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Show 158 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN: OH., out yesterday, and who to-night cried herself to sleep when nobody was looking at her. Here, a. worn ol~ ncg~e.ss, whose thin arms and callous fingers tell of hard tml, w::ulmg to be so1J to-morrow, as a. cast-ofT article, for what can be got for her· and some forty or fifty others, with heads variously cnv~loped in blankets or articles of clothing, lie stretched around them. But, in a corner, sitting apart from the rest, tll'C two females of a. more interesting appear:mcc than common. One of these is a respectably-dressed mulatto woman between forty and fifty, with soft eyes and a gentle om] pleasing physiognomy. She has on her head a high-raised turban, made of a gay red Madras k•ndkcrclucf, of the first quality, and her dress is neatly fitted, and of good material, showing that she has been provided for with a careful hand. By her side, and nestling closely to her, is a young girl of fifteen,- her daughter. She is a. quadroon, as m:ty be seen from her fairer complexion, though her likeness to her mother is quite discernible. She has the same soft, dark eye, with longer lashes, and her curling hair is of a luxuriant brown. She also is dressed with great neatness, and her white, delicate hands betray very little acquaintance with servile toil. rrhcsc two arc to be sold to-morrow, in the same lot with the St. Clare servants; and the gentleman to whom they belong, and to whom the money for their sale is to be transmitted, is a. member of a Christian church in New York, who will receive the money, and go thereafter to the sacrament of his Lord and theirs, ancl think no more of it. These two, whom we shall call Susan and Emmeline, lJad been the personal attendants of an amiable and pious lady of New Orleans, by whom they had been carefully and piously instructed and trained. They had been taught to read and write, diligently instructed in the truths of religion, and their UFE AMONG TrTE J,OWLY. 159 lot had been as happy an one as in their condition it was possible to be. But the only son of their protectress had the management of her property ; and, by crLrelessncss and extravagance involved it to a large amount, and at b st failed. One of the largest creditors '""' the respectable firm of n. & Co., in New York. B. & Co. wrote to their lawyer in New Orleans, who attached the real estate (these two articles and a lot of plantation hands formed the most valuable part of it), and wrote word to that effect to New York. Brother B., being, as we have said, a Christian man, and a. resident in a free State, felt some uneasiness on the subject. lie didn't like trading in sbvcs and souls of men,- of course, he didn't; but, then, there were thirty thousand dollars in the case, and that was rather too much money to be lost for a principle; ::md so, after much considering, and nsking ad vice from those tlmt he knew would advise to suit him, Brother B. wrote to his lawyer to dispose of the business in the way that seemed to him the most suitable, and remit the proceeds. ~rho day after the letter arrived in New Orleans, Sus..'ln and Emmeline were attached, and sent to the depot to await n. general auction on the following morning; and as they glimmer fhintly upon us in the moonlight which steals through the grated window, we may listen to their conversation. Both are weeping, but each quietly, that the other may not hear. "Mother, just Joy your head on my lap, and sec if you can't sleep a little," says the girl, trying to appear calm. " I haven't any heart to sleep, Em; I can't; it 's the last night Tl'e may be together! " " 0, mother, don't say so! perhaps we shall get sold togethcr,- who knows?" "If 'twas anybody's else case, I should say so, too, Em," |