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loo loo. 325 IV
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1 He glowered at her savagely for a moment ; and drawing froin Iris pocket an embroidered slihe
added" Ever since I picked up this pper prett , y thing , , I ' ve been determined to have you . I expected to be obliged to wait till Noble got tired
of you , and wanted to take up with another wench ; but I've had better luck than I expected . "
At the sight of that gift of Alfred ' s in his hated hand , at the sound of those coarse words , so different from Ids respectful
tender" ness , her pride broke down and tears welled forth . Looking up in his stern face , she said in tones of the deepest pathos , —
" Oh , sir , have pity on a poor , unfortunate girl ! Do not persecute me !"
" Persecute you ? " he replied . " No , indeed , my charmer ! If 'll be kind to meI'll treat you like a princess . "
you , He tried to look loving , but the expression was utterly revolting . Twelve years of unbridled sensuality had rendered his countenance
even more disgusting than it was when he shocked Alfred ' s youthful soul bhis talk about " Duncan's handsome wench . "
" Come y , my beauty , " he continued , persuasively , " I ' m glad to see you in a better temper . Come with me , and behave yourself . "
She curled her lip scornfully , and repeated , — " I will never live with ! Never ! "
" We'll see about that , you my wench , " said he . " I may as well take you down a pegfirst as last . If you'd rather be in the
, calaboose with niggers than ride in a carriage with me , you may try itand see how you like it . I reckon you'll be glad to come to
my terms _^ , before long . " He beckoned to two police-officersand said" Take this wench
, , into custody , and keep her on bread . and water , till I give further orders . "
The gaol to which Loo Loo was conveyed was a wretched place . The walls were dingythe floor covered with puddles of
tobaccojuice , the air almost suffocating , with the smell of pent-up tobaccosmokeunwashed negroesand dirty garments . She had never
, , seen any place so loathsome . Mr . Jackson ' s log-house was a palace in comparison . The prison was crowded with colored people of all
complexions , and almost every form of human vice and misery was huddled together there with the poor victims of misfortune . Thieves ,
murderers , and shameless girls , decked out with tawdry bits of finerywere mixed up with modest-lookinghearfc-broken wives , and
, , mothers mourning for the children that had been torn from their arms in the recent sale . Some were laughing and singing lewd
songs . Others sat still with tears trickling down their sable cheeks . Here and there the fierce expression of some intelligent young man
indicated a volcano of revenge seething within his soul . Some were stretched out drowsily upon the filthy floor , their natures
apparently stupefied to the level of brutes . When Loo Loo was
brought in , most of them were roused to look at her ; and sho
Loo Loo. 325 Iv
loo loo . 325 IV
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 325, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/37/
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