New-York tribune., 1884-10-05


now 80 happy. jeS Ike two chillrn An so dey was
till one day young Mars Eaton stopped afore de
cabin an stood lstenn ter jules voice. Hes
! Orful wild, young Mars Eaton, leastwse he am {
got no spect fer Niger an so he went IN de cabin
aud began tor chafi. doesn't know. what he said,
| but guesses he tried ter kiss julie. But Tom was
nearer n he thought an Tom comes in an he picks
mp de Young gcmman an frows hum in de road. Den
he goes Oft a cussn' all de niggers. yuiie tod
it was all ober, an no harm nd come ter Tom.
an now de baby's cum. an Toms a convict. an dis
IL de end o all"
Mammy's grOans aud tears were brought to q
sudden stop for shrek wilder and more agonIzed
than any preceding IT. brought both the old woman
| and Dennis to their feet.
"Not guilty oh God, he is not guilty
Poor Julie While her wrongs did not cease and
her miseries were not lessened. the woman re-
| covered She came back TO her life in world Of
which her portion suffering As soon as she
could be moved, Nanny took her to her own cabin.
ana once more Dennis was alone. But ne Iad no
more quiet. lmpusiye. generous and withal stead,
fast, his nature kept him true to any cause he had
| espoused. lie wrote To the Governor stating the
case of ONeal, and to the captain of the guards ask
ing him in common humanity to tell the convict
that his wife safely delivered OF n boy and that
both were well. and well cared for To neither
| letter came answer. although the one To the Gov
ernOr was an eloquent appeal for mercy
| Day after day he went to the poSt-oifce hoping
for news for the woman, who with palld face and
eager eyes, stood by the gate of Mammy's little
garden watching, waiting. each day brought but
the same csult-disappontment and the sickness of
| hope deferred. To julio it meant despair. But to
| his wisdom. seemed capable of revOkng the de-
cslon against her husband. Although condemned
by law, she could not comprehend but that once the
enrOr of this condemnation were stated to the Gov
ernOr, or even tile Judge. law would do justice.
The morning she left Dcnnlss house she had fallen
| on her knees before him.
ooh Mars Dennis" she said you have helped
mc-hclp Tom He's not guilty God. who made
him, knows it. on. have PITY on him. Bring him
| back to his home ~
Dennis raised the trembling woman. reycIenty a.
if she were queen. Thus 10 noble hearts does sor
! before him. with her claspcd hands. and pleading
eyes looking ut him a~ II he held the git OF her bus
| bands freedom. He ho,iatcd 10 convncc her how
poworless he was, seeking for words to encourage
| hope he did not feel his cy enc onntrrcd those
staring ones of the copper faced baby That mite of
humanity seemed 10 be moraliking on tie useless
Of things In general. and OF tins big fellow ~
particular. I'm all the world could there be more
| inohcnsve creature, than this woman and her
| baby. or a more helpless protector than himself
Poor. MANNED. n carpet baegcr, one last relic OF
! thosc who after shedding their blood to free a
down -trOddcu race. had settled ~ the conquered
land ana waving tine standard Oi liberty over "A
country at pcarc. vowed that Their adopted state
! should no longer be without the broadening nu
cnce of opposing views that these views should cdn
cate the growing youth and protect the freedmen.
lut tins army Of eX-wafiiOrs found themselves IN
bad plight. Threatened oNcrpoWcrrd, asslssnnted.
| without protection at home or ,odntenance from
| the party that owed them support they were mar
tyfs 10 the cause and martyrs to tho'c names the
world delighted to link gnomny. They were IN .
battle. heroic ~ II WAa ioOhatdy, and worse than
hfnly lay those who were striving 20 establish their
republican principles ~ tlo south Int this iath
| fulnrss brought only added "b,oquy on the seli
DEVOTED band, OF this young party only lev
relics remained And thrso, liko this MANNED
aol1ior were forgotten by the North aud allowed to
! etst here, hecnuan they did not AHplfr 10 power
! and were without inlluonco. Vet this man, forced
by the noblrncaa of l' oNn mature, wnH again about
to wage nn unequal battle Hnd without ahuld ~
armors, enter the lists ioi Innocence aud hrpe7,
nrfA,
Tnnt unfortunate creature an,wcrng 10 the name
| ol woman WAS woman 10 hIih, ana entitled u"
protection although "a tainted blood hllrd her Nohs'
Her sutcrngs seemed 10 HIM as real, ha deserving
ol pity ~ if she were the highest lady III the land.
| That man. whose cry of despair had pierced his
| heart was n man 10 him. IN spite Oi the ebony of
his skim 80 felt Dennis Day, descendant OF a race
of Purltans. He was helpless Yet he could not
| stand idly 10y and these more helpless perish. \
sea of difficulty. OF danger, surrounded them yet
into that he would plunge for these, ho to him
| represented principle.
- am sorry for yoh deeply sorry for you,' he
said. hnIin. but poor ala III his own thoughts. and
no helI at all III the baby grave eyes staring him
out of cOuntenance. am sorry that You haNe nor
! will do most willingly. 1t IL useless 10 appeal to
| the law for the law has condemned him. and even
if it possible 10 obtain reyerslon OF sentence
| there would he required too much time and money,
| neither of which have to spare The mercy of
the Governor is the first hope. l have written to
him but sometimes letters miscarry. and as have
had no answer will write again. If after a reason
| able time hear nothing from the second letter, |
| will try to the Governor. Bat as Republican
and 'carpct-bagger. fear shall have LITTLE nii-
ence on a politician In the meantime | will go to
the camp where your husband IS. Perhaps can
manage 10 have a message reach HIM. II YOU can lie
assured of his safety and he OF yours, yOu c0ud
wait more patiently for action from the Governor.
No don't thank me- This trip to the southern part
Of Georgia l. only hurried. | had intended to 60
there to collect facts for some work am engaged H.
| beg yOu not
gratitude and calling Nanny to quiet her ne lett
| the room.
b,y i,,tlu in he ma md day
bv day went 10 the post office. expecting answers TO
his petitions Each day. as he passed Nanny,
cabin jules pald face and sad eyes would watch
for him. Dennis had written down the story OF this
negro family of Tom, falthtulneSS to his master
during the war-a faithfunes, unto death. He
wrote of Toms good character, and then of the IN
iustice of the trial To which he had himself been a
witness. enlargiug upon the horror which such IN
Justice must awaken IN the NINA oi every honest
man. In this Dennis greatly erred for here he
touched "A political question, and aroused political
enmity For strange inconsistency While as man
one NAV feel as politician, the end generally JUS
tife. the means. The only answer his letter re-
celved was a short note from the Governor ~ re-
tarv.
His Excellency. the Governor. after causing IN
nuiries 10 be made into the trial of the convict,
0'Neal, aud finding that it was fairly conducted,
before "A Judge of high andlns and that the negro
was defended by competent lawyer must decline
all interference in the case. Whatever ms private
feelings NAV be his office ObgeS him 10 protect the
people from crime and justice Is the preservation OF
! liberty
woman car:ng on the gate holding her baby, aud
watching +, h:m with the letter crushed IN his
| hand and side throbbng painfully, he walked
M tile hot l,ty street Even the trees caught the
! dust and With leaves moro brown than green
! formed background for the irall hgure OF Julie.
| her pa.lId face and eager eyes.
{" asked for bread. and ye gave mo stone
Yes a stone: cold. hard cruel. crushing hop' rom
out a human heart. Dennis hardly knew that he
had hoped Tor surely the ease seemed black enough,
untiI this letter made II really hopeless lie tried
to soften the blow to Julie Bu; where Is the soft
| n,ing for such a blow d" Let me read it, sir.
pcaSe" and holding out her hand she took the lci-
/ Ter Is she read her face faded into dtddller
! r,llor and little moan came from her compressed
! lirs She staggered Ike one receiving dcath-blow.
! and then was still