Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-17
TRUE To TIE CORE.

Jim Dewitt. throwing back biz brown
veiVctser raat. stretching his gay plaid
trou@ers. aBd swapping his fingers at .
tat white TUT dfzg With tbs solemn coin
batise countenancc Of ia kind Il aia't
bota. bat am pr'tty fair on sIsJrt. Some
ones got u-r deal faro, lie referee at a
prize tight. and unpirr a tell game. II
II want for ia. who'd Eevp uL t,Ie breed
% lighting Digs and cosrl.st Facing Ia
god II you've got the rocts Sonlc fei-
ler, has to live On tho shady SID, haia't
they. Eruiserf Ought 10 -c him cIiach
with John Prnn's TO~f4rr H. the VILLAGE
Last ni..ht-done your old heart GOOD
THAT IL would not. Jamcs Eottle
Dewitt. said Aunt Hannah decidetily.
yet loo.ing very Kindly On the speaker
over her spoctacles III you was not a
outlaw from jestice wouldn't have yoi
here at all Eut Ia. as you've worked
for yourself sence you was twelve. an
never he'd NJ schoolin' dunno but you
turned out well conAedcria' . an thea you
want sixteen when you rescued inc
from the poor house, an two years ago
you bought me this comfortable place.
though how the money was got never
dared think"
Tool. odds acin the favorit"
That, though | don't understand It.
means | know. something Glrcspcctful.
hut you has the Lindest heart In the
world. Only 10 think. though. your
great grandfather was a BaptiGt MIMI
ter, travelling by spotted trees Ia the vii.
dorneas. and you"-~
Travelling by the spots on cards.
And a.is Jedgc uydarl Of the manor
asked Iae ycsterd'y. says she. what buzz
ness IL your nephew in, and shea very
grand Lady too An few Knows what
poor houses IL and how you rescued rlc.
and how grateful am. 10 wash I Goilg
10 have her look down on you, 10 ! says
In TIE bone business. marin"
In the WHAT
"Doncs. Jimmy remembered you
played en- il the mingtrulJ where | he'd
free flsscs, an q | DO say l., you Lcat
en- all an fetched the most eprlluSe
allWL en- bone business sounded eorter
respectful.
Dewitt. Net time I'll the old l.dy In
something Of sport; IL her iisGcr 1t
out ,leb5c she don't know thct raiae
u !
IsOc,. the last time was here"
he picked UP liJ hat, whistlcd to the
dor. and strolled out elong the road in
t.. direction Of TIC manor. where Yrs.
Jed 20 Su, dam Kept strict watch over
two young orphaned Crauddaughtc
"1horcu the bet heart II tho world"
said ihp oil lady 70 the fat, comfortable
F. cat who appeared from rome retreat &C
ca'ioGcd Ly Eruicr'a dislike. IN this
b'anuful home Ec'l rive Ic, an gcnds
me iuuur when he laa u g,rca.. of luck,
an Ic i tecause lac ctnpircd prize iiGst
hc's India here FROM jccticc, en- lin
never Woa.J STRIKE llow lcss he Lad
ter. An t'ion mitteus, the stuffed once
he says ia 'low1blc; but dearit lac, Gl3GLl-
tors vas nothing hut prize fighters. an
the hsH plays On TIC sta;e about thCfa. "
''i'ta goil' TO tryGtin' plicc." Iaut-
tcrcI air Dewitt. as he went Clong.
What the due Il trysting place. the
calll i. Glat, she's the dcrndest"
Some two weeks hack. Lr.iscr. on Tn
exploring expedition. clct IL n narrow
path e. the manor CrounGD q TT lew
fouGdllnd 90; end a tail. ovcr-,rov'n Girl.
wi. ; 'Irlausly childish face md LII. at
dar,. eyes.
Sic, him. Ncp, hes sach lt;le
one s..il Che rirl. Ncp turned tai and
rt;emptcd To tea lot go Cruiser. lis
lighting llood v'os up; lie excepted the
stump. rnd Cow upol the | i; Gos. who
stood rill enl bowlcd ri;htully. while
tho FIJI, vIh real courasc. sei=ed
Druis,r h7 the looac skin e. liz ucc..
and Mr.. Dewitt rescued the parry.
Don't you know no better than to
eic,. a buI Log On IN ell tiecp Ike
tllatt" he said. severely. "lishtil' IL ny
4.
him. End forihS th he rcclcd of Ion,
list If Irui era battles. lost and won.
ihc ri.l Ii tcacd with respectful cttcn-
ton. Introduced herself ca Enid Jones'.
and sill shc had to ta.c lcp out fer a
val. ever day. lie was grandma d
do. cal she ishcd he could know her
eou'il llctty-ehc WAS Just lovely.
The rc.t lay he went cions the rcth.
and strangely enough LniI YVES there
with Lefty. n yivScious, curly Esired
da nstl, Ncp WAS tied t. a tree with Il
safh. and l,rliscr wcs held Ly stout
rup'. and conversation ensured In
cuurse ct ti;lc lIctty assured Mr. Dewitt.
pe.haps n dChCate way Cf telling lin
that he need rot fail ia love wiki her.
that hcr heart was broken. She had lccn
IL. aECl e. - young man in lail--oh, she
m. ant loau,inS echool--but that was all
Oh HOW Nile tlNAt El.ify ihr money,
ard it WA Letter her heart ahoUld rc2le
md his, tco. than she should Lisplcasc
her n;,el grand tGrvnt. Grandma liked
her lost. Tor her papa was profess lca1l
man, bat lrids father was TO family ct
all. but Enll would Ia awful rich and
"cuull stoop beneath her"
Her father vaa something n oil in
New lor.., eished Lefty. nd Laid
listened with mCc.. sadness
'N,cll, the CID sardinc. the fellow in
oil, Il tie stamps any how. suggested
/ Dewitt. hopefully. taking LniGs tic" at
unCV.
~ on ere very kind" ETCHED r:,il. and
the lIattcr was Gruppcl. c.l ar.ies ,n-
dcayorin.; "a scc this one reLconaia.; trait
IN the man il oil
Dewitt wGSa very simple minced vcunc
man. lie Ind read few cola. chiefly Of
adveutan, tho iurid lnLii1 and Pirate
tales peculiar e. the young, crd had
peruscl thCn, | rrSret to Ky, when lie
was a messenger hov on ms WAY to do
errau,is. hut NOW his literary taste ran
To- s,sHtinS journals. and Irstry was an
unsurun iici1 To Him. lie liked llctty.
sym, utliisIu with h.r sorruNs. offered to
knsk uut the future millionaire who
would crush out her young heart nj any
time she SAINT him word said hc supposed
she knew her own business lSs,t: but
wasn't she borrvring trouble when the
olI chap hadn't turned up yet. and the