"Iola, dear," said Harry, one morning at the breakfast-table, "I have a new pleasure in store for you." "What is it, brother mine?" asked Iola, assuming an air of interest. "There is a young lady living in this city to whom I wish to introduce you. She is one of the most remarkable women I have ever met." "Do tell me all about her," said Iola. "Is she young and handsome, brilliant and witty? "She," replied Harry, "is more than handsome, she is lovely; more than witty, she is wise; more than brilliant, she is excellent." "Well, Harry," said Mrs. Leroy, smiling, "if you keep on that way I shall begin to fear that I shall soon be supplanted by a new daughter." "Oh, no, mamma," replied Harry, looking slightly confused, "I did not mean that." "Well, Harry," said Iola, amused, "go on with your description; I am becoming interested. Tax your powers of description to give me her likeness." "Well, in the first place," continued Harry, "I suppose she is about twenty-five years old." "Oh, the idea," interrupted Iola, "of a gentleman talking of a lady's age. That is a tabooed subject." "Why, Iola, that adds to the interest of my picture. It is her combination of earnestness and youthfulness which enhances her in my estimation." "Pardon the interruption," said Iola; "I am anxious to hear more about her." "Well, she is of medium height, somewhat slender, and well formed, with dark, expressive eyes, full of thought and feeling. Neither hair nor complexion show the least hint of blood admixture." "I am glad of it," said Iola. "Every person of unmixed blood who succeeds in any department of literature, art, or science is a living argument for the capability which is in the race." "Yes," responded Harry, "for it is not the white blood which is on trial before the world. Well, I will bring her around this evening." In the evening Harry brought Miss Delany to call on his sister and mother. They were much pleased with their visitor. Her manner was a combination of suavity and dignity. During the course of the evening they learned that she was a graduate of the University of A----. One day she saw in the newspapers that colored women were becoming unfit to be servants for white people. She then thought that if they are not fit to be servants for white people, they are unfit to be mothers to their own children, and she conceived the idea of opening a school to train future wives and mothers. She began on a small scale, in a humble building, and her work was soon crowned with gratifying success. She had enlarged her quarters, increased her teaching force, and had erected a large and commodious school-house through her own exertions and the help of others. Marie cordially invited her to call again, saying, as she rose to go: "I am very glad to have met you. Young women like you always fill my heart with hope for the future of our race. In you I see reflected some of the blessed possibilities which lie within us."