Year: 1865

ashamed of herself and never TO saw a


word about negro equality, and such stuff


again, when she made such an uproar


about sitting down to the table with the


son of her own father and her own half


brother How could she expect that the


Lord of Heaven and earth would receive


her with mercy when she is was so


lost to all feelings of kindred and the


closest family ties? And he added, he


knew nothing about her family but it


was evident that her father did not Ills


like 70 be intimate with negroes very


much.


OF course she had something to reply,


till George got excited, when she ret red


to bed and cried. She staid away from


the table few meals, but finding that


all she gained was cold ridicule. she sur


rendered, and the trouble enc ed.


Still no further word came from her


husband, and Mr.. Flagg lost patience


Once in a while he would hint to Mrs


Blow that he was having hard bargain,


but she said she guessed her old man


was responsible! At last he began to


doubt whether she was not as well as she


was, and he urged her to take exercise;


a torse nd saddle were at cr command


she could ride out any day. She said


she could not sit on hGgse single min
ute.


The summer was very drYa the grass
I failed, the COWS gave little milk, and
there was scarcely butter enough for the


family. They always had sold much ev


cry week in the metropolis This mad


no difference with Mrs Blow, and she
could not take a hint when Mrs. Flagg
told the children they must eat less, be
+ ttlx.n al I
she would pile it on her biscuit as if it
were no more account than wagon grease
She would open one end of a baked po
tato, fill it with butter, and when melted
empty it on her plate, when she would
butter it again She always put butter
on her sweet-cake and pie More than
this, she always fed her child in the same
way


At last, the great frost came, which
killed all that the heat bad not dried up.
The forest trees lost their leaves, and the
grass was as dead as in winter. 1t was
a heavy blow to many a family beside this
one, and it was a new thing in this region
to commence feeding nay and messes to
cows in September. The best grass, af-
ter spring, with those wise enough to SOW
it, is in October and November Mrs
Flagg did not know how she would get
along for butter


One day at DINNER she said she had us
There Vas Very very 1. 1tle e OF H nue I3f .
cheese, for during the spring Yankee
lady had taught her how to make it, and
they had six or eight set away, intending
to save them for winter or when they had
company. One was cut: it was creamy
and rich, and the whole family came to
look at it. They really felt proud of it.
At the table Mrs. Blow took piece of
this cheese, and placed piece of butter
on one side for mouthful and in this
way eat it. Mr.. Flagg happened to be
looking at her; he had been talking quite
clipper, but he stopped and said not
word more His wife afterwards said he
looked as if he had lost all his friends,
or as il he were about 10 faint a
wav


After supper there was an uproar Mr.
Flagg told Mrs. Blow that he would keep
her no longer. Ii g said he would not
board her for a hundred dollars week
She talked high, and so did he, but it was
Of no use and she said she would 90
She had friends in Paducah; they would
not let her suffer But she complained
of one thing Mr. Flagg had sworn at
her, and as he and she belonged to the
same church, she thought she ought to
reprove him He lacked patience, or had
forgotten himself. Mr. Flagg felt rebu-
ked little. but replied that possibly
there might be such q thing as holy
swearing.


She went to Paducah. She found
some of her friends, the rest were seek
ing their rights away down in Dixie. No
one was able to assist her; it was as
much as they could DO to take care of
themselves. The happy days of the
slave aristocracy of Western Kentucky
had been succeeded by days of lamenta
ton, She almost begged to get places
to stay until she could look around She
was most happy to sit at tables seantily
spread. She was convinced that her
husband had deserted her She tried
her best to form new acquaintance. The
only chance for living was TO engage in +
some industry Bht to do so in q place
where she had been known rs a rich
planters daughter. she would not do. In
her rambles some soldiers pursued her;
she was fortunate in escaping. She was
in an extremity.


In about a month she found her wav to /
Mr.. Flaggs house. She came up the +
lane at dusk, carrying her child, for it
was tired out. Her feet were blistered, I
her clothes soiled. All that was left of /
her two trunks full of things she took, +
was in a bundle on her arm. Mr.. Flagg
saw her. ana told the girls she was there: /
they did not go out The dogs walked i
around her. Mr. Flagg came by, and .
asked if it was Mrs. Blow Sac rapidly 4
repeated the little speech she had com i
posed as she was walking in the road
She told how she had been treated. she I
confessed she had not considered. and +
she cried. Mr.. Flagg took her in: he
would keep her that night. She did not i
speak unless spoken to. She had supper
and good bed. Her child was lifted
from the floor asleep. She felt as if her
feet were on rock for little time
When she retired. the family held . coun-
ell, and in the morning Mr.. Flagg took
her into the parlor, ana told her what
they had concluded.


Sne could stay with them. on condi-
tions. She was TO 90 to work So far