The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-17

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world lived so methodical life as he
"You know the boys say am the Iron
Mask, and you know how busy he
was.' He said it did not do for any
one to try to read all the time more
than to do anything else all the time
but that he read just FIVE hours a day.
"Then.' he said, 81 keep up my note
books, writing in them at such anu
such hours from what / have been
reading, and l include in them nv
| scrapbooks." These were very c,n.Ious
indeed. He had six or eight, of differ
ent subjects. There was one of his
tory, one of natural science, one which
he called odds and ends" But they
were not merely books of extracts
from newspapers. They had bits of
plants and ribbons. shells tied on and
carved scraps of bone and wood. which
he had taught the men to cut for him,
and they were beautifully illustrated.
TIL he grew very old. he always went
aloft great deal. He always kept up
his exercise, and / never heard that he
Was Ill. III any other man was i'll he
was the kindest nurse in the world.
and he knew more than half the sur
Gcons do. Their If anybody was sick or
| died, or il the captain wanted him TO
on any other occasion. he was always
ready to read prayers. I have remark.
cd that he read beautifully.
My own acquaintance with Philip
Nolan began six or eight years after
the war. on my first voyage after
was appointed Il midshipman 1t was
in the first days after our slave trade
treaty. while the reigning house, which
was still the house Of Virginia. had
Stil II sort of sentimentalism about the
suppression OF the horrors OF the Mid
IL" Passage. and something was some
times done that way. | first came to
understand anything about 1.-THE man
without country" one day when W..
overhauled II dirty little schooner
which had slaves on board. An officer
was sent TO take charge OF her. and
after few minutes he sent back his
boat to ask that some one might be-
sent him who could speak Portuguese
We were all looking over the rail when
'hc message came. and We al wished
we could interpret when the captain
asked who spoke Portuguese Rut none
tain WAS sending forward to ask If any
Of the people could. Nolan stepped on
| ana said he should be glad to interpre,
| if the captain wished. ~ hc understood
| ;hr language" The captain thanked
| him fitted out another boat with him
| tn.l III this boat Ii WAS my luck to go
Wien we got there it was such Il
| scene us You seldom see and never
| want To. \aStinrSS beyond account
| rnd chaos run loose in the midst Of the
| naStinrSS. The negroes were. most of
! them. out Of the hod and Swarming all
! round the dirty deck. with II central
thr"nE surrounding Vaughan and ad
dressing him in every dialect and pa
tots uf IL dialect. from the Zulu click up
- the i'avi.'ian of Bclpdrljrreel.
As W" came on deck Vaughan looked
down from II hogshrad on which he
had mounted in desperation and said
For Gods love. is there anybody
who can mnkc these wretches under.
stand Souethiug?"
Nuan said he could speak Portu-
Su"Sc and one or two fine looking
Nr"omrn w"r" dragged out. who, as
it had been found already. had work cd
rnr tn" Portuguese ut Fernando Po.
Tell them they are free" said
Vaughan, land tell them that these
ras"als are to he hanged as soon as we
can get rope enough"
Nolan explained 1t in such POrtu
guese as the Kroomrh could under
stand and they in turn to such Of the
negroes rs could understand them
| Then there was such u yell of delight
c!inchnC of fists. lcaping and dancing
kissing of NOi"u'' f""t nrd . p"nora
rush made to the hogShcad by way OF
spontaneous Worship of Vaughan as
the deus eX machina OF the occasion.
Tell them" said Vaughan. vel
pleased. that ! will take them all tC
Cape Palmus."
IhS did not answer so well Can,
l'almas was practically as far from
the homes Of most of them aS New Or
leans or Rio Janciro was that is, they
would be eternally separated from
home there. And their interpreters, us
we could understand. Instantly said
"Ah, non Pnlmas,' ana began to pro
pose infinite other eXpedients in most
rolublc language Vaughan was
rather disappointed at this result OF
his libcrality and asked Nolan eagerly
what they said. The drops stood or
poor NOlan's white forehead as he
hushcd the men down, and said:
"Ile says Not Palmas.' He says
Take uS home. take us to our own
country, take us to our own house
take us to our own pickaninnies and
our own women And this one says
choked out Nolan, that he has not
heard word from his home in six
months, while he has been locked up iT
an Internal barracOOn"
Vaughan always said he grew gray
himself willie Nolan struggled through
this Interpretation. |. who did not un
dcrstnnd anything Of the passion in
volved in 1t. saw that the very ele
ments were melting with fcrvcnt heat
and that sopething was to pay some
where. Even the negroes themselves
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