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Show 51 ROEBUCK. dh;cip1ine of re1jgion.· bodies. I believe th[Lt wheneYer the Rbxes nre prepare l to pcrfonn the dutie,j of the f:unily, there ·will Lc little need of law to protect tl1cir f~tn1ily ties. Probably they arc better protected nncl n1ore f:tithCully observed no'v in Virginin. th:tn such tics nrc among free negrcs anywhere or among the poore:t claRs s in other countrieR." "Now, n1y dear hn ·bnnd, I think 've 1n~y hy these grnve therncB aBide. Julin and I have been silent a long tin1e." . "Place nnx cb.n1C9. I yield the floor to the ladlCS. Shan 've ta1k of a 'vedding ?'' "I ran tell yon sornething about a 'vec1<1ing nearer hon1e than yon think, pcrhap~ papa, and not so foreign to your own grave dit~cotu~e a~ your 1nocle of putting that que. Lion in1plics," said Jnlia. "A 'vec1t1ing it hall be then clanghter" Julia o·ave a slio·ht :uul hnn1orous description of b ;-; the ln. t grand Y\'Cchling a111011g the servants when her rnaicl, Grace, had beon taken for b tter for worse by carpenter Di<.:k, with every vo'v that shonlll bind LWO lives too·cther an<l with :L diBinterestecl contempt 0 of rnarringe settlctnents; w·hen all Africa of H.ocbuek held high festival; 'vhen the \VOtnen, "black but comely like the tents of 1\:eclar," an·aye l themselves in gorgeou. colors, and \vhen 1\Irs. Fairfax, having Fmpplied a gre[Lt supper, gave a stniling care to ~ho cntertaintnent of her servant. . The ,ln.vcl:> had jolhty nncl sen nous pleasures ·which a negro loves; 1nastcr and rnistrc~s a. ·su1ned the cares \vhieh a negro abhors. The children of Ilatn .. were cursed \viLh servitude bnt their natnro \vas a.daptecl to 1nake it easy. The roso of a blessing often bloo1ns on the thorn of a curse. ROEBUCK. 5.5 H 0 E B U C: K 'l' ll H I~ A T E N l~ D • ONE evening, n fe,v days later, Albert Pal mer sn.t at l.10n1e 'vith his i~tLI~cr and 1nolher. The parlor in \Vhwh they wer had co:-;tly furniture, and the house \\'as large and coinJnodions. ~rlw i;tth 'r, l\Ir. I Tael J.>:dtner, 'vas a little over fif'Ly-fi \'C y ears of 'tO'e 1"1 1 .1 . . .. :::, , ,~z u, 1~1 appearance, tntght have been hiH , on grown older, J'Jeh ancl 'Vary. :Some H 'Ore of' y cnrs hPiore that tin10 he h:1<l corne :r01n _New Englan<l ,vith a little capital, nn<l .·ettl d 111 Vuginia :l~ a Jller ·hant. lie ltacl thriven, an <l, a few years ngo, h o pur ·hased land j n ~he cou.nty wit1.1 n hope of cro\nling a life of , uc.:cc .. fu] busrne~~ '\nth the rcspe<.:table cnjoyznen ts of a \\re~1thy planter. lie now eovete<l, as l1e had oneo envrecl, the .·oeial rank \vhi<.:h he regarded a n.ristocrncy. lie \.Ya.· hospitably rceeivetl in the connty bnt, by dl'p;rces, n <liil:'crcncc of Jnt"tnners ancl taste~ renueretl the intercourse between hiin and his neio·h? or'! n1orc con. trained ancl 1 . . · fr 'eluent. l3eft 1 0' Jealous and snspirion.-, he iznagined oflcnce \vher~ 11~n.e \Vas intencle<.l. E:trangcnH~nt ancl then du·-illke en:'u~<.l. Stung by :f:tnciecl in~·mlt, he nlcclitatetl r~t:tha~1on. IIc \Va~ not a In:ln to yield to a rca~ or Jn:aglllary con:spiracy to exclude hi1n fron1 the so.met~ oi the "aristocracy." lie \vas resolved toretazn h1H e:\{~atc ancl re:ide on it. lie \von1t1 watch for opportun1tles to elevate his OYn1 f~unily and to avenge |