Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-04-10

fullest massa, and know he won't let me larn.
So, when see little massa wild de book The
about six year old,) say, What you call dat?
He tell me dat is A. Oh, dat is A! So take
old newspaper, and l ak missls, May hab dis
to rub my brasses? She say yes. Tput it in
my pocket, and by'm bye look to see if find
A and look at him till know him berry well.
Den | ask my young massa, What you call dat
He say dat is B. So find him on my paper,
and look at him till know him berry well. Den
| ask my young massa What A T, spell?-
He tell me cat. Den, after great long time, I
can read de newspaper. And what you tlnk
fnd dere? l read British going TO land Den
! tell all de boys British going to land; and l
say, What yon do, s'pose British land? When
| stand behind massa's chair, hear him talk.
and 1 tell all de boys what he say. Den Bob
say must hab Methodist meeting, and tell mas
sa, Tom going to preach in de woods. But what
you tink did toder day? You know jim, mas
sa Gubernor's boy! We'll, want mighty bad
to let Jim know British going to land. But he
lib ten mile off, and ole boss no let me CO.
Well, massa Gubernor he come dine my massa's
house and bring de horse to de gate; and l
make my bow, aud say, Massa Gubenor, how
Jim do? He tell me Jim berry well. Den ak
him, Be Jim good boy? He say yes. Den |
tell him Jim and leetle boy togeder; and |
want mighty bad send Jim something. He tell
me Jim hab enough of ebery ting. Oh, yes
massa Gubernor, l know you berry good mas8a,
and Jim hab cherry ting he want but when lee
tie boy togedor, dere IS always something here,
laying his hand on his heart want to send
leete backy to jim, know he hab much backy
he want; but Jim and leettle boy togeder, and
| want to send Jim something, Massa Guber
ner say, berry well, Jack. So I glib him de berry
bit o newspaper dat tell British going to land.
And Massa Gubernor himself carry !"
He clapped his hands, kicked up his heels,
and turned somersets like a harlequin. These
demonstrations were received with loud shouts
of merriment; and it was some time before sut-
fclent order was restored to proceed with the
question under discussion.
After various scenes of fiery indignation, gen.
u tie expostuation, and boistrous mrth, it was fl
i nally decided, by considerable majority, that
in case the British landed, they would take their
: freedom ,Uithoh numbering their masters not a
X few, however, went away in wrathfu mood, NUT
d" tering curses deep.
% With thankluIness to Heaven, Mr.. Duncan
d again found himself in the open field, alone will
% the stars. Their glorious beauty seemed to hin
Is that night clothed in new and awful power
II Groups of shrubbery took to themselves start
ling forms and the sound of the wind anon
the trees was like the unsheathing of swords
~ Again he reeprred saxoa history, and tonorl
y bered how he had thought that troubled must b
~ the sleep of those who rule conquered people
- A new significance seemed given to Wat Ty
u ers address to the insurgent laborers ofh8 day
" an emphatic and most unweIcome appIicatio
- of his indignant question, why serfs should to-
u unpaid, in wind and sun, that lords might slee
!" on down. and embroider their garments wit
u pearl.
I'D "And these Robin Hoods and Wat Tyler
were my Saxon ancestors" thought he. "Wh
= shall so balance effects and causes, as to decid
- what portion of my present freedom sprung fror
'e their seemingly defeated efforts? Was tn
Ie place saw tonight, in such wild and fearfu
beauty, like the haunts of the Saron Robi
i Hoods Was not the spirit that cleaned fort
u as brave as theirs? And who shall calculat
= what even such hopeless endeavors may do 70
y the future freedom of this down-trodden race !?
T. These cogitations did not, SO far as | eve
m heard, lead to the omanci patton of his bondmen
$ but they did prevent his revealing secret
Of which would have brought hundreds to an imme
diate and violent DEATH After a painful con
ID iict, between contending feelings and duties
II he contented himself with advising the magis
g trates to forbid all meetings whatsoever anon!
/ the coored people until the war was ended.
le He visited Boston several years after, and toll
OF the story to gentleman who often repeated
lie in the circle of his friends In brief outline
reached my ears. have told it truly, with SOM
/ filing up by Imagination some additional garni
OF ture of language, and the adoption of fctitiou
- names, because have forgotten the real ones.