And he can learn a lot by reading."
"Yas, sah, it's hard enough. But we're glad he ain't blind."
"And what is his name?"
"Edward Habberton, sah, an' he's jes' fo' years old, near five."
Hamilton entered the name of the little deaf and dumb boy, whom he
could see sitting in an inner room, and noted down in the schedule his
age, his color, and the nature of his affliction.
"Now, Lily," he continued, "were you both born in Kentucky?"
"No, sah," she replied, "none of us, savin' little Eddie. I'm f'om
Delaware, an' mah Steve, he's f'om Maryland, where my mother come f'om."
"Wait a bit," said Hamilton, holding up his hand to stop her, "let me
get this straight. Stephen Lawson is from Maryland, you said, you're
from Delaware, and the boy was born in this State. Is that right?"
"Yas, sah."
"And you said your mother came from Maryland but I suppose since you're
from Delaware your father was from Delaware also."
"Yes, sah," the woman answered, "he done live in Wilmin'ton all his
life."
So Hamilton put down the birthplaces of the wife's parents and in the
same fashion those of the husband, while the filling in of the columns
for the parents of the child was simply a matter of copying.
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