Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-05
aTuRE OF SLAVERY;

n grE VT Lr1 -tf = South Carolina City Just Be = Tore the War.
 . with curious interest that ' Ia the buildings and customs . vn. 50 different in every way 2 Be of our northern homes. The . houses with their three 2 piazza, the negro quarters in . often much larger and more . than the dwelling of the mas \ istress, syvarming with happy ! ess life, as the many servants 2 and fro between house and < and the little darkies of all ? free to play and tumble to s arts' content, unless. indeed, 3 lced call came from the rear of S ga: George Washington and } s, come notice Miss Elvira" by the rush of perhaps half a nall darlies of varying ages, ar to play with and care heiress of the house and of } And the loving and reyerent ich- they did take of the little , gas beautiful to see! Then the etch of the yard, with it's pump { fiddle, where a buxom serving as filling her pails of water, ame into the house afterwards,
 ed on her stately head, while
 jed two in her hands: the queer
 shutters, and the bewildering
 ment of the numbers of the
 ,n the street, where it was said
 ny citizen, if he moved, carried
 Der with him as part of his
 property; the inevitable negro
 lere. waiting on and serving us
 turn; the beautiful gardens,
 ligh gates opened mysteriously
 iftly by invisible hands at
 ppeal of the loud-eehoing
 While cone negro led us
 ie path, another opened
 1t door, a third escorted Us to wing-room. while a fourth an
 ] our arrival to the gracious 5, and a fifth chubby little girl lppeared before we were fairly
 with a tray of cooling drink procession of servants from the
 when dinner was in course of
 one servant for each dish, so Serything was smoking hot,
 it had come some distance in air The queer and fascinat-
 ect of the negroes, and the alto
 fascinating accent of the tonians, the flare of the live breath of the piteh-pine knots fireplace in the evening OF the
 orning, when the servant who Q make our fire entertained
 the time of her stay remarks. and never quit room-whieh she did half a ines during the process-leaving aubt as to what her errand might
 Announcing encouragingly each s she opened the door and disap-
 Now I'm going for the s, Now I'm going for to fetch etc All was new and interest and suggestion,
 under which it was red necessary to keep the col lpnlation were to us new and in4 lg The law at that time for heir being taught to read. A
 woman could not wear d veil in 'eet. nor were two negroes al to walk aIm-in-arm except at .s. A curious and suggestive
 Happened, therefore. Every funeral was largely attended, le corpse was sure to be fol- to the grave by an impos- ? of mourners, all walking arm
 One very marked figure in the IS the old man at the ladies en- of the Charleston hotel. 1 think never seen man who had more pearance of being somebody's ather than this kindly old Mar ne day he had disappeared, and 'as no one at the door. After Id futile search for him mes
 brought word that he wanted n of money in order to return. mystery was finally solved by eoyery that he could not come, ause he had bought either oxen . or married a wife. but for the reason that, having become more pecially interested in his one astime of gambling the night
 he had, in fit of noble rage persistent ill-luck, rashly ed his clothes-and lost the A contribution from his friends hotel soon restored him, clothed his right mind, which was very one. There is tradition cur lat one evening, as $ party of lrrived northerners were having sant conversation in the parIor nat late, they were surprised by ,earance of Marcus. who grayely ed them that he had come to the parlors, and that "our folks louse always goes to bed by half en, saht' The intimation was 7 needed. Of course no one resist the law of the hotel when .isions were handed down from
 height.-Anna c. Braekett. in $ Magazine.
 Spanish Pride.
 . is the birthright of almostevery I'd, and the fact that one of the ay take up the occupation of d
 does not shut him out from the ion of it. An American traveller that, in alighting at hotel in la, he saw a man at the door put
 hand toward him.
 traveller supposed that the man 9 porter of tie hotel, and offered