, 1864-05-24

| know II eho had to cat with that neyro.
| GeoEgo told her 1t was just 10 she chose. SAe
| atarted up in tage aud left tho room, drag.
elng her child Alter her. But when supper
vas over abe attacked George without mercy.
~ vas sitting In the porch with bis bright
boots on tho rail-, smoking clg,r. Ha
smiled little, and kept on smoking. whlsc
| his sister wondered how she dared taIk 20 to
| Their ofothor wearing such long, silky, mus
tsches, and such 1no blue clothes, trimmed
With gold lace, and with the curious silver
9uitla In tho center: Of bis shoulder straps.
To be sure they had never eaten with ne-
gro before, hut what Ras good enough for
| GeoTgn WAa good enough tor them. When
ME. Blow got through George told her that
| Sam was clsanlJ and well bahayed, that there
1ezior to him; and then rising from his chair
md standtpg close to her. he said she ought
10 be aAhAmed Of herself, and never to sAy =
word about negro equality, and such stufr
again, when abe made such IN uproAr about
sitting down to the tahle with the son Of her
OWL f1ther and her own half brother. How
could eho expect that the Lord OF heaven and
earth would receive her with mercy when sho
was 80 lost to al feelings Of kindred and the
closest family ticsl Ard he added, ho knew
nothing about her family, but 1t was evident
with negroes very much.
OF course she had something to reply, till
George got excited, when ahe retired to bed
and cried She sta1d away from the tAble 4
lev meals, but finding that nj she gained was
.uss .uiH sAo4eae' eaoeoffenoefea anu tno tfonolo
still no further word came from her hus-
band, and Ar. Flsgg had patience. Once In
Whilo be rsuld Flint to Mis-. Blow that be
was having hard bargain, but she said she
guessed her old man Was responsible. At
a. val Iii Ia a. ~ eouu ~ mne.asr nc Ws nol
e1src;.s - no hms VIZ nnu a no ugeo net 70 take
cnmsnd shr enn,S riae ont ~. meio r. ~ a ner
ss;d at,a caet,iS eh ~ tlae uas any w ehe
ea;I The euu snmrs- 1Uu 1Uss,a on aoho IT, mnnsS
.hs NC . sa".nss "as a;t., or{, tne gFass 1a1ed,
ecarce1v rnongh hn4tsr ~ 4bs ~ ~, rHs1o r nas
f,sd siT.Ss soH mnch avs-v ~ .1o 1s.aI - taey
trnnoli, TIT" ade no 1'f ieTenca N n,, 1he re re-
NJ, f1see tn1a 1a the eh1a,sn Ts Ae az nt Thea
las becsrse TIA cowa s1aTo a. ittIa 1.t'I.. G~.
and she would p!le it Oh her bIecnit "a II K
Vas 81 m morr 1a1ne thar maeon - araa.a ~ ~
sho Toald opea one end d baked ] pststoe. ess,
l It vi w,th h,6i bintts and d, when mste empty
She alwa5e put butter on her sWeet cass snd
Die, Mofe than thia she fed frr chi,d n ~ 4hs
same NAV. ~ '.s
al laat. fhe preat frost came. zrb1ch t,,aa
MI thnt tRe Iest had not dsic3 ~ ~ A'ttso ~
Is dead "a IN wIoter 1.a hesyg .nS Sss WIS
MANY families hesides fh1s ona "a y uavm 1sa. "
new thinC in hi. rroson ~ 49,, cn,,1,,ann.
inc hay a5a 1nessos 9n caTs IN snntanahae ,7
The hat eT.ss sffeT snr,no 1r;th tS1nost. tSn.a
enough to SOW il. il il 0cfober and % Novsna ",ns
Would ret along for ~ hntter ~ An'" 10" sho
One dsv At dl5ner M eh. IA mad Tho ,,,.
had to churn Tor sunner Thers p wa ~. 1a11 a.u
spn os3 a adq ba sifse f91 ao55g
70 MAKE Il, md they had siz OF @ eigkt set away, @
they had eomnanys @ T one t va mss' cnt o"aen sa
creamy and richs and tha uho1e fs,n;,x n ~ o "as
to loci at Il. Ther rcaIIv fa1f nron5 ~ ~
the table 5fre. Blow tonk a niec, ~ ~ ~ th1s
cheese and placed a Mere of hRttes ~. ~, ts nns
X Mr Faac hannennd to 10 - 1aaIiny etis Wy eas
be had been talkfnr ouste chinner hnt ~ n9, ~,
sfonnCd ard saf5 nnf 1Tnra ,.,r.e ny Hat ~
affefward1 ss;d ho Ioot.a ~ - - III IL 19 Tu4
Iii hts litnds. or a,IS he were .ho,t m ~ - f sust
Aiter simmer thcra ~. q, ,-.o.u II.
Fiertr to1a r.. pinn 49, - ukio1e- Mr.
n tv,o ana th.t ~ t1as aa eola keep hcF
tronn1fs n she nnrninr ~ Ig ~ 1er h 10 s Nc
not board her tor hu5dred dollars % 10 Tya1o WeeK
sue saiheu ga nhn % ana 80 90 ga r. out Y was Of
fS.n%1t ~ 1 paa oIs ssu t ~ "oniu 20. one mad
snt1ar Rrt ~. saSs n9"l9 not 4et nef
Mr Fls1g ha;; 5p "vopn r hee .o5 od one th!ag
she belonged to the same church she thought
she ought to 1eprove him. Ho lacked pa-
thence orhad forgotten himself Mr.. Flaeg
teit rebuked little, but replied that there
might possibly be such q thing as holy swear
Ing:
ehe went to Paducah. She found aome Of
her tHends; tho rest were seeking theIr
rights, way down In Dixie. No ono was
able to assist her; it Was as much
as theJ could 40 TO- take care Of
themselves. The happy days Of the elave |
aIlstoe5sts Of Western Kentucky had been
most begged to get places to stay till she
could LOOK around. She WIS most happy to
be invited to sit at tables scantlly spread.
she Tns convinced that her husband had de-
place. Sha tried her best to form nav &C.
quaintsuces. Tho only chance for living
was to engage In Romc Industry. But to do
80 In place where she had boen known as
rich planters daughter, she wonld not do.
n her rameles come soldiers pursued her;
an extremity.
In about month she found her way back
TO Mr. klsggs house. She came up tho lane
at uasKi eaIJng aof chld, TOT It was tired
ont. def 3eet we're plistdred, her clothes
eoHea: M ~ tnat was lett Of the TWO trunks
faH Of things she took away, was In 4 bundle
en ner am: eae stopped on the porch, bat
tha a n%s gG a w,s naH anm az heF nc toid
h.s ME- sus W.1, ~ aa@t olo ~. 89 naL
dno 9ogs ~ makeo a,aa aroma asT M. flagK
rsnid,2 lanested H. i;tt1s ~ IT, % as: 1oM. w sns
r1Fnn3ead s1'e Eas xs 1n"ii.,nP sue no
eta fo,d hoI *e ha5 bnen trsstad saS aSa soaa- oa
F.,seS she raj ~ eS cor.i5n-.S . PUG ~
IT, Eienv ton, hs, ~. ha 1ai9 a15 1no se stisa.
thtt nigh} Sh. ala M s1saa1. ~ ,1aa aeop ass
- shs nod en1,..a- a.,5 eeeaa ~
ch,,d wsa % irftea ~, ~. so. ,'ns Seu' Gss
a ~ TsI bsr fsat om Wa .4o noos asacep 5ne
~ ira - u VIZ ~ oea, TI rs
cnnrc;1 ana T., thn r,orIn, ~ u nen
her into ~ % ny. II Nv .n1 tni M. tooa
oorain5ai cor s1 ~ "ao so'o ner "aAs sne5
sha eonId at.v with them IN ,ora,t,o,.
she va tn ro r. wnr1. So ~ ~ 81 thoxWas:
cnnce,ned sSe ~ " non.t ., o ~ ~ t9s{ VIE
M EnoV hnw 4hnV To1,S ~ r,tIast a. ses ~
hsr a. = trent Rer H." a;stsr ~ Rrsaens mia
consider how She had hem hronaht y r, ruu,d "nd
not svsct ~ 1nnch 1 Nnna 9se.a W. aao
nctent ~ Scciirr than ~ T1a,r LUZ Ia iJ ~.
Ssnoh+era rtsoa 1an,9 1a1: ls ~ .t au4 aes
chs1a wss I'D 1,eo!ar's g. Ha,t eea St nast nee
src"tsn~ ~ ~ me ill., 10 2nnst a. oIsaso =.
Mom nst 81 .doot H. hah;t. II ~ H. ~ s.
A. fha 9ah,e IA tf.anaf, ~ ~ ~ aay. ~
nnst mt MT AZ T thoneh sa .n.3 NJ % his fsrssio Sno
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