The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
CHAPTER XXX-Continued.
And il cost vou evervthing2,,

And it cost you everything?"
Just about everything in the world, 1
reckon, so far as worldly goods go. I
suppose you know what you and your lit
tie colonization scheme have done to
me?"
But you-what do you mean?"
Why. didn't you know that? Weren't
Carlisle and Kammerer your agents, and
didn't Lily, our late disappearing slave
and also late lecturing fugitive yonder,
represent them? Didn't you really know
about that?''
mo, 1 had nothing to do with their
operations
DO you mean to tell me that il was
Oh, am glad you do not know about
it," he said soberly, although I don't
understand that part of it,
Won't you explain?" she besought
him.
Now. the truth is-and that is the main
, reason of all this popular feeling against
me here-that Lily, or these men, or peo-
pie like them, took away every solitary
negro from my plantation, as we'll as
from two or three others neighboring me!
They didn't stop to buy my property
they just took it! You see, madam."-he
smiled rather grimly-"these Northern
abolitionists remain in the belief that
they have all the virtue and all the fair
dealing in the world. 1t has been little
hard on my cotton crop. will not have
any crop this fall. l had no labor.
will not have any crop next summer.
With money at u per cent and no NUM-
fcent State salary coming in-that means
rather more than 1 care to talk about
And it was IL who did that for you!
Relieve, believe me. 1 was wholly inno-
cent of it! I did not know, l did not!
i did not! I would not have done that to
my worst enemy"
No: I suppose not; but here is where
We come again to the real heart of all of
these questions which so many of US feel
able to solve offhand. What difference
should you make between me and an
other? If it is right for the North to
free all these slaves without paying for
them. why should there be anything in
my favor, over any one of my neigh
bors? And most of all, why should you
not be overjoyed at Furnishing me? Why,
am I not your worst enemy? I diff
fered from you. wronged you.
! harmed you. did everything
in the world 1 could to injure you. At
least you have played even with me.
got you Lily to take along. And I even
once went so far as to tell you my own
ported. Well, you got mine"
Il never meant 1t, I never intended it!
1t was done wholly without my knowl-
edget I am sorry! I am sorry"
You need not he sorry II is only
one of the consequences of following
ones faith. Anyhow. I'm just a little
less inconsistent than Mr.. Benton, who
had always been opposed to slavery, al
though he still owns slaves. The same
lS
been prominent politically. Well. set
them free of their slaves, and they and
] would he about even, wouldn't We?
i comes to being pretty much on foot,
must confess.
IT can understand that" said she For
that matter, we are both ruined: and
for the same reason"
What do you mean? And. tell me-
once more. who are you? You certainly
have stirred things up
AS to the latter. il makes little diff
ference, said she. Il will confess to
being a revolutionist and a visionary re-
former: and an absolute failure. l will
confess that l have undertaken things
which thought were within my power,
hut which were entirely beyond me. Well,
II has ruined me also in a material
way"
How do you mean"
This colonization work was carried on
by my own funds. It is not long ago that
] got letter, saying that my funds were
al an end. ! had some small estates in
the old country They are gone-Confs-
Gated. My last rents we're not collected - |
She in turn, smiled. spreading out her |
hands You see me here in st. Gene |
We've. perhaps on my way to St Louis |
Tell me. is there demand for persons of |
foreign experience, who understand a lit |
tle French, a little English, perhaps a |
little music? Or could there perhaps be |