Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-02-02

"True yours Is the undonbted right to
increase or diminish the number Of
household servants at pleasure, but Mary
do not rank as slave but as an
equal; to which she is as much entitled
as yourself. Part with Mary sooner
part with my own son."
81 presume my DEAR replied the lady
"that it IS perfectly understood by you
that shall consult no ones feelings but
my own, in reference to my own affairs.
Have you given to her a law full freedom?
/ wish you to bear It in mind that Mary
must leave within one week--or / mil
! IF can do no better shall take the
trouble TO send her down to Texas on to
a plantation.'
"And if remain one week longer
with this iiend, this steel enters her heart
or minc,' exclaimed Mary, stepping into
the room, drawing from her bosom at the
same time, bright stiIletto, and address
her master.
"Wby Mary, are you mad!' exclaim-
ed the astonished planter, "whai in flea-
ven's name is the meaning of this!'
"Mad " returned she energetically,
every feature betrayng determined and
even desperate purpose. Mad have
endured wrongs to drive an angel to des-
peration have borne this ,.oman's III
suits as long as poor human nature can
hold out. have been struck like dog
been spit upon, and to clap He climax
se,,, oy her orders to the whipping post
to be foggcd like dumb brute and for
nothing but TO crafty spirit so Gcndi5h
that even the Prince Of darkness himself
would blush to own.
"Tell me, heartless, soulless per5ecu-
tor Of innocence" said she turning to
the half-tainllng Sonora, "woud not hca.
ven and my own conscience justify the
act of Kidding the earth Of such worth
less thing as thou %
"And you once my protector bat now
misguided man." said she again address
ing her master, chow have you discharg-
ed the solemn obligations imposed upon
, you by dying WIFE has that VOW, ut
{ tered in the presence Of angels, been
kept How viii You d9re to meet tha
sainted form, whose sacred memory yot
haye SO grossly abusej! say, will she 10
> lay to thy charge, the crime OF being
false to lhy truth
, leave the room,' lhuadered the cX.
cited planter, chow dare you adlress me
: thus?"
.Fiore would have been said, but tht
conscience smi,ten, the guilty man quail
ed beneath the piercing eye Of the qua
Aroon sla4a.
Not osty this rom, hut Eoforo to-
morrow's sun 4 leave my childhood S
home, never to return again alive" So
saying this high spirited gil. with firm
step left tie room.
As may be easily conjectured, after
such scene, LesIi experienced but Little
difficulty in pursuading the planter II
part with Mory.
The, re paired - the study where
Mary was called and the business sotilcd
Lesh had just comp ted his pureho C
when fourth person was announccd.-
He was man dressed in a sort ol hunt
ing garb, having around him rcd lcath-
f er belt, from which was suspended a
large dirk knife He was a heavy coarse
featured, faai5uy looking feiiow, with a
suporabundance Of matted red hair, his
dsrl, visage ornamented with two rows
of enormous whiskers, from botwccr
which cleaned one little gray eye, the
other by some nishap having been turn
ed back part before. Altogether his ap
pcarance was admirably suited to his pro
fession, that Of slaye-catcher.
"Wel! Collins" said the planter, ad
dressing this not very prepossessing per.
sonagc, "what has brought you up from
Texas Some very important business
doubtless y he continued soncwhat sar
cas,ically
"Why We see, " replied this rough spe
cimen of physical struclian,' Eye see
this niger catching business is gitiI
: deyilsh dull nowadays, so concluded Il
drop it at onst and go into the tradir
line"
Sand how have you succeeded
80 fust rate, got boat some money
and contract for niggcrs, went up river
and bought about dozen smart fellows
and yesterday came down to where the
Perkins plantation used to be-
| At the mention of Perkins, Nary who