Northern darkies?‚Äù continued Mr. ¬ÝEasterly.
‚ÄúNot on my calling-list,‚Äù said Mrs. ¬ÝVanderpool, and then she added more thoughtfully:
‚ÄúThere‚Äôs a young clerk in the Treasury Department named Alwyn who has brains. He‚Äôs just from the South, and I happened to read of him this morning‚ÅÝ‚Äîsee here.‚Äù
Mr. ¬ÝEasterly read an account of the speech at the Bethel Literary.
‚ÄúWe‚Äôll look this young man up,‚Äù he decided; ‚Äúhe may help. Of course, Mrs. ¬ÝVanderpool, we‚Äôll probably win; we can buy these Negroes off with a little money and a few small offices; then if you will use your influence for the part with the Southerners, I can confidently predict from four to eight years‚Äô sojourn in Paris.‚Äù
Mrs.