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Updated: June 20, 2025
"Mist' Curry, you been mighty good to me, one way'n anotheh, an' I'd like to ast yo' fo' some advice." "Well," said the old man, "advice is like medicine, Gabe easy to give but hard to take. What's troublin' you now?" "Mist' Curry, yo' 'membeh me tellin' yo' 'bout that Gen'al Duval colt of mine how he neveh did look the same to me since I got him?"
Mahstah Cunnel he daid by th' hand o' yo' Nawthen President at th' battle a' Seven Pines, an' Mahstah Cap'n Bev'ly Glentwo'th yo' ole Mahstah Gen'al She'dan shoot him all t' pieces in his chest one day.
Bareheaded the uncle crossed the fountained court, sat down at a table and read again. In the veranda a negro, his own slave, hired to this hotel, held up an elegant military cap, struck an inquiring attitude, and called softly, "Gen'al?" "Bring it with the coffee."
"I served Marse Bob Allen 'til Gen'al Grant come 'long and had me an' some others to follow him to Miss'sippi. We was in de woods hidin' de mules an' a fine mare. Dis was after Emanc'pation, an' Gen'al Grant was comin' to Miss'sippi to tell de niggers dey was free. "As I done tol' you, I was Marse Allen's pet nigger boy. I was called a stray. I slep' on de flo' by old Miss an' Marse Bob.
The next morning he was on hand early enough to see General Duval return from an exercise gallop, and there was a small black boy on the colt's back. "Come here, Gabe," said Pitkin. "Ain't that Curry's nigger jockey?" "Yes, suh; that's Jockey Moseby Jones, suh." "What's he doing around this stable?" "He kind o' gittin' acquainted with the Gen'al, suh." "Acquainted? What for?"
"Yes, miss, dey most, in gen'al, is at dis hour ob de night, dough dey don't expect wisiters." "Are all the family here?" "Dey is, miss."
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