Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-09

away teacher7s young man with brown
hair and blue eycs-and for a time the Lit
tie Master i,gas, troubled He had no de-
sire to SIT in the house for hours and do
nothing but read in the books I used TO
| watch for hImf through the fence, and he
| was very proud indeed when he found that
/ knew his ivolee from the rest and would
| follow him about without bride or halter.
] missed him when the teacher came, and l
| used to go to the fence and call him
/ But | missed him only day or two.
| The teacher was wise young man and he
soon saw that IL the little master was to
| be taught StI all, the teaching must go on
| in the open air with no more b5oks to
bother with than he could carry in one hand.
! So it came to pass. that every day the lit
! tie master would call for me, and then we
would go on long journeys through the
! woods and fields, the teacher walking with
me. f.-
Sometimes, the teacher would carry books
in his hand, but he carried more in his
head. He was wise. He knew the poison
Gus plants and vines almost as well as
did. and | used to wonder now ne iouhu %
them out not having to eat them. rms
went on whenever the weather was pleas
ant and | heard the teacher from far away
say to the little master that ne was leaLl
ing a great deal more OF the thlngs Ihat
were in the books than If he were smut UP
in a tight room with the books themselves;
II could have remembered all hearu u
be pretty well educated myself
zone morning was fed early. hearo tne
negroes say that the white-haireu master,
the little master and the teacher were soIns
10 town. II was court week, they SAID. me
nudge and Jury were going to sit and punish
men for being me lner than the animals
thought 1t was very funny. But ate my
breakfast with a better appetite, because 1
knew that none of my kith and Kin were TO
be hauled up before the judge and jury LOT
cheating and swindling and drinking anu
gambling. ,,.., -, a
$50 we went to town. the little master and
l. The white-haired master and the teacher
rode in the buggy. We kept with them
little way but the weather was fine ana tne
roads were good, and after awhile the ilttie
master gave me the rein, which l had peen
asking for for ever SO long, and l canterea
forward, leaving the buggy FAR behino anu
out of sight. 90 49,,
'I cantered on in this way up hill ana
down hill for IL was as easy as walking
until we came nearly to town. Then SUD,
denly the little master reached forward ana
touched me on the shoulder 1t was way
he had of warning me. We were coming TO
a point where. another road led into ours.
and 1t was we'll the little master warned
me when he did Elise when saw what I
did | should have given a start that would
have unseated him, for right before me, com.
ing slowly into our road, was tram OIL
huge wagons covered with white CLOTH
There were five wagons, each pulled by two
mules In front OF the foremost wagon a
file of negroes was marching, two by two.
There must have been forty odd in all. AT
first | thought they were pulling the wagon,
for there was a5stout rope reaching from the
end of the wagon tongue to the foremost
negro Of the file and the end was fastened |
TO his waist. On each side of this rope the |
other negroes walked. and I soon saw that |
every one was handcuffed to the rope.
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