The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-10

49," ~ W. htili HnH luff q We
''la' sl'sA' n approaching iehi
apreafel ~ Ne ss#. Ne kll laio
dreamy slumlwf, frum whleh he w.
~on awahsned by ne Healaflah
volee # BE faihsf, calling ~ alase'
n make ihe ~. +fwaa Dawes IaH
a'e N lhai haHr ~ wa H. r.
With " Mats Mortimer
Saa all wa basias. end hustle
TIE horses were ~ M fi 1he sf
yanis wefe 10 W. teadj Then NE
"lhinRs' were b. he packed ihe
beds and cIothing 70 be- rolled ready
I'r packing away IN llie wapun. Each
III was 10 he weighed =" Only iwo
hundred aud GNy pound. 10 the
horse, Mortimer" lhc old gentleman
observed, ." II u ~ much AZ the,
can get over the mountains with :"
and two hundred and 6fy pounds
were allotted 10 each horse. The
wagons we're taken out aud CREASED,
and soon the loading commenced.
Mortimer, when he saw the piles Of
plumber brought out, was amused.
Ten wagons would not have held H.
lie only had two, besides his carry.all,
for the children, and " l,osinante I"
would carry him. Among the Car
ticles F" brotght out to be slowed
away In the train, was a large shaug-
hal rooster. lie belonged to "Aunt
Hannah" Dawes mother. After the
loading was complete, when the corn
and fodder and bacon and -four had
been put In Dawes wagon, place
was found for "Jack,' (the rooster }
who was actually brought through
without damage, and lived to crow
for several years, to the astonishmcnt
of Aunt Hannah, who declared sh,
4
"never heerd of chicken going dat
fur aforc in all her born days"
And now the parting came. L
would have done the heart of an,
blabbing, fanatic abolitionist goot
to have witnessed the scenes Of rca
life then enacted. When Aunt Han
nah bid "Old Mars. and Old Mise
goodbye, the tears, pure, genuine
heartfelt tears trickled down he
swarthy cheeks, and Mr.. and Mrs
Claiming shed tears, too, in return
The partings between the blacks wer
equally sincere. No hypocricy VA
there. There was genuine, heartfil
sorrow. All felt they were biddinl
adieu to warm, kind-hcarted friends
whom in all human probability the,
would never meet again. 1t was tn
last farewell" with more than one
All did not live to meet again. Dealt
claimed its prey. A bullet from
gun in the hands Of Federal soldic
sent the spirit of Aunt Hannah b
its last and happy home, whils he
body was returned to the earth iron
whence il lanDe S>~
Mostispapnupsst tlpsallwa
ready, ordered them to "start ahead,
and turning to his father and mothe
and little hrsthersphc bid them al
a ailectionaae farewell. "May heav
ert>hless , YOU my son." said,.Mp
Cheun -. ~ Remember my advicc
my boy,1 said Mr.. Claiming, an,
they parted. Mortimer soon reache'
~ fesidsss Il Mr.. Ezelle, an
ordering Dave to drive on, he dis
mounted aad went in. Mr.. Ezell
Twas not at home, and he found Caro-
line alone Even their meeting wa
sorrowful.-saddencd with the rcaec
ton that hey must soon part Nor
timer felt moreacately the worth {
the prize he was prospectively losin
tn ever before.
4 "0hl what q treasure ! loose !
\ you dearest, for how know ! we sha
ever meet again." -
ave ,cin meet again, dear Mort
mer. God Is merciiul. And II v
never see each other again rememb,
call things work together for goo
to them that serve The Lord"
aForgive me, dearest Of girls.
! wish | had such child-like faith, sue
implicit confdence or trust in Il