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I couldn't spare a mouthful for the General o' the army even. Let your Colonel or Major sendout men to git chickens for himself." "My boss'll be powehful disappunted," said the negro, with his big, white eyes full of tears. "He's powehful weak, foh sartin. A leetle sup ob broth'd do him an everlastin' world ob good. He ain't no Kunnel or Majah.
"Hit seemed ter me that every stroke from over the hill said ez plainly ez tongue could utter words: 'Heah I am. Come over heah! I tried ter gain time ter think o' something. "'He started this mornin' on Roan Molly fer Mt. Vernon, to 'tend court, I said, knowin' thet I didn't dare hesitate ter make up a story. "'Kunnel, thet air's a lie, said Jake Johnson, who knowed us.
Just den I see de Kunnel look bery pale, just like one nigger when he frightened, and he goed round and round, and would hab fallen, but Clump caught him in de arms, and den Clump put him on de ground, and shouted for de doctor, and ran and got some water, and de doctors came and splashed water in de Kunnel's face, and he oped his eyes, and he say, `Tank you, Clump. Yes, de Kunnel, dis ole nigger's massa, tank him on de field of battle.
"An' then we tuk 'nuther short cut, an' saved 'nuther one." Aunt Debby waited for him to continue. "At last jess ez they come ter the Ford I seed OUR man." "Seed Kunnel Bill Pennington?" The great gray eyes were blazing now. "Yes."
I tried the echelon, the 'general advance, then the 'give away' and 'flank' movements. But the Colonel was there! Till this last game it was a fair field and no favor. And now, gentlemen of Rock, I desire t' state to my deeply respected opponent that he is still champion of Rock, and I'm not sure but of Northern Iowa." "Three cheers for the Kunnel!"
"Who's me?" said the negro, astonished by the strange voice. "I's Majah Wilkinson's Sam, Massa Patrol. I's got a pass all right. De old Majah done tole me I could go out coon-huntin' wid Kunnel Oberly's boys tonight, but I done missed dem." "Come ashore here, boy," commanded Shorty, "and be thankful that you're alive. You've had a mighty narrow squeak of it.
The old kunnel felt it keen that he hadn't a son. Of course, there's plenty of money and Sara'll get that. But I guess she'll feel pretty bad at leaving her old home. Sara ain't as young as she used to be, neither. Let me see she must be thirty-eight. Well, she's left pretty lonesome." "Maybe she'll stay on at Pinehurst," said Job Crowe.
The very old Satan hisself seemed ter take possession ov 'em, and stir 'em up ter do all manner o' cruelty ter conquer us inter jinin' in with 'em. The Brills an' Fortners hed allers been leaders agin the other people,an' now the Rebels hissed their white slaves onter our men, ez one sets dogs onter steers in the corn. The chief man among 'em wuz Kunnel Bill Pennington."
He tun in, and bring his guns to bear on de shore, and under deir cover de soldiers and de bluejackets landed. Dere was a high hill, wid de fort full of French soldiers on de top of it. `Dere, my brave fellow, we have to go up dere, said de Kunnel. De seamen was commanded by Cap'en Robert Faulkner. He bery brave man.
I left the kittles fur a minnit ter run down the gyardin walk, ter see how my bed o' pinks wuz comin' out, an' I sung ez I run. "Jest then a passel o' men come stringin' up the road ter the bars. They looked like some o' them that Kunnel Pennington tuck 'way with him, but they rid better critters then any o' them ever hed, an' they were dressed in a sorter soljer-cloze, an' all o' 'em toted guns.
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