New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

kent her arms in the same position and imane ~ no
answer "What's dc matter, julie, chlio' N"'"'"'
Bnt st Julie did not speak, Her face was ' ''Sc sc
,hot of n cornss except that the ewes Mcr" iuil ",
,n,ror n terror that made her shake All over hhu
a, h1ck across her shoulder intcnty, ~ u Sna
60 lacking for something. Nanny TOOK hvr % ,l.u
aud lending her into the kfchen nplc ~ ~, sle
Lv the fire aud gave her cup oi Yea. ~ WV ",,S
,Lon thnt shc seemed t. realize where she was al"
losi n LITTLE of her strange manner; ao,,,,,
ia ,nnr. Nanny. it's gone, she said IN seP"i-
cnpm, ,ly rcr1nr the infant with bread aud mig.
ua",,''y was mol looking at Julie aud intending 9r
w"r,ls more to soothc than question hef' s''''
q rh" hn,se. our cabin. could NOT ind IT, -.
4, this answer NANNY started suddenly. nrhry
dropping the cup oi onu. Go Guo ,'soi nurr hes
r';n r" lnt lo uotc gal ~ it well Il Tom phy
romcs back =" lett her ~ she lnok'u ~ io wv th
of the muatto the mn nEir" Vcn' lew & .,J owes
folded hands cNtrndou ch h'i '"F' wv" wv" -
He,,''g ','p ',,,n , the old woman said under her
htca t. tG solrml ~ "S have n" cth"r ,csirc hon
W. n,'', ,n,I Mnnm,'s inr" "tlcnn 1uru, pore rn'
and NANNY shook hcr head an,l sh" ~ " vi vi ,o
mlYut ~ ,,,nv s,r Won Gn dc little cabin where
v, w NM Fan ~, ter hc happy an VA re 'l' l'oih ~
s,nl van ulor happiness as'm oF "' JOYS wv Wv
'HnNh Nh,,ris'. "y,Iis eve. Iuc looked at her. aud sigh
ny 'i",muu'V' Uod hna forgotten u.s.
Nn,n,N ,i,,,', | mlnriol with aurc rromiscH ct
lc LotV tlat' comin,' h'oh" d"Wh 'onP'ihnn WYNN uh,
Wv n'h,,l i"nL nam those sal oNct hnl stu hn'dhg
a. ,1 ,,,nt INTO the yald g. hNyc her cry out
lint Julic did not str, dd MOI n"ii'o n,l n,sV
The nrxt mognine however N''n NY "tn"hl hi,,, nm
,hn L,by ,pio an span. ~ shn sllh h'l' ''''n wy
~" ,, Li ,,n,th,r to SEQ Julie hrightcnrd, Nin even
.mil,I Set her mud was not clear Tor Mhrh r ,up
moment came for starting sno ''4M W" "nl h"II
Wlnuv ha mt near the seephT cni',l' lla "'" !, ~
w., H. tcnirrly IN her arms. smiled ANA spnkc u" u w
h h 80 tones mothers believe best suited 10 n,lUh
ear. Mamuy seeing .nl' % ,'i st et'' cnpc LONG wild
Wa'ur1v Sine whispered to the coppcr-ac'd PlI"s
onhcr Who in hls Qulet content seemed !, sPP'H1i H
th" arrangement "lon jest come iniig ' o'o
VW',,,",II t,l,c care ob Won tall Your mndder CONES
h"ci, to herself Use feared dat VIII ncnhrr or, Sn'
,o,J nnJnr he breath, not wishing 10 take tD' "'-
fnut too deeply into her conh,lcnce' ,., mood,
'" '"dt, Trcs, woruing air aud Mammy's Kind wo'dS
..r;"cd iulir. Presently she looacd ut the ShaN,
ttcl at Mmamy. and rcoghMol I 'u inri ,n, @ her
oid woman mad the baby. she stoppea, puLt uLt m''
Lnnd tn her head and looked once more a. the sh'w
" How did il happen shc NpoNe w % hels,,a, ,,.,,,
thought hal the chd' hen turning 10 ,'h ,nlIo ~
She offered TO take hni' h"' N'''''' ""' '''''''
e's No. ' No. chile. yon Jest pick Nanny some oh dem
nrctty flowers" the old woman san'. am il''n',', W.
aitrr singing u sad little mclodN, .lnIIe org"n ~
,l,r thc fcatherv grass weaving 1t INTO graceful
Tyrraths IS they ncarcd the ace wherr2. 2. o,'n Il.
cabin had stool shc ran iorMn .,iHg h"ck her smn.
bonuct. g,acd aronnd. 1t was thus Nanny 81" he'
as she hurried along. ., ,,..,,,. e,iJ
Wnl | rrcllu Use clean gone too hi"i'S ,NN'.,,'
looking at the ploughed M ground where th, Il.Ii"
r,imn lad stood. All that remaned oi the negro
home was Il pile oi ln2i ,o., oo,,;, y
II was simply the removal ol nseluHs ',i,, ,hno
fo,v olJ logs that stood on ground for whIch thon
was nossiblv still due some payments. Az aI
events il was the proDertv OF cohNlctc Sioh a' m
,i hot u,"rc natural than that 1t should nave ben
nulled down and thrown ASIDE IL ls an exaiPie Hi
nature old as the ay Gl e @ n snrb wG seem to
tLeir nrrnctrators mo eNcu>ng reasons sn2IcStrd
themselves to the two women Stitin9 Sucs.f Se.o 81
on the spot where once iiaa o"i"c' '"c "o'i'" "'o
oi mIi" ,,i ,i'' noor shadowy creature whispered in
cohcrcntly her pald face grown more lialIid her
Portable person seemed to gam dignity as hcr non
est heart >wrlled with indlgnatiou
DE rch hab robbed de pr nt nG L"r LORI ~ vfh ,hc
distant house of the Eaton family. Con!i there
ever come requial' Wonld day fulfil the old
womans words until they should st'na ~
a lanI,h from q gay young gentleman. who riding
across country had Jumped hls horse over the fence
near the two negrcsse~ III. lace hu1he Win 81 w. o
tsad1c.t pha,cs of life -sclf-Indulgcncc.
90 il. Old woman Wen stand rs much Of that
vengeance as yoa can BRING he eaiie" ou' III
This salutation considering that he belonged to
the wealth and p"wGr oi .e S,G' s shnd ,I hoo o."
nvrrnnwcrcd her with it condcsccnSion. Bnt
,ithnuoh she knew hun to hc that Mars Eaton
,Vb, had caused all the misery -ol l'r ITi'l'l~
athoneh she knew not what he might do to her. she
IoolcJ np at the young heir to great estate with un
nmchne eyes. ~ 1 ,,, J..
r,ichtcn her he touched the spur, making his lorsc
spring forward ,, ,.u
thinking her hour hal come ana tri'H 70 pray
The noise made Julie turn She looked at the horse
man with vacant eyes, which change 70 rccog III On
na shc sand Mr. Eaton She dill not utter another
word did not bill him look uppn ms work. nor did
.I,o itrr Voigp calling nsffCC to abolish
those statutes that have III reality d'stanchiScd the
negro.
These laws enduring for twenty wears have almost
dcsrnycd TIE power tO critcisc, or d'slrc 10 amend
AMI Tins i'm a Stat" where tnclr continuance N 50
much to Tie interest OF the ruling element. Inter
est is a powerful lever with law makers aud where
thr oppressed have voice. no rcprcS"n al"n the r
rights are readily forgotten. 1hc,r two, tho
muat,o and the young soul, represented each q
class existing il IS tue. throughout the world.
wherever is found hclplcssnc,s and the unicst!ancd
Even though the niger" was 20 him domestic
frudcc Gttrd for and created for slavery Mr. Eaton
lclt a M, uncori Portable under jules steady
gaze The sadness of the thin figure and of that
palld face made him vince as hr looked upon hem
hcrcon the tcsccratcd hcarihstoucot hchomc whcrc
She had seemed fair enougl to str he his fancy. Sh"
was evidently III; nyolnntarily he pitcd her He
tired 10 laugh IL on. beng prone 10 Joke on serious
subjects. Bat there was little 10 assist joke in the
figure before HIM
"What's the mottcri' he said, feeling sure that if
any OF his friends coald see him they wonld make
no cad OF "a tmc" over it. "Whats the matter,
JnlieY Are yon sick Z" As she did not answer he
grew impat!cnt &" say, leave OF staring And if
Won want your money for the part OF the land you
owned the goycrnorl give you n fair price I'll
see he does the generous thing by You" Still she
did not answer.
here's n dollar for the little mig and tossing n coin
TO her he turned his horses head. riding swiftly
away and cursing to himself at her damned I'M
pudrnc," For O'Neal he had no Thought no pity
lie could not forget the fact that that niger" had
dared to strike hIm II was to revenge himself that
he took the suggestion OF an as'ocl1te. and with
vate grudge against O'Nes turned the negro over
TO the law to be punished fclon.
The elder Eaton had been ignorant Of the pl0ttinr
against the negro. While he would surely have
Killed an eN-save for striking white gentleman.
he would not have lent himself To any underhap de,i
cohc,ue His proSccutfOu of the ur0rn had HON =,