Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-10-24

estness, and out of sympathy, for her sto-
ry impressed me most painfully.
Perhaps she has escaped" said.
81 dunno, missus; pears if dars dang
er for her on every side poor chile She
wouldn't have nobody to perfect her, an
how'd she find de way? Sides, kinder
'fraid some oh de soldiers might be rude
to her dey is, sometimes, to poor slave
girls. is seen it myself, specially if
deys good looking"
"How many children have you had,
aunty?"
"Is had seventeen, miss"
"And are most of them living?
Il thanks God, no, missus, she said
with the most solemn accents. "Dars
only three as may be; de rest de good
Lord took to Hisself. Nine of dem died
when dey was babies. You sec, miss, |
had hard missus at fnst. 1t always
seemed my luck to have hard missuses,
and she kept me for hire, an l had to
tote out every day to do hard washings; !;
den almost every night l had to wash
and clean for misus, an dat done took
all my strength, you sees and killed depoor
children. Dey alters come into de world
weak and sickly, an den you see, has
to leave em an can't tend to EN-, possibly
as babies has to be that is dclikit, and so
Is lost EN-. But, O, Is migty glad,
missus, for I thinks the good Lord don't
make no difference in the other world.
and my poor little picaninnies wasn't
none of 'em black miss. Deys happy, if
der poor old modcr is miserable.
Tbs utter mournfulness with which
she ended this sentence drew the tears to
my eyes.
Five of dem, missus, lived to be
growed up gals, den somehow dey sunk
down one after de oder-some Of dem af-
ter dey was married--and died. You see
dey hadn't no constitutions no way, poor
things. Oars three may be living
don't know-deys de likliest, and sold
away up in Georgia, for house servants"
, had little further conversation with
; the old negress, and then after receiving
the help she had come for, she took her
leave.
Just one week ago some one told me
that Aunt Kate wanted to see me again.
| was rather anxious for another inter-
view, and willingly requested her immedi-
ate presence. She entered the room as
tall, as clean, as respectfully as ever, but
her intelligent face was cleaning with
happiness. 1t was SO bright that | ex.
claimed.
"Why Aunt Kate, what good thing has
happened?"
80, sweet miss" cried the woman lift
ing her hands, jest joice with me. Is
found my Tilly."
"Why, aunty, I'm very glad. How
did it happen?"
"Why it jest happen dis yer way"
said the old woman, laughing till every
wrinkle shone. "ls in de market buy
ing some tomats for my ole man, when a
yeller boy right smart and handsome
come up and KEEP peeriDg inter my face.
Well, thinks, what does he mean ?
He's right sassy, anyhow. But, byme-
by, he comes up and lafs right in my
face. Il reckon your names Morrison,
amt it?" says he.
Says l, An what then, boy?"
"Nothin," says he, "only how dye do,
, ole mother 2" and he got hold of my
hand aud went to shakin it right smart
"Who are you boy?,' says |, for l
didn't know him.
"Why, is Tilly's husband" says he.
with that jest could knocked him.
didn't know what to do. was wild,
thinking this an thinking that = and all
mounting to nothing.
:" Says 1, Boy, is you foolin' me?"
Says he, No, | tells yc I'm Tilly's
!, husband. | knowed you in minnit by
. what she said-'cause, laws she's all de
time talking about you = and she
, 'scribed you. lilly run away, she did,
" On, f,,at thinr she knows she's into Our