How Daddy Bob Departed
LET us again beg the indulgence of the reader, while we go back to the night when Marston was found dead in his cell, and when that old negro, whose eventful history we shall here close, sat by his bed-side, unconscious that the spirit of master had winged its way to another world. Bob, faithful unto death, remained his lone1 watcher. Disguising his ownership, he has toiled2 from day to day that the fruits thereof might relieve master's necessities; and he had shared them with the flowing goodness of a simple heart. In a malarious3 cell, how happy was he to make his bed on the cold plank4 beside his master's cot, where he might watch over his declining spirit. Kindness was his by nature,--no cruel law could rob his heart of its treasure: he would follow master to the grave, and lavish5 it upon the soil that covered him.
Having accompanied Franconia to the Rosebrook Villa6, he will return to the prison and join Harry7, alone watching over the dead. The city clock strikes the hour of eleven as he leaves the outer gate, and turns into the broad road leading to the city. The scene before him is vamped in still darkness; a murky9 light now and then sheds its glimmers10 across the broad road; and as he hurries onward11, contemplating12 the sad spectacle presented in the prison, happy incidents of old plantation13 life mingle14 their associations with his thoughts. He muses15 to himself, and then, as if bewildered, commences humming his favourite tune-"There's a place for old mas'r yet, when all 'um dead and gone!" His soul is free from suspicion: he fears not the savage16 guardsman's coming; the pure kindliness17 of his heart is his shield. How often has he scanned this same scene,--paced this same road on his master's errands! How death has changed the circumstances of this his nightly errand! Far away to the east, on his left, the broad landscape seems black and ominous18; before him, the sleeping city spreads its panorama19, broken and sombre, beneath heavy clouds; the fretted20 towers on the massive prison frown dimly through the mist to the right, from which a low marshy21 expanse dwindles22 into the dark horizon. And ever and anon the forked lightning courses its way through the heavens, now tinging23 the sombre scene with mellow24 light, then closing it in deeper darkness.
Onward the old man wends his way. If he be shut out from the prison, he will find shelter at Jane's cabin near by, from whence he may reach the cell early next morning. Presently the dull tramp of horses breaks upon his ear,--the sound sharpening as they advance. Through the dimming haze25 he sees two mounted guardsmen advancing: the murmuring sound of their conversation floats onward through the air,--their side arms rattle27 ominously28. Now their white cross belts are disclosed; their stalwart figures loom29 out. Nearer and nearer they approach: as the old man, trembling with fear, remembers he is without a pass, a gruff voice cries out, "Stop there!"
"A prowling nigger!" rejoins another, in a voice scarcely less hoarse31. The old man halts in the light of a lamp, as the right-hand guard rides up, and demands his pass.
"Whose nigger are you?" again demands the first voice. "Your pass, or come with us!"
The old man has no pass; he will go to his master, dead in the county prison!
Guardsmen will hear neither falsehoods nor pleading. He doesn't know "whose nigger he is! he is a runaway32 without home or master," says the left-hand guardsman, as he draws his baton33 from beneath his coat, and with savage grimace34 makes a threatening gesture. Again he poises35 it over the old man's head, as he, with hand uplifted, supplicates36 mercy. "Nobody's nigger, and without a pass!" he grumbles37 out, still motioning his baton.
"He says his master is in gaol38; that's enough! Stop, now, no more such nonsense!" rejoins the other, as the old man is about to explain. "Not another word." He is good prey39, made and provided by the sovereign law of the state. Placing him between their horses, they conduct him in silence forward to the guard-house. He is a harmless captive, in a world where democracy with babbling40 tongue boasts of equal justice. "A prowler!" exclaims one of the guards- men, as, dismounting in front of the massive building, with frowning facade41 of stone, they disappear, leading the old man within its great doors, as the glaring gas-light reflects upon his withered42 features.
"Found prowling on the neck, sir!" says the right-hand guardsman, addressing himself to the captain, a portly-looking man in a military suit, who, with affected44 importance, casts a look of suspicion at the old man. "Have seen you before, I think?" he enquires45.
"Reckon so, mas'r; but neber in dis place," replies Bob, in half-subdued accents.
You are nobody's nigger, give a false account of yourself, and have no home, I hear," interrupts the captain, at the same time ordering a clerkly-looking individual who sits at a desk near an iron railing enclosing a tribune, to make the entry in his book.
"Your name?" demands the clerk.
"Bob!"
"Without owner, or home?"
"My master's cell was my home."
"That won't do, my man!" interrupts the portly-looking captain. "Mr. Clerk" (directing himself to that functionary46) "you must enter him-nobody's nigger, without home or master." And as such he is entered upon that high record of a sovereign state-the guard-house calendar. If this record were carried before the just tribunal of heaven, how foul47 of crime, injustice48, and wrong, would its pages be found! The faithful old man has laboured under an assumed ownership. His badge, procured49 for him through the intercession of Franconia, shows him as the property of Mr. Henry Frazer. That gentleman is many hundred miles away: the old man, ignorant of the barbarous intricacy of the law, feels it to his sorrow. The production of the badge, and the statement, though asserting that Miss Franconia is his friend, show a discrepancy50. His statement has no truth for guardsmen; his poor frame is yet worth something, but his oath has no value in law: hence he must march into a cold cell, and there remain till morning.
Before that high functionary, the mayor-whose judgments52 the Russian Czar might blush to acknowledge or affirm,--he is arraigned53 at ten o'clock on the following morning. He has plenty of accusers,--no one to plead the justice of his case. A plain story he would tell, did the law and his honour grant the boon54. The fatal badge shows him the property of Mr. Henry Frazer: Mr. Henry Frazer is nowhere to be found, and the statement that master was in prison tends to increase the suspicions against him. Against this increasing force of proof, the old man begs his honour will send to the prison, where master will be found,--dead! In his love of clemency55 that functionary yields to the request. There looks something harmless about the old negro, something that warms his honour's legal coldness. An officer is despatched, and soon returns with a description that corresponds with the old man's. "He waited on Marston, made Marston's cell his home; but, your honour-and I have the assurance of the gaoler-he was not Marston's nigger; all that man's niggers were sold for the benefit of his creditors57." So says the official, returning to his august master with cringing58 servility. His honour, in the fulness of his wisdom, and with every regard for legal straightforwardness59 (his honour searched into the profoundest depths of the "nigger statutes60" while learning the tailoring trade, which he now pursues with great success), is now doubly satisfied that the negro before him is a vagabond-perhaps, and he is more than half inclined to believe he is, the very marauder who has been committing so many depredations61 about the city. With a profound admonition, wisdom glowing from his very countenance62 the while, he orders him twenty-nine paddles on his bare posteriors,--is sorry the law does not give him power to extend the number. And with compliments for the lucky fellows who have thus timely relieved the public of such a dangerous outlaw63, his honour orders him to be taken away to that prison-house where even-handed democracy has erected64 a place for torturing the souls of men who love liberty.
He will get the stripes-large, democratic stripes,--generously laid on. How much more he will get remains66 for a proud state, in its sovereign littleness, to provide. His honour, feeling his duties toward the state discharged, and his precautionary measures for the protection of the people fully67 exemplified in this awful judgment51, orders one of the officers to summon Mr. Ford68 Fosdick, a distinguished69 gentleman of the state's own, who, he is quite sure, will not neglect her more important interests. Bob has no interests in this world, nor doth he murmur26 that he hath not eaten bread for fourteen hours. Kindliness yet lingers in his withered face as he goes forth70, yields submission71 to a state's lnjustice, and bares his back before he eats.
"Return him after administering the dressing43," says his honour, directing his remarks to the official about to lead his victim away. That functionary, half turning, replies with a polite bow.
The reader, we feel assured, will excuse a description of this unsavoury dressing, beautifully administered on behalf of a republican state that makes it a means of crushing out the love of liberty. Bob has received his dressing and returned; but he has no tears to shed for democrats72 who thus degrade him.
Mr. Ford Fosdick, a gentleman of the learned profession, very straight of person, and most bland73 of manners, is what may be called escheator in ordinary to the state. Keeping a sharp eye on her interests, he has anticipated the commands of his august master, presents his polite person very unexpectedly in his honour's court-room. Fosdick, in addition to an excellent reputation for being the very best gentleman "nigger grabber" the state ever had, is well thought of in fashionable circles, having fought two duels74 of the most desperate character. He is of middle stature75, with a face finely oval, and to which are added features of much softness, altogether giving him more the appearance of a well-ordained divine, than the medium of those high functions by which the state's "grab-all" of homeless negroes distinguishes himself. If the state tolerated an ignominy, Ford Fosdick--between whom there exists a mutual76 partnership--found in it an apology for the part he played; for--let no man blush when we tell it--the sum total for which friendless, homeless, and ownerless negroes sold for in the market was equally divided between them. Generous as was this copartnership, there were few well-disposed persons independent enough to sanction it; while here and there an outspoken77 voice said it was paying a premium78 for edging Fosdick's already sharp appetite for apprehending79 the wretched, who--God save the state's honour!--having no means of protecting themselves, would be sold for the sovereign interests of his own pocket, instead of the peace of the dear people, of which the state was ever jealous. Mr. Fosdick is present,--thanks his honour the mayor: he thinks he has seen the negro before; that he is a prowler not a doubt can exist. Quite indifferent as to his own interests, he says the city is literally80 beset81 with such vermin: in his own mind, however, he has not a doubt but that something handsome will be realised from the sale of the old fellow. There is now a most fearful case in the city,--a negro belonging to Mr. Grabguy has become mad with disobedience: they have chained him to the floor, but he sets everything at defiance82, threatens the lives of all who come near him,--says he will die or be free. Against this there is little hope for old Bob; his crooked83 story will not suit the high considerations of these amiable84 worthies85 of state: he must be siezed and dragged to the workhouse, there to await the result. It is a profitable morning's work for Mr. Ford Fosdick, who makes a large note in his ledger86, and will soon carry out a very acceptable item on behalf of his dear self. So, while Bob eats his corn-grits in a cell, and his heart beats high with purity, Mr. Ford Fosdick revels87 in luxury he thinks not ill-gotten.
Due notice, in accordance with the statutes, is given to all persons whomsoever may claim a piece of property answering the description of Daddy Bob, as herein set forth. Weeks pass, but no one comes to claim Bob. In the eyes of an ignoble88 law he is a cast out, homeless upon the world; and as such must be sold. He is put up at the man-shambles, and, by order of Mr. Ford Fosdick, sold to Mr. Cordes Kemp for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, one half of which sum is the state's own, the other Mr. Ford Fosdick's. Mr. Cordes Kemp had seen Bob working about the wharf89, and learned that the old man was of more value than his outward appearance indicated, inasmuch as he was a good carpenter; which we have not before informed the reader. But Bob had never been accustomed to a cruel master: such Cordes Kemp was to the fullest extent of the term. A few months passed, and Bob became heartily90 sick of his new master, who gave him little to eat, and had nearly ended his life with labour and the lash91. Finding he could no longer stand such treatment, he fled to the swamp; and for two years did he make his home among the morasses92 and hillocks, now making his bed by the trunk of a fallen tree, then seeking shelter in a temporary camp built with the axe94 he carried away with him. At times he was forced to make food of roots, nuts, and such wild fruit as the woods afforded; and as the ravens95 found food, so the outcast man did not suffer while an all-wise Providence96 watched over him. And then he found a kind friend in old Jerushe-Aunt Jerushe, as she was commonly called, who lived on a plantation a few miles from his hiding-place, and met him at night, and shared her coarse meal with him. Jerushe's heart was full of kindness; she would have given him more, but for the want thereof. Full two years did even-handed democracy drive the old man homeless to seek a shelter among the poisonous reptiles97 of the morass93. Mr. Cordes Kemp must regain98 his property, and to that generous end he puts forth the following extremely southern proclamation, which may be found in all respectable morning journals, on posters hung at the "Rough and Ready," at "Your House," and at "Our House":--
"SEVENTY-FIVE (75) DOLLARS REWARD is offered for the delivery of my old negro carpenter man named BOB, in gaol in Charleston, within a month from this date. The said BOB is a complete carpenter, about sixty-five years of age, has a fine, full, good-natured face, knock-kneed, bald-headed, and ran away about two years ago: he is thought to be harboured in Charleston or James' Island. He was bought of Mr. Ford Fosdick, on behalf of the state. June 28,-- CORDES KEMP."
Mr. Cordes Kemp, sorely grieved at the loss of so venerable and valuable a piece of property,--and which he bought of the state, for the rights of which he is a great champion,--will give the above sum in hard cash to the clever fellow who will secure it within a prison, so he may get it. If this cannot be done, he will declare him an outlaw, offer a premium for the old man's head, and, with the bleeding trophy99, demand the premium paid by the state. However, seventy-five dollars is no mean offer for so old a negro, and as the said negro cannot be a fast runner, the difficulty of catching100 him will not be very great, while the sport will be much more exciting. Romescos and Dan Bengal keep a sharp look-out for all such little chances of making money; and as their dogs are considered the very best and savagest in the country, they feel certain they will be able to deliver the article over to Mr. Kemp in a very few days.
A few days after the appearance of Mr. Cordes Kemp's proclamation, these two worthies may be seen riding along the Camden Road, a sandy level, with little to indicate its tortuous101 course save a beaten and irregular path through a forest of stately pines. Their reddish-coloured home-spun clothes, set loosely, and their large, felt hats, slouching over their bearded faces, give their figures a brigand-like appearance which excites apprehension102. They are heavily armed with rifles, revolvers, and bowie-knives; and as their horses move along at a quick walk, the riders may be heard keeping up an animated103 discussion on matters of state policy. The state and its policy is a matter of deep interest to slave-dealer and slave-hunter; none discuss them with more pertinacity104. And as every great measure is supposed to have some bearing, directly or indirectly105, on the right of one class to enslave the other, a never-ceasing political jar is kept up by these worthies, and too often finds its way into the public acts of men who should be far removed above their selfishness.
The horse on which Romescos rides, a sprightly106 dark-bay, seeming to have an instinctive107 knowledge of his master's pursuit, pricks109 his ears erect65, and keeps his head turning from one side to the other, as if watching the approach of some object in the forest. A few paces ahead are seven fierce hounds, now scenting110 about the ground, then scampering112 through the trees, and again, quickly obeying the call, return to the horses. Not a bark is heard, not a growl113 escapes them! Nothing could be under more explicit114 subjection-not even those northern dogs who pollute their own free soil by making it a forest, where the souls of men are humbled115, and where, willing allies of the sport, they desecrate116 that holy sentence, "Our Pilgrim Fathers!"
Presently the lean figure of a man is seen advancing from a thicket117 in the distance. Rifle in hand he advances a few paces, leans against the trunk of a pine tree, relieves his shoulders of a well-filled haversack, and supports his arms on the stock of his weapon, the muzzle118 of which he sets in the ground. He will wait the horsemen's coming. With lightning quickness the hounds start suddenly, prick108 up their ears, make a bound forward. "Hold there!" exclaims Romescos, at the same time directing Bengal's attention to the figure far away to the right. His horse shies, an imprecation quickly follows; the dogs as suddenly obey the word, and crouch119 back to await another signal.
"Nothing, I reckon!" returns Bengal, coolly, as the figure in the distance is seen with smoking fusee lighting120 a cigar.
Romescos thinks he is a gentleman returning from hunting in the big swamp, to the north. He has a kind of presentiment121, nevertheless, that some lucky prize will turn up before sunset.
"Well, strangers, what luck to day?" enquires the hunter, as they run up their horses. At the same time he gracefully122 raises a delicate hand, relieves his mouth of the cigar, twists a well- trimmed mustache, and lifts his hunting-cap from off his head, disclosing a finely-chiselled face.
"Not a shy!" replies Romescos, taking a cigar from his side pocket, and motioning his hand: the hunter politely extends his habanna, with which he communicates a light to his own. It is well nigh noon-day, and at the hunter's invitation do they dismount, seat themselves at the foot of the tree, and regale123 with bread, cheese, and brandy, he draws from his haversack.
"Thought ye'd got game in that," remarks Bengal, measuredly. Ho has scoured124 the woods, but found little game of the kind he hunts. "Our game is of a different species: you, I take it, hunt niggers, I'm in search of birds."
"Would have no objection to a stray deer or two!" is the reply, as he passes his horn and flask125 to Romescos, who helps himself to a dose of the liquid, which, he says, smacking126 his lips, is not bad to take.
"Especially when yer on a hunting excursion!" rejoins Bengal.
"Now," says the gentleman hunter, quietly resuming his cigar, "as you do not hunt my game, nor I yours, I think I can give you a scent111 that may prove profitable."
"Where away?" interrupts Bengal. Romescos respects the stranger-he has dignity concealed127 beneath his hunting garb128, which the quick eye recognised as it flashed upon him. He gives Bengal a significant wink129, the meaning of which he instinctively130 understands-"Don't be rude,--he belongs to one of the first families!"
The stranger lays his left hand on Romescos' arm, and with the fore8 finger of his right hand pointing to the south-west, says, "My plantation is nine miles in that direction. I left it this morning, early. In crossing an inlet of the Pedee, I discovered white smoke, far ahead, curling upward through the trees, and expanding itself in the clear blue atmosphere. Feeling sure it indicated the haunt of runaways131, I approached it stealthily, and had almost unconsciously come upon a negro, who, suddenly springing from his hiding-place, ran to the water's edge, plunged132 in, and swam to a little island a few yards in the stream. It did not become me to pursue him, so I passed on heedlessly, lest he might have companions, who would set upon me, and make me an easy prey to their revengeful feelings." As each word fell from the stranger's lips, Romescos and his companion became irresistibly133 excited.
Again repeating the directions, which the stranger did with great precision, they drank a parting social glass: the mounted huntsmen thanked the pedestrian for his valuable information, gave him a warm shake of the hand, and, as he arranged his haversack, rode off at full gallop134 in the direction indicated. The dogs, cunning brutes135, trained to the state's brutality136, mutely kept in advance. "In luck yet!" exclaims Bengal, as they rode onward, in high glee, anticipating the valuable game about to fall into their hands.
"Ho! dogs-and back!" shrieked138 Romescos, at the top of his shrill139 voice, his sandy hair hanging in tufts over his little reddened face, now glowing with excitement. Instantly the dogs started off through the thicket, and after making a circle of about a mile, returned with heads up, and eyes fiercely flashing. Trailing in a semicircle ahead they seemed eager for another command.
"Better keep them back," mutters Bengal; and as Romescos gives the word,--"Come back!" they form a trail behind.
Now white fleecy clouds begin to obscure the sun; then it disappears in a murky haze, and is no longer their guide. After two hours' riding they find a wrong turn has led them far away from their course, and to avoid retracing140 their steps they make a short cut through the thicket. In another hour they have reached the bank of the stream they sought. Dogs, horses, and men, together drink of its limpid141 waters, and proceed onward. They have yet several miles of travel before reaching the spot designated by the strange hunter; and seeking their way along the bank is a slow and tedious process. The prize-that human outcast, who has no home where democracy rules,--is the all-absorbing object of their pursuit; money is the god of their hellish purpose.
It is near night-fall, when they, somewhat wearied of the day's ride, halt on a little slope that extends into the river, and from which a long view of its course above opens out. It seems a quiet, inviting142 spot, and so sequestered143 that Bengal suggests it be made a resting-place for the night.
"Not a whisper," says Romescos, who, having dismounted, is nervously144 watching some object in the distance. It is a pretty spot, clothed in softest verdure. How suddenly the quick eye of Romescos discovered the white smoke curling above the green foliage145! "See! see!" he whispers again, motioning his hand behind, as Bengal stretches his neck, and looks eagerly in the same direction. "Close dogs-close!" he demands, and the dogs crouch back, and coil their sleek146 bodies at the horses' feet. There, little more than a mile ahead, the treacherous147 smoke curls lazily upward, spreading a white haze in the blue atmosphere. Daddy Bob has a rude camp there. A few branches serve for a covering, the bare moss148 is his bed; the fires of his heart would warm it, were nothing more at hand! Near by is the island on which he seeks refuge when the enemy approaches; and from this lone spot-his home for more than two years-has he sent forth many a fervent149 prayer, beseeching150 Almighty151 God to be his shield and his deliverer. It was but yesterday he saw Jerushe, who shared with him her corn-cakes, which, when she does not meet him at his accustomed spot, she places at the foot of a marked tree. Bob had added a few chips to his night fire, (his defence against tormenting152 mosquitoes), and made his moss bed. Having tamed an owl30 and a squirrel, they now make his rude camp their home, and share his crumbs153. The squirrel nestles above his head, as the owl, moping about the camp entrance, suddenly hoots154 a warning and flutters its way into the thicket. Starting to his feet with surprise-the squirrel chirping155 at the sudden commotion-the tramp of horses breaks fearfully upon the old man's ear; bewildered he bounds from the camp. Two water oaks stand a few feet from its entrance, and through them he descries156 his pursuers bearing down upon him at full speed, the dogs making the very forest echo with their savage yelps157. They are close upon him; the island is his only refuge! Suddenly he leaps to the bank, plunges158 into the stream, and with death-like struggles gains the opposite shore, where he climbs a cedar159, as the dogs, eager with savage pursuit, follow in his wake, and are well nigh seizing his extremities160 ere they cleared their vicious spring. The two horsemen vault161 to the spot from whence the old man plunged into the water; and while the dogs make hideous162 ravings beneath the tree, they sit upon their horses, consulting, as the old man, from the tree top, looks piteously over the scene. Life has few charms for him; death would not be unwelcome.
The tedious journey, and disappointment at seeing the old man's resolution, has excited Romescos' ire. "He's an old rack-not worth much, but he doesn't seem like Kemp's old saw-horse," Romescos remarks to Bengal, as his hawk163 eye scans the old man perched among the cedar branches. They are not more than forty yards apart, and within speaking distance. Bengal, less excited, thinks it better to secure the old "coon" without letting the dogs taste of him.
"They'll only hold him with a firm grip, when he dismounts, and swim him safe back," grumblingly164 returns Romescos. "Now! old nig"-Romescos shouts at the top of his voice, directing himself to the old man-"just trot165 back here-come along!"
The old man shakes his head, and raises his hands, as if pleading for mercy.
"You won't, eh?" returns the angry man, raising his rifle in an attitude of preparation. Bengal reminds Romescos that his horse is not accustomed to firing from the saddle.
"I will larn him, then," is the reply.
"Mas'r," says Bob, putting out his hand and uncovering his bald head, "I can harm no white man. Let me live where 'um is, and die where 'um is."
"None o' that ar kind o' nigger talk;--just put it back here, or ye'll get a plug or two out o' this long Bill." (He points to his rifle.) "Ye'll come down out of that-by heavens you will!"
"Wing him; don't shoot the fool!" suggests Bengal, as the old man, pleading with his pursuers, winds his body half round the tree. Tick! tick! went the cock of Romescos' rifle; he levelled it to his eye,--a sharp whistling report rung through the air, and the body of the old man, shot through the heart, lumbered166 to the earth, as a deadly shriek137 sounds high above the echoes over the distant landscape-"M'as'r in heaven take 'um and have mercy on 'um!" gurgles on the air: his body writhes167 convulsively-the devouring168 dogs spring savagely169 upon the ration-all is over with the old slave!
Instantly with the report of the rifle, Romescos' horse darts170, vaults171 toward the oaks, halts suddenly, and, ere he has time to grasp the reins172, throws him headlong against one of their trunks. An oath escapes his lips as from the saddle he lifted; not a word more did he lisp, but sank on the ground a corpse173. His boon companion, forgetting the dogs in their banquet of flesh, quickly dismounts, seizes the body in his arms, the head hanging carelessly from the shoulders: a few quivering shrugs174, and all is over. "Neck broken, and dead!" ejaculates the affrighted companion, resting the dead hunter's back against his left knee, and with his right hand across the breast, moving the head to and fro as if to make sure life has left.
"Poor Anthony,--it's a bad end; but the state should bury him with honours; he ware175 the best 'un at this kind o' business the state ever had," mutters Bengal, glancing revengefully toward the island, where his democratic dogs are busy in the work of destruction. Then he stretches the lifeless body on the ground, crosses those hands full of blood and treachery, draws a handkerchief from his pocket, spreads it over the ghastly face fast discolouring, as the riderless horse, as if by instinct, bounds back to the spot and suddenly halts over his dead master, where he frets176 the ground with his hoof177, and, with nostrils178 extended, scents179 along the body. Having done this, as if in sorrow, he will rest on the ground beside him; slowly he lumbers180 his body down, his head and neck circled toward that of the lifeless ruffian on the ground.
The disconsolate181 hunter here leaves his useless companion, swims the stream, recalls the gory182-mouthed dogs, looks with satisfaction on the body of the torn slave. "You're settled for," says Bengal, as with his right foot he kicks together the distended183 and torn limbs. "Not all loss, yet!" he adds, a glow of satisfaction infusing his face. With the ghastly head for proof, he will apply for, and perhaps obtain, the state's reward for the despatch56 of outlaws184; and with the gory trophy he returns across the limpid stream to his hapless companion, who, having watched over during the night, he will convey into the city to-morrow morning. Over his body the very humorous Mr. Brien Moon will hold one of those ceremonies called inquests, for which, fourteen dollars and forty cents being paid into his own pocket, he will order the valueless flesh under the sod, handsomely treating with cigars and drinks those who honour him with their presence.
In the old man's camp, a hatchet185, a few bits of corn-bread, (old Jerushe's gift), and two fresh caught fish, are found; they constituted his earthly store. But he was happy, for his heart's impulses beat high above the conflict of a State's wrongs. That spirit so pure has winged its way to another and better world, where, with that of the monster who wronged nature while making cruelty his pastime, it will appear before a just God, who sits in glory and judgeth justly.
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hideous
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hawk
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| n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员 | |
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darts
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frets
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