The Sunday globe., 1901-07-07
CHAPTER IN-Continued
THE GROUP o. SIN

6l HuAlOus
and your State isl" asked l.
Georgia" she responded "A gen
Grafton agone we had Bill Arp and
sut Lovingood To-day Joel Chandler
Harris CUncle RemusD, Bridges W..
Smith. Frank L. Stanton and Smith
Clayton sings the songs, and you know
that aphorism, Let me write the songs,
care not who makes the laws 1t is
in the sunny Southland that the in
spiration is sought for the song. No
less than four familiar Southern airs
will live until time shall take its flight
into eternity. These are Maryland,
My Maryland My Old Kentucky
Home, Way Down on the Suwanee
River and Dixie"
Eyes; | fancy a band unable to pro.
duce these would be forced to go out
of business
We retired early. Suddenly l was
awakened by what appeared to be
voice calling "Violetta!" / started up
in bed, saw Ada standing at the door
of our hat closet, and sank back re-
lieved
81 couldn't hear you, Olga" she said.
81 had my head up in the closet.
II said l had a tip that Dennie had
started after Violetta, said Olga from
the next room
Something mysterious about that
Violetta business. l believe Mrs. Ro-
land knows more than she cares to
tell"
She'll hear you if you don't watch
out"
"Oh, she's sound asleep. | stood right
by her bed while 1 took off my hat,
and fell over a chair just as you called
to me, and she never moved Every.
body was at Alma's but you had
one of the best times. Where did you
disappear all of a sudden
81 met Nat right there by the drug
store He lef IN the 1920 for Aspen,
Colorado. NoJung would do but l
must 90 to the depot. And we set
there and held each others hands, like
two fools, both half crying He's gone
out there, the other side ID the Rocky
Mountains, where the water runs the
other way, to make his fortune. May
be he'll send for me. We promised to
write"
You should have come up after the
train left. Vina was secretary. She
brought lap full of constitutions and
bylaws Of various organizations
Alma presided"
Before you go any further, let me
step in the next room and see If those
two women are asleep" said Olga.
She came in our room, standing the
door wide open as she entered She
walked around the room, finding Mrs.
Edenworth breathing heavily and in
dreamland. She paused at my bedside
and would have made affidavit ] was
inhabiting the same territory
Shut the door and they won't hear
aus" suggested Ada
mo, it's too hot. I'm leave 1t ajar
You couldn't wake either of them with
a cannon"
I'VE can't be too careful We de-
cided, first, no member should allow
any of fsur classes to wait on her"
And they were?'
"The bill poster, the hack driver, the
bartender and the salOon-keeper were
all barred Vina showed us where a
number Of organizations refused 10 adj
NIT saloou-keepers. We started to in
clude collectors, but some one said col
lectOrs stood a chance Of promotion
After the chair-that's Alma-hat
been selected as a committee of one
TO draw up a set Of regulations based
on cur action, she gave out the pass
word"
What is it?'
You think it would be an right q,
give it to yOu?"
why. certainly. I'm one Of the six
You adopted that name-Group of SE
didn't you?"
"Alma told us never to write it
When we gave it to anybody to maxi
them repeat It after us, but never Il
nut Il IN paper. Il goes like this. 'Thl
visitor says to Alma, when she answer
the bell. 4 come to collect the insur
apce' What insurance she interrC
gates The safety insurance, Is rh
reply. For whom" Then the gentle
man gives the name Of lne member Civ
ing him the password and the one b
desires to meet"
u can remember that AN right" sal
Olga, repeating IT.
And I repeated it at the same time
CHAPTER X
A LETTER FROM NAT.
arrived at my office i'm the Coraora
Building call it my Office becaus
carry the key-early Mr. Whime
soon put In an appearance
you got away yesterday atternoo
Just in time TO miss the raid said h
after a cherry good morning.
Raid" ! responded, wOndcrln
what sort Of a place ! had stumble
into this time.
"Yes: YOU can call it nothing els
A regular deluge Of applicants IN al
sWer TO the Star adv. ] can't unde
stand how you managed TO get so ia
ahead Of the pack
could, thanks to Dennie.
my usual good luck ] replied.
simultaneously with the arrival
the letter carrier came an abbreviate
blonde ! passed Mr. whitney Wl
was seated at his desk over by On
window. a bundle Of letters. The lad
turned her attention to me.
paw said there might be somethin
doing II ] would come up here wa
her Introductory speech.
paw was wrong" ! heard Mr.. Viii
ney mUtter in an aside.
dVm from New York" she continued