The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-05-18
''' Written for the Ohio Star.
Angelique, The Quadroon Girl.
OR,
Bondage Without Chains.
CHAPTER xl.
Mas. DEBORAH PARKlssos.
BY MRS. II. L. BosTwIcK.

a stlfa free thorgn seek expression,
Speak it boldly, speak It all. GALLAGHER. i
One day Mr.. Herbert. with a whimsical look of
surprise aud chagrp handed his daughter aletter
he had received from, the Post Office. It was
from Mr.. Ephraim Parkinson. of Parkinson's Mills,
Ohio and con,ained the Information that the .writ
ter's wife vasa relative of Mr.. Herbert, ndwoud
shortly visit b. IN al his plantation. The leiterPro-
ceeded to say that Deborah was afraid he might
not remember her, though they had gone to school
and played together great deal when they, were
children I; and as her health was rather poor from
hard work in the dairy season. and, moreover as a
neighbor was going down 10 Orleans who would
see TO her baggage, he thought it best that she.
should go and getaway fromFcare, and seeGa little
of the world . 7.,...>..as,-. :-ts;s . s-
Here was new thing under the sun. Mr..
Herbert, after good deal of excataiiag among the
memories of the past. succeeded in bringing tolight
the image ofa certain Debbie ThomT son. who in
the years spent in Vermont. had been his school
fellow and companion. How she became inform
ed ofhs present residence he could not ure,
and if the truth We're spoken, the refined and ex-
elusive planter felt little pleasure in the prospect of
such reunion. Mrs. Cartwright, too, was quite
indignant at this intrusion upon her genteei nom
entity, and awoke from visir ms of an enormous fat
woman, in calico dress and shoching tow-hide
shoes, resolved to avoid the nflction by passing
her time in the city - But Constance, always
enthusiastic student of human nuture, and free
from the contemplate pride that might have whs-
pered of position compromised by the appearance
of relative tleau fail to the customs of FASH
ionahle llfe was delighted with the idea of visi-
tor, fresh as she supposed. Fl ON the backwoods.
| i am sure we shall fiud her warm hearted old
IIady,' said she to her father, sor she would not
take the pains to come 10 US, and |, for one, shall
give her hearty welcome.'
Two days after, n hack from the neighboriug
town stopped at the planters gate and Mrs. Park
inson, in propria personae-alighting tnerefrom,
made her way to the house. She proved tall,
1 spare gentle woman of fifty, with a fgnre not
acrIy flowing in its outlines, and face, cheerful
and benevolent in expression, well as suggestive
of the valunble quality, termed hard sense Un-
like Mics Ophelia ST. Clare she had never tied up
her opinions, eocal, political, and religious in sep
arate pacages, labeled and laid away like patch
work. On Ike contrary she Kept them always
9 about her, rubbed bright with use. and ready to
receive additions or notifications as her judgment
I dictated. She had no idea that the word had
2 reached the highest point of wisdom of which il
4 was capable, but although she had seen halfa cen
i tury, expected to learn great deal more before
4 she died.
T She shook hands warmly with Cousin Ralph
who received her with extreme poliieness. kissed
Constance and little Jamie, and was then shown
10 her room to diyest herself of her riding suit
Thence, in incredibly short time she emerged
rejoicing in bright new cinnamon coored alpaca
and glossy black silk apron Tint must have cost
: great many pounds of butter, as it reached near
: to the hem Of her Dress and came within a fe,
nches of meeting behind. Affer recapitulaling til
: haps and msl,aPs of her journey. and walking tn
length of the veranlah 10 rest herself, she return
" ed to the parlor, and cau,iously sinking into tn
' velvet depths of an easy chair. drew from her RET
icle stocking belonging TO her absent lord, whc
was undergoing the economical process Of fooiing
}; This however was allowed to lie idly in her lal
while che became for a time absorbed in hal