The Snowflake herald., 1921-12-23

young man are to be trained to tyr
amy in a lot of little niger king
doms, our democracy will die"
Abe made no answer. He was az
ways slow to commit himself.
''The North is partly to blame for
what has come" said Samson. Il
guess our Yankee captains brought
over most of the niggers and sold them
to the planters of the South"
There was demand for them. or
those Yankee pirates wouldn't have
brought the niggers," Harry answered.
"Both seller and buyer were commit
ting a crime"
"They established a great wrong
and now the South is pushing to ex-
tend and give it the sanction OF law"
said Abe. There is the point Of irri-
tatiOn and danger"
al hear that in the next legislature
an effort will be made to endorse slav-
ery," said KelsO.
ut is dangerous subject" Abe
answered. whatever happens. 1
shall not fail to express my opinion
of slavery if | go back"
''The time is coming when you will
take the bull by the horns," said
Kelso. There's no fence that will
keep him at home"
81 hope that isn't true" Abe an
swered.
Soon Mrs. Kelso called BIN to set
the table. She and Harry brought it
out under the tree, where, in the cool
shade, they had merry dinner.
When the dishes were put away,
Percy Brimstead arrived with his sis
ter Annabel in their buggy. BIN went
out to meet them and came into the
dooryard with her arm around Anna
bells waist.
did any one ever see lovelier girl
than this?" BIN asked, as they stood
up before the dinner party.
"Her cheeks are like wild roses, her
eyes like the dew on them when the
sun is rising" said Kelso.
Abe rose and said. "The day is
passing. Til start on with Parsons
and the pony and read my stint afoot.
You come along in few minutes. BY
the time you overtake me I'll be ready
to get into the saddle"
Half an hour or so after Abe had
gone, Harry's horse, which had been
whinnying for his mate, bounded out
of the stable and went galloping down
the road, having slipped his halter.
"He will not stop until he Overtakes
the other horse" said Harry.
"You can ride with u.s." Annabel
suggested
So the young man brought his sad
die and bride and put it under the
seat of the buggy and got in with
Annabel and her small brother.
Some two miles down the road Har-
ry found Abe standing between the
horses, holding the runaway by his
forelock. The latter was saddled and
bridled, while the buggy went on
ahead.
"That is a wonderful GIRL" said
Harry, as he and Abe were riding
along together "She is very modest
and gentle hearted"
And as pleasant to look at as the
fsowery meadows" Abe answered.
81 have promised to stop there a
few minutes on our way back"
at is possible BIN could get di-
voree," said Abe, looking down
thoughtfully at the name Of his horse
"rli ask Stuart what he thinks about
it when see him again."
az hope you'll see him soon."
"As soon as can get to Spring
field"
Next day a letter came from Doctor
Allen. telling him that Ann was far
gone with a dangerous fever. Both
Abe and Harry dropped their work
and went home. Ann was too sick to
see her lover.
The little village was very quiet
those hot summer days. The sorrow
of the pretty maiden had touched the
hearts of the simple kindly folk who
lived there. For a year or more there
had been a tender note in their voices
when they spoke of Ann. They had
learned with great gladness of her en-
gagement to marry Abe. The whole
community were as one family with
its favorite daughter about to be
crowned with good fortune, greater
than she knew. Now that she was
stricken down, their feeling was more
than sympathy. The love of justice,
the desire to see a great wrong
righted, In a measure, was in their
hearts when they sought news of the
little sufferer at the tavern.
There was no shouting in the street,
no storytelling in the dooryards, no
testing in the stores and houses, no
merry parties, gladdened by the notes
of the violin, in the days and nights
of AIMS long illness.
Samson writes in his diary that Abe
went about like man in dream,
with no heart for work or study. He
spent much time at the doctors office,
feeling for some straw of hope.
One day late in August, as he stood
talking with Samson Traylor in the
lal