The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-10

"No matter if the whole county. is
against ye.">g p s@:5~
Il don't care, sweetheart, for the
whole county or the whole world. as
long as hev you with me, girl"
The man did not turn his gaze from
the poisoning woods as he spoke, so
he did not see the rapture that his
speech brought to the face Of the v o.
man he loved. But she controlled her
self, and asked another question.
Tell me, Bud dear, do ye think
them No'therners up there are good
an honest, or are they what they call
them around the stoah.'
Bud turned and looked at his sweet
heart with the air of a man who has
seen vision. -sse,.+e..--. - .s>--l-
81 believe" he said, slowly, as if he
were repeating a creed, that they are
better'n any of us-are noblelike an
oughter be helped"
Then, Bud" rang out the girls
strong voice. why don't you go an
tell them 500" E. ..s r.,.
~" helplessly.
You're a mainly man. Bud-an'
haven't any reason to be ashamed OF
what we believe"
When shall | go?"
Sim proud of ye Bud, an I'd admire
to have ye go now
Apparently without emotion or feel
ing, Florence rocked softly. AS qui-
city Bud Seagle arose. For a moment
his hand rested earessingly upon her
seemingly unresponsive shoulder.
Then he passed through the yellow
I daffodills, opened the gate, mounted
his horse and rode away. Florence
did not turn her head but her heart
beat violently.
Mrs. Paul Mason sat alone in the of
flee OF the eolored school. She was
attending to the accounts and to the
Thousand and one details that are the
transportation of institution life. Laura
Mason was a trained manager. An
alumna of a state normal college, she
taught in a city grammar school upon
her graduation. When Gen. Arm
strong cast his net for the ablest and
most attractive young woman of the
East, he chose Laura Bingham be
cause Of her executive ability and
cheerful vivacity. For five years she
went from one department to another
until she mastered the main details OF
the wonderful system of instruction in
| Hampton.
1t was there she dreamed of found
ing an industrial school for negroes in
the darkest belt of the South. For her
to dream was to accomplish. Know
| ing the hostility Of the whites to ne.
gro education in region where the
black man outnumbers them twenty tc
one. her friends urged upon Laura the
NECESSITY of Marriage as a protection
from insult.
The Rev. Paul Mason was quite vii
ling to moon his last years away in a
semi-tropieal land in the rhapsody oil
missionary labors. He vas a man OF
igood. old deeadent family. and he. pro
iposed with a superior air OF conde
scension. In the name Of her new
/ field Of work, and because of his gen
tlemanly harmlessness, Laura accepted
him. Her educational work was her
romance. her love and her life. a@--S
The first five years Of the school
were a nightmare. For two years the
teachers ate no fresh meat but what
was killed on the grounds, and they
fhad no ice. No one would sell to
them Upon that little red cay Knoll
they were shut up as tightly as if they
were upon one of the Islands of the
Pacific. With the exception of inso.
lent drummers, not native white
man had yet stepped foot within the
school grounds in all these five years
All, there was the real problem in
these gigantic pioneer labaEs., s.s-..
Laura Mason was bending over. he1
desk. 1t was 5 O'Clock. She Was
tired and discouraged. Were it not
for her faith, that was born again
each morning, the school would moi
have lived one puny year. She was
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