Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-04-10

! promised de spert TO keep in and not say
muffin to nobody about his comm here, cePt
case some OBJ de niggers seed him too' den
| might tell EN- about it, purwden, he sald'
| told dem in de dark, for dat was his way.
Den he told me to 90 in, and not look no
more. and den he move off Iitlle way, and
! comes in. Ar,er a while couldn't stand
it no longer, and jis peeps out l'I-
lie bit, and dere he was right under MISS
Emma's winder, and it was open too,
know'd; and dere he stood slingln' his
hand lis so, wild some,hin white IN 1t, and
slings dat, and i, fotch up righ, in Miss En-
mas winder. Dis seed wild my own two
eyes, and jumps up and rush TO her door,
and, Missus, it was bewilched, for could
no more open it, dan | could take up dis
house and cary it out into dat cotton
feld.'
Did Emma hear you p asked Mrs. F.
Yes indeed, for Eolch de door sich d
lick, and | says 'Oh Miss Emma he is gwne
to come a, you Oh Miss Emma my ba-
by, my baby!' and wild dat she opens de
door, and she says, ooh Aunt Ludy yon
have been dreamin. It's all dream And
she forch me in and sot me down, and axed
me whs, I'd seed, and den, don't you think
she laughed and said she know'd it was all
a dream; and arier awhile she tells me to
90 wild her to de winder and look out for
de speri,, and couldn't make her stop all
could do
sWeIl did she too see anything p said
the lady.
mo Bress de baby,' said Ludy. Il. isn''
for her TO see such awful sights. Its only
given to per.icular people like me. But
when told her what de sperit SAID, she
told me we had better keep in a. night, for
We dldn', know what nigh. happen. All,
Missus, lis terrible thing TO be favored
like me, and born wild power ob seein su-
pers,i'ons
No doub,,' said Mrs. F. laughing, 'but
you are through your story now, Ludy.
so 60 aud ge, my coffee and then will
make my toilet
| The baby,' Emma Fontaine, was an only
daughte very giddy and romantic, but
young and unsuspec'ing. She had just Ie-
turned home from boarding school. bear
| ing with her To the domestic domicile ma
ny accomplishments, but unfortunately a
reheIlious spirit, and strong dislike to pa
rental discipline. Nor was this all. In
the romantic language Of the day, heorI
had been entrusted to her keeping, in
short, she had formed an attachment, and
unfortunately one go utterly imprudenl lha,
she was ashamed to name her lover 10 her
friends, lest an inquiry might have been in
lroduced to so undesirable an acquaintance
Mr.. Maxwell Bassett, the gentleman in ques
ton, was a fellow of low birth. who re-
sided generally in New Orleans, and be-
Ionged to that class Df individuals charac-
terIZed as having sable terminatIons. Hap
penlng to have distant relation among the
Young ladies at the boarding school al
-, he often visited it, and there, for
The first time, saw the ddrk-eyed daug ghter
Of Mr.. Fonaine. Emma was young and
impuSve, and romantic attachment sprang
up almost Instantly. 1t was not long be-
and was, To his astonishment, accepted bv
The lhoughlless girl. When Emma conf
den,iaIly informed Bassett's relative Of The
state of affairs, she was surprised and in
dlgnant that girl should speak so Of
relalve,' and all the representations she
heard in reference his character, were
sci down as the result of jealousy or pre-
judicc. To be sure, her 'sdored MAXWELL
was not exactly to her mind in all things;
and i! was not polite to slip out oaths in
her company but then where can we
NEE, with perfection p Thus every warm
ing was thrown away, or answered only
with those sickIy lines Of Moore,
Il know not, | ask not, if quilts in that heart
but know that love thee, whatever thou art
Miss Emma might not have been altogether
llallere had she been able to read the in
deliberate pan he b ad laId down his rule
of conduct. Emma, he argued, was an on
ly daughter, aud the idol Of her parenls.-
Besides her father was very rich. II was
not worth while, certainly, for an individual
IN his, Mr.. 3asseits station of life, to ask
the palernat relative for his blessing and
consent to their union. But then that union
nig ght take place without this superfluous
consent, and once accomplished, The way
was clear. 1t would no, be possible for the
parents to remain long indignant at an only
daughter, particularly when her youth might
be an excuse for any rash step; so, Of
course, she would be invited home, and
then, as i.'s we'll always to make the best
of things Mr.. Basselt would De invited too,
and sit down in comfortable quarters for
life, the old man footing his bills and MAX
ing many lit.le convenient sacrifices for aPe
pearance sake. But
'The best laid plans of mice and men
Gang aft ajee,'
and the sudden illness of Mrs. Fontaine re-
called Emma home the very evening whose
twilight star was to have beamed upon her
as Mrs. Basselt. or course, however: she
said nothing about her disappointment, still
cherishing the hope that her lover would