Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05
=" A un+ipr' called the boy,

"Lo'd % massyl Is de angel OBJ dc
Lo'd speaker to his sarvent from do
clouds?" said the old woman, starting
and dropping her basket.
"Auntic, hyar ut the crack"
"Who is yo' callen2 Yo' mus be
chile from yo' voice."
PUT yer eye close up to de fence and
y can see me ut the crack"
The woman drew near and put her
eye to the crack. Jakey stood off
q little way, and she could see him
plainly. Meanwhile he pretended to
have lost something on the ground.
"Why Dress my po' ole heart, honey,
eff v amt nothen but q leetle boy in de
jailyard. Taught t be huff to keep
dem po misabe po white east Tennes-
sans dar what dey had in de cellar wild
out lieepon a chile"
"My brothers prisoner, n 30 air l."
said Jakey in melancholy voice.
Climb ODER de fence, honey, and run
away"
1.-The fence air too high, n | amt
goen fur to leave my brother anyway.
See hyar, aunty, air you niggers Union
or seceshy'
why, honey, do you t'ink we turn
ag'in ou own folks! Amt do Yankee
soiers comen down fur TO glib us liberia
tion?'
"Ef y cd save Union sojer from
hangen, w'd y do it!'
go de Lo'd | wouldr
Then send this hanchikuff to Souri,
Slack"
who Souri, Slack"
"She's my sister. She lives at Farmer
Stacks"
"Whar data"
"On the Anderson road, close onter
the Sequatchie river"
While this conversation was going on
Jaliey continued his efforts to find some
thing at bis feet. He picked up a stone,
rolled IN the handkerchief and threw
them over the fence.
"What good dat do?" asked the col
ored woman, picking up the missile Of
war
when Souri, gifts it she'll know"
"Will dat sabe de Union sojer's neckT
"Mebbe It mought, n mebbe It
moughtnt."
Il CANT so myself-rm too debut
I'll start hit along. Reckon de darliies'll
tote it."
She picked up her basket and was
moving away when Jakey called to her.
"Auntie!'
"What, honey
"Yer mought git some un to tote hit
ter an old Niger named jefferson Ran
dolph, ez lives up creek bout five mile
from hyar, near the pike runnen that
Away. Mebbe he'll pass hit on"
"Sho huff"
"Yo' boy, thar"
The jailer's wife was standing in an
open window regarding Jakey severely.
Come away from that ar fencev"
Jakey skipped along toward her, do
ing little Waiting as he went.
"Ef that ar boy wasn't SIGH chile,
I'd think he'a ben up to sumepn."
What war Yer a-doen by that ar
fence?" she asked when he came up.
"Nuthen."
"What war that y throwed over"
ooh, war only throwen stones"
"What yer throwen stones that away
fur?'
Fur fun"
well, y just keep away from tn
fence er y shan't play in tn yard at all.
III shet y up with tibet big brother o
yourn."
WAL, won't 90 thar no more" And
Jakey took Il top out Of his trousers
pocket and began plugging imaginary
tops on the ground.
Mark hoped that the preparations the
ConfederateS We're making for the eX-
pected move would cause them to forge,
him. He was not destined to be 80 for.
tunate. The second day after his cap
ture he was taken before court martial
partment, to be tried on the charge OF
being spy.
The court was assembled and ready tc
proceed with the case. An officer had
been detailed 10 defend the prisoner, bu,
he had not arrived and the court waited
Presently clattCr Of horses hoofs was
heard outside. 1t stopped before the
uOOI VI lllt IlOQSC. anu III tHOlltF MO
ment Marks counsel entered the room.
Mark looked at him with astonish,
ment. In the tall, straight soldier, with
black hair and eyes, mustache and
goatee, bearing about him that some.
thing which indicates ITO the manor
born" he recognized the officer who had
called at the Fains' on the morning he
mao ieIt theln-Captan Cameron Fltz
Hugh.
AS soon as no entered he beckoned the
prisoner to follow him to a corner of the
room apart from the others for consulta-
ton. 1t was not a convenient place for
such an important interview, but one
charged with being spy was not likely
to get many favors, and the exigencies
Of the case did not admit of aught ex-
cept the bare forms OF justice.
"Will you give me your confidence,
my man, or shall proceed at random
cat random"
"lf you think it best to trust me,
give you the word of a Virginia gentle
man that | will not betray you, and !
will do all can for you. am q Fitz
Hugh"