Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-05

never tell of him.
 Maybe Chester Sylvia's life would have been uneventful if it had not been for Fado, negro youth who lived on an adjoining farm. Fado started out early in life to make a career, succeeded in stealing 30-mile ride on the railroad, and when he came back received the plaudits of all his companions. His glory was short. lived. for in a few days he started to stead ride to Atlanta, 150 miles away, but before he had travelled ten miles on the journey the conductor had knocked him of the train while going 40 miles an hour. and at the next station a telegram went back telling the next train to pick up the negro lying beside the track at No. 21.
 AS soon as Fado could travel, he came back to the farm, but he had lost his glory and nobody would look at him, except Chester Sylvia. He called her Chess, just as Miss Daisy did, and in time he grew to be good worker, and from his earnings he saved enough to buy an occasional present for Chess,
 One night in the fall of the year there came big preacher from the city, who was to tell the negroes the way to act. Cotton picking had been in progress, and Fado had made enough to buy a new suit of clothes so he persuaded Chess to go to meetin with him. Down at Water Branch church the big preacher told them where their duty lay, and went through the church in person giving out cards with the benevolent assess ment record. When he handed Ches ter Sylvia one of them, shsi caught sight of the last entry, "Paines. s4.P
 Whats Paines?" she asked, simply
 "Paines!" blurted the preacher "Paines? Why it's the college in Au' gusta to educate niggers like you, and Chester Sylvia was SO excited that she put down 50 cents for Psines.
 Then the preacher began: You mig gers have done we'll. Most of you has handed in 50 cents and some . dollar. You who ain't got 50 cents on yo' card, put it there. There is a unseen voice callin' you now. You can't leave 1t of. Come right along"
 When Chester Sylvia went to sleeI she dreamed of the unseen voice It haunted her the next day, and the next night she dreamed of 1t again When she arose 1t was with the revela tion that the unseen voice had called her. And 1t was to Paines.
 She put on her brown merino skirt and blue silk waist. went over to tel the neighbors good-by, and then start ed on her walk of 25 miles to Augusta and to Paines. On the roadside. mus cadines, an autumnal fruit of the south, grew wild, and she gathered q gallon to sell. as she had heard that they sold well in the city. The school bell of Paines institute was sounding the dismissal as she came in sight of the building. A crowd of gaudily dressed yellow negroes came tripping by. and Chester Sylvia ventured tc ask for the teacher.
 (Which one?" came the chorus.
 She never dreamed of there being more than one, and was disconcerted.
 Anything to sell7' asked one.
 You're nothin' but cotton-patch coon" yelled another.
 Before the sun had set Chester Syl- via was on the road back home. She, like Fado, now had experience. She grew wearied and worn with her long travel. Her shoes had been discarded, her dress was tucked ups and her plain straw hat seemed a burden
 At last she neared the old familiar scenes. Lord" she said. If I could only see a light in Mis- Daisy's room, so I could git somethin' to eat I'm near onto starTin' Glory. dsr it is, I'm gvine to run"
 ~Mis' Daisy. 'em niEgers is crazy. When I gives another cent 10 'em, I'll die dead sho'. They thinks thsy'ss grand. and here it's de poor country nigger dat does fl all"
 There were two weddings In Martin vile coon after. ard down ca the Georeia farm Fado and Chester 6TlTis nov hold a position which would no, be given to the frsthonor graduates of Paines institufe.-Country Gentle