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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Jiroii’s vision.
BV ALFRED DUKE. j
™ e . s " n hft< l gone down, on the dpsolate plain, !
And the stars were lighting, their lamps for
tflc night,
Tke wind it was moaning a solemn refrain :
As I wailed for the friends I bad left m mv i
flight; J
I thought on my mother, whose tenderness 1
now, j
Seemed doubly entwined ’round the folds of
my heart, j
I thought on the kiss she impressed on mv
brow, J i
And her heart-breaking sobs when she said I
we must part;
I thought on my father, who though I’d de-
craved him.
Had committed my keeping to Abraham’s !
God.
Who groaning in spirit that thus I must ler-ve
hun, |
Yet submissively bowed to the chas'eniug rod.
For '(was sin that had broken the ties of mv
home,
Whe’e love and affection might ever have
dwelt,
’Twas sin that now drove me from kindred to
roam.
From all I hel l dear to the spot where 1 knelt.
Twas a spot where no whisper of man. or of
beast,
Broke tl»e silence and awe that were brooding
around
No day-star of hope, was descried in the east,
Bat darkness and horror were reigning pro-
fonn i.
I crouched as forsaken of God and of man.
A }*oor wretched boy despised and accursed,
And for hours I Jay on the desolate sand
And wept till I thonght that my heart it
Would burst.
In lonely affliction whoever has felt
How bitter the sorrow's we’ve none to help
bear,
May judge of the dark crushing burden that
dwelt
On a heart that was sunken in hopeless des
pair.
Ah' who the deep anguish ef soul can endure,
As the scenes of his child hood are called to
review, J
The home—the dear home ho shall visit no i
more,
META;
with a smile, “mos’ ebery mornin’ you gits
ver before dem b-g chillun is t’rough.”
’But if 1 am lati* it is not too far behind
t. me for Ihc-e, ’ said Angie, (’lv'.ng in:o her
basket.
OAlTTifPiiiT m i limimmu i 1 he little negroes gathereii around Angie
SOU lllEKft PLAi\ 1 A i i0„\ LIFE. | ; " 1,, l,e K«n to caper aud dance, holding out
tneir hamls for the expected gifis. AsAngie
OB,
^ *'rne :tn<l Absorbing Story id
Souilin-n Life anil SoutH-
ern Kxperient-es.
placed <1 Cake in each li ui l, they Hod to a lit
tle distance in great glee to nibble in coveted
so.itude Mi • dainty morsel.
••Mat’s all dey is good for.” said Maum
Nancy, “its eat, eat, eat, from the time dey
. — I conies till dey is took home at night, and as
.>cents ini/ on the Savannah River. in Gear- i for that Jeines and Ike and Fete, la. s ites
gia and South Oerolina alive! why honev, missis’ house a’int big
[ enough for lo hold bi uls for deni.”
“And how about this little E'seyi” asked
Angie, chucking a litt'e sickly girl under <lie
U e " in ret'-neg our stp p. to huinl>!
Jennings, who si s suiootW
Mrs.
her apron, ar
• 'j s to Meta Glenn of her pigeons, giv-
theJr way* of life- When the
{;t .'°".. was “'"'shed she turned to
.. r Vi' ,s:1 l ’ “fJttle Brister has taken
turns Angie; I’ve used all
the renie lies | knows of ui d,’ ie gits no bette \
i . w *sh you’d ax your nm to
h In, “ ""'1 see him. You come
s>x> him too Aiigie, lie is in this sheil
f ,jse to go with Angfc, then j
rooiu.
turnin
ladies from the carriage. A bright smile
rested on his face and in his clear, blue eyes
there was amidst its honest gaze a gleam
which reveal 'd a fun lov.ng nature kept
steadilc und r control, though it might he al-
lowed a wholesome freedom when times and
places became suitable,
For several days M-- Anns tarried wirh
the (,’iyd -s. Some of the huirs o* - these sun j away his u-iJ
ny days he passed alone in his chamber—: a,he i p
preacher's room,” a pleas nit,_ remote apart- is custo nary for the fu
and ^nccdotc.
thbi^bi a , lm ri d tUat u man nuver los «s any-
” b J politeness, but this has proved lo
be a m istake. As a a old I’h.ladclp'hian WtS
ie win i carried
button you.ig la U
BV GAGE iltlllNS'KAn.
The morn
CHAPTER XXVIII.
work always lx-gan for Angie
“Hat Elsey! I wish 1 had my way wid her,
de little varmint is nothin’ but a dirt eater, I
sh y J y. and half reluctantly, ™ ont J? .. - .. , -, . ... ,
Said May lie you’d like to see the little hls call, "ff f,,r generations, Jiuch of the | sruarfc little boy
SH a. y' too > Miss Meta, will you come with timp - however, he was in the sitting room,
r S 'i . . H follo ” r ed them into the |- ol)ni I toiiraiiiiis with licta, mostly, and surpris-
nglited by a single small window. itig her with his bright, pleasant vivacity.
“Brister see here’s Miss An ne come to see ! Between M-s. Clyde and himself there exis -
i said the kind voice of Mrs. Jennings e<l MI1 affection which resembled that of a
t he boy looked up and smiled at Annie hut mother towards h«r son. With Angie he
in the kitchen. That uniipie, homely and I ) Can you stop it, Maum Nancy?”
uselul department iiad not been seen bv Meta A os’in, just take a snake's head and frog’s
til! she entered it at dawn, with one of Angie's j '*"‘1 tie 'em to de wrist, dat. will sto-i it ”
‘‘"‘I’J” gingham aprons adorning her person, j * be old woman said this very gravely' blit
I he Kitchen tpieeu was Maum Patience, a per- I Angie’s incredulous smile caused her some
s mage oi the utmost iiunortaiice Uieverv iiv- i iit-tl ? confusion: “True in... i. •
I he kitchen queen was Mmm Patience, a jier
s uiuge of the utmost importance lo every liv
ing tiling in the back yard. Meta was* pre
sented to her ladyship tho first day of her ar-
1 ’ i l,ld r * 1 ‘i’i 11 very fat, dignified woman
attired in blue check homespun, with a red
handkerchief towering above her head like a
steeple. Maum Patience was a relentless
ent c and had a profound contempt for ig
norance, Angie had paved the way for
* ci U> kind reception by touching the heart
of this st< rn princess of the culinary domain
*" telling her Meta had no mot.ier, no one to
teach her those tilings vo few <imid do as well
a J Maum Patience herself. Tliis last stroke
<if flattery quite conquered tiie excellent
ulld with a wave of the baud she sai i:
‘Berry well. I’ll lai n ’em, but she mint
stain, about here; I’m de mist'i.ss here, sure.”
Oh! we will both stand about,” was the
laughing i (‘lily.
When Meta*ent-red the kitchen, the flour,
ini'd, milk, soda and salt were duly measured
off and given to her to knead.
Mother says yon must lirst know how to
do a thing yourself before a servant can tie
taught by you ”
W ith merry eyes Meta prepared to leant
And tn-* loved ones he bade an eternal adieu? ! the lesso.-i. Angie soon found her confused
I prayed, but my prayer seemed a mockery 1 Wl . t , H stubborn mass of dough.
now— ’ I I see you need more flour,” said Angie a
For I dared not to hopa, God would answer ! t^r a few minutes.
my call, j * just, a little,” was the reply.
_ — ly, but
incredulous smile caused her some
(infusion; “True, missis, true enough!
Hc.ycante.it dirt wifi deni tings tied to <le
wrist; 1 knowed it to stop a heap of chillun.”
’I daresay the snake’s head can stop dirt-
(oitmg and all other kind of eating, Minin
Nancy, if you suffer the poison to go: on the
body. But you must not try to cure this
little girl that way. I will seud you some
quinine, and by fixing it on the clay she will
learn, I think, tbutother things are liotter for
food.”
“Well, ma’am, I’ll try what you send for
I knows it wilt lie good.”
“Is Mrs. Jennings at home, Matim Nancy?”
Yes, missis; why you ain’t Miss BrisLer,
deii. I forgit to tell you how sick de boy
git ywterdy. Miss Jennings was gwine to
see Miss, but said she woul 1 wait till later in
the day, knowin’ dere w as company She
is onoasy ’bout Blister, he got
gnawin' pain, ' ....
time. ”
up and smiled at Angie, but
n a moment begun to toss about as if in
great psm.
‘ 'Here’s
won’t veT
y<>nr nice tea Brister, drink it
Ho looked in-'o the old lady’s
cup, drank a little,
k and liegau to moan
In tho afternoons the carriage stood befor
the door, always at an appointed hour, and
Mr. Ames, Meta and Angie, sometimes the
gentle mother, sp-nt the remaining hours of
w __ ____ the da v in delightful rides and occasionally
r on comes. The little feller sleeped i *" visiting the pleasant people who lived in
•1 ir v mi « ■ . ... * flw. ..i
face, then clutching the
Immediately he fell back
and toss again.
l . tlle feVf,r wil1 P iss "ff after awhile,
nit ‘nijj t tikes to give the other physic tell
uia comes. The little feller 'sleeped
p lorly mst nigh’.” The old ladv did not
mention how little she had slept "herself on
Ins account.
Take Miss Meta round the bouse Angie
to see lay lines. Mr. Jennings has hoved a
nevswunn since you was last here.”
The apiary was the pet pride of the two
old people, and was an entertaining spot to
Meta^yvell as the others. One hive was of
^ ass e cg; f'ii‘ some time the two friends
-‘W\*ke busy little workers. Thev were
called ■Sf after some minutes by Mrs. Jen-
mngs
"" Wost too early for lunch Angie, bnt
maybe you and Miss Meta would take some
or ray bread and honey.”
" ” cannot refuse such a temptation Mrs.
her to give th9
. but is is the real
.... . . tiro.her itii. “gi v - 6 s h»r
the'girls sayr" ,Ilarna g«- S .
Old Mr. Baker advertised for a wife s
Z° a " s w<,m in «>f irreproacli
I 1 rFfnj Vp } •» loft i r« f w. .... T
the neighborhood.
To be Continued.
The New Baby in Our House.
..... ;•.— iker that
and shctllth'V* S've him the facts:
cided not to*marry^hen”” '* He ,ie "
arm > Ht ChancellorsvilJe.
BY SILAS STOKBS.
« l,i. •. : ’‘tningo, Jcmiinijs,” and Angie prepartnl to help Meta’s
, b ,l f0 11 bolds on a long j Plate to^a slice of hght bread and butter, and
wil1 S° on l h« s if you are not tired
. n , \\ sa *^, “indeed I am quite in
teres ted.
The two girls entered n hickorv errove
whlch stretched between the quarter aud
Cain s fratricide mark, it seemed fired on hit
brow,
For my brother—I’d wronged him, but God
ruled it all.
To the weary «nd wretched how sweet is re
pose,
W hen forgetful of sorrows, thev slumberand
sleep,
AV hen the h»art sinks to rest, and the eye-lids
are closed,
1v the path way of life found so stormy and
steep!
A pillow of rocks I now pile for mv hea
An-I m v safety to God, I commit with a sigh. I
i he dew is ray m .nt e, the earth is my be.i, j
And I drop into sleep, with a tear in mv eve i
But, the wing.of the sleepless are over n e !
spread,
My slumbers were sweet, and my visions 1
were bright,
For the angels of God, with a noiseless tread,
ere sporting around me. the whole of tho
night
From heaven a ladder’s let down to the earth,
And on it the angels awenil and descend
And a voice cried, Jacob, thou’rt mini from
thy birth;
For of old I’m the ood of Abram, my friend.
Of Isaac, thy lather, I too am the (Sod;
hear not, lonely boy, for I’ll always be nigh
As thy shield, and thy buckler, thy staff ami
thy rod,
And thy safety is under my ell seeing eye.
Thou favored of Heaven, thou shall not be
left, I
An .^Phan a wanderer, iy >;{Lgr<yj$cast.
bereft *’ 1 ' rr
/_/ w ill be with thee from the first totne i-v..,
To cheer thee, to guard thee, to guide thee
aright,
And to comfort and counsel in time of distress,
I’ll lead thee by day, I’ll watch o’er the by
night,
And when frowning I seem, even then 1 will
bless. ,
To the land where thou fleest, by me thou ai t
10(1,
To accomplish I he ends, I there have decreed.
Then liack will 1 bring thee, to that w hence
thou fled.
And the spot v. here thou liest, I’ll give to thy
As the dust of the earth shall thy children in-
In tbyseed all the nations of earth shall be
blest.
From the north to the south, from the west
to the east. . , , , ,
Their tents tney shall pitch, in the land of
their rest.” . .
1 awoke with awe from the life-giving spot.
For I then knew ’twas holy, and hallowed
ground, .
The oat wat to God, though I knowing it
Had'been filled with the fear of the curse of
his frown.
O who shall the rapturous transport declare,
Of a heart that’s rebounding with joy and
love. .
By a sudden transition from utter despair,
V* bile ’Us felt the blest exchange descends
from above'
Mv pillows of rock 1 set up in my bed
A memorial of freedom, from harrowing cares
With the oil of gladness. I anneinted its head,
Which at twiiigbt. before, Fd annointed with
tears. , , ,
Then pilgrim to heaven, through hie s dreary
way.
When darkness grows black, in some w-aste
howling” place
tVheo the whisperings of dread, fill the heart
with dismay, . .
And your doubts like a film, dim the vision of
grace,
Let faith make your pillow of stone—one of
down
And the chill wind of night liean earnest of
rest; „ .
For the defiles of ere, have a gate for their
bound.
Which opens at morn, to the realms of the
blest.
“More
er on
ei practised eye
The Emperor of Russia, as lie appears to
day to the casual observer, is a large, ox-eyed
man. with a look of sadmss and (lerplexity,
He is said to be subject to melancholy periods
of hypochondriasis, during which existence
seems but a dreary blank to him. He is
haunted by fears of sudden death, and by the
dread of assassination. At these times he
moons about on apparently solitary walks
with a large dog. but there is always a po~
hcemaii handy to keen the sacrilegious from
approaching him. When well, he devotes
much of his time to tailoring, changing his
costume with much stolid perseverence, and
he likes to lie attended by a humpbacked
Privy (Jounc llor, who acts as foil to his fine
figure and sets it off: for he is a well built
iriau ’tall and straight^ though rather too
German in the rotundity of certain of his
curves His father. Nicholas, who was in
many respects a notable sovereign, had him
verv carefully brought up, and foreseeing
th it he would' want support, perhaps devo
tion in after-1 fe. to counteract his apathy.
• urroiinded him with some select young men
who could lie relien upon. This li tie bind
of cron e ( ha
Afier a few minutes Meta said:
wa’er or milk. Angie,’’
fi ally, after a few suggestions, the bis
cuits were ready to be made out.
“All! there is art even in this.” Meta said,
j as she placed her own by Angie’s. “Anvoiie
1 can tell yours from mine.’’
“There will be no difference in the eating.”
said Angie, consolingly.
V< iien Maum Patience came for the tr.av,
Angie was pleased that her friend was too
busy w ashing her hands to see ll
the black woman’s face, as he
marked out the i.'i-nrade J,..
• -Sow, Me:a, take this chair and wait for
nie, for mother s ys you will have to learn
an about bread making first, before vou at-
taek anything else; that is her A P. C in cook
ing. After breakfast she w 1! !, -gin to teach
you to make rolls, and that bread, she says is
worth five thousand dollars in a woman’s life,
for almost every one eats it/’
“II missis an’ me can lain you tell you gits
as smart us Miss Angie here, then you’ll be
gal worth the catch in’, 1 sav.”
1 .-greo with you, Maum Patience, for
Angie is fully ready for every duty, while I
see it will be a great w hile before I can be
prepared for them.”
“Yes inarm, you do well to sav a good
while Now what’s worth nothin’ can be
iarnoii in no time, ’p^ars like dat comes of
itself, but rich work as this gives a lot of
trouble, and every drop of it is good as gold
to them what knows it.”
In a few minutes thepaid assigned to Angie
'“‘j kitchen was over t.’.fn the two girls
ltnarew o fc'ioii rooms ♦ ■’rt.'nioTP ih»» lurirn
bre^Ktast.
Will you go with Tie to the quarters,
Meta* I have a few duties there every morn-
ing, not exac Iv in the housekeeping line, still
connected with it, and very interesting to us.”
Angie said this looking at Meta with a
doubtful expression. 1 n fact, she had pon
tiered the propriety of asking her Famed
guest to walk w.th her in the very humblest
duties of the day. Would Meta regard the
task as she hid been taught by her mother to
esteem it, a pure and sacred one, never to be
shirked for uny cause?”
“To the quarter, where the little negroes
stay, and the old jieople! Ac*, vrs, with
plersure,” and Meta run back for her sun
down.
A belt of live oiks intervened lietween the
dwelling and the quarter, so that the houses
were concealed from view. Back of the
houses rail a little lnbbling brook, where
ducklings und young negroes found constant
amusement. As liefore intimated, the ( lydes
were no' rich, but found themselves at the
end of each year quite able to meet all de
mands, and to live in comfort. 1 hey owned
their slaves, and all Southerners know what
amount of profit that means when young and
old, little and big, are included. Mrs. Clydes
ten field hands supported twenty at home be
sides their owners.
When Meta reached the cabins she paused
to regal'd the well-ordered domiciles. There
were six houses in a row, and separated by
thirty yards of green-sward, where it was
against the rules to build chicken coops, pens
or other uncomely ataxies so common to the
negro taste. These were given place in the
backyards. To each house>'as attached a
vegetable garden and a small lame patch, the
xuinmum bonum to the luxurious darkey.
The. houses were closed except the two last.
Angie led the way into the lir-t < >f these. An
aged woman sat before a low tire singing a
ditty in a cracked, shrill voice. Angies
light footsteps aroused her end she jumped
up briskly.
“Good morning, my little misses, the old
woman exclaimed, “you is late dis morning,
but 1 kuow’d you hadn’t forgotten your poor
old nigger.”
Angie drew from a basket some of the very
biscuits Meta had helped to make, a slice of
cake, and cold ham, and placed them in the
aged woman’s bauds.
“Thankee, missis, thankee. My victuals is
good, to be sho, blit’pears like what comes
front white folks’ table is always a heap bet
ter. Thankee, missis.”
“This is my school frieud, Maum Chloe,
who is coming round with me to see you all.
said Angie.
“Howdye, missis, howdye do Maum, glad
to see you, wish you good luck, my chile, all
yerdays.” ,. ,
Meta thanked her, and asked if she lived
aloue entirely.
“Oh! no, maum, my son August lives here
too. He is a good son, missis, but 1 frets
atiout him heaps; pears like he gets so rick
ety sometimes, ami wants to run aliout to
tho overseer’s house.
Meta saw a frame 1 cottage containing font-
rooms and a piazza. As thclitll- wicket
gate creaked on its hinges to let tho girls in
a covey of p geon.s frightened fr„ m their
mornings mm!, fluttered over the gteen
yard, thee circl *d round the gable ends of
..he house. This noise brought an old , n ttron
lo the door, whose face at once won Meta’s
kindest respect, Mrs. Jennings wore a dark
homes:,un dre-ss and a large white apron over
it. A white linen collar was hold at her
throat by a tiny, quaint-looklng breastpin
( lor grey loo.as wore comb -<j smoothly over
nor hue forehead and caught up in tlie back
witna large tortoise-shell comb. Adtintv
capof so:t st mull inudm adorned her he ui.
he (,rst, gl mee was fixed upon her eyes.
■ i- so fresh, tender orlis appealed in ill coni-
pony w.th the wrinkled face and whitened
Kick,. hum had seemingly passed over
: o'- w yOUti ‘> frwh «M’ig*Hncss to
lingo, within t'lera to the last.
„/'/“? ‘. n ; A,u ’ rie ’ “I my dear. I’m
/ g.ail to see you this morning; and this
In M M 1 ' y °? , wus Pokin’ for? Howdy-
, ’, M ' S V MeLa: \ ,-"' tt "d Angie mention your
yei h .ts ” aP W A ’ JSr ' , ’ s off ,
Mrs Jennings was busy hanging
will M«ts°n n K he i 1’eg.s against the
nmsnftPc In fre!ih “ess and cleanli-
' m, w , P 1 rl T th ” tame this
( ui rnt7w h U fH ‘ yaking of rooms
adorned with softly cushioned chairs, dainti
ly curtained windows and costly ornaments
nw’deTvh'/r by the OBk chairs
made by her husband s hands and tlie e-isv-
ioungei fashioned by her own deft fingers
me of the golden honey. The old lady
moved around quietly, attending to a few
j little n»glect«d duties, while her gn -cts en-
j >ye l the lnnch, tint] conversed, where she
wiis so Tie times n listener then a participant.
observed that t-hera was a general re-
semWaaee in this home and its irnni.t > to the
one she Iiad just left. Though Imru and bred
to another sphere in life, Angie, herself, ap-
p ared to stand in certain womanly wavs of
think ng and acting, on the same plane with
the humble overseer’s wife. I* was not the
l esemblanoe of relationship, for there were
no ties of blood between the families. It
arose from a higher and stronger cause, even
“H affi 'i,.v of mind and nature, which
defied times and chances. There is indeed a
principle which binds ns one to the other.
Reader, I am a paterfamilias.
Ii was the practice, old Samuel But'er tells
us, amongst a people whom he calls “Chi
noses,” who, whoever they may have been
were many centuries nearer the acme of civ
ilization i hail ourselves, for the father, on
the hirth of a ch.ld, to retire to his bed and
receive the condolence of his friends, while
| the mother was sent ab-nit her duties as usu
al This is sensible; but what a lamentable
in vers on of this practice exists with us! Up
stairs the father is treated with iguominv
insulted by a stronger whose sex prevents
him lo om retaliating, regarded as an inter
loper, and scarcely even allowed to inspect
the origo malt. He retires to his library,
and seeks con-olation in study, looking for
ward to meal time in order to break the mo
notony of the day. Time weal's on. He rings
his bell, which is not answered; he wants
coals, but is forced to do without them; the
fire go-« out, and be puts on an overcoat; he
hears the frequent si uu of th - area gate, and
the sound of strange male laughter in tlie
Ixjsement. Dinner-time arrives; he has or
dered a simple meal in order not, to give trou
ble; the cover is lifted, and discloses a choj
The servant departs in haste, as well sh
rear of the Duhnt
, the Confederate
enemV “i"’*'"*"<» *"**“>« engaged with the
e eniy. S *on a wounded uud bleedin" tr«>o
front ^Attw f,om th ” vv.iods in
Kire^n f/ >k ‘ ng s T mnd “ e moved m
marching, as if !™ekin!/t/‘ 8 lnfranfer F was
averxee irrsv ,/l-Y " U f, r, ' ar . «r as the
j 5 gray -jacket would sav the r’ar
irssaj&a-
"|xr‘B o rssssff,
les, said Ao. 2, “hut not bad LthITs irit
trithe rm-. - At which No ,
diiS is (> '(Jfui|- fj rht I’w l
Ithain’tgot no ‘ lre b8e " m ye *'
• Kph and (Me ’Possum.
r,/e X tL.V “ tat . K P ri "« chicken on a high
roost the fragrant possum brings the average
negro nearer to heaven, in hi? -uiml’s e Jf
wi'ff U hun^he g “‘"‘’I’ l he KChuiuedarkey
getlnr th, da >' s aad »Whts to
getli.r •, Hie sake of o.ie sweet smacking
e'.Dic roastci remains of his favorite
and no artificial means can, without violence ! may: for when lie inserts the knife the result
silence this power. The bickerings, jarrings j is uaufeous for description. The meal has
arid gnawing miseries of coiiiiiiunities, as I svirienU, out giern nuirh trouble. He rings
well as households arise in a great- incisure j 1 ^bell, aud, with a satirical emphasis wor-
from the habit of forcing contrary natures of " ,nor e intelligent an lienee, reque-ts
*“ abide*^>gether. Remove the objectioua- ! * K '‘* 1
that ‘ tho! mnv lie removed and have the
chill taken off ” Next, night he dines with o
few fr.ends at the club, goes to the play, and
retail'.,s to find the doors barred agaiiist hini
From this period of a mail’s existence might
weli be dated ihe commencement of a de
praved career.
Unci being the a’tendant circums.ances
bi - iudi'-f-lual, let another fill his place, and
behold r.ti-mo.i v an 1 peace, where dissension
un i misery reigned.
For years and years, the Clydes and the
humot ( deimi'igs family, hud lived in sweet
accord, unknowing, perhaps, that the pure
rich vein of congeniality of spirits had been . . -„ - ..... . ....
struck, ami this wealth of peace brought to ! cannot l>e imagined that a father is natur
Bgbt. | ally predisposed to lie favorable to his off
j spring: the treatment he experiences durino-
CHAHTEH XXIX. j the sh .rt and scanty interviews he has with
Col. Glenn had lieen gi
still Meta tarried with the
idea broached, towards g
bring such a torrent of cut
hour aver
marsupial quadruped.
told of’tiwl n , h:ch lua y have been in print, is
toll of the disapp.iniMiienti of Uncle Eph
This colored individual, when food
■n hLs cabin home, started out on a
was low
e h wit capsiiriug one of the nicest, fattest
The idea of u ""‘ • ln . ‘ lI! the ^
itselr , r ,/ Tr ''"'ffcJiately suggested
A.s'.//i 1 1 h '. a,,,J to think was to act
m l rl ah ' ein tbe WO( ^ was made
and after the possum w as nicely dressed it
was spitte i on a stick for ro is. in r ThTold
ure ‘ 'IT/" ! 7 watched and turned his treas-
frvi.i/f . l d> «;'.*■ s, 7 or F perfumes of the
try mg fa. «as filling uis soul with
1 he meat, when done, would
(ir~t square meal he
day. But a change i
to the old man came a dro
twin d 'lT T l w thS 1>0ss,lm 1'oisted’the old
man s!e.,t. Meanness and a warm fire
brought on as «.eep sleep as c ime over Adam
delight,
furnish him the
h ui taken in mauy a
la “?e came over the scene, and
* ' run which was not
cur'ous places and is unsteady.
•'He is young and lively, Maum Chloe, and
wdl be very steady when he is older. You
must lie willing to see him a little frolicsome
while he is young.”
“Yes, missis, dat’s so; I thinks of it a heap.
Now 1 mind August’s way, and ho is just like
your yo.itig col . which ski [is and jumps,
then whickers and plays like the little thing
was all but out of his senses; well, since you
talk so, 1 think August will git broke to the
h'irnecs by and by, and n it wo rry me with
h s racket so.”
The next house was occupied by an old wo-
Ui ,.... hung together ever since. ! man whose duty it was to vale for the young
Thev have lived with and on the Emperor, | „,.g r0 e.s. There were some tPtecn of these,
without interruption, from the time of his j ran gmg from the nurses of ten or twelve
accession until now. He provides for the r sun imers down to the wee bundles of eliony
wants: they dip the r flag rs into his pu M j n iheir aims. Maum Nancv, who ruled over
wilt-lit "ver they are so minded. ij®,! 00 '*'; : this rebellious kp
i-igilom, was seated on a tup-
Iv hung Emperor, more like a good fellow of i,. r( -hairdi flensing milk aud broth to s-v* ml
•i free-and-easy than the despotic muster j Jn f a ,,t s Her blue checked homespun was in
<if in 1 lions, when in the midst of these his usual contrast to the checked crimson
familiars. He has been known to sit in his : handkerch ef, which was tied in the usual
irn coast and grows for seventy and eighty
miles in the interior. There were two China
vases on tlie mantle, gifts from Mrs. Clyde,
and in them s imeof that lady’s sweetest flow
ers brought hither by Angie
Mrs. Jennings’ l:idvho «l dated no farther
back jierhaps than from that, pare fountain
source, a gentle woman’s heart; yet, to all
intents and purposes, she was as much a born
lady ns she with the silken robes and velvety
hands—who holds in her casket the pearls
and diamonds that gli tered on toe snowy
arms and necks of a long string of silkeu-
robed grandmas
There must tie s line truth in this matter of
blood. Wo have seen proofs of it in the fiery
steed distending his nostrils for the four-mile
hea f . And we have not distained it in our
Aldernays and Jerseys, when beholding with
admiring eyes the iiucket-fuil of delicious
milk. Our marsh t-ackies and scrubby bo-
vines, are as so many plebians unfit to be
even seen in this lino company. But we own
to confus oa when trying to discover who
has the claims to pure blood of our humani
ty. Tho English, Dutch, French and all Eu
ropean powers show us boa-stingly their lords
and ladies, to say nothing of their weighty
potentates. Eagerly we examine each sjieci-
meu of man and womanhood. Here, indeed,
is one who claims our admiration, aud we
might fall into extravagant ecstaeies, tmt we
turn Hi the brother or sister of this verj-
one, and liehold the hideousness of moral
depuivity, the bare-faced debaucheries that
bring blushes to the very servants of his or
her command! Even here in America our
aristocracy who aspire likewise to a superi
ority over the undercurrent of society, when
the flimsy veil of concealment- is torn aside,
reveal themselves with all the vices, with few
of the virtues of the great head of mankind.
Now, the racer, and t ^jueen of the diary,
prove there is sometong in blood, but evi
dently mankind have lost or never had the
art which beings the better traits of htimnn-
ity to perfection. There is forever a wrong
streak somewhere which destroys “the liest
laid schemes of mice and men.” “Dike fath
er like son,” is an old adage which as often
fails as not, foi the son may surprise you
with all the traits that, carried hls great-
grand-uncle to the gallo ws; or else strike out
for himself an original path never trod by
one of his line since the days of Adam.
Merely for she sake of a quiet revery, we
will consider what a delightful race of mor
tals we might be, if all these aristocratic
ideas were carried out. Think of the per
fection of physical lieauty, growing more
and more perfect (comparison possible here)
until the c. natures, that represent our origi
nal parents, Adam and Eve, would be unre
cognizable by those staid people! As we
pomler this aristocracy we are bewildered.
VVliat fineness of bone aud muscle 1 what
fleetness of ieet, none of the chulis that now
profane our patrician halls! what splendor
of—well we pause from sheer exhaustion and
turn to the miud, which, of course, would keep
pace with the improving bodies. Can pen
iunit the heights that would be reached here ?
Homer, Mil-:on, Shakespeare and others
would be as 11 Iputi ms to tl e e giants, who
would walk the earth, in disdain, while they
gathered flesh intillectuil food from sun,
moon and stars! The head grows dizzy with
the mere l bought of what aristocracy sug
gests. Alas, that this state of things is “not
a practical idea,” as yet, and we are only
promised a semblance to it when the niilen-
iiium comes
Koran indefinite jieriod we must, be con
tent »itb our pre-eut state of things. The
plebians will continue, as heretofore to evince
signs of patrician parentage, and my lady of
the hill, and my lord of the manor, can not
at all times conceal the out-croppings of
plehiau i<l-as and manners. “Blood will
-Pl ~ . J vv*u Ut
/ii T °" 8 ! ! !ue tab,e for her sewing'Wd conU "JJiM^i h Sor ^ *U uiet duties,
mother f. .;t h e large, well worn Bible^The when Mrs. Clvde
. rvel of eleanluiH^.- Th, „ |lan,i-4S^Vinttfgs. •-£*)» •-», • -
jar of the vdrt myrtle, tnat lfagrttW T®,is near the doorstep when she
green that beautifies the forest of the South- P Ad ~1 = ro Aj n , -
voice coming from the hall. It
was the urmistakeable dialect of prayer.
Glancing into the room she saw that it was
filled with negroes, kneeling at their seats.
The voice was the overseer’s, and as Meta
saw his closed eyes, his whitened locks, and
h -ard the simple, lieantiful words, she thought
how noble and pure this life must b-\ which
could soar from its lowly calling to senti-
in-nts that might grace the heart of a king,
The old man prayed on, and she listened,
thrilled 1 she kn-w not whether by the tc »i
o- the words, Before the prayer was con
eluded, she had walked lightly and rapidly
away and was soon hidden in the grove that
intervened between the Quarter and the
house. There was not a negro, from the
little urchins of five to the most aged, who
could nfit open their mouths and sing the
grund Method st hymns. As Meta reached
the quiet parlor she heard “The Old Ship of
Zion” rikging through the woods, as the
prayerimeting closed at the overseer’s house.
How btaut-iful these lives appeared to the
girl v isiir after her ei p nie nee with h r itep-
mother! Was it after all Christianity that
made alithose she loved lovable ?
There core no sermons preached to Meta
on reborns sulijo ts by the Clydes, _ They
uudersto 1 doubtless more of the girl’s pre
dilection than she was aware of, yet silence
was as Oten as not a weapon with them. The
power o:their daily lives was greater than
mere weds could have oeen, and this was an
open pap where Meta read great and forci
ble truth.
In a i*v hours the mother and daughter
returnee siddeued and subdued by the sor
rowful lene they had just witnessed, but
, ... comer approached cau-
othor ’ " ;ta diweyeon the jxissum and the
F U i-!f l/ i ° a i , bph ' who slumbered.
F,ist he shook the old mam who turned to
an easter posit*.nq but wo3d not wak/up
the situation, and them
1 1 , ee e ( led to take in the possum. He ate
find ate fili little but boaes \va.s left.
, L ucie Bph. was still sleeping, and it oc-
_ ■ !-■■ ■ ,”,urred to the vandal to somehow make Eph
Who does not know the misery of paying an , ne na " r ° supper, so that when he
afternoon visit to a vounir and eonmiintr mp the gna w od bones ui
sentence
nt.
her who
vious malevolence with which th
is pointed cannot fail to be unpleaaai
founded oli^iCffg- that a f»,;|
young and charmin
mother, who thinks “you must just see baby
liefore you go?” The bell Is rung, and nurse
nnd baby are sent for. The in ervn) is lengthy.
The mother hints that “nurse does not like
bringing baby down stairs.” You begin to
imagine that nurse must be a sensible sort
of a [lerson. The moments lengthen, and
conversation becomes more and more ini|ms-
sible; you both sit facing the door in a state
of nervous anxiety. Presently footsteps
are heard, and likewise tnoie unearthly
sounds which nurses imagine to be pleasing
to babies. The door opens. No w the mo
mentous question flashes across you in all the
terrible earnestness of reality. Are you to
rise and rush to the door with outstretched
arms an l mingled expressions of joy and
gratitude? If so, be sure you can sustain
your effusive attitude, for a collapse will en
tail upon you untold ignominy. On the con
trary, stop where you are, and you lay your
self open to the charge of brutal indifference.
Hei •e is a fit occasion for the intervention of
the heavenly powers! So, when at length
you are brought face to face with this terrible
object, what course are vou to pursue? The
same dilemma again. Your inaction begets
suspicion on the part of your fr.end, while
facetious interference brings down on you
the wrath of the nurse and the squalls of the
infant.
I am peculiarly unfitted to deal with hu
manity in this embarrass'ng stage. Some
yeaiss Hgo I was traveling by train in a full
carriage which contained, amongst other peo
ple, a nurse and baby of some two years of
tell,” and until this perpetual jumble is
straitened we will h ive a motley of human
! ... bungs. We can go on improving our Jerseys
shirt slesvi s, astraddle on a chair, hobnob- | gll jr ar -io a f form, on her head. By her side and fine racers, lint humanity, we must leave,
ting with them. I was a formidable badge of authority, a l ick- Only the author of all good can wring per-
, age- This ill-starred brat fixed its eyessteadi-
both hei'ts seemed to go out to Meta in an i ly upon me; so, in a good natured way,wish- j
unwonll tenderness. | iug to afford it some amusement, I made a i
Wlo'ithe cold dinner was eaten, for the j grimace. The consequences, though flatter- |
cook w« given the Sabbath as her day of j ing to my powers of facial expression, were !
rest lika-is:, the family prepared for church, disastrous in the extreme. Howl succeeded
howl. Nurse caught the babe to her bosom,
and me in flagrante delicto. The thrilling
nature of the scene caused all the occupants
of the compartment, hitherto strangers, to
become linked together as it were by com
mon sympathy against a common enemy. I
never should have believed that mere looks
could b; so pregnant. I was the base man!
I was the desecrator of hearths and homes,
tlie oppressor of the widow and the orphan 1
. . . I change i carriages at the next sta
tion.
Somebody—Sheridan, I suppose—said that-
of all wines he liked other people’s the the
best; this expresses my feelings about babies.
Sheridan’s reasons, however, differ from
mine. He liked other people’s wine better
than his own because he saw more of it; I
like other people’s habiei better than my
own tiecause I see less of them.
Meta sw from her window Mr. and Mis.
Jentiiii|, in a light wagon, then two or three
old negi women and some young children
in theTge plantation wagon. After these
pa-seda number of negroes on foot trudged
merrilvm. Finally the carriage stood be
fore tf. door, and then the mistress and
A fight V- - w eta were also among the long
line of <J* ^5Yvecfts.
A yrfhful preacher entered the pulpit
There iis nothing especially notable in his
appenrice or preaching, and yet his congre-
gationppeared to he devout and eager lis
teners. Even Meta after a time became in
terest* she scarcely knew why. There
were t«e iu the church who knew the secret
which;nve the young man power over his
hearer simple as his language was. He was
preachg, not himself, not the wonders of
scieno nor the glowing charms of earth,
but ttetory of One he knew from an hour
ly andaily companionship. He was telling
these ieiligent people of facts they knew he
he bright from the Bible, and revealiag to
them his plain way, what was going on
in his vn heart. As they saw its humanity
of sir temptations, snares, then its con
flicts, piratdons, conquests, the picture was
real, anely and instructive. In knowing
himsehe had found the key that could un
lock cry human heart
“I ;e your preacher, Mrs. Clyde,” said
Metayhen they were driving home after
chui'C
“A I am glad you do. We all like Mr,
Arne* He is not so eloquent, or so learned
as sot of our preachers, but I think the peo
ple pit a great deal by his sermons. He
has bone object in preaching, I think, and
that b do his Master’s will.”
“Aie says you will have a conference
this iter and he will not return here, how
this p must-break into all friendships for
yourstor ?’’
“Y we often experience bitter pain in
p<rtiwith our preachers. But they are
gives a work that belongs to their Master,
and a those first noble itinerants, the
apo4 they must claim no abiding place,
nor I wit i them tried and loving friends.
worked well.
Nights have mornings, and sleeps must
have wakings. Uncle Eph. awoke, and im
mediately thought of his possum. It was not
on the fire; it was not any where to fie seen;
but i here in bis lap were bones that had been
gnawed. On his h inds, lips and beard was
grease and the smell of possum. He was
self-convicted. He realized that he had eaten
the possum, yet ho could not remember the
pleasure the eating had given him.
Weighing all circumstantial evidence care-
fully, the old mau slewly pronounced judg
ment.
“Dat’s a fac’. I’se been eating dat possum.
I’se been eatin' it in my sleep.”
But then his stomach; why did it not stand
out as a witness in the case? It felt empty,
aud yet it should be full.
“It’s certain sho’r I’ve done eat up dat pos-
sum. Must a done it whan Pse sleep. But,”
and the old man placed his hand sadlv over
his really empty stomach, “but, fo' God it
interfers less n any possum I ebber did eat 1”
The First Gun that Jeff. Mavis
Fired.
Uncle Ike was sweeping' out the office
Wednesday morning when he was interrupt
ed by a darkey who entered and said:
“Good mornin’. Uncle Ike, ain’t you gwine
ter see Gin’ral Grant arrihe ter "day. De
'siety a powerful big meetin’ las’ nite, an’ we
’eluded to take part in de ’ception.”
“I like ter see de Gin’ral, Jim. but biz less
am too pressin’ dis time a yeah.”
“Pse ’spriseil at you, Uncle Ike. I tink-i
dat it am de duty ob ebery eullud pusson t9.
take part iu de ’eeption ter day.”
“How’s dat?”
“Kase he freed us niggers.’
“Didn’t do no sichting,” said Ike, dropping
his broom
“Who was it den?”
“It was de fus’ gun dat Jeff Davis fished
dat set us free. Ef he hadn't flahed dat gun.
we’d a-nebber bin niggers ter day.”
HOW Ul«i IS HAN?
Prince Leopold, who is about to liecome a
traveler, will go to Canada first, and then
„ . „ __ _ The 1 is hard and sad, as we look at it in a
orv switch, which caused the older children fection from this chaos of ruin, and he prom- : worl sense, but 1 think it places them
to keep at a respectful distance. ises nothing of the sort on earth. It is abotiany temptations of sin aud pride,
“Well, Miss Angie, you find me done gone through great tribulat on, even through that et pieachers of other churches.”
1’rough all hut dese little footers, dis time,” death, that we may reach our height*, possess Tbwere at the door, and Mr. Ames had
said Maum Nancy, while her face lighted up fair lia«a and pleasant abodes. aligb from his sulkey and was helping the
A Meakey Fulls a Tooth.
We invite the attention of Mr. Darwin to
the following very singular anecdote regard
ing the monkey “Dot,” belonging to James
Wardlaw, of this town, as so peculiar an
illustration of the ingenuity of the monkey
has rarely, if ever, been recorded: The
monkey was brought to Galt from Deccan,
India, in the fall of 1878, by Mr. Wardlaw,
who had lieen residing in Hyderabad for sev
eral years. It fairly eclipsed itself on Sun
day bef-ire last. The little creature has been
suffering from toothache for several days,
and evidently suffered severely. On .Sunday
the pain was more thau ordinarily severe,
and the monkey, like its human type, resolv
ed, at last to undergo a dental operation.
But the dentist, strange to say, was itself.
Dot found a string, fastened it around the
aching tooth, seized the end of the string
with its forefeet, drew up one of its hind legs
betwetn its fore feet and gave a sudden
shove which jerked the tooth out and sent it
flying half-way across the room. This hav
ing been accomplished, the monkey was at
ease and resumed its natural cheerfulness
ai.d amiability.—From the Galt, Out., Re
former.
^»»<»(
We seldom find p mans whom we acknowl
edge to bs possessed of good sense, except
those who agree with us in opinion.—Le
Roehefoncauld.
Somehow when a man’s mind becomes
really enlarged—say, like that of Baron Hum
boldt—and he is able to place in focus more
and more of the cosmos of which he forms a
part, the things he at the outset of his life re
gards as the largest gets smaller and smaller
until at last the erst immense and overwhelm
ingly important that himself becomes so in
significant that it is only through a process
of mental microscopy he can discern his little
identity among the aiiimalculte that swim,
float or wiggle across the field of view. How
big is a man anyway? Weil, he is smaller
than an elephant, anil an elephant is smaller
than a mountain, and a mountain is smaller
than the world, and the world is a mustard
seed compared to the sun, and the sun itself
is a mere mote in lhe dust-cloud of spheres
that stretches out through the universe be
yond the reach of thought. Suppose we
should make an exact model of the earth
eighty feet in diameter. Eighty feet in di
ameter would be a pretty large ball, as balls
go on the face of this planet. Assume, for
the sake of easy calculation, the diameter of
the earth to be exactly 3,ot)o miles, and let us
proceed to build our model to scale. A
mountain five miles high should represent on
our model 5-80, 00O of 80 feet, of 6 iO of an
inch An elephant built in proportion
shouln be I-4000 of an inch iu height, and an
average man 7-J8.000 of an inch in height.
An army of 26,400 stand ing shoulder to shoul
der iu n single straight rank would require
their penenal to gallop over a space of an
inch to ]>ass them all under review. With a
smart horse of proportionate size, ridden at a
brisk g illop, he could accomplish the distance
in about an hour. V iewed in this wav a
man is a mere mite crawling over the faea of
the globe, yet he has had the arrogance
ti think the universe was formed foF him
more than for any other insects and that the
Ruling Intelligence had him p e-eminentlv in
view in bringing order out of chaos —Scien
tific News.