The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-30

CLASSICS
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UNCLE TOMS
CABIN
,ARRIET BEEcHER STOWE
Condemnation bv
Condensation by
John kendrlek Bangs

4 8llen the house of Shelby, and
&slng debt required the sacrifice of
.nrtion Of the holdings of the Ken.
.ty planter In human chattels. I'm.
M Tom instead of the freedom that
been promised him as the reward
lifetime of devoted service found
. self torn from wife, home and
.|1dren, transferred to the hands of
tunsrrupulOus trader, and consigned
4, The terror-ridden slave-markets OF
lower Mississippi. SO trusted had
Ia tlack man been that numerous
.Rnres Of escape lay open to him
NJ ole Of these, In the dead of winter
b the ice-bound waters of the Ohio
v er, by the underground" to San
.kky, and thence to freedom in Can.
the mulatto-girl Eliza, and her
who had been sold at the same
be- had avalled themselves. But
ms fidelity TO his master was too
bong, and fearing to involve him in
Fiber difficulties he bravely faced
miserles of the future.
IN am in the Lords hands," said
to those who tried to persuade him
h escape, "and there'll be the same
y there that there is here"
f'Well, it's a nasty mean shame.
Nm" sobbed his masters son George.
he babe the old slave farewell.
DIT remember-some day I'll come
'1wn and buy you back"
|rhe voyage down the Mississippi
. fh the slave-gang to which Tom was
Hached was filled with scenes and
sodes OF woe and tragedy, but Tom
7bnd relief from sorrow In the COM
|hlonshlp OF a fellow-passenger. a
&y.llke little girl, full of the smil-
j spirit Of play, who fascinated by
tm's unusual dexterity in the making
4 strange toys dear to the hearts OF
illdren. chung to him as to an old
NJ beloved friend.
'Where are you golng Tom7" she
Bed one day.
NJ dunno, Missy" said rom. "Reck-
I'm gwine to be sold to somebody
but l dunno who"
NWell, my father can buy you," said
y. land I'll ask him to this very
u.
fThank you, my little lady" smiled
pm, gratefully.
And his little lady" she soon be-
|ne, for the brave black won little
JAS life back from the swirllng wa
Is Of the Mississippi into which she
d fallen, and In sheer gratitude for
n dellverance the child's father, Au-
lstine st. Clare, bought him from
g trader.
The scene now changes to New Or
ans, where In n beautiful home, in
lily comradeshlp with his little mis-
PISS, Tom for a time was happy. st.
are, his new master. was kindly and
and while of an easy
Ing disposition dawnlng conscious
SIS Of the inlquity OF slavery had
me into his soul, a consciousness
and accentuated by his dai-
contemplation OF the nobility of
art Of the faithful Tom. Two years
this unlocked for happiness passed
'ay, and once more Tom was face
face with misfortune. His flower
70 little companion, growing daily
're and more fragile, herself In spite
her years envisaglng and depressed
the wickedness Of the system Of
very which not only destroyed the
uls Of the oppressed, but debased
character OF the oppressors, final
died. Heart-broken over his loss
Glare found comfort only In the
OF the equally heart
oxen Tom, and one day In sud
n surge Of gratitude he promised
E old man his freedom, but the light
JOY that shone In Toms face when
heard the promise disconnected
n.
You haven't had such a bad time
re that you should be so glad to
I've me-" he said sadly.
'Tain't leavin' ye, Marse st. Clare"
i'd Tom, tits beln' free that I'm
oyin' in"
But 1t was not to be. The easy
Ing nature Of ST. Glare caused him
delay Toms emancipation papers,
d one night trying TO separate two
unken brawlers intent upon killing
ch other st. Glare was himself stab
q to death; and In the settlement
his estate Tom once more found
nself at the auction-block.
Enter now one Simon Legree, a mas
OF far different type from Shelby
q st. Glare. A brute, and drunk
u A beast whose glance was an in
II to wOmanhood. A fiend who
lded himself upon his inhexible bru-
Ilty, and with british satisfaction
owed to all who would look, ms
uckles calloused with the blows he
d inflicted upon the helpless. To
n by virtue OF length of purse fell
IN who now tasted the tragic dregs
The cup OF slavery. The manifest
ntrast between his own Grass bru-
lily and the high-minded character
his chattel aroused the envious
nth 81 hts now owner, who en-
avon ed by eVetv wicked expedient
Sslble 10 break Toms spirit. and his
Aiis-allG tAlth In div'as gUiinnce