Excerpt: ... old negro bound to the tree, "who have we here? This must be old Ochee 37 himself, whom the Lord has Pg 181 delivered into our hands. Hark ye," he added, proceeding to unbind him, "where do you come from?-or are you in reality the evil one, whom these infidel red-skins worship?" "Oh, no, Massa, I a'ant no evil sperrit. A sperrit hab not flesh and bones as you see me hab." "Nay," returned the coarse-hearted soldier, "that reasoning won't serve your purpose, for there is precious little flesh and blood about you, ...
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Excerpt: ... old negro bound to the tree, "who have we here? This must be old Ochee 37 himself, whom the Lord has Pg 181 delivered into our hands. Hark ye," he added, proceeding to unbind him, "where do you come from?-or are you in reality the evil one, whom these infidel red-skins worship?" "Oh, no, Massa, I a'ant no evil sperrit. A sperrit hab not flesh and bones as you see me hab." "Nay," returned the coarse-hearted soldier, "that reasoning won't serve your purpose, for there is precious little flesh and blood about you, old man. The most you can lay claim to is skin and bones." Hansford, who had been standing a little distance off, was attracted by this conversation, and turning in the direction of the old negro, was much surprised to recognize, under such horrible circumstances, the quondam steward, butler and factotum of Windsor Hall. Nor was Giles' surprise less in meeting with Miss Virginia's "buck" in so secluded a spot. It was with difficulty that Hansford could prevent him from throwing his arms around his neck; but giving the old man a hearty shake of the hand, he asked him the story of his captivity, which Giles, with much importance, proceeded to relate. But he had scarcely begun his narrative, when the attention of the insurgents was attracted by the approach of two horsemen, who advanced towards them at a rapid rate, as though they had some important intelligence to communicate. FOOTNOTES: 37 The evil spirit, sometimes called Opitchi Manitou, and worshipped by the Indians. Pg 182 CHAPTER XXV. "Who builds his hope in air of your fair looks, Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast." Richard III. The new comers were Lawrence and Drummond, who, as will be recollected by the reader, were left in Jamestown to watch the proceedings of the Governor, and to convey to Bacon any needful intelligence concerning them. Although he had, in the first impulse of triumph after receiving his commission, confided fully in the promises of...
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"Hansford" is a period piece and would be of interest to those studying antebellum history and literature. Many people confuse this St. George Tucker with his grandfather. This St. George Tucker lived for a time in Ashland, Virginia. Born in January of 1828, this St. George Tucker was son of Henry St. George Tucker, a legislator, congressman, and judge in the early years of the Republic. His brother was the Hon. John R. Tucker, also a lawyer, teacher, and congressman. His uncle, John R. Tucker, was a Confederate Naval hero of the battle of Sailor?s Creek. Ashland?s Mr. Tucker studied three years at the University of Virginia in the mid-1840s and then transferred to William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia, to study law under another uncle, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker. He was clerk of the Senate of Virginia 1851-52 and clerk of the House of Delegates 1852-59. In the mid-1850s, he established the Ashland Male Academy and finally in 1859, he resigned his post as clerk and devoted full time his famous but short-lived academy. According to one of his students writing about him in 1891, he taught classes in mathematics, history and French. Mr. Tucker?s literary works included poetry, the novel, "Hansford: A Tale of Bacon?s Rebellion," republished later under the title, "The Devoted Bride," and a song, 'The Southern Cross,? that became a favorite Civil War era song. In the mid-1850s, Tucker lived with his wife Elizabeth and four small children at 304 N. Center Street in Ashland, Virginia. When the South was preparing for war in 1861, St. George Tucker organized the Ashland Grays, (which became Company E of the Fifteenth Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment) closed his school, and went to war. He in died in Charlottesville, Virginia, of disease contracted while at war January 24, 1863. This information came in part from ?St. George Tucker,? William and Mary Quarterly, 1st ser., vol.3 (January 1898), p.193; "Autobiography of St. George Tucker Brooke Written for his Children,? unpublished manuscript, [Mss2B706al at the Virginia Historical Society], p.14; and various deed and land tax records in Hanover County Virginia; See "Ashland, Ashland: The Story of a Turn-of-the-Century Railroad Town," by Shalf.
