Middletown transcript., 1902-11-08

our little Samwel afore he died and how
Samwel lnffed to be tended BY him2.
Twas after the Doctor sold Jocks wife
and give away their baby, you recollect,
and he bleached out So
4 recoilect, and how Parson Winter
blossom sorter preached about ii that it
was the Lords will for some to be bound
and some to be free. and he made it out
That Ham was to blame, and Square Doc
little talked with me after meeting about
Il. He said Jock would git over it in a
little while. Cows and sheep, when their
young was took away from them, made
considerable fuss, the Square said, but
forgot it all in day or two
Jock don't forgit it, " said Mrs. Brown:
HE keeps piece Of Chloe's dress in his
pocket, now. Say, Aleck. can't have
the buckskin out and the pung to 60 to
Canady to see Mercy? can start to-
night, SOS not to lose no time"
",Miry, wouldn't have you start in
the night to go to Canady not for any
thing in the world. The wolves wouldn't
leave hide nor hair Of you fore you'd git
ten miles"
His wife turned away with quivering
lips, and then and there Captain Brown
wrestled with his conscience and allowed
it to get the victory. He decided to al
low bis wife to 60 to Canada and take
Jock with her.
'See here, 'Miry, you may 60; but you
must go in the daytime, and travel in the
middle Of the day. At that rate it will
take you three days to git to Mercy's.
Jock can dress up like woman and wear
a veil to cover up his face, and you can
wear one, too, SOS folks along the way
won't know you. You will haf to take
the new horse, fur everybody fur and
near knows the buckskin, and you'll haf
to stop nights where You hain't known.
It won't be no iunket fer you ter git
through to the Line, and mebbe you'll be
put to it set You haf to lie, or leastWise
fb. You want to think it all over,
'Miry.n
81 have, and shan't lie nor fib neither
shall Jest say Jock is nigger picked
up on the road and / don't know how far
he going to 60.
"WaII, 'Miry, mebbe you won't haf to
lie IL you've made up your mind to say
that; but how do you make out to recon
ciIe the story with your conscience~
II did pick Jock up on the road once,
| and I don't know how far he's going.
after he gifts to Canady, do !? ] hope he
will 20 to Virginny and find his wife,
though don't suppose he could find her
| il he went there and his baby is over in
i York State somewhere
At an early hour next morning, Pris-
ella, wearing Ter pelisse turned inside
ous, with sundry other changes made III
her ordinary apparel, accompanied by q
strange woman, closely veiled, drove the
new roam horse and the pung, which was
long box on runners, slowly toward the
north. It was too cold for many to be
abroad; but few, peering through the
frosty panes, knew the Brown horse, and
said: ''There goes Mis- Brown and an
other woman. Mebbe it's Priscilla. /"
''No; it hain't Priscilla. ! guess it
must be Jane Rowditch, that's been sew
ing there. Mis- Brown alwuz has her
sewing done about the time snow flies, "
said Mrs. Dean.
"Wall, Pm glad she's got the where
withal to but things to sew on. There's
turrible sight Of difference in the way
| folks is Established. Some is set in high
places and some-in pretty low ones.
Here's us and there's the Doctors mig
ger"
| IT wonder where's he's hid all this
time; don't you?"
"No, I dunnos / do; but I'm wonder
| ing when you are going after that sassa-
fras for me. I"
4 'I'm going to 60 this minute. ! most
forgot. Wall, Mis- Brown'd oughter have
| good luck. / don't begretch it none
Yis, yis, I'm going to 20. Seems as ef he
grows more selfish the more ] baby him.
Wall, he's all I've got but the boys, and
I'm willing to run my laigs off fer him.
Poor Jock hain't got nohuddy to do things
fer him. / iclare, ef knew where he's
hid, I'd carry him some Of that rabbit
stew. Peleg's had about all he wants OF
| it, and the boys and jest as lives have
pertatoes and salt, most as lives any
way" And she went into the clubhouse
after tile sassafras to steep for Peleg.
Itwas Priscilla who accompanied Jock
after all, for Mrs. Brown fell seriously i'll
in the night with feverish cold, and
Priscilla begged to take her mothers
place, and after many serious warnings
, and admonitions from her parents, she
was allowed to go to Canada, or the Line,
as it was called, with Jock dressed in her
mothers pelisse and hugh caiash, over
topped by wells and wrappings.
'Tain't as if she wasn't stiddy as q
clock and sensible, ,'.said Mrs. Brown to
her husband anxiously. Nevertheless, .
tear slowly gathered in her eye, and she
tnrned away to wipe Il. on her apron 80
that he should not see how her heart
misgave her at sending Priscilla 50 far
away amidst the dangers Of the wilder
ness, when even in the daytime wolves
: and panthers we're often seen. But he
did see, and so forebore to blame her for
, Priscilla's going.
But Priscilla drove steadily, almost
gayly, onward until noon, talking to her
companion in manner to suit his COM
prellension and to please him nightly.
, Priscilla had not had great advantages,
quite otherwise; but she could read and
write and do sums aud samplers, and
/ play the spinet, for Portia, the Governors
niece, had taught her as labor OF love,
the two girls being very intimate, al
though Portia was well educated and
yersed in old-world ways and manners, as