Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-18

| as yo' cOmpany's wO'th, as much as oar
property's wo'th, as much maybe as yo'
life's wo'th! Don't lift yo' comb.
co'nnle-if yo' don't care of that, others
may. Sit still, l tell vol Well, yo'
| come here from the moth to run this
property for money-that's square and
fair business. That any fool here can
understand. It's no'th'n style. 1t don't
| interfere with these fools family af-
| fairs. 1t don't bring into their blood
| any no'th'n faint. 1t don't divide their
clannishness. 1t don't separate father
and son, sister and brother; and even
if yo' got foothold here and settled
down they know they can always out
| vote yo' five to onel But let these same
: fools know that yo're courtin' soth'n
girl known to be union during the
4 woh; that girl who has laughed at
| their foolishness; let them even think
| that he wants that girl to mix up the
family and the race and the property
for him, and there amt young or old
| fool that believes in so'th'n isolation as
| the price of so'th'n salvation that
wouldn't rise against vol There isn't
one that wouldn't make shipwrecll of
yo'r syndicate and yo'r capital and the
prosperity of Rellands for the next
| four years to come and think thew
were doing right. They began to sus-
pect yo' from the first. They suspected
ye' when yo' never went anywhere.
bat stuck close to the farm and me.
That's why l wanted yo' to show your
self among the girls. They wouldn't
have minded yo' flirting with them with
the chance of yo' breaking yo' heart
| over 'Tave Reed or Lympy Morris.
They're fools enough to believe that a
snub or jilt from q so'th'n girl would
pay them back for lost battle or a
| ruined plantation"
For the first time Miss Sally saw
( Courtland's calm blood fly to his cheek
and lzindle in his eye. You surely do
not expect me to tolerate this blind and
| insolent Interference" he said, rising TO
his feet.
She lifted her ungloved hand in depre-
cation. ''Sit still, connie. Yo've been
a soldier and yo' know what duty is.
| Well. what's yo' duty to yo' company?"
ut neither includes my private af-
fairs nor regulates the beating of nv
heart. will resign"
And leave me and Aunt Miranda
and the plantation?'
| mo. The company will find another
superintendent to look after your aunt's
affairs and carry out our plans And
you, Sally-you will let me find you a
home and fortune north. There is work
for me there-there is room for YOU
among my people"
She shook her head slowly, with a
sweet but superior smile mo, connie.
didn't believe in the woh, but the
i least l could do was to stand by nv
| folks. and share the punishment that I
knew was coming from it. I despise
| this foolishness as much as yo', but
can't run away from it. Come, connie,
l won't ask yo' to forget this, and mo-
Ill believe yo' meant it, but yo'll
promise me yo' won't speak Of 1t asai.:
as long as yo' are with the company and
Aunt Miranda and mel There mustn't
be more-there mustn't even seem to be
more-between u.s."
But then may HOPPER he said, eager
ly, grasping her hand.
1 II promise nothing-for you must
not even have that excuse for speaking
of this again, either from anything0I
do. or NAV seem to do" She stonped