The evening Republican., 1902-08-12


Chaldea and Assyria appear with
the locations of Babylon and Nine
yah clear and distinct, while the
rest of the land shades down to COM
plete blackness.
10 three consecutive visits tuChicago
upon the very first Of which she had
met Charles Slower and become in.
teresled in him-not to use a word
s'gnifylng astronger emotion Miss
Mary had made tactful. frequent
and fruitless inquiries concerning
the first Slower among ali her &C
quaintances Now that upon her
third visit she had become engaged
to Charles, she felt that what had
been perhaps considered idle Carlo
slty before, would now he considered
natural aud even laudable desire
10 know all about her future lius-
bands family, and that Charles HIM
self could he called upon to furnish
the desired knowledge. But much to
her disappointment. she Jared no
better with Charles than she had
with the others. Either he could or
would no, tell her more than She
already knew
II juGt think it's awful the way
you all up here in the north don't
care who your ancestors. were. said
Mlss Mary.
'ile'e In Chicago we are so busy
looking out TO see that our descen-
dan,s are well provided for that
we don't have time to Inquire
int o the .lories or shortcomings Of
our ancestors. said Charles. GOA the
whole, l think Our way of doing Is
tile better way.
but those old New England peo-
pie, those Yankees, they ought to
have kept up those things"
"Well, guess they did. Father
could tell you all about our family,
almost as we'll rs you can about
yours"
Then he must have known what
your ancestor was. i know what
mine was. He was o prebendary
OF st. Asaph's cathedral who came
over to this country to sse it any of
the Indians talked Welsh and were
descendants of the people who came
over here with Prince Maloc in
ITO. Tell me, what did old Sanu-
el Slower do2"
why. told you. He was sea
captain"
II know; but where did he sail
to ami what did ne calry9 Did he
spear whales, or go to tine spice is
lands and China, or to the Blight of
Benin, the Eight Of Benin, Where
there's one that comes out for ten
that went inH"
He went to the Blight of Benin.
l happened to know that he did go
there
"Oh you do knowsomething about
him. What did he carry?"
Why what the rest carrie then.
All kinds of things. Assorted sizes
in his cargo. Long, short, etc.
Come, tell Inc about the Welsh ln
dams and what the prebendary
found OUT
Miss Mary had never been off the
lower floor Of the Slower House I'M
til the evening of the first reception
that Mr.. Charles Slower had ever
given. During the course of tho
evening, missing her betrothal for
some time, she was told by his Sis
ter that he was upstairs i'll his pri-
vate den with Professor Adam Ken
dali an ancient savant of a vast and
heterogeneous knowledge who was
almost an authority on a multici-
plicity of subjects, ana SO won the
applause OF the commonalty, bat
encountered the distlain of the
specialists great in some one line.
Miss Mary had never been invitel
to enter Charless den, but, bear.
ing in mind that the time was near
when he would keep nothing from
her, and besides, being just dying
to sec him, she resolved to boldly
march in. But she entertained Il
few misgivings as she paused before
the door, closed enough to shut of
all view of what was within, but
open enough to permit the egress of
voices, and in the moment Of palls-
ing there cameto her the high pitch
ed voice of the professor.
"Wnat an interesting kno5lorpy.
1t must be quite DID,
"Ies, it came from Africa in 1870.
My great great grandfather brought
it with him when he came from the
Blight of Benin"
"You mean The old black Stover, Of
course.
Eyes the Black Slower"
Did she hear Alright? The Black
Slower. A blow had been struck the
girl and she was numbed and dazed
by it and deprived of all power to
feel it after the manner Of great
blows. Blu. the numhness would pass
and she would begin to ache and sting
and suffer in moment and she must
get away before that happened and
she would scream. Downstairs she
flew. out Of the house, home to her
aunt's saying over to herself: "rhc
Black Slower, the Black Slower.
This was why her betrothed would
tell her nothing about the founder Of |
the family fortune.
This was why the name of Samuel
Slower never passed his lips when she
questioned him, and this was why he |
always changed the subject when she
became insislent in her inquiries.
Samuel Slower came from Africa in
1890 and he was called the Black
Slower.
A negro, half caste, perhaps,
since he commanded vessel, but
still a neg-o. And Charles Slower
was a coored man. Oh Oh! Oh!
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