As she turned to take her little girl from the arms of the servant, she displayed a fine profile and perfectly moulded form.

No wonder that ten years before, when she was placed upon the auction-block at Savanah, she had brought so high a price.

Mr.Garie had paid two thousand dollars for her, and was the envy of all the young bucks in the neighbourhood who had competed with him at the sale.

Captivated by her beauty, he had esteemed himself fortunate in becoming her purchaser; and as time developed the goodness of her heart, and her mind enlarged through the instructions he assiduously gave her, he found the connection that might have been productive of many evils, had proved a boon to both; for whilst the astonishing progress she made in her education proved her worthy of the pains he took to instruct her, she returned threefold the tenderness and affection he lavished upon her.
The little girl in her arms, and the boy at her side, showed no trace whatever of African origin.

The girl had the chestnut hair and blue eyes of her father; but the boy had inherited the black hair and dark eyes of his mother.