Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-03-05

heavensl you don't mean to tell me
that they are slavesY
That depends ugin Oh what you
call slave. They are well fe,l, well
clothed. well looked after, ard in re
turn for all these benefits thoy get in
my cotton and oil and they keep my
house in order. What more do they
wantf
But you bought themr
There, that sgin depends ON what
you call buying. Some one comes
here in boat with two or three ex-
ira hands he can't make no use of.
He takes a fancy to a few bales Of
cotton, maybe, or cask OF oil.
Well. / happen to want little help.
He takes his merchandise and leaves
the parties be has no use for. Now
that gal. for instance. Come here,
Frangipanni. The sailor-he was a
Turk who brought her wasOne of
the most avariciOlls vaImints ever
set eyes on--two casks of the best
olive oil and half cargo of provi-
sions. various.
For the first time looked partic-
ularly at the girl Although she was
only about fifteen she already gave
si0ns Of the most wonderful beauty.
As she is my wife now ! went de
scribe her more fully
II think, interrupted Lady Ken
singtower, that you might leave
me to form rcy own opiIiions when ]
see your slave. 1t is getting late
now. and | cannot say your nara
tive pleases me very much.
wait, mother, till you know her
ladyship; then you will be delighted. '
Lady Kcnsingtower hcavcd a deep
sigh and her son continued
ITO make long story ahort, moth
er, | took a great liking for the girl.
Somehow or other she Interested me
deeply. and she never lifted her great
brown eyes off me for a moment. ]
fingered a good many days with my
friend Clugg, and spent as much of
my time as possible with poor little
Frangipanni.
You know never was vicious, or
a libertine, or fancied myself a Don
Juan or anything of that sort; SO
when made up my mind to be off
and the girl with tears in Eer eyes
begged me- for she had learned Eng
ish from her master, though her
native tongue was Arabic--to take
her with mo. | was i'll a devil Of a
mess. What on earth was to dc
with a child of fifteen ON board a
yacht with twenty sailors. How
ever, | had not the heart to refuse
her, but | wanted to act honorably
TO my host, so | mooted the matter
to him,
"He met me quite fairly. Every
thing ] have is for sale, he said.
I'm a trader, and ! don't care what
deal in so long as | don't get the
worst of the bargain and I'm kinder
fond of that gal, but you seem to
have taken a fancy to her and
won't deny YOU The r'ice| I asked.
'WGGl, you see, that is mighty good
champagne you've got aboard the
yacht. Could you spare half dozen
cases-and few bottles of that
whisky -and Tn badly in want of q
coil or two OF 1-inch rope-and per
haps you might throw in that watch
yOu wear? I've taken kinder fancy
to it, and we are short OF good jewel
ers in these parts. But you must
make me ono promise, he added sol
EMMY that | insist on. What is
its' ! asked. That you won't fog
her.
Needless to say, the bargain was
concluded, and Frangipanni steamed
away with me. When had got heI
| did not in the least know what tC
do with her. We fitted up the after
cabin as a sort of stateroom for her,
and u more delightful companion you
cannot imagine. She sang and played
on a sort of primitive guitar, but OF
course she was hopelessly unedu.
Gated. | had thoughts of bringing
her home to you and getting my sis
ters to look after her, but grew SO
fond of her that could not bear to
part with her,
AT last my steward made sug-
gestion, and so we went to Havre,
sent the yacht home and discharged
thecrew, and thence took the steamer
to New York. left Frangipanni
there at a first class seminary for
young ladies, while | went west and
north and south and everywhere that
could get good shooting, returning
occasionally to see my ward and
growing more in love with her at
every visit She was about nineteen
last October as nearly as she could
reckon, too old to remfin'at school
any longer, and SO married her, and
there's an end of my story"
The proud old countess of Kensing-
tower covered her face with her
hands, a sad struggle was going ON
within her MUD, a conflict between
her pride and hermotherly love. IN
necessary to say that the latter won,
After long silence she said;
"Launcelot, bring your wife 10 see
me as soon as You like; and, she
added, dropping her voice to a whis-
per- "if were you, | would not con
tradict the rumor about the Phila-
delphia heiress. " -Edmuad Yates
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