The Hazlehurst signal., 1885-11-12

to Sampson DIANA, n sister of Titus, and
and she had been rc-sold to cotton.
planter in Mississippi. The darkics of
the border States had holy horror OF
the cotton and sugar plantations of the
far South, and they dreaded nothing
more than being ''sold down the river"
Continuing, Titus said: Yes, sab,
want you to sell me to Marsc Tom
Sampson. He bought my sister and
sold her down the river, and want
him, specially, to buy me. Ill pay
him back. I'll hurt him whar it will
hurt him most I'll hurt his pocket, for
don't intend to bc any mans slave,
Marse Frank"
I..,ltsirc TO observe, in this connection,
that the broad negro patols of Titus, as
here given, is not Incompatible with the
statement that he was educated in
Greek and Latin, and hence should
have known the English well. have
known hundreds of white men Of the
South, brilliant orators, lawyers and di-
vines, not TO speak of private gcatlc-
men. educated most cxcellently, who
retained the breadth OF dialect peculiar
to the section. Another thing: The
general reader will observe that North
ern writers frequently, and tina, unnst.
ural burlcsque On the negro character.
the 'nigscr-minstrel," unanimously,
speak and pronounce Master and Mis-
trcss, as applied by the slaves to those
persons, "Massa" and "NIissus." The
fact is that no Southern negro ever
lived who pronounced those words in
that way. Master was always "Mars-
ter" or abbreviated to "Marsc," and
Mistress was always "Nl!sti.s," or ab.
brcvia,ed t6 Miss"
Frank Berklcy had been brought up
a Wing. His father had been partl-
san disciple and follower of Henry Clay
grand old "lIarry Of the West"-and
it is a well known fact that Mr.. Clay
was at heart an cmancipationist. lie
was ayowcdlya a gradual emancipation.
ist," and Frank having imbibcd those
sentiments with regard 10 the "institr-
,ion,' had enlarged upon them from an
innate and high sense of justice, and
from advanced ideas and tendencies in
connection with the amenities OF civil.
ization. Naturally, therefore. he was
Union man, and, while not n pro-
nounced Abolitionist. would have viii
lingly sacrificed slavery upon the altar
Of his country. for he believed that the
integrity Of thu Union was the only
safety Of the Republic.
He told Titus that he would speak TO
his guardian upon the subject of the
sale. This he did, and Sampson. who
had long desired to own Titus. became
las posscssor at the price of fifteen hun.
dred dollars; for Sampson was an un-
terrified rebel sympathizcr. and believed
that the South could easily whip all the
Northern "mudsills i" that could be
brought across the border.
In two weeks after the sale of Titus
to Sampson the former had become u
great scarcity in that region, and no
one there knew of his whereabouts. He
had kept his word about being mo
mans slave" and had struck for liberty
and other localities.
Some months afterward Frank Bcrk-
ley assisted in recruiting company for
Union regiment, and bccsmc l.ieu-
tenant in the army and eventually the
Major of his regiment. In the battle OF
Kcncsaw Mountain he received shot
in the leg. and when carried to n field
hospital was delighted to find Titus on
duty there rs an assistant to one OF the
surgeons, and. nj the hands Of his for
mcr slave, Major Bcrklcy received many
little kindncsses and much extra atteh-
ton.
Titus explained TO "Marsc Franz"
as he still called him, that he had
Joined a colorcd regiment, in the Army
Of the Cumberland, rs soon rs any
such regiments were organized, and
had been promoted to the grade OF
sergeant The white sergeant g the
regiment saw and fancicd him, and oh.
tanned al order detailing him for duty
in the medical department Being an
apt student, and possessed Of n high
order of intelligence, Titus was given
every advantage possible in the dircc-
ton of medical and surgicsl informa-
ton, and after the war the surgeon
made such arrangements as to give
him a special course of study under a
brilliant young professor of Jefferson
College. Philadelphia, Frank w.
Maury. now dead. The result is that
DIR. Titus s Berkley is an eminent and
wealthy colorod physician of New
York to-day.
Major Frank Berkley is prominent
lawyer in California, and occasionally
the doctor and tho lawyer exchange
visits from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
-Chicdgo Inter Ocean.