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> Pil * . a . . : - Seppe ew ow, ee . ot, ae ut oa re: aoe + “y. ae “ . a 4 At Semen comee: ee In my ohildhood I was well and pleasantly acquainted with an ancient eclored woman, alzos$ ecal~black im complexion, who cherished the action that she would be ¢ranagogrified, at death, inte a Blonds . angel.of the approxiaate age, te judge by her talk, of ten years. Even im ay Infant innocence that expectation sesned to we to be extravagant; . later om, Raving taken up the study of divinity, I learned that there was 20 ste, warrant for it ia Holy Writ. Bat the dear old soul bogged. 14 fondly - es and hugging 10'eost her no lees them two-thirds of her cash {necae of $18.00 a month, the uerfrust of her deceased husband's tonsorial ser- wioing of Gan. George G, Meade in the Oivil War. Out of that comfortable gum, $4.00 a month went for room rent, and $1.00 for oongh drops, enuff, ‘fort chan against witehoraft, postage, burial insuranes, and charity. ALL ‘iio the vest, down &o' the last mill, was collared by the solored pastors : eG | va oe wt Saflane’, and exagerbated her post-ncrtes hopete me EE Dod e the unhapoy situation ‘ef this devout and worthy creature nate @ deep impresaion of me as w child, anf 1 often pondered 1% afterward, Compared to other wonen of her race, age and previous condition of _° gesvitude fa the Baltimore of the 60's, she was rich almost beyond the -' d@peane of avarice, bat her anticipations of grandeur beyond the grave Ss kept her om very short. commons, and she had te depend on the kindness of the neighdorhood ccoka. for rations, on the ragebage of friendly white . folks for clothes (alvays deep es and oa the. loose doards in: 1 Shots. backyard fences for Airewoods eat . * Feo her T'learaed acTetsda that haa stuck to we through maue oY one : ood. Ante senility, to wit,. the leeson that believing {xm anything that ™ , '... 10 palpably not true ie always very expensive, mot oly fn headaches = si ~ >, Wat aleo in hard cash, Half the world, ia fact, appears to live v AL *, + e@blecting on the delusions and hallucinations of the other half, . “. * Weteren of Doth sides of the board myself, I could cite nany ineeructive . ‘examples but confine myeelf this lovely Sabbath morning te pointing to tg single big one, 18 fe provided (not for the firet tine, alas, alas!) ; . ty the taxpayers of the United States, Played upon adroitiy by dssasgogues reg with drenns te sell, and abandoned to the pillage by a gullible ané& eye pusillanimous inteliigentia, these taxpayers now entertain theisel ves again with ghe weory that Angland isa pehiantaropies ¢ qonsestates so, 2? an Bere rar Pee it re Bl ga Re cere ee tert 4 wey} ; 7 e.? S at es + . é a . an wv * ae . 7" * . Lr 2 ey, We ; Jey aw? os Saree