The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
THE TIDAL WAVE. !

to replenlS4tne IlOHtSVoo Seuc1UeS, ,pssiuc
I'M 4he oper.frepl Lace larnin'! What's
the egood of itp There amt no need Of;
sSit,. as [ can seesS an assfoT keepin' Hetty
: MoriaifsaaY longer at that ere>school,,
an payin such big bills, / jest amt a..
ggoiu tosdo it. ''s -, Z i&Ss 81.
IN ow:; Diah, = rsnonsuated Mrs,
Beales, " uknow there AIM no schools
bers it tQsend OR gal to, am we won't
he doin our asttysby her. u1lessswe give
s her yaj sa ication. How proud.
we, be s6f 81 IS hen sfIB comes home
witha di-nl is able to. hold her
sslnad rs shigl As amy O Squire Kings
s {. Nov. Mandt lead Obadiah, as he,
seated himself. in. 3 y5ewsruslr bottomed
schair, z, "a there AIM 3 no use of our tryina
.hold acandle 30 Squire King $ folks.
They amt our KIND, san we ain IS no
business TO copy after 2em = = &.
s. Mandy sighed. bnta NOT because she.
WAS conrineed of the correctness of her
( ShnsSand! s. Hpipion. She was an ambis
tiots sw0ni ia 4tnore ambitious sfor her
Sohf eissSIaas iIftty M5risb, than siifer4
Sss1l Or % 95aSIia hom it. was impossi-'
! biestS me w from II old traditions. He.
was Rparsimon fe1loY sle had IN,
|, aieritssls mere liuad ttIit rile was able to
.SSS flSes npon ands foil lowed insg the,
footsteps of his predecessors so literally
that, ,thost who had eversseen old Amos
:. Bealss sI, II. aeasrc: rs s"n. ~ won,,; ,,
-: ifHI OuoulaiYs 10; q the same
.stock.sA Graccs mai Tiv' he transmitted,-
but~-a!ditieS are handed down from
gaaEation to generation.
Maniy Bcales was accustomed to
tluza&semonstranceS from her husband,
es14r.liv after the receipt Of the quar-
teXnsS j lor IIctty'S tuition; and rs she
dva6sjhc mock orange from the toe OF
hssock she was dariliug, she had time
to collect her thoughts and make an
otlSnhn9"al to paternal pride.
'hWete as good y right to do as well
by our own child as Squire King does by
his'n,n said Mrs BealcS, plunging her
ncesRe into the ragged edge Of a hole the
dimensions of which were rather dis
couracing to the feminine rcformer: for
it Geked as if, when the wearer of the
sock set his foot down, he was likely to
keep it there firmly until something
gaEetyay. You amt us proud us you
orghtto be of Hetty Moriah."
L am. too" said Obadiah, doggedly.
1.-The trouble is, we're too proud; an If
we 90 to Sottin' her up an putin high
tangled notions into her head, she won't
think we're fit 10 'Sociatc with, or that
ANYTHING in Crowiicld is good enough
for her. When she was ter home last
vacation she thought the old house
wasn't fit to live in"
well. it amt" said Mandy, with
considerable spirit. You know amt
never had Il coat Of paint on it since we
lived here. nigh on ter twenty years, an
the roof leaks like 4 riddle, so that them
upper chambers amt no use at all, 'cept
in clear weather"
"Wcll. it costs money to be maxim
improvements all the time" said Oba-
diah, to whom Mandy'S suggestions and
hints were like water on Il ducks back.
at costs like Jehu; and what's good
enough for me is good enough for my
children. But that amt ALL" he con-
tinued, the alluSion to his own neglect
of duty increasing his consciousness OF
Hetty's shortcomings; "thc last time
She was ter home she turned up her nose
more'n ever 1T Tom Kennedy; an a gal
don't know which side her breads but
tered on when she snubs such feller as
Tom Kcmcdyr' said Mandy, with
mich thc same emphasis and more than
tho amount of Scorn Obadiah had thrown
into the" larnin'n with which he began
the discussion. Tom Kennedy, in,
deed, hope IIetty won't take up with
any of that trash. Not but what he's
GOOD enough us fur as disposition goes
an clever enough. maybe; but he ain't
ncvcrsroin' to set the river on fire"
We'll. who wants him to? Hetty
Moriah may do worse than to marry
Tom Kennedy, who amt nobody's fool.
The discussions in the Beales family
generally began with Hetty Moriah, ant
ended with Tom. who had loag served
as a bone of contention. He had beer
in the, habit of dropping in evening:
ever since Hctty Bealcs had been ole
enough to 20 out in company, and kep'
il up, Notwithstanding the daughter
absence, quite oblivious Of the fact tina
Mrs. Bealcs, who welcomed him as ;
ruest. was opposed to him us son-in
= law. lie had known Hetty ever sine
she was Il little girl-had grown up will
her. in fact-and always acted the par
of an elder brother, and it was quit
natural that he should want to hear o
her progress ut school and the interest
inr items with which she filled tn
letters Mrs. Bcales very kindly made
point OF reading to him.
Tom himsclfwas not what you Nigh
call q cultivated gentleman, but he hat
seen great deal of the world, wa
shrewd and observing, and had hi
mind stored with Il fund of general in
formation. that made him eXcellen
company for those who seldom took tn
trouble to read even a newspaper. L
.h;n nlaSs hnlnnr Diah Realas, Wh