{"product_id":"2940013484269","title":"The Yellow Chief","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PUNISHMENT OF THE PUMP.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To the pump with him!  And see that he has a double dose of it!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe words were spoken in a tone of command, earnest and angry.  They\u003cbr\u003ewere addressed to the overseer of a cotton-plantation not far from\u003cbr\u003eVicksburg, in the State of Mississippi, the speaker being Blount\u003cbr\u003eBlackadder, a youth aged eighteen, and son to Squire Blackadder, the\u003cbr\u003eowner of the plantation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho was to receive the double douche?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNear by stood a personage to whom the words evidently pointed.  He was\u003cbr\u003ealso a youth, not very different either in age or size from him who had\u003cbr\u003egiven the order; though his tawny skin and short crisped hair bespoke\u003cbr\u003ehim of a different race--in short, a mulatto.  And the time--for it is a\u003cbr\u003etale of twenty years ago--along with other attendant circumstances,\u003cbr\u003eproclaimed him a slave of the plantation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd why ordered to be thus served?  As a punishment, of course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may smile at the idea, and deem it a joke.  But the \"punishment of\u003cbr\u003ethe pump\" is one of the most severe that can be inflicted; far more so\u003cbr\u003ethan either the bastinado, or castigation by the lash.  A man may writhe\u003cbr\u003ewhile his back is being scored by the cowskin; but that continuous\u003cbr\u003estream of cold water, at first only refreshing, becomes after a time\u003cbr\u003ealmost unendurable, and the victim feels as though his skull were being\u003cbr\u003esplit open with an axe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat had \"Blue Dick\"--the plantation sobriquet of the young mulatto--\u003cbr\u003ewhat had he done to deserve such chastisement?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe overseer, hesitating to inflict it, put this question to Blount\u003cbr\u003eBlackadder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That's my business, and not yours, Mr Snively.  Enough when I say he\u003cbr\u003ehas deserved; and darn me if he don't have it.  To the pump with him!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Your father won't be pleased about it,\" pursued the overseer.  \"When he\u003cbr\u003ecomes home--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When he comes home; that's my affair.  He's not at home now, and during\u003cbr\u003ehis absence I'm master of this plantation, I guess.  I hope, sir, you'll\u003cbr\u003erecognise me as such.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, sartinly,\" grumbled the overseer.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145648324848,"sku":"2940013484269","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013484269_p0.jpg?v=1763582000","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013484269","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}