Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-03-08

!. might be able 10 prove 10 me that b
/. Was neither. =
t We left the house, and proceele'
E along Stockton street TOWARDS Harp.
!, Valley. For ten minutes not
8 word was spsken. Several times b
seemed on The point OF speaking
but he often checked hinsall. :
t .UMess | my call you one, | have
5 not fliend iu Caiilvrui,, he nj lrngtl
) began, placing bis hand upon m,
shoulder. ! bowed but uilde III
! reply.
# You do not speak, he continued
observing my silence. i am 10 uIl.
derstapd, ! Presume. that you are
no. TO be Made an exception
i so be frank NTH you, jansen ]
replied, .thcre is c, rtain mystery
about your movements calculated to
give iise TO suspicious anything bat
favorable 'e
OF what nature?' Inquired my
EcoMpauion.
/ That jcu are . gambler, or even
worse, hluntly replied.
He smiled as he replied:
YES. ) 6; | see; yet the suspicion
wrongs me-
Make it appear So | answered,
'and yon shall not want a tiiend.
Promise that you will not diyulge
what i may tell you, or attempt by
word or act to thwart M in. the ac-
complishment Of Il purpose to which
! have pledged my SOUL he sail.
locking me earnestly 10 the Lee,
l'and you shall have the proof you
rsquire.'
.lf your purpose be rot criminal, |
promise. If otherwise, keep youI
secret Was my answer.
| III, what you would do, or any
other man. worthy Of The Dame.
Then J promise. Here is my
hand.
Listen he resumed, taking my
arm an! walking slowly on. i have
twin sister. We we're born In
Georgia, and our parents were the
possessors OF a hundred slaves aud
plantation large enopsh to give all
employment. WheE we were Jour-
teen our f,ther died. At the age OF
sixteen, my sitter teeame ii convert
during a religious revival, and SIX
mouths after, in the face OF the de-
,ermilled opposition OF my mother,
ran away with and married a Young
pra:ieher. to whose eloqnence the re-
s,ival owed its origin My sister did
not love the man. !Ier feelings for
him were religious enthusissm--
"a fancy wrought ty an unnatural in-
fstuation. Learning they were mar
ried, my good mother sent Tor them,
and they returred 70 receive ber
blessing. The plautation was placed
in charge of my sisters husband,
and he relipqnished the gosIel.-
IL frequently visited Ne" Oflcans
and other of the large Southern cii-
lee during the first yenr of his mir-
liage, but the circumstance excited
no suspicion To be lrieE, before
two years elapsed. the large estate
left by our father was swept
from us, and we were almost bank.
Eyupt. He had INDUCED my mo'ter
to mortgage the plantation, with
the view, he said. OF purchasing more
negroes to work it, but the moDey
vas 'squandered. and the slaves We
had we're secretly sold by fiyes and
tons. until less than drzen remained.
When asked 10 explain by my moth
tcr, he had no excuses to offer. In
the midst OF this great grill, anoth-
er wife of May yllew- that aas the.
villain s name suddenly made her
nppe rance at the plantation. Learn
ing The residence Of her husband, /,
/! but knowing nothing of his second
n,al,iiage, she had left South Carolina
TO meet him. My poor sister vas
heart. broken. Mayhew, to escape
prosecution. @ fed from the State
Ills first wife was sent to a mad
house. and in three months my poor
foll mother vns laid in the church
ward. Ny grief-bowed sister but
II will not speak Of her. Turning
1.-The wreck Of our pieparty into men.
fey, I started in pnrsoi! Of the sfoutI-
lar.l who had dealt such havoc with.
our peace. Through a dozen States
Il tracked him, and returned with
nv mission Of Vengeance unaccom-
l,lished. One ,year ago. by, acclient
III learned that he was 10 Callio1nia.
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