CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | [9] |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Jo Norton | [19] |
| Lavinia | [28] |
| A Ruse | [36] |
| The Original “Jerry” | [48] |
| A Cool Woman | [52] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Jack Watson | [54] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Uncle Jake | [85] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| George Green, or Constancy Rewarded | [98] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| How Sol. Jones was Left | [124] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Edward Howard | [132] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Plucky Charley | [152] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Statie Lines | [164] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| George Gray | [173] |
JIM JONES IN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP.
INTRODUCTION.
The quiet of a midsummer night had settled down over the city of Washington, when, in August, 1839, a dusky form came, with stealthy tread, from among some buildings not far away, and cautiously approached the eastern entrance to the Capitol. Laying his hand upon the cold steps in the shadow of the great building, Jim Jones, a colored boy of about seventeen, attentively listened as if in expectation of some preconcerted signal.
He had waited but a moment thus, when the hand of a patrol was laid heavily upon his shoulder and the rough query, “What does this mean, you black rascal?” fell upon his ear.
“Dunno, Massa,” was the reply of the startled boy.
“Don’t know, you black imp?”
“No, Massa, dunno what fo’ I was hea.”