Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-05

/ Spons1Dle position. But the desire Z
! help his friend ont of bad fix having
got into his brain. from the nature o.
the case it simmered there. and ther
boiled little. and simmered and boies
again. Like most people of genins
Jakey was unconscious of his own pow
ers, but there was one person in whom
next t. Mark, he had great confidence
that was he sister Souri,. Then came
the thought that if Souri, were only
there '.she mought do a heap" This
led Jakey up to the problem how to get
her there The problem was too diff
cult for his young brain to solve, so he
got no further until circums& ances came
to his aid, or may he not have had the
germs of reason within him t., go fur
Their without being definitely conscious
of them?
When he left Mark he welt out into
the jailyard and began to stroll about
with his hands in his pockets. To a
casual observer he was simply boy
with no playmates, who did not know
what to do with himself. If any onehad
been near him he would have seen his
little eyes continually watching for some
means of communication with the out
side world. Occasionally he would
wander near the fence. first casting
sly glance at the Jail. There were
cracks between the boards, and Jakey
was looking ont for good wide crack
to spy through. AT last he found
place to suit him and lowered about it
listening for footstep, and occasionally
getting a quick glance through the
opening by putting his eye to it, But
Jakey knew well that if caught at this he
would be called into the Jail and forced
TO stay there, so he preferred to rely ON
his sense of hearing rather than on his
sense of sight.
The Jail was in an unfreqnented place,
and he was not soon rewarded A man
went by, but he was too far; then an
other man, but Jakey studied his face
and let him go without stopping him.
At last an old negro woman passed with
a basket ON her arm. smoking a short
clay pipe.
"Auntiel' called the boy
'Lo'd a massyl Is de angel OBJ de
Lo'd speaker to his sarvent from de
clouds?' said the old woman, starting
and dropping her basket.
"Auntie, hyar at the crack"
"Who is yo' callen? 70 mus be a
chile from yo' voice.
Put yer eye close up to de fence and
y can see me at the crack"
ba,.
eye to the crack. Jakey stood off
a 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 y amt nothen but leetle boy in de
jailyard. Taught t be huff to keep
dem po' misable po' white east Tennes-
sans dar what dey had in de cellar wild
out keepen a chile"
'My brothers prisoner, n so air l.,
said Jakey in melancholy voice
Climb ODER de fence, honey and run
away"
THE fence air too high, n | amt a
goen fur to leave my brother anyway.
See hyar, aunty, air you niggers Union
or secesh?
"Why, honey, do you t'ink we turn
ag'in ou' own folks, Amt de Yankee
soiers comcn down fur TO glib US liberia
tion?"
EFF y cd save Union sojer from
hangen, w'd y do it,"
"Fo' de Lo'd wouldw
'Then send this hanchikuff to Souri,
Slack"
WHO Souri, Slack"
shes my sister. She lives at Farmer
Slack's.r
"Whar daty
"On the Anderson road. close onter
the Sequatchie river"
While this conversation was going on
Jakey continued his efforts to find some
thing at his feet. He picked up stone.
rolled in the handkerchief and threw
them over the fence.
What good dat dor 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 neck"
"Mebbe t mought, n mebbe t
T.
II CANT go myself-rm too debut
I'll start hit along. Reckon de darlzies'll
tote it"
She picked mp her basket and was
away when Jakey called to her.
"Auntiet'
"What. honey"
Eyer mought git some un to tote hit
Ter an old Niger named jefferson Ran
lolph. ez lives up creek bout FIVE mile
from hyar. near the pike runner that
AWAY. Mebbe he'll pass hit on"
"Sho huff
"Yo' bow. thar
The jailer's wife was standing in an
open window regarding Jakey severely.
Come away from that ar fencef'
Jakey skipped along toward her. do.
ng little waltzing as he went
EFF that ar boy wasn't SIGH a chile
"a think he'd ben nm to su1peD'n.r