Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1920-12-21
CHAPTER TX.
The Entrance ef Di>losalty in NJ
Ignsky hingdnm.

iinued to Defail the family anu the
country though no new names were
addel % the family deatil-rolI
Through all :ais time continued
my play al mimic war. but Mas nov
growing old enough 10 note from my
own personal observation that thing
terrible ana unusual we're taking
place. though could not understand
them
heard something about great bat
ties around Chattanooga. ana later
that the Yankees We're in Georgia il
self, and saw that everybody about
the Place became laEeh excited THE
time the excitement extended even to.
the field hands In the quarters, and
/ often saw Brer" Tom shorts. q
negro preacher from another planta
iion, tho same who laa preached that
day Molly took me 70 her church in
tho evenings after supper. talking and
txpounding earnestly TO a group OF
fruen about one of tile further cabins.
aeycr knew whai he was talking
baa,. far he would always tap when
II eatr.4 up. and ii / remained he would
aoaa 20 away. TIN S.hofl Was the
only negro in Inc ncighborl5aa that |
| did E0t .ikp, 3l,t he WAS regarded 1 n
wonderful preacher ~ MS race end
had grea influence over them Aftev
leach q h.s yiai;afia:f- the men IN The
quarters ,peeially the annger
onoa, always seemed moody and sui
len II Mas after one of his haran-
CUES that onrheard Ike who did
ao9 see iac whs he poke slv soEc-
thing about, When l'se free and
ie nea7ly jaganel OH 81 his skin When
| | broke n with When you are whas.
Ike9" /, was only ii INC light Of aftoe
events hai ! came to unlnrs and his
terror Of MY innocent question. and
1 his shurlo-facea answer. Il .iid:.
mean nuthin', Marse Frank
THAT fhere was something in tht
.Ir both a the Big hoase and iloWla III
the 'quarters was plainiy 9e-ce.s
5le; and the part III il that mgsel.
felt most deerly, was an appare.f
/ tacksliding into lese-majeste not that
had eyer heard Of the word At thai
inc on the part Of my dusky sub
ieets in tho quarters II was not
nat they We're not quite as abjec;ly
abeJient as ever whel was with
aen. b.tt, tar some reason uakeown
INC. il seemed thai they somehow
ried to avoid me, and to be shy ami
IN omfortahse when ]. was with them
instead of acting like the big. good
atured, laughing. full-groNn baBies
/ Id y 9eallg we're. and hat had al
~lys known.
! These change III n.nnn,r We're cor
med entirely 10 the men, and we're
aueh more noticeable IN the field
/ bands than III tho men about the
ousc. To Sc inexpert an observer as
nyscn, tie women generally Een1ainsd
ely much as they had aiwass heent
alt one OF more xperience WOULD
! probably have detected a change In
some 81 them also. notably ii the
Younger women Of the quarters.
AZ for Mummy Martha. Molly.
sarah Ann NY mothers ii aid 7uncle
Dick, Uncle Tom. Gncle Richard the
GARDENER. and tie other old family
eryants OF that class, | DO not believe
he. last trumpet itself would have
lused them to change IN the smallest
gree; and they would have wakeacd
| up in Paradise with the same love.
reverence and RI spect for "tAeir
family hat they had always felt on
earth
AS time. went on the uneasines
crew greater, and reports of the ap-
aroach of the YANKEES more frequeuf
and threatening. Not a man member
of the family had been at home for
many months. and il was only years
! afterwards that realized the fearful
suspense and anxiety my mother must
rave labars / uader during ali this
inns Tie departure of Mr.. Johnson.
the overseer. for the army left nor d
Jingle white man on the plantation.
aEd threw the entire responsibility
for its conduefsen her With the ap-
proech OF the Union Army. and the
craving Aneasiness. among the slaves
1dded II il. II was a burden t0 bend
the shoulders of the strongest man,
and vet this delicate woman, with q
hoasant added Eriyate griefs. ana liy-
i.ls in hoariv expectation al still
. eosse 70 come bore it. and bore Il
lebly And until the very end. almost.
The DAY the house was laid ia ashes
iay ne invading foe. bg her sa8Ilful
management. the work OF the pianta-
tion went smoothly on. and contrib.
.nted It's ful harvest to the sappor. of
NJ family ard the State
O1e day towards the end ;hina It'll
gas about the month before The final
catastrophe my father rode up TO the
house looking very old. worn and
@arassed He only remained two davs.
and spent tn eatiFe time with my
notEer. arranging as + learned If
-erwarfs Ill his afIairs. and pre-
Daring his most valuable papers and
effects for the removal he knew must
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