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A BLIGHT
A Story of a Negro Whom a
Hant Always Attended
By F. A. MITCHEL
Copyright by American Pre?* Awn
elation, ll>U.
The year 1800 marked the acme of
plantation tlfe In the south, n life
which only persons now quite old have
lived. There were two aides to slavery
?the one as represented by the kind
master, the other by the man who
considered Ills slave a? a mere piece of
property Naturally the families of
the more refined class of planters form
ed a society of their own. and ll wu
among these esjierlally Hint Instances
of fidelity and attachment o.-? nnvd
Born to be ruled and taken rare of by
their masters as a child Is brought
up by Its parents. mirny of t!i?-.? ne
groes, after the war had set them free
clung to their former owners ? ;id the
old plantation homes It was there that
the negro worked by day it) the l otion
field and lu the evening sau*: those
melodies, a product of the period. ? v
pressing a condition that died with
the advent of emancipation. Tbe rela
tions between master and slave have ]
passed away with the system, and the
following Incident, told me a few years
after tbe close of the war which abol
ished that system, could not possibly
occur today:
After the surrender at Appomattox
I had occasion to travel through a por
tlon of the south. In Tennessee I found
a plantation to which a large number
of the negroes who bad II veil on It as
slaves adhered as freed men Their
master, quite an old man now, paid
them wages, which they had not as
yet learned to handle for themselves. ;
Interested to know how they liked the
chance. I approached a darky about
thirty years old. who was sawing |
wood, and I questioned him.
"Do you darkles like the way you
live better than w&cn you were
slaveaT
"Some ob 'cm 'pears to like it If they
like to wo'k. Them that don't like to
wo k don't like It so well as befo',
'cause If dey don't wo'k dey don't git
nottln' to eat."
"How do you feel about It?"
"Ma case air quar. 1 hain't got nr
feellu's about It. Ltere's a hant what
goes around with me? not a real hant J
rolled up In n sheet, but a bant ob de
feellu's. I don't take no Interest In
anything I'tn a kind ob a dead nig
He bad stopped In bis wood sawing
and looked out over the landscape with
a sorrowful pare. I waited, feeling
tbat be bad n story to tell and he
would tell tt without urging. I was
not disappointed.
"1 was bo'n'." he continued, "on de
same day as Missy Delta, an' her
mammy was my mothe". Consekence
was dat when we two cbillen whs lit
tie we was togedder all de time. I
bear'n people say when we was three
! or fou' yea s old. goln' roun' with ou'
i fi'ms roun' each udder, how quar mt
i black face looked alongside Iter white ,
I one. fo' her skin war white an' pink.
, an' her ha'r war like yoller silk
"When Missy l?ella growed older
she couldn't do 'nuff to' me. an' I war
Jlst ready to (rive up de gbos' fo' her
any time. Ef she wanted anything
done all she had to do war to say.
Julius, you do dnt fo' me, won't yo\
pleaseT Lawd. what de use ob speak
in' dat way to a nlg;fer? I done it
mighty quick, an' I wanted to keep on
rioln' things lak dat fo' her all de time
I couldn't git "nuff of 'em to do
"ben funnel St. Clair's son. Harry,
come along, an' 1 saw might' quick
dat be an' Missy Delia war lubbers
He war a fine lookln young man?
j Mars' Harry war? tall an' straight,
with black curly ba r, an' might' dlf
fe'nt from Missy Delin. who looked
i lak a pench. When his fathe gwlne
die be hab a big plantation an' a thou
sand niggers. It was all settled dat
Missy Delia gwlne to marry him when
de wah broke out.
"Co'se Mars Harry he gwlne to de
j wnh lak de udtier young gen'lemen.
i He go with de cavalry as cap'n. Do
yo' see dat gallery up dah front ob de
plantation house? -Well. It war right
dar dat Missy Delia aays to me, 'Ju
llus. will yo' do somep'n fo' meT An'
I says, "Missy Delia, fo' yo' I go right
| down to de ribber an' drown maseif. '
An' she says: '1 don't want yo' to
drown yo'self. I want yo' to lib.'
'Wha' fo". Missy Delia 7" 'Fo' to tak
car* my Harry. I want yo' to go to
de wab with him as bis servant, fo'
to tak car* o' his ho'se an' all dnt,
an' I want yo' to keep bim from
ha'm as much as yo' kin. An' if he
gets sick or wounded 1 want yo' to
tak car' o' him an' send or bring me
wo'd as soon as possible. Will yo' do
dnt fo' me, Julius?*
"Her eyes war wet when she said
dis, an' 1 lak to cried maseif. seeln'
her cry. An' 1 said, 'Missy Delia, I
go with Mars Carry, an' 1 bring him
back safe an' soun' to you. ma
Honey.'
"We was standin' right on de top
step up dar between de two pillars in
de middle. She tak tna hand in bofe
ob hern an' look at me out ob her
I eyes as if heaben war on de udder
? side ob 'em. Den she turned an' -rent
into de bouse.
I "Nex" day we leabe de plantation.
Mars Harry Rn' I. to Jlne de regi
ment. Mars Harry he de fines' ossl
fer In de wbole lot. We Jlne In with
j Gineral Wheeler's cavalry an* go gal
lopln' over de atnte ob Tcnnewc.
One* In awblie Mars Harry be tak
iip an' ride to de oi? plantation to we
hln ladylub. An" wiien ire come away
Missy Delia any, 'Tak car' ob hltn,
Julius. fo my sakfc" Ao' I aay: 'Neb
ber rear fo Ll, Mim; Helta. Reckon
1 know wbiit I'ti utmat' L>eu Mara I
llarry an' I k(| U?< k to camp.
"One time wltco (Jlnernl Wbeeier
war leadln ins m.-ii back in de r ar ob '
de Yankeea. hrnktii' up <lc railroad*
an' buriiln de wiikoii traina. be Mop
one day to reat lu a Wind an atayed j
dar a whole day. Mara Harry be neb- j
ber Ink to rest. Wlieti de udder men
war rest in be war aiwaya trylu' to
Kit sotue tuit-vige to tils tad) lull. He
would to tu a house an write a long
letter to her full oti tub talk an" iwy
Wine nigger to tak it tti h<r.
"Well, when ela-rytwidy was re*tin'
Mara Harry be tak me with him to a
house about a mile away an' sot down
In de Ikbln* room befo' a table, an' he
wrote au wrote nil de ma wain*. Rut
befo' be sot down to write he tole ran
to bo down on de Naahrllle pike, about
a mile from whar be war wrltln', an*
st.m' on a rise in de grouu' whar I ,
could see down de road, an' Jf I *ee .
any bluejackets cotnln' I wor to ride i
back an' warn him
"1 rode down to wb?r t could see
two or three miles an' aot on my
bo'se. lookln* dowu de road. Fust
thin* I knew I sor a nigger gal lookln'
frou de raita ob dc fence. She war
jrnllin' at me. sbowln' ber teeth lak an
alligator's Jaw An' abe aaya. Wba'
yo' dolu' dar? An' I aaya. Watchln'
fo' de Yatika ' An' ahe aaya, 'Wha' yw'
watcbin' fo' de Yatika foT An' I i
soya, 'To wa'n ma maw If dey come '
"She talks to me awhile, an' biuieby
abe says. 'Come down dar an' I gtb
yo' aouie applejack I war all (ImI
out rldin' ao liu'd an' |*?werful tblraty.
but I any, 'I don't want no applejack '
'Tea. yo' do." she aaya 'I kin see yo'
motif waterln' fo' It " tJo way an'
let me alone.' I says.
"IH> yo' know tvtia' dst gal did?
She pin ted to de house whar de apple
jack war. an' she aaya. 'I keep watcto
fo' yo' while yo' go down an' get a
drink 1 fell under de temptation an',
lak a fool, left d.it Ml to watch an'
weut dowo to de house an' BHed ma
canteen with de applejack Same time
I tuk a long drink I n*r gltttn' ready
to go back when I hcaru a rtattei ob
critters' hoofs ?n de mad aliove an'
saw a lot ob hlnocoata gullopin' [?st
toward de house whar Mara Harry war
wrltln' the lut> letter to Missy l?eila.
"I wain to kill somebody sartlu. t
got on ma bo'ae an . ridln' back to de
road, saw de gni dot brought de trouble
on me skulkin' awny. I tired ma re
volver at her l?en I rode on. folierln'
de Yanks I bearu shoot In' ahead, bat
when I got to de house whar Mara
Harry was writlo' be lub letter tfo
sojers war all gone Rut dar beside
de road I sow what hanta me cber
since."
He put bla tuind to bis eyes as If to
shut out aome painful sight. Presently
he moaned:
"Mors Harry layln' dnr shot dead"
For I hat few minutes be had bf?n
tempted to rvln i m? mbkfalM ha
was paying n lifelong penalty i'o*al< j
lily be hnd dwell upon his fault so ;
long that It had affected hla mind ,
I wondered lit the lore this black tnan
had for one whom he conaldered ao
far hla sopertor-the daughter of the
man who had owned him and could '
have acid him na a horse or a dog
"I knelt down beside him." he eon
tinned, "an called to him: 'Mara Har
r.v, come to life ag'in an' lemme be
da Id In yo' place. I caln't live to fare
Missy !>clia nohow. How I gwlne
to go through life with thla curse on
me? Come back. Mara Harry; come
back fo' Missy Delia She caln't go
through de wort' without yo'.'
"But he didn't wake np no mo', an"
when I see It wa'n't no use talkln' to
blm I tuk blm up an' carried blm Into
de bouae. An' then I got a wagon an'
drir blm to de plantation."
He made nn effort to tell me of bla
reception there, but fnlled
"How did your mistress treat you
after the misfortune?" I asked.
"Mlxfo'tune: Dat wa'n't no mlafo'
tune: dnt war yieidln to temptatJon.
I'a one ob de goata dnt la tooken from
de sheep. Kf I hadn't listened to dnt
gal Mars Harry wouldn't 'n' got kill
ed I didn't bab de courage to go back
to de pinntatloo fo n long time: den I
sneaked In among de ndder niggers an'
bid in de ba'n. Some nigger aor ran
an' tole Missy Delia I was come home, j
She hearn all about how Mara Harry !
got killed, an' tbar wa'n't anything fo'
me to 'fesa. She sent fo' me to come
np to de house. My legs ha'dly car
ried me dnr. Missy Delia war atandln'
by herself tn de ball. I stood at de do'.
When she aor me ahe put up her ban'
cbeknff to her eyes an' held ont her ,
hand to me. She didn't say a wo d.
but I knowod abe fo gib me.
"Dnt didn't do me no good." be con
tinued after a pause, "'cause 1 didn't
fo'gib maself."
"Is your mistress living at the plan
tation house now?" I asked.
"1 reckon abe ts dar or I wouldn't be
hynr Much aa I rcspec' mare, i t
wouldn't atay hyar If missy war away
I doln' penance. De plantation run j
nln" down since de prockelmatton. De
niggers dat laks to wo*k laks to wo'k
fo" thairsclres. De ndders won't wo'k
| > >how. ftl'mby all go to de debbll:
den I gib my 'araln'a to mlaay."
At that moment a woman dressed tn
deep mourning came ont of the front
'loor of the manor house and stood j
?c>oklng pensively on the landscape.
"Dat Missy Delia." Mid Jnlloa. look
ing at the lady, tbe usual melancholy
of his eye Intensified "8be neber git
obor It I neber git ober It She war
strwken In de heart: 1 war ttrocker.
in de feeltn" In de day I see mtasy
mow'nln': In the night I wake np an'
sec Mars Harry lyln' dead In de rotd."
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