"Perhaps--I wonder if something might not be done: I must talk to my husband." Ameerah seemed to develop an odd fancy for the society of Jane Cupp, which Jane was obliged to confess to her mistress had a tendency to produce in her system "the creeps." "You must try to overcome it, Jane," Lady Walderhurst said.

"I'm afraid it's because of her colour.

I've felt a little silly and shy about her myself, but it isn't nice of us.

You ought to read 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' and all about that poor religious Uncle Tom, and Legree, and Eliza crossing the river on the blocks of ice." "I have read it twice, your ladyship," was Jane's earnestly regretful response, "and most awful it is, and made me and mother cry beyond words.

And I suppose it is the poor creature's colour that's against her, and I'm trying to be kind to her, but I must own that she makes me nervous.