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Show Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. . . .1 . 1 Try to bear a little longer. Things glYC 1t up, jllH a. lnay Lu rn out l>el tor than we 'X p eL.. " ~r ... f't.tl"'~l 1110 in Yicw of the I ·o1TO\V I ·hon1u l\ y counto·c i v\. ' • bn.u o· on ~l . L 1.. , ·ttllful lo-r in o· old heart. I pronu ·cd L 1<.1 (.1; , o . nl ll ~ . 1011 tha.L wou c o·cr and that l would Lake noLlung ~.~1y o ' " oat of her house without her know lcclgu. . \VhencYor the ehilurcu clitnl)ed on Iny knee, or :aid 1 · 1 ,l • 011 111y l·tp ·he ·would say, " Poor l1LLle t 1 1 r 1 caus ( ' 1 ? o 1 1 I ·I t ,,.011lu you do ·without a 1not 10r . o 1e SOU . . \\ Ht d ' 1 . 0 1 " I uo " Autl ·he \vonld hug Lhcn1 to 011 t 0\ c y l <.II • l 1.0 '0111 "S 1'f to rorn·oach lllO for 1ny \VanL of 1 or own u · , <."· affection ; bnL she kno\v all tho while that I lo:cd Lh01n bcttct than n1y life. I slept ·wiLh her ~hat n1ght, and it was the la t tin1o. 'rho 1nc1nory of 1t haunted n1c for many a year· On }1onday I returned to tho plantation, and busied myself with preparations for tho itnportant <lay. \V cunosday c::nnc. lt \vas a beautiful day, ancl tho faces of tho lave, wore a· brjght a tho u11 ·hi no. The poor creatures were 1ncrry. '!'bey \Yore expecting liLLlc presents fro1n tho bride, and hoping for better ti1nes under her adn1ini tration. l had no sueh hopes for thc1n. I kno\v that tho young \Vives of ·laYeholdcrs often thought their authority and i1nportance ·would be be t e tabli ·hcd anu n1aintaincu by cruelty ; and what I had hcaru of young 11rs. Flint gave 1no uo reason to expect that her rule over thetn ·would be lo scYere than that of tho master anu overseer. rrrnly' the colorcu race arc the n1o~ t cltecrful and forgiving people on the face of the earth. ~"hat their nutstcrs ~deep lll ~afety is owing lO th ir fiHpcralH tlld:lnCe of heart; aud yeL they look upvu their ~ u1luri11gs wiLh lc~s ' I Scenes at the Plantation. 141 j)i ty than they \Vonld besLo'\v on tho c of a horse or a dog. I stoorl at tho cloor \rith others to rcc ivo the hriclooTootn an(l lJridc. ~he \\'a.· a lw. nd~on1c, delieale-looko i11 n· girl, and h r face flushed \Vith 01notion ::tL .· ighL of her new hon1c. I thonglt L iL J il' (.Jy that v i sion~ of a happy future \Vero ri sing l1cforc her. It n1adc 1nc sad ; for 1 knew how I oon clouds \voul(l co1ne o\·cr lt cr ·unshine. .,he cxa1ninotl CYcry part of the house, and told 1110 she \Va . ucligh ted \Vilh the alTall cronlCll t . I had n1auo. I ·was afraid ohl l\frs. PliJ~t bad trie(l to prejudice her agaiu -t luo, an(.t l diu 1ny LcsL Lo plea ·c her. All prt ·sed off sn1 ooLhly for 1ne until dinner tin1c arri,· <1. l did llOt 1nind til C nl l>arra~~lHCllL of waiting on a dinner party for Lh li r~L 1 i JHC in lll y 1 i fe, half so n1nch as I dicl the n1ccling wi Lh J)r. Flint and hi · wife, \vho \Vouhl be an1ong the gn \'t '"'. IL was a 1nystcry to 1110 why l\Ir~ ·. :U"lint h~t<l not 1nado her appearance at tho plantation during all the tin1 1 was puLti11g tho house in order. I had noL 1net her, face to face, for ft rc years, an<l I had no \vi ·h to soc her now. She was a praying \vonlan, and, douhll :.·, con iJcrcd 1ny pre ·ont po:ition a special an:wer lo her prayers. :t\ othing coultl please her Letter than to fiCO 1110 ]nunbled and tra1npled upon. I \ V::t: ju~L where Hho ·would have 1110- in tho power of a hard , unprineiplod nut ·Lcr. She <lid noL :peak to 1110 \rltcn she Lool" her scat at table ; lntt her sali ~:>f'LCcl, lritunphan L ·1nil ', wh ... n I handed her plato, ,,·a: 1noro elo(lllent than \Yordt-i. The old docLor \vas not so quioL in his dou1on,·tration:. llc Or<.l<)rcd 1110 hero and thoro, anu poke \ Vl th pceu- |