Locomotive, Volume 45, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1858 — Page 1

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i h y r From the Atlanlio Monthly Mugasiue. loo loo, A FEW SCENES FROM A TRUE HISTORY . f , "' ''' '" BCENE I. ";' '' " ' " Alfi-ed Noble had grown Up to manhood among the rocks and hills of a New England Tillage. ' A year spent in Mobile, employed in the duties of a clerk, had not accustomed him to the dull routine of commercial life.1 He longed for the sound of brooks and the fresh air of the hills. ' It' -was, therefore, with great pleasure that he received from his employer a message to be conveyed to a gentleman who lived in the pleasantest suburb ot the city. It was one of those bright autumnal days when the darth seems to rejoice consciously in the light that gives her beauty. ' .' ' ' Leaving behind him the business quarter of the town, he passed through pleasant streets bordered with trees, and almost immediately found himself amid scenes clothed with all the freshness of the country. Handsome mansions here and there dotted the landscape, with pretty little parks, enclosing orange-trees and magnolias, surrounded with hedges of holly, in whose foliage numerous little foraging birds were busy in the sunshine. The young man looked at these dwel lings with an exile s longing at his heart. Ho imagined groups of parents and children, brothers and sisters, ' under those sheltering roofs, all strangers to him, an orphan, alone in the world. : The pensiveness of his mood gradually gave place to more cheerful thoughts. Visions of prosperous business and a happy homo rose before him, as lie walked briskly toward the hills south of the city. The intervals between the houses increased in length, and he soon found himself in a little forest Of pines. Emerging from this, he came suddenly ' in sight of an elegant white villa, with colonnaded portico and spacious varandas. ' He approached it by a path through a grove, the termination of which had grown into the semblance of a Gothic arch, by the interlacing of two trees; one with glossy evergreen leaves, the other yellow with the tints of autumn. ' Vines had clambered to the top, and hung- in light festoons from the : branches.' The foliage, fluttering ! in a "gentle breeze, caused successive rippleS of sun-flecks, which chased each other over trunks and boughsj and joined in wayward dande with the shadows on the ground. ' ' Arrested by this unUsUal combination of light 'and shade, color and form, the young man stood still for a nloment to gaze upon it. He was thinking to himself that nothing could add to the perfection of its beauty, when suddenly there came dancing under the arch "a figure that seemed like the fairy of those woods, a spirit of the mosses and the vines. ' She was a child, apparently five or six years old, with large brown eyes, 1 and a profusion of dark .hair. Her gypsy hat, ornamented with scarlet ribbons and a garland of red hollyberries, had fallen back on her shoulders, and her cheeks were flushed with exercise. A ' pretty .little white dog was with her, leaping Up eagerly for a clus-' ter of "holly-berries which she playfully- shook above his head.; f She whirled swiftly round and round the frisking 'ahimal, her long red ribbons flying oil the breeze, and then she paused, all aglow, swaying herself balk and forth, like a flower on its stem. "A flock of doveSj as if attracted, toward her, came swooping down from the sky,' revolving in graceful curves above her head, their white breasts glistening in the sunshine. The social movements of the child were so full of life and joy, she was so in harmony with the golden day, the' waving vines, and the circling doves, that the whole scene seemed like an allegro movement in music, and she a charming little melody floating through it all. ; i ,';'1 :7 'V 1 V'1 - ' :' ' ; Alfred stood like one enchanted. He feared to speak or move,' lest the fairy should vanish from mortal presence. ' So'the child and the dog; equally unconscious of a witness", 'continued their graceful gambols for several minutes'' An' older man might have inwardly moralized oh the folly of the animal, aping humanity in thus earnestly striving after what would yield no nourishment ''when obtained. But Alfred was ' too young' and too happy to moralize. The present moment was all-sufficient for him, and stood still there in its fulness, -unconnected with past or future. - This might have lasted long, had not the child been attracted by the dove-shadows, and, looking up to watch the flight of the birds, her eyes encountered the young man. i A whole heart full of sunshine was in the smile with which he greeted her. ' But, with a startled look, she turned quickly.'and ran away ; and the dog, still full of frolic, went bounding by her side. , As Alfred tried to pursue them, a bough knocked off his hat. Without stopping to regain it, he sprang over a hollyhedge, and came . in view of the veranda of a house, just in time to see tile fairy and her dog disappear behind a trellis covered with the evergreen foliage of the Cherokee rose. Conscious of the impropriety of pursuing her farther, he paused to take breath. . As he passed his hand through his hair, tossed into masses by running against the wind, he heard a voice from the Teranda exclaim;-- ' ' ' , " Whither so fast', Loo Loo 1 Come here, Loo Loo !" Glancing upward, he saw a patrician-looking gentleman, in a handsome morning-gown, of Oriental fashion, and slippers richly embroidered. He was reclining on a lounge, with wreaths of smoke floating before him ; but seeing the stranger, he rose, and taking the ambur-tubed cigar from his mouth, he said, half laughing, ' - - : - ' ; " You seem to be . in hot haste, Sir. Pray, what have you been hunting?" ' '-,; '' Alfred also laughed, as hd replied, : ;' y-"-1'' "' . " I have been chasing a charming little girl, who would not be caught. Perhaps she was your daughter, Sir?"" " ', " -3 ' " She is my daughter," rejoined the gentleman. " A pretty little witeh, is she not ? Will you walk in, Sir?" - ? ' 1 ' Alfred thanked him, and said that he was in search of a Mr. Duncan, whose residence "was in that neighborhood.' ...... . .; . . ' I ""lam Mr. Duncan," replied the patrician. " Jack, go and fetch the gentleman's hat, and bring cigars. i A negro obeyed his ordeTs, and, after smoking awhile on the veranda,'the two gentlemen walked round the grounds.' -,' , ' ". ' Once when they approached the house, they heard the pattering of little feet, and Mr, Duncan called out, with tones of fondness, ' '' " Come here, Loo Loo ! Come, 'darling,' and see the gentleman who has been running after you !" But the shy little fairf ran all the faster, and Alfred saw nothing but the long red ribbons of her gypsy hat, as they floated behind her on the wind. " ' Declining a polite invitation to dine, he walked back to the city. The impression on his mind had been so vivid, that, as he walked, there rose ever before him a vision of that graceful arch with waving vines, the undulating flight of the silver-breasted doves, and the airy motions of that beautiful child. , How would his interest in the scene have deepened, could some sibyl have foretold to him how closely the Fates had interwoven the destinies of himself and that lovely little one! ' . ' '. " When he entered the counting-room, he found his employer in close conversation with Mr. Grossman, a wealthy cotton-broker. This man was but little more than thirty years ofage,butthe pre-dominance of animal propensities was stamped upon his countenance with more distinctness than is usual with sensualists of twice his age. The oil of a thousand hams seemed oozing through his pimpled cheeks ; his small gray eyes were set in his head like the eyes of a pig ; his mouth had the expression of a satyr; and his nose seemed perpetually sniffing the savory prophecy of food. When the clerk had delivered his message, he slapped him familiarly on the shoulder, and said, "

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." So you've been out to Duncan's, have you ? Pret- j ty nest there at Pine Grove, and they say he's got a rare bird in it; but he' keeps her -si close, that I could never catch sight of her. - Perhrfjis you got a' ''peep, ; eh?" ' ' v . I i " 1 saw a very beautiful child of Mr. Duncan's," replied Alfred, " but I did not see hig wife." ' " That's very likely," rejoined Grossman ; " because he never had any wife." ' . 1 i ' ' i , .,. , " "lie said the iittlo girl was hn daughter, and 1 naturally inferred that he had a wife," replied Alfred. " That don't follow of course, my gosling," said the. cotton-broker. "You're green, young man 1. You're; green ! I swear, I'd give a good deal to get sight of Duncan's wench. She must be devilish handsome, or he wouldn't keep her s6 close."' ' ' " ' "''. ' Alfred Noble had always felt an instinctive antipathy ' to this man, who was often letting fall some remark that jarred harshly with his romantic ideas of women, something that seemed to insult the- memories of a beloved mother and sister gone to. the spirit-world. But he had never liked him k'ss than at this moment ; .: for the sly wink of his eye, and the expressive leer that accompanied his coarse words, were very disagreeable things to be associated with that charming vision of the j circling doves and the innocent child. , . ; . ,.,!,) .::("!:' :?! scene H. ' '''"1 ;' !;'" im'l J Time passed away' and with it the average share, of changing events. Alfred Noble became junior part- ' ner in the counting-house he had entered as clerk, and not long afterward the elder, partner died, Left thus to rely upon his own energy and enterprise, the young man gradually extended his business, and seemed in a fair way to realize his favorite dream of making a fortune and returning to the North to marry. The subject of Slavery was then seldom discussed.' ' North and South seemed' to have entered into a tacit agreement to ignore the topic completely. Alfred's experience was like that of most New Englanders in his situation: He was at first annoyed and pained by many of the pe-i culiarities of Southern society, and then became gradually accustomed to them. But his natural sense of justiee was very strong; and this, added to the influencejof : early education, and strengthened by scenes of petty ! despotism which he was frequently compelled to witness, led him, to resolve that he would never hold a slave. i, The colored people in his employ considered him their friend, because he was always kind and generous to them.,; He supposed that comprised the whole ' of duty, and further than that he never reflected upon the subject. ' i !- t .: bio e iito th:;:. f ; t ' i - The pretty little picture at Pine Grove, which had ( made so lively an impression on his imagination, faded the morel rapidly,1 because unconnected with his affections. 1 But a shadowy semblance of it always flitted , through his memory whenever he saw a beautiful child, or observed any unusual combination of trees and vines. "'' v ''h';'1' '," i ' j Four years after his interview with Mr. Duncan, business called him to the interior of the State, and for the, sake of healthy exercise he chose to make the journey on horseback.1; His route lay, mostly through a monotonous region of sandy plain, covered with pines, here and there varied by patches of cleared land, in which numerous dead trees were prostrate, or standing leafless, waiting their time to fall. Most of the dwel lings were log-houses, but now and then the white villa of some wealthy planter might be'seen gleaming through the evergreens. " Sometimes the sandy soil was intersected by veins of swamp, through which muddy water 'oo2ed sluggishly, among bushes and 'dead logs.'. In these damp places flourished dark cypresses and hollytrees, draped with gray Spanish moss, twisted around the boughs, and hanging from them like gigantic cobwebs. Now and then, the sombre scene was lighted up with a bit of brilliant color, when a scarlet grosbeak flitted from branch to branch, or a red-headed woodpecker hammered at the trunk of some old tree, to find where the insects had intrenched themselves. I But nothing pleased the eye of . the traveller so much as the holly-trees, 'With their glossy, evergreen foliage, ired berries, and tufts of Verdant mistletoe." He had been riding all day, when, late in the afternoon, an uncommonly beautiful holly appeared to terminate the road at the bend Where it stood. Its boughs were woven in with a cypress on the other side, by long tangled fringes of Spanish moss. The setting sun shone bright ly aslant the mingled foliae, and lighted up the red berries, which glimmered through the thin drapery of moss, like: the coral ornaments of a handsome brunette seen through her veil of embroidered lace. ' It was unlike the woodland picture he had seen at Pine Grove, but it recalled it to his memory more freshly than he had seen it for a long time. He watched the peculiar effects of sunlight, changing as he approached the tree, and the desire grew strong within him to have the fairy-like child and the frolicsome dog make their appearance beneath that swinging canopy of illuminated moss. If his nerves had been in such a state that forms in the mind could have taken outward shape, he would have realized the vision so distinctly painted on his imagination. - But he was well and strong therefore he saw nothing but a blue heron flapping away among the cypresses, and a flock of turkey-buzzards soaring high above the trees, with easy and graceful flight. His .thoughts, however, continued busy with the picture that had been so vividly recalled. - He recollected having heard, some time before, of Mr. Duncan's deathy and he queried within himself what had become of that beautiful child '.-.....: r i.b.ii ,',;!,; t i Musing thus, he rode under the' fantastic festoons he had been admiring, and saw at his right a long gen tle descent, where a small stream of water glided down ward 'over mossy stones. xrees on either side interlaced their boughs ovei1 it, and formed a vista, cool, dark, and solemn as the aisle of some old Gothic church. ! A figure moving upward, by the side of the little brook, attracted his attention, and he checked his horse. to inquire whether the people at the nearest house would entertain a stranger tor trie night When the ngure approached nearer, he saw that it was a slender, bare footed girl, carrying a pail ot water. As she emerged from the dim aisle' of trees, a gleam of the setting sun shone across her face for an instant, and imparted a luminous glory to her large brown eyes. ' shading them with her hand, she- paused timidly before the stranger, and answered his inquiries. The modulation of her tones suggested a decree of refinement which he had not Expected to meet in that lonely region. ' He gazed at her so intently, that her eyes sought the ground, and their long, dark fringes rested on blushing cheeks. What was it those eyes recalled ? They tan talized and eluded his memory. - " My good girl, tell me what is your name," he said., , ,..,. , , j. ; " Louisa, she replied, bashfully, and added, " I will shpw you the way to the house." " Let me carry the water for you," said the kindhearted traveller. He dismounted for the purpose, but she resisted his importunities, saying that she would be very angry with her. ' ; And who is she ?" he asked. Is she your mother?" r,' i ' ,.. ..-..''-.:' " Oh, no, indeed !" was the. hasty reply. "I am I I live there." . . ,. , ' ' " ' " ,, The disclaimer was 'sudden 'and earnest, as if the question struck on a wounded nerve. Her eyes swam with tears, and the remainder of her answer was sad and reluctant in its tones. The child was so delicately formed, so shy and sensitive, so very beautiful, that she fascinated him strongly., le led his horse into the lane she had entered, and as he walked by her side he continued to observe her with the most lively interest. Her motions were listless and languid, but flexile as a willow. They puzzed him, as her eyes had done ; for they seemed to remind him ot something he had seen in a half-forgotten dream. "

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!'n- ". )! v.1 t1' t r!-' f !. They soon came h sight of the house, which was built of logs, but larger than most houses of that deg-, cription; and. two or three huts in the rear indicated that the owner possessed slaves. . An open porch in front was shaded by the projecting roof, ahd there twd dingy, black-nosed dogs wore growling and tousling each other. ( Pigs were rooting the ground, and among them rolled a black baby, enveloped in a, bundle of dirty rags. The traveler waited while Louisa, went into the house to enquire whether cntert.tinment could be furnished for himself and his horse. It was some time before the proprietor of the establishment inade his appearance. ., At last he came slowly sauntering round tlie end of the house, his hat, tipped on one side, with a rowdyish air. lie was accompanied by a large dog, which rushed in among the pigs, biting their ears, and making them race about, .squealing pitcously.Then he seized hold of the bundle of rags containing tno black baby, and began to drag it over the ground, to the no small astonishment of the baby, who added his screech to the charivari of the pigs. l With loud shouts of laughter, Mr. Jackson cheered on the rough animal, and was' so much entertained by the scene, that ho seemed to have forgotten the traveller entirely; When at last his eye rested, upon him, he merely ex claimed, " That's a hell of a dogl". and began to call, "btalioy ! again. . 1 he negro woman came and snatched up her babe, casting a furtive glance at her master, as she did so, and making her escape as quickly as possible , Towzer, being engaged with the pig at that moment, allowed her to depart unmolested ; and soon came back to his master,- wagging, his tail, and lookr ing Up, as if expecting praise ibr his performances. ; - -Lneiraveneravaueummseii oi mis season oi quiet to renew his inquiries. '''Mi i" !"' 'n't '' K .-r.:j "(-' 1 .MWeU," said Mr. Jackson, "I reckon we can accommodate ye. ( Whar are ye from, stranger ?";, i i Mr. Noble having stated "whar" he was . from, was required to' fell ''whar" he 'was going,' whether he owned that ''bit of horse-flesh," and whether he want", eq to sell him.;-; Haying answered all these interrogatories in;a satisfactory manner,- ho was ushered intq the house. - i .. ', "The interior was rude and slovenly! like' the exterior. The doors were opened by wooden latches, with leather strings, and sagged so much on their wooden hinges; that they were usually- left 'open' to avoid the diiliculty of shutting them.-? Guns and fishing-tackle wpre on he wall, and the seats were wooden benches Or leather-bottomed chairs. A talL lank woman, with red hair, and a ' severe aspect, was busy mending a garment ' When' askd if the traveller could be provided with supper, she' curtly replied that she "reckoned so, ;" and, without further parlance , or salute, went to give orders.. Immediately afterward her shrill voice was heard calling out, "You gal 1 put the fixens on the table." i y - ;;' ' v ' "! ! .Thei"gal,rt who obeyed the'summons'proved' to be the sylph-rlike child that had guided the traveller to the house, r: To the expression of listlessness and desolation which he ,had. previously noticed, there -;waf( now added a look of bewilderment and fear.,, He, thought she inight, perhaps be a step-daughter of Mrs, dacKson ; Dut how could so coarse aman as his host be the father of such gentleness and erace ? " - a i.,-r '. .While supper was being prepared, Mr. Jackson en-r tered into conversation with his guest about the usual topics in that region, the prices of cotton and "nigT gers, j, ua irankly laid open his own history and prospects, stating that he was, "fetched- up". in Western Tennessee, where he owned but two "niggers." ; A 'rich uncle had died, in .Alabama, , and he had come ia for a portion of his wild, land and "niggers"; bo he. concluded to move oouth and take possession. Mr. Noble courteously sustained his share of the- conversa tion; but his eyes in voluntarily followed the interest ing child, as she passed m and out to arrange the supper-table. 1 1 "' " " " ; iUYou seem to fancy Leewizzy,". said Mr. Jackson, shaking the, ashes from his pipewr . m wo r-h , "I have never seen a handsomer child," replied Mr. Noble. "Is she your dausrhter ?" ' I "No, Sir; she's my nigger, was the brief1 response. '''T7;t' i,:'; ! "'''-"' ' :j '.' -V i t-j- ' , 'The -young girl reentered the' room at that itioment, and the statement seemed so incredible; that the trav eller eyed her with scrutinizing glance, striving in vain to find some trace of colored tincestry. - : ' 1 '-' r. : "Come here, Leewizzy," sa'id her master. "What d'ye keep yer eyes on the ground for ? You 'a'n'tgot nooficasion to be ashamed o' y'er eyes. Hold -up yei" head, now, and look the gentleman in the face." "i" C-U- A'-J i T-.i . '.TL.. T ' one i,rieu iu ouey, uui native umiuity overcame me habit ol submission, and, after one shy glance at the Btranger, her eyelids lowered, and their longj ' dark trinmia voaroH rn Vilncliinrt rthaaVa - : j"f reckon ye don't often see a poottier piece 6' flesh,' said Mr.' Jackson. , - ' "'-"''' ? While'he' "was speaking, his wife" had come in from the kitchen, followed by a black Woman' with a dish of sweet potatoes and some hot 1 corn-cakes, bhe made her presence manifest by giving "Leewizzy" ai violent push, with the exclariiation, "What ar ye standing thar lur, jer mz.y yvcuuii t uo iuiu neip JJllKtu Dnng m Hie fixens." ,', Then turning1 to her husband, she' said, "You'll make a fool o' that ar ,gaL"' Its high time' she was sold, bhe s no account here. : '.' Mr. Jackson gave a knowing wink at his fruest. and remarked, "Women-folks are ginerally glad enough to have niggers to wait on 'etri ; but ever sence that gal come into the house, my old- wonian's beeU in' a desperate hurry to htve me sell her. But such an article don't Ipse nothing by waiting awhile.,. ..I've , some thoughts of taking a tramp to Texas one o' these days; and I reckon a prime fancy article, like thai ar, Would bimg a tustrate price in JN ew Orleans. ' - i The subject of his discourse was listening to what he said ; and partly from tremor at the import of his words", and partly from fear thaf she should not place the dish of bacon and eggs to please her' mistress, she tipped It in setting it down, so that some of the. fat was- spilled upon the table-cloth.T .JMrs. Jackson seized,-her and slapped herj hard, several times, on both sides of her head ' The frightened child tried to" escape, as soon as she was released from her grasp, but, being ordered to remain and wait upon table( aha stood behind hep mistress, carefully suppressing her sobs, though unable to keep back the tears that trickled down her cheeks. The traveller was hungry ; but this sight was a dampr er upon his appetite. ", ' He was indignant at seeing such a timid young creature so roughly bandied f but he dared not give utterance to his. emotions, fear fear of increasing the persecution to which she was subjected., Afterward, when his host and hostess were absent from the room, and Louisa was clearing the table,' impelled by a feeling of pitty, which he could not repress, he laid his hand gently upon "her head, and said, "Poor child!"';;;- "-s; "'';.' ' r!,Itwas a simple phrase ; but his 'kindly 'tone's 'produced a mighty effect on that suffering little soul.'-'. Her pent-up affections rushed forth like a flood when the gates are opened. She threw herself into his arms, nestled her head upon his brast,.and sobbed out, "Oh, I have, nobody to love me' now!"., This outburst of feeling was so unexpected, that the young man felt embarrassed, and knew not what to do. His aversion to disagreeable scenes 'amounted to a weakness; and he knew, moreover, that, if his hostess should become aware of his sympathy, her victim would fare all the worse for it. Still, it was in his nature to repel the affection that yearned toward him with so overwhelming an impulse. He placed his hand tenderly qn her head, and said, in a soothing voice, "Be quiet now, my little girl. I hear somebody coming; and you know yew mistress expects you to clear the tible". Mrs. Jackson was in fact approaching,-and Louisa hastily resumed her duties. , Had Mr. Noble been.

guilty of some culpable action, he could not have felt more doirous to escape the observation of his hostess. ' As soon as she entered, he took up his hat hastily, and went out to ascertain whether his horse, bad been duly Cared for. ti-t .. :. . . i i . .-

He saw Louisa no more that right. " But as he lay1 awake, looking at a star that peeped in upon him through an opening in the log wall, he thonght of her " beautiful eye, when the sun shone upon them, as she.emerged from the shadows.'. He wished that his mother and sister were living, that they might adopt the i, attractive child. Then he remembered that she was a slave, reserved for the New Orleans market, and " that it was not likely his pood mother could obtain her ;j if she were alive and willing to undertake the charge. , Sighing, as he had often done, to think how many painful things there were which he bad no power to remedy, he fell asleep and saw a very small girl danc iilg with a pail of waterj while a flock of ' white doves 1 were wheeling round her. The two pictures had mingled, on the floating cloud-canvas of dream-land. . ; lie had paid for his entertainment before going to " bed, and had signified his intention to resume his journey as soon as light dawned. - All was silent in the house when he went forth; and out of doors nothing was stirring but a dog that roused liimself to bark after him, and chanticleer perched on a stump to crow. " He was, therefore, surprised to find Louisa at the crib. where his horse was feeding. , Springing toward him, she' ex'clamed, ' "'"' ' ' ', i ' ! ''Oh, you have come! Do buy me, Sir! I will be 'so! n good! J will do every thing you tell me! Oh, I am so 7, unhappy! Do buy, me, Sir!" , ! He patted her on the head, and looked down com-,,, passionately' into the swimming eyes that were fixed so imploringly upon his. ' ' t " ' " ' '' ' 1 ,"Buy you, my pooi1 child?"; he replied. "I have no' ; house, I have nothing for you to do." ,,---, - .-..,r I "My mother showed me how- to sew some, and how ,(( to do some embroidery," she . said coaxitigly. "I will , learn to do it better, and I can earn enough to buy " something to eat " Oh,' do buy me, ir! ' Do take me' " With.;youlf ,, 1 .,,,,'. ,- .- - i- 1 -1' 1 ;.i.-.:n' ii hi ; j"I cannot, do that," he replied, "for I must go anotli. ; , ,er day's journey before I return to Mobile." ... , , I "Do you live in Mobile?'" she exclamed, eagerly. " "My father lived in Mobile.,"'Ouce I tried to run away there, but they set the dogs after me. Oh, do carry me back to Mobile!' ' ,"il ' !' - : f'Wbat,is your name?" said he; "and in what part of A 'the city did you live?" ..." .T. ,,(, ., -,, t n-.y-m "My namq is Louisa Duncan; and my father lived at Pine Grove. '' It was such a deautiful place! and I was so happy tliere! " Will yoii take me back to Mo-lVr bile?,!,,TF you?' i. . ,)i!r-:,.-i h .;'! .'fr-;; vmiJ Evading the question he gaid,-r ... : ; -( 1 "Your name is Louisa, but your father called you Loo Loo, didn't her, : I That pet name brought forth a passionate' outburst '" of tears." Hef voice choked, and choked, again, as she' " Mobbed out, , i,.---,.' w ;-.- , ., -fn j-IT .J f - "Nobody has ever called me Loo Loo ripee my fa-;t -ther died." '.' ' ' ' . "' ; ',',-'" Tn i He soothed her with gentle Words, and she, looking 0 up earnestly, as if stirred by a sudden thought,1 ex-" clamed, ;; . ; " '' , j "How did you know my father called me Loo Loo?" I He smiled as he answered, ''Then you dou't remem- ' ber. a young man who ran after you one day. when i you were playing witha little white dog atPine Grove?, r, , ana now your latner cauett to you, " come joo , Jjoo, and see the gentleman,.' -' ! !'I don't remember it," she replied? "but I remem- "'' ber how my father used ,to laugh at me about'it,, long ") afterward,. , He said I was very joungto have gentle-. , , man running after me." ' . , , ' , "T arn fliat opntlpmnn " Wonirl''WliPiV T first Innlri' ' ied at you, I thought I had seen you before;1 and noW v! 1 see plainly that, you are JLoo Loo. .-r! u u .ji-m i :o;'s , That name was, associated .with, so , many tender ,5 memories, hat she seemd to hear her father's voice Once more. ' She nestled close to her new friend, and repeated, in :most persuasive tones, "You will buy me? ' ' Won't you?" . rri rr.--! , ,..11 1A ' 1 1 . v si.lt I "And your mother? What has become of her?" he Askedi ?. : -V 'T 'i'.i t ;,.i"'a! -i-i i.' 1 . 'I' .""., t,i I "She, died of yellpw fever,, two days before my,, . father. , I am all alone.. Nobody cares for me. ,. You ' fill buy me, won't yon?" . . r " I "xsut tell me how you came here, my poor child, he -said; o: r--- . .a ''';- ""! r-ia ,&- ',.! ;.' i"n,r'She answered, "I don't know.-!. After my father died, j, a great many folks came to the house, and they solder everything They said my father was uncle to Mr. , Jackson, and that I belonged to himl But Mrs. Jackson Trori't let me call Mr.' Duncan my father. ' She says, if she ever hears of my calling him so again, she'll r t whip me. Do let me b your; daughter 1 You will buy f , me, wont your ,. , j Overcome by her entreaties, and by the Weading "" P expression of those beautiful eyes, he said, "Well, little. feasor, 1 "will see whether Mr. Jackson will sell you -1 to me. 1 1f he' Will, I will send for you before long."' ' "Iri M ' Oh, don't send for niel" she exclaimed," moving If f her, hands upand down, with nervous rapidity, ;"Come'T,f yourself, and come soon. ,. Ihey 11 carry me to .New ,.t -j Orleans, if you don't come for me." ' I "Well,' well, child, be quiet. If I' can' buy' you, Tr ' will come for you myself; Meanwhile, ;be a good girl. '' I won't forget you." -. .t- ,.-,:; .J -.J -..I.',.' ' .-,;; Ti He stooped down, and sealed .the, promise' with a i( , kiss on her forehead. ' As ie raised his head, ' he became aware that Bill, the horse-boy was peeping in' at 1 the door, with a broad grin upon his black face.., He, . Understood the' meaning of that grin, and it seemed ,i like art ugly imp driving away a troop of fairies. He ' t was about to speak angrily, but checked himself with. .1 the reflection, ''They.will all think so.. r Black or white,.,,, they will all think ;so., , But what can Ido?j I must ' j , save this, child from the fate that awaits her." To Bill 1 he merely said that he'wished to see Mr.- Jackson 611 l,business, and had, therefore, changed his mind about t starting before, breakfast;,; ;, 11 m'i -r-.rtu i ..- . fo,, ( j The bargain was not soon completed ; .for Mr. Jackson had . formed large, ideas concerning the price " '"Leewizzy" would bring in the market; and Bill had' s "' told the story of what he witnessed at the crib,' with ! .1 sundry jocose additions, which elicited peals of laughter from h'is master. ' But the ' orphan had won the' young hian's heart by the childlike confidence .she had rr

, manifested toward him, and conscience would not allow ; , ' him to break the solemn promise he bad given her. , " After a protracted conference, he agreed to pay eight t hundred dollars and to come for Louisa the next week. " ) - The appearance of the sun after a long, cold storm, -o ,. never made a greater change than the announcement , r of this arrangement produced in the countenance and mannersofthat desolate child. -The expression of fear .vanished,; and listlessness gave place to a springing r , elasticity of motion. ' Mr. Noble could ill afford to r spare so large a sum fof the Ihxury'of benevolence,'! ' Wand he-was well aware that the office of protector: 'I j which he had taken Upoh . himself, must necessarily;; prove expensive. But when he witnessedher radiant . ; happiness' he could not regret that he had obeyed the . , generous impulse of his heart. Now; for the first time, ' she was completely identified with the -vision of that; ' fairy child who had so captivated his fancy four 'years' ''before. lie never forgot the tones of her voice, and 'rthe expression of her eyes, when she kissed his hand - at parting, and said, "I thank you, Sir, for buying nie.".; oi I .WA Continued next week. V",J ' v; j t ; i niiii' 11 '. ' !" rr. li (,;'

'i ' Fine Stock. All interested in fine stock can 'njoy a treat by visiting Calvin Fletcher's, Jr., fann, to' see one of ,f Vermont Morgan's" colts. Vermont Mori cigan is at Woods & Foudry's stable, every afternoon. .

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