The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-03-05

We'll, then, IL believe it is custom
arv for q gentleman to ride on the other
side" she began.
hngbrand had quite recovered his
sclf-posscssion by this time, and he
Hliad Pluto around to her right. "Of
uise. / should think that would sug-
p itself naturally to anyone but a
! 'oi worm Ike myself assure you |
a,ln't have made my hero IN story
guilty Of such awliwardness. Now,
how about these stirrups? they seem
to Inc to be too short, or too long, or
something"
She looked at them critically: 81
think they are little too short. Shall
! hold Pluto while you dismount to let
them down."
NO, thank you; think can manage
i from the deck" he replied, slipping
his feet from the stirrup irons and adj
Jpsting the straps to more comforta-
bic length. There, how is that?"
THAT looks better. Now, shall we
Try little gsllop?"
If you please. I'll do anything you
tell me TO-"
They swept along the level road at an
easy canter and Ringhrand profited by
Hester's suggestions as well as he could
III the short intervals which his furtiye
admiration Of her graceful carriage and
radiant beauty spared him from a
consideration of his own shortcom-
iDgs. The road led them finally
10 the western brow of the noun
tain, and they pulled up at the
edge OF the cliff to enjoy the view
spread ont before them
Your surroundings are 4 perpetual
inspiration Miss Hcster,H said Ring
brand, tcGst;Lg his EYES }td!tbc heen
uppI5c.ation cf an artist upon the mag
niiiecnt panorama of the mountains
ard yalleys AID forests stretching away
to the westward
81 am glad you like Tennessee" re-
piled the girl. with "A touch Of pathos in
her voice. so many pcople--especial-
ly northerAers--seem to think it an I'M
profitable wilderness"
Who could be so unappreciative as to
say that%
Miss Bradfern, for one. She is from
Boston, and She visited friends in Dun
bar last summer She was continually
pining for New England in general and
Boston i'll particular. I'm sure can't
understand how she will be able to live
here"
Us she coming here to live"
"Yes; as the wife of our rector in
Tregarthen. ! tell him he's setting a
bad example by going so far from
home"
"Then presume he is a southerner?"
''He Isl he's a Georgian; but ! believe
he was educated III the north"
Am | to understand that you think
one ought not to marry out of his Sec
tom" he asked, making the rector's
case possible opportunity for ascer-
tanning his own standing.
ooh! l wouldn't say anything so
radical as that" she replied, stroking
her horses name; "only, it seems to
me, there are many reasons against it.
You don't understand-you can't I'M
derstand-how much sectional feeling
there is III the south"
81 know there used to be, but /
thought it was thing of the past,
since the war"
SIT is, in some senses, suppose, and
in others think it is as strong as ever.
NY father fought for the south; and If
you could know how strongly my sym
pathies are enlisted upon the side OF
some of the things which you think are
dead issues, there would be only one
word in your vocabulary that would fit
mean ugly little word of five letters
81 hope | am broad enough not to APP
ply it, Miss Latimer. think l can put
myself in your place sufficiently to I'M
terstand that there may be many and
honest differences Of opinion"
TITS right kind of you to say that
especially rs your side has the better OF
the argument; though I'm not 50 sure
about dat, either. It's one thing tc
staryc people into submission and quite
another TO eH5iuga,e them
Il believe can appreciate that, too. >
Neither of them spoke again for q
few moments, and then Hester called
his attention to a juttiug ciag project
ing far out from the clitf-line at theil
feet. DO you sec that point over yondel
to the right?" she asked.
Eyes; and was going to ask you i
it has a name"
at has; it is called Toms Jump.
Its not very poetic name, and it coult
hardly be called Lovers Leap al
though the story is dreadful enough"
"1ell me about it."
TITS short and quite prosaic. Their
used to be a moonshiner's still some
where in this neighborhood, and one o.
the men was young Tom Cragin, the sol
of the mountaineer who owned the still
One day the revenue men were trying t.
arrest the party, and they chased young
Cragin out into this road. He RAJ
down that way, and two more officer
came out into the road ahead of him
When he saw he was surrounded, hi
climbed out to the point of that rocl
and flung himself down."
Ringbrandlo looked surprised. 81 didn'
know the penalties were severe enough
10 warrant a man in doing that" h
said.