that into which a kind Providence dropped this little,

d from his gig before the family mansion at Rosevale, and laid

inefficient. They think it a disgrace to work by the side of the negro, and therefore will allow things to be left in a very careless, untidy way, rather than put forth their energy to alter or improve them. And as it is impossible for slaves, untaught and degraded as they are, to give a neat and thrifty appearance to their homes, we, who have bee

of her mother, which had occurred about ten years before. Within this time, her brothers and si

bts and furnish the means of living. Old Rosa, the cook, Nancy, the waiting-maid, and Methuselah, the ancient gardener, were all the house-servants that remained. So the

mingle with the trees and bushes outside, till together they formed a solid and luxuriant mass of verdure. White and crimson roses shone amid the dark, glossy foliage of the mountain-laurel, which held up with sturdy stem its own rich clusters of fluted cups, that seemed to assert equality with the queen of

ound great pleasure in cultivating her flower-beds; and every year, her crocuses and hyacinths, crown-imperials and tulips,

ows; and Ruby, the unwearying canary singer, always in loud and uninterpretable conversation with San Rosa, the mocking-bird. The birds hung in the broad, deep window of the sitting-room, in the shade of the jasmine and honeysuckle vin

et became an occupa

ars ye might have company enough o' nights widout takin' in a cryin' baby. She'll cry sure widout

nage to take good care of the little creature. I

offing 'bout babies; takes an old mammy like me t

to utter many words, made no attempt to answer, but stood

name, 'ta'n't likel

ten her, then,

marked the old gentleman, ent

. Never was no more 'complished 'fectioner dan she. She knowed how to cook all de earth, she did. Hi! couldn't she barbecue a heifer, or brile a cock's comb, jest as 'spertly as Miss Tilda here broiders a ruffle

in dese yer premises. Don't ye go for to kick de young un round like as ef she cost noffin'. Ef ye do, look out;" and she shook her turbaned head,

nce the responsibility of her position, and played the mother to her heart's content. All the care of the child's education seemed from that moment to devolve upon her,

ns and turkeys in the yard, the flowers in the garden, the kittens and birds in the sitting-room, and the goodies in the kitchen,-added to her pleasure. She frisked and gamboled about the house and grounds as free and joyous as the squirrels in the woods, and without a thought or suspicion that any thing but happiness was in store f

and "Who made that?" her mistress would answer carelessly, "I don't know," or "You'll find out by and by." Her thirst for knowledge was never satisfied; for whi

, aunties, teachers, and friends are ready and anxious to explain to you all the curious and interesting things that come under your notice. Indeed, so desirous are they to cultivate your intellectual nature, that they seek to stimulate your appetite f

d her curiosity satisfied, she would have gone on in her investigations; and from studying objects in nature, she would have come to st

" says the slaveholder; and therefore he makes the law which

not recognize the fact that God designed us all to work, and has so arranged matters, that true comfort and happiness can only be reached through the g

Matilda's ruffles, clean the great brass andirons and fender in the sitt