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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE.
situation was trying, but the decision not long delayed. Taking his mistress by the hand, and with tears filling his eyes, he fell reverently upon his knees.
"Dear mistress/' he sobbed, "I promised de dead Colonel dat I'd be true to him an' to you; dat I'd neber desert you an' as de Lawd is my jedge I'll keep my word. My ole log cabin shall be yours; an' dese old fingers '11
be worked to de bone for yo' comfort an' support."
The widow looked sadly down into the old negro's eyes, but said not a word ; then, taking the little one in his arms, he led them to his humble cabin.
"Dis yere is yo' abiding place, an' I can spread my blanket outside de doa till de better days comes."
Thus far the old slave has been faithful to his trust.
THE SEQUEL *
His Trust Fulfilled
Four years have elapsed, and smiling peace once more rests upon the whole land. The South has accepted the Constitutional Amendment that freed the slaves, and the emancipated, for the most part, have availed themselves of their freedom. But, to the faithful George this change meant only a better opportunity to fulfill his self-imposed obligation. He had supported his mistress and her child all these years, without a murmur, and without a thought of leaving them.
The heart-broken wife, worn with worry and privations to which she was unused, at last pined away "and died. Her last moments were soothed by the unsolicited promises of black George that he would care for and protect her little daughter, now rapidly growing toward womanhood.
To keep the child in the log-cabin was no longer practicable. The awful losses of the protracted war had created an unusual demand for labor, and faithful workers found steady employ
CYRUS TAKES NELLIE TO THE LAWYER'S.