The aegis & intelligencer., 1896-05-29
miscellaneous.
TWO IDEALS REALIZED.
BY AMY DARCY wETMORE.

| cameron, rather we;lrlly, OF the Olu
coIored woman by her side.
Read it again, honey, what you
| done put
MY Dear Son-I take upmy pen to
| let YOU know dat | Is well i'll health
an hopes yesc few lines will flu you
| de saIue. is gettiu mighty tired oh
your stayin' SO long in Baltimo'.
| ain sho' dat dem air quality folks
whar you lib"
NANNY, what makes you think
| that?" queried Jessie, writing me
| chanically while she talked.
Il has my own reasons said mann
my, lnysteriously, shaking her turban-
ed head. In one oh his letters, you
| min dat he says his young genelmun
| country, an played de banjo fine be
| side. Now what sort o. pore white
trash he mus be, anyhow Why
doan he play de pianny tor his music,
| an tell de truf ef he comes from u
fust class tambly ~
| "Oh, nanny, the banjo is awfully
| fashionable, and he must have meant
| lawyer, not liar explained Jessie.
La, missy, de difference betwiXt
lawyer an liar doan' mount to II
| cents worth. But lemme tell you
Put dat my young mistress is growed
| up too butetul for dis world. Her
| hair is old goldy color, an curly like
de angels. Her skin is like pink an
| white chiny, an her eyes air like de
! blue dinner plates an mos as big
| An she has got dear little nose an
pretty red lips like ripe cherries; an
sich IL figger an walk Oh her dat de
| Queen oD England amt nowhar to
| her.
Nanny" said Jessie, surely you
are not describing me?''
! "Neber you mIn,' chile. You done
write it down. He praise mis- massa
up ter me onct. an it is so long sense
| he seen you, p'raps he forgits, too,
how good lookin' ladies kin be in
| Richmond
Jessie laughed, but thought the
! description too good to be wasted, SO
wrote it just as NANNY dictated it,
and wound up with the usual injunc.
ton to write soon an take care OF
hisself. Then she sealed and directed
the envelope. and went out for hel
afternoon walk.
One morning week later, when
nanny came into her darling's room
to make her fire and get ready hei
bath, she pulled from her voluminous
pocket Il letter and said:
Oar, Miss Jessie, LOWE, read dat
please. befo' YOU get up. 1t mus be
from my son."
lit Is not his writing" said pretty
Jessie, sitting up in bed and pushing
back her bright curls from her eyes
1T must be written by his young
gentleman Well, he writes nicely
anyhow" declared Jessie; "aud he
evidently does as do in your letters
he puts down just what your son die
tates:
DEAR MoTHER-I raise my pen tt
let you know that am well an hope.
YOU have the same felicity. | mos cut
my hand off wild de hatchet, so my
young boss is writing for Inc. l dom
member Miss Jessie, as she was borneC
ed long after de wah, an yor
know | amt been nigh Richmond
sence, but de eenulmin whar l Ibis il
hard to beat in looks. He is mighty
color, an slick like. He has u Ions
mustache an yellow eyes. His teetl
is mighty perty, an his nose is sor
'er bent in de middle, 'ristocratic kin
oh. He is good an awful smart. II,
writes for de papers. He dances likt
an angel; an he rides in de Fo!
Hnntin' Club, as well as on de phelos
ipllide; an he acts in am ture theat
ricals. an docs lots oh other thing
Won can t think of. So doan write Ii,
mo about pore white trash, fer Bal
termo' is JUS as much oh II place fe
quality us Richmon'. No more IL
present from your son,
w. GEORGE JONES"
"Mammy,n exclaimed Jessie, laugh
ing so that she could hardly speak
his young gentleman must be dread
full, Don't you see it's only joke t,
cap your description of me?"
Il don't know said Nanny, unde
cided whether to be angry or pleased
But | guess you mos tired of de bee
by dis time, an now your fire is lit an
| will hab your bath ready in a jitfy,
. added the old nurse, bustling away.
, ::
.. 81 am so glad, Jessie, that You will
see Baltimore society at the German
. You must be sure and fall in love will
one of our gilded youth and settl
= down as a married woman in our city,
, said Alice Ramsay, surveying he
, young friend, Jessie Cameron, as sh'
stood by the glass pinning some rose
on the bodice of her ball dress.
81 think myself it is perfect to b
here, and l have always been wild t.
go to one of your Germans, but th
falling in love part l will skip, if it i
all the same to you. Besides, haV
an ideal, and | am not likely to NEE
him onight, | fancy"
"Oh, Jessie, tell us about him. criet
Nellie Ramsay, eagerly, as she cam
in from the adjoining room.
"Well," =" answered Jessie, ''he mus
be the greatest liar in the country
He must be tall and thin, very thin
y His hair must be mahogany colo
and slick like, his eyes yellow, hi
nose bent in the middle, his mustach
dark, and"
Jessie hush What a horror!
: fear we can't accommodate you il
Baltimore replied Alice, laughing
How funny--although for som
= reason the description reminds me o
Allen Lane. His eyes have n queen
luminous look that gives yellow ei
feet to them. And don't you re
y member, Alice, he too has dreadful
ideal? For when he told him tina
YOU were coming, Jessie, he would no
even promise to call, unless you look
ed like this peculiar fancy of his. ."
1 The dancing hall was crowded witt
lovely girls and agreeable matron
, that evening, but there were non
: who received more attention than TIL
pretty Richmond lass for Jessie wa
always surrounded by admirers. Sh
danced and talked and sat in the tete
a-tete room between the figures OF tn