New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-08
Mss GEORGINE'S HUSBAND
.y LUCY ELLEN GUERNSEY.

hiss GEORGINE'S HUSBAND.
~ LUCY ELLEN GUERNSEY.
Uid I ever see a ghostl l don't know just
wat you mean by ghost, Miss Bessy. but
If you mean the appearance of person
after had seen him die with my own eyes,
AMI laid him ont with my own hands -
don't exactly know about telling you
the story. You see, it'Ha true story, and a
very solemn one, ard II shouldn't like to
have It laughed at, or to have any one tell
NE didnt see what / did see. But you was
always pretty behaved young lady, and
YOU know can't refuse you anything, SO if
YOU viii sit down quiet and take your work,
III tell YOU all about it, my dear.
You know, honey. I'm very old woman,
and when l was young / was a slave to old
Judge Cieaveland, over on the Flats. There
were slaves IN York State then. was born
down in Maryland, but the Judge moved up
to these parts when was very small and
brought his servants with him. We were
well enough treated. Judge cleveland was
d hard high tempered man, and used to
Lave awful ugly fits sometimes, but, like
most folks of that kind, he could keep his
temper well enough when it suited him, and
he knew it was easy enough for his servants
to run away if they didn't like their treat
ment, When ! was eighteen married lack
Davis. the coachman, and after that we
lived mostly in a house of our own. We were
free bT that time, and We bought nice
little log house and some land for garden,
but We worked up at the house all the same.
The aid Judge was widOwer when he
move: ~. here, but very soon he married a
Siretc. yOung lady from the Mohawk Valley.
SIZE wG.s only eighteen, and as sweet child as
ever saw. The Judge meant to be good
to her. : eness. but she never seemed very
happy. When the second little girl was boz n
the Judge was dreadfully disappointed. l
suppose nc wanted a son, to inherit his
great estate and keep up the family name.
He was never the same TO his wife after
that. lie was polite to her, especially be-
fore company. but he had 8 kind of cold,
sneerinc way with her, that ! could sec cut
Ger to the heart. Her health failed. and
she syens home to her fathers house for q
change and there she died. The Judge
seemed good deal cast down by her
death~naore than | should have expected
! dare say some things came back to him
when i was too late. After the funeral he
ehu9 up the house and went abroad. He
evas iIs foreign parts or down in New York
tCr eea gears or more. The young ladies,
n i-s anna and Miss Georgine, stayed with
SHE'S grandma some years, and then they
wee S,Gf 80 school in New York. All that
sine iaca and ] lived in the old house, to
take sa:e OF it. 1t was lonesome enough
sometimes. especially in winter. but though
Used &c 90 over the great rooms alone by
Gay and by night never saw anything
sI4es mot thing.
Well, " hen the young ladies were sixteen
and scyeateen the Judge wrote and told me
90 CseaE ri the rooms and have everything
Sead:. for he was coming home. His wild
LAND '.as scowinS very valuable and there
s,as no one to sec to it properly. and for
Shae and other reasons he had decided
10 som. home to the Flats to live. So at
I'll Q :ims ees .heS came, with loads Of new
furniture and carpets and what not. and q
eeS. 3.:cs widow lady for hOusekeper. She
Yiaa soi.. an officer in the army and a very
Se G.ar. who would willingly have sup
porte: h.s. Gu. she preferred to DO toz her
sels
3 expected ~ sec Miss Anna The ia.
oro:e, - che wa. the elder. and Miss
Lseorsn. had 80 disappointed her pa 10y |
10, ICING . boy but soon found out it |
. a. She other way. Miss Anna was not (
9neoty. She looked like her ma, and |
tad j.s. s..ci y quiet, gentle way with |
her >ns was afraid Of her father. TOO. as |
les ~.'hes had been, and with some rea-
bon- sa!: she was afraid of her sister. She
.Ide'' e.Te much tor company. hut liked |
GeoraiHe was like her father. and had Just
LIS zee. bold way. She wasn't afraid of |
lnoth.Ag 8: oil except that she should not :
We tSst II! everything. She was very hand !
ioineo with reguar features. and beautiful
Savy hlScS hair, and long eurled eyelashes.
asS' know that ever saw = hardsomer
yri, but !ov sea! goodness and truth she
vac $50 iNovs 20 he compared to Bliss Anna
han . great Ped woodpecker is 10 . little !
! ,ssix- b,rI Nhn al l
,ss the best OF everything, and il she got |
rso say trouble or mischief, she generally
aode Gcr father believe it was Miss Anna's |
cult. She made great show of Openness
nd saying what she thought, but she didn't
hink ALI she said, by great deal.
Ehen Miss Anna Was about eighteen, |
Irs. "oracie's son came to visit his mother,
me il very fine. sober, nice young man he
vas Syery one liked him, especially the
'udge, who could not make enough of him
Ill lie Sound that the Captain and Miss
.nre we.e taking to each other: then he
egau 70 cool Oft. Captain Oracle stayed
1 the cavern in the village, and called
l0st every day to see his mother, and be-
ore he left he asked the Judge for Miss
.nnA. ghen there was time. The Judge
'ent into one of his furious RACES, ordered
9th IL sther and son ont Of the house, and
hut Miss Anna up in her room. Miss
'eoFglsc was as bad as her father, and the
ray lucy treated that poor girl was shame
u. Bat Miss Anna had got her spunk up, |
nd she eontrlved-I never knew how-to |
end "erd TO CAPTAIN Oracle. 4 few days
iter when the Judge was about his land,
sptain s'racie drove up to the door and
sked tog Aiss Anna. She must have
expected him, for she came down ]
hes travelling dress, and with I
ec bag 40 her haHd. Mis-. Georgine I
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