Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-21
DIR. TILDlE.

Tldies knowledge Of politics was
rcry vague. Size knew there had been
a war before size was born, and that |
old ma.ssa, since gone 10 glory, had |
fought IN II. sho knew that her mis- |
,ross had once been rich aud that tho
dismal plantation was formerly tho
scene Of lavish luxury and plenty.
She had no remembrance Of per
ronal kind connected with slavery, her
little yellow visagc having failod 20 up
pear on this earth IA timo for Il. As
ior as she could gather from her rnthor
miscellaneous kindred Il Ind been n
period Of much eating and drinking,
assured and variesatod clothing, fro
modicincs md occasional punishuucnss,
soon forgotten.
However. Tildio Inad0 the bct Of
her prosaic existence, though tho sharp
black eyes looking rcs,lesly out from
her mulatto face woro always on tho
wntch for now possibilities. There was
something Caucasian Ia her long
straight nose, formed for prsing into
business not her own; something Car
cusinn also In the thin lips expressing
tccucy and intrigue.
Her hair seemed TO give the lic TO tho
intellect revealed In her oountcnnnce,
Tor it wns intensely kinky, and she
dressed Il on purely African principle
Mr. Elrin, nom tho next plantation,
used 70 say that trcsombied tho Holy
Mount" for It was gathered into about
half a hundred minute and shining
hralds, each tied with scarlet string aud
prone % stand upright.
Miss Marin had suggested black as a
substitute and presented Tildic on her
fourteenth birthday with bolt OF mar
now sable ribbon.
law. Miss hlarn,n she had answer.
cd, 81 mint In ino'nins Ike you Is. Dc
I.awd knows done feel bad bout pJ
old mns7a, and nusscd him and sot up
with him regular but It amt going ter
do him no good, mo putting blaclS on
my head"
rildio was fifteen now, and the most
expert houscmaid on the river. She had
always shown u wonderful faculty for
nursing the sick, distinguishing aud
dropping medicines with uniailing sue.
cess aud cheering the patient with a
tact all her own. The gift OF nursing
hal boon given 30 this little colorcd
girl MS tho gilt OF music or painting is
given 10 Others.
Miss Maria was the head Of the fam
ily now, which had dwindled down
until thore were only two 10 hold IN
the once proud name. She was old
masters second wifc-a woman lac had
mot in the far east before the war She
tried faithfully 70 do her duty In the
Gpherooflifo 20 which II had pleased God
10 call her, but Il had always beon uphill
work. II is hard FOR an ''old maid" to
turn suddenly into wife at best
harder still when she must change eli.
mate and traditions also.
Miss Maria was good to hor llttiC
gtopduughtcr, Aurorc; she tried b
teach her as she had been taught, and
TO instill into that southern maiden tho
habits OF New Hampshire. AurorC
was twenty-five now, and the failure
was very apparent, nothing whatever
had been instillod. Tho girl had sim
ply developed into tho sweet, nn
learned maturity that suited her. Sh.
had beauty and grace, and talked witt
the charm Of creole women-a ohurI
inherited fron bygone oourtly ancestor
who had done her reading and stud.
for her
She was swinging in hammock OF
the pleasant June morning, her tin!
foot Just tapping tho gallery with tin
rocking motion. She had book II
her hand, but she was not reading
ono pink finger tip retained an i'm
uginary place la the volume, while tn
other arm olasped tho meshes aboy
her head
Her dress was white the soft trans
parent white dear 10 the creole heart
Miss Maria had no sympathy "
Rauzelike textures. a touch Of starcl
and some opaquenoSs woro necessary /
her sell respect, even in wash materials
"Whut are you doing, Aurorop lac
stepmother qneried sharply.
Auroro smiled. Nothing, mapnn,
she always called this forbiddln
guardian by the gentle Fronci VERSO
Of the maternal
81 was trying 10 read poetry, but
"a so dclioiously cool that / was woi
dcring whether J would 80 60 sleep g