~x~slavC Stories	P~ge Three	22
(Texas)






back no r~iore. Old missy jest wait and wait, tfl~1 fjntly dey all say sh~ am

weak in de head. Every day she tel‘. ~e ni~e~s to kill de pig, d~t massa be

home today. avery dgy she fix up in de Surid~r best aj~d wait for him. It ~o

~	on 11ko dat for ~rears &id sears, till old miss am gone to be with ora zaassa,

~	~iid de nigge:~s ~l1 left and dere ~ jest de old house left.

	“One d~y long time after freedom Alex come back, and he hair turned whIte. E~ go up de river to ~e old plantation ~o tell Old Miss dat Old Massa gone to he Heavenly Home, and ~yontt b~ b:‘ok to de ‚~ place. He co~n~ up to de old. house and de front g~t~ am offen d.c hinges and de grass high as he herd, ~ d. de blinds all haxigin‘ sideways ~M rattle with de wind. Dey aintt no lightnin‘ bug and no crickets on de fireplace, jt~s‘ de old. house and de wind a-~blowint through ~e window blinds and mo~nin‘ through de trees.

	“Old Alex so broke up he jes‘ sot down ~n ~e steps and ‘TOTe he know~d it he‘s asleep~~ He saw 01-d ~assa ~ri~ hisseif gwine to war nnd Oi~ Massa am on he white hoss axid he new gray uniform w1~t de wo~n make fcr him, tu~d de band ~ pla~îiri~ Dixie. Old Alex seed hisseif ridin‘ he li~l roan pony by Old Massa‘s side. Den he drei~ a ~fter de battle when he look for Old Masse and finds him and he hose lyin‘ side by side, &‘ne gone to where dere air‘t no more war. ae buries him, and ~den ~e thund‘~r andliglitnin‘ m~ke Alex w~ke up and he look in OldUiss‘ room and d~«re she am, ~es1 sittin‘ in her chair, waitin‘ for O1~ Massa. Old Alex go t~ talk with her and. she fade ‘way. Alex stay in he 1i~1 ~1d Cabin waitin‘ to te]~l Old Miss, and. every time it corne rain and ?ightnint she eflus sot in her chair and. go ~ way ~ fore he git ut her ro ~m. So Oit Al ex f1fl~ l~T ~oea to si‘~ep forever, but he neve~r left he place of watchin‘ for Old Miss.



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