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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- •