The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25
the better for SeIns educated in her own

never senu them 10 Europe to b. educated.
II ! had no, been such true American
and had such father aud mother. whose
lives werc given for constitutional liberty
would have been thoroughly un-Ameri-
canlxcd by the years OF study in Europe.
No. home education Is best"
We were seated this day out in the sun
nv. old-fashioned garden ut Beauvclr. the
garden with long. wandering walks. set in
mignonctte, periwlnkles. roses and old
fashioned sweet basil and gcraniums. MIR.
Davis came out to meet ties. and she sprang
forward to pin flower In the lapel of his
ccat He bowed with stately, od-,ims
courtesy and laid his hand on her sunny
head she smiled back with unaffected
genjleness and Kindness. and a world uf
love in her beautiful eyes Dear old faith
or, she said. how | love him"
What were You girls talking about
said Mr.. Davis
Miss Winnie smiled and said smar,,y;
III was just demonstrating the folly OF
sending American girls to Europe to be
educated. and entering my eternal pro-
test"
MIR. Davis simply smiled, whsle pccu-
liar look Of approval ewept across tho
Worn, shrunken yisage.
And then we all walked out on the sea-
shore. and he looked out over tho waters
and spoke OF the beauty and glory Of the
Southern coast. and his belief that one
day all the waste land between New Or
leans aud Biloxi would bc reclaimed, AMI
that agrcultugsts would see The worth
OF these Southern lands. TIL there would
not he an iroh OF soil that would not be
under cultivation
Then the conversation turned 20 other
days. and Miss Winnie gracefully led to
topics which her father loved best She waA
a brilliant conversatlonallst. aud her trav~
els and observations had helped her much.
Mr. Davis seemed to take especial pride In
hearing her talk, and particularly when
she spoke OF the South The heart OF the
writer was thrilled In the soft evening
by the sea. aud al olden "Reminiscences fell
from the lips of father and daughter
the old old stories OF this beautiful land
OF shadow and sorrow. her soul wept. and
with renewed zeal she cried. "Iiow can |
ever be anything else but an unrecon-
structed rebel?'
Quick as thought Miss Davis eaId 81
must repudiatc that assertion No daugh-
ter of the South can BIO a rebel. Ask father
IL sho may
And MIR. Davis, with stately dignity
worthy OF the great leader that he was,
rose, and kindly taking the writer's hani.
said; MY child. do not ever again call
you1Stll TtUCl, remember tlAt YOU are
q daughter OF tho South the daughter OF
sovereign State and sovereigns can not
rebel. tell you this with peculiar feel
ings. because you are In a position to tell
II TO hundreds of others. Yes" he con-
tinued. slowly and with marked emphasis.
never forget, 40 matter how the years
may gather, that the South did not rebel .
that you are the child of sovereign
State and sovereigns can not rebel"
And then we went hack into tho cozy
library which was the evening sitting
room at Beauyoir, and Miss Winnie filled
the vases with flowers and brought the
lights. and sang and played for her father.
as he leaned back in his great armchair,
the scholar, tho statesman, tho splendid
Southern gentleman of the olden school,
the man who, great in prosperity and sue
cess, was even greater in defeat.
Visitors often came to Beauvoir visitors
OF the most distinguished position. Miss
Davis could entertain n whole room full
of learned men She WAS an accomplished
linguist, speaking English, French, Ger
man and Spanish flueBtly. She was 50
unaffected, so honest, SO loyal and never
obtruslve of her opinions. When she went
North she fairly captured thai section, but
long before she had captured. and she held
g. '',' -. VI - ~ an
nne was ospeclaiiS roma oil niue cnli-
uIen, anu never SO hsppy as wheh BiylhS
. p',asu'r' ons Always slleYeu 10 hp"'
ma emu WaS H. anu an u,ouEl bsan-
ao'r me poor peopIe anu cnl'uIen larry
Molsnlpeu her. Every morning, "hep tners
va ahsohe IA, She "ouia p,.t ou htI u'oNi
Dl,nIiheu s.raM ma anu WIN a plshol OF
aeloauies wou,u WEI. lhe s,oh anu S"o
''H'oia'ioh 70 'neir hu'hp'o honoS'
Inv servants Vi peH"F"'t io'e ~ 'e''
how often Miss Winnie would be taken
in by tramps Scarcely a day passed
,ha, som. ,rar, Ala ma, L,ooi, a, ,h.
nitunen Hoor ana aSh LOT sNhethlhs 70 eae
or money. Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie
had given orders that no one should be
turned away. ana so. whether worthy or
not, they were helped. Oae day some
poor, miserable looking fellow came and
pretended THAI he could not sneak Eng
young mistress spoke the languages seat
for Miss Winnie to come to the Kitchen
aaa act as Interpreter. she came ana I'M
SnanIsh eSe o.aoroa ~ h' ,bo,,lS Sava
a good breaklasl and thai his basket should
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