Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-01-13

our approach. and a cloud OF ravenOus
mosquitoes gave rs warm greeting.
I'VE shan't he overheard here" said
nv companion III make a smoke to
save us from being dcvoured alive"
lie lit cigar and consumed II with
short, emphatic puffs ! watched his
face anxiously. and saw that his square
umder-jaw was set. and that he was
thinking hard suddenly he put the
question To me
What do yon think of me. anyway.
Dorr .lrweft?
A little disconnected by the abrupt
ness of the question, ] presently an
swercd, and told him the exact truth:
"When first came here. ] thought
you were rough and cruel to the
negroes. Afterward ! found out that
you were more rough than cruel; and
still later. | have known you for q
good friend"
"res: that's pretty near the truth.
Before tell you my plan. want you
to know enough about me to under
stand that ! am not coming TO your
help blindfolded. know the risk. and
III face it; and yon must know it. ]
told you was born in Pennsylvania.
Ten years and more. I've been in
Louisiana. | came down here with q
head full of the horrors Of slavery. as 1t
had been pictured to me. suppose
the real thing strikes different people
from the north in different ways;
some might have seen all that I've
seen. and be confirmed in their notions
of the institution. haven't been.
Contact with the negro in this state.
where there are Us many of him as
there is of the white man. has made me
believe that condition of slavery Is u
good thing, the only thing for him"
But Coralie-"
Hold on: I'm coming to her. Such
has been my opinion. In single doy
am brought face to face with the ug-
Hest aspect of the whole problem. I've
heard of such things as this. never
knew any such personally. have
supposed that the facts must be dis
torted and exaggerated. Now. there is
no mistake. We kn0n what has hap
pened on this plantation. won't
sic!sen you by reminding you OF what
may happen. You'd say. would say.
almost every planter in the La Fourche
would agree. that the treatment which
that beautiful rh.te girl tell you 1t
just as it isis likely to receive at the
hands of her own kin, her half-broth-
er, Just as You heard him threaten it..
is more than brutal. Sir. 1t is damna-
ble!''
He stamped his foot in his excite
ment.
"And the law would permit it?"
1.-THE law would ask just one ques-
ton: Was her mother slave? We
know what the answer would be in
this case. Nothing else would be re-
garded."
Must we submit to such a mon
strous condition of law" cried.
He looked fxedly at me.
boy, you've got spirit: you need to
be guided, but you've the true stuff.
The girls safety and deliverance are
thousand times more to you than to
me; yet hang me If the fix she's in
don't appeal to me in way that can't
stand. And if you ask me ii we shall!
submit to have Coralie sent to New Or
leans and sold like horse to a condi-
ton worse than death say no! by the
good mother that bore me, WON'T
pass the words | said to him, the
thanks | tried to give him. lie cut
them all short.
Never mind that, Dorr. I'm with
you ,rt and hand: you be guided by
me, nd we'll save her Or"
He stopped.
perhaps YOU didn't know that If
YOU are caught trying to abducta slave
in Louisiana they'll send You to the
Baton Rouge penitentiary for term
of years" ...
II did not know it. and don't care for
IL. Tell me what we shall do"
His own excited feelings found re-
lief in a laugh 1T my eager reckless
ness. Rapidly he laid his plans before
me. considered it rs he spoke. and
saw that it offered chance OF success.
He said that men of the class of Con-
rad Bostocli and his companions. upon
such an occasion Us this. would be
very sure to spend the night over the
wine bottle and cards. He proposed
to communicate stealthily with Coralie
through the faithful house servants,
and after midnight get her quietly out
If the house and drive to Donaldson