Newbern weekly progress., 1862-05-17

place, unnsrved me, that is all. No
doubt We shall. discovers cause for it,
But there was murder
Yea; q brutal murder, to be sure,
yet We neyer harmed the unhappy
ghost, if ghost there iS, why should
we be afraidi our innocenle will dis.
arm all evil. But we must be moving
'--there is no time to lose. Go first
and direct the servants so that mother
may not be troubled, and then break
the matter to her. She must see this
paper, and / think she will agree with
me that we are in frightful peril. !
suppose none of the boys will 10 up
there alone, so III take one Of the
mon, and get the fires going. Mean
time, see that the cot and the bed arc
prepared, and have father notified the
last thing; l will attend to that, how
ever. Let me see--it is already half
past eight we have still seven hours
before daylight, and probably no one
will disturb. us, for Pm inclined to
think that the warning was sent by q
friend. Friend or foe, we'll trust
him.
Andrew was off. Minnie called her
mother from the bedside of her father,
and explained the turn matters had
taken. She saw at once the expedien-
cy of her sons measures, and lost no
time in aidiug her daughter. The old
grandmother was harder to convert
She shook her proud head, and her
eyes flushed fire. What! q Hunter
running awaJs Never! she would
stay and die hrst-it was cowardly
disgrace that she Would never, never
never consent to. She did not fear to
rdie--and, besides, they would respect
her grey hairs, and her name; yes,
her name, if not her age and she bri-
died up and sat ilnmovable as a statue.
She did not know that her son, her
only son, the pride and joy of her
heart, was lying there under her roof,
wounded by the ball ofthe assassin
When they told her that, she had near
ly tainted, and Indignation oyermas-
tered her.
What had they tried to take the
life Of her noble boyl Could they not
spare one whose fathers had done
more for the glory of their state than
any other Of her loyal sonsi Shame
on them ! an old wolnan's malsdiction
upon tho degenerate scions of her
country; oh ! if she were only 4 man!
only young again For his sake
yes, for his sake, she would leave all
and 20, Tor who could nurse him like
his motherl Owls Hollow was a sad
place enough, but, for her part, she had
never believed halt the stories that
were current about it, and itwould
make no difference to her, who never
knew fear, but the servants would feel
differently S he Immediately set
about her preparations as quietly and
carefully as if she were. bound on a
pleasant journey, and spoke no moro
Of disgrace.
/ Meanwhile the servants were going
about with rueiil faces. They were
trustworthy, so far as slaves can be,
and they entered heartily in the Joys
and sorrows of their owners. Bnt to
20 to Owls Hollow-that was another
thing.
'Clar to gracious ef / amt done
'stonished now-'deed i is. What's
we gwine to do all lone by oursslfs,
IAN nobody to orderl Then thar.
missis and poor Miss Minnie goin' to
dat awful place Il dey'll be eat up,
sure's You live, honey, dey will, dat
for JGbe saw de ghost hisself once, ali
it run like lightnin', an it hadn't nc
legs an no arms an no head neither
lit din't SO. and yet it run like de ole
Harry was after uni. o! de LorC
bress us all, what's We gwine to doi-
Pack up de meal, Jennie-wha' yor
standin' thar for-eyes starin' o You
head, grizzly roun' or dc ole ghos
: come arter you, sartin.'
'Gucss he let me go agin,' grinneC
Jennie, looking over her black shoul
der, nevertheless
'Guess he will, too, whom he find
you's no account niger. Come, star
you' heels, girl-dar's do cart comm,
, an' here's mars Andrew, on ole Clip
: sey. Dat ole horse got thunder an
lightnin' in him yet 1t was Andrew
who came hurriedly in, and went abou
overseeing things generally.
'Oh, Andrew, how does it lool
t therei' asked Minnie, as soon as-sh
5 could get her brother by himself
Why, as You may imagine, Min
; ME, It is by no means a palace. Yol
, will feel lonesome, and perhaps un
r happy, there; but it is better thsr
8 being lynched. l have got fires goinI
, in three rooms, one for father, one 70
9 you and grandmother, and one 10
, myself and the servants, where | shsI
/ Immediately install myself chief coo
and bottle.wisher to the staff. Altc
n all-well, it 10 gloomy enough, I can
' think Of any ameliorating circumstar
9 ces, except that we shall bo togethe
and can help cheer poor father
Q '0h, Andrew, don't say snythin
Q about it, murmured Minnie, mourI
S fully; i suppose We shall be IS col
a tented as we can, under the circun