HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1881-05-20, Page 6Appearances.
Mint thot e'er seen the union reflected—
Impres d upon the azure air'
Reason. 14. science undirected,
Would 0,11ot one moon, but a pair.
A ppo mama deceive the sight,
Wu d not alwaYo Judge aright -
aft bast ou soon the rainbow'sglow
A ertiii- trete to thy gaze ;
While th upon the mountain's brow
liehel4l omplete it circle's rays.
A ppe mucus duceive the sight,
'We not always judge aright.
Bast Unit not seen a human taco
MI pia! it thrOugh tillApelltled breath ?
l'hysiciat s uye alum, could trace
'I hu nig is of life. And not of deo
Appal mucus ttecitv tho sigl
V, ki not always judge aria
low mac *villain's heart ham 16.541
Conceit utt, through subtly war.*
1 1 is deep r nature was not seen, a good
Nor he iolit in disparagement. above
Appe mucus deceive tins sight,
d not always judge aright. ae a
new mut y a noble soul, and true,
}las ca hod, through long years, a stain
Because /Le giu, to outward view.
Was seen us wax the curse of
A ppu minces deceive the sight,
u d not always judge aright.
N) RELATIONS ;
LI, TI
" 0h, 01
LOW ?"
" know
is a great t
trying to r
to Srhith's
pose, not.f
- • River. W
the country; he next proposed to organize
a hunting party in the ancient fashion,with
hounds ; this fell through because he could
eet no erne to join him; the old pastime of
the negro chaise' was forgotten in those
days of fiercer • excitement; besides, there
were too many English and others in Wil-
mington just then, for it was a time when
all parties in the South were anxious to
stand well with England, and not get bad
reports spread about the cruelty of the
institutioa. . ,Finally, he advertised us.
And the ohl man brought us a copy of his
nfarnous placard:
"041( TIJOUSAND DOLLABH REWARI).—Run
ak 'way- The girl Olive, the property of
PIN, \ 're iiassily, Cumberland couuty. Mul-
\„ -a-taill pass for white. Black hair,
vemounci eyes, twenty-five years of age. Also
/
first puairl Avis, eighteen yeare of age, mulatto,
the 'ear hair, and blue eyes. Tries to pees
Wa or au Englishwoman. Property of Jeffer-
son Ramsay, master mariner. .
_Were test (seen together on the shore
;
near Jainithville. Will endeavor to- escape
to tho North. The above reward will be
given to any who' bring these girls together
to the advertiser. Captain - Ramsay afore -
maid." •
Would any oue believe that a man could
be so villainous? One of theme women, his
wife, pia away by some idle form of law;
and the other the girl to whom ho had
offered love; and the protection of a hus-
band. _ Ile would hunt dawn both by slave -
dealers ; ' he would litind over one to the
tender mercies of ber former master, and
the other—what would he do. with the
other. • - .
" We need notesk that question, Avis,"
said Olive, " because you shall not fall into
his hands:" - -
'What shall we. do, Daddy ? ' she asked
the negro. •
" Mimey bes' stay here a day or two.
Nobody, gwine come here. Dey won' hunt
de swamp. fly'm-by, forget shout it;
den missy start right away." .
This seemed geed advice, and:We resolved
A Ntory at To -day.
-
CHAVTER IX.
way III Tifie UNDER0BOUND.
0!" I cried, "what shall we do
the country,"ehe replied ; " that
ling to begin with. They were
n the blockade from Long Bay
eland ; we are, therefore, 1 sup-
r.from the mouth pf Cape Fear
lmington is twenty miliis to the
north, and more. fie must go to Wilming-
Vhat will he ..do afterwards.?
w us tended," she said, after
on; "he will think we are taken
the Federals. He will. Make
rk in lhopes of finding you
- ••
he goes to. New York," I said;
ase no fair for ourselves,"
dear.;lislie. replied. ". Consider,
cciatitt toraby Civil war; we
ans of allowing that we are
Self may_he_eareeted as a f ui-
wo hundred miles- and
before we -reach a, place Where I
' from that danger; we -have po
O have friends;• what will
.ayou'if I AM carried off to =the
- It was t 1110 to deoidi oirtromething
cauee. lieu swore -to he ireen-• funning back --
wards and orwarde on the sands; a bright
light shot up' from; the ill-fated! Maryland,
and. beats.
“ The F
said Oliva
'legroom, it;
_ the' wree
useful to
Slie hes
ton first.
No one s
• ceusiderat
prisoners
. for New.
:there."
Then,
“ need-
- a
•
we arejita
have no- in
spies, I
tive slave;
more to:go
may be fr
money ;
become .o
state. jail?
ere seen puttmg Off from shore.
derala have set fire to the ship,"
"those homy' are put off byi--the
xious to; secure something ircin
The light of the tire •will be
a." •;' ' -
tated.a little.
"Close by, she said; "but whether to
..
- the right or totlie left,- Hee village
called Sm
Smithvill
. north of
There
opta will 1
though :t
'roaglidor
I arni
couldnot
It we.
- the burrri
lurid ligh
not muc
, _over rein
_
fatiguing
_11_0t101 _ W
was wet.„
',If we
tratel op
• -
Caroli 1111,
-hue and
- Besideli,
--boys if .i
movey w
•Therefor
Utidergr
"•I• a
- Galoonai
since las
-- blazed._ a
.A.nd I th
Withi
-a knoll,
eat .azi el
ing, apt%
arid a eo
- yet hie
1
GW y,
tha trun
not ari
- =flaked.
• «1 gu
-, •
you -1n
Geer ala
-back age
Undergr
a a;
eOuldrat"
lady so
- therm,
-my han
-elle frc
Na,
has rine-
' will trait
-Ile g
• boikd
doyen
awith fa
tna
tell fast
:w
Wag. Sit
just OA .fi
Marylan
Wart -
who ha
•who exp
Wean
breakfa
Then -01
She t
Wilmih
thvilIo ;. livas ea six 'rules west of
IS the village of Shallotte ;_ duo
ft lies the Groat Green Swamp.
m_ sure to fiud a place where no
ok for us, andwhere we can rest,
O accommodation will be _rather
ou. Ate you tired?" _
t be tired indeed," I geld, "it I
ndstreagtli to escape frein that
still dark night. The flarnes of
g ship mounted high and shed a
, Which was of somehse to us, if
,
Olive led the way, which was
hills and across sandy ground;
to walk, over. After -half an
lking we climate ground -Which
nd marshy. - - • -
ad money,' elle said,"1
ay/hi-way ef Columbia; in South
oTennessee and Kentucky. The
ryawould scarcely reach SO far.
we might- disguise ourselves as
• • . -
were necessary. But _without
at can wodo but incur suspicions?
, for a -edema- time, I will try the
looking; ' said Olive, "for Daddy
hut. •It is six years and more
canto here; but the woods were
-al have followed their guidance.
Ica-A.vis 1 think that---Ilere it
little clump of pines standing on
Was a= hut, at the door of. which
negro. He was dressed innoth-
°hay, but a pair of cotton trousers
on shirt: Ile was old and bowed,
e was bright and koala Ile rose
14 Olive gashed her aray- between
s, ancl stared at berourioasly, but
le were ftiglitened.
you rii7ember-me; laaddya" she
_
HSI" be replied, I tink for shah,
issy Olive, from Squire Caertiliai
way yander. 'What -iota -In dein'
? Won't anuderjourncy by dat
•un' ? Ho!" _
back again, Daddy, 'because_ I
help it. First give- this young
breakfast."
rsd into my _face -and took hold of
oungl y not a yeller gal • guess
_
,
ride Norf."
ddy; a aiis rom !ang an . S
'-f F h
• ies, and ehe has no money ;-: kite
1 with Inc." - . - • .
ve alSeitie *apple food—cold
.rk, with meal and. lioney=which
ed greedily:a_ and then, overcorne
aiueal ley down - a corner, the
,covoring me with a blanket, .anil
-Sleep;
evening when _I awoke.. Olive
rig beside me, patient, watching,
re had sat beside moon board the
.. :Nothing changed her face. It
aye sad; always the face of one
suffered; always the face of .ene
eta more inifferitig ; always_ patient.
do our kipper as we had. -made our
off -pork and Meal and honey.
ye told me-Hoinethirig of her. plena;
en. told me that Daddy had gone to
-
ton to itsc.ertairi if anything had
been do . ,
• - ea e back next (lay with -thrive which_
maile in blood boil.. _
n - -Rarniety had learned that we
had n put riehOre ; some beaeli corn-
bers," s me of the theft who prowlect about-
. to pick pYthat they could from the wreck
of a hi( cicada -manor, had seen us -landed
by the ecleralboat. His first- idea'. WAS to
go in s arch of hie but he was ignorant of
11-
We stayed in our room tilabreakfasatime,
when, not being able to make any excuse,
we descended *slowly to the saloon.. There
the tables were crowded with guests, who
all appeared too much occupied in the busi-
ness of eating to pay any attention to us.
Only one of the company—a sallow, evil -
looking man—seemed to me to look at us
more curiously than I liked. In fact, his
gaze became so earnest/hat I became faint
with terror, and was glad indeed when we
could rise and leave the table.
The boy was -waiting for us with the trap
in which he had driven us from the - last
station. We brought down our luggage,
paid our bill, and were ready to depart,
when the man who had caused me so much
terror stepped up to me and touched me on
the shoulder with his fore -finger.
"Gum," he said roughly, -" that you've
got to hey it word with me before you go."
"Olive 1" I criedaatching her by the arm ;
"ohOlive I"
It Was the worst thing Icould have said.
He laughed aloud.
"All right," be said. • " Gentlemen, these
are two runaway yeller gals, advertised for
in the Wilmingain Herald. - A thousaud
dollars reward."
teedopt it. • ..
.. After three Weity•
dais in t -he hut. it
: determined. that We should make a start
I wes.r.ested aud felt atMng again iii the .
.bracing eharp air of this etraege new corm;
try: We had-twelyeanilestea Make. -that-
claYawith Daddy as: our guide, through the.-
wiid _tibtroddrea forest- -.laird. The iioxt
detail . Stage weather* same.. 'On the „third
day We Were to leave the_ swame and . take.
to thereads end villages, wlicnour danger
would. begin.
Olive," I said; " if they teke, us-- prise'
_
ttioy do peZt?".... ..• . ,
They would he obhged, I. suppoire, to
take uri to,Wilmingtonin order . to get the
reward.'' _ "- . . • -
- " Would thriyaropld they be eruct?"
"-“ Weil; - rni •cleasa" sho. repliedactraply,
slayenatchorii are not the- rholit.:kiadly-",ef:
,iieii. But Ideubt -their = dating . to :indica
any cruelty upon .1114:"•-•
•. :The house -which waa'toreceive:ua are the
..third- day was on the confines of a little
town.. -It belonged to e BaptiHt minister,
who, a Northerner by birth, hadlongsince
joutrieyeal-Soath with . the: sole object of
helping runaways to eseepe., • It Wits -cour-
ageous and noble ot him; how he reconciled
it with, his 'conscience" RS.. J_Christian to
carry on the -deception Of being a violent
partiiiite, of the' South ani Admirer of tho
Institution, I de not know. .Dadda, ,atidoon:
tiraed-the Marell this day crio as t&britig.iis
to:the:house after dark. it Was .0 wooden
hoixricaflike all tho rest, .standing ' within
small 101100. -Tho old .mari reinoved.a„ bit
and We stepped -over; • He .led the way -to a
back door, at which lie - gate. 'four :lamas,.
which oviderali belonged- to the secrets of
haat-tit:de, - The dark .Sette instantly opened -a
and e lady inyite& he tiastep.iw
We tonna ourselves . in a Mom which
-Scented-to- Serve as kip:dm:nand dining. -.MOM..
.:-Daddyleteed_in__thedoer,viity. -.1Iecame
-ne-aafarthera.-.withaahie_ r.. pilgrims. ,._-..„.1.1.0.re•
lin took off his het, and said solermily; De -
Leta bless de -ranawityara :Thee he 'shut
-tiredoor raiddisittiperired,: to return to has
solitaiaeliut in'theGreeir Sivarcip arid wait.
for More.
Good Ileaveir, girle!" cried the_ lady;
Who ere you " a.- a •
I now becarne - aware; though. 'horribly
„ _
tired and OpPrearied with e dreaafut-anxiety
about inY.hootira'. tho. iSoles. of -*high were
'dropping off, that we: were addressed by .e
mosadelightfalield ledy,comoly, Motherly,
and- kind. To be Satre, it WILH uncoeirnore in
her experience to be...risked rilialter- by taro
whito girls, 'the: elder of whorn was- ority-
tiVealaidaWenty, and thti yeapgrit had not
one minglo. feature of -the etdinaryaniulatto
appearance: • a a -• • •
•
Olive, as Ostial, told tho story. She told'
it ealinly, effectively, in"a few wcirde, arid
,.clearly that it caraied with it the internal
evidenCii of truth.: Oar protector Ives
liana _ - - .
" Lang before she had concluded her indig-
nant invective against our , persecutor- I
was liourid asleep
_ We testelhere for two days, end were
litovided by out kind horiteris--lier
having gone North in charge of a runaway
mulatto atrialy—withchanges- of dieeia of
Which *f3 were greatly in went. She alio gay°
us -Minute directions as.to out neat restipie
piece, where we should _ be-eritertained and
treated in -like mealier- -by her frieadaand
follow -conspirator. _ .
• Our cenductor, was it yeepg negro, who
informed 1110, tliankitig that I was; in spito
of blue eyes and fair hair, .one. of lus. own
people, that he- was really freraand had.VOlun-
- toorod this daugeroas-Underground Rail way
bush:lees pretending .to be the .minieterli
eltrarabey.. - • •
t do -hot...remember. the nen-mead: the
placeswe *topped at.; they all seethed to
mo exactly alike:The, toads weteelike ;
the country erierned tho same day afterday.
Nor de I remember laiw'inany days We had
trayelLed—but,at could not have boon Many
s",ve felt into our great danger.
-.11 arose from our guide toeing hiM wity.
ou the road. Somehow or Other we took
tha viropg fork, and presently, instead Of
arriving at One of the little precee where we
were -to stay, we-droveetraight into tlie very.
town we wished most to avoid; Fayetteville,
Which:: net only theprineipal placo in
North Carolina -mixt- to Raleigh, but is also
eohtiocted, by. it ritilway.-with • Wilrniiigtoo.,
It was, indond, a most alangereinaplace: -
Olivo.. instrutted our guide to, aay. thei
we- wet° :two_ ladies 011 ourwaytO"
and tinit- he wali.our boy. WO thou -
&eve • to the hotel, andenteted boldly. It.
was then just ..after. dark. . It was.easy to:
stay in our rotaries that eveniag, and a
eetiple of dimeiainduceaone ofthe-Servante
tobtiageoMe -slipper to hs. But the morn -
inti would bring its -dangers.
I stood trembling. For a moment Olive
lost her head. She made as if she would
tear me away and fly. Only for a moment.
"Gentlemen," she said,instantly recover-
ing herself, "bear witness, all of you, that
a11:1 the wife of an American -eitizen, and
this youug lady is an Englishwoman."
There wise moverrieet among the little
crowd Which gathered round. us, and mut-
MUTH.
The Man replied by reading the adver-
tisement, pointing out as he read the
exactness of the description. -
Olive whispered MO. •
claim," I cried " the protection of the
British cobeul a • -
There was no British consul in theplace.
"Is there no One here," I asked, "who.
will defend two helpless women against a
villaiu ?" -
" Ef you•air rums:Ways," said one man in
the crowd; ef you air ialler--" . And
at that fetal !word -All sympathies were
dri3d up. • • .
It-seeined there Was no help but we must
"Na—ow," said our captor, "guess you'd.
-better go:quiet. or there'll handcuffs and
Other" -
• Just then, however,- it rescuer appeared,
a veritable St George, a Perseus, though in
the lank shape" and -forbidding features of
_Liberty Wicks, -bo's'n and .q.u.b.rter.mpoiter:
of the Mitriland. It •fideriaedtaniel..alOrlern
hope; but Olive ctied•: to him b iiitineatted-
he tamed, . and, seelag. us, burstthrough the
Orchid.
• - Dere. My scappers -- What're this?, ...Beg
your .-pardon, taking off his hat; -
but whetaithie little difdculty ?"
""Boaen," quietly and with
-dignitv,:-..`` When a,snona• With you from
New .-Yeik to Havannalia fear. years ego -
Whet aies.naynarpe Perhaps you wait
tell these gentleineri.", al.,. : :•'-
- Angel, the captain's
,wife." • - •
-- ,.‘.Yo.11., bear, gentlemen. . The. captaip's
wibe. The wife of Captain Angel, of. the
Ship .Providenta,-in, the- Hevannala:ttaile.
Is it likely that "Captain Angel's Wife .iihohld
be :a runaway? Now; -Will you tell these
gentlemen. boaair, Where: you. toOken *OS
this younglady?" !
.."Off - :the port:Oatescastle, on the -vomit •
Of Cornwall, England," he- replied..
"Brought.ebeetthishe was., by the captainand the.pilet.-"•:'. f
gentlemen," said areyou.
eitiefied ? Or -441 1 ask my friend-. here.
.protect U14 egithist a, nIggi probably
Mean Yankee •"aarshetheekintip ite -Contempt-
int6 'those -Weide-ea-a who .would --pretend
that we are runaway slaves." • -
r Liborty Wicks Stepped _ tothe front, and
stood before uta ; ;
“ Ef,"-heliehlaiilielutely,"any men here
lays 'Iambi on -these- two ladies, .he lays
hands ' on me." He drew ii teaelter, 'fretn
hia"breairtaafid lboked'roundawitli his- fin-
ger- on the trigger...". a•I allow," - he said;
• twe Minato* forthat, onforthate (anis to
Order 111S codin.1"-- -: 7 -
:Ile hid so resoluta an air, and looked so,
terrible, this lariky Mari with thehardferia
tures-and the --weather-beaten_ Cheeks; that
they all drove back. a " •
• Ile then culled out boy..
.
Where, boy, was you gain' totake these
I •
_ladies?" . : _ • • -• =
Theyavaa gWine;"- Said the beet readily";
" by-... the n_earest way to Raleigh, on-- their
Way to -Rictimandilin Virginny, a/bete they.
was to stay with -their friends." •
• That locks like trianiul away that dopia.".
said Liberty, looking:round with triumph.
e Coin'to Iticlimoed. to beed-quar-
. .
tete. etend,aside, lehbers All; and let
the ladies pass. :By Your leave. maairni".
hetouched his:het again, at will go peek of
the way. with you. Lord love mei Hire's it
sweetEnglieli rosebud' foryea." He addrestie
ecl.the crowd; but he meant "A - sweet.
and,. pretty biushina young - thing, ind you-
-play. it thatitheitraon. Ler as teeall her, a
criesed- yeller geil, _Tali! I'M aeliamed o' -
North Catalina... That's a -fact."
We Were- in the carriage now. He hitched
hithselfon to theafoot-board, .end wo drove -
'away as "-repidty-asi our boy-. &trek the
lieheet bo's'n hurling derision behind him
in language -which our -would he captor no,
doubt upderistood. To mo it -was it foreign
tongue: •_ When We were•ceiteide the town,
and again in the "piny woods," be changed
hietorie." 1 - . • : •
Dey","'he Bahl, riteer;qtilekout of this
reed,- Take- the . first , fork;' never amind
whero. it takers you to. I know that - - sieve
huntidgcoon. Ile °erne -down here ; apur,
pUH " on •tho liunt for.. the, reward. ; Thera
"Mean • ,iivIiites _'udliveon rewards if they:
could, Thought „you'd Make for the.neateet.
town, and be landed" like a salmon in ithet.-
Apd-,- he Worn give it lhout-enothera: run
.for't. I,iisee that ire: hie yeller-. eye.: " He's;
tone to git a werrant,-ead-he'll make tracks
-after..118 BAC fast as he can ley -frit to :yettla
Therefore; eroesnountry is the wordaealess
We -all- -ao to the state jail, -where you,
brother Snowball, Will taste the Confederate
cat, - and I-sliall grow fat on the " Coafed-
crate bacon." • -
The boy grinned, and turned the trap off
the main road into ono of the little forest
trecks. -
It was risky, but we were completely at
his metcy, inabeeides, we remembered hie
whispers on board the ship. _
. .
Olive told -him ail. She confessed , that
she had been formerly a slave in This same
state, though in appearance AS white' gs
any European, that she hadescaped by
-
the Underground railway; that she had
told Captain Jefferson Ramsay, alias Valen-
tine Angel, everything before their mar-
riage; that we now designed to effect' our
escape by the same way in which she -had
before succeeded; and that it was only by
the accident of losing our way that we
found ourselves at Fayetteville at all.
He approved our -design, and told, us,
which with a great comfort for us, that
Tennessee was most likely, by this time, in
the hands of the North, so that once over
the Allegheny Mountains we were safe.
He then went on to speak of the captain.
"At first," he said, "he was mad at los-
ing his ship, his cargo, and—the young
lady." Then he begged Olive's pardon.
" You.needmot," she said. "1 know my
husband as -well as you." -
So we changed the route which had been.
laid down for us by our kind friends of that
secret institution which had befriended eti
many poor creatures, and drove across the
strange forest.coyered country by the cross
tracks which we chose by compass, not
knowing whither they weuld lead us, so
only .that we should not come upon any
town. Towns, indeed, in North Carolina
Were ;mice.
At last we came to the Allegheny Moun-
tains. If I had not fieen those hills, I
should hese thought the whole of America
• was one vast plain covered with pine forests;
having seen them, when I think of places
beautiful, •m_y thoughts go back -to the
Alleghany.Mountaine.
. Once- on the other side we were soon in
Tennessee..
To our -great joy, the Federals held Nash.
ville ; -end bete, the -very day we -got there,
we saw a great and splendid thing, -
• It was in the evening; a mighty crowd,
almost entirely composed of negroes and
colored people, were gathered -together in a
-squad .before a great building; which was,
- suppose, the town -hall or government
house. • -Presently - theta . came forth to
them It man of insignificant- presence, like
, -
Paul, and, like -him, the bearer of -.good
tidings: - ,
In- the Irani° of -this great Republic,"
be said in a solemn vOiee,a.IProelanie you
I. ' • - - • • • -
_
. Oliee --btirstinto crying and sobbing!, It
was the beginning of the sena. .1614very was
-damned. .. . ,
The -Man was Apdteva- Johnsen., Two:
years later when the murder of Abraham
pritliim in the prosidaat'S
and _ parietal detideirthe self made mail,
thought .cit the_ greet .deed he.had done in
Tennessee, and how lie had,011-his own-
resposisibility; given liberty to the 02011846de
Who, before his act;aiiire like thefhattle Of
the field,to be-behghtand sold.
-
When, at last, we crossed: the bridge -at-
Niagereawe had been sia. Weeks ppon, our
journey Irian -the niamene when Weeterted
:from the flea- and sandy shore to Singe north.I shall welt for him here. •
or any other Confederate States, that was
Pot immediately know in New York—the
horrible news that the villain Ramsay had
taken advantage of the Southern prejudices
in the matter of color to get a hue and cry
sent through the country after us. If all
went well, we might be expected in New
York or Philadelphia in a fortnight or three
weeks at latest.
As you know, our route wee changed,
panrodtecwtoer.eanee on with the help of another
When we did not appear, and they
learned that we had been carried away
after the danger at Fayetteville by a sailor,
their anxiety was very great.
Then, because news of us, not being of
interest, came slowly, they went north to
Toronto, on the chance of hearing more
about us there from the people interested
in runaways. But no one there had heard
anything of our story. Then they went
back to New York, and from there to Phila-
delphia, where they learned the latest
news from Wilmington.
Then, because publicity would nor be a
great thiug for us, Jack wrote an oount
of the story so far as he knew it—be sure
he made the most of Ramsay's' marriage,
and his treitment of his wife, though he
knew nothing of the Indiana divorce -and
sent it to one of the New York papers,
which immediately published it. All the
other papers copied it with comments.
Everybody at Wilmington knew the
truth, because you cannot silence men's
Mouths, and the crew talked; yet so vigor-
ously did Captain Ramsay adhere to his own
statement, and so camly resolute were
his announced intentions of hitting day-
light into any who veutured to make asser-
tions to the contrary, that public opinien -
only showed itself in a general desire to.
avoid his preseuce. This method, adopted
at first by the more peaceful of citizens,
was gradually -followed by the very rowdiest
among the sailors and wild creatura, who
haunted the Wilmington seloons. Pl. the .
captain showed at a bar there would be
presently the visitors at the bar
dropped away one after another; having
immediate and important business else-
where.: •Thie was galling to Captain -Ram-
sey; he could not shoot a vihole.townful of -
men- for the crime -of haviag _busiaess
elsewhere :When he entered a saloon;
and :as nobody offered him = any
pretext, theriiwaa • %no ° shooting tor
be thine. Presently, asJack heard, there .
were Murmurs abroad, the citizens met And
'talked, thieve over; the hue and cry with'
torn down from the. walls, and the name of
lyneli was freely mentioned. At this jufic-
ture•Captain Ramsay disappeared. "
"a1 know. that he will run the inland
blockade," said Olive, talking -over things at •
Niagara. "He will cross the lines and _
make •for atew York. Thea he will come
into the deliths Of the Great Green Sweriep.-
- CHAPTER X.; .
Tire waxer -mei. or -
" Will yen forgive him 2 I iskea.
"Forgive,? 012! my dear, itis hot -11,
question of forgiveness. What have.1 not
_forgiven?. 'What have I not endured? I
At lest we were on --Biitish Truly
rellet be with th nave him from -w°Es°'
there • had been no__ danger to us eniee
Andrew Johnson's proclamation at Nash-
ville ; but, tali ba,ve said, the . country wes
wild with war _excitement, and one longed
to be away" from the dreadful anxieties
depleted on every face.. • - _
The train lauded meat last on the Aineri:
can side of the-Fallsa _ we crossed over and
found011the .English side a small hotel,
where We. thought of resting for gafew idays
before .we began 4 to consider our plane;
Olive, espectelly,!. wanted rest;•she i was.
I saw that -from the very beginning.' -
fele, she
edtageni-diiii etre.; apshpere-uhahd hope;elefeti;emefreheh"ch."He'has -nev9rlait ds'Y °r night*
e "He - would come With Me Avis,". said
calamity; she knew= that her- husband', ' -'.
See What it is to have a faithful Poet .'
as g
spoke shook,itahis 0light, r /aze stood in
way,iet
voice-
his
eyes as he held mi hands in his.
. yea have istiffered Muth, Avis. My
poor girl; I would I could have suffered fOra•
• thine if -I May....And-a-What is %child?' -
. For below Us; walking M the road, on the
shady' side, were no other than Jack and
the Poet and I was runnizig and crying to •
fly into the= arms of my lover. -How he
greeted me—with what words of affectien' •
and rejoicinge-l-canhot set doWn„-.When
he let me go for a moment, I shook bends
with the Poet, who hung his head guiltily,. -
* "It was . all my fault, Miss Avis," he
said, I Ought to have followed you day
and night: I knew he was a man eater
Wherever, he was, weak' -bring hera new
sorrow and himself new -disgrace: That
dreadful piniisliMent whichthe dead were
tied- to the:living was bets, ler she cva
joined with a -Mind -bed to all goodness a- -
Here ouraitoteater left- with- thanks,
•-
which were heartfelt, ifeny everaverea -In - - - -
addition, tilde sad rough- sailor a§ he, Was, thinkral have sufferer'. for me tee:
he had never intruded himself upon us,Jach- - •
And then I told,Iiim of Olive, who had
left us together, and ofwhat slid had done, .• -
and o Liberty Wicke the quarter -master.
Nothing would do now for Jack but we
Must be married at ono, to prevent any
further chance; he said, of the man Ramsay,.
or 'Angel,- or whatever he'Called. himself,
runningawaywith Me. Could I refuse my "
boy whet he so ardently desired—the right
to -call Me his own? We Went, therefore;
two days afterwards' to the little Episcopal
Chapel of Clifionville, where we Were mar- •
rieda the Poet -givingine away. Ile gave : -
me Also, I remember, .W0 most beautiful
_
bracelet to be got at Niagara.—it had been
the property of it or Southern lady; who
sold it to pay her hotel bill ----and a celled- .
-.Oen of feather fins bought at the little
Opp's-beside the fads.-- And when we earn°
to England, he geyci nie his book of poetry,
vibiah I shall 'always read with . pleasure,
though I prefer Tennyson and lOnsfellovaa
out of gratitude-tOmy Jack's best, friend..
•One -morning, a week after our marriage,
Olive caree-and told me, withatears; how she
had just heard from 1301:110 quarter whence
*she got secret infOrmatimi, that a warrant
had been -harried "against Valengaie -Angel,
eliaei Jefferson Ratrisay,_itlize a "gillit many
other names, including his -first, Peregrine
Pickle, for piracy on the high teas: It was -
one of those great and gallant 'deeds remem- -
Verdi" and lauded by Stephen Cobbledick,
committed • some years before. 'They had -
-
other chargagagamst him; but this would
be taken first'. - The little matter of kid-
napPing a._ whole -crew of free 'blacks at
-Boston; and selling them.at Now Orleans,
weal- .also be brought up .again. Mean-
while; there was reason - to believe that he _
was Making for British territory; 'that he
would erosiathedroatier at Niagara; and, :
unless ,he were -captured before, would be
takenon the bridge. • '
Olive spent that day oatheother ,
watching( and waiting, if haply she 'might
.give.her -husband warning.
The next day ,and the meat she sat or.
•walked: All night, too, elle briakno sleep;
she -never left her watch;-he'Aiwpa t come at
any moment;
On the fouith day lie came. • • 7
fle-witain Borne kind- -of disghise,but she -.
knew him.. It Was already growing dark; • -
lie -walked in the *bedews. of 'th-e great „
square hotele, away frearthe Iights in the
shop windows. She touched his Arm. He
turned, and recognized- lier With an oath.
, "Do not cross the bridgetcanight," she
said. "They are on thewatchfor you
_everywhere - lie inhiding• you will he
Arrested." , - •
He _pushed her roughly from him.- with
mg was done•in Mirth Carolina,- Virginia,' another _oath, walked quickly tothetolh -
maintained- Abe MOO perfect- respect to.,
wards us-; led Paid all our expenses for
and powawith Acouttesy and consideration
beyond all praise, he advanced us a: suns of
money to provide for our passage tea:Eng-
land. " - - - -
- I have repaid that theney„leng age; but
the faithful, loyal service Ican never repay...
And though Iknolv not Whet° my airoteetor
neay be for kiiiadeily. : :-
He left us, then to make his - way to
Liverpool first, and, if that failed,toNasseu,
in order to find ehother herth.ins blockadcarunner, nothing daunted by the 111-sueeesS
Of- _the last. Ile. attributed- the disaster
lucked; jast-as Peer old Stephen did,to tho
presence of Women. aboard the ship.
; The- place, oti the English side, was fun
of aSouthern ladies; they did not COMO to
.gaze upon _ t e Falis, butto watch and
wait. Alegi for theml. Their" verde-ware
fall of hoped and premise but the 'color
was fialing from their -Cheeks and -the flight
from their eyes in the- deys, when -day after
day anisssed_ and the- _armies Of -the -South
_Made no headway. Their biothera-were
With those- 'armies; their ;sisters - wereitaraing; their *laves were scatter-
ed, their -.fields and they_ be;
lieved—ohi a hew those poet creatures
believed 1 -hi the justice of e cause most
unjust, - and prayed—as Ohly believers . and
faithful viemen can pray—for :the' success of
Oafs - Which should Osier -have:been • taken
I had *Writtea every day since we left
Nashvillelettertato my dear-- jack- -telling,
*him what we' were doing, and bow WC farad,
-
These betters I sent to London, but he did
not get them till long afterwards; for it
very good reason, as- you_shall beer.: For:,
-when the Peot told him what had liappeaed,
-Jack-, with no more delay than Was .neces..
fiery , to turn everything he possessed into-
meney--fookttain for Litiorpok He Would -
arose over to Atharieft and soirob the
-States- through 'till he found me. With
him tertur- bis friend, the -Poet They
.)itilded _at New Yorlaa here- they heard -of
the wreck and burning of the Maryland:off
CapeFear, the -nciais of Which was received
• with great joy, beciuse, her caPtairelaname
was Well know as that of a most successful
_
runner, a and this waq.a new and very .fest
steamier; They -read in the'papete,farthera
.hew _ tweladies had been taken. _prisoners,
but set ariliore, heel:wait was no use carry-.
ing Southern women tea Northern-- jail.
Presently they" heard, hayiiigby_this timo
discovered where to learn 'nears fieni the
South—and; indeed; partly from the news-
papers'partly:item -private letters, - and
partly frotrithe information of spies, hoth-
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