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But I felt solitary too, waiting at Madras for the next ship to England; and in my folly, forgetful of the single aim with which I had come, Jeanie Mackie, to wit, I thought I might as well use my present opportunities, and see what I could of the place and its inhabitants. "With that view, I left my letters at Government House, at Mr. Clarkson's, Colonel Bunting's, Mrs.
MS. copy of Matthew Clarkson's Journal in 1766. Do. Memoirs of the Hist. Soc. of Penn., 1826. Account of first settlements, etc., by John Watson . Do. An admirable account of what such a frolic was some thirty-five years later is to be found in Edward Eggleston's "Circuit Rider." Such incidents are mentioned again and again by Watson, Milfort, Doddridge, Carr, and other writers.
"Wish that was all there was behind it," said the juror on his left. The Jew finished his evidence and went away. The foreman glanced round, and the usher had already got as far as "Signify," when a venerable juror, prompted by Mr. Clarkson's example, interposed.
Aunt Clarkson's last remark came loud and clear: "We shall cure that at Summerford, Dr Short. We're not dull people there, and we've no time for fancies." She smiled, the doctor smiled, they shook hands and both soon went away. Ruth leant her head on her hand. Was there no one who would understand how much she wanted to see the kitchen cat? Would they all talk about fancies?
The latest act of Thomas Clarkson's life has been one which, or rather the occasion for which, it is truly painful to contemplate; but this too must be recorded, or the present historical sketch would be incomplete.
The bodies of the guilty pair were discovered at some distance from the wreck, Mrs. Clarkson's hand being tightly clutched round her companion's throat, while his tongue and eyes protruded fearfully. With sad and heavy heart Clarkson returned to Detroit, and, having gathered together what remained of his former property, prepared to return to Canada.
Clarkson to another substantial juror, he entered into discussion on the comparative merits of dry sherry and champagne-and-bitters. Soon after two they both returned in the comfortable state of mind produced by the solution of doubt. But Mr. Clarkson's doubts had not been solved, and his state of mind was far from comfortable. All through the lunch hour he had been tortured by uncertainty.
But Jim Tenny, his mouth set, his black brows scowling, his hard grasp on Eva's arm, pushed straight through the gathering crowd until they came to Clarkson's stables at the rear of Lloyd's, where he kept his horse and buggy for he lived at a distance from his work, and drove over every morning.
For Clarkson's attention was first called to these things by observing them in the shop window, and on inquiring the use of one of them, the man informed him that many times negroes were sulky, and tried to starve themselves to death, and this instrument was used to force open their jaws.
I think a negro ought to be overhauled every little while to keep him in his place, and that is just the reason why I took the overseership on this plantation." The Hunter. "Well, what caused your boy to run away, Mr. Clarkson?" Mr. Clarkson. "Well he ran away because I gave him an overhauling, to keep him in the place of a negro." Mr. Clarkson's wife.
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