Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-05-18
CHAPTER Nv.

n FORE than one along the south
N road that sultry morning of
July turned to gaze after a
~ fair haired girl who passed up
on n lead-white horse, with negro boy
behind her astride sorrel. Yellow
dust splotched Annes olive cloak us she
rode into the town. and yellow dust
chung to John the Baptist's wool.
How many leagues? She would have
been Worn but for the purpose that
buoyed her up. She rode some way,
paying as little heed to the sparse
groups along the streets or to the few
painted Indians lounging with their
pcltry in the squares as to the beetle
proved roofs or the wooden statuary in
the pretentious yards.
Her thoughts We're busy with the
past. They flew back to that night at
Gladden Hall, her last view of Armand
when Jarrats troopers had dragged hin
away; to the flight of Dunmore an,
his family, his wanton burning of Nor
folk with his rabble of runaway slaves,
and the last fight at Gwyn's island,
whence the impotent earl, with his brl-
tai aid, Captain Foy, sailed away 10
the north, never again to set foot upon
Virginian soil; to her anguished wonder
as to Armand's fate meanwhile. Even
Henry's return from the Second con-
gress, the news that Colonel Washing
ton had been elected commander In
chief of colonial forces and the glori-
Gus outcome of his long siege of Boston
had not been able to cheer her.
She thought of the long hours she
had watched by the bedside Of the
bondwoman with grave faced DR..
Craik watching her slow return to life;
of the still longer days when she had
sat by the listless figure who only
stared leaden eyed and with brain pite-
ously dulled to hear asked over and
over again with desperate earnestness
that same question. where is it
can't you remember?"-a question met
| always with the same result; of the
long, fruitless search, the unreasoning
faith in him that would not yield to re-
cital or argument, and finally the lucky
accident which had given her the clew
to the packets hiding place.
She had started the selfsame day,
taking John the Baptist with her, leav-
ing n hurried message for her uncle
and aunt, who were then away in Rich
mond. And this, the twelfth day there
after, found her at her journeys end
riding into the wide, clean thorough
fares of Philadelphia.
mis- Annie"-John the Baptsts SOL
emn drawl broke her reverie-"dat yal-
Ter boy at de place whar we stayed las
night say dee gwinter mex ev'ybody
ekal. Do dat mean we niggers gwine
ter be white lax you, or is y'all gwine
ter be black lax me?"
But Anne had no answer.
Going toward High street, her course
lay by the open green on which the new
stutehouse fronted. She noticed that
the pavements were almost deserted
and found herself thinking wondering
ly that the streets of Richmond were
noisier.
1t was with start of surprise that
on turning a corner by the green she
pulled up without warning on the skirts
of great hushed crowd, well ordered,
moving restlessly under tree that
shrilled with locusts.
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