in the days of prosperity on the island. The old lady
managed to save a small portion of her wealth, and lived quietly with
her former servant, now her faithful friend. Madame Curchon, as she grew
older, required more comforts than her slender means could afford, and
Lizette determined to take in washing. She soon obtained as much as she
could attend to, and spent her earnings in making madame comfortable in
her old age.

"About this time appeared a fine-looking negro sailor from St. Domingo.
He had heard that Lizette, his former sweetheart, was alone in
Baltimore, and he came in search of her. He found her. She welcomed him
joyously, with her affection for him unchanged. He told her he would
marry her at once and take her back to the West Indies. Lizette
explained to her lover that she considered herself bound in honor to her
old mistress, though no longer her slave, adding that if he would give
her five hundred dollars to leave with Madame Curchon her conscience
would be free of all charge of ingratitude, and she would follow him to
any part of the world. He said he would not pay a dollar for her, as she
was a free woman and had worked for the old lady long enough.

"This little love-story came to the knowledge of the boarders through
our kind-hearted landlady, and they agreed to subscribe one hundred
dollars toward the payment of the amount fixed on by Lizette: the old
mistress knew nothing of this romance in low life. Some weeks passed:
the man remained stubborn in his idea of right, and she in her
conscientious sense of what was due to her dear old mistress. Lizette
positively refused to abandon madame to an old age of poverty. Her lover
finally returned to the West Indies without her. Whatever disappointment
the faithful creole may have suffered, she remained true to her trust,
and was for many years the comfort and companion of this poor old French
lady."

Another instance of creole gratitude and fidelity is worth recording. A
lady who had enjoyed wealth and luxury at home escaped the massacre, but
arrived in America entirely destitute. Her feeble health required
constant care and delicate food. She was accompanied in her flight by
her faithful servant Fanny, who devoted herself to the care and comfort
of her former mistress. Fanny rented a small brick house containing five
rooms--two chambers, two rooms below and a kitchen. In the upper rooms
she made her dear old godmother as comfortable as any lady could be