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-Title: How Beauty Was Saved
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-                         HOW BEAUTY WAS SAVED
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-                            [Illustration]
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-                         How Beauty Was Saved
-
-                          _And Other Memories
-                            of the Sixties_
-
-
-                                  BY
-                     MRS. JAMES MADISON WASHINGTON
-                       (_Mrs. A. A. Washington_)
-
-
-                        NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
-                     THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
-                                 1907
-
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-                          COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY
-                     THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
-
-
-
-
-                                  _To
-                            SOUTHERN GIRLS_
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-                               CONTENTS
-
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-                    HOW BEAUTY WAS SAVED         9
-
-                    THE TELLTALE GLOVES         23
-
-                    THE MAGIC SIGN              31
-
-                    A LABOR OF LOVE             39
-
-                    THE "JAYHAWKERS"            51
-
-                    MEMORIES OF SLAVE DAYS      59
-
-                    A NARROW ESCAPE             67
-
-
-
-
-                      _Green and golden memories
-                         Of the thrilling time
-               When hearts and hands were true as steel
-                     In our sunny Southern clime._
-
-                                        _A. A. W._
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-                         HOW BEAUTY WAS SAVED
-
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-
-                         HOW BEAUTY WAS SAVED
-
-
-In the summer of 1862, in the Bayou Manchac country near Baton Rouge,
-Louisiana, there was a modest little schoolhouse called the "Dove's
-Nest." To that school came two young girls to complete a course of
-study begun in Baton Rouge before the Federals captured that city.
-
-The country was visited quite often by bands of Confederates,
-"Jayhawkers,"[1] and Federals; the slaves on the vast sugar plantations
-were in a demoralized condition from being so near the enemy's lines;
-yet the girls braved all these dangers, and rode on horseback (both on
-the same horse) three miles through forest and field to attend school.
-They had no fear, for both could shoot a pistol, and always carried
-a loaded one, and a small Spanish dirk for self-protection. All the
-valuable horses on the plantation having been given to the Confederate
-army, only two were left for family use, an old one, not of much
-service, and a young beautiful bay, the individual property of one of
-the girls.
-
-[1] "Jayhawkers" were bands of deserters and outlaws that kept in
-hiding from both armies and preyed upon helpless citizens.
-
-This horse the girls rode to school. Naturally he had a shambling,
-uncomfortable gait, but the girls determined to teach him to pace,
-which they did by the use of a small steel spur.
-
-The days sped on, the year blushed into spring, bloomed into summer,
-and the girls grew accustomed to meeting bands of the "Blue and the
-Gray," sometimes riding along only fifty yards apart, yet totally
-ignorant of the fact. The girls narrowly missed being shot on one
-occasion, as some soldiers were firing down the road for practice, and
-the bullets whistled near their heads as they turned a curve in the
-lane. The booming of cannon could be heard from the Mississippi River;
-now and then a friend was killed in a roadside skirmish; loved ones
-were captured and imprisoned; but the little school was undisturbed
-outwardly, though thrilled with anxiety and patriotism for the beloved
-Southland.
-
-When the days grew too long and hot for study, the earnest little
-teacher decided to close the term with a thorough, old-fashioned
-examination, and a modest exhibition.
-
-The neighborhood had been quiet for some weeks and no one feared a
-visit from the enemy. The "Dove's Nest" was prettily decorated, a piano
-moved in, and all made ready. The day of the exhibition dawned bright
-and fair, the woods were full of flowers, and nature seemed to laugh in
-the glad sunshine. The two girls arrived early, and one of them decided
-to ride to a friend's home a mile beyond, for a basket of fresh roses;
-she told her friend, the owner of Beauty, of her intention, then sprang
-into the saddle and rode away.
-
-When she reached the house she noticed a horse and buggy under an old
-oak near by. She knew it belonged to an old bachelor who was slightly
-deaf (else he would have been in the Southern army), and that he had
-come to take the little teacher to the schoolhouse. When she dismounted
-she fastened her horse under the same tree, in full view of the road.
-The house was surrounded by spacious grounds, some distance from the
-main road, and a broad avenue led up to it from a large outer gate. The
-flowers were soon gathered, and after a chat with her friends, the girl
-started back, when someone cried, "Just look at the Yankees!"
-
-Sure enough, the house was surrounded and a company was stationed at
-the big gate. The family stood together on the piazza, pale with fear,
-for they never knew what would happen in those troublous times. The
-officer in command told them that they were in need of fresh horses
-to make a raid, and had orders to "press" any into service that they
-could find. Turning to a soldier he said, "Take that horse from the
-buggy, saddle him and see if he is fit for use." This caused the girl
-some uneasiness about her friend's horse, but she hoped the side-saddle
-would save him, as it had done when the Southern army were pressing
-horses. Anxiously she waited and listened. When the man returned,
-the Colonel said, "Try the other one." The girl was trembling now;
-the horse was not hers, it was the only one the family with whom she
-boarded could use to send to mill, or for a physician in case of
-illness; and she felt that she could not give him up without an effort
-to save him.
-
-"Surely, sir, you are not going to take a schoolgirl's horse for the
-Federal Government!" He smiled and asked her if she could swear that
-the horse was hers. She told him no, the horse belonged to a schoolgirl
-friend. He looked incredulous and said that he suspected it belonged
-to a rebel soldier; and, bowing an apology, again spoke to the man,
-"Try that horse." Like a flash a thought came to the girl. She would
-not plead or beg,--she was too proud for that,--but she said:
-
-"Colonel, let me try him for you."
-
-"Very well," he replied, much amused. "Bring him up, Lieutenant." The
-girl had no time or chance to ask advice from anyone; but she _wore
-the sharp steel spur_. The Colonel politely offered to assist her in
-the saddle, but she sprang up without touching his hand. Dressed in
-white muslin, with braided hair looped back with pink rosebuds; without
-gloves, hat or riding skirt, she slowly started down the avenue in
-front of the house. She let the horse shamble along in the ugly way he
-liked until he reached the large gate where the company of soldiers
-were stationed. They looked surprised to see her riding down alone on
-one of the horses they had stopped to take, but thinking it must be all
-right, as the Colonel was in view, they lined up, saluted respectfully,
-and let her pass out. When she was beyond the last guard, she said,
-"Now, Beauty, fly!" and, as she used the spur freely, they did fly. For
-some distance they were in full view of the Colonel and her friends who
-stood waiting on the piazza for her return, then a curve in the road
-put her out of sight.
-
-In a few minutes she heard the clatter of hoofs behind her, but as the
-road was hard, dry and level, and she knew every foot of it, she hoped
-to outrun her pursuers. Glancing back she saw two soldiers splendidly
-mounted tearing after her. The "Dove's Nest" was in sight now, but the
-soldiers were gaining ground. She could hear the clanking of swords,
-the rattle of spurs, and the hoof beats. On she flew, faster and
-faster, for Beauty seemed to feel, with the rider, that an enemy was
-after them. The schoolyard gate was wide open, and she dashed through
-it and up to the porch where an eager, startled bevy of girls were
-assembled. She jumped off quickly and called to her friend, "Here is
-your horse. The Yankees are after him!"
-
-Just then the men rode up, very red, very angry, and somewhat scared,
-for they were in dense woods over a mile from their command. They
-ordered the girl to get back on that horse and return to the Colonel.
-She told them that she would not do anything of the kind; she was a
-Southern girl, not subject to Federal orders, and that they could not
-compel her to return. The owner of the horse said she would go with
-them, but they insisted on the girl who ran away going, too. This she
-refused to do, and she told them if they did not want to be captured by
-the Southern boys, they had better not linger.
-
-This had the desired effect, and the girl who owned the horse, taking a
-small child behind her, rode back with the soldiers. When she arrived,
-the Colonel was surprised to see a different girl on the horse and to
-know that his men did not overtake the other one. The owner of Beauty
-was very pretty, very eloquent and spirited, and she could swear that
-the horse was hers, and prove it by people present, so the Colonel
-allowed her to keep the horse. Her friend was greatly relieved, and all
-rejoiced that Beauty was not surrendered to the Federal Government to
-make a raid on our own dear soldier boys! This is a true story, for the
-writer was the runaway.
-
-
-
-
-                          THE TELLTALE GLOVES
-
-
-
-
-                          THE TELLTALE GLOVES
-
-
-The Federals having left, and Beauty being safe, we proceeded with
-our exercises that summer day at the "Dove's Nest." We passed a good
-examination, and just as we were singing our gayest songs a party of
-Confederates rode up. They tied their horses to the windows and doors,
-came in, and enjoyed the little concert. After the last melody had died
-away and the shades of evening were falling, we rode slowly homeward,
-each girl with a soldier boy beside her.
-
-One of the soldiers, in particular, was a reckless, daring young man,
-who had shot at the Federals from ambush many times, had captured some
-of their horses, and was quite a terror to the raiders. His father's
-home was in that neighborhood, and the Federals were trying to capture
-him.
-
-Now, when the boys--for they were only boys--left us at the gate this
-particular one forgot his gloves--left them on a gate post. We found
-them, took them into the house, and threw them carelessly on the hall
-table. There were no millinery stores, in fact no stores of any kind
-in the country, so the girls, for riding hats, wore boys' hats, with a
-plume jauntily pinned on the side. We took our hats off and laid them
-on the table _by the gloves_. The boy's nickname, "Little Dare Devil,"
-was on the inside of the buckskin cuffs, but we had not noticed it.
-
-That night we were aroused from sleep by the barking of dogs, the
-rattling of sabers and spurs. We knew, as soon as we were well awake,
-that the Federals were in the house, and, slipping on our wrappers,
-we ran to mother's room, for we could hear them beating on our doors.
-We were dreadfully frightened, for there was an unfinished suit of
-Confederate gray in the house, and we knew that if it was found the
-house would be burned to ashes. Mother, who had the suit in her room,
-would not "strike a light" until the suit was concealed, and the
-pelican buttons slipped into her pocket.
-
-The Federals kept calling loudly for _light_, and we heard them burst
-into our room, saying, "Here they are, boys! The bed is right warm! Be
-quick!" We knew, then, that they were looking for Confederate soldiers.
-
-The house was searched from garret to cellar, but, finding no one
-except members of the family, the intruders hurriedly departed. Next
-morning our hats and gloves were missing, having been taken from the
-hall table. A few days after this the Federals were out again, but this
-time in daylight. One of the officers came in the house and asked for
-a drink of water. While waiting for it to be drawn cool and fresh from
-the well (for Southerners were courteous to an enemy when he stood upon
-their threshold), he seemed disposed to chat with the girls.
-
-"We came very near catching those fellows the other night," he said;
-"we got their hats and gloves, and saw their blankets on the floor.
-Where in the world did they hide, young ladies?"
-
-We were very indignant; and told him that no Southern soldier would
-sleep in a private house so near the enemy's lines, and thus endanger
-the lives and property of his relatives and friends. We said that the
-hats _were ours_, and we would like them returned, and that the roll
-of blankets was used by a little colored girl who slept in the house,
-which fact they would have discovered if they had not been nearly
-scared to death. The officer looked astonished and seemed somewhat
-ashamed of the whole affair, but some of them did not believe us, for
-they rode away laughing about the _name inside the gloves_.
-
-
-
-
-                            THE MAGIC SIGN
-
-
-
-
-                            THE MAGIC SIGN
-
-
-"I have come to destroy your tannery and burn down your house."
-
-The officer spoke calmly, and my father did not answer for a moment.
-
-After school closed I had returned to my home, which was about nine
-miles from the Federal lines. We had a small, rude tannery, for our
-family, including the servants, was quite large, and, as there was
-no place to get shoes in that part of Louisiana, my father employed
-a shoemaker and tanned his own leather. Our home was beautiful, with
-spacious grounds around it, and every nook and corner was dear to us.
-A clear winding stream ran nearly around the plantation, and on the
-river was our "primitive" tannery. We had all been supplied with hard
-yellow shoes (the first tan-colored shoes we had ever seen, which we
-were much ashamed of), and there were some hides left.
-
-My father, hearing one day that the report had been carried to Baton
-Rouge that he was tanning leather for the Southern army, anticipated
-trouble, fearing the loss of his precious leather. He decided the best
-thing he could do would be to hide it in some secret place. He was
-afraid to trust the servants,--for while some were faithful, others
-were not,--so he told the two youngest girls of his plan, and asked
-them to help him store away his valuable leather.
-
-When the servants were all asleep in their cottages, we three, father
-and two young girls, dragged those things to the house, then upstairs,
-and into a long, dark closet. The house was two and a half stories
-high, so there was quite a space under the roof. We conquered our
-dread of dark, dust, spiders, and mice, and climbed up into the space
-just under the roof. Father handed up the hides to us and we hid them
-carefully and with many frights from imaginary terrors. After all was
-done we came down, closed the narrow little door, hung some dresses
-over it, and awaited future action on the part of the enemy.
-
-Sure enough, in a day or two the Federals came. Before we knew it the
-house was entirely surrounded by troops. The officer dismounted and
-knocked at the door. He asked to see my father, who met him at the
-hall door.
-
-"Sir," he said, "I am informed that you are tanning leather, and making
-boots for the Confederate army. I have come to destroy your tannery and
-burn down your house. Take your family out immediately."
-
-My father, my aged mother, and we, his daughters, who had enjoyed and
-loved the beautiful home so long, were speechless for a moment, and
-pale with fear. Then father said, slowly, "The report is false. We
-have a rude tannery, but only for home use," and begged him to spare
-the sacred old place. The Colonel said that he must search the house
-and see if any evidence could be found against us, and, taking several
-well-armed soldiers with him, he went through every room.
-
-Of course we could not follow them, but we anxiously waited for their
-return. The Colonel must have been touched by our mute grief, but he
-only said, "I have orders to burn the house, and though I find no proof
-against you, I must obey orders." Then father asked him to step out on
-the veranda. They talked a few minutes, clasped hands, and the Colonel,
-quickly wheeling around, ordered the troops out of the house. In a few
-minutes every one was in line and rapidly marching away. In answer to
-our astonished inquiries, we were told that a Masonic sign, the secret
-of true brotherhood, had saved our dear home from desolating flames.
-
-
-
-
-                            A LABOR OF LOVE
-
-
-
-
-                            A LABOR OF LOVE
-
-
-One day a little girl was reading a story-book on the green lawn in
-front of a Southern home; two gentlemen were seated near under a
-wide-spreading magnolia tree talking about the political situation,
-the number of Presidential candidates, and the possible results of the
-election. Suddenly one of them said, "Yes, there is trouble ahead.
-Before that child is grown this country will be plunged into bloody
-war." The child was startled. The prophetic words were indelibly
-stamped on her mind. She could not sleep until long after midnight,
-and when she slept she dreamed that she, like the "Maid of Monterey,"
-gave food and water to the thirsty soldiers, and dressed their bleeding
-wounds.
-
-The dream came true. While she was attending school in the capital
-city, talk of secession began, and then came preparations for war. I
-remember the day the arsenal at Baton Rouge was seized by Louisiana,
-and all the citizens and the college girls marched down to the barracks
-on the river to see our soldiers drill. The women and girls went
-to work making clothes and little conveniences for the soldiers to
-take with them. In a few weeks we were thrilled with enthusiasm when
-our first companies marched through the city with their knapsacks,
-blankets, and a half loaf of bread strapped on their backs. Poor boys,
-they lived to learn that "a half loaf is better than none."
-
-Some time after two companies[2] were camped near us on the Comite
-River, and real work began. How young and brave the soldiers were,
-and how proud every woman was who had a son, brother, or sweetheart
-in the army! For a time all was excitement, gaiety, and preparation;
-bands played, soldiers drilled, and citizens flocked to the camps to
-encourage and help in every way possible. One sad day orders came to
-move to the front. Knapsacks were packed, tents were folded, the last
-good-byes were spoken, tears fell softly but were dashed away, and our
-boys were gone--gone to meet their fate, whatever it might be!
-
-[2] Bynum's and Buffington's.
-
-Soon after came the hard times. Luxuries were given up, privation was
-felt in every home, but no one complained. People seemed proud to
-endure, and often met to exchange opinions and plans as to how to "make
-something out of nothing," as they expressed it. Old looms were brought
-out and repaired, and the spinning wheels were put to work. Flour,
-tea, coffee, and even salt ceased to be used on the family table. From
-the smoke-houses, where the salt meats had dripped for years, the
-salt-soaked earth was taken up, boiled in a vessel, the salt extracted,
-and dried in the sun. Sweet potatoes were sliced thin, cut in little
-pieces, browned in an oven, ground in a coffee mill, and a breakfast
-drink made from them. It looked like coffee, it was not injurious, so
-it was cheerfully taken in place of fragrant Mocha. Okra seed, parched
-corn meal, and parched peanuts were also used for making a morning
-drink. "Confederate cake" was made by sifting corn meal through a
-sieve, and then through cloth. Rice was harvested, and husked in a
-wooden mortar, a work which required time and strength. All dress-goods
-became scarce--calico was $4 per yard and very hard to get. Jaunty
-dresses were made of coarse yellow domestic, piped with bright colors.
-No hats could be purchased, but stylish turbans were made of old straw
-covered with scraps of black silk or velvet, and were worn with pride,
-and called "Beauregard" hats. This recalls a song that was very popular
-in Louisiana during the war. It is a wee bit touching to read it over
-now, for the Southern girls, daintily reared, sadly missed their fine
-linen, their soft silks and sheer muslins. The song was sung to the
-air of "The Bonny Blue Flag."
-
-    "Oh, yes, I am a Southern girl,
-      I glory in the name,
-    And boast it with far greater pride
-      Than glittering wealth or fame.
-
-    "I envy not the Northern girl,
-      Her robes of beauty rare;
-    Though diamonds grace her snowy neck
-      And pearls bedeck her hair.
-
-    "My homespun dress is plain, I know,
-      My hat's palmetto, too,
-    But then it shows what Southern girls
-      For Southern Rights will do."
-
-The war dragged on. New Orleans fell. Baton Rouge was in the hands of
-the enemy. Some of the Baton Rouge people refugeed to the country,
-living in churches, schoolhouses and deserted log cabins; others were
-compelled to remain, as they had no shelter and no means of living
-outside of the city. Then followed the sieges on the Mississippi
-River, Port Hudson, and Vicksburg. Night after night and all day long
-we could hear the heavy guns booming and the deadly shells hissing, and
-we had no means of knowing how our armies were faring. I remember the
-sad and anxious dread which came over me every time a gun was fired,
-and how I covered my head with pillows to shut out the fearful sound.
-
-One day in August the news came that Gen. John C. Breckinridge was
-on his way to attack Baton Rouge; that his army of less than three
-thousand were tired and in need of food, and would be glad if the
-citizens would send out something to the road on which they were
-marching. Every family in the country began to prepare food; quantities
-of green corn, potatoes, vegetables, egg-bread, chickens, in fact,
-everything that could be had was cooked, packed in baskets, and carried
-out to meet the army.
-
-General Breckinridge pitched camp on the Comite River. On a foggy
-morning, August 5, the battle was fought. Historians have told all
-about the short, desperate battle. I remember the great disappointment
-that was expressed, and how people wondered why the _Arkansas_ did not
-do her part on the river, where the enemy's three gunboats made such
-havoc. We did not know that she was lying, entirely disabled, only
-four miles away. After the battle the sick and wounded were taken to
-Green-well Springs, a pretty little summer resort near us, where a
-hospital was established, mattresses being laid on the floors of the
-parlors and dining-room of the hotel. Southern women then proved their
-love and devotion to their country's defenders. Every day buggies,
-drays, and carts went to the Springs, loaded with jellies, soups, and
-every delicate thing that we could make with our limited means. The
-surgeons had no lint to dress the wounds, so we went home, tore our
-finest linen sheets and table cloths into strips, and with sharp knives
-scraped them into fine, soft lint, for linen makes much better lint
-than plain cotton.
-
-During this time General Breckinridge, who was a very handsome man,
-visited our home and dined with us several times. On one occasion,
-just after a charming dinner with the General and several of his staff
-as guests, a heavy storm gathered. The rain fell in torrents all the
-afternoon. My parents urged the guests to spend the night as it was
-so dark and threatening, but the General said, "While it is a great
-temptation to enjoy for a few hours the comforts of a home, duty calls
-me to my camp and my boys."
-
-We learned to enjoy our "labor of love," and memory treasures
-Green-well Springs as a sacred spot where hands, heads, and hearts were
-used freely in the service of our beloved Southland.
-
-
-
-
-                           THE "JAYHAWKERS"
-
-
-
-
-                           THE "JAYHAWKERS"
-
-
-On New Year's Day, 1862, one of the coldest days ever known in
-Louisiana, we were all seated around a bright wood fire talking
-as usual of the war, and of our absent boys. All were gone to the
-front--not a man was left, except my father, an aged clergyman. As we
-talked, we were startled by the furious barking of dogs, the tramp
-of horses, and a loud "Hello" at the front gate. When the door was
-opened we saw about twenty or twenty-five men muffled up to their
-eyes, muffled quite beyond recognition. The men were riding miserable
-ponies, and they looked dreadful in their disguise, and seemed numb
-with cold.
-
-Father answered the call, and asked what was wanted. The man in front
-replied that they were "Government officials"; that they had come to
-search the house, as they had heard it contained contraband articles
-and smuggled goods. We knew that there was not a shadow of truth in
-the statement, so my father asked to see the Government order. "You
-need not trouble about that, we have it all right!" replied the leader.
-Then they pushed their way into the hall, the parlor, the bedrooms,
-and all over the house, opening trunks, bureau drawers, desks, and
-closets. They took every yard of cloth they could find and everything
-that looked new or valuable, piling them on the front piazza. Toilet
-articles, ladies' underwear, everything!
-
-My brother was a physician, at that time a surgeon in a Louisiana
-regiment, and we had quite a collection of jars and bottles of medicine
-that had been left over, among them a bottle of quinine valued at
-one hundred dollars, and prized above gold or silver. This medicine
-they found, and, sneering and jeering, placed it with other things.
-When they had gone through every room, they went to the old-fashioned
-smoke-house in the yard, where the home-cured meat, the corn meal and
-other such things were kept, broke open the door and entered.
-
-Hidden away there was a small demijohn of whiskey, kept for medicinal
-purposes, and a box of sugar, kept also for the sick and suffering.
-When they found that, the men went wild with glee, and they ran,
-shouting, to the kitchen for cups and were soon drinking the fiery
-liquid. We stood looking on in agony,--the old father, the physician's
-wife, two young girls, and several small children,--all helpless, at
-the mercy of a band of drunken outlaws, two miles from any help!
-
-After they had swallowed every drop, and felt warmed and cheered by the
-whiskey, they came out and began to talk about the sad duty of obeying
-"Government orders." We then told them that the report they had heard
-was false; that all the things they had collected on the piazza were
-in the house when the war broke out, and that we could prove it by the
-Home Guards, who would probably be along soon from their camp near by.
-Of course, this was a ruse resorted to in our desperation, but it had
-a magical effect. The men ran to their horses, mounted in haste, and
-dashed off through the woods in a wild gallop. Oh! what a relief, and
-how thankful we were! The goods were left on the piazza floor, quinine,
-clothing and all. They never came again, but the fear of their return
-never left us by night or day, until the war was over.
-
-
-
-
-                        MEMORIES OF SLAVE DAYS
-
-
-
-
-                        MEMORIES OF SLAVE DAYS
-
-
-Rows and rows of white-washed cottages constituted the "quarters," with
-narrow streets between them, many of the little homes adorned with
-bright-hued, old-fashioned flowers in the front yards, or with potato
-and melon patches.
-
-On cold winter evenings bright firelight shone from every door and
-window. Inside, the father sitting in the chimney corner, smoking his
-pipe while he deftly wove white-oak splints into cotton baskets; the
-mother, mending, or knitting, while the fat little darkies tumbled
-about on the floor, or danced to the music of Uncle Tom's fiddle.
-
-The slaves were well fed, well clothed, well housed, and when ill they
-were well nursed, and attended by a good doctor.
-
-Their houses were warmed by fires in broad fireplaces, fires which they
-kept burning all night.
-
-They had gay "Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes," and they generally went to
-church, either to the "white folkses' church," where an upper gallery
-was provided for them, or to their own special service.
-
-If a planter allowed his slaves to be mistreated in any way, he
-and his family were ostracized from society, and made to feel the
-disapprobation of their neighbors. So general was this method of
-administering rebuke that it seemed to be an unwritten law throughout
-the South.
-
-Sometimes, as it often happens to-day, an overseer of quick or
-ungovernable temper would be severe in punishing an offender; but he
-soon lost his place and a kinder man was employed in his instead.
-
-Somewhere in the "quarters" a large nursery was situated, and there the
-babies and small children were cared for by the old women while their
-mothers worked in the cotton-fields.
-
-White children were taught to treat the grown-up servants with respect,
-and as they could not say "Mrs." or "Mr.," they called them "aunt" or
-"uncle." On Sunday afternoons the white children were often sent to
-read the Bible to the old colored people, and the children thought it
-quite an honor. If any of the house servants wanted to learn to read,
-they were taught, though after the war we heard this was against the
-law. We never knew it!
-
-Half of every Saturday was given to "the hands" to "clean up," tend
-their garden, or go fishing, as they chose. From ten days' to two
-weeks' holiday was given at Christmas time, and a jolly good time they
-had--balls, parties, and weddings galore! The white family and their
-guests would be cordially invited down, and they always enjoyed the
-festivities. _Noblesse oblige_ was recognized everywhere, and we felt
-bound to treat kindly the class dependent upon us. Young ladies parted
-with many a handsome gown or ribbon because their maids wanted them and
-boldly asked for them. We simply could not refuse, and they knew it.
-
-The faithfulness and devotion of the slaves has been written of by
-historians, and they deserve all praise, for many of them were noble
-and self-sacrificing. After the war many of them remained at the old
-homestead with their former owners, as long as they could be provided
-for, and when poverty compelled a separation, they left the homestead
-with sorrow.
-
-We of the South are glad and thankful that the negroes are free. We
-would not have them in bondage again if we could. _"Social equality"
-can never exist in the South_, but the race can be, and many of them
-are, well educated, happy and prosperous: living in peace and harmony
-with their white neighbors, who are, and have been for many years
-paying taxes to educate them.
-
-It is the "floating" class of colored people that cause the trouble we
-read about in the daily papers. Those negroes who have been reared in
-the South, and know the old traditions, are law-abiding citizens with
-comfortable homes, good schools, fine churches, and every chance to be
-prosperous and contented.
-
-
-
-
-                            A NARROW ESCAPE
-
-
-
-
-                            A NARROW ESCAPE
-
-
-One bright, beautiful day, we were all made happy by a visit from
-the oldest son of the family, a surgeon in the Confederate army. The
-river, winding almost around the plantation, was "up to its banks" from
-recent heavy rains, all the bridges had been destroyed, and we felt
-comparatively safe from the Federals on the other side, though Baton
-Rouge was only nine miles away. The Doctor, who wore Confederate gray
-ornamented with Louisiana pelican buttons, rode a fine large horse,
-which he left in the stables some distance from the house.
-
-Sitting around the broad fireplace in mother's room, talking of the
-home people and the war, we were enjoying the unexpected visit, when
-one of the girls chanced to look out through the south door. She turned
-very pale, and exclaimed, "Look at the soldiers!" All around the
-kitchen, talking to the servants, and all over the grounds were Federal
-soldiers on horseback.
-
-What was to be done? If our brother was captured it meant imprisonment
-to the end of the war, and perhaps death. When he realized the
-situation, for he had been near the door and knew they had come for
-him and were questioning the servants, he dropped on his knees, crept
-into a small room adjoining, where two of us pulled off his gray coat
-and replaced it by an old one from the wardrobe, gave him a book, and
-someone whispered, "Go into the guest-chamber and wait. Take these old
-trousers with you." He slipped into the quiet room, and taking a seat
-by the window, and opening the book, assumed the rôle of an invalid.
-Then we hastily concealed the Confederate uniform, but where we put it
-I can never remember. It was securely hidden.
-
-By that time the Federal officers and some of the men were in the house
-looking around with curiosity, but they offered no explanation about
-their call. There were five or six bright, pretty girls in the house,
-and, contrary to our usual custom, we chatted with the officers and
-used all our attractive powers to keep them in front of the house and
-on the broad veranda. Our attentions seemed to please them, and the
-private soldiers were quietly ordered out and were not allowed to
-search for and appropriate valuables as they usually did.
-
-In a little while the Federals, the girls, and the family were all
-engaged in pleasant conversation on the piazza overlooking the
-beautiful flower-yard and the lovely, peaceful scene. Someone quietly
-stole back to the prisoner's room, told him the chance to escape had
-come, gave him an old hat, and helped him get out of the window near
-the garden, a garden bordered by a dense hedge. Then the messenger
-returned to the group on the porch, and we chatted gaily, while our
-hearts were beating with excitement and anxiety for the fugitive.
-
-After some time the soldiers began to mount their horses, the servant
-having told us in the mean time that the Yankees had the Doctor's
-horse. We concluded that the fugitive would need his horse to get back
-to Port Hudson, if he had escaped, and we felt encouraged to believe he
-had, and we determined we would try to save the horse also. Two of us
-requested the Colonel to step into the parlor, as we wished to speak
-to him. He looked a little suspicious and seemed ill at ease when he
-had entered the room and the door was closed. The large, beautiful
-room with its heavy furniture, its bright brass andirons, its elegant
-pictures and wealth of flowers seemed harmless enough, and one of the
-girls was beautiful and bewitching, so he braved the danger (if there
-were danger!) and asked what he could do for us. We told him a fine
-horse had been taken out of our stables by his men; that we needed the
-animal as we were fond of horseback riding, and only the old carriage
-horses were left to us. He said he was sorry to refuse our polite
-request, but his men had seen the army saddle and bridle; that it
-looked like a "U. S." horse,--in fact, was branded "U. S.,"--and under
-the circumstances he would be obliged to take him.
-
-All this time our soldier-brother was hurrying across fields and woods,
-hills and valleys to the banks of the river, which meant safety on
-the other side. The officer, as I remember across the long years now
-passed, enjoyed the novelty of his position and looked with interest
-and a touch of sympathy at the Southern home and the piquant Southern
-girls. When he returned to the veranda the soldiers mounted their
-horses, gave us a respectful salute, and galloped down the broad
-avenue. When they reached the gate a large flock of geese, about a
-hundred, furiously attacked the enemy; their horses reared and plunged,
-and the "rank and file" were so angry because they had not been allowed
-any spoils, that they unsheathed their swords and, leaning over as far
-as they could, cut off the heads of some of our bravest ganders--the
-officers sitting erect, and trying to look grave. It was an amusing
-sight. "They routed them, they scouted them, nor lost a single man!"
-
-When all had gone we sent a boy in haste to the ford of the river to
-find out about our soldier. He had crossed the swollen stream in a rude
-dug-out with board paddles, and was safe, safe on the other side.
-
-
-
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