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 THE NEGRO SERVANT. PART I.

DURING a residence of some years contin ance in the neighbourhood of the sea, Officer in the Navy called upon the Writer, and stated, that he had just taken a lodging in the parish for his wife and children; and, that he had a Negro, whom he had kept three years in service. The lad is a handy fellow, said the Officer, and he has a great desire to be baptized I have promised to ask you to do it for him, if you have not any objection.' Does he know any thing,' I replied, of the principles of the Christian religion?" O yes, I am sure he does, replied the Cap tain; for he talks a deal about it in the kitchen and often gets laughed at for his pains; but takes it all very patiently." 'Does he behave well as your servant ?' 'Yes, that he does : he is honest, and as civil fellow, as ever came aboard a ship, or lived in house. Was he always so well behaved?' 'No,' said the Officer ; when I first had him he was often very unruly, and deceitful; but, the last two years he has been quite like another Creature.'