Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13

Mr.. Joseph Chace lived in Newtown,
Rhode Island. A republican, a we'll
to-do lawyer, man of education and
ideas, he had been travelling through the
South. Actuated by curiosity, he had
gone that morning to witness negro
slave market. Mr. Chace felt his heart
swell with pity for the seven years. old
child, who was sObbing and dancing,
and offering his freedom in exchange
for his little dogs life. The auctioneer
had his business to attend to. He waved
Dinky away, and soon the waif was
pouring his woes into Mr.. Chace's
friendly ear.
Mr.. Chace's only child, a boy of
twelve, was hopeless cripple. His IA
ther had done everything IN his power
to relieve the suffering which he could
not remove. While Dinky was relating
his story, his life in Jail Alley, his
friendless and woe-begone condition,
the thought of the pleasure which his
son Arthur might find in Dinky struck
Mr.. Chace very agreeably, and the phi
| lanthropist wished that he might edu-
cate the boy, and make him the Moses
of his enslayed people.
Here" said Mr.. Chace,-"here are
five dollars. 1 will go with you to Horse
Heaven"
Dinky, igorant of the forms of 10
! lite civilization, threw himself into the
strangers arms and embraced him rap
turously.
A convenient carriage was found ,and
soon the street Arab and the we'll
dressed Northern lawyer were seated
side by side in pursuit of Spot. 1t was
late in the afternoon when they reached
Horse Heaven. In Tire centre or the
ring lay heap of newly slaughtered
victims. Several negroes were busy
dispatching their prey, and their dying
yelps smote the ear of the stranger.
With bound Dinky left the carriage,
and not seeing his treasure among the
living began to search for him among
the dead. There he lay in the middle
of the pile, dead, but not yet cold.
Screaming with impotent rage, and Wild
with grief, Dinky Rugged Spot to his
heart. Then, as though felled by un-
seen hands, Dinky dropped senseless at
Mr.. Chace's feet.
What was Mr.. Chace to do with his
self-imposed protege q? He could not
leave him at the mercy OF those dog
killers. and would not take him back TO
Jail Alley. He dared not carry him TO
the hotel, and place him in his bed Tor
in lS47 that would have been a procla-
nation of abolition sentiment, meritlng
the rough handling of mob, perhaps.
Mr.. Chace held a long collOquy with
the negro hackman. The result was
that Dinky was lifted into the carriage
and securely covered with shawl. Mr.
Chace went to his hotel, paid his bill,
and drove straight to the railroad sta
ton, The Northern-bound train started
a few minutes after he entered the car.
No ones attention was specially d.
rected to the child, who lay swathed In
the shawl. When Dinky recovered
consciousness he ate rayenously Oh the
food which Mr.. Chace had thoughtfully
secured and then he sank into heavy
sleep which lasted many hours. When
they had passed through Baltimore MI;
Chace breathed more freely. He had
no desire TO be arraigned for kidnapping.
In Philadelphia he stopped long enough
to provide Dinky with clothes and more
food. The child was stupid with illness,
fatigue, and the unwonted excitement
of travel. A few days after his arrival
in Newtown. when he was somewhat
recovered from his illness. Dinky was