The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-27

mind looking inside my wagon. Mas
kempeT."
Surrounded by such influences. and NOV
ing in a highly intellectual circle, Mrs.
Stoves mind gradually ripened for the
production of her great masterpiece of
fiction, "Unrle Toms Cabin" Its char
acters were drawn from the people, white
and black, who surrounded her, and the
stories necessarily coming to her ear fur
nished her the incidents. A great mass of
material is said TO have come to her from
a houSeful OF Southern boarders who spent
a summer at Walnut Hill and became
somewhat intimate with the Stoves.
She never expected to become famous.
AS the wife of Professor Stowe and mother
of a large and active family, the years she
spent in the West were crowded with such
cares as Cypress other wives and mothers.
OCCASIONALLY when he family purse grew
lighter than usual. she would write q story
for some magazine. The success of one Of
these caused her husband TO urge that she
become literary woman in good earn
est" Then" said she, II must have the
little stove moved upstairs, and it must be
understood that for certain hours each day
no one shall interrupt me-"
The house in which she lived at this
time is still standing-a modest little
home. at which no passer would glance
the second time. Within its walls used to
gather the students, SURE OF a CHEEKY well
come, for it is recorded that the pro-
lessor and his wife had an understanding
that, when one should become moody and
out of sorts, the other should be cheerful
enough to make up the deficiency. Once
when a fever ragged among the students.
Mrs. Stowe took several of the patients
into her home and nursed them with
motherly care.
During these years six little sons and
daughters were born into her home. She
was a most devoted mother, and nothing
was ever allowed 20 stand in the way Of
her duty to her children. There being no
good school nearer than the city. she Sc
cured the services of a young English lady
as governess. Some of her friends OF the
seminary circle sent their little ones to
share the lessons, and in the course of time
various children from the settlement OF
freedmen were added, until the school
numbered twenty. The woman l have
mentioned was one of these, and she dwells
with delight upon the memory OF the visits
of Henry Ward Beerher, who used 20 come
after school and play the rap luba" tattoo
upon his knees for the negro children 10
dance by.
A hpart-breaking bereavement came
upon Mrs. Stowe in the death of little
Charles. beautiful bany just old enough
to run about. and il is well known that
as she looked upon her dead child she
thought Of the many D0nr souls who were
separated from their children by a Separa-
tion worse Than death. and she prayed that
the lesson of her sorrow might enable her
to do something in aid of the wretched
black mothers in bondage.
The same person recalls seeing Mrs.
Stowe prepare the little body for the grave.
her tears falling fast AS she robed him in
fresh garments and adorned him with flow
ers from the pretty dOOryard.
"Such neat. pretty garden she always
had" she said. land the flowers grew so
we'll. She got MP very early IN the morn
ing tn do her outdoor work all herself. and
her house was as neat as pin"
Mrs. Stowe had been reared IN the tidy