The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-21
UNDER THE SHADOW
OF THE TREE.
COurtship OF NrS.. of Hick.
man. k}.
sKsrcu BIT sArpE NrLLER.l
CH APIER /

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In the autumn of l8-. he steamer
james Johuson. a large New Orieaus
and Nashville freight boat, landed at
the Hickman wharf, and e.S nassen-
gers, sca~eai- "V any one un>
! less maybe the eager eye of some hotel
drummer Glanced to rest upon the
hetter dressed cues Of the party At
that time. au immense frame structure
stood neal the river. and across the
whole front of the building, in huge
\ letters, the sipd, The Planters
! House" inv;oed the weary traveller to
4 reS wi entertainment, aud. in the
I basement rooms of this building mer
-. = -z,.zzssl7sl lsz-a4-lzs4-
receivIng and Forwarding produce for
he planters aud the public generally
To this house, Allen Suhleit, psssen
ger from If the james johnson. wend
I'd hi way aud there found lodgmen'
and entertainment BY the bv, the
rooms Of the hotel portion OF this i'm
meu~e trsme were divided BY large
hall p"rh,p- so leet in length, and
he guests rooms only divisions or
compartments BY their partition aud
! by accident and not the least from
>cieuii6c iRten, or calculation. the
mere-t whisper in any part of this
house ran from hall to hall and room
to room with us clear aud distinct
u,tersnce a. the human voice could
convey il. albeit little marred by the
rebouudi1g conclusion of sound be-
tween the hard ceiling and It's own
emptiness Allen Subjects kr-t night
WAS "A restless and unqnief Que. for
these 'wh;>periug." or sehoing sound.
came aud went. aud being in q strange
place. unaccu<tum-d to such disturb
ancr-, he knew not how - interpret
the noi-es or pheuowcua He had no
faith ia the weird sound Which the
highly emotional seutinenialist aseribe
. 80 the VIBRATIONS of bodiiesS spirits
tluching he auditory nerves of spirit
uali-ti~ mediums, aud yet he ,u!d no'
feel sati 6cd that the infused utter
. ance- were altogether human In This
nervous, restless stsre. he tos Ell sleep
, refusing TO drown the ever recurring
. sounds until the old hall ceased even
TO repeat the porter's ioni>tep, and
landlord aud guests slept! Oh bless
r ed sleep, exhausted natures sweei
restorer. how nnxiou-ly Allen Subletl
courte1 thy haimy comforts How
coyi-hly thy tender embrace seems to
woo-to yicid-and then nervously y
, twitch away. leaving ouly wearied
D wakeiuIue>s TO mock its temptations,
aud TO count the small hours TO return
ing day Was il sleep. forgetfulness,
r or exhaustion that superveued, when
e Consciousness again brought the sound
{ of voices? This time it vas real
voices, evidently those of the landlord
L and landlAdy. getting up, preparatory tc
e their daily duties.
The landlord was evidently Nnrth
ern mn. and not long a resident 10 th'
Sou'h a. the echo this time brought
the suppressed nasal accent:
e Wall. guess III go up in tie nun
aud around by the ke ars, and the
landin !"
His wife. the landlady strange tc
-ny wa~ a broad spoken Iri-h woman
and on the morning in question
d showed efficient cros- temper to war
c rent the guess that she might be
e cross of ihe Scotch Iri-h. or perhap'
u her unhridird tongue this IN rrning wa.
:, the nniura! resistance nf fhe free Irish
nature from contact With the narrow
calculations of the Yankee tempers
ment
Il kinder guess" continued the
landlord. Mr. Prankland. that these
Southern folks are NOT up to snuff anC
we can kinder reich ahead by beiu "
= an ready That child Wall. Tn
certain that her psp's hereabou's. anc
:; that he is a rich Sou,herner from wha
the old oman SAYS, and what the child
herself seems to know about il Mel
may escape the Law, and social ruin
but somehow kinder calculate tha
his own conscience will one dsy max
him come TO his cider -
n An it's the chiider veg Away
IT tsikin' about, is il 2" chimed in IN
e landladv spouse. An sure I had IN,
choi'd before I ever knew you at all
' sn' the wee bit brat of darlint she i
u too Troth as touid il to veg. nn
: there's not a dhrnp of me blood in he
e vains. and very loike not a bate of th
! father's nayihrr I, was a mayer VII
fetched her or'n the boat. the sam,
that lies at the wharf yonder r-ih
.Johnson-au' has bene this besse,
nnight taken and stating the things
e Sure an | was dacent woman hefor
:, veg had to do with us. an nv pap
were all dacent papie tool An wha
Z was to do2 He gave me bunch 0
Il a schrsp. in bundle of shayls. and
e rowl Of money, an said away with th
:, ,hing on the boat I Us the money o
= ,he raicb Soniherner that yez be afihel
n an me own dhrudgin', an not mesel