San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-08

she was no more afraid of him now than
of old, shrank from him still with feel
ing that was half regret and half impa-
thence. 1t was impossible for the colonel
not to see this. but it was his way to suf-
fer in silence.
And not only were the colonel and his
daughter changed in the momentous
years that had gone by since Winifred
was last at home, but Thorne Hill itself
was no longer the same. Missy found,
indeed the same house, the same grounds,
but half the broad acres lay untitled and
many of the familiar faces of the negroes
were missing.
what has become of them all:' she
asked her aunt.
"Freedom," Miss Elvira responded,
with plaintive brevity, CHANGING up from
the pages of Bishop Ken.
Miss Elvira was much less changed
than COL Thorne. She still wore the
same gentle, helpless look that had
tempted the childish tyranny of her
niece, and she still read Bishop Ken
to the neglect of other duties. However,
she did now lay aside the cherished vol
ume long enough to give Missy some
ooor,,,,+ % tl,o TIorro i'm .Iovos
..Tho,- didn,+ oil c,o " ebo .,id. ..tbo
old ones who cant do much stayed, and
some of the most sensible signed con-
trocts to worl, On shares REt we are
ho+tor Of tI,o,, many o,bors I'm c,ro
don.t know how yCur Amt Pauline
With Flor, and twn Et,lo chiIdron !. 70
n,onoco AInclr WIS k;IIod Of Cbicka-
,,ouro ro, kpou." And Mise FIrira
u.;no1 hor ovos
Missy who had soon only tbo nonn Of
war was inst hooinnino 70 realize its
misery ..IIc must I've for one another"
she cried with generous svmpathv.
Il don't know AS to that" Miss Elvira
Objected with pruJent hesitation.
..Sou know vour A1Int Pauline likes her
own WAY. and we wmldn't wish 70 give
I'M Thorne Hill to her sway. Then those
children with no rpoujar nurse il
wouldn't he c0mfnrtahle Winifrod
sunnose they'll oct oo somehow with
vnur father ,o advisa Cuu.in NIvrtilIa
MANAGES very we'll with on4 Of fine twins
TO look after what is left Of her pIanta-
tion P.ul has = situation in = Inv office
in Savannah and .Iudre Chadwick has
taken fine other one of tho twins in his
Office lis h,cl,v that Tottin i orrarad
70 Inc marrial IN the iudoa.s son boDa
Ross may make a. GOOD = match for its
lille cn6no} Cousin NyrtiIla can do for
them now"
Wipifr4j listened to all this in sad ST
lepcc: she felt rs if She had come. not to
the old home she uspd TO know. but to n
strange new world of snrr,lv.
"Whv they all wanted to omit I'm
SIRE don't know-the negrors mean"
Miss Flvira confirmed nIaintiv4Iv "Yonr
father offered Them rvnrv indncemont
hnt tbav'd rather starve ON freedom.
cunnoca Danbna WIS one of the first 70
oo She i in TOWN +olin,, in WASHING
and ,ork;ru harder tbon nynr sbo did in
bar life s,w her last wre, and she
looks =, if She hadn't enouph to eat
H., C,,,.I, Lo ,,,or,;oI ,I,i+r rn,
I.1,nn F n.a;tar - tho Latai a,,I
GI;at, IT,, lorLor LlIia,o 10
oa,n r'. ,,1,d d"al Wv ola inh.. vot 10
Ja li'I 70 7Y taLe nId 6icov his mn16ar to
i've nith him nicev j. LJ,I.ss now.
sho oan,, r.aIl, onJ !bo car.t avon fooj
I,nrsoIr. 60 Criffin lin, thi,I,, ,bo is he+.
.tNIoY ,.;,I,~,' r., va ~L,,,,.t ,,.o,+
C C I i; ill., 90 tai.a Lar ,u,ay. r~o'vo
Laam nsoI 80 bar 90 Ionc" Ava l1i.s
Elvira began to weep afresh.
"And Nom Bee" Missy oueried, anx-
ionsIv Missy had been at home some
hours when this conversation took place.
and her heart was burning to know why