The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

How ms Fsssea uis Yeang Master ard Es-
capoa being sosA.

AN Ex-8LAvE'8 STORY.
Nov He FssssA uis Yeanw Master anA Es-
eapsa nslng sssA.
From the Rirhm0od Climax.
n little while ago q colorcd man from
an adjoining county came over into this
county, his former home, and met many
old friends. To one he related . remark
able episode of the lays ''befo' de wah."
He said that he was m tough q mulatto
as the country ever produced, and his
young master resolved to ''send him down
the river" as the slave owners used to ex-
press Il. One day the young master told
him to nave the horses ready and they
would depart the next morning for Knox
vile. The young master had received In
formation that q certain slave buyer from
the cotton fields would visit the city men,
toned i'm quest Of ''likely negro men,"
The early dawn found the young farmer
ond his aluable human property speed
ing away over the smooth road south.
After they had gone a little way "Rich,"
for hat was the cognomcn by which the
''likely hoy" was known, inquired of his
master IL he was going tn noxvi to
put into execution u threat he had often
heard him make-to sell him to n cotton
planter. The master told him Il was his
mission. Rich became much affected by
recalled the hours of their boyhood, and
dwelt upon the pathetic in general The
young masters heart was touched, but his
Night came on, rs 1t always did when
travellers by the sole Wilderness Road
fni%e old BOURBON sseadied their nerves
and brought balmy sleep to the restora-
ton OF their strained energies.
Next morning they were UP with the
lark, and all day they talked about the
endless separation soon to follow, paIs-
s s@e ncS" and take a Trim The 'tsss
hunts by day, the coon hunts ~ night.
b romps, the fights they had. the fog;
gings they had caught from 'the old man.
were all lived over again.
another night and another a ! lay e and nd
the their b Journey ;,,s b nad e ens. Tb s%! I'm. Int 4 an nar Tn
lively'' that '.last night OH earth together
forever and forever more." They. were
At least the young master was full OF old
liquor and the slave was full of pretense.
He had p upon a scheme.
With dawn, Rich was up moving about
the city. A shave, clean clothes, n cigar,
q. cane, and many extras were added.
ira1asyn he SSGi %ssIf the as Nave Mr' b buyer 81 IN Ma III
son county. Kentucky, stated that he was
in the city. with the ''splendid young mig,
was now ready for n trade. The boy was
described i'm glowing terms and the price
M rae& a. s; S,.Sp nso wh1sd , ins de srarss sa'" w ns
and INTO the little back room, where the
"a pallet beside the bed where Rich had
taken the p~recaution to tumble him he
fore going out. His beard OF several days
~ k1s NHhshy Etth AaS
hair, and general appearance was any
thing but attractive.
Fifteen hundred!'' grutiiy remarked
the old dealer.as he glanced at the pitiful-
looking object. Fifteen hundred dollars
for that id thing! l wouldn't give you
cent more than half that much," and he
walked out on the street. II is useless to
say that they didn't get their prices near
enough for n trade.
About noon the young master awOkc,
not feeling the hest i'm the world. He was
compelled to borrow a shoe horn to put
on his hat, and there was n mighty
bad taste i'm his mouth, tn say nothing
of condiderable red i'm his eye and a
feeling of ~ sort of ~goneness i'm general
about his stomach. Rich told him that
he had been out to see the buyer, and
the old fellow wanted to know the price,
as all depended ON that the least he'd
take was the question, and tn be i'm n
hurry. as he ,the buyer had made about
all the purchases he wanted and was
ready to leave town. The young master
called for paper and envelope and wrote
as follows:
.sDear Sir--You have seen the hoy. My
lowest price is 81 100. He is worth every
cent of it," The note was duly conveyed
and was soon returned with mn answer ON
the back, saying: w can't trade"
The following day the w~ell-rested
horses. the happy mulatto and a disap-
pointed white man ''might have been
seen vending their solitary way through
the wond'' toward Kentucky.