not to the cotton combine. ‚ÄúH‚Äôm‚ÅÝ‚Äîwell, then‚ÅÝ‚Äî‚Äù and John Taylor went into a brown study, while Cresswell puffed impatiently at a cigarette.
‚ÄúI have it,‚Äù said Taylor. Cresswell sat up. ‚ÄúFirst, let Mr. ¬ÝEasterly get Smith.‚Äù Easterly turned to the telephone.
“Is that you, Smith?”
‚ÄúWell, this is Easterly.‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ Yes‚ÅÝ‚Äîhow about Mrs. ¬ÝGrey‚Äôs education schemes?‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ Yes‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ h‚Äôm‚ÅÝ‚Äîwell‚ÅÝ‚Äîsee here Smith, we must go a little easy there.‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ Oh, no, no‚ÅÝ‚Äîbut to advertise just now a big scheme of Negro Education would drive the Cresswells, the Farmers‚Äô League, and the whole business South dead against us.‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ Yes, yes indeed; they believe in education all right, but they ain‚Äôt in for training lawyers and professors just yet.‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ No, I don‚Äôt suppose her school is.‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ Well, then; see here. She‚Äôll be reasonable, won‚Äôt she, and placate the Cresswells?‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ No, I mean run the school to suit their ideas.‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ No, no, but in general along the lines which they could approve.‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ Yes, I thought so‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ of course‚ÅÝ‚Ää‚Å݂Ķ goodbye.‚Äù
“Inclined to be a little nasty?” asked Taylor.
‚ÄúA little sharp‚ÅÝ‚Äîbut tractable. Now, Mr. ¬ÝCresswell, the thing is in your hands. We‚Äôll get this committee which Taylor suggests appointed, and send it on a junket to Alabama; you do the rest‚ÅÝ‚Äîsee?‚Äù
“Who’ll be the committee?” asked Cresswell.
“Name it.”
Mr. ¬ÝCresswell smiled and left.