The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker RacesMicheaux, Oscar
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The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races
Micheaux, Oscar
African Americans -- Fiction
Six months and a year had elapsed. And the monument stood serenely in
the sunlight, as Sidney Wyeth came down the street that Sunday morn. To
the side of this monument stood another, imposing and grand, not yet
finished, but soon to be, and it had all come through the indirect
efforts of B.J. Dickson. They were not satisfied with the one, when
they learned they _could_ do things, but needed another--so they
subscribed the necessary funds without effort, and built the other.
Before entering, Sidney walked across the street and viewed the
structure from the other side.
Thus he saw his people, as others see them.
For his life had been spent, for the most part, in white civilization.
As he surveyed it carefully, he was relieved to find that, to a
stranger, there was nothing to indicate that colored people occupied the
building.
An intelligent looking man came out of it, and, crossing the street,
bowed casually to Wyeth. The latter, returning it, inquired regarding
the building and Dickson, and he was told the following:
"Yes, while there are many who do not give Dickson the credit, he is,
nevertheless, the man who has made all that possible."
"Everything is well kept apparently," said Wyeth. "That is unusual for
our people."
"That's Dickson," said the other. And then aside he inquired:
"Have you ever been through it?"
"I am just going," said Sidney.
"You should have done so during the week. Any time before one o'clock
Saturday."
"Why one o'clock Saturday?"
"Because everything ceases at that time."
"Indeed," Wyeth commented in wide surprise. "System?"
"That's it. That's Dickson."
"Indeed! Does he have charge of everything?"
"Indirectly, yes. That is, he does not own everything, of course not;
but it's like this: Do you observe how everything is in order?" Wyeth
did, and waited.
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