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The Seaforth News, 1932-01-14, Page 6John Uri 'LIo y (Continued front last week. "You see, `Morse said Gur A sign says dat you was not to re' Palter; it was to be read by de boy )who saw de sky' crass' in Bloody Hollow'" "Here's the boy," said the Cora lBug,'"but :Lhaint heard him say ,,nuth- an'g about na sky across in the tHbllo,w,'" • ,Old Cupe turned toward me, and as he did so the negro crone hall rose from her place and leaned• part- ly out of the shadows. "'.Cole •us about de sky you saw," .said Cupe._ II shook my head. "And you saw de hand ?" "And murdering?" "Yes, and murdering, too." "`De sky am gone, and de blood am gone and dried dese years dat's gone, but de hand move an. Back to your p'la'ce, Dinah, you brack fool." Dinah sank into her former' posi- tion, and Cupe turned to his master, De boy what see de sign am to read de paper, has not Cupe done tole you? And de boy what seed de sign am here," ' 1 ;The Corn Bug seemed not to' be surprised at'the corroboration I gave of Cape's prediction, "Exactly," he said, "exactly, I took the document and after la- borious study mana'ged to decipher it. Even 'then none of us understood more than the'general purport of the paper.' But old Cupe had faith in its authenticity. He exultingly cried, when I had laboriously spelled out the last word: "Cupe done tole you so, Marse; now what you gat to say about de tracks in +de ashes, and de figgure in de fire, and de uddah tinge what 1Cupe saw, and you couldn't' under- stand and will nebbait know how he saw dem' ?" "Why didn't you give me that paper long ago?" d'em'anded the Corn Bug. (Where- hey you kept these things ? I hey seen inside ,that .empty old chest often." • "Take care, honey, take care; doan ax quistions too lively; taint safe to fool wed dere heal, sollu'm tings l'ike white folks does wid book reading." 'Then Ctpe,' growing more serious added; "`Marse when de new year conte you and Cape l4 part. nese chillun are to take ;your p'la'ce, M'arse, foe you'll go to you • long home. Dat ting am sar- tin, Marse, de long home am sure to -ceme. Cape ,measured de 'cedar limbs again today, and de young sprout an de long limb stand six feet from de body of de tree. Dah am room for a coffin under dat limb sure, and you know you wah de man what set out dot cedar tree:" , by your side when;. de ,last. call 'mtade.. You - will have have e, . de company,' read des : larse, company here When you s'tar't, and company on de way thereabouts. Cupe doan 'tend to say jes:vuhere you are going,; ,er how long de new part ner'll stick to you and de sign doan Say 'whether de landing pl'a'ce am hot or cole. But when your heart ant still. and de mouth ani whet tight, de eyes sin closed after de silver quarters am' taken off, de heels are close together, and de toes point up, wlhen de '. cover of de box am.s'ere'we'd drawn, ole Gape will be back by your side again.' And when you are Laid in de ground under de cedar tree you planted, close be- side your clear mullah, who rest un- der de.linab of de weeping wilier, and who go to glory When you was born, ole Cupe'll be there. Better you begin to git ready for dem tings' what is predicted and better make yourself good with the parson, cause de parson am mightily noised in your affairs, riblarse, and dese c'hi'llun am mixed too. De signs weren't quite clear when Cape read dem dat night, there was shadows, but de omen on the half drone mix de affairs ,of you and de parson. Doan you know, Morse, dat when yoti find dis baby gearl on de IBIoody Hoiloiw grave dat ole Cupe say take her home and her mate'll follow cause de sign say so? and shave. you not done growl and cuss ole Cope and cuss de sign; and don't you love de chile now like she was your aw•n,, honey ? and aint de boy here no'w?" "Nigger nonsense," said the Corn Bug, "Taint safe to laugh at solium rings; never mind de nigger non, sense, make friends wid de parson, case there come a time when de p'ar- s'on scare off de fire brand and de ddbbil too." "De signs am, M'arse," continued taupe, heedlesw of his master's scoff- ing, "dat Cupe'll stay ,in de cabin after you am gone, d'e gearl'li stay, and de boy'll come again." • He stopped, went to the fire, • an'd gazed intently into the maultderinIg e'mtbers, then slowly said: "De, boy'll come again to de cabin in de , night- time, De sun am shining on ,',both dere heads, but a cloud am rising. De boy am gone, but bless de-IJawd, honey, Cutpe am still here wid de gear]." 'Then after a pause he stirred the ashes, smoothed them out, moved his fingers over the surface, seeming to read from the embers as one reads from a, book,' The negroes believed that death would 'came to the man who' trans- planted a •cedtar tree, When the lower limbs grelw to be the 'length of his coffin. '"Yes, and will pla'n't another next spri ttg " • "Planting wil'l be done in de new year, and you will be d'ab, but you won't hole de spade, and it won't be a tree what's piaruted., Has not Cupe done tolls you of what's sure to come. to an who i t set out v a cedar . Masse, when d€ robins flock north to de roost in de thicket next March, anti talk `in' de gloom of evening, your ears wont hear de Chirping woices;,When de sugar water drip's in de February sunshine, your tongue won't taste de sweetness of de sap, and your eye.won't see de brightness of de sun; aid when de Warm wind )blow and de snow pelt in de spring Your 'cheek won't `feel de breath'dfat dome Out of de sant:h," '1f I` Mpsen to you, :Cupe, I would .stop breathing in, order to save my 7tife. You .hey a sign ler pverythting,'' " Sine you will Stop breathing; cause. pie slaws George.Washington see yaur, and'.and de ,celdar'limlb on de tree yon It am'long Huff to cover a, coffin. Da oe stn ready, de, ground am re'ad'y,; td d+e' spade am waiting in: de shed:,' Shit doh stn more to say to` you,for e 11ddah,',slgtt say'dat ale Cupe, who aver destertted' You in life,; won't' be "De gears am in trouble anal go from de cabin; site go' to de : boy; it am in a big house; she kneel on the floor before de boy ;;and . de boy covers his face wid hiss hands and shakes his 'headfl" Wi�bh, a puzzled look the negro began mu'tnbling un-. 1u'telligi'b'ly, ,mta'de another ldbt'Ie pile of ahse's and flattened it out, then spoke again: "De gear'( wid 'bended head and tear mark on de cheek come s'lo'wly black to de cabin, d'is same cabin, looking behind her towards de boy. De boy am in a curious place, wid glass fix- ings and bottles all around de room; but he am looking back'tokvard's ' die start g De I ant Y late' ,hal sun now; he am a man and she am as grotty as a peach: Ltawd, 'Lamed, honey; but Cupe am still wid her, She atm mon- strous 'sorro'wful, and her eyelids: am swelle'd; sthe"totne back `to'di 'cabin and cry'and naioan, and throw her arms around ale black' Catpe's neck, and den cise add Cope go up to de mountains, Bless your soul, chile; God bless you, honey;- Glad bless you.': Ole Cupe arose and picked up the child, hugged her to his`bosom and stroked her dishevelled hair with ems body fingers, before he returned to incantations. Atnother, peeled of mummery with the ashes and $p'pe laughed, •aloud; "De clouds ant gone, and de. sun shine; but shines through brush. De chiliun am together in de ole 1i a stuck land. Tlhan'k;de Lawd, Mattel" excl'aitme d' the old; negro, then suddenly he 'drew back and stared into the embers, saying to himself: •tiling of deet, a�sl�es out ihltah, cause anx wrong Iwld de ssgn rati s, titon's':4o ills vias, D ittih over sera smoothed teas asdies wt loi}ger''bslny nngjtts 'then oat 5thadpWs, sixdayadg t}fer bodfr ba, forth, , leu 7lrning !`a colt,. 'lq witlrat t wards, 'Z "erepdt tinndi ward, and gazcc1 peer the sd of tete •ICneelitg :seer. tf saw t6 ioo1 three short bits bf broom and laid':-tliem parallel ate:the p ly smooth ash surface, the, frag being' , about , three r inches 'There amt a' new face staisc n'g de boy ''stood, it'iair a •boy, wid head', , lD,is am de newcomer, de head bay out 0'f, Bloody; Ido pointing , to ;the :second 'sltraw; ant cl 'honey geard,' pointing t third. Then, as he spolee, it see me that .I saw a matvelloss thi that a'perfect Coffin -Nike tracing crept about the straw o,f.; th'e comer, and then ,'that straw c fire. "'Old ,Cupe chuckled, point,) the 'straw wi7ich represented, After a lapse' 'Of ,s'onte: shinnies also became surrounded by a si Mark that grewIbefore my; eyes it began to burn, and akn- s mooch Ig, tier .leaned tit Tier to elle solt%g, Y' for rapider at' he straw erfeet ^merits apart, where' a red red - Now," "etas o the pis to ng t— ftnart new - aught ug to ry'sei'f, this miler then am,ul- epre- then 110,w - not otw-nott upon dis- dain:, this tools said, and side, slit; ,taneouslry: the last straw, ,that r senting the girl, turuad black, ch'angedl into white, ashes, s white ashes, hubutI swear it did burn, 'Old :Gape threw himselfhimself;the floor and moaned in apparentapparenttress. He did not 'interpre't the r of his incantatioincantationother than by. emotion, 'rut 'quici ly arose, and me,.by the h'an'dy "Chile," he. you'll sleep in de bed upstairs, tCupe'll sleep an, de floor by your Coarse, chile, it am late in de ni came." d' was too much exhausted to anyth'in'g but, sleep, yet that ,high dreamed. It seemed to me that on opened my eyes to find old C ,standing by my bed in the light the moon that streamed 'through little window, mumblingng to bums moving" his bony fingers' over near my face as he had done over near the ashes, and I caught words: f'Cupe better strangle de out oofhihimnow; but cussed antperson who breaks de workings o'f s'pell." iNeut morning I was awakes early by a searcher, for the coun hall been ,aroused' 'over my absent and when - T reached my home a was folded in The arms of my moti the influence olf the night's strap incidents 'disappeared, I have now to record a memorable meeting of the village circle which formed about the stove in the coun- try shore, during whichwhichthe Corn Bag created a sensation. ,Without ap- parent provocation, he indulged in a tirade against ,the Rev. 'Mr. Jones, and instead of snaking friends with that gentleman, as old Cupe had ad- vised, would have driven 'hhn' fro] the no'o'n, had not Professor Drake' is terfered. . The assembled villagers were astounded by his violence. Th minister had incurred his dislike by a attempt that unfortunately arouse the wrath Of the 'person whom '• h aimed to serve, The Corn Bug frost that moment adhered to a dogged de term'inatio'n to drink more freely. Thi evening he seemed unusually vin'dica tive and without any direct intently viciously assailed the pastor, Professor Drake arose and indig nantly demanded order. The pastor had listened in s'ilen'ce, tnakin'g no, re- sponse, but it 'c'ou'ld be seen that his passion's were much moved' and that the was holding himself in check only by strenuous effort. "ky friend," he replied, turning to- wards 'his' adve'rs'ary, "I thank you for this lesson, over which I shall ,ponder, and by .which I shall endeavor to pro- 'fi't; and if ever it chances that I can return to you the kindness you have Shawn ;me in this view you have given medf myself, if you ever have ,need of my services in an extremity, you will find that I shall. not hesitate to wet any :feet 511 your behalf. Neither show- er, snow, nor storm, neither heat, cold, nor dankness shall keep me from my duty in the future; if they, have ,ever done so in bite past" IWas it 'chance, or was it a link in the spell,.that c'ause'd -the door to open ti before fore fhe speaker pronounced l' the est sentence? ,,Old taupe with un covered head his wth ate wool andbeard, contrasting storti,gly with' his b'l'ack face, , stepped ped into the rao'm;'• stood before the minister and do it I ce 'I ape of the elf, and' and the life de de led try ce, tyre ter ge 0 e d e .1„, the document, were sustained wa's known to all; many were the quiet s discussions that ,had been held con- 'cerning its final effect, The lengtdre•n- e ed deliberations of the judge had in- dicated that important disclosures were to be ,made, and this inference was supported by the fact that under Itis direction the county surveyor had run a series of lines 'about the section named in the will, .and' had made careful calculations concerning it. Hence it was thatamid perfect si- lence Judge Elford adjusted his spec- tacles and ,read front a carefully d'r'awn manuscript. "The paper .which I' ih;oiid in my hand is a Virginia - colonel's military warrant,' and calls for five thousand' acres of land, more or less. The doc- ument is .in ;good .form and was drawn up during the last century under the laws of Virginia, w'h'ile Kentucky was still .a part of that territory. The boundary of the land included in this survey is ex'acbly located as follows; 'Beginning at the great' boulder over clear springs, thence' east to the blazed trail in Iiolvler's Valley, thence north to 'the 'fork orf Bear's Creek, then cee ws ttonosyFo .IValley, s thence ce south to the starting point Now, 1FOlwier s Vialtley passes diagonally through "this territory, and the des- cription is 'o'bherlwise in exact cora- tforntity with the present lan'dm'arks, known by the same names, :Since a (line run by the county surveyor at my request demonsibrates . that the land embraced in this rnillittary ciariin cov- ers albotit ony-ars,a:bou't fine thousand acres, thereis in my mind no doubt but the .survey is authentic. However, a discrepancy involving many acres would not dis- credit the title, for, the early survey- ors of Kentucky made no allowance Ifor'hiils and Valleys' or for 'unequal surfaces, and, indeed, owing 10, the 'abundance of land, ,cared little for Pre - ,of survey, rtalein'g care only j now.s, and ,rhes paper, ie a Jaw paper, as day ape ca;} See by 'the red aeatl)ng wax'at d sytlrer tnallcs„ Itc fudge', un tied 111.0 tided•;iwbbwl def)berately.un tol(lect' bhe tune�Worin stetipt and' sal ently read the eotltemtsr ` , "`Where, diad 'you get _,itis, dtic'tun ent ?" lie asked at )ens th "Cupe, the lazy thief, hat kept it fifty ,• years'arud^,nt'ore among his ,itis ger ,Mug's:" "Where •did 'Yost get it?" said' •judtge,';medlitatively addressing Cu OJa Colonel MM'arse's grttid;pap, give it ter ,my ;pap. Wiley didn't you slio'w it sooner:" "De 'Sign was not right," '"Nigger sign;" Je'dge,' interrdrpted the Corn Bug. "Don't ax the,focgl stig ger 'any more, questions; he , 'don't knonf n'othin','" `'Withput replying, tete' judge care- fully refolded bhe pitper, ,placing it in, his pocket. 1I wall study,'. , the docu- ment at my leisure and give my opin- ion at a future time;" Sze Said, after a TH'UiR SDA Yf ' JAIN iTQT2 Y < Gtheii distress; have ban 'grasbpe& by patient ',two qtr three t",nets, "I",Jews olid mai'i!taTMy 1111 s t3 ws 'ally ys been a spat"ce of gn,ea't tiyotrb'le m ;I ef tueiy,- antd' punsh�ase!rs meed r aei tlera i' he e� found bhentselves 'coiatlnwally' con- rir`onted with the ,facet'that their, pos- sesaions hays 'been 'previously granted to :others. or ',were 'cfau ted by others, "Iii orderj'l therefore, to avertable, thin confusion and m establlis'h Clear tete titles, eourectivr ib islative acts were ab, passed frown'. i time to. tints, Ifirs't by Virginia andfsubsequently by IK.en- tucicy, tlh :1496 it was laid dowse that adverse possession, of the land' for a period of twenitye years constituted owu'ership.,anil completed the 'title. Howevea, no ;blanket lo,w al ,fish des- oritpti0n salt be Gduitabae, for, fat "malty cases large tracts of land' were ac- tually, stolen by virtue of the oppoa:- tunity that the) nitolniewotts Jain ;oreat- ed; 'and in',11g5)1, blse.'following cor- rective act was-passed:'�!An action for the recovery, of real property can only be b'roight'worn fifteen years after the 'right to/ institute it first' accrued to' the ,plaintitl or the person' through Whom he claims,' Legal contests by reason of these surveys and legal en- actments have probably cost the land- owners of Kentucky more itsthe ag- gregate than the entire realty 01 the 'Commtonwealth is worth, To be continued. 51 tsintter, time passes slowly tai ' country, and ;especially did it seem linger while Sti;ingtown was acva ing, `fudge' Elford's report ceneerni the ,Corn Bug's deed. Each Satur evening the circle met and:cottsid eel such sulbjelcts as Were of gene interest to the community. •At o time the party assumed the funetio of a tribunal, and without any e pense whatever to the' participants neigbberho'od quarrel was amic'ab settled by .tete judge and teacher. A the 'following Meeting the colonel Colonel Luridson--hold a story of a venture, and afterward, by way of version; the floor was cleared, and the" pat of: Jupiter (,pronounced Juba by oie Cupe, who always attend'e'd master, a couple of young buck n groes rendered a dan'ce. ;These Sa urday night entertainment pantie drew a large audience. The sti'bjec discussed were not necessarily of trivial nature, 'Art, literature, politic and even science were not neglected although much Sight gossip crept in. We; were country people of sinnpl tastes,, but paved streets, bright lights noise, confusion, the glamour of fa shion and the vanities of society are not necessary for intellectual develop trent. Urban surroundings are not essential to discipline children for 'leadership in any walk, educational or coht'tit rcial, But enough of this; I must pass to the record of our meet- ing the second !Saturday evening in November, 1863, as shown by the yet - :lowed stenographic notes of the gro- cer's boy, now on ,the desk before rite. That night the room contained ' a large and anxious audience,' for it hard 'become noised' about that the legal document under consideration pre- tended to convey to the "Corn Bug" much of the land its Stringtown Coun- ty. Lf it was accepted by the judge as genuine and legal, to many persons in that assemlb'lage, who placed implicit 'confidence in his judgment, it meant the l'os's of accumulations of life eon's toil. 'The full force of the d'is'aster that would conte to the community in case the floating stories concerning the to' it - ng day er- ral ITCns Y_. a } d- da- to h t - s is a e "When de year goes out be ready, parson, when de yeargoes out." "'Nigger non'sen'se is nigger non - said the, Corn !Bug, swddeniy becoming quiet ante in; a half=aptoto- geibic way, .turning from, her, Jones and addressing Judge Efford; "never mind the black fool," Then, turning to Cape, be abruptly asked "Did you bring them there papers?" The negro handed him the yellow- ed deed, WhichWats passed to the "Jted'ge," said the Corn Bug, "this hare" paper air of more ,or,'less value„ according ter what's written and,wtho 'wrote it, I ali.nt edu'calted ter nn Ier- sta'nd the sense of.'sueh things, ; and don't pretend ter ltntolw what l'aw'yers 1 entoagb wad given, 'For example, one Kentucky patent, cited in a ''.recent )courit decisio.tt 'which'catled fast four thousand acnes, actually envbrace'd ov- er•.nine •thousiaud .acres; and: s'o'me ands, as many partso'n'a have Hound to i There is no more effective vennti- fuge ou the , Market than Miller's Worm Powders. • They will not only clean the 'stomach and bowels of :PROPESSIO,NIArI', CIAIR'DS Medical DR, a, QGIPI R+O'S1S, Physician and Surgeon, Late `;of London Hos- pital, London, E'pgland.,. Special.; attention to disease's of the eye, ear, nose and throat.,• Office and resi- dence behind Dointinaon Bank, Office, Phone No, 5; Residence Phone 104e,'' DR, F. J. 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