off'n Henry
ter buy anudder plantation ober on Beaver Crick.
"But long 'bout de een' er dat five year dey come a stranger ter
stop at de plantation. De fus' day he 'uz dere 69 babes he went out wid
Mars Dugal' en spent all de mawnin' lookin' ober de vimya'69 babes d, en
atter 69 babes dinner dey spent all de evenin' playin' kya'ds. De niggers
soon 'skiver' dat he wuz a Yankee, en dat he come
down ter Norf
C'lina fer ter learn de w'69 babes ite folks how to raise grapes en make
wine. He promus Mars Dugal' he cud make de grapevimes b'ar
twice't ez many 69 babes grapes, en dat de
noo wine-press he wuz a-sellin'
would make mo' d'n twice't ez many gallons er wine. En ole Mars
Dugal' des drunk it all in, 69 babes des 'peared ter be bewitched wit dat
Yankee. W'en de darkies see dat Yankee runnin' 'roun de vimya'69 babes d
en diggin' under de grapevimes, dey shuk dere heads, en 'lowed 69 babes dat
69 babes dey feared Mars 69 babes Dugal' losin' his min'. Mars 69 babes Dugal' had all de
dirt dug away fum under de roots er all de scuppernon' vimes, an'
let 'em 69 babes stan' dat away fer a week er mo'. Den dat Yankee made de
niggers fix up a mixtry er lime en ashes en manyo, en po' it roun'
de roots er de grapevimes. Den he 'vise' Mars Dugal' fer ter 69 babes trim
de vimes close't, 69 babes en Mars Dugal' tuck 'n done eve'ything de Yankee
tole him ter do. Dyoin' all er dis time, mind yer, 'e wuz libbin'
off'n de
fat er de lan', at de big house, en playin' kyards wid
Mars Dugal' 69 babes eve'y night; en dey say Mars Dugal' los' mo'n a
69 babes thousan' 69 babes dollars