The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-23


1919. ,,.,, The black lady ana MAJ so.
uhu'l.' 'o ,oii,inc I'm quick low l9N,s' ,,..,
that the air was very eoi''
1 heard the LADY say - nv house
and then ! started up anu should
con. no. no. not 10 your 'e,f.tirire save
,ever be heard Of again
me NV poor chnd.' said the black Iraigd
Go g. uossihle that you, 100 ".n,U help
If me, shall not hurt you s''''''
y9'un;ob rease go away / criea.5 how ~"
, Won killed the SaVoyail 10
We came because no on 80 pone
come no row you across ~, o. '.,,'oa Won
."'n ~ tcat and hid 10. We saNtt 49, 49,
TOOK Dl9 .,t",fn,, i'm The woods and gyms
30 cofI lei me go / never Hi'"'1 80,
~, I'm They all say that you. ia,.o
must be wicked because you co'~'
mar ...I, ven ,Li.ot, lady shivercd from head 20
80 "o perhans until that moment snr
Ma NOT understood how hteh7'is
ti,ers hated her. Then snc 81 ,it
fttfe sobblng sigh. and llitel uP ~. nor
Maurice and / for the hfst t.i . 49, maj
go II was the most Dea1uiul laV 80
80 ,.,.sr seen. and. my children, IL W.
- he urlest Smallpox. H"N 'ii---.f..
4. and scanned IL. the features W., 49,, ifor..-
the commission was COARSE ION ,,o
t1 80 the chin 10 was dlshsuit'. ~
49, 49, oi-,,,,st forgotten now what Scoui1r
-,,,,u-nox used to be ana Mhht l'-- 80
,rsrsr 10 left behind. But hef EYES ~,
fte fovciiest / had ever looked my. ,tici{
were gray i'm color ana sualy" ~, .s.1ed
HACK lashes Such beauului sun - -,,,,
.i..,.-h Them into mine that iofsot my
terror and as my sickness anu t,h ,-,,i,
increased ! cried, ON. take Ili' 49, w. ,.,,i
fef me lie down. ] viii go Mh'IyN', 80
IKE, The black lady smiled WY" go 80
tHar1 This and then her face becanl.
n,,ife heavenly. She took me lh het 49,
and carried me into ner house' az mic
il, her bed / lay for many Mt.na' 49,
she nursod me thronsh - 20 ,ecovered
~ scarlet fever. whenever Ire1' -
NV senses. after fits OF dehrluni' %"
- a. nv side. She knew what Wah'
sd AS IN By intuition. My Wotn-i 49,
when ] was six years Ola, nut vlt.' 80 49,.
vanderings l called the black lazy hy "''
while I was convalescent we had ions
talks together. but she never spoNc 80
herself. N was through Barbara, lhe Or
serrsut that / learned her history II.
S,ther Who was a soldier, died early, anu
81. lived with her mother, VINO was III
r,.nrelv proud Of her, and thousht nun
ing I'm the world TOO good lor n,l., 80. ,,,
VAS described as the most beauiiiui 49,
In paris. and many gentlemen VINO W.
very rich wished TO make her loNe mn, ,,.n5
hr, she gave her heart 10 one VIZ
US moor and promised 20 wait unll ho
could take her 10 a home OF MS oMD.
Then the smallpox came; het lr,.,ri
rsuoht IN and died. and when Madeino'-
ssue Marie as Barbara always cailen
her mistress. recovered, she founi hcl-
eeff ollife alone in tie world, Win eNelS
trace OF her beauty gone forever S0
was Just Cne-and-t~ tnty. , $500, ma
"Rarbara related this TO Maurice anu ~
toretfer. and when she came 10 lniS
noint and stopped, he cr4ei, Du1 ~"
friend she cared for; did he die TOO
How was il that Mad moiselle Mafle
io.i III ala NOT die" said Barbara, in
hard voice. He came twice AFTER Mau'-
n oise,le Marie recovered, and Would nav
,,srried her. but she saw that ms lofc
Rad changed, and she gave MN bdch IN
nron,ise. lie is married now 10 a laly
who used TO be Mademoiseiie lls .s..,1,,,
friend She said II was cruel miSlOl-
t,.ne II both OF Their. but that ne must
not he blamed. Then she begged me 20
take her away 10 place Whcie We SoDlt
80 =. Gentleman who lets rs nave u very
ebeen hun MademOiselle has not peen
barrv here She likes 10 make irlehus
with her neighbOrs, 10 be kind, anu al
the people seem 10 shun our company
No one here is good enough, or course,
Tor Nademoiselle de 81. Pierre, who mas
lived in Paris. but her heart Is so tender
sho would never let that keep her back.
II did not understand then, as under
stood I'm a few years, how terribly the
black lady suffered Tor a ionS unlc dItcI
her sorrow, and what struggle she went
through 10 keep herself from becoming
bitter. and cynical and hard The struggle
was over and the victory won long before
the nisht | saw her on the red lake put
as far as her daily life was concerned THIS
illness Of mine brought a chLnee. one
nv one the village people learned 10 under
stand the truth. When j married, ana
came TO England, the black lady was as
much loved as she had once been hated.
Even Lucille trusted her entirely. we
used 10 think her black dress the pleas
ATTEST sight In the world. And as she
| grew more courageous she folded the
| black veil away In corner OF her ward