The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-09-18
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slF "A Tale Of the Present War, nv
The hardy Young figure Shook

The hardy young figure shook.
F"' Yes, yes; he was a good Massa
but las night he called us all to.
gether--he told us to get ready, fol
by five o'clock the next mornin',
when the boat left, he was going to
take US down to the old place for
the rest of the season. l knew
what that meant. To-day we'd ha'
been traipin' in for soldiers-to-
morrow, maybe; fghtin' against
freedom. Icould'n do that ef | had
good Massa, no, no;' and'the hol-
low brightness of his eyes increas-
ed. ..t. H..
And what sent you to me, Ma
limo? she questioned, curiously.
The boys voice softened.
'Ah, Missus, | remembered las
summer when you was at Castle
Grande. l was waitin' in the hall
while you talked with Massa Lc-
grande one. night. You's a talkin'
about us slaves, and he laughed
like, 'at your notions,' as he called
EN-; and you spoke up and told
him you'd never send a slave back
to his 'Massa' who'd once got off
any way. So the first thought l
had q. las night was, I'll go down to
Miss Clotilde; she'll help me-
The utter faith in this simplicity
touched her strangely, and quickly
there flashed across her mind
For by thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words thou
shalt be condemned In the ex-
citement Of controversy she had
spoken words by which a soul had
caught as its only hope. by thy
words thou shalt be justified, and
by thy words thou shalt be con-
demned.' The sentence rang lofti-
ly, and with it dim phantom of
peril. Let her words be justified,
was the Judgment of her soul. ',
What she would do was yet to be
decided, upon. For the present his
concealment was the first thing to
be'done. Z ".'" '' ..1 7'.,f.
Her active mind ran rapidly over
the eNpedients in herreach-only
one was plausible. ta Ian
Connected with her dressing
apartment was a small room or
closet "a 'reliquary room - for
past splendors of the family
Court-dresses OF gsumptuous silk,
.mwroughtwith gold now furnished
and worn; mautles of velvet, waist
coats that were beds of jewels, satin
petticoats that from their frayed
edges dripped fringes of pearls;
swords that lad been drawn in the
service, of Louis lie Grande, with
the blood of his enemies forever
fixed in the rust of centuries !;
plumes that had waved at Ramil-
lies, and epaulets thatan emperor
had conferred, were some of these
jealously-guarded treasures. Re
ceivlng from her father the key to
this sacred depository with the
solemn charge, of care accompany
ing it,, to no one had she ever in
trusted this care but herself. 4 And
rarely was the most welcome,Visitor
allowed to cross the threshold. s,a
a Ahdcinto this sanctuary of trust
was she about to admit this. pariah
among men. i fa. y5.age g,ls
The end shall sanctify the
means,' she murmured, as she hur-
ried him forward into its dim re-
cesses. Forgetful of nothing that
wouldrestore him forfurther flight,
she had flung down a pile of bIan-
kets for q acouch, and furnished him
with food. Then returning to the
drawing room she commenced
walking up and down the floor,
busily revolving in her mind the
means for this further flight. 1t
was oaonew occupation. a. strange
employment for her girls brain
but othe gallant blood which de-
scended= ito her, from the brave
Dessaix and the splendid Viosme-
mel, ran now in a swift current
through her veins, flushing her
cheeks with crimson a and sher
thoughts with. daring SPECULATION,