Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-03


bridge in heavier car than ours and
fall over the side. so feet down. TO
that muddy tumbling. river. ]
paid hoy the first thing next day
to go across the bridge. and put up
caution sign right in the middle OF
the road. so that no one else would
use the condemned bridge.
After safely crossing the dangerous
bridge. we had TO run througl a pile
OF stones meant for repairs and turn
ed at the first farm house 10 ask for
shelter Ii proved to be the most in
teresting place we stayed, as it was
so exactly like conditions. in my own
old home, 80 years ago at Bloomfield.
in G. een Annes county, on the East
ern shore. ! got out of the car and
went up to the large farm houseaand
was met by the young daughter Of
the house, who called mother" She
at once said "'go ask your father"
His answer was. that she could do
as she pleased" and she very sweet
ly said she would give me a room
and a bed. but the heating facilities
were not very good we told her that
would be all right and when Mr. Tut
ley came out to look US over, my hgs
hand said he didn't want him to take
a bit of trouble for us. Just let us
come in, for nights lodging. and
he answered I'm not going to-" bat
in two minutes he had ushered the
obi ifafn hse nshi
was in wing of the house, where
he had a beautiful fire of Llazing light
wood, and the last thing | heard as
i went to sleep in a great lig bed OF
softest feathers was the same man
who wasn't going TO take any trouble,
at our door, with some fat wood, so
we could have nice. fire in the morn
ing Mrs. Tutley said in gentle voice
Lady we will lie very glad if you
will come down and sit with us,
would like to talk with you" had
some letters to write and when / got
through 1t was so late / didn't like
10 go down, but at IL o'clock ] heard
Mary Tutley, the pretty tall girl of
IT, moving downstairs and she told
me next morning she had stayed up
TO read a book she liked which also
remined me of the many stolen joys
of reading at night when / too. was
la young country girl. on lonely
farm.
1t is funny how perfectly safe we
felt with the kind people we stayed
with who were strangers, but who
became friends before we left them.
We were right in the foothills where
the moonshiners lived which account
ed for the drunken men we saw in
Durham. The room we occupied had
the highest ceiling. which had been
cracked by the earthquake 80 years
before, and never fallen. These dear
people had no less than four sons
who enlisted in the service and we
could see evidences of them all about
Their mother was wearing the hat OF.
one. and the leggings of another were
lying on the steps. We see these evil
dences all through the south and it
will be many day before all the
khaki disappears.
Uncle Sam certainly comted this
country well One Of the sons re-
enlisted in the aviation corps, The
young daughter gave us some sweet
potatoes for our supper and ! find all
through the south below Virginia it
is staple food, as they have them
all the year round. The favorite va
fc thn
In the country and in the towns, has
a mound filled with them with the
top open for ventilation. Every
school bucket contains them and
among the poor people sweet pota-
toes. small hominy, (what we call
yrits) and a variety of cowpeas.
seems to be the extent of their menu.
The latter they boil as VIC do navy
beans and | was thought very ig
norant by one woman, when l CON
fessed | didn't know, what a bail OF
peas was. Since then | have bought
what I thought can of Campbells
baked beans. but they proved TO be
compass and must own up they
were good and nOurishing.
We have spent two days in coming
through Maryland and Virginia hu,
in narrow North Carolina we only
spent one and half days. I must
aot forget to say that the most beau
tiful landscape of the trip was III
North Carolina. We went through
the foothills. which while not real
mountains were very beautiful with
rapid rivers, and beautiful rocky
streams. The air as we drew near
Pinehurst, was so exhilerating that
it was impossible TO keep
the children still. and felt in fine
fettle myself The temperature was
much milder. about like we would
have in Maryland on clear day in
March. AS we got down to South
Carolina it go perceptibly milder
more like early April weather. and
in Georgia it was so much milder we
were able to make our first camp