Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01

Esau's PotfaEe@
whro Miss Hi;iyari had landed n
the port OF Bristol she o up her res
ldenc,. for q while with a worthy deal
or 10 African goods-who. Indeed. Was
oua of the leading merchants or that
ancient city.
Mr.. Crabb. who lived with a niece IN
\ large oil q house near the College
Green. was not thought \ whit the
worS. becausse the g,ssis in which ne
dealt. ike his father n grandfather
before him, were mostly men and wo
| meo. IL was true that, a year or tWo
ago his business had bee made He
gal by act of Parliament. but bis prof
liz were such AZ to bear a good pro-
portion of losses by fines and captures.
His owner was his niece. Julia Pter-
son: and 40 efficiently she ruled the
old gentleman that he was not aware
Of his own condition.. On the contrary,
even "a the white skin is master OF n
black skin. so is thu. white man lord
and master Of the white woman. n
In particular that he. Jonas Crabc, OF
Bristol. always had his own way. And
so. for a bachelor. he was an exceed-
ingly happy one. rich. respected, self
satisfied. ard. best OF all, ruled by 4
hand 50 soft tiIatIt was no wonder he
could see no evil in becoming a slave.
Julia said he. one afternoon, as,
! puuctuaI 10 the second stroke of 3. ne
sat down 10 his dinner. have you
heard from young Miss Hiliyard since
she has been in NottinghaIrsniFe
PROM Margaret HiEiyardT" asked
/ Julia. without pauSing in her carving
work-a fair young Saxon. with the
/ kindest OF hearts ard the sweetest OF
tempers. "No, indeed. or You would
/ have known as so0n As l. Poor, dear
Margaret She is not one OF the letter
writing sort; and she must have a
thousand things on her mind. only
{ TANK going into q house that hasn't
been lived in for hundreds OF years,
"N0t hundreds, Julia-fifteen."
"Ah, well, ii comes 10 the same thing.
| But, oil. unclel have you heard-has
she written TO YOU ON, why dlds {
you tell me the very minute yoH CANE
In%r
For these two young ladies' mad
struck up q friendshlp-patr0nizing
ard pTiucess-lise On TIE side OF Miss
Hiilyard, but glowing and gorshippIng
on that OF Miss pierson. And there
nGst have been something good about
the great heiress. after all, seeing that
not all her lovers put together We're AZ
much her lovers as her old servani an9.
her new girl friend.
"So,'' said Uncle Jonas, II haven't
heard from her. Out of sight. out of
mind: It's the way of the world. Capt.
tai mutton this, Julia; but too much
done by half a turn"
"0h. no, it's not-I don't mean the
| mutton. but Margaret-ssle,s really cot
| the very best and dearest of hearts,
only she doesn't wear it pinned on her
sleeve fnr DAVIS 70 peck at n the man
says In the play. | never could see
why people are bUlnd to scrinhie,
scrih.bie, scribblc. all day long by the
F-sr
Mo- ali day long. Juila-iVe minutes
in twenty-one days. And not reamS.
Juiia-sorne three inches. Pray BE- ex-
act, my dear"
"Yes, uncle, I viii. 1 mean-yoa
kaoyg what I mean. After all, il comes
70 the same thing Ard. oh, it's o
the way Of the world to forget. Why,
! remember everythin gtllat happened
years ago-handre4is and hundreds Of
years. As If l could ever forget Mar
garet. ever IL I never saw her face,
eve If / wpre dead and buried she
me. You see. uncle, you remember her.
yourself though che hasn't written
and has been gone IN age. TO the other
end OF the world"
The world hasn't any ends, my dear
Its rO1nd. In any case, the antiEe-
des Of Bristol are not in Nottingham
Shirp-not at all After dinner o
shall look at the globe and see. Al
ways test your statements, Julia; ey-
erytEing depends upon exactitude.
That's the fault OF the ouakers, CON
found EN-: they're ~inexact: they can't
Set. the difference between 4 black skin
and 4 white one A lot Of neddlesome
fools
- course. It's very silly of them.
But do wish you'd heard from Mar
garet- Never mind. though. She'Ii
write as 0 o as she can find a stray
second
No, Julia: its impossible to write
the shortest note in a second: il tax -
a second to properly Ink a pen. I'm
not blaming her-a girls a girl. What
made 1t come into my head to-day was
4 rather curious thing. I'll thank you
<EtP vi s1u rtou, lily ub.lF.
"A curious thing about Margarety
Oh. Uncle Jonas. it's nothing wrongg.
ITS nothing right A little more OF
the fat. my dear, IL you please. IL
only ID had been a little less done by
t~hreesseyenths OF n turn. It's a zine
ship lost with all hands"
"Oh, uncler' exclaimed Julia. laying
down her knife and fork and turning 4
little pale: for she was easily moved.
even by troubles with which she had
nothing to do. "Not bound for Not
ttnghamshirey" she faitered. az n
deadly fear came into her mind.
Bless the girl l wasn't talking or
a cana! barge. A fine West Indiaman
the Queen Charlotte-iost of Hart
land Point Bates Brothers had the
news today
And all hands, Uncle. I know what
made you think of dear Margaret Ii
might have been the Amazon
No, Julia The Queen Charlotte
could q possibly have been the ANA
zon- They belong to different 3
n they haven't even the same 8
mage. l oughtn't to have said ali hands.
4 In Wn0 kAx $1,000