. Crisis. tside, andwithin a soft pinky white. Oh, Emmy, dont you think if youscrubbed real hard you could get some of thebrown off? But I dont want to, protested guess my hands are as nice as yours,INIary Holborn. Were just the same, only5oure white and Im brown. But I dontsee any difference. Eunice Leeks eyes aregreen and yours are blue, but you can bothsee. Oh, well, said Mary Holborn, if youdont mind If she didnt mind—but why should shemind? 80 THE CRISIS Why should I mind, Archie, she askedthat faithful squire as they walked home inthe afternoon through the pleasant mainstreet. Arc
. Crisis. tside, andwithin a soft pinky white. Oh, Emmy, dont you think if youscrubbed real hard you could get some of thebrown off? But I dont want to, protested guess my hands are as nice as yours,INIary Holborn. Were just the same, only5oure white and Im brown. But I dontsee any difference. Eunice Leeks eyes aregreen and yours are blue, but you can bothsee. Oh, well, said Mary Holborn, if youdont mind If she didnt mind—but why should shemind? 80 THE CRISIS Why should I mind, Archie, she askedthat faithful squire as they walked home inthe afternoon through the pleasant mainstreet. Archie had brought her home fromschool ever since she could remember. Hewas two years older than she; tall, strongand beautiful, and her final arbiter. If any of the boys in your class say anythingto you, you let me know. I licked BUIJennings the other day for calling me aguiney. Wish I were a good, sure-enoughbrown like you, and then everybodyd knowjust what I am. Archies clear olive skin and aquiline fea-. AECHIE LOVES YOU, GIRL, SHE SAID TO THE FACE IN THE GLASS. Archie stopped to watch a spider. See how he does it, Emmy! See himbring that thread over! Gee, if I couldswing a bridge across the pond as easy asthat! What dyou say? Why should youmind? Oh, I dont guess theres anythingfor us to mind about. Its white people,theyre always minding—I dont know why. tures made his Negro ancestry difficult ofbelief. But, persisted Emmy, what differencedoes it make? Oh, Ill tell you some other time, hereturned vaguely. Cant you ask questionsthough? Look, its going to rain. Thatmeans uncle wont need me in the field this EMMY 81 afternoon. See here, Emmy, bet I can letyou run ahead while I count fifteen, andthen beat you to your house. Want to try? They reached the house none too soon, forthe soft spring drizzle soon turned intogusty torrents. Archie was happy—he lovedEmmys house with the long, high rooms andthe books and the queer foreign Emmy had so many sensible playthin
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