The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-03-17

and repurchase adj her servants, with view Il
emancipation, making, as we understand, hi
success in this romantic, but whatever else W,
may predicate of it, amisbIe enterprise thu
condition of her ultimate acceptance of hi
hand" r3#iA
So, Mr.. Nardwell had had a reason for hi.
interminable questions. Why could not Her
man have fancied them sn6re adroitly? How
atrociously impertinent, lnur vexatious Hin
face was sufficient ans er to st. Dominique
Il thought as much. said he, with loath
ing emphasis. 81 La, who can't drink O
play! What were you-made for as the cate
chism says. An Abolitonistl Oh, On it'll
He spat emphatically, an9 beloved, " Ho, Abad
donl Fetch me something to rinse my mout
with-Jamaica rum, yoa- devil! Thought
you were going to take a.tright off to niggert
paradise, did you? Parsaise's a humEcan'
get there, and wouldn't ~ worth getting to /
You could On, d--an i niggers, give EN-
hell, always ready, Away. zeal, always near!
Throughout this speech, he raised the deep
bass OF his voice only Or Pc, and that was in
calling to his servant. O e could scarcely say
that there was any passior IN it, or in his look
but only the bitter ashes O passions, which had
burned themselves out. His cool malignity
was as much more hideo.s than the fury of a
violent man, as coldbfE Dded rattlesnake is
than raging catamOunt-
Twill you allow me taaree the man (? " said
Herman, without the slik test expectation that
he would. ri
With the greatest p asure, sir" said St
Dominique, turning ups him with bow
Ho, Abaddon, call Beesfebnb."
Is he going to take unf3 himself seven spirits
worse than himself? " thos sht Herman where
will he 60 to find them
Beelzebub soon appe ed, as is the custom
OF hends when called !: "This gentleman
wishes to have the pleae re of making scape-
goats acquaintance. } a will go down with
him to the quarter, atte-l him while he stays,
see him out of the gate, nd then unchain Ger,
| berus. Give him any profitable information
that you can. He is nc doubt engaged in wri-
ting book upon our institutions. He will
see them in perfection pre-, and perhaps he
will have the goodness 4 make honorable men,
ton of u.s." All this V evidently leveled at
Herman, who could sea --ely help knocking him
down. "Take down a collar with you,' con.
tinued st. Dominique. and THE conclu-
sion of the sentence wa. inaudibe.
An den take it off, Thas'r?"
"Take it off when yo1're ordered, you-jail-
bird Good-day, sir" said he, with another
mock reverence to Herman. He turned and
went up stairs; and Herman, turning himself
after he left the house, and looking back, to
such home, of such man, saw him lounging4
and swinging himself % and fro, in nautical
fashion, with his hands in his pockets, in his,
high balcony as il j. nd been quarterback,
and looking after Hermah.
At the distance of siearly sixteenth Of a
mile from the house, saith their doors open
towards it, stood eight abins, or rather pens,
built of horizontal pole,t ttted loosely together,
and kept i'll place by tseir sharpened ends
thurst into holes cut in sai upright POST in each
corner. They were low, nd about six or seven
feet wade, and twelve OF .aurteen long, and had
no chimmeys. Al tha e. | of the row, nearest,
was much smaller onS Resembling kennel.
~Is that your qusssr?r said Herman;
~ 'Uu WohbrSseTer,v3 -'''-- . y
"You don't mean thi you get seventy men
into those huts!"
"No mas'r, some on ems women an chiens.
Don take up so much room. Den dey has to
put de little ones in de corners, an pack close,
an lay still an if dey don't, | jus takes de
cow.h;de, On cracks roun little, an pacilies
'em. Oars room enough, an to spare, if dey
on'y lays right Keeps 'eGa yarn to stow
snug"
gym wonders ever cease?" thought Her
man. " Why, I pust equal Dotheboy's Hall,
and sleeping five in ped, which no Christian
should object to!
You're the driver, are your"
Yes, SAP"
whats that you have iH your hand ?"
"What dey cali de LOUISIANA necklace, for
Sam, mas'r."
1t was ring of iron, with paddock, and
three long prongs, projecting at nearly equal
distances.
"Why is he not at work with the rest ~
Laws, sar, he don't work much. He's de
scapargoat, desc yer days" ~
HThe what9"
De scape-goat, sar-what masr st. Domi-
nigue call de precarious sacrifice. He keep de
rest 10 york, an one to chastity, for sample,
alters. De ole scapegpathe die, just arter we got
Sam; an Sam be de wus Niger We ever cotched
here; so mas'r say he promote him, He no
good to work, so he de bes' one to whip
"Good Godir said Herman to himself;
" this is no conscious wilful blasphemy can
not, will not think it No soul ever fashioned
by Thee could be capable of it, That wretch is
s3ad, and knows not what he does! Deliver
him ffon, himself, and his victim from him +"
He looked at the negEo There was no malice
in his face, nor horror, nor remoss-, bat simple
brutishness. He was only obeying his lawful
master, and doing his duty and that, as
we all know is the right and unquestionable
thing TO be DOPE, on the whole, how destestable
soever it may be W the details, Herman went
on al
" 1t seems to me your master trusts you
good deal, don't he to have his cabins 80 close
to the fence, and the fence to the road"
flaws, sar, he like to show how 'bedient an
yell-broke de folks is, does so. He knows dey
wont nm away, cause 5when they does, he pulls
out DER toe-haiis;"
"What?"
ovid pinchers, sar.k De fus time one, de
mex time two and so on. Dey nebber needs it
more dan twice dough, sar make 'em keep
roun, steady as de COWS, widout no more lookin
after
They reached the nearest cabin, and looked
in. Sam lay at his length on his side. on the
easthen floor. He had about him nothing but
coarse, dirty blue SHIRT He could hardly be
said to wear it, for ne had stripped it off from
his back-which was red and raw-sna covered
himself With it elsewhere as well as he could
! His cheeks were hollow, ana OF the peculiar
dim, faded hue of a'sick negro and his hair
was gray. a crust Of hoe-cake and full dip
per of water stood beside him.
"Hallool-' cried Beeizebub, you bad niger!
What, starvin yourself again. You better eat
your breakfast, cause. deres plenty more pep
perpods growing whar de las ones coined
| from"
The victim dipped the crust in the wstay,
aud bolted it sullenly and silently, rolling his
large, Wild eyes as he did so, up to Herman
face, with a sort of hopeless expectancy and de-
iance, which gradually changed 10 sayprise mad
curiosity as he saw TIP expression there. Her.
man. in the mean time, studied his with equal
surprise and interest, and perhaps with almost
equal qualification. Squalid, miserable, sick, as
he was, he looked Ikea iaan, and an intelligent