had received had his soul and he was a willing servant ready for a smile from his m to perform with barbarous fidelity the duties of his office seizing by the arm he pulled off his shirt and led him to the tree the last ray of hope had expired in the soul of his blood at the thought of being by watch and wait oe whipped he was not stirred by the emotions which disturb a free child with a in prospect he not at the pain he not at proper and wholesome punishment this was the of the slave it was the emblem of his the blows were the which the master upon his his soul was free while his body was in chains and it v as his soul rather than his body that was to be the thought was madness his blood boiled with indignation with horror and with the tide of despair in upon his spirit and overwhelmed him he resolved not to be whipped and when long tom turned away to the he sprang like an through the group of spectators and ran with all the speed he could command towards the river perhaps it was a mistake on the part of but it was the noblest impulse of his nature which prompted him to resist the unjust sentence that had been passed upon him he ran and desperation gave him the wings of the wind but he had his chances if he had considered them at all for the by a he young swift horse of the was tied to a stake near the dead oak he had been riding over the estate when returned from green point with the story of the blows which had been inflicted upon him colonel leaped upon his horse the instant he realized the purpose of the and before had accomplished half the distance to the river the overtook him he rode the horse directly upon him and if the intelligent beast had not been kinder than his rider the story of poor might have ended here as it was he was simply thrown down and before he could rise and recover himself the had dismounted and seized him by the arm so deeply had the prejudices of his condition been in his mind that the thought of blows upon the sacred person of his master did not occur to him if he had dared to fight as he had the strength and the energy to fight he might still have escaped colonel was an awful presence to him and he yielded up his purpose without a struggle to carry it out the swore at him with a fury which by watch and wait or chilled his blood and struck him several smart blows with his riding whip as the of what he was still to undergo � now back to the tree said colonel as he mounted his horse again had given up all hope now and he marched to the post as the condemned criminal walks to the he had advanced but a short distance before he met the other spectators to his doom and long tom seized him by the wrist and held him with an iron till they reached the dead oak tie him up quick tom said colonel it has been more work to this young than a dozen full grown long tom fastened the around s wrists and passed them through a band around the tree about ten feet from the ground he then the victim up till his toes scarcely touched the earth now lay them on well said the how many asked tom as he the long lash of his whip by l tub tragedy at the dead oak page by by the young lay on till i say stop s flesh quivered but ms spirit shrunk than his body from the of the slave master s the lash fell across his back � his back as white as that of any who read this page the blood from the wound which the cruel lash inflicted but not a word or a groan escaped from the pallid lips of the sufferer a dozen blows fell and though the flesh was terribly the of the soul was deeper and more severe stop said colonel long tom promptly obeyed the he evidently had no feeling about the brutal job and there was no sign of joy or sorrow in his countenance from first to last if he felt at all his experience had effectually him in the difficult art of concealing his emotions take him down added the who as he gazed upon the torn and flesh of the victim seemed to feel that the had washed away the offence during the punishment master had be by watch and wait oe no small degree of emotion and before the driver had struck the sixth blow he had asked his father in a whisper to stay the hand of the negro he had several times repeated the request but colonel was till the crime had in his opinion been fully long tom the and the body of the dropped to the ground as though the vital spark had for ever fled from its de boy fainted said the driver i see he has replied the with some evidence of emotion in his tones as he bent over the prostrate form of the boy to ascertain if more was not done than had been intended he felt the pulse of and satisfied himself that he was not dead we must do him the justice to say that he was sorry for what had happened � sorry as a kind parent is when to punish a dear child he did not believe that he had done wrong even accepting as true the statement of the for the safety of the master and by the young his family made it necessary for him to regard 