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In the afternoon the exercises at the meeting house were conducted by Preston, who publicly catechized the negroes very much in the manner that is practised in Northern Sunday schools. When the services were over, and the family had gathered around the supper table, I said to...
In the afternoon the exercises at the meeting house were conducted by Preston, who publicly catechized the negroes very much in the manner that is practised in Northern Sunday s...
2. Chapter 2On my return to my home, a few weeks after the events narrated in the previous chapter, in pursuance of a promise made to Preston, I inserted an advertisement in the papers, whi...
3. Chapter 3Two more years rolled away. Frank was nearly sixteen. He had grown up a fine, manly lad, and never for one moment had Kate or I regretted the care we had bestowed on his educati...
4. Chapter 4MY VERY DEAR FRIEND:--Circumstances, which I cannot explain by letter, render it _imperatively_ necessary that I should provide another home for my daughter. Her education has b...
5. Chapter 5It was Christmas morning when we rode up the long, winding avenue, and halted before the doorway of 'Silver Lake'--the new name which the Yankee schoolmistress, aping the custom...
6. Chapter 6It was nearly dark when we returned to the mansion. Looking in at the parlor, and not finding his father there, Joe led the way at once to the library. The door was ajar, and, a...
7. Chapter 7Ally and Rosey were to be married[3] in the little church, and, directly after supper, we all went to the wedding. The seats had been removed from the centre of the building, fo...