sold; but of course the rules of modesty were held in some degrees by the slaves, while it could not be expected that they could entertain the highest degree of it, on account of their condition.  A portion of the time the young men slept in the apartment known as the kitchen, and the young women slept in the room with their mother and father.  The two families had to use one fireplace.  One who was accustomed to the way in which the slaves lived in their cabins could tell as soon as they entered whether they were friendly or not, for when they did not agree the fires of the two families did not meet on the hearth, but there was a vacancy between them, that was a sign of disagreement.  In a case of this kind, when either of the families stole a hog, cow or sheep from the master, he had to carry it to some of his friends, for fear of being betrayed by the other family.  On one occasion a man, who lived with one unfriendly, stole a hog, killed it, and carried some of the meat home.  He was seen by some one of the other family, who reported him to the overseer, and he gave the man a severe whipping.  Sometime afterward this man who had been betrayed thought he would get even with his enemy; so about two months later he killed another hog, and, after eating a part of it, stole into the apartment of the other family and hid a portion of the meat among the old clothes.  Then he told the overseer that he had seen the man go out late that night and that he had not come home until the next morning; when he did come he had called his wife to the window and she had taken something in.  He did not know what it was, but if the overseer would go there right away he would find it.  The overseer went and searched and found the meat, so the man was whipped.  He told the overseer that the other man put it in his apartment while the family were away, but the overseer told him that every man must be responsible for his own apartment.

No doubt you would like to know how the slaves could sleep in their cabins in summer, when it was so very warm.  When it was too warm for them to sleep comfortably, they all slept under trees until it grew too cool, that is along in the month of October.  Then they took up their beds and walked.

JOE AND THE TURKEY.

Joe was a boy who was waiter to his master, one Mr. King, and he and his wife were very fond of company.  Mrs. King always had chickens and turkey for dinner, but at one time the company was so large that they did not leave anything for the servants; so that day, finding that all had been eaten, while mistress and master were busy with the company, Joe killed a turkey, dressed it and put it into the pot, but, as he did not cut it up, the turkey’s knees stuck out of the pot, and, as he could not cover them up, he put one of his shirts over them.  When Mrs. King called Joe, he answered, but did not go right away as he generally did, and when he did go his mistress said, “Joe,