Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-19

noug!ass' Wilt 10 EEis CID Master.

F'ro,. II 5as- Published oHiocrarhy
1t should III tie first place be understood that
| did not 20 to II. Michaels upon Capt Aulas
. invitation. bat upon that Of my colored friend
+ Charles CALDWELL hut when once there Cart
Aud eEt Mr Green. q man in constant attend
aHce mon him during his sickness to tell me he
wDU.d &c lad to see Hc. and wished me to ac-
company Green 10 his house. with which re-
quest ] complied. on reaching the house was
met 10y William H. BrutT. q sOn-iH-aw of Cant
Aud, AID lis. L0u@e Bruff. his daughter and
was conducted Immediately to the bedroom of
Capt. tuld. We addressed each other stimuli
taHcous!y. he calling me marshal Douglass
aHd !. a. had aiW avs called him. Capt Aud. D."
| instantly broke ~ the formal nature of the
IucctiG-, by saying. Not marshal bat Treder-
ich to YOU, - formerly. We shook hands cor
daily. ana in fine act doing so he. having
been long stricken with palsy shed tears as
men thus afflicted will do when excited by any
deep emotion.
/ Tie sight Of him. the changes which time had
wrought in him. his t!"mulous hands constantly
in motion and al the circumstances of his con
dtlon affected lie deeply. and for time chokad
my voice and made fte Sppechl9sS. We beth
however. got the better OF our feelings and con-
! ycrscd freely about tie past. Though broken
! by are ard palsy, the mind OF Capt Aud was
remarkably clear and strong. After he had
become composed asked him what he Thought
1
tie North
He E"sitated a moment. as if to properly
formulate lis reply. and said: Frederick,
always knew you were too smart to be a slave
ana had been inyour place should have done
as you did
said Capt. Aud, am glad to hear YOU
say this | did not run away from YOU. but
from slavery; it was not that loved Caesar less
but Rome more told him that | had made
mistake in my narrative. a copy OF which had
sent him. in attrihuting to him ungrateful and
cruel treatment of my grandmother: that had
done So on the suFpositon that in the division
! OF the property OF my old master Aaron ANTHONY
| my grandmother had fallen to him. and that he
had left her i'll her old age, when she could be 10
longer of service to him. to pick up her living in
SoiituGe with none to help her. or in other words
had turned her out to die like an old horse
! "Ah! he said that was mistake | never
owned your grandmother: she in the division of
/ the slaves was aw arded to my brother-n-law
Andrew Anthony but" he added quickly Il
brought her down here and took care of her as
! onc as she lived.
/ IN" fact is that after writing my narrative de-
Serb ng the condition Of nv grandmother Can't
Au!d's attention being thus called to it. he
rescued her from restitution. told him that
this mistake of mine was corrected as soon as
discovered it. and that | had at no time any
wish to do HIM injustice: that regarded both
OF lis as victims OF Il system.
''oh. | never liked slavery lie said land
meant to emanciPate all of my slaves when they
reached the aye Gf % years.
ted hin had always been curious to know
how old was. that it had been serious trouble
to me not to know when was my birthday He
sad Il" could rot tell me that. but he thought
was born III February. 1918. This date made me
one yea: Younger than | had supposed myself
from what was told me by Mistress Iucretia
Capt. Aulds former wife, when | left LlOyd's for
Baltimore in the spring of 1925. she having then
said that J was eight going on nine. / know
That 1t was in the year 1925 that | went
to Baltimore. because it was in that wear that
James Beachain built a large frgate at the foot
OF AIlc"ana street for one of the South American
governments. Judging from this and from Ger
tain events which TRANSFERRED at Col. LlOyd's
such as a hoy without any knowledge of books
under eight years old would hardly take cogi-
nance n:. | am led to believe that Mrs Lucreta
Wa; nearer right as to myage than her husband
Before | left his bedside Capt Aud spoke
with cheerful! confidence OF the great change
that awaited him. and felt himself about to de
part in peace. Seeing his extreme weakness |
dld not pIotract my visit. The whole Interview
ud not last more than 20 minutes and we parted
To meet no more. His death was soCn after
announced i'll the papers. and the fact that he
had once owned ne as a slave was cited is rem
Gerln@ that event teWOrthy.
FREE -FsTFsHt CAPITAL. OF TreE
CAR.