New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-11
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r.. stranger indiferenty Aud instead OF moving on
..cv svd,nt, expected him to do. he cooily seated
himself on rail by the fire.
cvss, down too and commenced dressing the pig
Sos in the meantime with TIE curosity Of one who haa
had much experience the subject, was questioning
Fred shout the separation Of his parents.
III you mus. know" broke forth Fred fmart'ns
With irritation "my mother was from New. Hampshire
Eae married Kentuelisn."
"Tha.'s curtis" said old Joel "HOV did they ever
Git acquainted"
"shs was living In Hanover; and be was student
there In Dartmouth College. She went home with NM
and found her.e mistress Of twenty slaves That wos
the trouble suppose Ny mother did not like the H.
stitution; my father did So they agreed to disagree
oDs Summer she took me North with her on o visit.
and forgot take back again Since then we have
been living with my uncle In Illinois, and my father has
been taking care of his twenty slaves, SUPPOSE"
oval he's had enough to do these times. to take care
o that Kind o propty guess I" said old Joel "ba'
seems 70 me- II I'd been In her Place I'd have stuck to
him and the slaves fact slaves the better. be-
uevs" he added oompacently. otis always the women
that are in the wrong when there's family trouble"
Fred looked up With spirit. my mother wasn't In
che wrong You don't know anything about 1t, old
Sosli She 1, q woman Of principle. She thought
Slavery was sin; and whether not, since she
thought So she did right to take herself and me away
from 1t as she did
"But hain't you never heard from your fathcr
Haint he done nothing to support yoi"
1T isn't his fault If be hasn't lie commenced send
Ing my mother money after she left him. but she sent
al back again. It the price Of s.n shs said, and
wouldn't have anything to Go wi,hit
"wa that's moro prinoiplen I've got, allow !" said
Joel. IF money was throwd upon my hands. I be
hanged I'd throw it back agin Ii sas arnt by slaves
Though your father was a bad man. suppose :"
Just the contrary" said Fred with strong feeling.
"He was very good man, In most respects; and
know ny mother loved him. And If 1t hadn't been for
The curse Of the institution. and suppose good deal
Of pride and temper both sideswen no matter what
might have been r. And Fred arose with an excited
air, and walked abovt
slavery has caused good many troubles and 'epa-
rstions remarked Cy over his pig. ITS been the &C.
saoa Of the biggest kind Of family jar in Uncle Sans
house But guess the two parts of the countr!n do
q old Joel and Ills deary have done many tines
come together again. and be better friends than ever
Don't you think So strangerf'
The man. who had been sitting for time with his
eyes fixed Oh the ground, slowly raised his head.
Ibid you speak to me. SIR
"Yes. did. take it you belong in these parts.
And from the remark you made about destroying pri
vsse property. when wa, cOnhscatiDg this pig.
Judge your sympa.hies are tother side Of the
secession fence than on ours"
you are mistaken. permit me to say" IVES the quict
eeply. Il told you 1 vas UQon man."
"Iknow you did. But If yoa had true Union grit,
you wouldn't have thought it such a pity that q
miserable rebel pig should 20 70 comfort good patriot
stomachs"
The man smiled ironically. AS for Union grit. few
pen. reckon, have mako greater sacrifices fox the
sonniry than have 1 have been prosecuted driv en-
drops destroyed. by guerrillas. assisted BY my own
neighbors. 1 rich; am honeless.--a peOr
mainly family scattered. by you wonder. theu
that ssy such things ptyi For you are much
mistaken. my friend in suppOsing alluded to your
pig"
This little speech uttered with calm dignity. vet with
N undertone OF earnest feeling. made impression
Fred halted in his walk. and stood regarding the
stranger with curious interest. Ths looked up:
again their eyes met.
"You are young for the business You are 10. my
tsd" And the bronzed Southern face Lighted
With smile-not of irony. this time.
II shall be older before it ia DONE" Fred replied.
$50 you will so you will - said the stranger sadly.
a. The country needs all Der able bodied in this
crisis, but not her young boys"
III the won't 90, then the boys must said Fred
"Thats what I told mother. IN CO. said j. and
ahame EN-"
And she gave her consentf
"Of course she did-though rot till che saw II was
20 use to refuse it. We lived with my uncle and I'd
never done anything for myself her. anybody; but
when the war broke ont believed my time had come,
Mother said l. don't you say word for Tn going
tsto this war; boy as em It's what I've been waiting
for said 1; now I'm going to do something for my
country and pay all my debts that way"
"And didn't she oppose yoaf'
Oppose ." Fred laughed with tear IN bis eye.
"Ny mother is woman that likes to have her way
about well as like TO have mine. And al she
bad, ye know that's what made 1t hard for her But