The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-11
THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS.
Continued from page six.

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Ire people instinctively bowed their
Leads. nred by the subtle quality OF in
tense emotion the tones C his voice
communicated. and many OF the people
were elraady In tears.
Thou tnruest man 10 destruction: and
-ayest. return, - children OF mep.
Who knowest the power OF thine an
ger?
Return, o Lord. how long? AMI let il
repent Thee concerning Thy servants.
My friends" ne continued, I'll was
permitted unto you fathers and brothers
ana chiidren 20 Gle for their country.
Yours il the heavier task. You must
ivc Tor her in IN. black hour OF despair.
mere Viii be nc oar OF guns, no long
INES 81 cleaning bayoAets, no flash o.
T@P"antF or martial music TO stir you
souls.
You are called 10 go down, man by
uian. alone nahed and unarn-d in the
o'ackness OF night ana fight with the
bowers Of hell for your civilization.
You must loof this question ~s4uarely
IL the face. You are to 81 put to the
extreme test. You are to stand At the
judgment bar Of the ages ana make sood
your right to life. The attempt is 10 be
deliberately made To- blot out Anglo
~ +SNAC%5 1Aa ~ q a a
barism.
There's something terrible in the echo
or Gods footsteps in history.
a few years ago 4 Southern Repre-
sentative in a stupid rage knocked Chas-
Summer down with a cane and cracked
ills skull. Now il is this pool cracked
bTaIn. mad with hate and revenge. that
IS attempting 10 blot the Southern States
from the map OF the world ana build ne
gro territories on their ruins. IN the
Madness OF party passions Tor the first
time III the history OF the world, an an
archisr, Thaddeus Stevens, has obtaiD~S
the dictatorship OF a great Constitutions
al Government. hauled down its flag and
nailed the black flag O. confscation and
revenge 10 its masthead.
The excuse given for this that the
lawmakers Gf the South attempted 10
reinslave the negro by their enactments
against Migrants and provisions for APP
premiership. Is SO weak a lie. il will not
deserve the NOTICE OF q future historian.
Every law passed on these subjects since
The abolition Of slavery was simply
copied from the codes Of the Northern
States where free Labor was the basis OF
society.
Lincoln alone. with his great human
heart and broad craftsmanship could
Rave saved us. But the South had no
luck. Again and again in the war. VIC
tory Wes within her grasp and an unseen
hand snatched il away. In the hour Of
her defeat the bullet Of d mailman
strikes down the great President. her
last feius- in ruin,
"God atone is cur help. Let US hold
fest to our faith in Him. We can only
cry with aching hearts in the language
of the Psalmist OF old, How long. @ Lord?
how long
The voice OF three men now fiji The
world with their biuster-Charies Sum
ner. 4 crack Drained tileorisr: Thaddels
Stevens, : club-footcd ~nisanthrope. and
s. +. Butler. q triumvirate OF physical
and mental deformity. Yet they are but
the cracked reeds OF 4 great organ that
peals forth the discord Of a nations blind
rage. When the storm is past. and rea-
son rules passion. they viii be flung into
oblivion. We mrst bend to the storm.
Il is Gods will"
The people left Tie church with heavy
hearts. Somehow the message they had
heard had little power TO comfort. They
were hopelessly depressed. In the after
noon. as the churches We're being slowly
enptieI. groups of negroes stood on the
corners talking loudly aud discussing the
meaning Of this new Sunday 50 strangely
observed. X began to SNOW. 1t was
late in March and This was an unusual
phencn,e1on for the South.
The next morning the earth was Gov
cred with four inches OF snow. that elis-
tened III the sun with a strange reddish
hue. On examination it was found that
every snow drop had in it a tiny red
spot that looked ike a drop OF blood!
Nothing Of the kline had ever been seen
before in the history OF the world. so Tar
as any one knew.
This freak OF nature seemed a harbinger
ot sure and terrible calamity. Even the
lpost cultured and Thoughtful could no
sake of the impression 1t made.
When Charlie Castor reached his home
after 8 Observation-Disclosures day in the
woods with the Preacher. he found q
ragged little ~dirt-smeared negro boy
Keeping through the fence into the wood
yard.
What you want?" cried Charlie.
'Nuttin!'
Whats our Nance
Dick"
Who's your father?"
"Haint got none. My mudder say she
was tricked. en- Use de trick he
chuckled and walled his eyes.
Charlie came close and looked him
over. Dick giggled and showed the
whites of his eyes.
What made that streak on your neck,
ricko"
Niger done it wild er axe"
What nigger?'
Low life niger name er Amos what
stays roun' our house Sundays"
What made him do it,"
He low hi wuz me daddy en- / seq he
wuz er liar, en- den he grab de axe en- try
ter chop me head on"
"Gracious. ne most killed you
"Yassir, but de doctor sewed me head
back, en- hit crowd"
Goodness me-"
Say" grinned Dick.
What"
II likes you"
DO you?"
"Yassir. en- l amt gvine home no mo.
l tone run away, en- ! wants ter live wild
you"
will you help NE and Nelse work."