The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-04-18
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les, yes she sent ior me- anu 'oiu me- aoSls
ing me to get the child out Of the State but lord
poor baby. where can send her, alone and unpro
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hnd VINO Is her owner
Major Somervilie"
"And who are her parents 7"
aHis slaves Harriet and George
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But the particulars for Gods sake give M
the particulars!D
aw.u than this IA II You remamber affe,
60 .,,y
! my ny. oreeA oiass
Yes"
How ! came Rome one ev nihr' ana iou"a ~
one mere ous you, VIM Noe4
les, yesi ana remetnoer your agi'a'iOn'
Weil, m,gns DC ag''a'eu
wen wen Nj,
nau pesn Jimmy VIII Myo' ovI'. .i ., a,',
and sat with him smoking our pipes until the sur
go' iowI0Ty Tow, nen lap penoa ~ VII" i
my GreeA CLASS, uau s.s,.ou ~ oOn,e aVme.
paced down tne steep OF the rags, anu .urno,
,h'o 'Ie ueeP ".,i 'n"s N's -. oN - ~.
mouse hili ana 'ne river ne oo'soni =. W.,
gieh ,ne woous arc very .nioA, .ue - ,y.. u,a.
ana tne'r oranch.s lnve'ps oser
WIN 'he very h'en hii9 aior"1 Gu" ,:'I.u.A =,
throw the pain INTO oeep snauo~' NE h'sa' "a a.
noon. wen, naa reacheu 'he niauie VI WV
glen when overlook oiu Nancy jumper I'M
MIDWIFE"
Nate jumper "ni'e avn.
fS-"en' Ene was r'ulns elo"iy "IoNs -
her mule. oh she an ug'y horror' III nc niu
eous than her niece Nate
Yes! wei
=" The path was SO nSffo~'eha conld noe pas
her. She turned Mt the sound OF my horses ieet
aNSe gold Good evening, master Good eve.
ming, Nancy replied. "fS"is Zoe, MASTER
My daughter is well, ! answered, not liking her
fsmiliarity and silence ensued Stiii we had
to keep company on the road AT last, without
turning her head, she asked, What day is this
master Il The fifteenth of April, thought
SO. This reminds me of this day seventeen ears
agoI, sWby7, INQUIRED | with some interest
remembering her calling, and knowing that ii
was the 6fteenth of April seventeen years ago
that Zoe was found ON nv porch. Because she
renlied something strange happened to me in
tbs Glen unon that very night, what was it.
them, asked
NOW NV aon Rrutus. I will give YOU the
story in her own words:
az Well master. that Friday the first of April
air,v in the morning I had been called upon tc
wait ON ladv mn in Rappahannock county II
was a mortal had case--ope of the worst of cases
and Kent me there till near midnight. afore
all was over would a staid all night. but
Il was HE for rain and memorized that my bed
roam windows was left opeu So when | had
seen the lady and the child comfortable, sets of
for home. atween eleven and twelve o'clock
! wan. sfssrd for I never memorizs seeing
noth;nL more worser than myself, Likely not.
said I No. sir much as have been called up
at all hours of the night to travel through the
most lonesomest places, | never seen nothink more
worser than myself-so | want afesrd SO me
and Jiuny-not this jimmy Pm riding Of now,
but her mother-so Jimmy and me come along
slow like. down this deep. narrow path, where
YOU see it is dark enough in the daytime but in
a cloudy Midnight it is the most darkest place
as ever was hern tell on! Well, Jimmy and me
we was coming through this black hollow, wher
We got into the midst OF the blackness jimmy
she started, driv' her feet plump into the ground
and stood stock still seen nothink in the dark
and sure as Pm livin' sinner, master, thought
Jimmy seen q sperrit! Now, ! amt afeard Of
ncthink in the brute form, nor yet in the humar
form, but must say as how Pm afeard o. sperrits
specially black ones. bursted all over in persp
ration, just as If had been drinking of sweat
and said, In the name of the angels, and OF
the saints, aud off the devils, what do you want
Are you Granny Jumper y says gruff voice
says H. Says |, Yes Well, you're wanted t.
go TO lady. have been at your house to look
for you, and come from there to meet you, as Tho
gal said you'd sure to be coming home Then
he-it was he-comes up close to me and says
~ A.! - k,..,,, E.x
used to SIGH, says |. "A young lady who has
been privately married - Without being
beholden to the parson,' says !. You are al
fault; but this must be kept a secret, and you
shall he paid we'll, says he But, Granny says
he, you must be blndfolded Il WON'T said l.
Granny, do you know guinea when you feel
it - Yes says !. Here are two suiier me
to bindfold you and you shall have hve more
when the affair is over Well thinks ], the
blessed fool may blindfold me, but it will go hard
if don't know the road he's takin OF me-
SO | let the man blindfold me, and then he LED
my mule down that path ana made a circle 70
fool me, and took me oy another pain s'ralgI, !,
up the Crsgs. kept the genera r1u'o Ns'
enough linen we stoPs-aogs oarss-he eP'aAs
to them and they hashes sen NC ne,ps Inc
down, and taxes my arm anu uraws 1uIousn
hisen. Well, when was SO close 70 MIN l knows
~ zoo s,.L a.. ID ,hronoh a roo,,
lie takes me through door' ana tnrouena iooln,
aud through another door, ana up ngn' VI
stairs on the left hand, ana INTO a room on inc
right. Here he took the 6andage IRON my Eye
and he nights wen nave lei. ~ on' n1 .yV ~
was rayther darklsn' ne leu INC 1p ~ D.u 40
was curtained was no Sh snv hasn
into the room Gn. ys' a'e, sne ~ we" e. 90,
and even then ala not see 'ne mo'a1 $500 nae' To-
she concealed ne woman "a osSos1s e ND
light IN had ner lace Iusa !, an, WITH the
sne .ook inc Jay. a - ,hadarr c,,ps ,ba same
hgn' also anu .uen, ~, &C. ,n;neas IN nv
man, anu ohnu'olo'ns n' PWau Ne toot me- nv
hand, and took me away weli nc TOOK ;s h1 W y,
sun ano'n,r roau, sh had s,onnsd nae We'll
the same elen ~u'se 10 10 a. dswn rbsn oot home
was very n'sn On u, ~ " hen than am now