Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-04-02

dannuh WsstbrOok, If 20 be found in
my county, and her SAFELY to, keep SO
that ! should have her before the
Judges Of the next circuit for a debt
she owed; and morn that, it said i
was 70 do,it without delay and II was
nigh on five months till court! what,
was ! to do. with her all that time, and,
Inc sign Of q jail in the county! /, II.
.sWell, it was q hard looking case.
but that was simply aform. and the
writ might have been served by lea.
wing q copy with the lady. 100
"Oh. j know that very well now,
hut ! didn't know it then. Besides,
ct the bottom of the paper. was writ
l"No bail" and j know now what
them words mean, mo bail required
lbnt thought then that It meant that
lii were to offer the best security
in the State, ] warn't to take 1t. And
tit was the construction that Stokes
land Lumkin both put on It; and the
old Squire went 90 far tas to Say, efhe
Twas Sheriff he'd take that woman and
carry her home, and lock her up in q
small room with himself and wife
every night ontil court came around y
That would have made itperfect-
lly safe" 49,, .
Yes said Stubs, shut I know'd
THAT wouldn't suit me, for my. wife
l(that was then) was high tempered,
Pand never could bear strange people
| in her room. But, however, after
lcounsellin'II got Stokes 10 90 with me
land ! went up to the wilder and told
imy business. She was mighty bad
scared at first, but when che got over
THAT she rared and pitched. 1shonld
lust q gin ont, and gone home and re.
iGgned, but Stokes quieted her, sayin'
that he would put her in Jail, but Ell
she behaved herself. we'd only take
her. down to my house and lei her stay
ltill court. Then she Turned into cry
fin' AMI Begin me to take her niger
woman and keep her, for security for
the debt. which was only something
over one hundred dollars, and the ne
gro was likely. But / took my paper
land read it ont % her-to take the
body Of Hannah Westbfook. M.
"She said she'd go, and she hadthe
old roam horse saddled up, and while
Stokes and me were talkin' and not
noticin' she mounted him, and start,
lei off iii q lively canter, on the Geor-
gia end Of the track. We monnted
and galloped after her, and she hadn't
lgot halfa mile before we had her
Then she cried and begged again, but
we put plow-line round her waist
AMI held the end. and, after lettin', her
give some directions to the Niger, j
took heridown to my house. N.Y.
wife treated her mighty civil, and
every day or two we'd let her. 20 ub
hum anil look after the consarns. Sd
time rolled on till about a month bel
| fore court, and one day Stokes rod
up to the gate in aFpoworfnl hurry
| and called me out" y 'i ..s Il
You've played thunder" said hdI
| IN HewW said ] q ...s4,. III
why. think of Mrs. Westbrooi
It's all wrong, and she's sent. dow
twpr1 TO the very lawyer that put o.
that writ against her, and she's @ I
two against you; one TO make yt |
ltnrfi her loose. and the other to MAE
fyon pay twenty thousand dollars tr
Itakin' her" -. /. s !. ...:-y..s
| II shan't serve them. says /. |
II Makes no ndds they've done p |
| pointe ! Q curriner (coriner and bill
be MP to.inorrow, soon as Mrs. wy
brook has . chance Of swearingto
somethin' You'd better look OF. |
well" said ]: Fl reckon They've |
got you too. fou was along hd
helped 10 do u. - 80 z, ~ ~ w !
s'Oh. yes said he, shut they've
| gotme for . wltnessla SyeT
Il said no more. but went intfhel
house, and found the widder lodin'l
mighty pleased Z -, sad .. tod i'd her sae
and shOuidn't charge her. any bdT,l
and hoped she'd come and see mJold
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