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day'sworks,deydoes well enough; and Sally, ye won't have many more suppers wid yer poo*
she 'II-take de she 's such baby," a peartyoung old aunty."
un, she won't take'nolookin'arter."
"
Louisville is a good way off."
"Law sakes ! who's afeard? "
down
CHAPTER XXII.
river șomer near ray old man, perhaps?" said
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"THE
Chloe,speaking the last in the tone of GRASS WITnERETH THE ILOWER FADETF
a question,
and lookingat Mrs. Life
Shelby.
passes,
with us all,a day at a time ; so it
"
No, Chloe ; it 's many a hundred miles off," passed with our friend Tom, till two years were
Slid Mrs. Shelby.
gone. all Lis soul held dear
.
Chloe 's countenance fell.
and though often yearningfor what laybeyond
"
Never mind ; your going there shall bring still was he never positively and consciously miserable
you nearer, Chloe. Yes, you may go ; and your
; for,so well is the harp of human feeling
"wages shall every cent of them be laid aside for strung, that nothing but a crash that breaks every
vour husband's stringcan redemption."
whollymar its harmony ; and, on looking
As when a bright sunbeam turns a dark cloud back to seasons which iri review appear to us
to silver, so Chloe's dark face brightened immediately,
as those of deprivation and trial, we can remember
reallyshone.
that each hour, as it glided, broughtitsdiversions
"Laws! if Missis isn't too good! I was and alleviations, so that,thoughnut happywholly,
thinkingof dat ar very thing; cause I should n't we were not, either,wholly miserable.
need no clothes, nor shoes,nor I could Tom read, in his nothin'," onlyliterary cabinet,of one
save every cent. How "
many weeks is der in a
who had learned in whatsoever state ho was,
year, Missis?"
therewith to be content." It seemed to him good
"
Fifty-two,"said Mrs. and
Shelby.
reasonable doctrine,and accorded well with
"
Laws ! now, dere is ? and four dollars for the settled and thoughtfulhabit which he had
each on 'em. Why, how much 'd dat ar be?" acquiredfrom the readingof that same book.
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Two hundred and eightdollars,"said Mrs. His letter homeward, as we related in the last
Shelby.
chapter, was in due time answered by Master
"
Why-e !'" said Chloe,with an accent of surprise
George, in a good,round, school-boyhand,that
and delight ; " and how longwould it take Tom said might be read " most acrost the room."
me to work it out, Missis?"
It contained various refreshing items of home
l*
Some four or live years, Chloe ; but,then, intelligence, with which our reader is fullyacquainted
you needn't do it "
all, I shall add something to
: stated how Aunt Chloe had been hired
it."
out to a confectionerin Louisville, where her skill
" I wouldn't hear to Missis' givin'lessons nor in the pastry line was gaining wonderful sums of
"
nothin. Mas'r 's quite right in dat ar ; money,
all of which, Tom was informed,was to be
'twould n't do, no
ways. I hope none our family
laid up to go to make up the sum of his redemption
ever be brought to dat ar, while I 's got money ; Mose and Pete were thriving, and
hands."
the baby was trotting all about the house,under
"
Don't fear,Chloe ; I '11take care of the honor the care of Sally and the familygenerally.
of the family,"said Mrs. Shelby,smiling. " But Tom's cabin was shut up fur the present; but
when do you expect to go?"
Georgeexpatiated brilliantly on ornaments and
"
Well,I want spectin'nothin' ; onlySam, he 's additions to be made to it when Turn came back.
a gwine to de riverwith some colts,and he said The rest of this letter gave a listof George's
I could go 'longwith him ; so I jesput my things school studies,each one headed by a flourishing
together Ịf Missis was willin', I 'd go with Sam capital ; and also told the names of four new colts
to-morrow morning, if Missis would write my
that appeared on the premises since Tom left ; and
pass, and write me a commendation."
stated,in the same connection țhat father and
"
Well, Chloe,I '11attend to it,if Mr. Shelbymother were well. The styleof the letter was
has no objectionsỊ must speakto him." decidedly concise and terse ; but Tom thought i*
Mrs. Sheloy went up stairs,and Aunt Chloe, the most wonderful specimen of composition that
delighted, went out to her cabin,to make her had appearedin modern times. .lie was never
preparation.
tired of lookingat it,and even held a council with
"Law sakes,Mas'r George!ye didn't know Eva on the expediency of getting it framed, to
I 's a gwine to Louisvilleto-morrow !" she said to hang up in his room. Nothing but the difficulty
George,as, entering her cabin, he found her busy of arranging it so that both sides of the page
in sortingover her baby'sclothes. " I thought would show at once stood in the way of this undertaking.
I 'djislook over sis'sthings, and get 'em straightened
up.
But I 'ingwine,Mas'r George," gwine The friendship between Tom and Eva had grown
to have four dollarsa week ; and Missis is gwine with the child'sgrowth. It would be hard to say
to lay it all up, to buy back my old man agin !" what placeshe held in the soft,impressible heart
"Whew!" said George,"here's a stroke of of her faithfulattendant. He loved her as some
business țo be sure ! How are you going ?" thing frailand earthly, yet almost worshipped her
"
To-morrow,wid Sam. And now, Mas'r George, as somethingheavenly and divine. He gazed on
i knows you '11jissit down and write to my
old her as the Italian sailor gazes
on his image of ths
man, and tellhim all about won't it," ye
?" child with a mixture of reverence and
Jesus,"
"
To be sure,"said George; " Uncle Tom '11be tenderness;and to humor her graceful fancies,and*
rightglad to hear from us. I '11 go rightin the meet those thousand simplewants which invest
house,for paper and ink ; and then, you know, childhood like a many-colored rainbow, was Tom's
Aunt Chloe, I can tell about the new colts and chief delightỊn the market, at morning,his
all."
eyes we're alwayson the flower-stallsfor rare
"
Sartin,sartin,Mas'r George; you go 'long, bouquets for her,and the choicestpeach or orange
and I '11 get ye up a bit o' chicken,or some sich ; was slipped into his pocke to giveto ht=rwhen he