The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-05-04

beauty OF IFS shadowiDg shrubbery, and the taste
with which IL was trained but it was the plump
glistening face and joyous of six months
old baby. that first en,iced her as she walked out
one day with Mrs. Marston, to enter its DOORS
Scarcely had she done when the eurIy-headed
fellow put up his hands, and laughed in her face,
so like veritabe human baby, and not a thing,
that might be laid on the scales, and sold in the
market for SO much pound. that frankie could
not resist the temptation to take It and it was soon
dsorganizing her ringlets, ard twisting her rib
bons with freedom that should have satisfied any
reasonable baby, white or black.
Take care,' cried Emily, your WinTale friends
wouldn't countenance this - but frankie, nothing
daunted declared that she actually did think that
if colored babes would always be fat as that one
and always clean and neuer grolr any larger, they
would be quite pretty, if little preitier than
white Of course the delighted mother roll
ed her eyes in paroxysms of gratifed pride at
this, while Emily's mirthful laugh was interrupted
by one of Mammy's grandchildren - Mas'r was
lookin' ebery where for her. to tell her some hing
be should have told yesterday, if he hadn't forgot
it, and Masr Phil had lost his shiugrod and Moth
er or Frankie must come and help him fad it,
IT,,
Emily, and she went away singing, There's nae
luck about the house, leaving Frankie to finish her
call at leisure. Is this little fellow all you have 2?
said she to the woman, who was taking from a chest
| in one corner, nicely starched buff dress, very
capacous in the waist, and excessively short-sIeev-
ed, in which she soon contrved TO array the cack-
| ling baby.
It's all Eve got now Missy,-I had three more;
but ones dead, and ones sold, and give away,
like, to keepit from goin' the rest did, L don't
'spect to merry one in this world
Three children, and all gone from ou. how did
it happen, pray said frankie, with genuine New
England curiosity.
1T ant short story. Missy and I'm afeard
you'll get clean Uneasy with the sorrow of it,
There amt many ladies' like you want to hear a.
bout poor black crittur's Goins' and troubles.'
Well want to hear, and 1 ought to hear said
frankie decidedly, and if you have time, should
be glad 10 have you tell the story now.'
We'll, if Misss will jest sit on this cheer, that's
more kinder steady than that old stool; and jest
tumble the baby to the floor, wouldn't mind if
l told ye about it, whilst Pm done mendin' this
heap of bags that Nas'r fetched in last night
~ SiFilS ilio uduy u Ddil VI IWlne, WITH Which
he soon managed to weave himself into an inextri.
cable network of knots, kinks and loops-V iolet,
for thus was the poor woman named, commenced
her narrative.
L don'no where 1 was born, but I'spect in Vir-
ginny, for ever since can remember, was livin'
there and in kind family at least Mlssis was al
lers kind me, and Mas'r was alters toiin', and
,hinkin', and plannn' to get rich, SO he scarce
ever spoke to me any way. They hadn't but
Child, Miss Gertrude-she was two years Younger
than l was, and was give to her, and told that
she was my Mssis, and when she was little low
ed her. But some how it seemed as if she want
no kin to her mother, and when she was but lit
tie slip of a-gir she would get raw-hde and
crack around among US young ones. It'll we all got
to kinder dreadin' to see her come near US.
When l was eight years old, ! had sister born:
the peartest handsomest baby Thought, that ever
lived. 1 named her Hassie; and she growed up so
good and SO knowin', that ole Mssis sot IA heap
by her, and dressed her almost like little doll.
When Miss Gertrude was growed up, she mar
red and moved away, and went with her. l
was married. too, and had little boy year old
when we moved but my husband couldn't be SPAR
ed on Mas'rs old place, SO went without him.
But want only few miles off, and l could see
him and Hasse tolable, often, go didn't mind it
much.
My new Masr as good man ever
breathed but he diln't live many years, and it
'peared like he didn't have no peace while he did
live. After he died, AIssis showed outall the cru
city there was in her, She took TO ben' drefful
gay, and went about great deal. She had two
chIdren-twIns-one was puny, weakly child, |
and my little boy used to have to tote him about
and take care of him from morning till night. One
day she went out TO visit and took the well child
with her, and me to take care of it, and left the
other at home with Henry. Henry want quito
eight year old. and never was very strong and he
carried it about all the afternoon keep it STILL
and finally it went to sleep, and he laid it on the
bed, and stopped over it to hush if. and SO, poor
boy he was clean tired out, that he dropped to
sleep liis-self right on the pillow by the child
That night Missis fetched young Indies !
home with her, SO walked. and didn't get to the |
house quite as soon as the carriage, but he minute
slept into the door, heard Henry's screams
and Oh Miss frankie it pears like they're ring
in in my head now. I'd seen him beat and kick
ed round before, but never heard him take on So
i"h iISut " tilo IoUHl, duu UeSgeQ HHu CfleU,
and got down my knees to her. but she would
mt stop, till she was tired she couldn't hold on
any longer Oh misss! It's the live truth I'm tsllin
ye-that whppin' killed my little Henry sobbed
Violet wiping her eyes the bngs; he didn't
We two days after if, and when he died asked tn.
Lord to let me die too but he didn't; and after
while, come to think Of my old man and Hasse.
and how she loved me, aud then the g,ief 'peared
to wear off good DEAL
Bime-by Misss married agnin, but her husband
want like The first one-he was jest as passionate
as she was, and sometimes they would both get
mad together, and lay on to the niggers with the
whip, first one and then another aud we wouldn't
know whose turn would come By this time
L bad two more children, and Hassis had a hus-
band and little boy, but didn't see much of her
tor my new masr wouldn't let ME spend time !; but
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