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LOO LOO. 251
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Scene I.
what to do . His aversion to disagreeable scenes amounted to a weakness ; and he knewmoreoverthat if Ms hostess should
be-, , come aware of his sympathy , her victim would fare all the "worse for it . Stillit was not in his nature to repel the affection that
, yearned toward him with so overwhelming" an impulse . He placed his hand tenderly on her head , and said in a soothing voice , "Be
quiet now , niy little girl . I hear somebody coming ; and you know mistress expects you to clear the table . "
your . 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 desirous to escape the observation of his hostess . As soon as she enteredhe took up his hat hastily , and
, went out to ascertain whether his horse had been duly cared for . He saw Louisa no more that night . But as he lay awake , looking
at a sta , r that peeped in upon him _through an opening in the log wallhe -thought of her beautiful eyeswhen the sun shone _Lipon
them , , as she -emerged from the shadows . , He wished that his mother and sister were living , that they might adopt the attractive child .
Then he remembered that she was a slave , reserved for the New Orleans market , and that it "was not likely his . good mother could
obtain her , if she were alive and willing to _xinderfcake the charge . Sighing , as he had often done , to think how many painful things
there were which he had no power to remedy , he fell asleep and saw a small irl dancing with a pail of water , while a nock of white
doves very were wheeling g round her . The two pictures had mingled on the floating * cloud-canvas of dream-land .
He had paid for his entertainment before going to _bedj 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 himself 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 .
Spring "Oh , you toward have him come , she ! Do exclaimed buy me , — , sir ! I will be so good ! I
will do everything you . tell me ! Oh , I am so unhappy ! Do buy me , sir !
He patted her on the head , and looked down compassionately into the swimming eyes that were fixed so imploringly upon his .
•• " Buy you , my poor child ? " he replied . "I have no house , —I have nothing for you to do . "
" My mother shewed me how to sew some , and how to do some embroidery , " she said , eoaxingly . " I will learn to do it better , and
I can earn enough to buy something to eat . Oh , do buy me , sir ! Bo take me with !"
you "I cannot do that , " he replied , " for I must go another day ' s journebefore I return to Mobile !"
y "Do you live in Mobile ? " she exclaimed eagerly . "My father lived in Mobile . Once I tried to run away there , but they set
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Loo Loo. 251
LOO LOO . 251
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 251, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/35/
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