Show AFORE the deathbed death bed of poor old moses detroit freo press black skinned ignorant uncouth what was it to t tho h a world if h ho 0 lay dying they passed his humble door with careless eliou thought abt as tho the dampness of death gathered on his brow and the children on tho the corner never once ceased their noisy play as the shadow of death t flitted flirted flit ted around the open door Ch chloel loell cl yes she was there old and wrinkled wrinkled and black her heart ach ing her eyes full of tears she eat sat by hia his bedside alone 1 chloo chloe how long ago was it nigh on to fifty aars moses she whispered do same master maste r owned us boat we worked together in de same cott cotton on fields wo prayed tho the samo same prayers an sung the same hymns together in de do long ago an do chillen dead all dead I 1 it has bin twenty aars since do last ono one made our hearts best beet faster an we has bin alone all alone moses our ole hearts has ached and pained fur do dead an gone an we has sometimes cried out come homo home chilan come back to us V I 1 but do dead cannot return an de do time has bin long yes honey we lias has been an I 1 longin 0 us we has bin on a journey a an hopin fur de end ob do road an we has bin booan poo an lowly do same hunger ancoli havo have sheered our home fur aars an all aars aars an de do world hardly knows dat at we am upon airth andow an now chloe ize izo dwino gwi no 1 way 4 to leave you yes moses an ande de nights will seem se cin darker elkei r an do days longer louer when I 1 am gone you I 1 I 1 have another memry to make do hart wart ache another borrow sorrow to dim do poo olo eyes wid tears I 1 with wish d de e la bawd I 1 had called you fust no no moses what ho ile docte am fur de best men blen lias has told you der was no god but dar am chloel got de fealin headin haah in my heart ize izo got eich sieb peace an contentment dat pin lin inkin away like a chile gwine to bleep an Ai imen nian have at a hereafter fur do de soul ize drift ih Into to it ho he whispered as liis his face lighted up 1 I kin sec see across de dark valley into do glorious jori sunshine eun shine of do de spirit worlds T an dar am happiness an rest resi for eben eich pich as ug como come bluser chloe lay your face cacoon on mine ize drift ius drilling drift drilli inI nl ize partin wid dis poo ole body tin andis dis black skin ize age sorrow hunger an pain all behind beli ind de do sunlight from across de valley falls on yo face anit an it am whiter dan snow it am de sunlight ob de do lier liere cafter after of heben bluser chloe izo dri I fLin izo driffin drift in 1 1 I 1 and as she held the hand of the I 1 dead and rocked to and fro her face wore a of happiness aist a few days afore me sho she whispered aist longneff long to tell cm dat ize ole an poo an tin lonely an want to come up tip dar eo so baal an de do chillen will be dar an moses will meet me on do bank of de ribber an tell cm em dat my faith has never wandered nor weakened from all do trials ob a lifetime |