The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-08-28

and had sandy hair. He appeared quite
harmless.
after they got out Of college Percy
behaved himself, but not for long. lie
got TO gambling and drinking and all
sorts of horrid things. The family was
proud and extremely sensitive. They
feared he would do something that
would disgrace them forever; some
thing that the sensational newspapers
would make hue ana cry over as
Another swell gone wrongr you know
what mean.
AT last he did. lie made an UNI
fortunate marriage. A very good sort
Of woman was Grace Morris, but
quite below HIM. He did not stop here,
but forged large check on his fathers
name. The matter was partly hushed
up. Old Col. Mourdant sent Percy
away. And to make the matter worse,
everybody in Albany was talking about
II.
Jack was the only one of the family
who stuck to the unfortunate Percy.
This summer Percy got into more and
serious trouble. Grace came here to
see Jack and get him to come to AL
bany to help him out. Jack couldn't
come, but / believe he arranged for
Grace to send word when she needed
him.
Jack went to Albany soon after;
met his brothers wife at the station;
arranged with her to help Percy out.
His brother was in a serious fix this
time. 1t was not a question of hush
ing up. II was a question of life and
death. There had been q row in low
gambling resort A man had been
killed. Percy was not wholly TO blame,
but he had been held for-what do you
call it?-manslaughter?
'Jack did some clever detective work
then. He discovered that some of
Percy's former associates had agreed
to make the case SO black that Percy
would be convicted of murder after all.
1t was "a serious matter. Percy must
not stand trial. What should he do?
He made one last appeal to Col. Mour-
dant, but it was of no use. Then what
do you suppose Jack did? You will
not believe il, perhaps, but it is true.
"Ie went TO his father and said: See
here / am to have so much of your
property when you die. / don't care to
wait. There is an immediate use for
the money. May have my inheritance
now?' Fancy that, His father was
quite taken aback. He asked few
questions and let his erratic son have
the money. 1t was large sum, rum
ming far up into the thousands.
This moncy-think of it-every
cent he had in the world he used to get
his brother off. | don't know how he
did it. 1t was bailing him out or some-
thing of that sort. Percy and his wife
sailed from San Francisco not long ago
for Australia. An odd tale, is it not?"
Carrie Tracy didn't think SO. She
sat with shining eyes for some moments
after, and then went downstairs. 1t
was just then that the bus from the
station came up to the door.
A man jumped out, and he never for
got the picture that she made as she
came out on the piazza. The sun was
low in the west, and the light played
on her expressive face, on her hair,
and lit up her eyes. When he saw her
he stood quite still. He barred his head
with a gesture reverential and devout,
as If she were a being from another
world. II was but an instant that they
stood there. Then Carrie Tracy gave
him her hand, and he looked into her
eyes and saw that he was welcome.
Society was shocked at the reappear-
ance of her adventurer." Everybody
wondered how he managed to get an
invitation to the dance that evening,
which happened to be at the Aspin-
wall-Joneses. But the true story got
out, and Jack Mourdant became more
and more popular. Even Edward Slo-
comb had To acknowledge that he was
a good fellow. And he took the
trouble of shaking hands with him and
telling "a pious tib that he was very
glad to see him again. And when Car
rie Tracy went into the conservatory
again with Mourdant he did not care to !
follow.
A shower had come up shortly after !
sunset and an hour after had cleared |
away. The moon had risen, making |
the raindrops on the bushes and trees |
sparkle like diamonds. The lawn |
seemed covered with jewels, and drops |
of moisture still chung to the window |
panes, making them CLEAN. The |
clouds were moving rapidly about. now
and then shading the moon. Some of
them were dark, while others were so
fleecy that it seemed as if one could
crush them in ones hand. Presently |
the clouds blew away and the sky was
one delicate mass of subdued azure, ex-
cept where the moon glowed.
In the music room they were playing
a waltz, only Tonight" Then, in
some unexplainable manner, Mour-
Il hnnA h.,.. l.