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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Author: Various Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19927] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONTINENTAL MONTHLY *** Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY: DEVOTED TO LITERATURE AND NATIONAL POLICY. * * * * * VOL. II.--AUGUST, 1862.--No. II. * * * * * AMONG THE PINES. [CONCLUDED.] 'My God! drowned herself and her child!' exclaimed the Colonel, with deep emotion. 'Come, my friend, let us go to them at once,' I said, laying my hand on his arm, and drawing him unresistingly away. A pair of mules was speedily harnessed to a large turpentine-wagon, and the horses we had ridden the day before were soon at the door. When the Colonel, who had been closeted for a few minutes with Madam P--, came out of the house, we mounted and rode off with the 'corn-cracker.' The native's farm was located on the stream which watered my friend's plantation, and was about ten miles distant. Taking a by-road which led to it through the woods, we rode rapidly on in advance of the wagon. 'Sort o' likely gal, thet, warn't she?' remarked the turpentine-maker, after a while. 'Yes, she was,' replied the Colonel, in a half-abstracted manner, '_very_ likely.' 'Kill harself 'case har man war shot by thet han'som overseer uv yourn?' 'Not altogether for that, I reckon,' replied my host,' I fear the main reason was her being put at field-work, and abused by the driver.' 'Thet comes uv not lookin' arter things yerself, Cunnel. I 'tend ter my niggers parsonally, and they keer a durned sight more fur this world then fur kingdom-cum. Ye cudn't hire 'em ter kill 'emselves fur no price.' 'Well,' replied the Colo
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