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Show "Ole Mia Moon." Madam Fairfax, was wont '.to stand on the porch ot her old Virginia hom and rejoice oa moonlight nights in the beauty. "There's my moon," sh would say, as ft rose from behind tha eastern hills. "Look, Dahlia, see how beautiful It is," and her tiny colored maid, who was ever at hand with shawl or fan for her beloved mistress, .would answer, enthusiastically, "Your moon certainly do look pow'ful handsome hand-some to-night." When Madam Fairfax Journeyed to the city to visit her son, Oahlla, looking look-ing out of tho wlndow'wlth wondering eyes on tho first, evening ot her Iff away from home, exclaimed In a voice of mingled astonishment and relief, "Well, I declar' to goodness, If ole Mis' Moon ain't dono come along to Wash: Ington wit me and ole mis'! We can't 6e Homesick nohow, wlf ole Mis' Mooa shining on us." Youth's Companion. |