Send him at once." There was a great deal of joy expressed among the students and teachers, and I received very hearty congratulations.

I began to get ready at once to go to Tuskegee.

I went by way of my old home in West Virginia, where I remained for several days, after which I proceeded to Tuskegee.

I found Tuskegee to be a town of about two thousand inhabitants, nearly one-half of whom were coloured.

It was in what was known as the Black Belt of the South.