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Coudersport, Pa.; will attend the several
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- ALLEGANY - HOUSE,
13-13{L'EL 3IILLS, Proprietor,
Potter Co., Pa., seven miles north of Coo
derskortiou the Wellsville Road. 9:44
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, THE PATTER OF LITTLE FEET.
Up with the sun at morning,
. Away to the garden he hies, ,
To see if the sleepy blessei . dis
Have began to open tilt eyes, •
Running a race with the wind,
With it step as light altieet, •
me v window I hear
The patter of little feetl •
Now to the brook he wanders.
In swift and noiselesS flight; • '
Sphisliinr , the sparkling ripples
Like a fairy water-sprite.
No sand under fithled river,
Has gleams like his golden hair,
No pearly.sea-shell is fairer
Than his slender tinkles bare; •
Nor the rosiest sterni i of coral.
That blushes on ocean's heti,
Is sweet as the flush that fdllows
. Our darling's airy tread.
From a broad windciw my neighbor
Looksdown on our littlecot,.
And watches the 'ipipor man's blesSing"- ,
I cannot enry,lll,s lot.
He has pictures, bocilis and nrisie,
Bright fountains find noble trees,
Flowers that blossom in rages,
Birds from beyond tats F,e4.5
Bat.never 'dues Childish laughter
llis homeward footsteps greet,
His stately balls ne'er echo
To the tread of innocent feet.
This child is our "Speaking
A birdli!ig that Chatters
Sometimes a sicepiti,g churn]
(Our other one has wings.
His heart is a charthed cask,
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Full of all thnt's' , 'Funning
And no harp-string! hold su l A
As follovrs his twink-ling 4
When the glory of sunset op l i
The highway by Ungels tr
And seems-to utiPari the City
Whose builder 'and maker'
Close to the crystal portal,.
. _
I see by the gates !of pearl
The eyes of our other angel=
e A twinhorn - little lila
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- And I asked to be viught, u. d directed
To guide his footsteps arkht,
, Se that I be aceotinted worthy
To walk in''sandals of liga,
Aml hear amid songs or welCome
From ruessengers . trusty ai4d fleet,
On the .tarr y door of Ileaveu,
The palter of little feet •
g' , fit 0 talf.
A i'ENV SCENES PROM A. TROE 11187013. Y
ALFRED NOBLE had grown up to. man.
''hood ainoug, the roCks, and hills ofa New
England village. A year spent in Mobile,
ealpioye.d in the duties of aelerk, had not
mercialaccustomed him tu the dull routine of coin
i
l life. He longed for the sound of
brooks and the fresh air of the hills. It
was, therefore, with great pleasure that
he received from his emplOyer a inessag•-:
to be conveyed to a gentleman who lived
in the pleasantest suburb of the city. It
was one of those bright Autumnal days
when the earth seems to-rejoice conscious
ly in the light that gives her beauty.
Leaving behind him the business quar
ter of the town, he passed through pleas
ant streets bordered with bees, and Al- -
Must immediately _found himself amid
scenes clothed with all the freslineSs or
the country. Handsome mansions
. here
and there dotted the.landscapei ivith. prat
tly like parks, enclosin,, ,, orange trees and
magnolias. 'surrounded
,with hedges of
kolly, in whose foliage numerous little
hlraging birds were bpsy.iu thelsunshinM
The young than looked at thesedivellina's
c
with an exit's longing ; at his heart. fie
imagined groups of parents and children,
brothers and sisters, under those shelter
int,-e, roofs, all strangers to him, tin orphan,
alone in the world. . The pensiveness of his
i
mood gradually gave place to more cheer-,
fulthoughts. Visions of prosperous busi
ness and a happy home rose before him, as
he walked briskly toward the hills south of
the city. The intervals between the houses
increased in length, and he soon .found
himself in a little forest of pines. { Emerg
ing from this, he came suddenly in sight
of an elegant white villa, with ealonnaded
portico and spacious verandas. r _ He ap
proached it by a path through l a grove, I
the termination of which had grown - intO
the semblance of Gothic arch; by ; the im.,
_terlacing of two trees,. one • with glossy,
evergeen leaves, the other yellowiwith tints.
l of autumn. Vines had clawbeietl to the
top. and hung it with light •festeons-from
the branches.- The foliage, r fluttering in
I a gentle breeze,. caused successive ripple's
of Sub-flecks,. which chased_each other
over trunks and. boughs, and_ineCt . iti
wayward dance with the sbadoWs, on the
ground. ; , ,
, _,_
F:. A. JONES
Arrested by this unusual ecunbination
of light and shade, color and form„ the
young man stood still for a
,moment to
gaze upon it. - Be was thinking to Morn
self that . nothing could add to the peifec
tion of its beauty, when suddenly there
came dancing under the arch a.figure that
seemed like ; the fairy of those loons, a
spirit of the mosses and Nines. Slae .wag
a child, apparently five or six yearn Old,
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picture,"
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LOO LO
SCENE
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY ) TA, TEURSDAY, JULY 22, '1858.,
with large brown eyes, and al profusion of
dark haw; Her gypsy. hat, tornaMented
with scarlet ribbons and a garland of red.
roily-berries, hail fallen back - op hershould
ers, and her cheeks were flushed with ex
ercise. A . pretty little white dog . was
with her,. leaping up eagerly for a cluster
of holly-berries which she plaYfully shook
above his head. She whirled swiftly
round and round the friekinglaninial, her
long red ribbons flying on the breeze, and
then she paused all aglow, swaying - herself
back and forth, like a flower On its stem.
A flock of doves, as if attracted toward
her, mule swooping down froM the sky,
-revolving in graceful curved above her
head, their white breasts glistening in
the sunshine. The aerial nacivemeats of
the child were so full of life and joy, she
.was so in harmony with the golden - day,
the wavering vines, and the circleing doves,
that the whole scene seemed like an alle
gro movement in music, and she a charm
ino. little melody floating through it all.
'Alfred stood like one enehautcd. - He
feared to speak or move, lest the fairy
should vanish from mortal presence.. So ,
, the child-and the dog, equally unconesious 1
l of a witness, continued thqr graceful
gambols for several minutes. 1 An older 1
man might have inwardly pnitralized'on
the folly of the animal, apingi hittimuity ,
in thus earnestly striving after 4hat would
yield no,nourishment when obtained. But
Alfred was too young and too happy' to
moralize. The present mothent was all
sufficient fur him, and stood 1.41 there in
its fulness, unconnected with past or fu-.
ture. This might - haVe lasted !long, had
not the child been attracted bit the. dove
shadows, and, looking up to ivatch the
flight of the birds, her eyes encountered
the young man. A whole heart - . full of
sunshine was in the smile with !which he
greeted her. But, with a startled toiolr,
she turned quickly and ran away; and the
dog, still full of frolic, went bo4nding by
herside. As Alfred tried to pursue their),
a bough . knocked Off his hat. 'Without
stopping to regain it, he sprang over a
holly-hedge, and came in view of the ver
anda of a house, just in time to see the
fairy and her dog disappear behitid a trellis
covered with the evergreen folift , te of the
Cherokee rose. Vonsciolls of the impro
priety of pursuing her farther, he paused.
to take - breath. As he passed this hand
I through his hair, tossed into masses by
Routing against the wind, he heard a
voice from the veranda es.claitn,--,
" Whither so fast, too Leo? ' Come
here, Loo Loci!"
Gianeiog upward, he saw a patrician
looking gentleman, in a hand-some morn
ing,-gown, of Oriental fashion,.and slippers
.-iehly ewbroidered. He was reclining on
a lounge with wreathes of smoke floating
before him ; but - seeing the stranger, he
rose, and taking the amber-tubed cigar
from his mouth, he said, half laughing,—
" You seem to be in hot haste, Sir.
Pray, what have , you been hunting ?''
Alfred also laughed. as he replied,—
" I have been chasing a chaining little
7irl,•who world not he caught. Perhaps
she was your daughter, Sir l"
"She is my daughter," rejoined the,
gentleman. " A pretty little witch, is
she not ? you walk in, Sir r'
Alfred thanked hitu, and said that he
was in search of aMr. Ducan, whose
resi
deuce was in that neighborhood.
" I am Mr. Ducan," replied the patri
cian. "Jack, go and fetch the gentle
, man's. hat, and bring e:gars."
A ncgio.obeyed his orders, and, after
smoking awhile on th 4 veranda,
.the two
, mntletnea walked round the grounds.
Once when they approached thehouse,
they heard the pattering of little feet, and
Mr. Ducan called out, with tones of fond
, tiess,- .
• " Come here, Lo . oLoo I Come, darling,
and see the. gentleman• who has been 'nu
lling after
. you
But the shy little fairy ran all the fast
er; and Alfred saw liothing but the long
red ribbons of her gypsy hat, as they float
ed behind her on the wind.
Declining a polite invitation to dine,
he walked back to the city. The impres
sion on his mind had bdo .so vivid; that,
as he walked, there rose ever before him
a visiuu of that graceful arch with waver
ing vines, the undulating flight of the'
silver breasted doves, and the airy motion's
oi' that beautiful child., flow would his
lutenist in the scene have deepened, could
some, 'sibyl have foretol_ ;4, him 'how close
ly die Pates' had' late. 4 -a the destinies
of himself and that loiely little one
When he entered . the
,counting rot*,
he fonnd'his employer inclose conversa
tivu a Wealthy cotton
broker. This. man was - but little :more
than thirty years of age, but the predom
inance Of-animal propensities was stainp
ad upoirlii.4" countenance with :More dis
tinetness.than is usual with sensualities
of twine his age. The oil of . a •theiis4nd
hiltris• seemed -oozing ,thro'- 14.4, pimpled
cheeks; his small gray eye Were set in his
head
,like the ,eyes., of, a, pig; his month'
had,
,the ,expression. of a satyr; . ,
nosey seemed perpetually.. sniffing: the
,sa
vory prophecy of food: - When "the elrfr
h ad' delivered his message, he slapped him
IMIS
familiarly on - shoulder, and* said;---z .
"So you've ,beeii out to Ducan's, , have
yon ?: Ptetty, nest there at • Pine Grove;
and they say: die's got a rare bird in
but...helleeps her -,so close, 'that I could
never catch sight of her. Perhap'S you
got a peep, eh ?"
"T saw a very beautiful, child of Mr.
Ducan's," replied Alfred, •" but did not
see his wife." . - - •
" Thai's -veil- likely," 'rejoined .
than • "because he ilevei bad-any' wife.":
"He
"'Hp L . :aid the little girl' Was his daugh
ter, arid I naturally inferred that he had
a wife.".replied Alfred. - ".That.don't fol
low of coarse, my hosting, "- said - the cot
ton-broker.
" You're green,.yotmg man !
You're green I swear, I'd give .a good
deal to get sight of Duean's Wench, She
must be devilish handsome, or he wouldn't
keep her.so close." .
Alfred Noble had .always felt an in
slinctive.antipathy to this man, who was
often - letting fall some remark that jarred
harshly with his romantic ideas of women,
—something- 'that seemed to insult ,the
memories of a beloved: mother and sister
gone to the spirit-world. But he had
never liked him less than at this moment;
for the shy. wink of his eye,, and, the ex
preSsive leer that accompanied his coarse
wards, were very disagreeable things to
be-associated with that' charming vision
of the circling doves and the innocent
child.
SCENE Ir.
TmEpassed.away,-and with it the av
erage share of changing events. Alfred
Noble became junior partnerin the count
ing -house he had entered as clerk, and
hot long afterward the elder partner died.
Left_ this 'to rely upon his- own energy
and enterprise, the young man, gradually
extended his businesS, and seemed in a
fair way fo realizi his favorite •dreanf of
making a -i'ortune• and returning to the
North.to unary, The subject of Slavery
was then seldom: discussed. North and
South seemed to have; entered into a tacit
agreement to ignore' the topic completely . .
Alfred's experienea wasiike that of most
New Englanders in his situation. Ile
was at first annoyed and pained, by niany
of the peculiarities of Southern society,
and then became gradually accustomed to
them. But his natural sense of justice
Was very strong; ~ and added to the
influence of education, and strength
ened by scenes of petty despotism which
he was frequently compelled to witness,
led him to resolve- that, hp would never
hold a slave. The colored people iu his
employ considered him* their friend, be
cause he was always kinct - and generous to
them. Ile supposed that comprised the
whole duty, and further than that he nev
er reflected upon the subject.
The pretty little picture
; at Pine Grove,
which had made so lively ; an impression
on his imagination, /Ad the more rapid
ly, because unconnected With his affec
tions. But a shadowy semblance of it al
ways flitted through his Memory, when
ever be saw a beautifUl child or observed ;
any unusual combination': of trees and
vices,
Four years after his interview with Mr.
Duczin, business called him to the interior
of the State, and for the sake of healthy
exercise he chose to make the journey on
horseback. His route lay mostly through
a monotonous region of sandy plain, cov
ered with pines, here and 'there varied by
patches of cleared land, in which enormous
dead trees were prostrate, or standing leaf
less, waiting their time to fall. Most of
the dwellings were log-houses, but now
and 'then the white'villa of seine wealthy
planter might be seen gleaming through
the evergreens. Sometimes. the sandy s
soil was intersected by veins, of swamp,
through which muddy water oozed slug,
° -
among -busies and dead logs. In
these damp places flourished dark cypress
es and holly-trees, draped with gray Span
ish moss, twisted around the boughs; and
hanging from them like gigantic cobwebs.
Now•,and then, .the sombre scene was
lighted . with a bit of brilliant color, when
a searletzrosheak flitted from branch to
btatich, or a - red-headed Woodpecker ham
mered at the trunk, of some old tree; to
find where - the insects had intrenchml
themselves: But , nothing pleased, the
eye of the vaveller so much as the holly
trees, with their glossy evergreen foliage,
TA-berries, and - tufts of veidaut•niisletoe.
He had been ridpig all day - , When; late ip
the afternoon,
.an uncommonly . beautiful
holly appeared,;:tcl-terniioate the road. at
the bend where it stood. Its boughs'
were, woven in witlia cypress on 'the oth 7
er.side, by long tangled fringei - of Span;
ash moss. The setting, su'n . shone
ly aslant the iningleefoliage, and lighted
up the,red berries.'whieli gliumiered thro"
the thin drapery.,of moss; like the . coral
ernaments -of , a handsome brunette. seen
through her veil `of enibroidered_laee. ' It
was' "unlike the woodland pietUre 'he had
• eeen'atiPine Grove;-but it reciilled it to
his memory, more froshly.ihan he had seen
it for, ,leng.titue.• : . He - watched the pe 7
culiar effects of sunlight;. chauging,,ns. he
iiiip•roielied the tree,
,and the thiSire:gresi
strong to have the tairy. like
child and the freliesome dog make their
Ili
!!
appearance beneath that swinging canopy .
of illuminated moss-, ',lf his nerves hut'
been in such a stateithat fornis in the
mind could have taken outward shape, he
would have realized the vision so distinct
ly
palmed on, his imagination. Btit he
was. well, andstrong;therefore 'he saw
nothing m;
butblue strong;
flapping away)
among the cypresses, and a flock' of tur-,
kPy zzards soaring high above the trees,
with easy and graceful flight. Ills tho'ts,
however, continued biisy with the picture
that had heenl so viridly recalled.
. recollected having heard, sometime before,
of Mr. .I.)uptiniS. death, and; he queried
within himself what had become of I
beautiful child. '
Musin• -, Mins he rode under the fantas
tic festoons lie!, had been admiring, and
saw at his rig it hien() gentle descent.
!a ,a
' where a suna stream of water glided
downward over mossy, stones. Trees on
either side interlaced.their boughs over
it, and formed a vista, pool, dark.,..and sol
emn as the aisle
. of some old • Gothic
church. • A. !figure Moving upward, by
the side of the l'ittle brook, attracted hiS
attention'andj he - checked his horse to in
quire whether the people 'at the nearest
hotise would entertain h stranger. - for the
"night.. When the figure approached near:
er,,hc saw that it w..s a slenderibare.foot
ed 'girl, carrying a pail of water. As - she
emerged` frem the 'dim .aisle of' trees, a
gleam of the Setting stin shone across her
face for an inStant. and imparted a lumin
ous glory to .her large brown eyes. Shad
inf,'them with her hand, she paused tim
idly before the ,stranger, and answered
his inquiries. 1 The 'Modulation' - of her
tones suggest r ed a degree of rdfinemput
which lie, had not expected : to 'pectin
that lonely re - gion, He gazed at her so
intently, that her! eyeisciu6'7•lit the ground,
and their long dark• fringes rested 'on
bhishing = cheeks. ' What was .it those
eyes recalled? They tantalized, and elu
ded his memory. "My good girl, tell
me what is your Itaine," ' he Said.
" "she replied bashfully; and
added, "I will shotv you the way to the
house."
" Let me carry the Water for .you,"
said the kind-hearted traveller. He dis
mounted for the purpose, -but she resist
ed his importunities, saying that she
would be very, angry with her.
" And who' , is sloe ?" he asked. "Is
she your mother ?"
"Oh, no indeed r." was the hasty reply.
"I there."
The dis.claitimr was sudden and earn
est, as if the question struck on a wound
ed nerve. - Her eyes swam with -tears.
and the remainder of her answerwas sad
and reluctant l in its tones. The child
was so delicately formed, so shy and sen
sitive, so very i beaixtiful, that - she bad fas
cinated him strongly.. He led his horse
into the lane.she had entered, and as he
walked by her Side he continued.-to ob
serve her, withl the most lively interest.--
Her motions were listless and languid, I
but flexile as a willow. They puzzled
him, as her eyes had done ; for they seem
ed
to .remind him' of something he had
seen in a half-forgotten dream.
They soon came in sight. of the house,
which was built °flogs, but larger than
most houses of that description; and two
or three huts in the rear indicated that
the owner possessed slaves. An open
porch in front was shaded by the project
ing roof, and there-two dingy, black-nosed
dogs-were growling and tousling each oth
er. Pigs ~ rete rooting the .ground, and
among them rolled a black baby, envel
oped in a bundle of dirty rags. The trav
eller waited while -Lciuise went into the
' house to enquire whether entertainment
, could bl:furnished for himself and horse.
'lt was some tittle before the 'proprietor ofl
1- the establishment made lila- appearance.
At last he came slowly sauntering round
the end, of the house, his hat tipped on
one side, with a rowdyish air. He was
accompanied .by e a large ddg, which rush
ed in among the pigs; biting their - ears
and 'making them race about,. squealing
piteously. Then -he seized hold of the I
bundle of rags containing the black baby,
and began to drag it over the ground, to
the no small astonishment of the baby,
who added his screech' to the charivari of
the pigs. With loud Sholits of laughter,
Mr. Jackson cheered on the rough ani
mal, and was so Much entertained by the
scene, that he seemed to hare forgotten
the -traveller entirely. ,When at last
his-eye sestetl upon, him, ‘he 'merely es-,I
" That'S'a hell of a dog I " and i
began to call, ".Stahnyl . " again. The ne
. gro wonian came) and 'snatched 'her
babe, casting a furtive glance at her mas 7
ter, as she did 8(4 and making her-escape
. .
as quickly
.as possible, Towzer, being
engaged with-the pigs et 'that moment,
allowed her in depart unmolested-; - arid
,soon came tack . 4 his 'master, iiagg,ing
his tail; and/ looking, up as if. eipeeting.
praise forl4.iierthrtnancesi , ..
.The, traveller, availed himself of this
season of ciniet.to.ienew inquiries.
" said . 3ir. 'yraeksOn "I
-reckon
ice odui.44 Arliar: dr ye
from, stranger ? " -
Mr. Noble having
Mated "whar" he
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was from, was required to tell "wirae- he:l ,
was' going, whether he,owed that :igik
of horse-tlesh," and whether he wanted", -
to sell him. Ilaving : aniure c .red all thesec
interrogatories in a 'satisfactory natiriner, - ,
he was ushered into the ..b.mise.
The - interior was rude and =slovenly„'
like the exterior.- The - doers Were opened;
by wooden latches with leather st - rino,::
;and sagged so much !their Wooden'
hinges that they were usually left open •
to avoid the .difliculty of -Shutting theme
;Gutts. and, fishing-tackle Fivers on the ,
w alls,. and the seats Were wooden-benches.-
or leather ; bottomed chaitis.' t 1
,tall,
:woman, with- red hair, and n seftre as.; •
na - et, was busy mending garment. 7T
When 'asked if the trmieller could be prof
Vided with suppet;, she curtly; replied that
she. reckoned so" i and, without. further'
parland,e or salute, *OA out to give ' - or- S .
filers. Immediately afterward, her shrill.
. gill'
votce Was heard calling gut,
put the lixens on the: table."
The :;(01" who obeyed the surnmeos,•
proved 'to
.be the sylph-like child that . .had,
guided the traveller to the house. To.
lie expression Of listlessnes and desolaz
'don which he had previously *noticed,
there was. hot addeda bolt Of bewilder•
nlent and fear., -..- He thought she' Might,'
perhaps, be a step-claugh teed :11Irs.- JaCk
son ; but how ceuid so coarse a . maireg
his ho'st be the father of so _much - gentle:
-
.tress and grace?
" While supper was being preatredi
S. entered into conversation: with his
guest abdut the usual topicS' in thiaOre
gion—the prices of cotton and I"niggers."
Ie frankly laid operild's own history-ana
prospects, stating that -he was: 'fetched
up' in Western:Tennessee' where hewn.
ed bat two Iniggers? A rich' uncle_had
died in Alabama, and, he had - come itr;ibi,
a: portion of his wild land and ‘niggers'.4
So he concluded to move South and- take':
possession. Mr. Noble courteously Soil
a
tain his share of the conversation;--but
his eves involuntarily , followed the' inter;
esting child, as she pissed is and out to .
arrange the supper-table. ' :•:-
" roe seem to fancy LeewiZzYr said
Mr. Jackson,_ shaking the,ashes frord hie
P"O- • '
.
I hi - a handso rp erobild,"
kave never seen
feplied'Air. Noble. "Is she yittir (laugh:,
ter?" , •
,s . •
"No, sir; , he's my;; nigger, '' wai.thei
brief response. . • ;.
_
The young girl reentered tie room at. •
that moment, and the ;statement seetned
So incredible that theltravello . ,eyed:her
NVith a scrutinizing • glance, Striving in
vain to find some traCe-. of c hired, an
cestry,
"Come here, Leewizzy," . said -her tuas.i
ter. " What d'ye 'keep per eyes-on the
ground for? - You 'a'n't crotne occasion
'En
to be ashamed o'yer eyes. Hold up .
head, now, and look the gentle an the -,
face." • " •,
She tried to-obey, but native timidity
overcame the habit - of subalision, .and,
after one shy
g lance at the stranger, 'her
eyelids lowered, and their long derlf
fringes-rested on blushing cheeks.
I "I reckon-ye don't often see{ a pecitier.
piece of flesh," said Mr. Jacksein.. "..
While he was% speaking, hie wife had
come in from the , kitchen, followed bra
black woman with a dish .Of sweet vita.,
tees and,some hot corn cakes: She made ,
her present manifest by giving"Leewilii
zy" a violent push, with the exclamation,
ar ye standing that' -fork yer lazy
Wench l .Go. and help Dinah bring in the
tixens." Then turning toiler . \husband,',
she said, "You'll make a fool 4' that at.
gal. It's high time she was sold: Sites .,
no,account here." . - -"-
Mr. Jackson ga:e a 'knowingwink at
i i i
his guest, and remarked, "Wo er-folks .
are ginerally glad enoughto hav :niggers
to wait on 'mu; but ever sence
~t r l iat gal
come into the house, my.old, omits
been in a desperate harry to have me!sell
her. But such an article.don't liiie noth
ing by waiting awhile. r r "some
thoughts. of takinir a tramp to Texas -.one
o' thsse days; and I reckon a prime fancy
article, like that ar would bring a fust
rate price in New Orleans." • „i ::
The subject of his disconrac was listen
ing to what he said; and partly from tre
mor at the import of his words, aild _part
ly froM the fear that she should:not place
the dish of bacon and eges'to please her
mistress, she tipped it in setting it dowla,.
so that some of the fat was spilled . 'upen
the table-cloth. Mrs. Jackson se&ed ler
1 and slapped her hard, several tiMes,..nn
both sides of her' head. "- The-frightened
child, tried to escape, as soon - as 'Abe was
released .frotu her grasp, but;_heing or-,
defed to remain and wait upon i 4 fable,
she stood behind her mistress, -carefully
`suppressing her sobs, though un t iblOz.P
keep back.'the- tears that trickled .down
her cheeks, The traveller yfas.. - „l4ingil;
but this sight was .a daMPei upo n ' his
. He was indignant itseeingsrieli
a timid young creature so rouedy.;hri
died ; but, he dared not to give .utterance
to: his emotion.% for fear otlinpreasinglbe
persecution to which she ; was sail, petftd.
Afterward: when- his -host i and.: , ostess
Were - absent from' the room, atul iibuise
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