The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-02
NEvRERRY s. c.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1881.

| cos ain S"lHe let talh ~ " noi
dey kin hear me ; but, eff dey was
ter, dc would jes' say de trufe,-
dat | were q ole fool for gwine,
an got what | 'zarved.'
'What was that. nanny ?
asked the girl tenderly.
Never mind now, honey; some
time l 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 l was TO die ter-night, Gabr'l
would SEN me in de groun' agin,
and say he warn't blowin' fer
! skeercrows.'
Did you see my sister, Mrs.
Rossiter 2 inquired the judge.
Yes, SIR briefly.
! what kind OF girl is Bertha ?
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, oh, ma! is it 'ril-
Ter 'scaped from Zoo?' an arter
dat, every time l 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, aud
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. | 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-
tha, having her spend her hoI:-
days and vacations with his fan-
ly; whereat Aunt Milly made an
expressive grimace, and comment
ing on Bellies anticipation of
pleasure on seeing her cousin,
said grimly, oh, yes, | were
mighty keen ter see n'y cousins in
FiIIymydelpby too. an de upsbot
of it was, l seed 'em,-seed clean
fru 'em !
Influenced, perhaps, by Aunt
MiIly's estimate Of Bertha, Belle
was conspicuously deficient in
afectionate 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
. amicahle coldness, they selected
: separate bedrooms.
i. Another year passed, aud the
Christmas holidays were again
approaching. Arthur had come
: home this time, bringing with
, him a cIass-mate, Oscar Lee, 6
gentleman, a scholar, ard the
owner of a bank-account. We
speak OF him with due reverence
in the latter character, and only
mention incidentally, as minol
facts, that he was reliable as
friend, courteous as gentleman
t and oh, so handsome!
Bertha and Belle had also some
t young friends staying with them
so the old country-house promised
> to be quite alive during the sea
son, and the exciting diversion
} chosen for Christmas-eve was tab
leaux.
. on, pshaw ! exclaimed Arthur
, that means keeping twenty o.
thirty people waiting an hou'
, while u half:dozen of you arr
t laughing and painting your faces
= and playing jokes On each othej
a behind the scenes. l move tha
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