Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

tens Of thousands-all thinking about you
and praying Tor you
"Gooft-oofttp This Teacher talked as the
man talksrin the little house on the creek
road where; tho people go when the bell rlng5
the little house With the high wooden chin
ney, where1 tho bell is"
1T is a church" said Buster John.
"Humph! 1t may be church for all |
know, | have stood In the woods and heard
the man talk to the people. and the Tescher
talked just like him. | don't know what
else the Teacher said to the Son Of Ben All,
nor what the Son of Ben ALI said to him,
but that night, after the Son of Ben Ali had
seen the LATHE Master, and when we we're on
our way back to the woods we met the
Teacher again. He had been TO another
plantation and told the people there how
the people'in his country were thinking
about them and praying for them.
You go too far from home Slid the
Son of Ben Ali. Many a negro where you've
been tonight will tell what you have said,
In hopes of getting a extra rasher Of meat.
'ooft-g3oftr grunted the White Pig;
and hog meat at that But the Teacher
said he would trust them"
The best good night | can give you,'
said the Son Of Ben All, is not to trust
them too much or too far
"Ooft-oofi Now you might wonder how
| could remember such little things. But
little things have a way of growing, and
this was one of the little things that grew.
iiulipu' IL grew IKE u puHlUhlll Nllt-
One thing followed another like a sheep
jumping over a rail on the ground. The last
sheep to go over jumps higher than a mans
head. So with these things | am telling
you on. They grew, and they jumped.
when We met the Teacher the grass
waa green, but 1t was not long before the
winds began to blow keen and cold, and
then the grass shrivel'ed and the leaves
on the trees began to fall AS for me, l
could lie in the gedge and keep warm, or
l could make me a bed of leaves on the
wlndward side of the fence and never know
that the weather was cold. With the Son Of
Ben All it was different. Not having been
born free to the woods and the weather-to
the four winds and the four seasons
humph-he must have a fire. He must have
a fire that could be felt and not be seen. SO
he dug him a hole in the ground, a trench
he called it, and in this he made his fire.
and he seemed to be very fond Of it when
the weather was damp and cold.
zone night when | was returning from
the yam patch to the top OF the hill, l heard
horses going along the road. l knew the
horses had riders. for / could hear no
wheels. The fog was heavy and thick, and
so l went close to the road to see and hear
what l could, 1 slipped through the wet
grass and listened. Suddenly one of the
riders pulled up his horses and cried out:
Look! Look on the hill yonder!
II turned to see what 1t was, and 1t was
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clouds above the hill was the shadow Of a
man as big as a fodder stack and as high
as the tallest pine. Even the horses saw
it and snorted with fear. The shadow raised
ito arms above it's head and then let them
drop quickly. | knew at once that it was
the shadow of the Son of Ben Ali, but even
then l had a quadng fear. Suddenly l heard
another voice cali out:
Whoever you are, come and help a
man in trouble
"Th Son, Of Ben Ali heard it, too, for the
cry of the man for help had hardly died
away before thes shadow on the clouds dis
appeared as fftSit had been wiped out. /
knew thatEthe voice that had called to the
shadow was the voice of the Teacher, the
man who had told the Son Of Ben Ali that
thousands and tens Of thousands were pray
ing for him. And l wondered whether the
thousands aud the tens of thousands were
praying for the Teacher, now that he seemed
to be In trouble. @
1.-The Teacher called again, and then 1
heard the voice Of Old Grizzly's son, George,
tell the man to hush or he would blow his
brains out.
But I haveSdone nothing to you. gentle
men, said the Teacher. I have not harmed
you in the leasts What have you seized me
for. and where are you taking me?"
cr %.HGsh ri aS1S ssrrs' agou WTetf BEEN Ss ea1,o qla
ing with tie 4nig}gers, and telling them about
freedom. :, EEsu want to raise an Instruction,
and YOUTH fave &o. pay! for ,itrs
after that the Teacher said no more. and
the patrol rode on. I could see. dark as 1t
was. that they had the Teacher riding behind
Old Grizzly's son George. The Teacher was
tied with a rope, and the rope was fastened
to Old Grizzly's son. All this 1 saw, and I
saw guns-Gooft!-the things that burn and
sting you from afar. 1t was well that my
eyes were fitted for the dark, otherwise the
Son of Ben Ali would have been riddled. But
I ran and met him., and told him of the
guns. He wanted to slip among the horses.
cut the ropes that bound the Teacher. and
carry him out of hearing among the bushes.
But there were the guns!
'Then the Son of Ben Ali wanted me to
run ahead, get into the road, and rush out at
the horses when they came up. while he
cut the ropes from the Teacher. Gooft!
But there were the guns! We heard the men
talking. and found that they were going to
take the Teacher to a cross roads store,
called Harmony. seven miles away and there
hang him."
'(To be Continued.)
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