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Title: The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: White, Annie Randall
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Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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red no mo, but de house—you can see de walls nowober dar, whar dey stand to min me ebery day ob de dear massaand missie and de little lamb, Flossie—was no house any more,all de insides gone, and de black outside standing up in de sum-mer air. She paused to wipe away the hot tears that blinded her.What became of your master and his family? Massa andmissus were pre-sarbed, but delittle white blos-som, whose birf-day had been sobright, dey didntknow whar tolook for her, andher mudder wasscreeching Mybaby—my baby!and going out oone faint intoanoder, and herpa trying to rushinter de smokinghouse and callingfor his Flossie—oh, it was enuflto make de harturn gray! She musshab been fright-ened so when de smoke got in her pretty blue eyes dat she didntknow how to fin de way out, fer she was crouched down behindde front stairs, and dats de spot whar Dick found her, wid hernight-dress all on fire, but de light tole him whar to look. When he put de little precious chile in my-arms she put
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1111 RUINS OF THE HOUSE. 86 JOE IS SKRN NO MORE. her baby fingers on my black face and she said, Judah, tellmamma—I am not hurt—but I caint see! Honey, de nex dayshe shut dem po little eyes on dis world, and missie, whoseheart broke den, followed her lamb to de hebenly pastures wharde good Lawd tends to all deir wants.What became of your master? Massa Steve? He went ober de sea, and he died in anoder country. De plantation and all de slabes went to his „^Iy«^V brudder, who had de big house yo sees ober dar on de road put up. No one eber goes near de old place, ) fer dey say its hanted. ■ ■:■.iff::-/4r;:-^f:;^. Y?c~A

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