Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07

ject by making fattering comment upon the
fashionable pair of the shepherds plaid va
riety he was wearing, as well as attending
to the becoming gray frock coat and the sue
cessful tie OF the gauzy butterfly bow at the
collar, for which compliments I received
measure for measure, and the revelation
that in his susceptibility to female blandish-
ments mans q man for a. that and a that,
black or white.
And now we are invited to 90 through the
lower floor of this comfortable home, built
after the Southern idea OF large rooms and
wide halls. Dining room and drawing room
are on one side of this first hall, in which
hangs life-sized portrait of President
Lincoln. On the other side is reception
room-and here we were introduced to Mrs.
Pitts, mother OF Mrs. Douglass. In the GEN.
ter of this room stands large, round table,
beautifully inlaid, which we were told was
once the property of "my friend Charles
Sumner" Back of this is the coziest
study imaginable containing q goodly
array of books; leather, covered
furniture and desk, whereon 1
supposed lectures and speeches grow. But
was told that missed my guess and as
an earnest of the pleasure this call had
Afforded them he would take us to where
the lectures grew" but first would we
Book" wherein the morbidly curious caller
was never invited subscribe himself. con-
fess to being painfully aware at this mo-
ment that my conscience was still alive and
vigorous enough to make its presence felt.
And now would we please go through the
orchard to the brow of the hill and where
we could have the finest view of Washing.
ton that could be had any
where, and this proved literally true.
IN THE THINK-sHoP.
think-shop-a one-rime smoke house now
sealed with OAK, carpeted, furnished with
an easy chair and tall desk, at which Mr..
Douglass informed US he stood to do his
writing, sitting once in awhile in the easy
chair to rest and muse. There was, too, q
quaint open fireplace with wood laid ready
for the match should it be necessary. Mr..
Douglass and entered this retreat slightly
in advance of Mrs. Douglass and my friend,
who were humorously bantered BY him
upon the persistency with which they kept
US in sight and their haste to enter after us,
to which raillery his wife made ready rep
artee.
While expressing our admiration of their
home and its surroundings we remarked
they must dread the leave-taking, which we
hou ocCh ny
Douglass must occur within 30 days, to
which he replied for both that they did
regret it; that they enjoyed the quiet here
and that they were little tired Of the world
they had 80 unintentionally and it seemed
unpardonably offended a few years ago
this with a grimace and an aside at his wife
which lett no doubt as to the time referred
to. At the allusion to that time Mrs.
Douglass remarked it was more than six
years since she came. eyes," said Mr..
Douglass, sin the flesh, but in the spirit she
was here many years before. She always
believed in Fred Douglas" with con-
emphasis on the word "believed."
We now began to make our adieus, but
were escorted to the lawn limits by our new
friends and followed with many kindly
words of parting; and if we were not alto
gether sincere in our first expressions of ad-
miration and friendship, we we're in our
last, and there is at least one more who be-
lieves in Fred Douglass. MEG.