They fell into a conversation, and the Northern lady
became so much interested in the effort being made at Tuskegee
that before they parted Miss Davidson was handed a check for
fifty dollars. For some time before our marriage, and also after
it, Miss Davidson kept up the work of securing money in the North
and in the South by interesting people by personal visits and
through correspondence. At the same time she kept in close touch
with the work at Tuskegee, as lady principal and classroom
teacher. In addition to this, she worked among the older people
in and near Tuskegee, and taught a Sunday school class in the
town. She was never very strong, but never seemed happy unless
she was giving all of her strength to the cause which she loved.
Often, at night, after spending the day in going from door to
door trying to interest persons in the work at Tuskegee, she
would be so exhausted that she could not undress herself. A lady
upon whom she called, in Boston, afterward told me that at one
time when Miss Davidson called her to see and send up her card
the lady was detained a little before she could see Miss
Davidson, and when she entered the parlour she found Miss
Davidson so exhausted that she had fallen asleep.
While putting up our first building, which was named Porter Hall,
after Mr.
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