bowed down low an weepin in de shadders
seprtv soon de night come on an de whipperwills is
bootin in de woodsl Lonesome! Yassuh, Lonesome but
All cant sleeni An, All knowed All wuzn't de ony one
vybut couldn't sleepl Nawsuh Cause de lights burnn
in op Missus, room
"Den sudden like dey wuz cannon boom! Yassuh!
Txyuzn,t fur awav netherl Den anudder cannon boom!
An nnrtv soon dc whole or seem ter be bustin open
Yassubl Cannons boomin'! Guns shootin! An hit wuz
90 cost dat vo' could hear de soldiers yen' Yassuh!
De roar o. de guns an de boom o. de cannons! Booml
Room, Rooml Room,
"Ob Iawd, Oh. Lawd. whut makes man a liz lower
dan de anpes-wid is head in de clouds an is feets in
de bottom o. hell Oh Lawd! Whut manner O man is
d;s9
"Ar, all do res, n, do night de cannons keeps
boomn, an de guns keen roarin All kinder felt like
op Missus ypz can, mel All went nm ter de bouse an
call or, Bt she doan hear me, All goes up ter er room