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Show • 14 llOETIUCl{. th<' rcqncst of his n1a~tcr. Ilis hair ,yn,f; nearly ns ·wh1te as ·wool. l~ising fro1n the bed he ,valked feebly ,vit.h the help of a lo11g ·n.nc to :1 stool, on \Y11ich he seated hin1 elf in ob dicncc to n. gcsLnre of the colonel, after they hacl shn,kcn han<ls \Vith each other. The master stood w hilc they h eh1 the uricf con ver.'ation \vhich \VUS so often repeated, n,n(..l for \vhi ·h old V nlentinc looked forward as the leading event of his daily life. Before age had in1 paired his faculties h o ha<.l been a fair thongh rather fuvoi~tblc type of his rn.cc in Virginia. It ,vas his rridc to have served thTce generations of the Fn.irfaxcs of llocbnck. All the respectability of the fan1i.ly \vas appropriated to himself, but only in comparing his staLion ,vith thn.t of other negroes. lie yielded the pln.cc of superiority to the ,vhitc race 'vithout doubt or rc1uctancr., and u.s he assigned the highest rank in that race to the Fait·fax fan1ily, he and the other servants of that family 'vcre at the top of the black ln:dder. ] idclity and obedience 'vcre the t\VO prhne virtues of his class, n.ccording to his moral code. For the rest of Jnornlity the masters w·crc responsible. l~cason, principle and free 'vill 'voultl not have kept hi1n in a right path long if left to hirnsclf, but he was capable of understanding and pTacticing such simple and direct duties as fidelity and obedience to a master. Through them he 'vas made useful and happy, and was ci vilizcd beyond the l1ighcst conception of his grandfather, 'vho was a native African, and above the in<.lcpcndent attainments of his race during forty centuries. The brutality and treachery of savage blooJ. ,vcre nearly extinguished iu hi1n, and, as a docile and contented slave, he spent hi3 life in cheerful labor ·with many merry holidays. In servitude he had the pleasures ROEBUCK. wh.i ch ltis bette· r n ·"~ tn t.e . cr~vcc1 b 15 L Cl1JOJincnts ·whieh eou1 l . t 1 ' ~h ~10t those h1rrher An1o1 <-r t 1 l J~ 11 0 ) C l11s 1n a .". nlp c, w hieh aU tl .· . (. ny condition. never have built he l . lle tubes 111 .Africa could a . ,1· . ' c::n nee the l)r· ·C 1 1 e IgiOn ·whose ubr l ,1.c tc~ precepts of not have prcser ' :J • lffie ( ognta' ]liS ancestors • Jl . • "\CCL lU l11ClllOry f <.:-')U < scttmg of the su A - . ronl the risin o- to tl 1 d n. u d n 0 w t . "' 1 c la be<'n ahvn.ys a faithf I 1 'vas Jus boast that he l~ccognizing the clai~l 'v~io~lcrvant, and hi, Ina. ter, It heJ, treated the oll . such servitude estab- ' . il . t man \VI ih th I . _, ._ VI" l smcere respect. c <mucst care anJ IIo,v arc yon to-cla U ·when the antique A£·~!' nclc V n.lcntine ?" he asked "Prctt · ucan \Vas seated ' y nu:fable tha l b . FreeL" ' n \:S e to de Lo1 · d, l\fa ster ""v0V I'l at, s ~~ur lnisery, U nclc ?" 11 Y \Va1t1n' for d L hesef'." c ord to take hI' S servant to "" Do you ·want to die then ~" Nevel·, Master l~,r<>cl L . never." ·' 01 d bless yo ur d car soul, "" \ItIVo ,v old at.e you, no'"~?" . ell, you can count it u: . . Inton a crossin' d D p I seed Gin'al W l fi £'. e ela,vare ' 1 I as 1- Ilteen or alono- th v len 'vas seven 11 o ar, and I s .1 d or ca cd Flora beat U I . ccu e black fill d ~ k o one! D1xon' 1 r Y cy you ~now cf black ])icl 1 h ~ lOSS rhunder but "Oh, I remember U c ;c ad nd Thunder" ' you 'vaut? Do tl1 c 'c l1 anpcs c,.v a.Do you get evcryth· 1t 1ng your bed attended to d c on you properly '? i, " y ' an your fire a <.l ::; . , cs, everything, ~laster Fr \ t u everything?" Ul.l::> able o.ld ni(Yo·cr git .. c: ., thank you. Dis Lord 1 d ob :::; cvcrytJuno· 1 1 "v lC 0 C0111C." b lC 'vant::; till l t c cry well, Inake them .a. tte n d to you. D on't for- |