The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-01
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he nt4tnii | answered him In the anlrma.
Ton waa thfn nearly trn O'Clock
lie aid that he would be- rudy Ia start
within hall ~ hour and told me 10 10
70 Tie corner gfa wrtein street, which
lac natnwl, and there 10 visit until he
came From fear 81 being lon, | took
my stand vt the appointed place aa soon
~ ] could gct ready, which VIA not more
than fifteen minutes VI longest. Hut iar
the romance that was In the trip, | never
should have gone ~ flf such a night aa
that was. II WIS one Of those very cold
nights In the latter lart Of December
which we seldom or never have In this
more southern climate. Thecloud- which
had all day confined themselves to the
horizon were now making their appear.
ailce IN all parts Of the heavens; and with
them came a northern wind which blew
all night. There ! stood like n sentinel
on duty, leaning against a lump post
until was nearly frozen, n%otwithstantl-
ing my two overcoats. Each one OF the
rushing crowd, m he passed by, looked
at me rather stspiciously, An II he thought
my reason for standing there on such a
night, was not a good one, | had now
begun to get impatient IN account Of the
delay, ior | had been standing there, II
seemed, nearlyan hour, dthejanitorhad
not yet made his appearance. ] feared
he had passed the place before ! got there
my fears were soon dispclled. ior Just
as some distant clock had chimed q quar-
ter to eleven, | saw coming down the
street, a covered wagon, drawn by one
horse, which | recognized at once as
the one which was To carry me to the
place to which | had 50 long desired to
80. On reaching me il halted, and to
my surprise, ] Siw that instead OF there
being but one occupant, there were two
another, II negro, whom the janitor hal
employed TO assist him in his work. 1t
WAS sometime before | could persuade
myself that ! was not mistaken in the
people, 10 great, in appearance, was the
change caused by their dress, which was
the same they had worn ON a previous
occasion while it was raining, for il WAS
50 muddy that ! could not tell Of what
kind VI material il vas made. They also
wora a peculiar kind OF cap which
showed only q small part Of their face.
Such was the outward appearance Of the
company | had TO Pottcr's Field
and back to the city. On getting into the
wagon | took q seat by the white man, OF
course, though il | hal taken appearances
into consideration II would have been
hard 10 have decided by whom To have
sit. A lovely booking trio YOU may i'm.
aginc, US W. started oil at a slow pace
down the street. w hal not gone very
far before the %janitor remarked to me
that he was in the habit OF asking each
one, who went with him to buy u pint Of
whiskey, and asked me il | would get il
for him. Alter telling him that would
he showd nie directly IN front OF us q red
light and said ] could get itthere. Upon
reaching the pace | dismounled ami
procured the mighty priced article, Of
which they both partook freely. After
that we went much faster, and In
q few minutes we WERE ut f the city,
and vending our lonely way oyer the
turnpike towards Potter's Field. Tie
moon had now almost iorsaken ny. She
would now and then pUp from behind a
cloud only 10 I've hidden again In a few
seconds, by another. | have but a faint
idea OF what happened after We left the
city until We 10 ,cllcd our destination /.
The signing OF the wind through the
trees together with the mmbling Of the
wagon wheels over the rocky rad, mado
mOurniul melody which s0on lullcd Inc
into u state Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, from
which | was now and then aroused by an
occasional word from one u my compan-
ions. ! remember iassing through u
~tollgate without paying the fare, AS the
man who Kept II WIS asleep. They said
they had done the same thing several
times before. After We left here, fhefc
were but very few words 'pOkcn until We
neared the place of burial. | supposed
the intense cold had sdincthingto do with
our drowsiness. And now ~ J reflect,
more especially upon that par; Of our
journey, II scenes like q dream. 10 slight
II my circumference OF what passed. All
that know Is that after about Two hours
ride, We made a sudden halt, AMI tile
innitor informed me that we wer then
within a few hundred yards u the place,
which was situated just buyoad ~ clump
OF BUSHES which he showed ute. On get
ting nut Of the wagon the janitor sent
Pony, which was the Negroes name,
ahead to see II the guards wcre on
duty, While We waited his return. There
we stood in the solumn stiffness 81 the
night, where nothing was To be hearl save
the rushing wind as il moancsl through
the surrounding pines and q amor tic
boot OF q Lonesome owl,mInglul with the
howl u some sleepy watchdog. by tie
light Of the moon, whirh had just made
her appearance frotn behind q cloti1 ~ II
to enlivcn the scene, We rould ssc Ia the
distance an approaching object, which as
il drew ncarrr proved 10 be Pony, who
vas returning sooner than We exported.
lie informed ~ that everything was "all
right and said he supposed IL was too
c1ld for the guards 70 le GU. We gUs iato