The Call of the South

on before going back to re-enlist. He liked the army life, with all its restrictions; and having by his intelligence and aptitude attained

ed executive for the negro race generally, and most of all on the President's according his deserts to a man who had saved his life. He would keep his identity in that respect a secret till the time

be short, as he had several other little picnics planned with which to fill out his vacation. He had been there ten days or

His gaze followed her as she went away from him, and for the first time in months he remembered in dumb pain he was a negro. He tried to separate the thought of his blood from his thought of the young woman, and to put the fir

had the power to catch or hold his thought for a moment was a brief statement to the effect that the veteran White

hese could not conceal his magnificent lines, and, though another employee had been given the dead coachman's place, Hayward's fine appearance was so much in his favour that he was engaged as footman on trial. This was really better suited to his wishes than the other. He had not forego

he other hand, to his mite of natural feeling of inferiority was added the respect for rank and dignity which his army life had hammered into him; and his attitude toward her was the devot

nd body for form and show; and being relieved of any humiliation of spirit by

ages to enter his service. The sneer with which Hayward told him that he

on and comment. The veteran Senator Ruffin was entertaining a few friends with reminiscences once when Ha

if he saw him before he employed

ing some of you yesterday. The nigger has his figure and carriage, even the set and toss of his head, about everything save his

a toast and a young man of mark down in Carolina. Our fathers' plantations adjoined, and he was the first man that ever stirred in my boyish heart the sentiment of hero-worship. The Haywards were men of no

as a land and slave holder. This overseer came back from one of his periodical trips bringing with him one of the likeliest mulatto girls, as I remember it now, that I ever saw. All the neighbours knew he could have no good purpose in buying her, for he

e overseer's farm and heard the girl scream. John, who was acquainted with the situation, said, 'Come on, Dick, let's go

r, revealing the girl crouched down on the floor moaning and sobbin

ou want?' h

it whipping that n

overseer. 'I'll whip my slaves w

k, I work,' protest

ou-' began t

I know-everybody knows-what your purpose is, you fiend! My God, it is crime eno

ontempt for Hayward and Whitaker, he turned again to begin flogging the cowering

sed his arm to strike. 'You son of hell! The man who puts the weight of his ha

the girl a vicious cut as John was speaking, and his whip was descending again when Joh

NDING AGAIN WHEN JO

hn had killed the overseer in his own house and after being ordered out, would have made the law quite too risky. But beyond that it would have been necessary, in order that the jury's sympathy might ov

life again promised all he had once seemingly lost.... He had been in Congress two terms when I was first elected to the House. Mrs. Hayward was the most gracious lady I ever knew, and they made my first years here at Washington altogether enjoyable, for they knew everybody that was worth knowing and were great entertainers. I remember that as a young bachelor Congressman I used to think that if I only had John Hayward's constituency and a wife the equal of his in beauty, intelligence and diplomacy, I could be President without trouble.... We served together

his home. He kicked the nigger incontinently out of his house, and was beside himself in the furious wrath he hurled upon his wife and son. The boy resented his outburst, especially because of its cruel effect upon the mother. The father in uncontrollable anger at his son's resentful opposition ordered him to leave his roof, and told him that he was unworthy of the name of Hayward and had disgraced it beyond repair. The boy replied with spirit that he would not carry the name of Hayward awa

people-nine-tenths of whom, like him, would deal with the negro in justice and righteousness and helpfulness-from the stress and the blood of an open confli