St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-02-03

ten years 20. leaving her daughter viii,
} tiki : :*!c,nn promise thet sh. ehpula
TX educated, end should 1--we rs free We
ma'. rather than as slave, and that she
should pass as his daughter, as she was.-
iEc PLANTER gave his promise. becauso hs
hat been really attached to her and his
beautiful child. And go she grew up n
dian.'y notwithstanding g. reasonable
, ed uc;.~:on. al that Ee- father could pive
her, ard in time took the management sof
lis household. She never knew that there
was any negro blood in Ter vcies and ne1-
; {: dreamed that she was slave.
Last Fall a series of misfortuns oyz
took the planter. His house burned down
and III it the notes, books and papers,
! that Composed large portion of his foe.
t""e. h:* crops failed to great degree
.:ia SIZE heavy speculations in which he
Vas Engaged resulted disastrously. Ad-
t'vu 10 all this, he had lost heavily at
II y, the bcsctting sin Of Southern gentle
1oen, and had completely exhausted Vii
his ready means, and found himself in a
! terrible situation Of having more money to
~ than Lc' could possibly raise in g;v-
CT time.
lie applied to his attorney for couzse
il his extremity. The attorney after *
aiming the situation Of his Affairs, aly:s
"a HIM to sell eli: a portion Of his negroes.
/ he PLANTER objected strenuously, first, CD
jecgi2g to the sale CT negroes, secondly
that H.: force was barely sufficient to work
lis l'lan:ation. But after full dc}iberat;on
lie found this theu only alternative, and
sorrowtuIiy consented. \ list was mads
cut, and every head that could he possibly
spared w put Gown. Alter all was done
and the l::os5 favorable prices fer them the
ag re4;tc fell $1,000 short of the sum.
i.-> attorney remarked quietly that he
had rot included all that could be spared.
Il lave put down all I can dispense
VIII, . replied the planter.
: - 10 not see Mary the housekeepe1s
name in he list" replied the lawyer
"ohe if offered to the right person. would
:....;.e K; the deficiency l would give
IT,. + : her myself"
j, any other time the planter would
have ,.4:cn the suggestion as an Insult,
ut rts,-S:ry is a hard master, and -
zr*arca q: he idca, and before un hour
he tan: >c1icn was closed. 1t troubled
-li1 lot little TO disclose the matter to
:.c', 1t IL: itar oi' bankruptcy and ruin
<:royc ';'a TO i. The poo girls horror
I'D T.. SO ny be imagined. She had
.'-':,;7,s =: hing but Ehappiness, and now
We 10 Z: 4:gsd into the deepest aud
RIOS: LESS misery. She had been sold,
an'j ..,,, ;|.<2 Tie property, soul and body,
c: 30 rilo purchased her merely for the
IL: ,6cat:o,. Of his Density |usts. The
I;.ct. VS. too :rrible, and she swooned.
:o,s:::E!ng almost aeiir;ous for several
@';* r.;
':::re vas :ao:hes upon whom the in
i; il: -::Icc fill With crushing weight. a
,.-. j.. lartncr ii: 4 produce house IN Louis
vi!:s had frequently visited the planters
.1u:,c ca business, aud struck with tho
:, ::.aty aid Intelligence Of the supposed
"a, :;.:c:. lad become enar;ored, and after
;r. Sc: ntins lis suit proper time, bad DE-
= *ct3 LIS assion, and, unknown to the
!. :::r. The Two had betrothed themselves
: /: son as possible, after her father had
; ,o.i !.or h,: fate, she dispatched ues-
sen. c: to him, stating the facts, and ill.,
= l'.,;;o:c, him to save her from the doom
II, awaited her. Though thunderstruek
~ ~: ,'.;el!yen that his afianced bride
:: ave. and had just been sold to q
:: y7c:zc han death, like true man he
d.;e:i.';.v>. u rescue her. That light he
, 81" her, arb {. ? Ian was formed for fight.
Sic "a, she vas transferred to the pos
s u: >a G. scr purchaser they fed, and i'll
, DIX: i'm: arrived at Cincinnati, where they
we're married Our hero obtained an in~
:.,:"'e" W., one Of the agents Of the Cu-
::"ly".,;i~,: i:.aiiroad located in that city,
30 n'n:e,; atciy tele.raphed instructions
to the d,ile. ant agents along the line to
keep str;c5 watch, and if woman-ca,chers
were on the watch, at any point, to tele-
ra},|, hack. to give the tugitives timely
"ot:ye ia; they III ght leave the train
:accordin:!y they started, purchasing tick
is t;or Crcst,ine. .,..
? n the meantime the lawyer, as soon as
j.: discovered his loss, had commenced
/: .,:;;vc measures to recover it. He had ne
= !, !Ijcn:ty in tracing them to Cincinnati,
ID :.onc whatever in ascertaining that
t:,c.c destination was Crestline But hav-
:: arrived several hours after their de-
.s,..%,@, he was obliged to content himself
W III to:: hing to Crestline to the pro-
o.. authorities TO arrest them at that
i r::cc. Du: unfortunately for his pros
:. yet: &c intended arrest got wind, and
~, u i.c train reached Gallon, two citi.
the place stepped into the car, and
i rh. alton Of i.:w minutes ensued, in
: Ii" A,:~cst kind Of whispers, at the close
g. 81 G. he four left the car, A car
mage VS. in waiting, and in two hours the
-. ingi:. g and her husband were domi
: c:l.G in The ;,o,,se Of one of our whole-soul