The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13

house. A number of men stood about.
looking at him in sullen surprise. On the
bed Redford's big, brawny form was
stretched out, while a woman leaned over
him.
They've killed him-my lad-killed him
-my-lad-and there he is-there he is
to take him to prison."
One of the standers-by lifted his fist
with: "Get out Of here" and number of
adjectives thrown in. But 1t was Rad
ford himself who protested.
Don't touch Mr.. DENLY; I've worked
beside him. Don't touch him. He didn't
do it. 1t was that farmer O. the sheriffs'."
Il couldn't help finding out how badly
you were hurt. l am dead sorry. came
here without thinking"
And it is said to this day that this i'm
pusive act of Denbys did more than any
thing else TO patch up the troubles be-
tween the company and its men. He
might have been torn to pieces, and he
risked 1T to see how the wounded man
was. Radford's wound was but a slight
one-principally shock-and he was short
ly around.
On returning to the street, DENLY found
that the militia were already policing the
crowd. AT his office Delafeld, the man
ager. met him. For the first time in his
life the manager was demonstratiye.
My dear boy-my dear boy-I can never
say enough of your pluck"
1T wouldn't have amounted to much II
you hadn't turned up, and now-I can't
hold ur)-I must get some sleep" And
presently he was tursbled on his bed, his
clothes all on.
Hours after he awol1e. The window
was open. 1t was wonderfully still. You
could hear the splashing of the little
stream not far away. His eyes half open,
saw the pines on the hillside.
Then 1t was not these things at alb but
a long stretch of lawn, with beyond an cid
red brick house. II was his own; 1t was
home And the finest gentleman in all the
world was walking there-the dear ola
General, while presently his mother drove
up in her phaeton and called to him. But
he said he hadn't time, because he was
teaching Annie how not to muir ban.
Annie was a chubby faced, small girl who
laughed at this, and said she knew as
much about it as he
And then there were other scenes ana
others faces, his brothers ana ms sister,
and always somewhere in the background
that chubby girl, whose face, after a time,
to be sure grew less chubby, and when he
was back from school she was almost
grown up" and didn't seem to think
much of him or he of her.
Then. again, 1t was school, and soon col
lege; friends who had gone from him;
events that were like dreams, just as all
life is a dream TO the dead.
He now was watching boat race; now
dancing at a promenade with Annie;
now again in Far Westchester, and then
he was in London and all about-your
young man of the world; son he was very
much your man of many clubs and of the
town.
He had two sides to his nature, one
strong for the inherited sense of the gen
tleman, the other for pleasure, and subtly
pleasure sapped the strength II was
DENLY here and DENLY there-a youth to
be talked about. Annie now was a quiet
young woman, of whom he saw little. But
life was the best fun.
Presently he was doing things he once
would not have thought of doing; and
then more of them, and more of them,
until they spelt disgrace, and men began
to cut him, for he was full of force and
passion for whatever he did, and his was
not the nature 90 brook criticism Men
told their women friends that they would
not be seen with them. Annie's brothers,
once his warmest friends, told her that
people fed from him as rats from sink
ing ship, he said TO himself. But he
had new friends, not such nice ones, to
be sure, and soon, when. certain sue