Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-01

'AHS7t wy 30 nice, so good, 81 bon
marche. and you turn in the aim
Canal street, aud look with ha.f pity
hall amusement. ~ the old shrunken
/ figure seated before little Ola n
bic, on which are spread out dainty
/ plnk aud white pra,lnes aud sayory
ones made Of ''syr0p, with "pecansh
stuck here aud there By way OF or.
nanieniatlon and still more delight.
iul eating
"uh! ma belle demolselle. Won
gone buy some praline for sure. dey
20 pretty for do pretty lady. and
before sou knOw ID you have your
hands down ia your purse drawing
out zone pieayon" with which 10
bay one Of "dose nice creole pra.
lines, made Of ground cocoAaai ana
white sugar delightfully."- assimi.ated
together and formed into round pink
aad white cakes. oF one Of those mo.
lasses praliaes Ixed 50 neatly ana
. eolapActiy ia Tiny mQalds oi white
eut paper Fraiines are iarorito
lu2urieh with iitlle creole children,
they nlil save all their picaynnes 10
buy Gee Of shese nice sugar cakes,
and old feto knnws IT,
The typical creole negress 81 tho
Old regime IS Toto. her Ggurs dark
aud slight nor eyes kind aud fam d.
the l.gal II other days her voice.
once IS soft o. malsme's oWn. nov
sarl.i aad p.plag She wears dark
guinea oiue gabrielle. with
white aproa tied about her Nalft,a aud
b Nb.Ea hand kerehiet foiatd across
hef bosom lloe severe toilet u re
ligge& ~ her picturesque "ii su0a.
wonderfully, fantastic. yet grace,
tnl. arrangement 81 bgtsht ban
DANA handkerchief about her head.
tie3 Ia 4nasnt kRogs. o. only She cid
Creole darkios kaow bow 20 o the
''slsnna ilpw long has Toto sal
60 tie old street "sion Dies" she
will cell sos. '.ao long she most done
forgot nlg Toto not always bin
ike dat she wlll add. between h6r
old hyohea ieath which makes Il
dlnicuis 10 understand anything She
says except her cry: "be1s pralines
Tor ae pretty lady
There Is something Ia sae old no.
faaHs face uh.ch tells lls oHn iale
Of hcfplsm aud suffering aud un
kUcvfiag HdallsF. nnd thinking 20
mako boz talk about herself you ppr'
chase some more % her prallnee
but she rctoluirly retisis all az.
iempsa 70 b drawn into couycTaa'
ilon. answerieg sou always, You
uans Tor by some more
liut when az cFealng you see her
seated before tho gate II jackson
square. smiling ~ tho ilttlo chlidren
playing among tho Covers and shrub
berry, and ever and anon stopping IN
thu apurta 30 como /, h groups 81 iwos
and thrrca 20 palroniSc her basket
tho time comes hack when sou. TOO.
ueFo iiitio child and used 20 so
with your nurse 70 the old Creole
square in tho sumner evenings. just
90 spend your ''picayane' Tor one Of
Teso's praliuos and you dlmly won
dor huu deserted tbc old square
wouid seem without this ancient, "a.
miliar Ggurc seated within rs
shadow
Bus Toto has history Tho old
Creo.es VIII teli you that 4 history
wits soft, mourufal beauty that
seems like q romantic tradition ~
theao praaalr DAYS ITEMS Monsieur
joan viii toll sou all about Toto.anl
how ono dhy. 40 long long ago, she
raa about with liitic she pioknnlunics
on che old plantation down tho coast.
and thuu Toto was taken from the
iclds. as ebc grow older. and became
INV laay's maid. and oao daf the
4 IDLE an dance SCUM Tod III Tho ne
gro quarters. for Toto was Mario
10 "t'nclo Francois aud "massa"
ana "mlssus" gave them q great lay
ont. But that was long. long ago.
and Monsieur John viii tell you. too,
how one night in the rotunda Of tho
old 81 Louis hotel thero was great
auction Of slaves, and many biadcrs
we're there, for the negroes were the
finest lot exposed for many a day
tho entire band % slaves from the
plantation 81 Toio's old master How
aid they come 10 be put up for sale
Ma fol. Il was only the old. old story
SO common before the war
Monsieur had gamblcd his emit c
patrimony away 10 one Of those float.
inc palaces on tie Mississippi. and
then. "iiko gentleman. he went
out and shot himself And madame,
ali. she was too proud 10 let his
name Be- dishonored ia death. Tho
plantation was sold. and uow-but
hush. there Is wall ia tho old
rotunda. someone has bought Toto's
husband and soR--a rich planter
f,om Tennessee he does not care
10, the mother. she looks too frail
Rnd delicate. And Toto She sits
there. crouched IN the dim corner.
woeplng for her old madame and her
and her child-her childP
II 4 a long time before she Is put on
etand. and then Monsieur John
comes in by chance agd takcs in the
az glance. Ho buys
Toto The will present her rs gift
10 tho Tennessee planter
Mails. tiensl No one sooms 60 know
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