Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-06-21

lou IL u A>aNNSu SuNNSSA, MiSSSs 4
knows, uud'stan YOU, an you und'
stans |, Ii, Hawkins, allus uud'
stands lie Nawden folks, Is a rhila,
dolphin, is, OATS wha' | was bawn
-Philadeiphy, l married a Southern
gal, dough-"
"oh, you have wife aud familyw
said his listener, wondering where he
put them,
shes dadc dade ten years or
mo reckon But she was Southern
gal"
"iSy' sympathetically.
Il was in public life den Is ben to
Washington, Is ben In tie legislachu
twice Is ben justice Of the peace, an
Is marrk>d lots Of culled couples, Is
a great advocate OF mattahmony, |
is"
Miss Carroll Knapp found her re-
spect for the ancient maker OF shoes
and repatrer land art collcctor) increas
ing,
Yes, oh yes, Is ben a public man,
Now Is retired from dat sort OF life,
l was in the United States awmyr
"oh, were you in the war;"
Yes Missy, was majah, an then
| was Il caphng of cullui troops,
fought on the Nawdcn side. | stood
high. reckon | was mighty poplah;
was good lookin'; youngah dan Is
now, yo see, But when de wah was
over jis' wanted to he my own boss
an SO l lef Washington an come
yeah to Cedar Keys, an went into dis
yeah shoe making an rcpairer perfes
sion"
Does It payW asked Miss Carroll
Knapp In practical tone, as she
tossed of her shoulder cape, tilted her
parasol over her jaunty head, and pre-,
pared to interview him further lust
for fun, though ut the same time she
was really Interested IN his remarks.
"io is Nawdnah, an don't
mind tcllin' yo' dat L Is layiu' up
heaps OF money, tis' mcndin' boots an
shoes. An besides but yo mustn't
tole de Cedar Keys folks--l gifts Il
pension"
How nice, Is 1t ymuchp'
Twenty dollars ebber month sho'.
But you mustn't tell dem Cedar Keys
folkses, Dat am my own private Sc
cret, My daughters dey-"
80 you have daughters?" speaking
with quite eager interest,
Yes; two OF de brightest young gals
in desc yeah pawts. Yo see married
Southern gal, an"
you are going to educate your
daughters, I hope?"
"Oh, yes, Missy" very emphatically
Deed Is gwine to. Dey IL powahful
smart. Readln', writin', spellin', an
playin' on dc piano an dc origin am dc
present 'complishments OF my daugh
ters, Reckon dey is dc hes' dedicated
cnllu gals In Cedar Keys"
you should send them to Spelmar
Seminary Mt Atlanta, Georgia, It's 1
fine institution for colored girls -ovel
400 there now It's called the coloret
girls Vassar.'
Yes, | know bout dat place." III
said, and bis cagerness for further In
formation was apparent. She CAV,
him all necessary details. lie reached
to the shelf of shoes for scrap oil
paper, on which she wrote some ad
dresses for him. Seven dollars PEI
month for board and tuition seemed
quite within his means, and he said
finally, "Oh, yes, Missy. reckon
kin afford to send both gals, an II
do II right away
The soft and balmy air from tn,
gulf blew across the Keys and Hut
tered the paper In Miss Carol
Knapp's philanthropic fingers so joy
fully jotting down all desirable facts
for |. Ii. Hawkins to act upon. Sh,
felt that of all questions In the sum,
south, the education Of the colored
people, especially the girls, the fut
ure mothers Of the so-long-oppressed
race, was the most important. She hat
only started out for morning wall
on the peculiar island OF Cedar Keys
to hear score or more of mockinl
birds all singing ut once from tn,
feathery tops Of the china berry trees
to gather the wild pink and white
periwlnkle blossoms, by the sand,
roadside; to cut the ripe prlckly pears
with her little penknIfe, from the an
tagonistic stems, and sip their luscious
red Juice; to while away the passing
hours In idle enjoyment. But unex
pectedly, while crossing one Of tht
numerous bridges Of the Keys. sh,
had performed mission. She was
by the way, Wellesley graduate
who vas somewhat out OF health, lnc
spending the winter In Florida on tn,
advice of her physician. She hat
meant, as soon as she left school. 4
begin TO reform the world. But In
stead OF that she found herself quite
aloof from the universe OF eyil-doers
and sojournlng on lonely isle where
all the people impressed her as sc
good, so honest, so simple. hearted
that the path Of selfish serenity was
the only one she could possibly pur
sue. She had been greatly disappoint
ed by the interruption OF her aim tc
benefit humanity. But In her enforced
effort TO benefit herself under the blue
skies OF sunny south. she had luckily