San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-02

vlcuEls puDnshed themselves, wonder
| ing whom America PeytOn would marry,
since she was 80 hard to suit. When she
| accepted Ross Carr, therefore, the aston
ishment was general. He was good
enough for some girls, but nobody ex-
pected America Peyton to take an ordi-
nary man. He had also been wild
| youth, but people said he was settling
| down to worthy manhood. The Cars
were not as good a family as the Pey-
| tons, and Ross had no plantation of his
own. Yet when the community thought
RI over they were willing to accept him
as Americas husband if he proved
| credit 10 her.
Miss Maria" said Nancy, coming to
the door with face full of meaning,
miss Becky Inchbald's done lighted
down by the quarters and tied her
horse" HFGp .ga
"What does she WANT" inquired Mrs.
| Peyton. disturbed.
| Dunno. Miss Maria"
| "Why doesn't she come to the house?"
"She hardly ever came here in her
best days" murmured the judges wife.
Perhaps she's SICK" continued Mrs.
| Peyton. Some of you run and see."
| "Peachy been down to her and she say
she just waitin' there in the shade. Miss
Becky got her baby long with her."
The generals wife heard this with ris-
ing dignity.
Don't annoy her." she commanded.
"Let the poor girl alone"
| Laws, Miss Maria, nobody won't say
| nothin' to Miss Becky. But all the little
niggers has come out to look at her."
60 out yourself and see if she needs
anything"
Il have heard" remarked Miss Vande-
water through the silence which fol-
lowed, that Becky Inchbald, for all she
was so close mouthed at first, threatens
to carry her child to its father now"
Mrs. Peyton, with an instants pause
on the subject, hoped he could be found
and made to do his duty. The judges
wife heard with a mere lifting of the
| eyebrows. She thought it scarcely a fit
thing to mention before America But
Americas plane of thought was so much
above Becky Inchbald that she had never
even disapproved of the girl.
Becky Inchbald's people were not poor
whites, for they owned land and slaves,
but their raw unfitness for encountering
the old stock held them on the verge of
society. That Becky was uneducated
was her own fault; such women scarcely
learn even from experience. She had
been the mother of hapless baby and
the scandal of the neighborhood for
more than two months.
shes spiteful about that baby" pur-
sued Miss sally. "Therell be trouble
somewhere before shutdown if she's start
ed out with it.
Il do not see that Inchbald's affairs
need disturb u.s." suggested the judges
wife, making dimples at the finger roots
of one hand as she smoOthed her polished
hair.
Some women are never disturbed
about any of the sin in the word" said
Miss Vandewater incisively, until it
comes into their houses and takes their
children by the thrOats."
THAT can never be said of you, Miss
Sally" the judges INDECENT wife re-
sponded, smiling. Though she gener-
ally bore Miss Sally's attacks as a lady
should, and felt indulgent sympathy for
the migrating spinster, she sometimes
allowed herself to retort.
Aunt and Miss Sally kiss and make
up" said America with the deliberate
accent which gave weight to all her
words. But without response one of the
combatants sat glowering, and the other,
waving a lazy fan, indicated Ross Carr
cantering to his appointment; man and
animal moving like one, so perfect was
his craftsmanship. Americas mother
was impatiently anxious to on recount
ing to Miss Sally the silver and linen
bought for Americas new home.
Ross Carr threw his bride to groom,
who was walking Americas restless
thoroughbred, saddled and ready for her
use.
He entered the room and she gave him
her hand with light word, and he stood,
hat in hand, talking to her elders.
1t was the eliminating moment of her
engagement; dot of time stamping its
languid ease and freedom from care upon
her mind, by contrast with what fol-
lowed.
The young man chatted idly with
three women, when another screamed
out behind him:
Here it is, Ross Carr, so you've got to
take it and no words betwixt us, for
won't take care of it no longer!"
why, Miss Becky-why, Miss Becky!