The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

Indeed, Sam Moneypenny had averred
that he had heard them chuckling with
delight when they ate up the last stalk
OF his prize evergreen corn.
Goodwin had been begged and ordered
10 tie the beasts up when his man was
through using them, but Goodwin, al
though he owned the farm on which the
cattle were pastured, himself lived over
in Canton, and as out of sight is out of
mind with most people, he did nothing
except ask his man to strengthen the
fences.
But as the strength of the oxen kept
pace with the fences, a new rail in the
morning simply meant a broken rail at
night, and the two brothers in crime
would eat up bed of nasturtiums or
overthrow a rockery or tumble a wood
pile down with all the zest of Wanton
schoolboys.
Trueman Newberry was an old bache-
lor very good looking, fairly equipped
in worldly goods and the most fished
for man in the South Hanaford pond.
The Newberrys had come from Windsor
and were descended from Gov. Bradford
and from the earliest times there had
been one handsome old bachelor who did
not surrender his freedom until well along
in years and it looked as if Truemen
would carry out the tradition as far as
not marrying young went, if, indeed, he
was ever ensnared.
Trueman had two hobbies a love for old
furniture and a passion for flowers. The
farmers about smiled inwar3ly as they
saw him wasting valuable time, that
might have been employed at farming, in
making a bed Of posses" and in after
ward watering them like Apollos, but if
H., l.. vonf
have cared. AS long as he pleased True
man Newherry he did not care whether
any one else was pleased. Not that he
was selfish, but he was Independent
When Miss GTayson came to South Han
afford to ho.d in check the rebell!ous youth
who attended the district school, True
man was visibly impressed with her
charms, which, in the language of the
boys of today, we're of the "peachy" va
riety. He saw her first at church, where
she supplied a rich contralto TO choir
that needed richness of some kind, but he
did not see her 10 speak to her until the
donation party that was inflicted upon
Mr. Hardwicke in the latter part OF Au-
gust, and then he found that she was in
terested in old furniture like himself. In
fact, she had low-boy that had been
in her mo hers family since 1t came over
with Salathi ! Gaylord on the good snip
Mary and Z len in 1883.
His heart had warmed to her after that
avowal and he had felt that If he ever
MARI, d it would be to one like this, VINO
could bring with her a wagon load of an
tique furniture. He was going 20 her
If she adoied howe and the care OF
them, but Mrs Curtiss brought her son
William over to meet her and he ala NOT
have another opportunity to talk to her
that evening. But she was d stlnctly pleas
ant and lively and he found himself think
ing of her many times after that night
and before many days had passed, NJ dls-
covert that although the choir had hVe
BASES to two piping tenors, they stoou
in great ne ed of his resonant bass, ana ne
Immediately Joined that body OF singers
and at FIR day evening rehearsal, as luck
would have it, was assigned the seat next
10 that occupied by Miss Grayson. only
she ad gone home to Newington 10 spehu
Sunday. He had half a mind TO resign
when he heard this. but after all, there
were other Sabbaths coming, 50 he ptched
into the tunes with fervor that excited
the jealousy Of the other bassis. True
man had a fine voice; all the Newberrys
had been singers from he earnest times.
Trueman sang at morning service ana
evening prayer meeting with his eyes OF
The notes and his mind on Miss Grayson.
lie was hard hit. There was no uoupt Vi
that. At &c he was likely to go the way
that had seldom been trod by Newber-
ry bachelor until twice 26 years had been
passed IN this vale.
After prayer meeting he walked nome
aio-e and sank into a mahogany chair
MAT had been Newberry possession Tor
.Oo wears. But his thoughts were not OF
turni ure, but OF form and face that
would have made a kitchen chair look lik-
piece Of Chippendale
lie smoked his pipe out, and then he re-
ured, but not to sleep His thoughts
were with Miss Grayson, who even now
was returning from Newington. That
much he knew, because he had heard Mrs
Dlbhle tell Mrs Harding, with whom the
school teacher boarded. that she thought
u was shocking for her TO come back on
sunday instead of making an early start
on Monday morning.
II lacked some minutes OF 10 O'Clock
"hen Trueman heard a commotion outside
ol MS window He sprang from his bed
auQ looked out. The moon was at the
.ulh and a diaphanous cloud was coauet-
ing with 1t, but his eye did not take In
c beauty Of the scene. All that he
he