The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05

vas a grocer; that he had died sud
denly. and who would give her hgs
every sunday now? She said tina,
mama was very. pretty young wo
man. and naturally very particular
about her mourning in quality and 1T.
She described her new dresses and
bic enthusiasm. about the jet pas
semcntcrtc. the 'doublu lure the su-
perb buttons. the band OF as,rakan
that made It "distingue,'' the bonnet
"a ravishlng finale to "a great triumph,
She grew eloquent over her doll
,'Ameiic Desiree josefinc MathNdc
Laure Poinsette" She hcancd with
nag 4 red ribbon and tied Il. as q sas H.
ON the beloved object. "E,lle est terri.
clement belle she remarked. and we
she suddenly bcthought herself igno-
rant of me.
=. llrst sne asked If my mother was
the beautiful lady" in her second
youth opposite them. where Nc wcre
was amazed TO see her actually turn
pale. scuttlc down from her seat and
nash BACK 70 iier aunt. whom she tim
, nnso nWaK ss, hsr d9ii ciasped 70 ncr
mast thou asked the aunt / heard
the Whispered reply: Madame la. 4
en- dos esclaves, Q! que peur dcllci'
tAadhmc. there, has had slaves q, I
am go trightcned) our relations were
at an end. She Wouldn't even look at
me, ana troubled before the lovelicsl
81 women ana mothers the ogress o.
her imagination. THAT child had had
fer mind fllcd with the equally i'm
aSinary horrors OF the institution OF
slavery as 1t never aS7sted. The Con-
pElets describing them, and the South
ern planter and his family in them was
painted In Iampplack. I promise Won.
l hmt that sash WAS evidently stu 4
m m .t,. 4 f..l
united II a dozen times, And 1t doubt
less pleaded for me, too. for when we
got 10 Macon. little Celeste faced about
on. the step. as she was leaving tho
railway carriage and said "Adicu.
madcmoiselle Mile rcmercimcnts.
Don VOYAGE Kissed her hand to m,
Z nd joined her aunt with last look of
perfect horror at madame" the ogrcss
Master .AdrIun.''
stu recall. on a visit to a country
, mouse IN EsseN-such n co,ntry house,
Perpendicular Church. and its plate
given by tho sister of the Conqucror.
and an, ghost aud a tower with the
trouhous times) and all sorts az de-
iightful things 4 bout Il that one never
finds out OF England-thc vision OF an
English boy Of about ten. who was
sstta,ndinE in the doorway and saying:
Mamma, Miss Churchill (aged six
and Ethel Gagged nine) are going for
drive In the pon%chaise. and mayn',
{! 81 Will Ine'i Oh Wy pony. We Sor
into my riding boots, and yet nurse
is very nasty about IT," Ills mother
consented TO IL, and he went out. put
pony carriage as we'll Us If he had beer
gallant of twenty. shielding their
ircsscs from the dus, OF tho wheel.
ana making ihem a nice. gentlcmanly
low. when they were seated. and then
mounting his own pony, he galloped
fter them. Nurse was still in the
room we had left. THAT Master
| H'Adrian VIII ave il own way. if he
| lies for il. mem! I've 'ad EN- like that
| before now she sn i'd as she returned
ITO the chicks in the nursery. y most
respectab bic, excellent. superior servant
Vas Mrs. Russ. and much honored and
| beloved By the family. she had
! brought UP twenty one babies by
hand she told me. but thought; that
Master II'Adrian an 'andfull---a pickle.
lie seem to nc charming.
! ~ Mercy Perkins.
met this very extraordinary young
ster III a New England town. She
told me al once that she was from
i'oston-at only twenty miles the other
side, which was the same thing" She
was a rigid, fr!gid, pensive little .prig
OF seven Ga con f1Cmcd Bostonian at
seven! Think OF IT.. yet she was not
without interest, too Children never
are to the person who loves them
She actually told ME that she pre-
forrcd mathematics to languages but
intended to takd a college course when
. she was old enough, and was going Ia
be a prehistoric archaeologist She
. got this out as glibly as Southern