Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-02-19
CHAPTER xXxII.
In Dixie Oaec More

Insnine WHITTIER away. and where
do We goas
'Right down through 10 the land Of
eottoa, old boy, 10 complete yoar
much neglected education, for in
spite Of your boston culture and ex-
tegsiye travel, you are as ignorant Of
the conditions and life beyond the Pc
iomac there. as you arc Of The
topography of T:mbuctoo So am
going 10 take you down to my old
hone, whc7e you will find the es-
senee Of pure 'Southernness. unsul-
lied by any modern progress; swing
you on through Alabama. and there
set you adrift TO find your way home
and digest the things you viii have
seen
All right" he answered 'T'reat
me gently, and do not give me TOO
great a mental indigestion
knowing me- friends keen interest
in tie study Of life and social prob
lens froias our old college talks. had
great expectations OF much entertain
moat from his wonder over what he
would note and see Nor were these
Expectations disappointed; for from
our start until we parted ten days
later, lie was rarely out of state of
mild surprise From the time We
crossed the river. and passed through
The sleepy, grass grown streets 81
Alexandria. he recognized a new
world; and. as We went further Soaih,
the want Of trinAess In things gener-
ally. the evidences Of careless culti-
yation on the farms, the dilapidation
of fences. the nnkempt look Of towns
and stations. the easy. lazy, careless.
indifferent manner OF the people. The
apparent friendly familiarity between
whites and blacks, all excited his
ksencst interest and WONDER
4 little trivial incident at Charlotts-
Vile. during 4 short wait OF the train.
gave him much food<for thought We
lad descended to he platform, and !
had hailed an old negro woman, Of
typical Nanny appearance. who
was selling fried chicken and biscuit;
ma after 6aying sQMe of her soc Is
Trade, began ehafiing her, receiYins
sood humored, very apt. and familiar
a.ouga respected renties 10 each
remark Finally SAID to her
Loo1 here, Auntie; you are taking
advantage % m - Becsuse | an 4 Nam
kee. ard don't hnoW how 10 answer
you And, mosioning to Churchill. i
aldea Why don; sou say those
things to my friend here, who comes
From WY down soath2'
"0h, g'leng ehHci Does you link I
ain got no RIO. sense en- notten no.
aUr foxes when / sees 'efr9 You DIM
versifiea fings. Dat dar gei1aea duh
KUN rum de Norf sumwhar, but
voa'se one or our foxes sho nuff !;
dough yer is dressed mighty smart fe:
desc parts
What in the world makes you think
am from the North, when | have not
spoken a w-ord2" asked Jack, with ac-
cent and information Of the most per-
feet English. that did credit to tha
Hub itself.
Laws a mussy. honey! Jes hear'm
tawk, Ell you'd bin one Nv our Jokes,
you'd or said suppen imperent ter me.
nh er gin me er quarter long ergo.
sled er jes stan'in' dar lookin' like
yer,s jos cum outen err banDox
jack hastily corrected the error as
far IS tile quarter was concerned, and
we boarded the train leaving the old
woman in high, good humor. but Jack
himself IN state OF rnzzle.
Tile further we proceeded on oCr
Journey. the more Enthusiastically
southern things became. until We fin
ally arrived ii he perfection OF
sSoathernness in the section where
cotton ruled supreme. and the single
pillow. negro ard mule, with rickety
log cabins Ia tho background, were
tie ruling features OF the landscape,
occasionally varied By an old planta-
ti0n house iii the distance, with its
accompanying neglected outhousei
and shluhhery :.
Accustomed 10 New England trim
ness and thrift jack WIS allnos; ludi-
crious1v surprised by what he saw
and could hardly believe himself ii
the same country But what puzzled
him more than anvthing else, was tht
relations that ses med TO exist between
the races. Several times on the triY
NC hid % stay over in out-of-the-wa.
places. and there he carefully studied
and observed the natives, both Witt
and black He also noticed that whel
biz and had occasion to use negTt
/ for any service the nan would lend
reader ohedinece TO me than to hia
/ self, though his tip may have bee
/ larger; and mat when called, they ar
swered ne With a respectful familiar
ity. and moved viz! 3 srinning ALAG
rity test MAS entirely wanting wheI
/ he was Ike sraisosala. The Who'll
situation ard ela;saa pazvlea him n
| little. ana s., Ole ..are strongly EN-
p.lasize1 when VIC reached Below
and found ourselves among Il.
negroes who had known mo always.
Perhaps, what Surprised him mos
of all, was the incongruity betwee,