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a degree of refinement which he had not expected to meet in that lonelion . He gazed at her so intentlythat her eyes sought the
ground y reg , and their long , dark fringes rested , on blushing clieeks . What was it those eyes recalled ? They tantalised and eluded his
memory . " My good girl , tell me what is your name , " he said . " Louisa , " she replied , "bashfully , and added , " I will shew you
the " way Let me to the house the . water " for " said the kind-liearted traveller .
He dismounted carry for the purpose you , but , sne resisted his importunities * that would be with her
saying she very angry . " And _wlio is she ? " he asked . ' "Is she your mother ?" there
'' Oh , no , indeed !'' was the hasty reply . '' 1 am- —I—I live . '' The disclaimer was sudden and earnestas if the question struck
of on her a wounded answer nerve was sad . Her and reluctant eyes swam in with its , tones tears . , and The th child e rem was aind so er
delicately formed , so shy and sensitive , so very beautifulj that she fascinated him strongly . He led his horse into the lane she had
entered , and as he walked by her side he continued to observe her with the most livelinterest . Her motions were listless and languid ,
but flexile as a willow y . They puzzled him , as her eyes had done ; for they seemed to remind him of something he had seen in a
halfforgotten dream . They soon came in sight of the house , which was built of logs ,
but larger than most houses of that description ; 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 , and there two dingyblack-nosed dogs were 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 traveller waited while
Louisa went into the house to inquire whether entertainment could be furnished for himself and his horse . It was some time before
the proprietor of the establishment made his appearance . At last he came slowly sauntering * round the end of the house , his hat tipped
on one side , with a rowdyish air . He was accompanied by a large dog , which rushed in among the pigs , biting their ears , and making
them race about , squealing piteously . Then he seized hold of the bundle of containing the black babyand began to drag it over
the ground rags , to the no small astonishment , of the baby , who added his screech to the charivari of the pigs . With loud shouts of
laughter , Mr . Jackson cheered on the rough animal , and was so much entertained by the scene , that he seemed to have forgotten the
stranger entirely . When at last his eye rested upon him , he merely exclaimed" That ' s a hell of a dog ! " and began to call
, _* _' StaboyJ" again . The 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 pigs at that moment , allowed her to depart
unmolested ; and soon came back to . his . master , wagging his tail ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/32/
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