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. . - j- . ' . ' i . . The KiNSTok Journ a t J. W. HARPER, ) pprrpi,tft J. M. WHITE, PrPr,t"- VOI 1870. SPRIXG. 18179. MRS. S. A. WEST, lnshiormllo rilHnei KINSTOV, X. C. Hi vlnjr -Mi'.'it" l in til manufacture of of I.tIwi H:it fur j'it lew -a.-oriH fi,rS. 15. '--t. r--' ii rn )i r !ut- th.-oik to lier iiat ' rci. nnl i -x t-iil to il ru nfid nil tin- public a oifhal ini it:itin tocrtll ami rxiimm' h-r New Stock of Lailies, MhwsH'hililrens Hats, He nncts, I'lonrrs and Trimmings, Ail of whirl ha .'j-ti -l--t-l with (rrat tare fro;u thf ii'i-x-t I'a-lii-iiKib!' .'mil Ii.-irr t Hout In .Nw York. l'liit;ili l.hi:i, and Halnmoiv, :inl i on.i t f i1!' L TKST MIVELTIES of THE SEASON. Aio n full :inl omi plet.- Swk W of LADIKS DliKSS (.OOPS. HEADY MADE SUITS, TKIMMIXG. NOTIONS, WHITE (JOODS, para sols, umhrkllas, fans, iiosieiiv, cloves, corsets, &c. t- K''ii'Mril r tin pl:te tli'Icvv Ston; mi J'unirii? tliw r''il' !c-.of S. H. Wt. ar3-.'5in ,r" I,r A R- filler. ti'fijfa- iu:.vri.yr. : VV .-irwB-.' -iiriIV;,'ll!"'v" itl"'Tt a l riti-t. " 1 J :i r 1 fun trv. to p-t i i . from 1 Voiin ian.5 1-ini A. HARVEY & CO. Mnnuf:u-tiinrv. of Fisi: linAxixs of (.'liowiny t JSiiioltiii- T O i A ( 1 G O, jml-12m. Ivfiiston, X. C. KAsm.iNAitr.K iiAp.nKi: sin.! jim nurssri: jaxsrtix, x. a ty.hr,- ov, , iviietier-- i, t, simv. jan:i.-iyr ! I- I?V'.l.:ii-roit, . "... Miller and Lumber Dealer,, Kinstmi, X, C, I now prrpurcd to fill ; nil orders for !V0,Ce liT hm iuul beuni placidly FIRST-Cr lW 7fU'7 ; over his gold-rimmed spi ttaeles at at II I t r . LbMLLL ' H.e little ehony-hued girl who stands nt JTS I , i-t his sile with dilated eves ami quiv- tea Also kcp fn h uid the eelchvatf d ' .eritio- lins . TiickalKM Family Dour, iunl l';U I v,hV'l i ' v 1 x u ! hat s tlie matter, Aggv?, queues ,, ()1,1 Master. He has heard'the child's j. v J-H-nv - i . . I.OFTIV. Avords without calehing their import; JACKSON & LOFTIN, : For his thoughts are away in an eas A T T 1) K X i: V S A T I, A W ! tcrn laiu1' vvnerc il jeering croud is KINSTON. N. C . following a patient-faeed, silent man, - , j who, under the guard of a hand of R.lj.Mmn count te.-.1 " ..' iie entrust. -.I i.. t l'n.mpt an.lrincifiit attention jaid all bus- ( . ttl-mintH of estates of il.', ,-ased ti.rson a 1 rithtv. nm.-e on Court liaise Square, formerly oe rup , by jNl. 1 W'(n . janl l.'m W. J. RASBEIIRY, KINSTON, X. C. Will attend the Ci iivts ..f 1 n, - - ...... v. ..i.v'.i l 1 II lir illKl Jell.-v " UllU v on t'ouri liote Square. janl-lm Wm. W. N. HUNTER, SU'KRIIIR I'Cii KT ILKRK. -.PROBATE JFDIiE, AND r.x-oohio notary nr.hic for LiMioir (Joiinty. - 1 nronu'v in s it :v..ir ..:!-.. -v.. . ... . .. ,., ' t i - . - . .1 - . iiuuu u lilt' UUil Howie i HM. hi l,,s I' ; ah ie-ai blank - required t,' hv Vrobaie.i - n.n- I.-!. oi.ii tune PTobateti kp't censtanily ,!.q,;i.M and furuM-ed fr-e of .ION US fc CO . BUILDING CONTRACTORS, VN. - SASH RUM) and UOOU FACTOR V. KINSTON, N. C. ''."' 12 l-U-'ut Il:ie,l sah. and .Blind MIO, 12 lifthts, S1.0) xl2. 12 lights, SI. 20 'JxlO, 12 lights, SI 2") 'U2, 12 iig!,.s, si. no 'Jxl3, 12 lights, SI. i 0 9x14, 12, lights, if .:a) Winds 1 00 blinds Si '05 lMin-ds d. 15 Blinds SI. 15 Blinds SI. 40 Hn'uS io Blindsl"- Blinds SlTo' IMihds-SLSO ' Blinds SI. r0 Bliuds S1.00 'Xl-. Ill hirtif 4 i -51 r.-v 1UX12, 12 lights,! SI. 40 JUxH, 12 lights, iSl is lights, si. x If,, 12 lights, SI 10x1$, 12 lights, S2 l.(V) 70 10 'junxtuXo::"" u oul"r- n.i ,,mat:'aPnt .r "onager on the Edgefield jumiMi.il 011:15,,,!;, uu-.i. Pt.ttp 5 nro U 1 .1... 1 " - .., , M ... M..n.dw;oon!,r. (jiv mn vaitti i TO YOUR INTERESTS! '! X.hIi.,., w, , Adthan Mnnly, 1 1 I' 1: 1 1 m : i v i: i t. . Offers t!,. 1... ,,. :;:. 1(HH - - - -V - mm i : 111 IIIViAWa!.. .11 . . M ak . -I CHUTES 'CTO,Vlrr.0KS, stationery, lOBACLO, C1C.A1U5, SNUFF 1 li I'll ... ... - ! V ULU HLTV OIL,-' Iru. V i u'u,uwul'wiui standard in cie of homec usuaiption and demand ! fvA- W " i'44l'ii, w Sloe CoCNTUY I'liOnrQE AYAXTED. 4.,.in.iiv Jltj loCK. . j ?M l7?lny lios 4 . li-ii. -z : : ... : : :-- I i From Baldwin's Monthly. Calling The Angels In. MY .MiKOARET J. I'UtsTOX. Vc rnan to do it. Soin day, hotup day, ni-an to slacken thi f v-r'd rush Tliat ix warini? onyi ry mjuIs awav, And t'rant to our Koadd lit'aris a hush That i. holy tiionU to l t tl('in h ar 'I foots-n'jjs of aii2-l drawing ar. i V mean to do it bh, nv?r doubt, Wln th- biinh-nof daytinif droil is oc'r, We'll sit and musp, "while ih- suir come out, As thf patriarch at at tho rp n dtxjr it his tf-iit, with a havfi)vard gazing eve, To watch for' tin1 anrL jafr'injfj'. Yf thf-m afar at hich noontide, Wh.-n fii-rccly thf world s hot llahins Wat; Yf t lipvt r havt'.'bidd'-n tin in turn aiid -And tarry awhile in (oiiverM: sweet; Nor prayed them. to ha How the chyf rw spread, To drink of our wines, and break our bread. V, promise our hearts, -that when the btress Of thf ! if -work readies the longed-for close, When the weifrht that we proan v. it Ji hinders less We ll loosen our tlio'ughts to such repose i As bani-hes care's diMnrbing- din, Arul then we'll call tin; angels in. - i The day that we dream. d of comes at length, ' When tin d of every nuKking quest. And broken in spirit and shorn of 'strength, W? drop, iinletd, at the dour of rest, And v, ait and watch uslho'day wanes on: Hut the angels we meant to call are gone! - Se le t o l From the South Atlantic. HOW AFRICAN AVILLiAM STOPPED OFF. 'Aunt' Diey s;iy won't ye please ; step up tlnr ter de quarters? Afllgan William is done drunk agin, an' is a i whoppin 'em roun' vvid fen no raft' ' 'Ole Ma rater,' as they name him on the EdocHeld plantation a Vir ginia plantation of many years ago, sits in his easy chair on the long vine- vere(t Inileony ot the 'Grat House' ! m silent mehtation, t tvitli the soft I tints of a tratupiil June evening over ;.the face 'of the fair green world about I him. He raises his eyes from the hook j upon his knee, at tliWsound of the w ia tuniv u ragging a OOUeil CTOSS up a Steep hillside U hat did you say, Aggy? What's the matter now?' " . 'It's all along o' une' Afllgan Wil liam. He's done got on his Sunday awdashusness agin, Ann' Dicey, she say she axes ye please for ter step up dar. 'We bear our crosses ;daily, but never as He lu.re his,' commences Old Master, with the great book oh his knee. ' - 'Sar?' says Aggy; who stands and watches him, with an - expression of woiuh r superseding the terror which her countenance wore but how. 'Tell Dicey to put William to bed, Aggy, and let him go to sleep.' African William is the hend mmi ! on the Edgefield plantation. He is ? "? ii j-- iMMvt. a ji s a a nriviie.red f!mr-iftir ir. h 1 O " ".ivi- a i.-, iktc ;j ,111 C 1. l . 1 " . ic iwcj ui warns aim nay-lottsi and store-houses; he gives out, hi the cll.'il)- ping-bloc k in front f the .great plan tation slore-housc. en everv Satni-.l.Mv aiternoon, the weekly 'allowances' of 1 . . bacon and meal, sugar and cofee. to t-M-ry lnuivmuai -hand' on the mace. lie allots the tasks that are to be ! done daily by the workmen in the to bacco fields," and -about the stable yards, and at the. barns. Ho esti 1 0 onIV a lew lerr less than that of his Old Mas- ter- , j 'I tell ye he says, 'me an' Ole Marster is nioii'inc m...T 1.!- ?e hfmts money he takes an sells one ? 1St5s' nier; cfI wants', money, ! 1 lakes an' selIs oae ' Dicev's chick-! 'el- . " : , I In fine, In is the black overseer ! General Churchill hn'j- hn.l i t V4 IV IlliiVI ' . ,u'""ct uic neiress oi the splendid plantation, . Miss Lizzie -...w ..v lu.iutcu me neiress 01 VT111" aMd tHed there years ago. African William is journing towards cu"?cl Ui. "ie. lhree-score and ten, indeed he cannot number vet, 1 . I uuVViere..arc J.ew rs to intervene aspect. b boy, "I as pU n , . irs together; they had grown j !avntAt- h-i.l t-rtt i fought with each nth4-r ; , . ... IUIV1IIIC i V . 8ieuow enienng into the' S Ie-V of the shadow side by side. ! i " v'"""t, .vu.uiuum ii au grown i up ? .11111 "I 1ft 1(1 lllan.-i . I . , ll'!i ! - O -V-feV. U'Mlll HI ) II- I llu n. .1... k M n . f A.aiusourg, .imcan illiam haI gone too, toiwait unon the votmtc C;... in the old colonial capital. Later on KIKSTOy, N. C... THURSDAY,- APRIL 17, 1879. iix life, when the college student had 1 been metamnml,l I mil " i. . . . t a SWIUUl OI Jaw and had hV iU: .. Ic t. i profession at Bforf bou t Ho ! tliithor t i iluu-e innl ?J ,ad", llara aecom- i pamed hini in the capacity of valet i" d",,? he ;he 1I,a,cy- ! ! drke-v,? come; , ".wmm nj iiiai.i if i ii i j .'iiinia, : Governor with the For the ' . . - - uoicia "I. I'll l . . year, and of course it was General v.nurcn n s uuty to be present. Wil- - - - liam whistlinir nierri v sn-iti' lea ,f some oia college air. caught m. m ii-"i.o ':ii: i i . . .. . N i hamsUirg, used, with a light heart and a confident anticipation of pleas- ' lo sauuie uiencoe and dotank on thes oy um. l . Odes tere with him until he gives me the i c P A , .v.. , utm?i irovocaiion. al of the Commonwealth. ! Telj Dicey to get William to go to nig musters came twice aihwl A,- ) ,.o-. .... se muster nays; for it was his busi- j the hedge which surrounds the man s to acconrpanv his master, in nr. I smn a-r,w,i..la i.; u .1:. . ness 1 . , r . ' s .ww.,,, Xn me niMance. near der to carry the portmanteau, the that ceclar hedge, he can dimW dis heK f; ' H T W,th V1G ti c-crnhikyoungest json and William's I cb and the heavy cavalry patois. ; boy Orpheus, lying on the greensward Ihe hands in the tobacco fields always; with heads clos'e together fn childllh .eaned on their hoe-helves to watch ! con versatoon. and at the shdu the far these two equestrians pass by, gaily i back past grows very vived in the be. bght and to envy, y, good-natnre.l ! gray-haired old Virginian's recollec tashon, the happiness of the head man; ! tion. while the whole, juvenile population ' 'Uut ihe say, sar, dat ef you don't on the plantation, white and black, come up' dar, Affigau William is gwi' never faded to turn out and gather kill her-. He duife hit her twicet wid near the tobacco barn, to oixmi fi.r n fHrwirJI Ti.,..'i : i . ....... . 4 a wuKinn, gaie Ihrown thus into daily and almost iiourlv conf;irt uifh him tl,, i. 1 - J ' " 11 lu i liJ,ua "inc. lies oeen persumm on cmeto be a wtuu erlu warm place in le dicshunary an' de spellin' book, General Chnrchills heart for this : sar, all , lay long And the littlJ swart servitor ot,hi- an,l it was with darkey,) who has evidently beeiA wit teeling. of no little regret and grief! ness ofj William's reckless behavior, hat he had heard repeatedly, during ; heaved n deep sigh, which she prolongs he last few years, of the intemperate j into a fob. Old ; Master smiles St habits into Nvluch African William I Aggy's words: 'Persun.in' on do . die had fallen These rumors had final- ! Quinary an' de spellin' book.' Thi ly taken shape within the previous j is a favorite expression with William twelve months as complaints that it He always has recourse to it to intro was the n-gular custom, of the head duce any topic of conversation in man to dr.nk to excess on every Sun- which hje takes a deep interest or to day; and while in his cups to break j emphasize strongly any remark which the .-anoath quiet with unseemly and ; he wishds to make a "lasiino- imire oiijtrageous noises. ' Aunt Chantv. the ; sion on il.o lwwiriil. TT. : .... old colored woman who' kept Mrs. Cnur. lull s in'ultrv. h-.u ..i'tpn o,..l I j -'VS U lil aoain invoked her mistress to endeav or to put a stop to the rude desecra tion of her Sunday's ' meditations by the howls and yells of the drunken William. She would always conclude her urgent appeals by asserting that it was 'one ungordly "hard case dat a christchun '..man cud,den have a little res' day comfort arter de miz'ry ah' triberlation o' nussin, chickens all de week-a days' -long on account o' dat black Adigan William's whisky!' Of course tho old hen-woman's words had been repeated to her liege lord by Mrs. Churchill, whose kindly consideration and care for the domes tics -under her charge, are only second to the leniency and generosity which have won for Old Master the affec tionate regard of every slave on the Edgefield plantation. ' Still the General-had paid but passive attention to these, complaints. William always continued faithful to his work during the week; as diligent and as careful of his master's every interest as he Im I r H-u"'1! ' Ay, hCiT- 1,im V as thy I&i "lg " 1,.'n"11 '"!draw'fartl'-alm15,,,aSsi,,g, iu tli. 1 1 -. ti .i - ........ ... .... , ; ... . w..o v.tic4l ii, ,A ma uutiiiu, 1 ut wouht revert hrst to the years at Wil-' i . . t 11 i. , . . rare old regime" wh.ch had deemed it na.n ...iu jiary College, uiuler the ! nave no right tj, .-interfere with, his ver-field, where William's bee,-he relief. Alrican William sowlv stag manner ot sj.endiug the hours W'hil'h ! lias llMl lill ns oa . o.n.f I r i . . J . P , , v r , , .. .....uj t uuiai io ii s etiant gra.'DiiK' the neih. -luuu ut i '"I'" g wn.ip mm slio nut. with totter r.- footstein he annroid.P, rellect.onswere frequent ones,-I set ; Persumin' on de dicshunary 'an de General ChundVill Imn no very exceient example in my ; spellin' b;uk ahit gwi' do 3 is time!' his gaze but i iv u , on lil drunk younger days. And then his thoughts mutters Av. L. ' 1 uruiik- Jiitper co incorixirate into tho .i r.m. ; 7 n T al t lhe CirCU,L i That old circuit, with iu -memories e i , ii . o, hot legal encounters in tne court . - ' w"v pv " o4n ia just 2ciiuig. in me bv-Iaws such a regulation as this, rear of 'the quarters about half a No liquors shall be furnished or used mile back, rises in purple beauty Pe at the tabic except beer, cider, toddv. ! ter's lountain. Through the "inter dt spirits and water;' and then again veiling chjver'fields, juAevond where to a later period in his life, when the the creek Hows fringed" with ' if railroads had not yet pnietrated this I alders add willows, the cows are mountainous section of the State, and coming home in single file down the room ami o hu more joyous ? contests ! where (hey build their nests iu the palings, and GenerarChurchill ; turns ' froal '?iSlnfk ftDj cn ,ita W of wit and humor, when daily the early spring in token of coming sum-land rlL ,K J.,wl A?l " ,1?- I :nfvJ. ?tM poait.oo oo a tevem shadows lengthened eastward, and bench and bar gathered about the : boaru on which steamed tlie fragrant ' n .-. I . v . I . I 1 . 1 - 11 lit 1 o . . - . ti; i . i i - - . . r" 4...t me ins nia.icr t eves navp nan a strange . He u VvndcMhe circuit with me, mountains; until higher up they melt ! e fleet on African William. And so though. Genera, Cuurchili He has imrerceptibly into the clear ameth.m ! ,hev leave 'the ouarterV. mter n,l ucnuuiiv ami lie meuow ntiisni ; nation ot c., ,i i; ., i. ..... . 1 . . i . . .t. ... . i . . imuaiea , ne iu many otner things; this i of the zenith. A thrush sines in a!wrr.,nr fn.,l . ,1 fs.'-.u .i ..." I 1 old-time vice - of mine. too. he La : i!mrn-hitli n..' f.r Cr.m inLL-.i. m .t. t-.! ... ' . - . ! ! v t Vf ti.cmstcrvic.iu; bu his sweet jarg-ning U lings of the be,t t7ie It the Anglo-J "Bnt mj adder. gotYbiTwia. oer him. And then he would sigh i rudelv mterrunted bv n nf f Q.VAn u.;.,, :? i. . .t..e 'irh.iu -n " f. . ,.hl , p,11Pri u r.i i i , . . . . --. nil-no iiihu; me oiner iguo- ? - .t w una, an as va ..t -tt.c remembrance: for in all lof those ! cordant s.nds issuing from the white-' rant, uneducated, but with a heart,ae ta nRde werry saoer cried M;n,uUj c,.,!..! i v.:.. i: ' -.v-fc t .- ... . ir.aT(i.-juo right. o ther- tread faisi the f?.uth tn th W.T a th,taaUe.i it. h, c,ae f ibtw Wv.Uer'. lalkW .biui!' .!,. wonder;. he'..t Il'ln- cW & ii n . r ,;m,l,e.b" ichauahanorgy-hot word, had arbv.i J. , od of. wom.u'. On a gnat aUc. lei.fc & ish'SZ ctS m " .r.v.v iui iuc. lauiiinc iu .vin e i sin: w nat s ii.it t n Muk. ? i.- .. . i i . . au V a "V 01 pontics; and Church 111. LaKlIlfVtirA Bt ' .v. 1 fl , V'iy speecft ot his i rtf.ni -t-.. i tbe'ear 1 i h '"7 M.?I,eUe1 ""f V. lueiea" "'in a terrible wound. Since that .ucniorable night he bad given over the wine-cun and huc tcd - 'It grieves me that Willi, m makes in ieial r:K'nrVl,;i! ; demoiselle, who stands near hi pv : - --"-..vimjj t'Vlllc expectatant i,.,: ;..:.i. .J asy As , I ; i - i miii. nwiii :i dm pnr ro rvutniw.n l.r. c,. L-a ..... i - -viino, uiarjca nu utT oevOIKl tlie j book oh his knie over the Smooth green turf of the lawn which Jretcl ! m beautiful utwlnhiMM,,. f. a noun, on him down nrd'e yard j ter de palm's. He done cuss .v,;., i.i.. it 1 close ev'ry- 1 in the boon old .lays at Wiiliamsburii. . . . . 1 . . . . ... ... . . ' aim since that time it. 1:1s i...?i f,;i. liar in his mouth as hmisr-lmld unnL- It hens getting dangerous, I shall ; Vft til fl'O t,i ln. ' o.,,.o fl.-. I have to see Churchill. to him. savs (ienrnl Rising from his frrt-.-it arm-chair, he passes down the broad steps of the portico with Aggy close at his heels, and with downcast head. 11 1 walks inisilenee towards the rnliinsnn the hill. Aggy shudders to see him le corner of the old falling slop at t giiruen, aim hreak olf a long slim twig from the; peach tree there. "IV de Lord,' mutters the dusky little damsel, ef Ole Marster hit Afli gan William wid dat stick, it's gwine ter be wus' dan ef aun' Dicey had done hide all his whisky,' and her 111 . . o w t iiiivi irru ii iiii ki i-a i.on. ' 1 . . iiiraiiiiine, liirougn a olossomin clo As they approach the scene of Af-1 rican 1 inm's Simdv- .rt.rnnn -"-" ' i iv. i vuii carousals,; General Churchill notices ! t t i t ti.o i.,,, t.. .i r W;nvJ,U- lth " t!je ltft hand of 'the quarters' lie the fhW nnd ;, .A..!. ! ; barns; and from under the 'leaves. mar. the . val'ow-a f!o:.t ot nd : through tlje soft .June le sky. In the i of glory. Broad ! west tliPr.i n nere is a glow eves grow bigger m imaginary con-! scarcely noticing the weeping fi-ure of emplation of the coming fray between; aunt Dicey near the doorwa goes General Churchill and his head man. j slowly across the yard. A-"y fob As hie General pursues his 4vay in lows close at his heels, in eagrautici the direction of 'tl quarters,' he pation of the fray which die is confi quietly strips olT from the peach switch j dent will occur when 'Ole Master its brauc ung shoots and long green j strikes the head man. a08' 1 T- I 't him uj), Daniel commands 1 never Striwlr him n h nw in ! r....-..i ri 1 :n ? . . r- r-. -? w icu re i 1111 l. ' -- . m0 tm Ah i IlliaUl V. I I 1 I III! f l'fl FrTff- - ,1 1 . . W 11 a. and there are confused noises "and groans and exclamation, as of men engaged m a desjerate struggle. rhese are broken, now and then, with clear enunciations of 'dicshunarr an' fpellin' book!1 Im me git up" 'Hole on, daddy! while high above it all rises the shrill, piping note of the old hen-ucman, I wonder how-conic dat Aggv aim haste? Dan'l's mos' gin out; an' ef Ole .Marster don't git here soon, dar's gwine ter be bloody works when Af5 gan William rouses from dar!': Passing arouud the neatlv-white' washed slap railing, over and about which peach and cherry trees and gooseberry bushes grow "in grat lux uriance and shut out the view of the of the yard within, General Church ill enters the narrow gate which stands hajar on its leathern hinges. A scene of which Aggy's message and the con fused tumult are fit premonitions, meets his eye. Xear the doorway of the log-cabin, stands Willi,. ";r Dicey, groaning and lamenting. Jler right sleeve is rolled back beyound her elbow, and her looks are alterna tely to her arm, on which a deep bru ise appears, and to a struggling, ex cited group in one corner of the lit tle yard, not ten paces off. Close to a bench in that corner, on which stands the old hen-woman with skirts gathered tightly about her gaunt figure and with her yellow-turbaned head keeping tune to her rapied ejacula tions, lies African William, struglin" violently in the stalwart embrace of his grown son Daniel, who, withah ex pression of countenance which beto kens mingled emotions of fear for him selt and reverence fur his father, is endeavoring, in the nrist beseeching manner, to sooth William into tpiief: 'Lay still, dar! jes one minute. Ole Master's a-comin'! lay still, daddy.' 'Gone sont for Ole Master, is ye' yells the infuriated William, whose sense of dignity highly shocked by this, as he-deems it, insult added to the injury already done him. 'i r sumin' cn de dnsliunary an'de spelling' book, what de debif is Ole Master got ter do wid me o' Sundays?' Aiut I done seen him drink whiskey House? Let me up from hyar.you I.I...1. 1 JUU many a day up ter Hedfort Court oja. K rascal, jJan J: 'Dar he! 'Fo' God he done come!' exclaimed the old hen-woman, and leaps from the bench in a transport of delight. Daniel twists his head around and perceives General Church ill, but still continues his grip on the prostrate figure of his father. Dar's de rail! Marster, dar's de rail! see, he done gone bus' it in. two cross Dicey 's arm an head Dar she, Ole Master, luok ai her, sar!' General Churchill, without heed ing the exclamations and entreaties of his wife's ancient pnrntnr if f..-!o n.A ...... vy v. 1MM.-. 441111 tuciai -uuicniii. in a lone 01 vihpp which ll.n'11 of horror .hrouJh AJg,'. ,uk Darnel .ri. from the Perumin' oh de dicshunary an de ii c....n:.. . . . . ici u ii uihik. ni V JlaMCr Iter I n African Willi ' t!' and by a violent tfJurt, .pull off hi m mm t 111.. coat, and throws m-ir I v nn.r. I ! Churchill lift- the !ei:derYcach tii2: General Churchill; and the servant ew sober enough to -ce the tears : i.:, i.rf. . I lir... 1 ftt . n . . ..1. I- I ' I'M'ciiait; mil ii. n i i h hicii t.j ininnan Aggy says, shortly ami sharply. , . t"A'J " rew Umph! da,!' ami the switch fall, with baffk' ntit "I f t out touching William's shoulder. L twaiJ- hut I wish, I knew enough William, I ean'1 whin vou!' mutters P y head shet!' Free Prcu. tiiuivim to ma yj hi iasier s eve,! .wvm uiuucniiefi Tesirtiav. A war ro, the ulJlliJcmll out lion of colored i:..i T. . .r"! " I ate. It is not Aggy now, who follows his foutstejis pat the little leathern hinged gate. Those tears in i TER3.w$i.5o Tcr Trir. IV O. IK old beech tree near the ipring in h9 clover meadow. General Churchill tiu down. a illiam htars him fay, We bear our crosses dailj, but never as He bore his and wondera what it can mean. Stepping up to him. African ilham lays h,s hartl, black hand upon 1 Iiw old master a thulder. Gen eral Churchill starts and look un ite does not know till DOw that Wihi. am has followed him. 'My Master- begiu, the graj. haired old man, and then stops ahort. s1.ruell,iuK in.hu throat which is choking him. General Churchill iu in tilence. My Marster William begin again, as soon as he can conquer the choking sensation. You 1'arnt me sar, you iarnt me! Down ter Willi' ambu'g, up ter Bvdfurd, all de time every whar!' ' 'William!' says General Church, ill. I?rsumin' on de dicshuuarr an de sellm book, my Marster, I'm a gwine ler stop off.' I stopjKd nfTyears ago, William says General Churchill, "IV Gord, my Marster, I'm a-gwine ter stop off is the agonized respon se. 1 General Churchill walks quietlr homeward through the fragrant raead ows in the thickly gathering dusk. His head 13 bowed upon his breast.and his hands arc clasped behind him f he bees have left clover bloouis, and the swallows are in v the nest which they have buihled beneath the eavea. There is peace everywhere, save in one heart. 'My dear says General Churchill to his wife, as they git together in the evening out on the long vine-cov-ered portico, and watch the shir. j come out and shine with their wouder- 1111 oeauty tiown ujmui the lair green earth beneath, 'my dar, I do not think that you will be troubled with com plaints about William's intemperance again. He told me to-day that he intended to stop off - When the lamps are lighted iu the sitting-room, the General takes again the volume which he had laid aside at Agcy's earnest solication, and reads: 'Thou, therefore, which teachest, another, tcachest thou not thyself? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makeat thr boast of the law, through breaking the law, dishonorest thou God? In the deep silence of the" June midnight, when the lamps have been long extinguished, and there is uo bght b fl, save God's starlight, Afri can William tops off. 'Dicey heaifc hiiu tay to himself, aa if in dilrts: Persumiu' on do dicshunary an de spellin' b uk, sur, I'ui a-gwine ter Gordon 'I Kwan. - - A woman about bO yean of age stopjied on the Campus Martiut' yesterday to buy a dozen oranges of a fruit eddler. fchc counted as he pick ed them out and put them into a pa per.ack, and counted only eleven for the dozen. Here, sir, you have cheated me out of one orange!' she called out, lOh, no I haven't he coolly an swered . - 'Yes, you have, lir! You thall count 'em over again! i He complied, and somehow or other there were fourteen instead of .twelve, and he said: . 'Ah! I must be getting careless in- lee.J. j make two oranges by re- cvuI1iing. Here e your dozen , lie. Trom?n the package. tJiiHt the Same. TI,. An-A f; i 4 . . "ia wmcu to view thehl.xe. A whit youth saw the advantage aod walked down thre and called ut: 'Hrre! you git light domn from that ferio! I exut-n cot: I cntss Ize nn hMfi j fntt vra th rplj. tlt tion t nke any d:lTren pr. iWd the other; you eant star nt O I I . M I L At I lilllrtlrwill mm 9 II.. I .1 'I
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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April 17, 1879, edition 1
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