The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

purchased him for two hundred and So.
Idallors-such 10 the shocking deprec;.H.sy
Of human stock in these days OF cruei ss1
unjust warfare. "That boy, Tom. il rc 49,
over > thousand said the broker. a y
enjoyed his morning Quib on his {r:ortSse
verandah, "and III &c: now nine hundr.s
for him ~ substitute, If you win stanS
me in three" The thing was done. rhna
Tom, in the distance, brushed their ct InIe
| rous shoes. In word, he was now n,;s
LEGGED to pull trigger for his ccunt-vF ~.
stand the chances Of dying free man ~. ~
living free beggar. "
The next move brought Mr.. ". dovn,.
| the planters verandah, where, be.wa.0N
pipes and old Bourbon, the bargain ~
closed. Ignorant of the value of .,.s.
property. and enabled through immsn.s
profits he had derived during the v.r y
look carelessly on nine hundred doiI.s0
he was easily pursued to com p,ete the ~
kgain. Tom, of course, was agreeable
Perhaps II was welcome change for b;r,.
perhaps not. His opinion could reisi
nothing in the case. SO the bargain ~.
struck, and the party proceeded 70 tia ~.
or Dir. VS. nativity, TO present ,hsr:
selves before the provost marsaai az IN
district. Col. r., where We aiighted -
| them. The Colonel has weii-dsyeio,vVIl =.
cut peddler at questions, and on this occ.-
sion he seemed unusually sharu. n.
parties all manifested their sincerity. tSe
preliminaries were arranged, the nans,s
were signed. r"'
81 hope you'll do the fair thing bv u.
man, Mr.. W.; you intend TO otfe1 c;t.
bounty ?" said Col. r. ."s
20, yes" replied W.. "Ill 90 right m :.
the Office and get it az soon az were OF ),
n v,<~>< g.
lars-that's the amount, beiieve-and H.
me give the cash to Tom on the SPOT"
Mr.. w. made no objection, and Ton
and the Colonel had the immense eet;sss.
ton of handling the cash on the SPOT.
Then turning to the ex-nasser ha -
marked: "A valuable negro that, ia 80
times. Isuppose they 90 cheap nowf's
two-ffty last spring
w. trust you too viii do the right thin
by Tom
20, that's ali satisfactory. Tom secured
his settlement beforehand. Toms perfass
~ satis6ed"-this with an air Of ofY.ndsI
Nv hat did you get, TOM" continue
the provoking marshal, determined to ri.
to the bottom.
'Ten dollars, sab" replied Tow, bovine
low.
You, villain: you know PROMISE
you thirty-fi more before I leave: tel
the truth, you black dog, or keep your
mouth shut
Just here the chivairOus gentleman 4 fan
betrayed an expression in strong symDa.
thy with horsewhip, glaring vensefuNy
On Tom but the negro stood by his side A.
safe from bis vengeance in the strong anna
q, the Government as the child i safe
who gazes through the bars at tee tiger in
his cage.
Just here came the denooemeut. Evi.
IDENTIFY Col. r. had been on tais scent from
the beginDing-he does not live so near Sc.
cessna for nothing; and now his anger boiled
over Ii torrent of scornful epithets.
Get out Of my Office, sir" said be.
set you down for a rascal Of the meanex
sort. Do this man justice, or I'll pay ever
cent OF the fee over TO him. I'll bear 10
more Of your ten dollars You may just y
well lay down five hundred 6rst ~ last
q et out Of this place, sir
Farley was ont Of the question with such
q heated officer. The three Withdrawals
broker, the fine old kentuck gentleman, u
doleful and crestfa.len IS w. was highly
tickled. As soon as he came to sufficiently
to give advice, .I'll tell you what said
he, you may as well take /; easy and hand
over the $500, and SO do the fair thing for
the niger. Il you don't you'll lose every
cent"
But Ave hundred was too hard, he would
otter four. And SO he debut it was Of no
avail.
''Give him five, or be gets the whole
persisted the inflamed Colonel.
frightened up by this extra screw, the ex.
master grumb led out his consent at last
Mr.. W. nine hundred was divided, ands
bundle of real greenbacks, counting $50
put into Toms astonished hands. But 4.
though elated, he was quiet and dignifej;
scorn for his master appeared as plainlya
his face, low that he saw his meanress,n
JOY at his own good fortune. The out.ga.
eraled Auaves turned smarting away to d.
vide tic scanty balance of spoil. MI.
Broker, not seeing bis responsibility in ths
cursed tricks Of the provost marshal, as b.
called this little strengthening out, insisted .
on the original terms, and got them; while
the melancholy relic Of Southern chivaly,
after paying his hotel-biii with his share d
the gains. found q balance on the credit
side Just sufficient to buy ticket to Louis
vile, where he was last seen splitting over
the aft-guard in melancholy solitude, un.
der wheeling calliope, droning down tbs
river to the tune Of "Carry me backg'-
Independent.