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LOO LOO. 253
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Scene I.
Pie stooped down , and sealed the promise with a Mss on her foreheadAs he raised his headhe became aware that Bill , the
horseboy , . was peeping in at the door , , with a broad grin upon his black face . He understood the meaning of that grin , and it seemed like
an ugly imp driving away a troop of fairies . He was about to speak angrily , but checked himself with the reflection , " They will aH think
so . Black or white , they will all think so . But what can I do ? I must save this child from the fate that awaits her . " To Bill he
merely said that he wished to see Mr . Jackson on business , and had , therefore , changed his mind about starting before breakfast .
The bargain was not soon completed ; for Mr . Jackson had formed lare ideas concerninthe price " Leewizzy" would bring in the
market g ; and Bill had g told the story of what he witnessed at the crib , with sundry jocose additions , which elicited peals of laughter
from his master . But the orphan had won the young man ' s heart bthe- childlike confidence she had manifested toward him , and
conscience y would not allow him to break the solemn promise he had iven her . After a protracted conferencehe agreed to pay eight
hundred g dollarsand to come for Louisa the , next week . The appearance , of the sun , after a long , cold storm , never made
a greater change than the announcement of this arrangement produced in the countenance and manners of that desolate child . The
expression of fear vanished , and listlessness gave place to a springing elasticity of motion . Mr . Noble could ill afford to spare so large a
sum for the luxury of benevolence , and he was well aware that the office of _protectory which he had taken upon himself , must necessarily
prove expensive . But when he witnessed her radiant happiness , he could not regret that he had obeyed the generous impulse of his
heart . Now , for the first time , she was completely identified with the vision of that fairy child who had so captivated his fancy four
years before . He never forgot the tones of her voice , and the expression of her eyes , when she kissed his hand at parting , and said ,
" I thank you , sir , for buying me . " SCENE III .
In a world like this it is much easier to plan generous enterprises than to them into effect . Affcer Mr . Noble had purchased the
child , he carry knew not how to provide a suitable home for her . At first he placed her with his colored washerwoman . But if she remained
in that situation , though her bodily wants would be well cared for , she must necessarillose much of the refinement infused into her
being by that early y environment of elegance , and that atmosphere of love . He did not enter into any analysis of his motives in wishing
her to be so far educated as to be a pleasant companion for himself . The onlquestion he asked himself washow he would like to have
his sister y treated , if she had been placed , in such unhappy
circumstances . He knew very well what construction would be put upon
Loo Loo. 253
LOO LOO . 253
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 253, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/37/
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