The full term of three years had nearly expired, and they were discussing at the breakfast table the certainty that they must move and the uncertainty as to where, when the young miss of the parsonage drew a heavy sigh. "Oh, I was thinking what a mistake mother and I made when we married a Methodist minister." A low phaeton, driven by an elegantly attired lady, and with a trim and neatly dressed colored boy perched on the seat behind, was passing through the streets of New York, when it was espied by an old negro woman. " Bress de Lord," she exclaimed, raising her hands as she spoke, " I never 'spected to see dat! Wonder what dat cullud gemmen pays dat young white 'oman for drivin'dat kerrigePxl I knowd it'd come, but never 'spected to lib. to see it. Dis nigga's ready to go 'way now!" / . '."
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4360, 21 December 1882, Page 2
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153Untitled Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4360, 21 December 1882, Page 2
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