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205 NOTICES OE BOOKS.
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a she gi had gantic a barbaric butterfly fashion . She of sunk arrang a dutiful ing so curtsy as to give , and to stood her head twirling the air her of
thumbs " ' Candaee , while , ' the said Doctor he , ' surveye do you d think her gravel it right y . that the black race should be slaves to the white ?'
" The face and air of Candace presented a curious picture at this moment ; a sort of rude sense of delicacy embarrassed her , and she turned a deprecating " ' lo Don ok , 't first mind on us Mrs Candace . Marvyn / said and Mrs then . Mar on her vyn master ; * tell . the Doctor the exact
, truth ct Candace . ' stood still a moment , and the spectators saw a deeper shadow roll over her sable facelike a _cloiid over a dark pool of waterand her
immense person heaved with , her labored breathing . , rig "' ht Ef . When I must Gineral speak Washington I must / she was said here . , 'Mo I hearn , —I neb ' em er read did the tink Decla 'twas
dat ration ar' ob true Independence , you an' I are and as Bill free o as ' Bi any ghts bod ; y an . " ' I It tole stands Cato to den reason , says . I Wh , "Ef y , bein look ' at — me a woman , —I' an — _'t as a critter much . a woman I ' s neider as huffs bod nor ' she horns said . I holding ' s a reasonable up her
head , with an air , as majestic as a palm-tree any ;—* y an , ' Cato , —lie , ' s a man born free " ' an B ' ut equal Candace , ef _dar _' s any ' ve always truth in been what contented you read and , —dat happy ' s all . with ' ushave
you not ? , ' said Mr , , Marvyn you . , " ' Yes , Mass ' r , —I ha'n't got muffin to complain of in dat matter . I couldn't hab no better friends ' n you an' Missis . ' '
" Would you like your liberty , if you could get it , though ? ' said Mr . Marvyn . ' Answer me honestly . ' " ' Why , to be sure I should ! Who wouldn't ? want Min to d ye , oft ' she want said ,
to earnestl shirk y work raising ; but her I want black to , heavy feel free hand , , Dem ' 'ta ' n dat 't dat isn I 't free has go nufnn , ' or to give to " nobod ' Well y;— Candace dey can't from show this what day dey would are free do . ' ' said Mr . Marvynsolemnly
" Candace , covered , her face with you both her , fat hands , and shook , and , rush trembled for the , and door , finall and y , threw throwing herself her down apron in over the her kitchen head in , made a perfect a desperate tropical
torrent of tears and , sobs . The " blessing ' You see of , ' said the the Lord Doctor will be , ' what this freedom deedMr is to M every human " The creature steps of .
on , . arvyn . somewhat a j '' ust At man this deranged are moment ordered , with Candace by the the violence Lord reappeared , and of her he at deli prostration the ghteth door , in , her g his iving butterfl way a . whimsical "' turban
air " to 'I her want portl ye y all person to know . , ' she said , with a clearing-up snuff , 'dat it ' s my will lease an' I'll pleasure allers put to go three right on doin in de ' my crullers work jes now ' de an same ' I won ; an 't ' , turn Missis de ,
wash p -basin , down in de sink , eggs but hang it jam-up , on de ; nail ; an' I won't pick jes up ' chi as ps in tell a s milk me pan Now , ef I ' m try in me ever and so see big ef a I hurry wont ;— ! ' I'll d o eberyting
ye . you had ' * Candace always obstinatel here alluded y cherished to some of as the reserved little private rights , wilfulnesses in pursuing which domes she tic matters with her mistress .
" 'I intend , ' said Mr . Marvyn , 'to make the same offer to your husband , when " ' Laus he returns Mass ' from r— -w work hCato to-ni he ght 'll . ' do jes' as I do—dere a ' n't no kind o '
need o' askin , ' him , . 'Course y , he will . ' , band " A there smile existed passed round one of the those circle whimsical , because contrasts between Ca which , ndace one and sometimes her
hussees dicted in to married a gentle life chronic . Cato coug was h . a ; and small , thoug -built h , thin a faithful , softly and -spoken skilfu negro l servan , ad t - ,
205 Notices Oe Books.
205 NOTICES OE BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page 205, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/61/
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