The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18

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is . test more difficult and trying than any depth
Of misery .
Presently Ebora laf, me and beiook him ~ Will
Bowman. 10 whom he bhhve in like manner
bu, il nossihly vet more cruelty. declaring all the
while that Nil had been his oNeISeer among
the English and tina, now he would show INN
how II tasted u be a slave.
Hut, after all. Ebnrra, mayhapr rmemprInR
some Of our former klndnesses, gave each oi US
3 hat made Of n broad leaf, and cas-, about our
shoulders a short, striped cloak mad" IKE olanktt
with a hole cut near one end OF the which u
called IN this country poncho, and Is very sul.no,e
either for heat or cold. We were IN lhe grfa.tr
need VI some such covering, for WITHOUT IL we
should have gone entirely naked, exposed allte
Ia the rigOrS Of the sun, and the biting o. the puh
zlng gnAts which ahouned there, calleN mus
kittue>. Tor one Of the neg roes who condu'tN
MS - the gang had taken u fancy to our npper
clothes, which, though frayed with our ad'en
lures, were ~ | mphray Spnrway o w gond cIo'h'
lie made Ms shift them, giving us no more, man a
lash Of his whip over our naked sh"nld"r' III
exchange.
'lNrr, massas. brth," he said, for like. many
Of his kindred the brut, spike a little broken
English. a sort # lingua franca they all usr IN
n"~ i"nn grow s" hiacG iii ike 'p p"or QUA onsss.t'" NV
Moreover, at this Eborra, for NIL his seeming
cruelty and furious anger against MS, dd us one
great kindness, lie laid q spell upon US wh,Sh
made us sacr.d t. his own peculiar Obeah. We
became his meat AS they expressed II not u"
be abused or molest"d by any ni the other over,
serrS on pain Of III" curse. Of Fbrra's drru, ol
NHNn llfN WIZ Ir'llS N'hNlN hlIhnl'
Every day We were marcnel out 81 our cells
In the monastery square, through tn" bunthS
oi the Tree wUrkmen u a road which was p'lhC
made in the direction II the civil settlement, "
had been recently commenced by the military
governor whose lady desir' I'd greatly 20 r!i- IN
her carriage" Cso .lenn Cnrrl told mo- even II y
were only the mile or w" htw""n the town 81
Puerto Ricoa and the religious ss'loment 81 81
John at BruiaS. So carriage lEc mat on a
full bl"oied grandee had been brought oil. the
way from old Spain III" Wheels being taken nom
tln l.-l,., -AIl tI, ID, Fn th. n a. al tIa = Inn
The prisoners had helped Ia unload these on the
mol" n, Puerto Rico. Mules II a noble whit" color
had come 'rnl the town uf era ttuI, AMI now
the chain gang was busted making the road upon
which this rquirHrr was l. b. OK. rciS't.
Every day, said Carrel, Donna Junni'a Silyeda
rod" out To observe what progress had been made,
please her. she would STRIFE the o%versrers with
her riding whip over the face and hands thlng
which AT first the prisoners had been GLAD "f
but changed Il cir minds when they found as
soon rs she was gone that from every blow the
negroes had taken from her, they bestowed n
dozen on those under their authority So the
visits of the lady Juonita ven no LONGER welcome,
Though IN her way she was n not unkindly woman
and given o. freaks II favor as strange and furious
as her diSlikes
1t CHANGED that one day We were awakened
early and our lighter irons put upon US This
made us afraid that We were 10 60 out la labor
in the swamp, which, in such q country ~ insects,
is no easy task, even for Indians and negroes,
II Was almost death to white men, and there
was sea rC"ly q day that some one did not fall
out q the ranks in spit" OF the scourgings Of the
blacks these, when they could no Longer keep
in place, were abandoned by the side Of the road,
together with their chained companion, who
must, p%eriorce. remain with them till the smith
should come and release HIM So II happened
moi unfreuupntly that the quick and the dead
were chained together for n long time some
even died Of exhaustion and hunger beside their
dead com paniuns
This morning, however, Eborra led his gang
by the back II the nunneIy, IN order to bring
up from the beach where We had hrst landed stones
and gravel for the more firm b"t'oming Of the
sonora commentaries road,
VIII and were now chained together n favor
which like much else, we owed To- Eborra, who
now began but secretly 10 show us some part
u his former favor And this made me think
that his severity had only been q blind was
glad indeed 10 have Will beside me one" more
For We could talk together in the hot night watches,
and hrHrten each other up with hopes ot rescue
and ESCAPE Not hut what was sorry enough
to lose Jean Csrrel. the FrenChman from the
Cevennes. who was now chained To Wills some
time companion, But in trouble such as We
were experiencing there X none Ike one fTom
the same countryside
Ehorra marched us all around the women's
monastery, and you may be well assured that
We kept our eyes about ils tO see II We could spy
out any Of our late companions, my mother, little
Anna Mark or even the black witch wife, Eborra's
dan.
that The couples might jump the pools together,
each making n little race before leaping, Eborra
ca NE lll tu ls nS u 10 give an nTleT
A the corner Of the enclosure demand Of me
leave To halt a little. do not answer now but
wait
And this thing We did upon a preteSt We
were Immediately allowed 10 leave the ranks,
and at the angle Of the wall, where there was
a broken place. rudely bluckaded as is the Spanish
custom, with boards and paling slabs dor these
peupl" can never mend anything I'LL II falls wholly
10 pleCrs), W. saw n face that sent my heart for
ward with a great H. rob
Anna" | crled, and would have leaped toward
her, hut that vii, being more calm, restrained
1t WIS indeed Anna Mark. her hair Gu, shor,
and dressed ia q dark blue blouse aud skirt Il
rough skin. rough felted like Irish fne1e
Nina put her finger To- her lip and glanced
once 81 twice over her shoulder, like one afraid
Of interruption Then she looked at our chains
IN surrowiul surprise For though She knew
nf il, YET 10 see The clustering links about our
waists ard hear the woiul C~lanking noise AT
our ankles made her sick at heart for US
How j. i, with You, Mama with Mistress
StGnstirld with my mother
These were the questions which poured from
We IRE well Philip, answered Anna, but
O., Ia see you thus What have they done to You
" hat Anna, have they not frct,.d You on
account NJ your religion" ! almost gaSped IN
my eagerness the inqul"luon' What Of my
mother"
y our mother is very well, said Anna. calmly.
Sc H. ! tllnk, practising the chants for vrspets
with SISTER agatha
How 50. / cred, too much nstoniShed To think
Of safety Have they put you 10 the question
a. ~ your religion
Anna nodded and think she would have smiled
also, but at that moment our CHAINS Happening
70 give a dOlorouS Cank, her face beamr sud
denly rftiiul again.
Yes, she sad, Sister Aga tha and the prioreSs
were instant with Us, but gently and with KIND
ness -
And what answered my mother"
90, She said that as u child she used often to
go 10 SQUIRE Lucy's chapel, which was , athulIc
II astrr Nlll beng with her Then 10 the wear
NJ tie PARISH wlin her father, winch waS not 50
different that she could see But when She came
to New hlins she Vas uOlIga ted o. 60 Ia the Scots
kirk with sir James but Tor all that She liked
'SouIte lury's best SO they we're glad and
a White band about her forehead They declare
that they viii make her q nun IN a tnce. Already
She eats and sleeps by rule and works al a broIdered
altar cloth
"Of these sh" SHOWS nothing said Anna,
links you nave all accepted relgion ana are as
happy as she She grleyes Tor the separation
That IS all
And you, Anna?
Why, ~ tor me. answered the girl. 4 told
them mat knew no better Religion than "a Try
10 do gocd To others and pay 10 every man what
won owed him 80 they set me H. learn a cate
cLlsm aud 10 bnng IN tie flfewUOd
Then As stood and iupked at her the tears
trimmed m my eyes. iur the greatness of the
rsuri II seemed not To- matter any more about
MS vino we're men, now that | kEe" II VAS like To-
i've well with Anna and my mother VII had
stood gazing at us without joining IN the
converse. IuT indeed 81 that ] gave him llttIe
chance, being 50 eager to know all that had b.
fallen. that no Suurer had Anna answered one
question than had another ready Tor her
So both ol vs. being husied with Anna, We dill
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