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INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE. INDEPENDENCE. OREGON, NOVEMBER 18, 110.
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MAKSTOM ASHLEY
"I'mlO I said to an old darky alt
. thu u a turnl, "alio owiu (hi plan
tatlont"
".Mars' Tom Aahlny,"
"Anil In It long Hint Ou-y hav lived
ln-re?"
"ItiM-kou dey hub, tali. Do Ahlya
. lib IkhIi vtT tlnro a long lime before
li wah. 1 olilt'n ton ob da olili-n'
. boh alius growed up lb dmp Into do
- oli) man's kIkh-s, 1 y cuiue iiiIkIiI'
nlKlt belli' break once, though."
"How m that?"
"Illl was Mara" Ttnu'i father, Mara'
Iapo Aahley. Ho father, Marn' Tom'f
grandfather, Thomas Ashley, war
night' flno man.
"Mara' J'apo be wont norf to coll g
nn' muik Imw or utfder he gut no'thern
m tiona In bla head. Iut were a few
yea'a bifo' de wah. Mara' Pape Ret de
'dli'iilua dat all do iiIkkts In de
ouf bad ouKbtcn bo free. Wan'n dat,
he f-l In lub wld a uo'tberu lady an
married her.
"I reroiu member might well when
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all dat happen. Man rape be come
down beab ' he talk wld da ul
man Asbh-y onlll he uiake him
belief dat he ouster gib all ut nlif
er on dla bnah plantation free pa
pera, an' de olu man oukIu to atUk u
fo' de I'nluu ' all dal kind o' talk.
Yo know what Mara' Thomaa any?
lie aay: Wly aon, yu hab dlagrace
yo' ancheateri. Vo' onwortby to be
railed my aon. I'm nwlne to dUln
berlt yo' an leab dla plantation to
yo' coukIii Kmeet Cram.'
"An yo' know wha' Mara' I'ape iay'i
He nay: plantation won't b worf
a bale o' roitoti. Yo ulKKera 'II all
be free, an do aouf 'II bn no count.'
"!en yo' know wba' Mura' Tliomaa
say? In any; 'Ono eoutbe'o uinn klu
whip five Yaiiket-a.'
"Mara' Tape bo go norf, an' nobody
didn' aeo lilm do iuo' In dla yero kent
ry till atit-r du wah. Ho dldu' lak to
fiKbt BKln bla aoutbe'n frlenda, o be
so to apeculatlu'. He bad tome mo
ney ob hla own. an' bn buy all de
cotton he get bla handa on. Mara
Thomaa he ralao a regiment o' aoutb
e'n troopa, and he flRht Ink de debbie
He come batk a big Kn'l, but be
only got one leg an one eye. All bla
ulggora wae free, do plantation waa
all pulled to piece by flra' do north-
e'n troopa, an' dar wa'n't a bit o
fencln anywhar. All iho cUerg ro
off 'cept me. I atay heah to tak' car'
o' de ole man when be come Lack.
"Mara Thomaa be wa'n't ao proud
at he war when he went away, all
drew up In hla new oJer clo'ea. He
wouldn't nebber talk to a nigger den,
but when be foun we heah all alone
an saw how de plantation lJuk he
eem might sorry. He any to me,
'Julius, ma boy, yo worf 600 or'nary
white men.'
"Atur dat be talk to me 'bout eb'
crytlng. One 'dny he come to me an'
say: 'Juie, I got a letter irom rap
today. He say he bought cotton at
8 cenu a pound an' sold It at a dol
lar a pound. He got all de money
'he want. He offers me plenty to res
tock do plantation.' An' I say, 'Ow
lne tak' It.Mars?' An' he say: 'Tak
it! Yo' s'poso I gwino to tak' money
:from mv son what stay In do norr
all through de wah instead o' beln
heah an' flghtin' fo' de souf? No,
sah. Ma son dald to me. I gwlne
to limb dls bean plantation to Ernest
Crane.'
"One mawnln' while I war down at
do crick crossln' who I see but Mars'
Pape. He tak' my han' an' might glad
to see me. He ask me all 'bout de
ole man an' say he come down .wld
wlfo an' lettle boy to get a reconcil
iation. He ask me to let 'em all In
de house when de gln'l ain't dar. He
say dey gwine to try to tak'. de place
by utorm.He tell me dat he got plenty
money fo' his fadder an' no use he
llbln' all alone an' de ole home gwlne
more an' more to rack.
"I tln'k It might' fine t'ing fo' de
ole man, an' I say I help 'em all I kin
So one niawln' early I let 'em all In.
Mars' Pape and Missy Ashley dey git
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In a closet In do dinin'room an'pretty
nigh shut de do.' I put de little boy
on de fambly chillen's high chair, an'
he wait dar fo' he grandfadder to
come down to breakfast When de ole
man come Into de room an' see de lit
tle fellah slttln' up on de udder side
o' de table he stood still wid he mouf
an' eyes wide open.
" 'Howde, grandpa?' said de chile.
" 'Who are yo'?' axed de ginl'l.
" 'Tom Ashley, de nex' owner ob dt
plantation atter yo' an' papa.' and 2 to 8 d. m. Calla answered night
"Yo see. Mars' Pape tell him what and day.
to say. Mars' Tnomas war so tone'
soma an' de chile war so purt dat de
ole man coudn' stand dat. He jis
went to Mars' Tommy an' put he, arm
around him an' hugged him. When
I see somepin shinin' in de ginll's eye
I jis open de closet do' an" out steps
Mars' Pape an' he wife.
"Missv Ashley she went up to
de gin'l an' put out her han'. De gin'
too fine a man not to tak' a lady's
han.' He took it an' bowin' lak a
southe'n gen' leman, Very low down,
he kissed it. She put de gln'l han'
in dat ob Mars' Pape. De gin'l leab
it dar, but he turns away his head,
an I see de tears runnin' down he
cheeks, t wonder if he cryln" fo' de
ios' cause or de wreck ob de planta
tion. "Dey all sot down to breakfas'.
Mars' Pape had sent in chicken an'
potatoes an lots fine tings instead ob
de co'n pone dat gin'l war used to.
Missy Ashley poured the coffee, an'
dat war de happiest breakfas' eber
happen on dis plantation.
"Dey all dald now but Mars' Tom."
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