TH COURIER.
few bales away, snoring like a happy
young black hog and he came very near
crawling over to talk to him. But he
remembered that Canary was a "nig
ger," so he talked to himself and faced
the sh-jre again.
"We must be pretty near there," he
muttered, "prett near thero. Only one
more bend. There's the gov'ment light
now. There'e old Mike with "is oil can;
but that Tigo that's with im new dog.
Lord, how oh ligo did chase us fellers
nut u ole Mike's melon patch! Wisht 't I
had one tbetu melons now. They was
so cold an sweet es honey.
"There's th sawmill now, 'nd there's
one end' th landin. 'nd there's th
waif house, 'nd there's Brown's hotel
'nd tli postutlke, 'nd there's Mr. Men
ard's houto. Old mau Menard use ter
treat me decent when all th' rest h'd
quit. 'Nd there's Rjnd's house, damn
'im. He used ter get many a good ole
dollar out a me at is bar; ud there's
Jones' 'nd Mac's 'nd Ponders'
"There's our fence 'nd stable 'nd our
well 'nd there's pa's shirts on th' line,
'nd our llow'r garden nd the house.
'Nd there, there goes mother out t' feed
th' chickens."
He rolled over again and buried hU
face in the loose hay that some one had
pulled out of the bales for a pillow.
Another boat was at the landing, un
loading; so the Idlewild drifted slowly
on the other side of the river, waiting
her turn.
Above his head, on the upper deck,
he heard girlish laughter, mingled with
the chattering of the crowd; and ho
thought it the strangest, sweetest sound
he had ever heard. He did not know why,
for be had heard them laughing many
times before, and had not noticed it;
then he remembered. "She laughed so;
just as soft and sweet and clear," he
eaidJ'
Then he sat up. "A white 'rouster,' a
white 'rouster' with niggers,'' he repeat
ed over aud over. He looked out over
the river again out where tfo water
was deip and swift and silent; it was so
swift and silent that he did not dare to
face it. It was terrible.
He was a coward and he knew it. He
had known vile women and viler men
for years. For years he had not spoken
to any other kind; he had cot cared to
do so.
He would have killed himself for
shame if he had dared to compare him
self with others those of the upper
deck so he had not thought of making
the comparison, but had been satisfied
to eat, drink, carouse and work when ho
had to, to earn money to squandor.
Today he felt queer, and wondered if
he were going to have the fever again.
He remembered how clean and cool the
St. Luke's hospital had been the other
time, and made up his mind to ask them
to take him in if he felt no better at the
end of the trip. Halt dreaming, he was
silting in a dazed way when the Idle
wild mado her landing aud the mate
yelled for all bunds on deck.
The mate looked like a human bull
dog of questionable character. His
eyes were red around the edge, and
when he cutsed tbo roustabouts his
voica grated in a low lighting growl. At
that landing several tons of baled hay
were to bo unloaded; and the men
worked fast, for the bales were not
heavy, and tho passengers were impa
tient to bo moving. They did not liko
stopping at a dead little river town. So
the mate urged his men and cursed
them more than usual.
The roustabouts paid little attention
to the curses. Vilost epithets had been
showered on them for years; 60 beyond
a sulleu but subdued glanco of resent
ment now and then, they took little no
tice of the mate's abuse.
As they neated tho last few bales of
hay, the mate punctuated his oaths
with ugly swings of his club and tapped
some of the slower ones on their backs,
until they hurried up the steep incline
in a lame, dragging trot, panting like
broken-winded draught horses.
The white roustabout carried his
first few bales ns well as any of tho no
groes. For months he had done his
work with little apparent effort. The
negroes had despise.', yet feared nim.fur
he could strike harder, and had been
readier to fight thin any one among
them. But at this landing, after he had
carried several bales up the incline, ho
was more tired than he bad ever been
before. (lis leg muscles jerled spas
modically, his legs trembled, and his
body seemed slowly sinking down upon
his hips.
When ho was half way up to the
wharf houso with his last bale, bis jaw
dropped suddenly, and his face turned
grey, then livid white. Tho bale of
bay toppled from his twitching fingers,
though he clutched wildly for it as it
fell. Then he began groping for it
blindly, as one gropes for an object in a
dark room.
The mate was by him in an instant,
and was swearing htmself out of breath.
Tho culprit found the bale, and mado a
laughable weak attempt to raise it, but
he stumbled and fell over it stupidly.
Then his body limbered and he stood
erect. His teeth snapped shut, and
with eyes glaring tiger-like, ho rushed
toward the mate. The mato raised his
loaded club for a full swing, but before
he struck "Canary Jim" ducked in be
tween them with an audacious grin and
gurgling laugh.
" 'Scuse me, boss," he said, "do pore
cuss am sick. I'll tote de hay up t de
wawf house immediately; and ho tossed
the bale to his shoulder and went shuf
fling up the incline, while the white
roustabout dragged himself to the top
of the bank and lay down.
"Tell the cap'n I quit," ho panted.
"Ain't got nothin' comin' t' mj; owe it
all t' th' bar. Born here n this town
guess I' got back t' stay. Ye're a
good nigger, Canary, a damn good
nigger."
The whistled shrieked and the bell
clanged slowly, just as "Canary Jim,"
showing his ivories and singing his ju
bilee song "Holla, niggah, holla hoo
o hoo," trotted lazily up tho gangplank.
Then the new Idlewild backed away
from the landing, and went flying up
the river.
"The prettiest little boat I ever saw,"
remarked a bystanderat the landing, as
she steamed out of sight around the
river bend.
Joseph A. Sargent.
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