The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-30
1EIsGENE HEIREss,
| mOst Ssd snd Solemn Story,
By A. HINES, AUTHOR.
CHAPTER I.

olmOn brown, ESQ, resides on b street,
Boston, in the same house with the rest
of his family, except his departed dead
wife and Rebecky, an only female daueh
ter. Simon Brswn is also . Deacon in .
fashionable war church, which situation
he obtained on account Of his having
done much service for his country in this
war a. an. Army Contractor. He was .
Democrat when the war FIRST broke out !;
but q number Of Boston patriots surround.
ed him on one Sunday evening, in his
own room, and offered him q job Of ma.
king several millions Of coats and trow
sers for soldiers, at an immense profit, il
he would only "come over" So Simon,
seeing the profits, "kim over" like sew
eral hundred thousand more of his kind.
Therefor, Simon. like them, is one Of the
"patriOts Of the country. and conse
quently believes the noble nigger to be .
pure white man and is only black on &C.
count Of his color.
Simon was also "born Of poor but re.
spectacle parents;" and ~bether his faith
er was - weaver" or not, We don't know,
but he must have been something, or else
Simon wouldn't have been born. How
ever, whether Simon had . father or not,
he was considered the most patriotic pat.
riot in all Boston. He was likewise char
liable, like others Of his kind, as any one
could see, for he gave every poor woman
he could get to work at the price Of Is
cents . piece for each army garment,
which only cleared for himself the "small
sum" OF IS on each soldier. coat Simon
was also miScegener. that Is, he thought
"yaller" the most beautiIui color for white
children hereafter. He often said that
the Irish and Dutch should not associate
with the negro. He, therefore was in the
habit Of keeping the blessed contrAbands
in his house for . week at time; and
sometimes he would treat noblr Africans
with some private whisky, which he al
ways kept on hand for medical purposes
only, as he belonged to 4 temperance 80.
ciety, and chawed brown paper when he
went out to keep. down the smell of the
liquor.
CHAPTER II.
Deacon Brown had only one children,
and she was an only daughter - l6 year
old, - hands high, and black hair. Her
form was mouldy IN the strctest sense of
the word, and she had q gait AZ faultlrss
as that Of the Grerk Slave. Her name it
was Rebecky. She was called after old
Rebecky in the Bible, which accounts for
her being Of that name.
CHAPTER III.
Rehecky. like her parent father. had
got to be great Union man also likewi<e,
and her sympathy for the down,trOd Afri
can was such that she could pick out, in
the dark, an animal If that class from an
assemble of Germans and Irish just by
his peculiar shrub.like odOr which she
had learned to scent with q precision
equal to dOrg. And several were the
noble contrabandS that she would this
way bring to her fathers house.
CHAPTER ".
Old Mrs. Brown stnod fast to her an.
cient Democratic faith, and hence she
would "cook marry a drop for no sich
black, dirty Stinkn niggrrS." as she often
expressed herself: therefore Old Brown
an" the lovely Rebecky had to do all the
cookin' for the negroes
(NoTE Old Mrs. Brown saS sound
oyster)
CHAPTER V
Old Brown had already made piles OF
greenhacks, and often would he takr thee
from the drawer and prou Ijy shake them
under the beautiful nuStrils Of his darling
Reheckv, saying
These are for thou. nv kitting, as
thy wedding portion, one Of these bright
davs!"
"All mine ?" gasped Rebecky.
"All thine, spoke the father, as hr
carefully put the pile back into its hiding
place.
CHAPTER VI.
"Grav mornin' riz in the east" and 50
did Old Brown; but neither Of(thr'n got
up in time to see Rebecky ge' out Of Der
d0wny bed OF gOnSr.frAtherS, dress, pack
up, slide zepher like down the stairs, 90
to the drawer and gently put the bundle
Of greenhackS into her carpet bag, and
silently git" with as gallant contra.
band as ever miscegened, to the morning
train.
(PMvArE big nigeer had stayed
week 1t Old Browns as his guest. some
times sawin' wood, and sometimes talkin
to the fair Rebecky, who likwise talked
to the nigger also. The old woman caught
her in the wood house several times and
f1ogged her accordingly. But still Re
becky loved. the niger loved, and they
both loved; so they miscegened and eloprd
unbeknOwnst to both psre0t and mother
while they both were snoring their regu.
lar nights snore. Old Brown was also
opposed to Rebecky msrryin' . nj ger,
notwithstanding Do thOt plenty Of them
apparently.)
Old Mrs. Brown riz that morning be.
fore Old Brown. She riz. "as it were"
By instinct. She smelt something in her
sleep. She awoke. She called for Re.
becky but no Rebecky's voice could be
seen. She ran to the chamber Of her
daughter, but marry Rebecky was there.
She bad flown, the fly Of love.
CHAPTER VIII.
The 8 o'clock train for Canada came
AIOuB' OIu pIO"H was Sue uISt "oH Y"
board. The loco footed its tute and was
off, Old Brown sOt . mint He could
not sot it any longer; 90 he riz and went
forth to the Conductor. SEE he
"Mr. Conductor. couldn't you let her
slide Ieetle fastsrI Tn in pursuit OF an
unfortunate daughter. who has eloped."
Conductor She's slidin now IS fast
as she ever slid"
Still the old man walked to and fro on
the car, for be was restless and rothy.
CHAPTER TX.
The train which Dor Deacon Brown had
arrived at the bridge Of NiAgry. He vas
there likewise. But where Was Rebecky :
She had crossed the bridge and Was gone
alas, gone forevermore.