St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-17

shall we do" said Irene Lovely. II
am very sure my mother would never
consent to my talking with a darkey,
except to give orders, of course, and
Mabel will come over here feel sure.
Look at Mrs. Baxter, she has made
bee line for Mrs. Granger, | would
give cent to know what she has to
say"
Mrs. Granger saw the lady coming
and well knew the ball she had sent
plump into the rooms had bumped
and bounded against many and
when it would stop only He who
said "Ye have done il unto me, could
tell. With the air f"I thank thee,
o Father, that / am not as other
men," Mrs. Baxter came to her
hostess and said, my dear Mrs.
Granger, you have been so kind as to
throw open your beautiful home
with such exquisite furnishings
Operate glance around) to the
general public, and it is such grief
to us all (the four hundred) that you
should in any way be imposed upon.
How it could have happened l
(another | thank thee) cannot con-
ceive, but fear you do not know
that in some way (sigh) common
colored person has come in here. OF
course, my dear Mrs. Granger, you
do not wish to be conspicuous and
now shall not speak to one of your
servants, just to help you, and have
this person leave the house quietly,
with kick her out air). Some
ignorant person must have taken
her in thinking to trust to your gra-
cious manner in receiving all, but it
would never do here. You have been
here so short a time you do not
know the public (my) sentiment in
regard to color. The negroes surely
have a place in the kitchen and they
better stay there"
Mrs. Granger gave the ball men
tai throw before she spoke, then
turning little she saw Mabel Dan.
forth and "tbe colored person" were
across the room, and said: "My
dear friend. it was very kind of you
to call my attention to the fact that
Miss Erwin was here. She is the
only daughter of Dr. Erwin, and a
very dear friend of Miss Dantorth's
and myself. am so glad she came.
You will let me introduce her, won't
you. She is one of the most charm
ing conversationalists | ever met"
Poor Mrs. Baxter's mind was in
turmoil. How was she supposed to
know who DR.. Erwin was and that
he had all the D. DIS and long list
of other letters which were honorably
won. fer only thought was that a
colored person was there, and she
wanted to cry "unclean, unclean"
Ida Grey and her friends had been
watching this little by-play, and, as
Mrs. Baxter swept out of the room,
Ida said: We'll, girls, there is just
one thing to be done. That girl will
have hard time if we do not rally.
Mabel and Mrs. Granger can't do
all. | would wager a box of choco-
lates that is the friend that was
with Mabel when the hotel was full,
and there will be war here if we do
not stand up for the old flag. Liber-
ty it must be. Mabel Danforth's
friend ought to be welcome any
where. black or white, and we as
Kings Daughters ought to remem.
Der our King does not look at the
color of the skim"
Irene Lovely had retreated during
this sharp little speech of Ida's, and
the rest of the girls were really
Kings Daughters, for they all be-
longed to the Christian Endeavor
society, so when Ida said, "Come,
girls, let us rescue Mabel and her
friend from the claws of the wise
danes who are aching to put her
OUT" they hocked about the two
girls, as Mabel said afterward, like
doves of peace" and quiet came to
more than one troubled heart, but
the colored ball is still bounding.
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