New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13
A STRANGE WOOING

TuIUnUs iowa NTTV TW'-In- .
Low cr. hills and woods he behind u, and gay
eea before. IN times rot long 'HSt. frrts Usel 80
Idr hrvond the III {. and rich cara ans started
daily for the IN and rilds. That glory has de
u RE hut is ruins amaze the Stra"grr today.
Am ii tie ragged. suu-hlrJClri thItCh oi urg"o
bowels LOFTY wal- st1ud. red and crTul ling. with
windowlc>s evr- that blink toward The Orrru.
Dow nat the waters edge, built nnnn rocks that
clanc and STRAIN under tie hating OF Tic surf.
- 1uls % c tile. Tbr guns ere Gou"N-comhed. tie
ia veinrutS broken the walls bear - crop ~ nng'c
weeds. but II Uses boar aud stately. marvr' -
antique grandeur. Nr'thtr time, nor siege nor fem
pest mas rcft one solil stone from another. When
forms roll MI IA the laundering surge ,thout re
bow spanS ITS seward frOnt: vi IN winds 10
hushcd OF IN afternoon. and tho rock burn white,
i,s lofty keep and surrounding galleries throw a
TLe iuncle ha, crcpt in steadily and softly
Iank coat, and sheep If pccu ar Freed grave IN
the streets. Through the mmd." OF ihc town u
ditch huIf-1rV ~lugG~pIY OuZr~ and TerkS bet vcrD
cmhankucnt~ of ancient ma~onry-a FOUL ditch.
though mantlrd with velvet rcSet"S of plstia. They
catch wild beasts Of prev therein Creatures mat
make night camor0uS rur>uiug scared poultry and
hrlatrd lambs liut ing thr RACED palms ana
uuStN India-rubherS. Ten 90 twelve great houses
st towrr ahnvo lie wilderness OF th7tch on -ldr
they have high garden walls and big Gatcways;
within cool coouuadc> and balconies. pIruuc'crIr
doors and the rest al IL. Most Of them are cuauic ed
10y officials. but the lmp2vrT>hrI herS SIN "rrnpy
= + W Among those Wh" keep the family manson
j. a wdow named Rudc'r. Her latc husband had
been clerk. with whom his masters daughter fell
IN love She WIS q hal-castr. BAT her yellow hand
irourlt Eudgcr this house. ana q business not ,rt
wholly destroyed by the vigilance ot our crulsrrs
and tho competition of Younger settlements. The
lady lore two daughter and then. after s,vrral
wears interval u thrd. Tie rlrcum~i lnr"s %. The
family we're still -uch enabled EuGurr tp nj
the eldest gir> away 10 school. when they reached
the proper age. but he dird while Iitt" Mary was
still too NOuug 20 20 from hpW", and thr widow 4
rr~ourrrs scarcely aVallrd to p1I Tor The hose
duration WI, hccun. Perhaps Mrs Eulger', grief
va, not unrousn ell when ~h" saw Mary could not
have foreign schooling. The family OF our
should bc IN pustion I" meet any rva.. wh't cr -
the committing house or the piano: hIi Nils. Euiter
NAV very well have thoucG thht ic1rnlur i q great
EXPENSE to parents and - great tl0uhIc 10 Cu.dr"u
Sin. herself had been brought among slaves. Her
Tupli>h WIS slal V AMI She had uFyri been ailr 10
rrad what she ld not know by heart Vet her su"-
cess iu lie had h"cu nntahlr--hr had married a
Young man ali white who never cOupa'nr Mary.
"a oua1roon. with double ben share OF the superior
race, ui.h' do ~ well or better.
Mr- Rujrcr naturally o,cr'oo'rd certain dil"r.
euces in tie situation Her own mother n1I trlt
for her child that respect Which jhc urgIc-~ in
though it be ~ what is else her own flesh. IN"
resented familiarity III uur g. an' Slaves tow trd
should hr pure white. Aud 20 thr -Irl grew up
quiet ard drnnrc. resembling the u'nai raii'rI o'
a young i,dv n much - 'lrruW-i Is Won't
allow No one would have su-prctr! that I,r
hraiu was fu Of tlar .iiIt f., che. oarn. 70.
nbj'trr-. Tint size f-nicl Oui. 'nvcI 10 fo son.
principles AMI even the place uIc~ o. ~ .ilcI |ir
we're never apoT a'cl. though cn.n'c T.. : Veneer
tl
baud lived hut they worked thrnu-h ~ ID. .h" ltoN
older aud the ~. c>~iiy of restraint d-appcl
Little Mary, therefore. bad no such inaurn -
about her ~ had hri mother 70 the -1Ir a-r Inr
ucgrtsscs took sole ,hITsr. and they moI .el b..
after their own. Il CHANGED that there W,rc
no Whit children then 10 tue settlement. and the
hous hold fell more and more INTO native hanIf-.
ArrIvrd in rarmrnt~ mluy-cuorrl. Of IN" latr-i
fashion which had reached nat distant siot. Ms
Euiecr pald occasional calls. or sometimes gave
.tra-partv The hii.lt-rvcd htt'" gII W. beer tom-
pauon. ID ak kings. tloun. - AMI lett'r. col
hat. But rc,ugung from thr~" duti"s. tire
moth dnnucd an ample drr~-lng gown. with moth.
ING underneath, de, kcd her head ana aims .ih
irvclry and rccrived native ladies Tor pleasure.
! he daughter. mrapW hlc. PLAYED with the Save
children of the household. ~ he shortest of petit.
coats FOR her only falmcnt-lc-~ thl" that. some
times and thus she received. uucon>c ou~lv. as
they gwen. such ideas 81 Lies MiosDih' ~
eelfndulprnt. lady bat net lll-dl,po,ed race oil ne
groeS nttItiln.
In the STATE to winch such training would lead
a crl the sisters found her They returned from
school younQ women. aud Mary was ci1ht years
old severe discipline "a nid fa. hiourd SEMINARY
If Cape Town. had made them thrifty. pors and
pruprr Every single thing and person Al home
snorked them terribly. Tie -IUcy slave eir.s
three part, naked hut laden with gold ornaments:
fine noisy uiru still more nightly clofHcl the dirt.
the untiIinrss made Them bitterly ashamed But
worst Of all VAS the dcgradat'ou they called Z.
Of their mother and sister. le .ltls al hc"n moi
little impressed hv Mr.. Rudgor's Grandeur. Wien
Sine came on board 10 wu'cumc them; for their
notions of dress or tas were scarcely more correct
than hers. / cV NOwrd, ~ did all present. that
Mary wa-a liz lee angel disguised IN six Ntockne-
and Iouucr~. I;ut on reaching the big. shabby
house thov saw with dIemay the usual transfer
nation. Mrs RndRer Jumped ont If her stays. 80 to
speak. aud the little angel abandoned all her dis
ru,,-. II WIS too early vet to interfere. The good
sisters wept and PRAYED that night.
No later than the morning. they attack ed the
system. Mrs. Eudgrr gave way At Orce agreed,
lImcntcd prom Srd-but never performed. NaIys
condi on moral and spiritual. proved To- be wore
than the worst they Lad expected She could
Ecither read nrr write nor speak ENGLISH beyond
a few common eX prcssion~. aud few sentences of
tho Gaze ohi>m H. wllch She attached no meaning
Mr.. Rudgcr herself WAS alarmed and angry to lcain
the result of her neglect. II disgraccd the family
Going 10 The other extreme, she would have the
chIid mctamnIph ID all round IN am instant. And
the child stuhbomly refused. Whence il happened
that within twenty four hours of her SISTERS ar
rival, Mary was sohbug ~ bed. very sore. aud iul
of evil pas ions. She tried t. run AWAY hut the
flthlo,S slaves betrayed her. More punishment
followed. and. II short, the girl was whipped into
But the change va, an outside TIE sister, could
not keep her pcrpciullly in view. aud Old COM
plnion- crept IN At the window. wayaid her I'm
The Misses Rudgcr were by no means fitted 81
change such dl>ro ton Mary longcd for tn"
I me when ~he would be too old for The rot AMI
meanwhile she cherished hatred. always growing
agains; white people and their WAYS. The monrnt
OF resistance cana earlier than might have been cA-
pccted Her sister, 20 long removed from the
climate Of their birthplace wrthercd under cease
less III, Of fever. Her mother satisfied with the
progress made. stood neutral. And Mary a
Chasj iscucnt and Won victory.
From that day the old life was renewed. Learn
ING was not 10 be- shnltcd on. but ciothc, and
habits might The sisters ~ de-, par tried the in
fiuenc" of tears that II was TOO late. Possibly en-
treaties might have been successful once; but
coming after severity. they could but raIsc con
tempt after tiur, everything was yielded. IN
shame and sorrow. For many months aiisr her tri.
unph Mary refused TO touch n book. la speak Eng
ish. even to wear anything besides the native
pcttlcOat. Amusement unccaSng WAS found IN the
sport, and gossip So long disu~cd. The courtyar
was always full of girls who laughed and shrickrd
rom morning to nisht. The Misses Rudger could
understand not "a tlthc OF the loud conversation
/, hich was lucky for their peace; not that Mary
would choose OF tolerate vicious companions. Tier
trends the best of their kind. but they spoke
n It'll the trankncss of saVages who live always in
row together. and have not two word, for a |
padc But cannot honestly profess 10 think that |
hey did Mary real mischief. The bloom of "A peach
$ very pretty but the fruit IS ne sweet and puro |
Without It,
After awhile Mary tired somewhat Of her free |
lom. The earliest feelings of womanhood began 10 |
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