The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-10-30


hear. hut ri this ,ndii,ht Iii, wifi. lcau,e
r"nn,l the stern of the cabin. iithoupht she
had heard the conversation. Tor the usual
'nslpid smile WAS replaced by n slightly
contracted cAprcssi,n on her dai K brow. an,j
her Voice sounded more as il i, were ,he M, !.
t.ranee of q soul conscious Of Ills own identity.
ahd rrqun emrnts. as she said, John. will
YOU eo'ne and help me git to the big clisi.
'he cal.ta has had soilir truck put ON it,
Wall. You amt a baby, I reckon, thai,
YOU cant tote il. sumewbar else was the
amiable reply. ,I~. a-. .s, ~"
'BnutlHr's sncli . heap Of it, answered
the poor girl, unwilling 10 be wholly refused
SO early, tool lr.s} III. ,,,ft
What if thar is heap. Tote away ten,
ar ffceh minutes, aud thar went lie So
iHueh.' ts...a.a..
She turned away without, upolhcr word.
'vul as she passed the open window, saw.
her wiping nv: eyes mih the cninciS Of her
calico apron. IL WAS The most huurnT. man.
iteslali"n had seen in her. Nolwirls,and.
i"g The int, nse disgust felt for the base
hearted ,yr;nt who stood before me, | was
coii>train-d To- make one inuie effort ON Inc
half "f his victim. ! said. therefore. .,s gent
~ ~ | cou!d'slprak, that il Wis NOT custom
ay 10 treat tr,nal.s SO in our country !. tha,
81 man w"uid be pronornccd "a brute uh,
would refuse To- render OF procure assistance
for u Woman under like circumstances, even
II she were his ser,aut, and such con,luc.
was s,il more ahlorrent tow ard u " ife.
'Nall, ] rcrkon the Yankees may do q,
they like about them things, and shall do
jist the same. don't think woinan's OF
much account anvhow,' if She can't hclr her.
self a li'll, and me too Ifihe Yankee wa.
men was raised up like tie Dome7s here aar.
they'd cos; a heap less and h. worth mo,..'
p This WAS the old key again. lie WAS
h"pelessly benigh,cd aud brulitied. Ills red
flannel bosom aul dark f,ce inspired strong.
cr aversion than ever, and turned away,
saying that trusted his wife would agree
with INN III these opinions, or they NIGH:
lead TO some unpleasant differences. ...
oh, ~ TO ihat,' said he, Il reckon her
'lini"nS won't g" fur anyhow she'll think
reity much ~ do, or not at ALL
The beast! | exclaimed mentally and sat
down in the cabin porleiing on the iucrc,li
he b, ula'i,y ut such opinions in n civilized
niail, when the wife caur in. She had jus;
returned from her visit 10 the big chisl. p
iI'iS was Iio " iEtlli tue eN-
preston ct her face, that slc had heard the
conversation, and understood come part uf
1t, too. left her To her own choice, wheth-
=, To speak If il or not. ....
After IL few minutes shc said, i reckon
you'll think john talks hanl about wom.n.'
l replied, that il WIS quite unusual t find
persons who thought as he did.
'W,li,' said the faithful creature, i reckon
he dou't think IL, bad 1,s lie says : but her
sutfuSci eyes more than half con,radicisd
her tongue.
There's loo much Of the true woinaD in
her for this brute, notwithstanding her Ign
rance and Stiffness, thought j. It's an ab>,,.
lutte v aisle Of some of the fairest material,
that compose human nature 10 throw lieI
away to ibis selfish animal. a
How long have you been married I
asked.
Two weeks, yesterday ahe replied. the
blood mantling through, her dark cheek and
brow. r..
( Had you been long acquainted y ..
This question uliseae'i her tongue, and
without waiting further inquiry, she ian Oh
with her story.
No. | rever seed him but three or foui
times. We were new corners in the settle.
ment whar his fikslived, and nobody know.
ed when he came back that lie wanted 10
gil II woman to take with him. lie come
to our house once after night, aud him and
the old man had long talk out doors, and
finally he CONE in and strpt little, and
went oil. The next day dad ast ine how IL
~. LIE 10 come to ln..iaieei / didn't take lis
meanin' tightly, but John come agair aforc
long aud then lie ast mc. told him III
i:%etn twas good country, but | liked il
well enough thar. Their he sad the old
man had ioid him shat he might have me TO
20 back with him it MAS willin' io il, aud
~ allowed would be. 80 after Two oi
three weeks, We got married aud pat right
of f;r liis place. o. .r = Il
'Apd You expect to be happier in i',e new
home than you were with your father aud
mother 7 y, - .sto
i hain't calculated ,nuch about that; but
| reckon III want to see them and the young
ones little, Till get broke in.'
could scarce frbcar - laugh at the sig
nificancy of this rude expression. IL was =
common one, with her, but described the
process before her more forcibly than the
,i,osi elegant language. There was no hope
fo- he, but ~ seitle INTO her slavery, and
wear the sliackles, if possible. without chaiug
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