New-York tribune., 1886-07-11
THE LOST VOICE.

airug 10 cVhie ia, 'no one ~"' -
N'' N,',..,. .uu ,ne iew iassengeis tna1 .ane '"o
No -. lu All lutCnts anu pul pVsS., A0i '
OIL! ,,..S vul, a mile oI ~. ~ LhS nouSoo
e Voi'e . na,1Cn AOau VI Tile s4t... hl''SS"ni'-
ses and M4ui.lId railway, anu i's honooI IN ia |
tVA tVA,,-,,, Nr.e not OlStui Deu unless on0 "
h" >. n,eut LcIgnt y reused lhesh uon 'h0ii
bucunc uie.'iNs' II ,;,.J in tho neigh
r,n tulyen oVei 10 get the HAL a'Hu
w.. waiting lOr IL In tneir U@esl.s' 'no La
- nla u,u tnelI Ltnk hVlses 80 'ii0 ioii'o 60
III III mao The sm.l house pinned 10 an eA'cn
e.. ,l,.!OIm thai served al once as sooAo, PO9tr
c. e.. and stAuon the usual cioWu ol iuio
-. who never MISSED tialA, not even
p'e,, harvest, had assembled. Ahu hO"
u+ u"' nould come lattllng along The crVss-Io'bl
w., modest "lOcAaway.' 1t contained ullec
i,r. and !, unique cOachInan III thc person oi
= hule cOlOled gll Oi about twelve, VINO ""'
,.s.d ,n pink calico, and a. to hel eAtltslhuoN,
U,. b,re.ooted and wore black suaW nd'
60, heue,,tA which a wilderness OI shOlt pLuIs
lp.ll.a IN the most cOnileaL Esilloh' o,TVP
stopl flOlind... where are you going o'iieu
ont ont of the ladies III an alarmed tone do 'iioJ
csOs,od the track. ,s 70 a., ~,
shouted another III resoiu'c'
Goodness gracious alive! She Will Kill us
all vet . exclaimed the third, Ddt lOr III 'nls W
Tlor,nI, who had solved 10 her own peIson tio
rNm~,'. rights problem by knowing what she
,q,s doing ad going straight ahead and DONG
1, and who in spite of her age and sex Was an
aceomplished Jehu, drove safely and cievelly
around to the back of the station ana Stolpeu
Where the Ladies could step ont on the platform
with ease Rolling her immense pIotrudlnS
cy.s aronnd AT her mistress she said nprov,
inrh: Miss 'Stasia, I',e a-d1ving :, ana
without further comment the process Oh dlsi III
bac.1ion began. IL,
m
small clrliaCe but FlOrinda was equal to the
occasion II was worth while to see her guide
Miss AnastaSia'S foot to the step, seize her hand
and lrd her safely. then put up paIaso for
her end leave he~: TO go back and fairly pull
orr Miss Elizabeth who weched two hundred.
There was still the timid Miss Robe ia, who
rcerld anxouslv in the direction ol the hOrs''S
bead and cried ont He'll start. or kick or do
something, know he will Go to the
Demos hsue- could not have convinced Miss Ro-
berta that there was no danger for she hada
mOrtal dread Of h,r.efesh and was bundle of
long firm arm aronnd the ladv's waist and brought
her out within three feet Of her sisters with one
determined sweep. collected in twnklng the
shawls and parcels thew had broughN bounced
back like a bal into the carriage. turned it sharp
around. cscaping the wheels OF wood wagon by
about an inch. bounced out again. knotted the
rens hitched the horses and rejolned her comDan-
She found them sonabbling mildly as 70 whether
Miss Roberta, who was going 10 visit aunt IN
Ohio .h Md buy return ticket or not, and beng
accustomed to making up their SnGd minds for for
bounced mp TO the agent with Miss Anas
tasia's pocket-book in her hand. bought the
10 Mss goberta, saving Here's your shown, Miss
Berta. Look sharp bout il. IF Won lose il
you be put of de train mighty qnick, lell Won
caur'ri which 40 impressed Miss Roberta that she
immediately buttoned It up IN the bosom of her
drcss Torinda then of To about the
trunk and presently returned with the check for
warning Widout dis piece pers-rvn' kittle
neber sAe dat new black dress ev vourn agin long
ez Won live. Miss Roberta. dat's shorei" sent the
ticket tticket ''U'' u . 49, - D ''' ~ ~
The trim now rolled in and the three old ladies
who we're devoted 10 each other and had never
been separated for month IN all their lives. con-
sumed much time II faIewells and embraces and
cautions that. after all. there would have been no
immedate necessity for anything of tha kind and
Miss +, b-rta would have missed her train had not
the sharp and practical Flornda been at
the helm II was she who called ont
rather Gisrespectful'v IT must be confessed.
">''p Hat foOlshnesSi Don't yer see Won gwIne
be left whisperatin en- circumferatin' right hece
and nor content with mere words pushed Miss RO-
berta bnsky IN the direction Of the ladies' car and
got her On board. On the platform. even that lady
paused to say: sistec, dear be to feed my
kuuem y. This renee. l. II had been hplShef,
would have bad ducks" in II, but II WASN'T. The
tram started, and with conyul,ive lnrch or two
Mss Roberta disappeared inside he weather be
ing tina; of the dog-davs the ar-wIndOws wer" all
m. and from one of them Mss Roberta saw her TWO
their haudkerchlPtS She also
FiorindY who had taken off the black straw and
hsurishiDV 1t m the ar. her innumHrable lltt
pg-taiis standing out in silhouette AGAINST the skv
ike The duis Of the frctfu po7cUpne. her voice
sending Alter the traveller last CAUTION, Change
kyar~ az Niiford. NJ s. Roher'a,"
"Fiorinda. you spoke very improperly iust
now" said Miss AnastaSa they
moved away Another time shall certainly not
overlook 1t
She always said this and about once a month de-
cared that she could not be " ~orrod with that
eLlid aug longer" but al the same she never had
The least idea OF sending her away. II would have
been aIncst revolutionary proceeding for Fl0Tuda's
grandmother was an old family Servpnf-the only
ono who. urdazzled by the brilliant prOsDects
opened Z, her race by the war had STAYED quietly
III her ir.iniah home and grown old with the
ladies' will whom she hai been young.
change Of mutual good offices and affection very
charming to behold. II was she who had put INTO
tlOrnda -le handspring Of all h"r ac ions. " WIZ
bawn n dis here family Pse gwlne die In d. here
family" the faithin soul would saw. " ~ fur
you b y d $ III mind. fust an lsSt. Dew IS po, but
deT Is qualify. Beng pO' deV can't 20 hrin rOund
al SOFT, er trash Ike some. Bein' quality. dev
warnt brung up TO do fur uberselves like som.
All dem oder tuhn' black niggers done lef
ZEN long ago But dat's n0thin' Dey got
10 take care of EN- honevr Bright ac i've n,
full OF andscitv as resources and inpres ed with a
Sense OF het own Importance u Is not surprising
Inai the chud became power IN the hOnse, apd
Indeed ou 81 II. for she could sew, sweep. cock.
wash mix. scrub, drive and on occasion even
p''ugh ittle. had a genius for ever, day matters
and al her -ancest had only the pert Familiarity.
OF rather TOOK only the innocent Liberties OF child.
OF savage-lbertIes 10 wmch SOuthcrners are Quite
accnsiO ed and which have no root Of actua! DIS
respect the o.. But this is a dlgresson onr hns
ItSs beug not with thus original Noung African buJ
with MISS RO )erta AS she whrls along at the loc Al
rate Of speed which Is not that Of the "Flvlng
Drfchn,an between Liverpool and London but
allows The cur u travel er 10 look about him inst
a. II ne were walking without the fatigue Of that
exc else. All the same II was an exhilaraflug ex-
perlrn t. 10 Hiss kOher'a whose life Of inter Sc
ciuson made anything IN the shape of change,
or movement, momeutOus. She had DOT
been out of her own county before
ior twenty years. out of her own tate in an her
ne 80 tn2t 10 be gong to ONO was a delightful
f'ate o. AFFAIRS somewhat clOuded by the uuneces-
saIF anxietles and fears that haunt people unused
u travelling Long before Milford was reached
ii'Ss roberta hat suffered many pangs that wonld