Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-07-10

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II pRTyEI Us IERoa Our RosImos LACKS
q s-S a4T So nE siIoI9E ET1 'SIeI e
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! suddenly disappearing. beneath the water
REe2tliis was The eBarfaT of the slavs-thihs
Fthestask imposedon Gcdoy by Bis wfsteh.
skedR Rwifeil & al tGsmsqoisSsb Ell 10 sSnHis
Ji;wT The T9hs negroes made inquiry for thes girl
4 for few days, but, soon ,refrained from
fear. and the bayou Kept It's secret. But
we may be asufe that a Subject Of 50 much
Nkmystery:l ldid nots cease long to occupy
theig ig;simple; and superstitious. mind sadi
|, Godoyo yaab ~ now n, absent Efrom home
1'birth Of his child, which when, it Occurred
! Ire bhardly1 kneWai whether 70 'iiejjoiee 81
Observation-Disclosures fpfesentedg him IRON,
deserving it entirely. He,sisitet the city
frequently for the eisakeseft piay4audy when
not thus engaged was besotted and dead
feheds With drink. His hands at the plan
tadon tiardly raised enohfgsh FOR 'their' 4 own own
spppqrt, spar rtsof fthemtwere sold aand from
hths gepsEa couFssSef his dhie, lit bwascbe>
lieyed that hesYy mortgages covered the
estate. SHll he kept playing in the hope
0fTedeemfng his fosses, and realizing be-.
sides asdffioient isdmuto Justify the re mo.
4 val of,the .eh ild1to ona distant State!s! A seL
parationf swssi earnestly desired BY both
Godoy and his, wife. but the child was the
obstacle. He. was a man of naturally
strong affections: and duty and affection
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that he should no:
leave the guard Ianshiplto the mother
Little Charlie WAS a iair>headed intellis
gent boy now OF two years and upwards,
his fathers constant companion when at
home, riding before him winning his IA
theirs heart by'childish prattle and his af.
fectionate. disposition. - 81,
Godoy had been absent for a fortnight.
AT last. fortune had turned up even, with
him and he hurried home,. elate with the
possession OF means Of rescuipg. his dar-
ling boy. He hurried into embface him
Immediately, on arrival. His wifeaookno
notice of his entrance ,but lie sought only
little Charlie. who was not there. ,,os.
'Dinah.? he said to the servant, where's
Charlie q. - .N ts1
I dunno. SIR ip that detestably stupid
and indifferent Manner which if not ma
tural the slaves can assume. .gFr
Where did you see him last %
amt seen him some time
He searched through The house. ran
ask for him. but all his search was in; vain.
AT last. one Of the old negroes, in sor>
rowful tone. addressed -
/" Mass Massa Lewis, look looken for
for young massa 2" -" E.a@-
| Yes" ..------------.
{" aint seen him, since you we're of
Massa. None Of us seen him 'cept two
women. Toms wife and Black Nance
they seen him yesterday, massa-oyer
yonder in the patch-but he wouldn't
| come home and missus told us MOTTO hurt
him. Use feared something is gwine, to
happen, massa, Use drefful feared.'"'fr
Godoy mounted his, horse and gallopeds
over TO the hands. The two women were
among them. They had all Worked alone
all the morningtand part of'the afternoon
it was now nearly night--=w here they
had seen him the day, before, at the same
hour as the previous one, little. Charlie,
appeared coming out Of the woods and
approaching;them.s 'Ts - 10" y~~ o.
! !" He had bisanew frock on; Miss, q enls
tnie, buy at de Bend: and he trowed1out
bis hands to keep him from, calling. and
his face white as de ashes. Or ! massa
Lewis he's DEAD sure p'A' a. '''"0 '''' 81
AS il he did not realize atbis apparftionA
to be but negroes superstition, Godoy
EtoIdl, the woman, Joe go With himzto the
tPlace In order to see if they could disrov-.
er tEe tracks, and all The other ne,,
fgroes followed hini!9 ofhey went. as near
as they oohhnpOing edt.dahd cdfsfHonntsd
fahd looked caEefellg qFeundfor the footS'
EPfi9ttfs,;; itf,;. Probably his mind was so dis
tutb bed that he was not conscious ofaths
| strangeness' Of his proceeding.
% '0h mAssa e cried the woman 'Massa
Charlie 5, aal spitit--=and 'dey leave mo
tracks WHERE tdey goes, Iseen4 him iandr
Nance seen him and jis right here. Mass
sa and now dar's no more signs OF. him.
Fthani il he Rant been here o Lord -
O Lord ~ Igsd g S1:'4Ho - .h'a4S
| And she went on crying o Lorstaaa O.
Lord louder and-more-EapidIy. tiII it en-.
ded in ina q Rr9l9ngsd aaud-- piercing, ashriek.
and she fell fsIptipg on the, sgregna,-
| The others now convinced that old.
womans had As sesn d spitit, 'ssTa even 1if
they doubtedyH before; and catching the'
contsgipa simultaneously began qtos cry
70 L2faI Q, Lord ,to sthe aheaYen, and
is,confuSed voices shTieked. ,for. mercy ga
hundred forms %ithsred IN the paroxisms
offear and hundred faces were turned
1!dePendently. suppfcating 10 Godoy. him:
self less faRties bntsmoFe intensely agis'
taled than ntheYs He mounted again and
Igalloped towards, ,the. house, The negroes
turning pelI I:mefl, for their knees would
I hardly h6H them, Broke after him fast as
they could sa' sissss=qs' h'f' t
\ He went into his arooni ahd. did no.