The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23

was to belong to me, and If he does you
have no right TO order him around.
want him to work in my garden"
"All right, miss Take him and use
him, but see that you do use him.
don't want him standing around here do
ing nothing
"Mr. Carter" said the girl. hitch up
the phaetOn and drive me down town. .
He bowed and thus answered: Il am
not Mr. Garter. L am john
All right John; We'll take a drive"
Yes. what a proposition II was! When
the flower beds were clean he sat in the
summer-house with a book-a book of
poems-a convict reading poems. May
had hung bright blossoms over his head,
and June, but a few days off. had thrown
shower OF scarlet into the bushes. And
he unused and he dreamed of the time
that was gone-of his mother, whose
gray hairs were forever hidden; of girl
who had scorned him when his trouble
came on. There was a holy sadness, and
yet a bitterness. in his heart. He had
put aside his book one day and was
dreaming. when voice that always
thrilled him called:
Where is my slave?
Here" he answered, arising. The girl,
laughing. come into the summer-house.
You are always within hearing" she
said, taking a seat not far from him.
But you don't find your chains hard TO
bear. do you?''
mo; they are made of gold.
Now. there you go, making fun Of
me. Why don't you tell me something
about yourself?" she asked after a short
pause.
There isn't much to tell I'm worse
than nobody"
You are somebody to me-"
Do you like the way l take care Of
your horse?"
Now that's cruel. Mr.. John"
I IL
at her a long time. looked at her and
unused "A slave may say things that
an unprivileged gallant could not" he
remarked.
Why. what do you mean?"
Il have thought something about you
that l am half mind to say, something
that I'd have no right TO say Tiff i
didn't belong 10 you
Say 1t, then
He looked at her steadily. You are
the most beautiful creature ever saw"
She sprang from her sat and ran away
from him, and he sat there cursing him
self. She was insulted, and when that
sorrowful bell tolled at evening he must
go into the prison and be whipped. He
went to the stable and fed the horse, and
he stood about waiting for the bell. The
sun went down; the bats were flying
about. The bell began to toll, and sor-
rOwfully he walked into the yard. He
went to the pump and stood there. This
men came and washed their faces in the
trough. No one took notice Of him. He
went to his cell and waited No one
came During the long night he dreamed
Of his new disgrace and the lash, and at
morning ne went to the pump and
waited. but no one took notice of him
He fed the girls horse. worked in the
garden, unused in the summer-hOuse. He
saw her walking among the flowers She
approached and he was afraid to look
At har h.. g,,4
house and sat down. She said nothing
His eyes were cast down.
Miss BlOdgett."
We'll, Mr.. John?"
When are they going to whip me?"
Whip you? What for?''
For what l said to you yesterday"
What did you say TO me yester-
day?"
What! don't you remember what I
said that made you run away"
oh. that Why should they whip you
for that? For telling such fb? Men
are not to be whipped for ibs. Why.
they'd all be whipped to death Tell me.
wasn't it?"
1T was the truth if ever told it,"
You ought to be whipped for telling
such fibs. but I'll let you 60 this time.
DO you know I'm awfully sorry that you
arc IN prison? It's too bad. and you so
Mother and father both dead"
Any brothers or sisters -
:. No. l am the only one to stand the
disgrace thank Cod"
But there might be some one else.
she said. looking down. pulling a flower
to pieces.
mo one else"
II thought there might be girl"
There was"
And you love herr"
Il hate her"
What became Of herr"
Married
The good-for-nothing thingr'
He had to laugh She looked IN in
half-indignant surprise. He muttered an
apology, and sitting leaning over with
his eyes cast down, he rolled his striped
cap ana was silent He kept his book OF
poems under the caves where the birds
twittered and he got up TO take down
the volume. but when he turned back
as If ne would speak TO her she was
gone. He did not see her the next day.
and ne knew that she must now be sore
~ offended. but two days later when he
drove her down town, she was bright
and so cheerful that she laughed at
everything he said. He had never as
pired 10 be a humOrist and this ANNOYED
him. ne was in stripes, but he wished not
TO pose as a clown.
He had driven her TO church one Sun
udy, ana upon returning had gone to
his favorite seat in the summer house.
when he saw her coming down the walk
She paused at the door and looked at
him; her face was serious and there was
no mirth in her manner John" she
said, Il want TO ask you "A few questions
But i'm the first place let me tell you
something. My father has begun to
lecture me for the interest / take in you.
and from his point Of view he is right
but from mine he is wrong And l will
tell you why l think I'm right From
the first L have believed that you were
innocent. Nothing that you have said
caused me to believe this, and | don't
know why do believe It, but / do, and
that is enough for me, for after all
when we believe thing and don't know
why il is generally the strongest evidence
that we are right. have a plan to set
you at liberty"
He jumped from his seat and gazed at
her. II love freedom" he replied but
will not run away and leave-your
house"
"Oh. but you are just as foolish as YOU
can be. l don't mean that you are to
run away; I mean that / am going to
collect all the evidence i'm your case and
have the governor pardon YOU But
nrst, you must assure me as "a gentle
man-now what are you frowning at?
I'd rather you'd laugh at me than to
frown. But first you must assure me
that you are innocent"
II can do that / was not guilty"
There, knew that you were innocent
knew it as well as could be. Now do
you know what I'm going to do? I'm
going TO start out this very day: I'm
going TO investigate that trial. win over
the prosecuting attorney, the Judge and