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"Oh, but you must, Miss Ellstowe; it would seem very impertinent in me a stranger to meddle in such a matter; and, besides, they may be aware of it, and not thank me for my interference." "No, I assure you they are not; I am confident they have not the most distant idea of such a thing they would undoubtedly regard it as an act of kindness on your part.
Little Birdie screamed, and ran to raise him; George Stevens and Miss Ellstowe gave their assistance, and by their united efforts he was placed upon the sofa. Little Birdie wiped the bloody foam from his mouth with her tiny lace handkerchief, bathed his head, and held cold water to his lips; but consciousness was long returning, and they thought he was dying.
I know him well in fact, he is the illegitimate son of a deceased relative of mine, by a mulatto slave." "It cannot be possible," exclaimed Miss Ellstowe, with a wild stare of astonishment. "Are you sure of it?" "Sure of it! of course I am. I should indeed be a rash man to make such a terrible charge unless perfectly able to substantiate it.
The heart of Clarence almost ceased to beat at the sound of that well-known name, and had not both the ladies been so engrossed in observing the new-comer, they must have noticed the deep flush that suffused his face, and the deathly pallor that succeeded it. Mr. Stevens was presented to Miss Bates, and Miss Ellstowe turned to present him to Clarence. "Mr. Garie Mr. Stevens," said she.
"What can the fellow have been doing here?" he soliloquised; "on intimate terms too, apparently; it is very singular; I will wait Miss Ellstowe's return, and ask an explanation." When Miss Ellstowe re-entered the room, he immediately inquired, "What was that Mr. Garie doing here? He seems on an exceedingly intimate footing, and your friend apparently takes a wonderful interest in him."
After the lapse of a couple of hours he entered the drawing-room. Mr. Stevens was presented to him by Miss Ellstowe, as a particular friend of herself and family. "I believe you were here when I came in before; I regret I was obliged to leave so abruptly," courteously spoke Mr.
I have played with him frequently when a child, and my father made a very liberal provision for this young man and his sister, after the death of their father, who lost his life through imprudently living with this woman in Philadelphia, and consequently getting himself mixed up with these detestable Abolitionists." "Can this be true?" asked Miss Ellstowe, incredulously. "I assure you it is.
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