Our Lady of the Massacre

  TheMinisterswifeeoutofthekitwithanoldgownofhersandtellsmetocoverupmybreasts,forshame,butthechildcriesandwillnotbepacified.Yetsheisdet,andtheMinister,also,astheiraowprovefortheywouldhesoldierstakemetoAownwiththembutofferedthecaptainagoodsumofmooleavemewiththem,forthesakeofmyibaby.Thecaptainhumsandhaws,theMinisteraddsanuihefinesoldierpocketsthegoldandallrideoffandtheMinisterwouldgivemychildsomeBiblename,IsaacorIshmaelorsomesuame."Hasagoodenoughnamealready?"saysI.ButtheMinistersays:"LittleShootingStarisnonameforaChristian,"andabaptisedChristianmyboymustbeifhissoulmaybeadmittedtothegregationoftheblessedthoughthepoorthingwillneverfindhisdaddythere.Andwhenshallthesedeadriseupandbeavenged?But,asforme,IwillnotcallhimbytheheMinistergavehim;nordoItalktohiminanybuttheIndianlanguagewhennobodyelseisthere.

  Afterawhile,thetaleeshow,twoyearsormorebefore,theIndianscamebystealthtoaplantationtothenorth,murderedanoverseerandstoleawayabondedservantgirl.Thegardenersawthemdragheroffbyheryellowhair.Ithinktomeself,howthegardenermusthavesettledascoreonhisownat,goodlu,andiftheychoosetothinkIwasfortocaptivity,thentheyhavemyleavetodoso,ifitmakesthemhappy,aslongastheyleavemebe.Which,becausetheMinisterhasapowerfuldesiretosavemysoul,andhiswifefondofthelittleone,havingnoneofherown,theydo,fortheyvepaidoutgoodmookeepusfromthelaw.AnddontIearnmykeep,doalltheroughwork,carrywater,hewwood.

  SoIscrubbedtheMinistersfloor,cookedthedinner,washedtheclothesandforalltheMinisterswearstheyveetobuildtheCityofGodintheNewWorld,IwasthesameskivvyasIdbeeninLancashireandnoopeningsforawhoreintheunityoftheSaiher,ifIcouldhavefoundiheleastdesiretotakeupmyoldtradeagain.ButthatIcouldnot;theIndianshaddamnedmefoodwomanondforall.

  Byandbythemissusestomeandsays:"Youarestillayoungwoman,Mary,andJabezMathersayshewillhaveyouforawifesincehisowhefluxbuthewillnottakethechildsoIshallkeephim."Butshewillneverhavemylittleladforherson,norwillIhaveJabezMatherformyhusband,noranymanliving,butsitahewatersofBabylon.松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读

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