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Show 40 \.SCl.F. Ttl\1':0 C\01\: Oil, hakt'!~)JC\Ili in ¥~hirh c:un,:t·ni:U Opt"rntivn \\~ hn.ll h.':\\'<' lwr t1ll we fiw h •mr paduro nf the cottn••r~ In oil'' rur1wr of it to<.• I a I .. 1, con r 1 n<":t.tly ~ ith 1\ "'>" y lipread, 3 n,l hy tht.' ~~_i.le of it was n pice(' of c.~rpttin·• .,r fl()ma cun,.j,J·ral,lt si!.(' On this pi (If rarpetm~ 4\u11t Chit~ took her t.nn,l, M h«·in,; d itlt'111y in th<' upp•·r \\uiLA of hfd. tul•i it Gnli tho 1 .. ,1 by whi,·h it hy, •n•l 1hu whnl•• comer,' in fact~ ,- "'r trenu.,.l with tli. tingui ·ht ... l con~ult·rntiNt, nncl made, 80 [;1r M iLlc, rrol from tht' m:\rnud111,; inl"O:I<lo GOo! ,J rntion.• f hltlc folk•. In fact, lh"t curn r 1\'BS tho drmcin ~-room of tho ('@t:lhli~hmrnt. In th(\ C'lthu comer wn5 a brd of much humbler prCll.'tbion~. an,} c,·i,ltntly d igncd for uso. The wnll over the fir<'placo w ' aol<>rn•d with some very brilliant scripturnl prints, n.ml a }lllrtmit of Gcncrnl WILShington, drown nml colored in n manner "lu··h would ecrt.ninly have Mtoni he<! thnt hero, if el'er he ha•l hnppenc<lto mect with its like. On a rough bench in the corner, a couplr of "oolly·h<'3<1e<l boya, with glistening block eyes nod fnt hinin;; ch""k•. were busy in superintending the fir11t walking opcrnliOI~ of the baby, "hich, ... is u.unlly the ca"<', consi•te<l in ~tling up on its r~t, bnlancing t\ moment, and then tumhlin.a; clown,-. wh aucecssive tillluro being violently checre<l, liS something dooJ· cdl y clcl'cr. A tnblc, somewhat rhcumnlic in its lim!,.., WILS drown out in front of the fire, nnd COI'Cre<l with n cloth, <li.-pbying cur< nnd snuccrs of a dccidc<lly brilli."tnt pattern, ";th olhcr ·~·mp· toms of nn npprooching meal. At this t."lhlo "ns !«.'Ol<•l 'C'nclo Tom, )lr. helhy's best hand, who, M he is to he tho hero of our story, we must dagucrreotyp<' for our r('{Uit>~. Ho wns a large, brood-chested, powerfully-mndc mnn. of • full glOO>y block, and a faeo wh03C lruly .\Jrio:m ~ tun If r• pectin.: nn•l cl1g 4 hll'it I yrt untt~-•1 "ith :\ ruufi.lm' nullmtuhl' iruplt 1ty. lie 'fUJI Hry },u ily int4•fll n.t th m uwnt un n. l:lh' lyiu;.; I ft•n l1im, on \\hith h, l\ Mrdully ancl •l(l\\ly c n•h':\\ rin • l•t n•~OIUJ'l h r\ "''I'Y t1f lim' lt•Ut·N, in "hi h CIJJ('I"!I\~11\ l11 ~. 0\c·rluol..t .. } l•y )n11n~ ~1: 'r (;, '(,r'-!1', a lll:lrt, hra;.::ht hoy tl tlurt• n, "lul npr~t~:\n'(l fully to rt·aliw thl"! tli uity <•f hi!l )lll)!ltllnn ~ m trurt"r. '" Xot tlmt way, t rnch' Tom,- OQl thM 1\ y,'' M.i'l ht\ bri kly, M l"n<"l·• Tom blx>nou ly hroughtup 1hr ta1l of lua li tht' wrnn,l( t•le out 1 11 th:\t malt " 'I· you •" u L.n lN', nnl\, tl it," ni.l l ·11r1~ 1't•mj ),JOlin • 1\ith r\ ~Jill.: tful. ntlruiring Rir, R hi8 youn•l' l•"Al'hl'r fl•)uri. hin •ly tern"' ), .. I fs nn,l tf• innuanrrahlt~ f;,r hlJI t ,}jfir.ltion i nu•l thrn, t: \.in)! th p«·tu•il in hi hi·•, ht':l\·y fiu !'t'nt, hn pntirutly ro---<'OilUUI"Ill'\1). '- Jlow M\lty 1'fhitt' folb o.l'u. dot thin~!' ' n.atl .\unt Chlot', pm in~ -.hiln ahe wn.s J..'f'M.cm~ n ~nhHc 1\ith "errap 6f IJBron on hrr f.,tk, n.n,) re-,..rnnlin~ youn;.: )Jn.:•l'-'r Grorge 1uth 1•n•l u Th" w*.ly he cnn wriu•, no" 1 n,) n .... 1d. too! fth•lth n to ~1mP out h rt" r,·enin !5 an• I rt"3•l hi. )( n1 tn u -it '• mt,.hty mtt tin, 11 "But .. \unt Chi( l 'n1 h'-·ttin·' n1ij:l1ty hun~•Ty,'' t:litl t; ~· " ! n·ttl!ltrolcinth~!"killl'llllrn' tt1nru\1'' "~ [ ~1, 11r, 'I. 'r fh.'()r ~~t :1.~1 Aunt ('hi()(", ltfti11_.; tlu\ liol :ut~l }'in, in.- 11 hrownin•"" 1 utiful- a rent luh1y hro~n. .\h! 1\'l rno ol< no ~,r dol. ~l i '• l1·L t'. lly try to u lt.• aomc e:U.o. t"othrr d.'\y, jt l'> lnr11 h<·r, l1f' ~ai(l. ' ), Kfl 'tf3)', ~~~ is,' Jl [; 'it really hurta my fc Jm"e, llOW1 tu •I• |