The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER PART 1 OF 4 BY The American Anti-Slavery Society 1836 No. 1. To the People of the United States; or, To Such Americans As Value Their Rights, and Dare to Maintain Them. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. Revised and Corrected. No. 3. Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie, of the State of Mississippi.
with her family to the Catskills for the summer. She met her fate there;
a young civil engineer. They're to be married in November. She wrote me
a long letter right after she became betrothed. Later I received a card
announcing her engagement."
"I hope she'll be very happy," Jane spoke with evident sincerity. "I'm
so glad we grew to be friendly before college closed last June. It was
awfully awkward and embarrassing for us when we had to sit opposite
each other at this table three times a day without speaking."
Tardy recollection of the fact that there had also been a time when the
wires of communication were down between herself and Dorothy, caused a
tide of red to mount upward to Jane's forehead.
The eyes of the two girls meeting, both smiled. Each read the other's
thoughts. Such a catastrophe would not occur again.
"I wonder how many new girls there will be at the Hall," Dorothy glanced
curiously about the partially filled dining-room. "Let me see. We had
four graduates from Madison. Edith isn't coming back. That makes five
vacancies to be filled. Do you know of any others?"
The approach of a maid with a heavily laden breakfast tray, left the
question unanswered for the moment.
"You forget, _la petite_," reminded Adrienne as she liberally sugared
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER PART 1 OF 4 BY The American Anti-Slavery Society 1836 No. 1. To the People of the United States; or, To Such Americans As Value Their Rights, and Dare to Maintain Them. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. Revised and Corrected. No. 3. Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie, of the State of Mississippi.