Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05


LA salles.' exclaimed the mother with
a scream. Air they goen ter hang
him?"
Don't know. The sojer's TUX too.
Reckon they'll hang him, sarten."
"How'd y know
Souri, told her about giving Mark the
handkerchief and its return 'in de
cause OBJ fredum,"
what shall we do?' moaned the
mother, rocking in concert with her
feelings
Pm goen ter Chattanooga ter find
out"
They'll hang y, too" whined Mrs.
Slack,
Reckon not. mought find way
ter git Jakey outen Jail"
IN tn sojer toof"
"Mebbe."
Air y goen jest's y air?"
Souri, thought while without reply.
ing, She would 60 with the colored boy
of course. He could show her the way,
and she might pass for some relative.
But that would not do. she was white,
and the boy was black. Why not dark
en- her face? The idea was good one.
Nav she said, I'm a-goen out ter
find some berries to make me a merlat-
ter and before her mother could reply
she was OFF. Wien she returned the
negro boy had finished his breakfast.
She told him that she would be ready TO
go back with him in half an hour.
While she was talking to him he fell
asleep. Then she thought it would be
better to let him sleep Ill day and travel
at night. Time would be lost, but there
would be less liability to interruption, SO
she aroused him with difficulty and con-
Quoted him to an old sofa, where he at
once dropped OF again into Sunderland.
1t was about four o'clock in the after
noon when Souri, awakened the boy
Seeing a mulatto girl standing by him in
an old calico dress and a sunbonnet on
her head he was astonished.
WHO yo':" he asked.
Don't y know a1o;"
"Sho nutf!'
Whats yer name?'
Julius"
"What's yer t'other name?"
"Ain't got monet"
I'm goen with y t where " started
from; then reckon I'll have ter go on
alone"
"Ole man dar; he tote y furder"
WAL come along, Eat a snack n
then We'll 60"
When Julius had eaten his fill they
mounted tho horse, the girl sitting strad-
died behind him. Souri,, in 4 common
calico dress and a very large sunbonnet,
looked for all the world like u negro
girl. julius took her over hills innu-
merable, and at midnight drew rein near
a large plantation. There they both got
down, and Julius, who had surrepti-
tiously taken one Of his masters horses,
returned it to the sable. Then he led
the way to a row Of negro cabins.
Going to one Of them he knocked on the
door. 1t was opened by the negro with
whom Mark and Jakey had staid on
the creek between the Fains' and Chat
tanoOga.
dis de gal" said julius.
"Goen to Chattanooga" asked the old
man.
Reckon"
81 show yo' de way. Go righ' Off"
"Yas."
"Hab t foot hit. Amt got no horse"
81 can do hit"
The negro was evidently ready and
expecting them, for without going back
into the cabin he led the way eastward.
Souri, tramped in his company the rest
of the night, and at daybreal they were
at his cabin on the creek. There she
took few hours rest, and after the san
was up ate breakfast which the old
MIN prepared for her. After this he set
out to show her the way to Chattanooga.
He asked no questions. All he knew
was that his efforts were in "de cause
ob fredum," and that was quite enough.
The old woman who had brought him
the handkerchief had told him where
her cabin was III Chattanooga, and he
seemed to understand that he was to
guide Souri, there, She gave him some
information as to man and boy at
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