When de war come long he wuz livin' dere longer Ole Miss en
Miss Sally. Ole Miss 'uz his ma, en Miss Sally dar 'uz his
sister. De war come des like I tell you, en marters sorter rock
along same like dey allers did. Hit didn't strike me dat dey wuz
enny war gwine on, en ef I hadn't sorter miss de nabers, en seed
fokes gwine outer de way fer ter ax de news, I'd a 'lowed ter
myse'f dat de war wuz 'way off 'mong some yuther country. But all
dis time de fuss wuz gwine on, en Mars Jeems, he wuz des eatchin'
fer ter put in. Ole Miss en Miss Sally, dey tuck on so he didn't
git off de fus' year, but bimeby news come down dat times wuz
gittin' putty hot, en Mars Jeems he got up, he did, en say he
gotter go, en go he did. He got a overseer fer ter look atter de
place, en he went en jined de army. En he 'uz a fighter, too,
mon, Mars Jeems wuz. Many's en many's de time," continued the old
man, reflectively, "dat I hatter take'n bresh dat boy on a
counter his 'buzin' en beatin' dem yuther boys. He went off dar
fer ter fight, en he fit. Ole Miss useter call me up Sunday
en read w'at de papers say 'bout Mars Jeems, en it ho'p 'er up
might'ly. I kin see 'er des like it 'uz yistiddy.
"'Remus,' sez she, 'dish yer's w'at de papers say 'bout my baby,'
en den she'd read out twel she couldn't read fer cryin'.
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