The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

have tho same power over his own mnsterf 1t
light Taaa before aa%i Mr. NJ. G%ossstts eyes eso '"' "OON' 'S'"
influence over hts own master, why didn't he
stay at homo instead OF going into the Toodsi
Riley TO work out. But It worried him so that
place; and e II spread through all no that region shCnm.
lions miles away SO that they might, hear from
The tale that Chunky Riley told was beyond
belief, hut II was all the moro impressive on
thSs ac toS, n on 1n rdsp II was After Esay tho 6Sr stoaS Sh lSt
Chunky Riley told became bruited about there
was not 3 negro to be ,G found who y could be S mnSsi
monts. or Who could b Induced 10 say that he
had seen him.
as BY many Of the white people, that Mr.. Gossett
seemed TO lose interest in his fugitive slave. He
when twitted about il by some OF his near neigh.
bors, his invariobls remark was: on. the
nigger1l come home soon enough when cold
s %Sslae cold Sf. weather., ni "eg gst Mr. sS Gossett's inSeiESs.
bors oil knew that nothing was easier than fora
therefore. WHY tho weIi.Rnown energy OF Mr.;
ho had a remarkable experience in tho mattcr OF
runaways-should suddenly cool down with re-
But It must not be supposed that this made
any real difference. On the contrary, as soon as
George Gossett found that his father was willing
to allow matters to take their course as far as
task Of capturing the fugitive, and in this bust.
young mcn. OF the neighborhood. who. without
asking anybody's advice. constituted themselves
snn Ps15iSai i Ge snsss dos'f their eI assissanse 70 %a as.
Pap is getting old, and he amt got time to be
setting up late at night and galloping. about all
pledges ehss' tRGeemssslrss to George fGossett's plans:
III I-l -.-..-1 - NAA a-A xrhan Nha xt0nr rf
youth seeks an outlet. and Il was merely In the
nature of n frolic for them to ride half the night
patrolling and sit out the other half watching
But there was one popularity about the vigils
that. were kept on account OF Aaron. They were
carried on, for the most part, within tasting dis
which ,on was 3. on s a small r Ts,ercq %r' rn mot
tend the, distlfling, Of peach and apple
his duty to taste Of tho low wines. as they
trickled from the spout OF the worm he could
trutht9lly boast, IS he frequently SOU ht! did Id. th at not g
himself responsible for the stun at tho still,
which, the young men conducted themselves.
Sometimes they paid for what they drank. but
Fullalove would limp about attending to. his
businessI,he had what he called a game leg
with, tight.shut lips, refusing to respond to the
But usually the young men were very good
company. and occasionally when Mr.. Fulla-
Leg" they would keen up hls ares for him; And
that was no light task a & + for r., the stu was 30, of n lH,rEe
With another Mr.. Fuilialovcs was perfectly viii.
pf Sst cns o. n The roy wssn ,b young ssn men n, old man
%Yoa felIerss ought to q been here awhile ago..
that'd "a made you open your eyes. / was set.
tin in my chur over thar. some'rs betwiKt a nod
a.whinin' in the bushes, Then I heard a stick
crack. an when I opened my eyes who should /
see but the biggest stsappin,e,s buck mig:
fsSS5iEser. Mr., FnlIslove, explained, "bekasee
! dunner what else to say. but ef he's a Niger
be a Niger. but he amt got the right color. an
he ANT !ost The SeI right Il ttcsoq nt sn nc an, he m,t ai ,bt
right kind Of twang to his tongue"
Mr.. Fullalove paused a moment to see what
effect this would have on the young men. Then
heard 2 dog whinin' out thar in the bushes;
but ] didn't pay no attention to It. Then I
we'll. you can cali him niger 81. you want to.
dr aH@e %sp %lii + p aIsn h aam an' ey S%s my else Sse" you
can think Of. an 81 the man hadn't retchcd
s 's% by a" noR Ri'k i ai ,sP R RPPd s ssah @ as snr ns 2, fG4 nos
sence that night when the worm got chugsed
up. an, the cap Of the still blow'd off, t., w..
might a knocked at the door says tried
for to make out / weren't skeered. but 'twant no
mi might a. been-fSseoW.d cen about as We'll as 1
did that he'd skeered me. Says he. viii you
iow.Wines for to rub on my legs = says he. I've
been on my feet 80 long that my limbs are sore,'
"i'Why. tooby shore I WILL says I. eff you'll
make affydavy that you'll not creep up on me
an skeer me 9ut,n two years, growth. says ].
tinucd. solemniy. but that man stood up thar
an, never cracked a smile. / got one ofthem
hot from I" the " Worm n" i taxes ak t an set right on
that log thar an, poured II n his han an rubbed
b bo Ss Roa ! q a. s MoT; 81 q t the low a Gees am one r ol SeS
George Gossett knew that the man Mr.. Full
aloye had seen was Aaron, the runaway;
in!aSired; on,r.u,o,t =, ,,. wind o,,,,, Tho
wind knows lots more about 1t than me. The
man bowed, raised his right han in the ar,
SSfsa Z a eGh% ep iioS at sdioo or fsew. I'll never a tsl fg yo' !:
I'D give q $50 bill II / could have been here!"
On what bank, Gossett T. asked one OF his
. 2 sandbank," remarked Mr.. Fullalovo
And ri give a s5 bill to know which way he
went" said young Gossett, paying no attention
"Plank down your money!" exclaimed Mr..
unrolled it and held 1t in his hand:
He went the way the wind blow'dl Gil me
the money" said Mr.. Fullalove solemnly..
Whereat the young men laughed loudly, but
not louder than Mr.. FullalOve.
Some of your low wines must have slipped
down your goozle." remarked George Gossett.
somewhat resentfully.
Later, when the young men were patrolling
the plantations in a vain search for Aaron, their
leader remarked:
1.-THE Niger that old Fullalove saw was pap's
runaway"
But" said one, 1.-THE old man says he wasn't
a Niger"
":Shucks! Fullaloye's 80 old he couldn't tell a
mulatto from n white man at night. You
needn't tell mo; that Niger hangs around the
Abercrombie place, and II we'll hang around
there we'll catch him."
So they agreed then and there to lay siege. as
1t were. to the Abercrombie place every night
until they succeeded either in capturing Aaron,
or In finding out something definite about his
This siege was to go on in all sorts
Of weather and under all sorts OF conditions.
To be continued.
CHAMP CLARk'S BOZ.
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