The St. Landry whig., 1845-08-07

Ne nau eur horses pAt away, we thought we
wonid go on foot; We speIti that dry md killed
y good deal of game; on the second day ne puf
TO hunt again; but T commenced studying aLout
home, yet wehai So. Tsknew nv faibsf would be
angry with me Tor not coming home sooner. for
ne would always acold me when would ao III.
and stay over my time. / always locked fof
scoiding Wlhlen / would return home, ana / had
got SO many seedlings befsress I did not ike ~
go home. | was fearful Of something eIse. ater
9 while; but on that day,I thonghtif had over
staid my time. | would 60 hons and 1T him
say what he would to me, for / had taken care
o. ~ my fathers money. 0nthe third dag, afos
alisher,# = thought wouldgo hofne / did nnt
nave much 70 say 70 my schocI.mate. He ask
CT me what was the reason 4 wolidspot falhr
more; told him was studying about EAasne: fhak
had ~oyesstaid mytims with Ill ana Tknsw Nd
father would Dc angry With me f5r not coming
home sooner. ordered my horss caught.
| studiedt 70 myself then what 4 should say to
my tather, Il h asked me whyI did not come
sooner. | thonght he would ask me ff / would
gut MS business 70 go A hunting with other
boys, ! studied II an overto myselfand thonpht
how mad my father would be. Ii popped into.
my mind u leave for Mississippi. + did moi lfke
70 go off with all the money | had, for I knew
my father well, and knew he would be very mad
with me, hut Inade up IA mind IN twenty min.
utes 70 start dor Mississippi, to see my old
schpolsnaate Gabrielle. L told Thomas d. eood
bye;she thought I was goinu home: / did nj sav
one word to him about where I was ,soinD
zen; went over Hin'ssFerfy oil Roanoake River.
! Wento to Enfield, aud there Isod NV horse:
wrote back 10 5fatller | was al; for Mlssissippi.
and told him had soldlny horse. and would leave
that night in the stage; ] wrote him | had some
S2l7 Of his money, but | knew he had double
that OF mine in his possession, the property which
came to me by my mother, ia wrote to him not
70 be mad with me, for he knew my wish was
%toleayc home. ! knew | was not Of age, and
could not get hold of my property; but that night
the stage started and | left with ii. travelled
ahoutthree days; kept studying about homo,
about my father and my old grandmother, how
uneasy they would be, aud thought about ill
my old school Inmates, how they would gfieva after
me; they all thoughtso highly ofme.a md Iofthem.
l studied so much about all Of my companions,
my tather, and my grandmother, thatI could not
rest. II went very hard with me to travelin tho
stage Tor 4 had togonight and day, aud Ind no
wa 70 sleep; but 1 travelled until reached the
Mississippi, Madison county. The stage stop.
ped IN alittle town blythe name Of MaaisonyiIle.
There ! left the stnge. / remained there some
two OF three days resting; but my mind was com.
picteiy full of trouble studying about home, aIl
The time thinking how | left all my schoof.mates
behind, and WAS there in a strange c~ountrytg
Oh, how unhappy | felt Think ofmy situation.
! knewsno person, and no person knew mo-. On
the third day | commenced enquiring about q.
mongst the people to see If 1 could not find my
old school.niatc, Gabriel j. I met d gentleman
that could tell me allabopt him, and several 9th
~ers,that had moved from N. q. to that State. This
gentleman spoke of Mr.. f., the man | wished,o
have come out with from N. O.; he was living
about AZ miles from Madisonyille. ~thoughtI
would 60 and see him first, because | was near
est 10 him. | hired a horse TO 20 on. In this
time my money was growing short. / went on
to Mr.. +. that day; he was very glad to SEQ me;
he thought my father had sent me to that State to
purchase land, but told him not; i had come
there olive. The next dry | had to no and
aSrry this hired horse home, for / was paving
two dollars and a half per day for the hire Of
him; Mr.. i. went with me to, Madison 10 take
the horse home and to bring mo back to his
house,which he did: this was. in March, 1886. L
remained there some two or three weeks hunting
deer and turkeys, with n young man by the
name Of X. A.; he was n fine man and delighted
very much IN hunting; as for my partthen was
not acquainted with hunting for large game, and
the idea Of killfug lieor, | thought would be somc-
thing grcatt to write back to N. c., hut being u
green hand could kill none. | killed a great
deal OF other game sSch as | had been in the
habitof killing in m, q. L become tired ofhun.
ting, and thought | would set out md see my
friend Gabriel; he lived about ls miles from Mr..
II. and he loaned me u mule 10 ride 10 see nv
friend. ] sarted on the mule, but did not like
lthe idea of riding mule, for | had always rode
ia fine horse when ! was with my father; but rode
on until | reached where my friend Gabriel liv.
ed; ! found him at his business, attending to
about 65 hands for 300 per year. | thought
that was poor business at that time, for cotton
was selling from IS 10 30 cts. Gabriel was very
glad to see me. He was living with three ofbis
cousins; they had put their negroes together, and
all three were in partnership, and Gabriel was
employed to attend to the business. ] stud all
/ night with Gabriel and his cousins; the men had
moved from M. g. about A years back; | knew
them and they knew my father very well, and
\ they appeared 70 be very kind 70 me.
The next day, Gabriel and myself sci out 10
hun, some business for me 10 70 al; he recon.
q fnendet me to follow overseeing; thatlhere was
more money to be made al that business than
any other, thought myself but / stNA thought
my friend Gabriel was doing but poor business,
70 attend to 65 hands for 1900, but did not tell
i him So; we went on that day to hunt business
III fir ne Gabriel made oil the enquiry ofthe
VI people about business for me, as / was a stran .
g2r, aud he Ind been living there forabout two
Eaafs, aud had become pretty well acquainted
l with the people we went on after awhile we
Y heard oi d man by the natne ofMr. O.; he wish
$ ed TO employ some person 10 attend 10 his bu-
} %sincss; Gabriel did al the talking | listened /;
d Gabriel asked Mr.. C.what would he give per
month, and told him was an old school mate Of
his from NJ. O., and he would be glad if | could
: get business, and he thought l would suit him.
9 Mr.. g. asked me i'll ever had followed over.