The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-17

sowed the wind when you married me.
You are reaping the whirlwind now"
The older children had assisted the
colored oracle 10 load the wagon, aud all
the family were now ready to be slowed
away also.
"Kiss your father, children" said
their mother, kindly. "And, papa, you
must come and see them whenever your
business will admit. You'll never dnd
a better friend than Lie Hardine"
Peter permitted the wagon to be
crowded with the family, and then, just
as the aged oracle was driving away, he
signaled to an officer, who had been an
unobserved spectator from the other side
Of the street.
"Halt % cried the dignitary Of the
law, as he drew revolver and leveled
it at the head.of Uncle Dave
"Why, de Lawd o. Mu=sy!" exclaimed
che unconscious offender "Fo' de
Lswd, hain't done muffin, slog'
"You're my prisoner, sir! I've caught
you in the act Of abducting a whole
family, with its bag and baggage, from
the custody Of its lawful headr'
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot massa
/ Sappin'tonl I'll s'render-I will But
I call on Miss Liza heah TO swah that
amt no fender ag'in de law"
"No, Israel" and Lie was 50
strangely calm that her own voice star
tied her; "Uncle Dave came after me
to-day because ! wrote for him TO come.
am going to live with my mother, and
give Peter a chance to make a living for
himself; that's ALL"
"But Peter tells me that be did not
consent for you to make this change"
81 know he didn't. He's never yet
consented for me 10 make any change
in my struggle 10 support the family
until long after it has been made. He
kept me at the wash-tub alongside Of q
Chinaman as long as I would submit to
it. I bad to fight my way from that to
the boarding house; and now Pm re-
solved 10 fight my way from this place
10 my mothers. How long have you
been deputy sheriff, Mr.. Sappington ?'
"Oniy few days"
"Ah! / see. Part Of the plot. Peter
Tubbs, did you need to employ this man
20 DO your dity work? This worthless
wittol; this shameless husband of
faithless wife, who has lived for nearly
a score Of years ia shifiless idleuess upon
the bounty of ny erring brother, John
Hardine! I didn't think Ufs Of you.
Peter-indeed I didn't"
"You forget that you're making disre
speCtful speeches about an officer Of the
law, and in his presence, too, Mrs.
Tubbs. \ fnable ofFeuse, na'am-a
finable oiienseU' and the new deputy
strutted exultantly.
"What do you want Of me, Mr. Sher-
in2"
"In the name Of the Commonwealth
/ Of Oregon, I command You TO dismount
from that wagon and replace those
goods-your husbands effects, ma'am-
in his own hired house"
"But suppose l refuse; what then >"
1--WE are prepared TO make a clear
/ criminal case Of this, ma'am; and then
this black leper viii be hustled OF with
you to jail ~
80, Lswd ! o, Lawdi WharH de
ole woman say? O, massa Sappiu'ton,
hab mussy - cried the faithful negro,
upon whose once brave spirit the weight
Of years had at last made even the
/ grasshopper TO appear as a burden.
'Never mind, Uncle Dave. I'll stand
between you and all danger. You were
only hired by me to drive the wagon
containing my effects to Chemeketa
prairie. No harm can come TO you for
it,"
There's where you're wrong, Mrs.
Tubbs! There's where you're wrong ,
You are not, in law, an individual, but
an appendage. You see, a married
woman is her husbands property; and
you are wise enough to know that prop
erty can't make contracts"
The disgusted wife Of Peter Tubbs
placed her hands over her aching eyes,
and bowed her head low beneath the
Stats Of her great sgubounet.
"Will you get out Of the wagon and
go back into the house, ma'am, or shall
1 march you of to Jail with this mig
ger?"
80, Miss Liza 81 cried the trembling
oracle, '1f yon can help me out o. dis,
de Lawd'll bress you"
"Do you remember the Fourth Of July
celebration at Cbincapin Oaks, Uncle
Dave ?" she said, looking up sadly from
/ the cavern that shaded her face "and
do you remember that the boy told you
then that the wives and mothers Of men
in so-ealled free America were no more
free than you were at that time 2'
Yes, Miss Liza; aud 10 God 1
b'!ieve it now, sho"
"Aud so, Mr.. Sapplugtou, according
to the laws Of our boasted civilization. I
am the property Of Mr.. Tubbs, eh ~ she
, asked, contempiuously.
''Men don't mean 10 have IL seem that
: way, ma'am."
"But it is so, nevertheless. Is that
what you want me to understand"
SIT amounts to that"
"And you, Peter. Did you know YOU
r could entrap me by the law, and brine
my faithful old friend into trouble anC
disgrace Did you plan ahead for thi
} business ?n