Still shines the gate, all gold and amethyst,
But I pass by, the glorious goal unwon,
“Merely a Negro”—in a day like this!
BELLES DEMOISELLES PLANTATION[22]
BY GEORGE W. CABLE
Author of “Old Creole Days,” “The Grandissimes,” “Madame Delphine,” etc.
WITH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AND NEW PICTURES BY W. M. BERGER
(NOTEWORTHY STORIES OF THE LAST GENERATION)