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"Remember that the slavery of your people was not necessarily a criave you noble friends, like Mr Cresswell here" A restless stirring, and the battery of eyes was turned upon that ie aniet, after all, little education froh and in the kitchen Let your ambition be to serve rather than rule, to be hulance the Rev Dr Boldish sat down areeted him Then slowly from the far corner rose a thin voice, tremulously It wavered on the air and aler voices gathered the a soft led in the ears of the hearers Mr Bocoroped with a puzzled expression to find the pocket for his note-book; Harry Cresswell dropped his eyes, and on Mrs Vanderpool's lips the smile died Mary Taylor flushed, and Mrs Grey cried frankly: "Poor things!" she whispered

"Now," said Mrs Grey, turning about, "we haven't but just a moment and ant to take a little look at your work" She sht the cooking-school very nice

"I suppose," she said, "that you furnish cooks for the county"

"Largely," said Miss Smith Mrs Vanderpool looked surprised, but Miss Smith added: "This county, you know, is mostly black" Mrs Grey did not catch the point

The dorreat pleasure in them

"It is certainly nice for them to knohat a clean place is," commented Mrs Grey Mr Cresswell, however, looked at a bath-room and smiled

"How practical!" he said

"Can you not stop and see some of the classes?" Sarah Smith knew in her heart that the visit was a failure, still she would do her part to the end

"I doubt if we shall have time," Mrs Grey returned, as they walked on "Mr Cresswell expects friends to dinner"

"What a ence office," re servants to the nation I saw splendid h-boys," added Cresswell

"And singers," said Mary Taylor

"Well, now that's just my idea," said Mrs Grey, "that these schools should furnish trained servants and laborers for the South Isn't that your idea, Miss Smith?"

"Not exactly," the lady replied, "or at least I shouldn't put it just that way My idea is that this school should furnish , train up faht, and perform their duties as fathers, mothers, and citizens"