Beadle's Dime Novels No. 33: Maum Guinea and Her Plantation Children — page 47: what you’re looking at

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' GOING TO THE BALL. 41 than ever grew the frolic, as the evening deepened into night. , In the mean time, Christmas festivities were not confined to the colored people. Colonel Fairfax and his family dined with a neighbor. The dinner and its after-amusements were prolonged into the evening; but at dusk, Philip excused himself, to return home, finish his preparations, and make himself happy, by escorting Miss Bell to a ball which was given in a village a few miles distant. This ball was to be a very select and brilliant affair—a private ball, indeed, given by a number of young gentlemen who invited their friends themselves; and just such an occa- sion as is especially enjoyed by young Southern people, who are very fond of dancing festas. : Philip went, im the family-carriage, for Miss Bell. Hype- rion had consented to take Jim’s place as driver, Jim being “berry pertickelerly engaged” that evening at home—a ser- vice he was not loth to perform since he knew that Rose was Mr. Philip found Miss Virginia well and in good spirits. After a few words of greeting, and many injunctions from her tender-hearted mother about her health, and not to allow the child to take cold, nor to over-exert herself, and to the driver to be careful, etc., all of which was eagerly pro- mised, the young gentleman helped his partner into the carriage; Rose, with a huge band-box in her lap, took a seat ciate the’ happiness of that brief ride to the unacknowledged lovers, who felt and thought so much and said so little, and who were so surprised, when the carriage drew up before the illuminated hall, to find that they were at the end of the drive. . . comicbooks:com| ~ —— ee — a0