The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-02

eos l amt gwine ter talk so wbar
dey kin hear me; but, eff dey was
ter, dc would jes' say de trufe,-
dat | were q ole fool for gwiDe,
an got what | 'zarved.'
What was that, nanny =?
asked the girl tenderly.
Never mind now, honey some
time gwine tell you how 'twarn't
nothin' but mistakes and miz'ry
on count O. ignunce; an my
black satin dat yo' gramma GIN
me mos clean done wore out an
eff was To die ter.night, Gabr'l
would sem me in de groun' agin,
and say he warn't blowin' fer
skeercrows.'
Did you see my sister, Mrs.
Rossiter inquired the judge. -.
Yes, SIR briefly.
What kind OF girl is Bertha p
eagerly asked Belle.
"A mighty oncum6tubble sort O.
gal to be wild. She seed me talk
IN to her ma, an sheJumped back
an holered, an pu; her hams ober
her face and sez, 'Ob, ma! is it 'ril-
Ter escaped from Zoo?' an arter
dat, every time | seed her dats
de way she COED on. l amt got
no use for her.
Evidently the old woman had
been roughly handled, and was
deeply sensible Of having been
'tuk in; ! so Judge Brent changed
the subject, saying, well, Milly,
Arthur has gone to college, and
Belle takes care Of her old father
now
Amt Mas Arthur comm from
de unibursity Crismus?
No; he hasn't the money. You
see, losing so many slaves was
losing so much money, and land
now is only trees and dirt, rep
resenting nothing. 1 can hardly
pay the lads college expenses
About a year after mamny's
return, Judge Brent received in
formation Of the death of his
sister, Mrs. Rossiter, and of her
desire that be should assume the
guardianship Of her daughter Ber-
tba, having her. spend her holi-
days and vacations with his fam
ly; wbereat Aunt Milly made an
expressive grimace, and comment
ing on Bellies anticipation of
pleasure on seeing her cousin,
said grimly, 'Uh, yes, l we're
mighty keen ter see my cousins in
FilIymydelphy too,. an de upsbot
of it was, l seed 'em,-seed clean
frl 'em !
Influenced, perhaps, BY Aunt
Milly's estimate Of Bertha, Belle
was conspicuously deficient in
affectionatc demonstration, and,
influenced perhaps in turn by
Bellies lack of effusion, Bertha
made no resistance to the feeling
of repulsion which sprang up in
her heart against her cousin.
Thus neither made any effort to
conciliate the other, and the re-
suit was an amlcable, but most un-
cousinly coolness,-a state Of feel
Ing amply illustrated in the fact
that, though they occupied the
same chamber, each girl scrupu-
lously used her own hairpins.
Eventually, and with the same
amicable coldness, they selected
separate bedrooms.
Another year passed, and the
Christmas holidays were again
approaching. Arthur bad come
home this time, bringing with
him a class-mate, Oscar Lee, q
gentleman, a scholar, ard the
owner of bank.account. We
speak of him with due reverence
10 the latter character, and only
mention incidentally, as minor
facts, that he was reliable as a
friend, courteous as gentleman.
and oh, so handsome!
Bertha and Belle had also some
young friends staying with them
so the old country-bouse promised
to be quite alive dur; g the sea-
son, and the exciting diversion
chosen for Cbristmas.eve was tab
leaux.
oh, pshaw : exclaimed Arthur
that means keeping twenty OF
thirty people waiting an hour
while u half.dozen of you are
laughing and painting your faces
and playing jokes On each other
behind the scenes. | move that
the guests be allowed to walk