Greene County herald., 1919-09-19


you pull the trees up by the roots TO
git Mt EN-"
"A certain amount of such deviltry
Is necessary to the comfort of Mr..
Purvis," l remarked. 'If there Is no
body else to take the responsibility
ination has an intense craving for
blood and violence. It's that type of
American who, egged ON by the slave
power, Is hurrying US into trouble
with Mexico"
Purvis came In presently with
look In his face which betrayed his
knowledge of the fact that all the cob
webs spun by his fancy were now to
be brushed away. Still he enjoyed
them while they lasted and there was
kind of tacit claim In his manner
that they were subjects regarding
which no honest man could be expect.
ed to tell the truth.
AS we ate our dinner they told me
that an escaped slave had come into
a neighboriing county and excited the
people with stories of the auction
block and of negroes driven like yoked
oxen ON plantations in South Carolina,
whence he had escaped on steam
boat.
II blieve I'm goin' to vote for abo-
lition." said Uncle Peabody. Il won
der what Sile Wright will say to that"
''He'll probably advise against it; the
time isn't ripe for so great change"
was my answer. "He thinks that the
whole matter should be left to the gla-
cial action of times forces"
Indeed l had spoken the view of
the sounder men of the North. The
subject filed them with dread alarm.
But the attitude of Uncle Peabody
was significant. The sentiment in fa-
vor of change was growing. 1t was
now to be reckoned with, for the abO-
lition party was said to hold the ball
ance of power In New York and New
England and was behaving itself like
a bull in china shop.
After dinner / tried to put on some
of my old clothes, but found that my
nakedness had so expanded that they
would not cover 1t, so I hitched my
white mare on the spring wagon and
drove to the village for my trunk.
Every week day after that worked
in the fields until the senator arrived
in Canton about the middle of August.
On one of those happy days 1 received
a letter from old Kate, dated, to my
surprise, in Saratoga. 1t said:
'Dear Barton Baynes: / thought !
would let you know that my father is
dead. l have come here to rest and
have found some work to do. am bet
ter now. Have seen Sally. She is very
beautiful and kind. She does not know
that am the old witch, have changed
So The others do not know 1t is
better that way. 1 think it was the
Lord that brought me here. He has q
way of taking care of some people,
my boy. Do you remember when / be-
gan to call you my boy-you were very
little. 1t Is long. long ago since I first
saw you in your fathers dooryafd-
you said you were going to mill on a
butterfy's back. You looked just as ]
thought my boy would look. You gave
me kiss. What wonderful gift II
was to me theni ! began to love you
/ have no one else to think of now.
hope you won't mind my thinking sc
much Of you.
/ "God bless you,
KATE FULLERTON"
I understood now why the strong
will and singular insight of this WON
an had so often exercised themselves
In my behalf. / could not remember
the far day and the happy circum
stance of which she spoke, but wrote
her letter which must have warmed
her heart I am sure.
Silas Wright arrived in Canton and
drove up to our home. He reached
our door at eight in the morning with
his hound and rifle. He had aged rap
idly since had seen him last. His
hair was almost white. There were
many new lines In his face. He
seemed more grave and dignified. Ht
did not lapse into the dialect of hi:
fathers when he spoke of the ancient
pestimes of hunting and fishing as IN
had been wont to do.
Bart" he said when the greeting:
were over. '1et's you and me go ant
spend a day In the woods. I'll leave
my man here to help your uncle while
you're gone"
We went by driving south a few
miles ard tramping in to the foot o.
the saltwater on our rivera trail
long familiar to me. The dog left III
soon after we took it and began tt
range over thick wooded hills. We sa
down among small, spirelike spruce'
at the rivers edge with long stretcl
of water in sight while the music O
the hounds voice came family to ou
ears from the distant forest.
"Oh, I've been dreaming of this TO
a long time" said the senator as h
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