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THE ffiSSBYTESU
One of My C
Maria Wilsc
By Eliza C. 8. U1
Our home "after the war" was a
hired one, of handsome and commodious
style; quite old, because upon
seeing it for the first time, my grandmother
exclaimed, "w"hy, she had often
visited there (with her mother) as a
child, it then being the residence of
fhA RrlHoh r^vnanl t v
The three ladies constituting the family,
intending to support themselves by
teaching, necessitated a large building
for the needed accommodation, and thus
this large house was engaged for them.
Besides being built upon a high foundation,
with fine kitchens, store rooms,
etc., the servants' quarters of two stories,
all of briok and plastered, extended
along the large yard and made, in
those days of struggle, a small source
of revenue, being rented to respectable
parties; two rooms being retained, one
for the use of the cook and the other
for the house servant. A private stairway
led from the wide hall down to
that basement, and at first, the door
opening upon it, was faithfully bolted
at night, and unbolted every morning
for the servant to come up and make
the fires, etc; but as time wore on and
winter made suggestive approaches, the
door was left quietly unbolted; and so
one morning to the great consternation
and distress of every one, all of the
silver and .many other articles of value
were missing! Having refugeed beyond
the enemy's lines, we had saved it, and.
now, lost it through inexcusable carelessness!
You see we had always been accustomed
to the dear old family servants,
and could not realize yet, that a new
order of things was on hand; for with
them, our Interests and belongings were
as their own, "de fambly" belonged to
them! a queer state of affairs which
our northern friends could never understand,
and yet which most surely
existed, except in rare cases. The conclusion
arrived at was, that Harriet, the
girl, must have spoken of the premises
being left open, and Paul, her admirer,
had planned and accomplished the robbery;
even to the taking of a double
set of most rare old china, a direct
importation from Prance over one hundred
years before, and which was always
kept dutifully packed away, and
used only upon special occasions. He
iwnsw wen now mucn iney were vaiueo.
The thieves were evidently frightened
by Rome noise, as a few of the queer
old coffee mugs and tea cups were left
behind, and are now in my possession.
Probably, if there had been a man in
the family, he would have put the case
in the hands of detectives; but the
women-folk were poor now and were
afraid of sending good money after bad;
so nothing was done beyond arresting
the girl, and she went "scot free," after
a few interrogations.
Any one who lives in the South
VnATOO 4-VkOt oil *v# ah? eolovA.1 Kflln Vav?
.?mv .?s? tu**t an vn i/u i wivicu "Cl uavr
some "hangers-on, some Mn," always
around, who generally 'boards' at the
expense of the- employer; that Is a
realized condition of affairs, an expected
and accepted fact; our cook, Maum
Betsey, was no exception to the rule.
We were obliged on account of the
school to supply the girl's place at once.
Maum Betsey's friend, or kin, "Maria,"
who had been with her quite a while,
was called In. and fell Into line; and
at first of all uncompromising subjects,
she took the lead. Unattractive, both
as to face and form, rather humped,
and with a mouth of such size, that
when she laughed your head felt In
danger? "Way mug* 1 put dese " (the
casters.) Looking up from writing?
IS O * THE BOOTH
olored Friends
>n?A Type
mer, Fairfax, S. C.
"Maumer, put them right in the middle
of the table."
"Uh huh, jis' tell me once and I know
nex* time," and ehe religiously measured
the side of the table and set them
there! But she learned in time, and
of all faithful and devoted servants, she
was the one; truly a diamond 4n the
rough! When we would be going out
for the evening, nothing would Induce
her to leave the house; by the Are in
the sitting room in winter, she waited;
and yet she slept so soundly that often
we would let ourselves in, and touoh
her on the shoulder, when she would
awake with a start and laugh and we
would aay, "Well, the robbers could
run off with you and you'd never know."
SotnetlmeB, when I was at home studying,
she would begin to talk of her old
home In Virginia and her children and
the owner of the plantation near Norfolk,
"Mt. Chas. Billy Will eon."
Gradually 1 elicited more detailed information,
and the idea grew that I
write and find out whether the children
now grown, were still on the old plantation.
Fifteen years she had then been
with us?years of faithful service and
surely If any one deserved reward for
such, she did; we were all much attached
to her, and she to us. <1 never
let her know, but I wrote to the minister
of one of the churches of the
town near which she had lived, giving
all Information and pralBe In regard
to her. A very long time It seemed,
and I was too thankful T had not mentioned
to her the so doing; but at last
one day, a letter came, giving a good
many particulars of her famllv and their
promise of a cheque being sent shortly.
We were almost afraid to tell her,
but remembering that Joy seldom kills,
we broke the news gradually, and then
read the minister's letter.
For some minutes the original African
asserted Itself, and she danced
around the room singing and clapping,
quite oblivious of us, and treating us
to what was something of an OJlbway
war dsnce: and yet, we were nearer
crying than laughing!
Then she settled down and we planned
for her; a friend was going north,
and he agreed to see her safely on and
off at the stations.
Many friends were interested and
many little remembrances found their
way to her.
After a good many bug* and goodbyes,
our dear, faithful Maria went, and
we were left lamenting. The news
came of the Joyful reunion; then we
beard once again, and after that we
could only hope that she was as happy
as ahe deserved to be.
!? >
Books
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Dr. H. F. Williams, of Nashville, has
prepared a number of new booklets on
mission fields and they are published
and for sale by our Committee at Richmond.
The titles are, In the Congo, In
Mexico and Cuba, In the Hermit Land,
North of the Yangtze, Along the Grand
Canal, In South America, Ip the Mikado's
Wmpire. These little volumes appear
in unusually attractive dress and
will be found absorbingly interesting
to the friends of missions.
The Princeton Seminary Bulletin,
volume 6. number 1. contains addresses
delivered at the Centennial Celebration
of Princeton Seminary held last May.
Three of the principal addresses appear
[September 4, 1912
in this number?thpee by President patton,
Robert Elliot Speer and Dr. James
M. Wells, Moderator of the United Free
Church Assembly of Scotland. Each of
these addresses is a masterpiece in its
department and affords delightful reading
for thousands of our ministers.
Other centennial addresses will probably
appear in the succeeding number
of the Bulletin.
Assembly's Minutes.?The Minutes of
the General Assembly of 1912, appeared
promptly and make a volume of 289
pages. The Contents department was
prepared by Dr. T. H. Law, 8tated
flerk, with his well known skill and
thoroughness. There are certain novelties
of arrangement that will need
to be tried out before their value can
be fully estintited. The mechanical
work of the publication Is not up to the
standard. Copies should be in the
hands of our church officers and others
who wish complete Information on all
departments of the Church's work hb
indicated t>y the Assembly's proceedings.
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