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Colville.
roused himself , and lifting Louisa from the ground , where she layalmost overwhelmed in the ruins , he led her into the open air . — What a sight was here 1 scarcely a house standing the whole country round : Whites and Blacks , in the agonies of death , every where struck his eye : —ruin ancl desolation stared him in the face . Where was he to seek for shelter ? under whose friendly roof could he meet with accommodation ? - ^—Alas ! the havock was general : —here and
there the uiins of a once splendid home , or the remains of a mill , or a boiling-house : —fifteen of his slaves had perished in the storm : —¦ his h rses , his cattle , scarcely one surviving . ' This is too much , Louisa ! ' He could not contain himself , and burst into a flood of tears , i-ouisa's sympathizing heart beat in unison with his own . Come hitherye philosophersye who affect to smile at the
vicissi-, , tudes of life ; come hither , ancl cast your eyes towards Colville : — . lo ! a husband , by one cruel stroke , bereft of an amiable partner ; a planter , of his possessions ; and a parent , of the means of supporting his family : —for shame I get the better of your apathy , and drop the tribute of a tear at the . shrine of Sensibility I Some Negroes , at a little distance , seemed employed . Curiosity
led Colville to the place . Faithful slaves ! they had formed a box with a few boards , in which they had placed the remains of their unfortunate mistress , and were just then depositing the precious relics in the earth : they wished , from the cruel necessity of the time , to save their master the bitter pangs of a final separation . These were slaves ; these were Negroes , whom an enlightened world has reckoned
destitute of the finer feelings of humanity ! Colville came , saw , dropt a tear , and retired . Fate denied him the power of affording her a better burial ; . but her spirit will , no doubt , though the last sad rites were performed by Negroes , reach the mansions of Heaven with as great ptiritt ' , as if entombed by . her friends in all the pomp of funeral solemnity ; for there is a Power , ' Who sees , with equal eye , as God of all . *
The friendly care of the Negroes was now engaged in erechng ' a little hut as a temporary shelter . Materials for carrying on this work were not wanting : the ruins of Colville-Hall afforded a too ample sufficiency . Their united exertions soon completed the . erection . To this humble roof Colville , with Louisa by his side , betook himself . Lo ! the changes of a day !—Colville , who was but yesterday the affluent plantersils there now the dejected bankrupt : hewho
, , could yesterday have commanded thousands , has not now wherewith to satiate the cravings of his appetite . Fatal reverse of fortune !— . But that Power , that has bruised , can also heal . A Negro entered the door , with a basket in his hand : his eye sparkled with satisfaction . A fey / yams , the casual savings from his yesterday ' s meal , this slave had brought as an offering to his master . ' Take them , my good
master , ' he ' exclaimed ; ' I hope ere night to procure you something better . ' Boasted superiority , where are you now ? Colville with thankfulness received the g ift , and shared out the scanty pittance with his Louisa . —But this was not the time f . r indolence and inactivity pulville now bethought himself of extricating whatever he was able
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Colville.
roused himself , and lifting Louisa from the ground , where she layalmost overwhelmed in the ruins , he led her into the open air . — What a sight was here 1 scarcely a house standing the whole country round : Whites and Blacks , in the agonies of death , every where struck his eye : —ruin ancl desolation stared him in the face . Where was he to seek for shelter ? under whose friendly roof could he meet with accommodation ? - ^—Alas ! the havock was general : —here and
there the uiins of a once splendid home , or the remains of a mill , or a boiling-house : —fifteen of his slaves had perished in the storm : —¦ his h rses , his cattle , scarcely one surviving . ' This is too much , Louisa ! ' He could not contain himself , and burst into a flood of tears , i-ouisa's sympathizing heart beat in unison with his own . Come hitherye philosophersye who affect to smile at the
vicissi-, , tudes of life ; come hither , ancl cast your eyes towards Colville : — . lo ! a husband , by one cruel stroke , bereft of an amiable partner ; a planter , of his possessions ; and a parent , of the means of supporting his family : —for shame I get the better of your apathy , and drop the tribute of a tear at the . shrine of Sensibility I Some Negroes , at a little distance , seemed employed . Curiosity
led Colville to the place . Faithful slaves ! they had formed a box with a few boards , in which they had placed the remains of their unfortunate mistress , and were just then depositing the precious relics in the earth : they wished , from the cruel necessity of the time , to save their master the bitter pangs of a final separation . These were slaves ; these were Negroes , whom an enlightened world has reckoned
destitute of the finer feelings of humanity ! Colville came , saw , dropt a tear , and retired . Fate denied him the power of affording her a better burial ; . but her spirit will , no doubt , though the last sad rites were performed by Negroes , reach the mansions of Heaven with as great ptiritt ' , as if entombed by . her friends in all the pomp of funeral solemnity ; for there is a Power , ' Who sees , with equal eye , as God of all . *
The friendly care of the Negroes was now engaged in erechng ' a little hut as a temporary shelter . Materials for carrying on this work were not wanting : the ruins of Colville-Hall afforded a too ample sufficiency . Their united exertions soon completed the . erection . To this humble roof Colville , with Louisa by his side , betook himself . Lo ! the changes of a day !—Colville , who was but yesterday the affluent plantersils there now the dejected bankrupt : hewho
, , could yesterday have commanded thousands , has not now wherewith to satiate the cravings of his appetite . Fatal reverse of fortune !— . But that Power , that has bruised , can also heal . A Negro entered the door , with a basket in his hand : his eye sparkled with satisfaction . A fey / yams , the casual savings from his yesterday ' s meal , this slave had brought as an offering to his master . ' Take them , my good
master , ' he ' exclaimed ; ' I hope ere night to procure you something better . ' Boasted superiority , where are you now ? Colville with thankfulness received the g ift , and shared out the scanty pittance with his Louisa . —But this was not the time f . r indolence and inactivity pulville now bethought himself of extricating whatever he was able