you sole my three children.' 'Now, Jule, you'll say it's yourn, won't
you?' 'I can't lie over that either.' An' she was cryin' an' wringin'
her han's, an' weavin' to an' fro as she set thar. 'Yes, here they
come, an' they'll rob me of every thing. Now, 'member I brought you
up.' Here come in four sojers with swords hangin' to their sides, an'
never looked at mistess, but said to me, 'Auntie, you want to go with
us?' 'Yes, sir,' I said, an' they look to Jule an' say, 'You want to
go?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Well, you can all go; an' hurry, for we shall stay
but a little while.' An' Jule jus' flew to the quarters, an' they all
tied up beds an' every thing, an' tote 'em down, to the gunboats in a
hurry. An' two sojers went up-stairs an' wa'n't gone but a few
minutes, an' don't you think here they come, with that tin trunk o'
money an' ches' of silver plate, an' broke 'em open an' tuck out a big
platter an' water-pitcher an' a few other pieces an' say, 'See here,
Tom, haven't we foun' a prize of solid silver for gov'ment,' an' he
put it all back. An' another open the trunk,' O, see here, Jim; see
what a mine of money we foun' for General Veach,' as he tuck up a
han'ful of gole an' silver money an' sif it through his fingers,
droppin' in the trunk, sayin', 'Ain't we got a pile o' money for
gov'ment.' An' he han' it over to a sojer to tote to the gunboat. An'
two ov 'em went down cellar an' come back with stone jars of butter,
an' pezerves, an' opened 'em. 'Tom, see here, what a lot of goodies we
got; won't we live well?' An' he cover'd 'em up agin an' toted 'em to
the gunboat. Then they broke open the meal-room, an' rolled out
barrels of meal and flour, saved for secesh sojers, an' rolled 'em
down to the gunboat. An', last of all, they went to the smoke house,
an' broke it open an' got a lot of bacon. 'Now, auntie, you all
ready,' they say? 'Yes, sir,' I tell 'em. 'Here's a roll of linsey for
our cloze, shall we take it?' 'Certainly, an' any thing else you'r a
mine to.' As we started for the door mistess followed us cryin' an'