St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-24

want to stay here now. am looking
for my decent gown. / want to take off
this horrible, wicked pink dress. Where
are my things? want to put them on
and get away from this place. Where
are my clothes?'
IpuIled open the wardrobe. There
found other gaudy robes, but not my
dear old Quaker dress.
my clothes are gone" gasped.
Eyes. miss. Bill.d does the chamber
work, done take 'em away, reckon"
said Cato. you trunk nebber sent up
neider. You got TO wear his fine tings.
he says. Kind OBJ like he buy you wild
'em. But, oh, little missy, dey is a
drefful price to pay for 'em.''
l was now sobbing violently. Old
Cato tried to calm me.
Missy" he SAID, when was able to
listen. II has got some close OBJ my old
woman's. She Is dead. Keep 'em to
member her by. Dey's wash an iron,
clean am sweet as clober. fetch 'em
tor you, missy. You carn't no how get
dat var elegum gown, an folks minds
mighty bad. Dey dom believe no good
OBJ you eff you tell de truff. Dress up in
my ole woman's clOes, you look like you
was poor folks, an you get away real
smart. Shall get dem for you, missy?"
"Oh, Cato! l shall bless you all my
life if you WILL" | said.
And the old man went away and re-
turned with bundle in his hand.
Fortunately my walking shoes had
not been taken. fancy because they
had been pushed out of sight under the
bed. 1t was a comfort to find them. for
should have been at loss how TO
walk with bare feet, and the Turkish
slippers were not possible.
Now was ready. aud taking my bag
in my hand-hapDily my few treasures
were safe-I stood trembling at the
+. door. 1t seemed an age before Cato
!. came for me, and with his finger on his
, lip, beckoned me to follow. We left
zthe house by the little garden door, and
soon were in the road. Cato walked
3 with me long distance, carrying my
4 bag, and finally the lights of the rail-
) way station came III sight.
i NV har do your friends lib, missv?"
/ Cato asked. ~
i 1 told HIM that Friend Smith and
!. Friend Brown had taken the little girls
ito Philadelphia.
'Dey is train to Philadelphia, MISS"
he said, sin about half an hour. You got
any money, miss?"
twenty-five CENTS" said l.
II doesn't dare to go 10 farder,
Missy" he said. Nobody mus know /.
help you away. or else go bring you a
ticket, but jes put de price oh one in
you bag" and lie offered the latter to
me with bow. ''Cept it if you please,
wild my complerments."
ssOh, Cato!" | cried, II am so sorry to
take your money"
Else got all needs, Missy" said Cato,
ian If missy pleaseS. she can glib dat var
to some poor folks some time. De poor
you got always long wild you, de Bible
THANK you and God bless you. Cato"
[ said. giving him my hand, II will
never forget you. And oh, must you,
who are SO good, stag with that bad
man?"
Little Missy" said Cato, ..Mass'
Edwa'd am transgressor, but he am
all l got. an 1 sticks to him while lass.
Eff he dies fore does, he done die in
desc yere ole arms. .Dey all did. dey all
men. Dey was all wild after
missus died. an dey amt got no
=dpy not bad right through:
mighty good to Cato. am generous am
harnsome. AM Mass Edwa'd all got,
chile. all l got. is mighty sinful my
self, but pravs dat de Lord change
Mass Edwards heart an make him re-
pent,, eben at de lebenth hour. Anyway
he need me, sometime. maybe. 1
couldn't 90 no more'n mother kin go
from her baby. dunno huccome so,
but so it is; vas. miss, so it is.
II cayant do no mo- for you, missy.
so good-by. An please, ma; am, don't
tell nobody | holp you off. Jess make
out you do it by youself, please,
ma'am." promised aud he left inc.
In a few moments ] entered the sta
ton, my bingham sunbonnet we'll owe
my face, and the ill-fitting gown a peri
feet disguise.
An official was pacing up and down,
and be called to me harshly:
Here. you, have you got your ticket
yet?''
told him had not.
"Then 60 to that window" he said, In
the rough way in which some people
speak to those who are evidently poor,
"and buy il at once. You've got about
as little sense as they make 'em with to
stand there gaping with the cars coming
in. Don't you hear the whistler"
l said nothing, but bought my ticket
to Philadelphia, and soon was flying
away through the darkness, with one
thought in my mind, to get back to
GriendSmith and Friend Brown, to hear
their honest voices and see their honest
i'eyes. and tell them all that had hap.
I pened since hypocrlticaI Mrs. Miller
= carried me away.
% wonld not betray Cato, or confess
MY own vanity and folly, otherwise l
resolved to tell them frankly all that
Had occurred.
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