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h ' * What d them fur dey saying fotch to her each here other ? " , " " B She y gum be , white dat ar an lad t y no ob ni quality gger I * , '
she T he he /' t . enderly-nurtured daughter of the wealthy planter remained her
in scri and t bed his ext miserable reme in his orders jec p t lace ion , two She offered days thanked her . The be him tter gaoler but food , said touched than she had by could been not beauty pre eat - .
from Bu " When t she the he could herd invited not of sleep prisoners her . and to , occupy she she dared accep , for not ted the , undress the night offer , a small In with the room gra morning titude apart .
her the gao apologe ler , afraid tically of tha being t he defec was obli ted ged in these to reques acts t . of her indul to gence return , told to ,
, , the Having common recovered apartment somewhat . from the stunning effects of the blow of her
panions that suited had the . fallen A trader gang on ' s her convenience s , laves she began , just to sold take to take , was them more in to keep New notice ing Orleans there , ; till com and it
never the par forgot ting . scenes ' « Can she it witnessed be , " she said that to day herself made , " an that I impression such unconscious things she have been going on around me all these and so
years , marke p of assion them t before on ? Wha me I , was t and should ten preven I t ed old my b ? " , being if She Alfred sent thoug to had h the t with not New taken a shudder Orleans comyears
of the auction-scene the day before , and began to be afraid that her friends She could roused not save from her her from reverie that vile by man the ' s power entrance _.. of a white
was tlemanwhom she had never seen before . He came to inspect t sui gen he t trader him for , ' s gang house -servant slaves , to and see before if any long one among agreed them to purchase would
a bright-looking a mulatto lad ; . He stopped , before Loo Loo , and said " Are a good sempstress ?"
Grossman " , She ' s , no who you t for put sale her , " ans here wered for the disobedience gaoler . . " " She The belongs man to smiled Mr .
as " he Ho spoke ho / , ' and rejoined Loo Loo the stranger blushed . crimson " I ' m . sorry for that . I should
like H to e saun buy , t her ered if round I could the . " room , and took from his pocket oranges black icaninnies
tumbling and candy over , which each he other distributed on the among dirty floor the . Coming p round her and
peel said again in " to low and the tones to p u lace ching , " where When his finger she they sat are , to he his not put li looking p an si orange gnific at a you n on tly , , remove he lap turned , the
; away As to talk with he the gaoler . she asked permission to go for a few
minutes soon to the as room was she gone had , occupied durin alf of g th the e ni skin ght had . There been
remove she examined d unbro t k en oran a ge thin , and found inserted that h and the peel replaced . , paper , _master
On the scrap of paper was written : ' " When your comes ,
326 Loo Looc
326 loo loOc
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 326, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/38/
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