Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-23
DIANA'S VISITOR.

the windows pulled down. Tho violcts
 were hiding theif purplo petals under
 the broad GTcon loavos tho golden bios.
 sora of the Siberian shrub that almond.
 like, hung on it's lcaflcss branches,
 seemed to be sbivering. Only the brave
 snow white Roman hyac;nths out in the
 yard stood erect in tho cold, clear air and
 brought thoughts of ''prro eyed Faith,
 whitc handed Hope Gud lowering angles
 glrt with golden wings Qucor faneios
 about the old doctrine of tho transmit
 grafton of souls seemed whisrcred by
 tho tiny tinl.lo of onA white bell, while
 the tintinnabulaion of another hinted
 that tho spirit of tho lady in Comus had i come again to Grth and was visibly
 cmsrstlied in this loGutifrl flower. The unatteuding' cars of Mrs. dc Ian. eey, however, cgught noro of thoeo
 sounds cS sho trulgod past the stately ! old Graham plccc, where tho byacintbs stood in the yard ii great groups. Fer
 otAor thoughts onga god her aind, while ! her eye soHght her own cabin home on
 de tcir side do grat house. I" 'How ! long havo you bcol living out hcre?" ] asked her companion, straight, 1.-the.
 chestnut colorcd you lg man, VIC Dressed
 and with certain self respecting air
 that was rnaistaIa)lo.
 Ever sonce de b2girnent of Go y,ar
 tl-so5 bin liy dSr. Oar whar all my
 chlllcrn wra boynot. Hit gy5ino on 10
 year coi;cc Ce las Cno cone. I jcs' been
 see dat gal, l-asc chc gaunt ettcr ne.
 Seo smart Gal, he ic, cn aho tcachin
 school down il Aterta now. Ee chile
 conc change her l,a,cso SO dat l dosn'
 lEow who de foll-s tall-in 'tcut whcn
 doy dress her, l name her DroIaal-y.
 artcr Gc pictur ole Ecrstcr had 'bort
 acctCr G,ld Dromcl;y' hangin ID ia dc
 di;-in roora, but sho say dat a l..iyhty
 ig nant ncIae, and shc done change to
 Ruth. c@llJhcr Dromaly, an dat what
 l srcot to call her. Tzc Cj year olc, Ge
 boss csy, Gn yea Cy2n't toSch old dog new trick. Ain't dct eo?.
 Alindly Gp9i!o rcatcd ca tho faco cf the young man whoy7GsB1 courteoasly carry. ing Mrs de Lancey 6 black; shiny valise. Hi5 answer va9 ar iEdircet orc; T think Euth is beautiful name Droraal:y, too, seems beautiful when it raoans Ruth
 "Whar you como fem, man? Yoa talk eortcr proper, liko my gal do. l
 Eow'd ccoa as rot eyes on you when de train stop car you vsra Q cuelity l.ig. ger bcdout you cEenin your r.cuf. Now you done toto my cyarpct bag ard donc snow dc 'haEior of q firt'r.an, lnov yCu bin fotch up right l cin't rot 10 dispara3cmeHt bout you. l l-rovg qual. ity fc.l.s when l secs on. yDGt do Lind bin u0c ter all my Life. Dat de l.ird i Dromcl,y bin use to, but r5 dcSn talk alike, kazc sEe got Go vantage Of cddi. 1 cation an look laTLin n.cro dan her | mammy ia But she got goo(l horse sense, too, dat chile is, cn she sin't no moro chamc rv ne daa cf l wuls high | learnt 'o.i2n lack dc black foll.j il desc | days fotch Drcr.cl-y upright. When aho want to bc rrI.uin rcCCd wild, lac!s como de black chilloin an Gcwhjta ehil. ! lcrn, too, does, l took Eolt nv her, IGid, m l chccl;tise d@t gal tell rectiiy her Dat Lucccme Iho % rToctcblo end 'srou. 3iblcd now. Chillcrn got ter le check tiscd, naar'
 Again ihat pleased, quiet, kaIpy smile played oyer tko face of tho yc,mg man, who lad just reached ort cI.oo,h, ! brown hand to tale tho rough, ho1l.y, age veirod hand of Drolaaly's mother and acsist her in stepping across mud ly place in tho path that, turning aside iroll the liG lcaG, led ly 'riah cut' to tho wh.tcvachCd cabin cia0ng the clustering pines
 Is the nearest house your homc-the )nc with tho Eoncyeucl.lo clalaboring 'ycr it Crd tho jcLCcils in ,ho y..rd? Bow pretty they loolzl"
 "Doy blccdgcd ter look bright, dora blooms is, kezo Dro.aal;y got dcln ,Ut when che wan't l.nco high to a luck She . mighty chile fur loyin lowers, an ole miss Cin her dc1a roots, Eazc dc pig yard do2o oyergrowed yid 'c1, al shc watt mo room for Ter EyGcintEs what you sco bcndin an gayin bout wonder. Dromaly wI2 e white folks fayorito an dc black ollis favcrite too. Wharsonlevor dat lnle 50 eho 'tachcs foll.s to her. She ill discontcaptiou5 an bigoty like some als, al shc got heap fun bout her. |"
 By tlis t.Ec tEty Lad reached the ate of tho little yard with its clanps f pines, its patches Of tcEdcr grass, it's , rcat bod of y-down-dillies dancing tho February breczcs, and lil;c the lco of Lady Una making sunshine in a lady place, Tho young r,ml held the ate open for Lilna topass in lii,at, hcsi- [ ltcd moment, tkcn went ill himself, 7 tying, "I will put your yalieo on the ' Creh, q 'Yo1 got ter cat Q sna6k wid ne, i .an. You donc act Go gentleman to lac. c ca rluet CT come from de low couIt try. c 0 black folks and dc white folks bafc | Jwn d@r got raisin's and bchavcmcit. ( cy ain't got no 'dayciousEcss all dc S d1t do folks rot pp hy.r n dis part Go wcrl. Us U1cd ter Evo | 'wn dar attor VIC copIcd fola Frcdcr- T. Esburg, fore VIC coinod up hyar. Como | ong il an eat snack wid rlc. IgYiro eek some coffee an fry eolno meat an r, roiaalsy d0no stuff dat balise plumb F II uy good things ol o;lo Gidc I f,wiro $, ve you some, Ease you got sich good " isin's IT She seemed scarcely aware that her Ii npanion had rarely spoken during oir long walk His very silence had il en so full Of D soit of high bred defer. " co and courtesy that she was perfectly l. case with him Years before whcn Q father of this polite young man was {, slave and drovo tho carriago of Colo ol l Porchor in Charleston, distin- h. ishcd foreigner onco said to his own- SC ; Rarely have r1ct in a.n my trav- n