New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
GEORGIA SKETCHES.
VII.
A GEORGIA BELLE IN THE sos.
VII.

For The Sunday Tribune by Resident Of Georgia
Amt MacAllister-my husbands great aunt
was pointing out to me pieces III her silk
patchwork quilt.
"This brown-fgured silk, with the satin
stripe. is piece of dress Mr.. MacAlllSter
brought me from Charleston" the old lady
sand. "This watered silk, and this black SATIN
stripe. are pieces OF others that lie brought
me at the same time Oh, be came home with
whole trunkful of dresses and pretty things
for me every time he took trip without me.
Travelling was not so easy then as 1t Is now,
for there were no railroads, and had house
full of little children to keep me at home be-
sides"
"When were you married, Aunt MacAllis-
tcs 2" inquired
"In 1881, my dear. l was wild girl until
after was married-a great one for balls and
picnics and frolcs. Ny elder sisters had all
got religion and were good staid Methodist
women; but long after they gave up dancing
and dissipating they would all set to work and
fix me up for a ball. and have great deal of
enjoyment in my dresses and partners ana
offers. They would always send me out in care
of some married lady, as they did not 90
themselves, and often think now of all the
trouble they took for my pleasure"
"You were O great belle, | have heard,
Aunt
"My dear, it was new country. and there
were not many young women here. and that
was the reason, no doubt" Aunt MacAllister
replied modestly; but her large brown eyes
had in them a smile, in memory OF old triumphs,
thought.
$50 new a country7 Why, the University
was founded in Athens in 1900, wasn't it?'
"Oh, YES that part of the State was settled
over toward South Carolina; Augusta. Sayan-
nah and Athens were all there; Athens soci-
ETY. was very elegant-refned, cultivated, nos
pitable people lived there and some of the best
neonle in the State made it their home on ac-
count of the college set. That was old Geor-
gia. But all around where Atlanta is now,
and all over toward Alabama, the country was
wild and new; the Indians were here then. 1t
was after was married that the United States
Government moved them further West-to
Arkansas. NV brother George ran away and
lived with the Indians and grew mp to be big
man among them. When our mother died
father sent George back to Kentucky to school,
but he wouldn't stay there. He lived with Il
man in the Cherokee Nation-a member of the
chiefs family, but so nearly white that you
would scarcely have recognized the Indian
blood in him; and he had married beautiful
Kentucky woman, daughter Of one of the best
men in the State; they ran away together"
Romance within romance! My ears drank i'll
the tale.
"Her father was nearly frantic about It, OF
course, and pursued them, but couldn't over
take them in time. They crossed the river d.
yiding the Indian reservation from the white
mans land. and Just as the General rode up on
this side they reached the other"
"Luckier than Lord Ullin's daughter" sad
alt was too far across the river for bullet
70 reach the runaways, so the father Iad u
ride back without his daughter. ii was deatD
for any white man to intiude on the Indian
side. so neither could the General get hiS
daughter back, or my father get his son
George lived with them like their own child
They had only one daughter, and no son, and
they thought all the world of him. lie was
well raised, too; this man was wealthy, an In
dian trader. and had fine house just barely
within the Indian line, and gave bis wife every
.on,fort the times afforded. She was well cd
ucated and sensibIe--a really elegant woman
neople said. George grew up and became
Grader himself, and made great fortune
Some thought he would marry the daughter
lint he never considered it moment. He tolt
ma later that he would never disgrace his fam
sy sby mixing drop of Indian blood VIII
ours. Still he lived there, and the Indian'
were all friendly to him, and would journey
miles TO trade with him he made great Tor
tune and when the Government moved th'
Indians George bought up thousands OF acie'
of land. He never married; he died while he
was still a young man-poor George! He never
forgot his own people. When we girls mar
ned he portioned us all off as if he had been
our father, and always knew how we Jared"
"Was he your only brotherP
"Poor George! The only one. And was
the youngest girl. lived part OF the time
with of my married sisters near Rome
only there was no Rome there then-and part
of the time with q sister at Newman, going
from one to the other by private conveyance
there were no railroads. you know"
:" Was Atlanta here then 7"
=" II it was it was 30 little never saw i'll