The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-04-26

Both the gals bushed d,edful, and Mr..
Byers took good heart, laugh.
mo, Il amt for that" ses he. ole
fact. rs q mons,rous conspicuous place,
and rp'es the looks Of the FIRE place, and
bolhers The gals terribly. But. Sir, that.
one of the creates, sugcr.holes that eser
was bored y
Thinks I, what 10 thunder. in that au.
ger.hale mofe'n any o,h.rl ard 60, 20
ard io"ked at /, close. The Ssy the gals
did laugh.
Il was a t~o-iuch suger hole. aud about
three inches deep
~ don's see ANYTHING bu, common au.
ger hole" see putting INV finger into ii.
"Well. S,r." .,Id Mr.. B,ers, "that al.
ger hole Is worth ioriin 20 me, and don,
b,cye sl the money IN Grorsm could hu,
II from this family. Could II, old ~urpsn r.
ses he, chuck,n hss Old ~iie under the hin,
who had laid her nitlin 10 her lap, AID wa.
lookin at the auget hnle Nth n smi,u on
her isce that msdr her LUX slnos, az
hahdsum as her daughters.
No" scs she (; ",bai ugly sugrr hole
has b. en- q bir-sin To US tndred :" bud
thought | seed q ,esr s'and,n ~ her eye,
snd her voice sort % tfeniiled.
Nv tbs lime my curiosity WAS up to y
terrible pitch. 10 kno~ wha: was the mys.
terry abou. tha, suger hoe.
What's about a" ses "ihat makes II
worth mote'n any other augrr hoe 7"
Swell. IN tell You" .rs Nj. Byers,
hooking the o.hes uu, ., hts pipe aGd hand
IN il 10 bis ,oungc-, daughter 10 po, It
eway. That spgo, hoe has b en the
earthly salvation of ,hs lsnily. H. now
fifteen years sense secuted 90 lhis place
cum he,e from Ba kc county, ~hat |
enoe owned one OF The best cotton piauia
ti5gs IA the State, aud as likely set o
uigsers as was TO be found any whar. |
old Burke. when | vas young man every
body used to keep SPIRITS "a their houses,
and Il was common thing 20 ,rea, one.
friends With good glass Of ioddy whenever
they cum TO see Us. and 10 gave the iami,
bnicrs all round 10 The mofaing. nerdn'
hhrdly tell ynn iha, saan got iskia lor
duGk, and that df,nk soon GOT the btiei
bf ne, aud that the eud wss, vas fufnru
man, before my Oldest daugh'er thst Vas
five yeafs Of age. was cold nu, by he
Sheriff. got kind Of an ,dee 10 my hid
,hst the world ciin'l.use me right. aud thai
Their VAS 10 use 10 my iiyin 10 al along M
no hoa 60 The only satisfaction had vas
to dunk Ike beast. | whs a misetab,
dev,l then, aud used TO make every 1nr
miserable abuu, me--
Mrs. Byers pul her hand TO her face "a
hide tear that sas rolln dosn her checks
and The gals slapped Their n'iiIu, nd so'
thar end looked 10 the fise without sayln >
word.
-" Nv ~lfe had q lille cum;n 10 her
from her fathers estate, and her friend,
made out TO save enough from my debts 10
move US up here and buy this little place
aud promised 10 do better when got ouI
OF NY old hanis. Or beginnin here vas
a monslfous poor one: bot ~lte's spirit
wasb', broke yet, and my boy was eltin
big enuif to help the little so We went 10
work to build up ne~ home in The woods
10 good earnest. We vent on Tor While
very welI al one day went to town 10 The
election, and thar 20, drunk, and ddn'i
come home for three days, I'LL they all
thorghi | ~ss murdered. and sent NV lutle
boy 10 try TO find me. When come home
| eli monsttuus bad; had broke all IN,
promises, and couldn't bear to look OF NY
poor wife 10 the face. Blu, she lotgis me
and promised ngin. THIS time ! made
out 20 20 TO town twice and cum home So.
Der, but the b,rd time got drunk, and got
mo figh, which hike To cost me nv life.
Well, after my ~ite nufsed me Up aetn. !
thought | never would touch another drsp
of iniernal spiri.. aud | dldD't for bout
th ee months. O,e day | went In town
with my horses aud wagon 10 sell load OF
fodder. | cold The fodder and pot the mo
ney, and the msn | sold Il too sed | must
take a glass With hun On the bitgsin.
Well, huCg out !or while. but he stuck
TO he SO hard that bimeb, | eve IN. aud
We tuck lwo Or three drinks. The next
thing ] kno~ed Of myself walked up IN a
shuck pen about a mile from ,o"n on nv
way home. Wagon aud horses. and nit
NY money was gnne, mud even nv Goa, snd
shoes ~er Mis-in. Some Of The MuriehIes
iha, used To ba about here, m doubt cum
across me so dtu ,ha d,dn', know whar
nor who ] sas, aud l-,i cleaned ne out Of
everything | had, aud pu, me IN a shuck.
pen to keep the hogs from es,ln me.
"When my wife and boy cum and found
mo in tina, shuck. peo. II III had weapon OF
any kind about me, do bieve I'd tuck my
oxn lie on the SPOT. Blu, they got me
home and put me to bed, ehar lard about
week, waitn 20 die sotse'n I'D ever
wanted to GIT well before. But Sally, she
stuck by the, and nU,sed me, aud watched
me, and talked encoUragln TO me, nl ! was
able TO CT about sain. kuo~'J 1t was no
use for me to promise any more to her, and
she never ax'd me to. That made inc teei
moosisous bad, and I tried to think wha. |
could do TO make her have confidence in me
sg'n. Oae night while | was suck the