The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-11

Lr"ble who hate or misunderstood US.
~ can only be Z scouree TO society.
an heart-slck when | tF- u think OF
me future
i""fe was q mist about her eyes that
oTstdyed The deep emotion with which
-he uttered The last sentence.
94- vas . queenly woman OF the bru-
1'7tt' type with full face OF striking
'"ttly slrmountot by a mass OF rich
,Hzsthut hair. The loss 0. her slaves
2"1 estate in The war had burned its
=" essage Of bitterness into her soul. She
LAD The WAYS Of that imperious aristoe-
i"sy OF the South that only slavery
Voa!d nourish. She was still uncom-
IloAlsIng upon every issue that touched
uie NE or the past.
She believed in slavery rs the only
gossibia career for a negro in America.
ne war hal left her cynical on the flu
ttfe % ehe r@S "Mulatto" nation As she
called =. born il Us agony. Her only
ehild Last di.i during The ~ar. and this
great sorrow had NOT softened but rather
hardened her nature.
Her h~usbani's career ae a preacher
was now i double cross 10 her because
At meant The doom or eternal poverty.
IN spite OF her love for her husband and
h.f determination with al her opposite
tastes 10 do her duty as his wife, she
could not get used 10 poverty. She hated
lt IA her soul with quiet intensity.
The General was thinking OF all this
AZ he tried 10 frame . cheerful answer.
somehow lie could not thinA Of anything
worth while 10 say to her. 50 he chang
ca the subject.
Mrs. Durham. I've called 70 ask your
interest in your sunday school in a boy
who is 4 sort OF ward OF mine. young
Allan Mcleod"
That handsome rcd-headed fellow that
looks like a tiger. I've seen playing in
the streets?"
Yes, | want ycr TO tame hi2n."
Well. | vii! try for your sake, though
he's a IiltIe older thar any boy in my
class. He must be over fifteen"
Just fifteen. I'm deeply interested in
him. | am going TO give him Il good edu-
cation. His father was a drunken
Scotchman in my brigade. whose loyalty
70 me As his chief was SO genuine and
touching I couldn't help loving him. lie
was It man Of fine intellect and some cui-
Ju!e. His trouble was drink, He never
could get up in life on that account. |
haze an idea that 1t married his wife
: while on one OF his drunks. She is from
down III Robe3Ou county, and he told me
She was related TO the outlaws who have
infested that section for years. This boy
looks like his mother. though he gets
that red hair and those laughing eyes
from his father. | want you to take hold
OF him and ~civilize him for me"
"FlI try. General. You know. l love
toys."
You Will find him rude and hoisterous
at first. bur | think he's got something
in hin
III send for hitn TO ONE To see Ie
Saturday.
Thank you, Madam ! must go, NJ
love 10 DR.. Durham"
The next Saturday when Mrs. Durham
walked into her little parlor 10 see Allan
the boy was scared nearly out OF his
wits. He aprang to his feet. stammeret
and hlashed, and locke az though ht
We're going 20 jump out Of the window
Mrs. Durham looked At him with {
smile that quite disaImed his fears. tool
his outsJretched hand, and held il tren'
bling in hers
4 know We viii be good friends, won
wee
"Ycssum," he stammered.
and you won't tie any more lin can:
to dogs like YOU did 10 Charlie Gaston't
little terrier. will you? ! like boys ful
OF life and spirit, just so they don't d.
mean and cruel things"
The boy was ready 10 promise her any.
thing. He was charmed with her beaut!
and gentle ways. He thought her the
most beautiful woman he had ever seer
in the world.
As they started toward the door, sh.
gently slipped one arm around him. pu
her hand under his chin and KISSED
him.
Then he was ready TO die for her. /
was the first kiss he had ever received
from a woman's lips. His mother wa
not a demonstrative woman. He neve,
recalled a kiss she had given him. Hi!
blood tingled with the delicious sense O
this ones sweetness. All the Afternoon
he sat out under d tree and dreamed
and watched the house where this won
derful thing had happened to him.