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lay down their carriage, the foil bod,cd
family coach d~indling into a chariot.
neNt into a fly. aud then into a sedan
char. She dad not shade Il OF art,stic,l.
, ~, like certain household economists from
White 10 Whitley brown, dark brown. and
so on, TO none at all. She left II oil As
one might leave off walking on the tor OF
a house, or on slide, OF on plank With
a further end TO it; tha, Is TO saw, slapdaSb
all nj once, without a momruts warnin,-
She gave 1t up. TO speak appropriately. an
the lump. She dropped t.-as Corior,l
INN let fall has hat, dab. II y,ni.bej
As The French say. tool sweet From the
3oth OF November, ls|O. no, an ounce Of
sugar TO use Miss Morbid expression
ewes darkened her doors
The truth was. she had been r-escn,
The day before a. an Anti slavery Meet,
ing; aud had listened 10 iec,uring kba-
ihonist. who had drawn her sweet tooth
root aud branch Gu, OF her head. Thence.
iorth sugar, or a. she called ~. 'shu-rcr '
"ss no longer white, or brown. IN her
eyes. but red, blood fed-an abonlinatiao
to indulge IN which would CONVEX, 4
Christian INTO practical CannibAl. Ar.
c9rdingly she made vow, under the in
huence Of moist eyes aud refined feelip-s
ths' the sanguinary article should never
more enter her lips or her house: and tn.
pretty parody OF the famous Berlin De-
cree against our Colonial produce wa, p.
gidly enforced. However other, ui,L,
couniensnce the practice of the Save
owners by "shugger, she Vas resolved
Tor her own part, that mo suffering sable
son o! Africa should ever Use UP against
her out OF cup OF Tea 20
In the meantime. the cook and houye.
maid grumblcd in concer, a, the rroh,li.
ton; they naturally thought IT vcrv hard
10 be deprived OF d luxury Which they on
Joyed at their own proper cost, and 5tla.,
only consented 10 remain an the service
on condition that he priyaiion should be
handsomely considered IN their wages
With the hope of beng similarly rcrcm.
bered IN her will the poor relations Of Mi,,
Morbid continued to dun. the ,.warf,
without u Inch she administered 10 them
every Sunday. under the name of Tes.
and Hoger,h would have desired no BET.
ter subject for picture than was present.
ed by their phyhosnomIes. Some pu.s-
ed Up their hps a. II resolved that tie
nauseous beverage should never enter
them, others compressed their mouths, as
1t 10 prevent 1t from rushing out again.-
One took IT minclngly. in sips.-another
SuIped II down IN desperation "a third
IN nj oil absence, continued TO STIR vsT,
'uperiluou'ly With his spoon: and there
WA one .hrssd old gentleman Who by
l't'le dsx'erouS by-play. used 10 bcs,oW
the favour OF his small souchon, on a
.Ick gerlnium. Now and then an aston.
ished stranger would retain rbalC rupfl
OF the black dose ia his mouth and stare
round al his fellow guests. as # ,ar,il,
putting 10 them the very question, OF Ma
thess's lOrkshIreman ~ tie H. All coach
company, oop or doom
The greatest sufferers however. were
Miss Morbid's two nephews still "a tbc
morning of their youth. and bov-lIkc far
more inclined 10 sip The sweets than
10 hal the dawn" They had fcrncrI,
looked on their Aun,s house as peculiar.
~ Duice DSmum Prior 10 her sudden
conversion. she had been famous tor the
manufacture OF n son Of hard bake com
monty called To6y OF Tai, but now
alas. I1hy was not az home and there
vas nothing e,,e to invite call Curlri
tart - tart indeed without SUGAR ana a.
for green goosebcrrles they alwa,s tasted
a. the young gentlemen Affirmed. like
quart OF berries shapenod Co riu' IT,
short, At always required six pcunywor'h
OF lolIIpoPes and buliseye,. a ii,A If b.
ney. dep Of 'reacle and pick at . no
cefs hogShead, 10 sweeten ayisit II Aunt
Mofb.ds.
To tell tie truth, her own temper .ar
Ell a little under the pfohbiu3n -,
could not persuade tie sugar eater, that
they were Impoverished Of Iracu,
'ng. OF even ldmiupghcr selidcutai the,
laughed at ct. aud wicked Wsge,rn COM
pared her. "a silusi0n 90 her scetsi', anf
her PUNaiIon. 60 crab without i4c nip.
Pers. She peDeNered note itbstaH 90
her ~ stem and 10 ihc cons'arcs uituar.
tyr added something 81 TIE WillDlness ofs
bigot-indsed 70 WAS limited by r,'rlr.
snd psttoBesses Of White shaut,,s t.-
European objects had not their ..Ii.!af,
40 her heneSolenCe. She W. "a, .frI
ncntly the friend ui TIE black. How
beat Tor all her sacuhOes. n1tsls,L 50.
ssefled from their sable back Ste o..
Disguised her acquaintance tickensJ Der.
Trends and gwen Der ow deafli'ls re.
Phe~s The stomsrh.sobe RVt.ut s..Iry
t(usshy iIom ohe cot Of ihe dI4ttt stlp.
Of iivening single kiok from ile st.u.
% Naubo. IicrRrocer conn laiucd loudly
90 beng cslled r drslef ID human g..s
yet not one boz hcai the less easIut.I.
ed from tho IlsnEuYns IS an tl.af
common 90 ell her class she u.ist..9A q
negative fora positive punolpis and lef-
susded het'sii ihsi by DOT preserving
dAm'on' she preserved tbc Nisker fts.
by not sWeoieuing her own cup. che a4.
dulo,iyinz The ioi VI I'll her ..Yle 5fetlfs.
In bondage.
She peuevefed 90 setting Der face a.
gaiust sugar tnstesd ~ slavery ag8in.f
the plant instead of ihe PLANTER snt bed
actually 4bstained for .ix month from
the forbidden article when a ,uCuu