The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-09-23

there we werei 1t was late at night when
the train stopped, and there was no wav to
go back TO the place we started from.
KMANUEL's DEBUT as PARsoN.
But Emanuel bore his disappointment
manfuIly. and Travelled some distance away
from the station next day. ! think the rea-
son OF this was that man who knew him in
the Sunday y>school near Boston was settled
I'D some sort of business at the station. but at
any rate we got away next day, and brought
up at place where there was another Freed
mems Bureau School, but no church. Eman-
uel set to work at once 10 get up a church
Tor the colored people, and soon raised
enough money among them to build a small
one. Then he took charge of it himself as
minister, and preached beautiful sermons in
1t every Sunday. During the week be used
IL as sort Of grocery store. bat the colored
people didn't object to this, for it was in the
original bargain. He sold things to these
people on monthly credit, and there used to
he great deal of wraugling when the time
Tor settling came round, for tho customers
didn't think they owed so much. But they
knew nothing about figures, and besides
Emanuel was their minister, and of course
he had great deal of good spiritual ipfiu-
ence over them, SO the little differences would
be settled up at last, and everything would
so pleasantly and smoothly again.
ANOTHER WIFE AND AN cFFICr.
had good deal of rest here, for Enan-
uel was getting on nicely that he didn't
care to leave, and after awhile, when the
colored people round about got to know him
pretty well, he ran for the Legislature and
was elected. About this time, too. he made
ap his mind to get married to a light COM
piextoned girl, but as there was no other
minister around 10 marry them, and Eman.
uel coald not very well perform the ceremo-
ny himself, he just married the girl without
any ceremony. Then he went away to the
Legislature and was gone q few months. and
when he came back he had more money
than ever before. He had a lot of bonds.
too-railroad bonds l think they were-and
some other sort of securities and I was very
glad to see that fortune was smiling on him
at last. .--. -.... -..
But there were some bad white people in
fireplace. and they were so envious of Eman>
uel that some one started a story that the
ight-complexioned colored girl vas not his
wife at all. Then they got up a crowd to
scare himself and his wife away, but when
the crowd went to his house they found a
lot OF soldiers there. and the soldiers fred at
them, wounding several. and the attempt to
make my owner leave the place was abau-
doned. He tried to get elected to the Leg
islature again, but didn't succeed, and as he
had given up preaching In the meantime.
there was good deal Of spare time on his
hands After another wEile, though, he got
an appointment as
REVENUE COLT CTOR,
and that kept him busy again. The people
didn't like to pay any revenue. and they
often said it was outrageous to make men
pay taxes who were not allowed to vote, but
Emanuel quoted the law at them, and spoke
about soldiers and the government, and got
the money out of them at last. At this time,
too, he formed some sort of connection wit h
firm in New York, and received letters and
small packages from it which he was careful
not to let any one see after he got them. |
never knew exactly what they contained,
but after awhile detective came into the
neighborhoCd to find out something about
counterfeit greenbacks, and he had long
talk with Emanuel one night, and received
lot Of money from him, and then went
away. There was no talk about coun terfeit
grcenbacks around there after that, though
| am sure l never could understand what
connection the talk between Emanuel and
the detective could have with that matter
THAT COMPOUNDED woHAN AGAIN.
w ell ever IulUS went on nicely LOT sew
ersl months more. till one day a woman
came into the Office and raised a dreadful
row. 1t was the same woman that had
given him some money to take care of after
he had married her, and she said she was his
lawful wife and would have him arrested.
But Emanuel was too smart for her. He
went and swore she was an impOster, who
wanted to eXtort money from him, and then
she was arrested herself. | don't know how
the affair was managed, but she was released
pretty soon by eolored Judge who was very
friendly with Emanuel, and went from the
place after Emanuel had given her some
money. We didn't see her again for a long
time, and | think Emanuel didn't want to
see her any more.
He BECOMES A POWER IN THE LAND.
We had now been in this place nearly
three years and Emanuel was not arrested
once. Indeed. be had become very popu-
lar and influential man, especially among
the colOred people, and l often heard him
say to himself that he might be Governor of
the State yet for be was ambitious and kept
pushing ahead all the time. He had been to
a convention at Chicago and voted for the
man that saved the country-as he was in
the habit of saying-for President and he
was a President himself of Union League
Club, which net in his ofice-the same one
that he collected his revenue in. Good luck
seemed to be helping him right on. and the
misfortLnes of the earlier times appeared TO
be all past. u-.
By>andby the time for electing member
of Congress came around, and the nominal
ing convention met in the revenue Office and
made Emanuel the regular candidate. Then
he got number of his friends appointed in
spectors, ard so on, and after that he got
great quantity of tickets printed. They
were just like the tickets that the other can
didate-the rebel one-had got printed. with
the same colors and letters, and when elec
tion day came his friends had plenty Of these
tickets in their hands OF course there was
no trouble in getting the intelligent colofed
people to vote the right way. but .here was
a good many of the other sort, and if these
were not watched they might vote so as to
bring on another rebellion Immediately. So
when they came to the polls Emanuel's
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