The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-12-24
result of the interview which hs,

uOSL Ou tue uay VI HIS arrival
Glenoak. He had the cash now wit
him in notes. But the amount W,
;. so large that he should OF cours
exchange them at the X chmon
Bank for a credit on their CORE.
l. pondents at Charleston. 1t was
1t strange notion of Cartwrighps t
insist on paying the money in note;
h "He seems to have been under th
impression that 1 should not hav
: been equally we'll satisfied with hi
signature, which made me feel yer
awkward, my dear Tom."
II He had felt still more awkward il
consenting to take the last year
IS interest on that loan at the rate orig
inally stipulated. Tom knew that h
would not have raised it so high i
he had ever had any hope of recov
ering the entire capital at the expira
ton of the term. However, ther,
was no help for it. Cartwright woult
have it. Cartwright had behaved
exceedingly well, very much like .
gentleman. He had really conceived
great regard for his present host
In despite of some obvious faults o.
character, and lie feared also of con
duct, there was so much good in the
man. G. was a most pleasant com
panion, and had shown the great. s,
delicacy in the matter. The mans
affection for his daughter, too, was
quite touching; and the child herself
was charming.
John Ackland then described his
impressions of slave plantation at
some length. His adherence of the
whole system was even more intense
than before. Not because he had
noticed any great cruelty in the treat
ment of the slaves on this plantation,
but because the system was one
which rendered even kindness itself
an instrument of degradation, and
these unfortunate blacks appeared to
him to be in o mental and moral con-
dition which, without justifying it,
gave hideous plausibility to the
cool assertion of their owners that
colored humanity is not humanity at
all. He avoided all discussion on
this subject, however, Tor, as Tom
knew, there was nothing he hated SO
much as controversy. At first he
had felt ga little awkward ut being
the only NOrtherner amongst SO
many slave propr;etors. But now
he felt quite at his ease with them
all, especially with Cartwright
II was pity that man had been born
South. He had been brought up
there to idleness and arrogance, but
his natural disposition fitted him for
better things. Glenoak was very
pleasant place, so pleasant that he
was reluctant to leave it. And, in
fact, there was no real necessity for
going to Charleston so soon. The
weather was horribly hot. He had
not yet been up to the exertion even
of going to Richmond to deposit the
notes he had received from Cart
wright He thought he should re-
main sonao deys Io-so- pcrhaps a
fortnight longer--at Glenoak.
On the evening of the day he wrote
this letter, however, an incident oc-
CURED which changed Mr.. Ackland's
disposition to prolong his stay at
Glenoak.
CHAPTER III
Among Mr.. Cartwright's guests
was a young lady who had, or was
supposed to have, an extraordinary
faculty for describing peoples char
acters or sensations,-not by looking
at their handwriting, but by holding
it in her hand, and thus placing her
self (lt was ave-red) in magnetic rap
port, with the writers. She was a
merry, good-natured girl, who did
her spiriting gently, without pro
Tossing much belief in it herself, and
always ready to laugh heartily with
others at the result whenever (as
sometimes happened) it was an un-
mitigated failure. This-evening the
experiment had been tried several
times with more than usual success !;
and sundry hypercritical spectators
averred Miss Simpson had made a
great many lucky guesses.
"Well, now," said Cartwright.
s:that is not fair on Miss Simpson
Here is the writing OF person whom
nobody present-not even myself
has ever seen. Miss Simpson shall
try again with it, and l will bet you
all she guesses right"
He drew letter from his pocket,
and the young lady, after crumpling
it for a moment in her hand, said
hesitatingly,-
This is woman's writing"
"Right!'' said Cartwright.
ga married woman said Miss
Simpson, more boldly.
"Right again. Any children -
mo"
eQuite right. Married long, eh p
"About three months, 1 Think
"Wonderful ~ exclaimed Cart
wright. ut is just three months and
nine days.
Mr.. Ackland looked up, ,and looked
and fidgeted in his chair.
80. Cartwright,' cried Judge Grif'
fin, "thst won't do. You put her
leading questions
"Well, let her go on by herself
said Cartwright.
He had noticed John Ackland'f
movements, and was looking hard al
his New England guest. Mr.. Ack
land blushed again, and turned away
his face.
"But she is not at all happy sait
Miss Simpson, muslngly.
"The devil she's not !'cried Cart
wright; "but twas love match
wasn't it ?''
81 think so," replied Miss Simpson
after a pause, and doubtfully.
my withers are unwrung,' salt
Cartwright, looking around. 81 swea
1 never saw the lady in my ltfe."
"Does she care more for somebod
else already, ma'am, than for her hus
band ~ asked the Judge.
"More, yes, replied Miss Simpson
"much, no. She must be strang
character. Not much feeling for an
one, I should say, except for hersel
She Tilted him"
"Whom ?n demanded all the Ii:
teners together.
81 don't know. But now I fame
she half regrets him. There is
strange feeling about this letter.
pheasant for poor Mordent - mu