The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-01

Mrs. Mann staggered back as from !
the effects Of heavy blow. Sims |
words, spoken so quietly, so positively, (,
so Unexpectedly, completely disconcert. |
ed her. In one breath they had dashed |
all her newly formed hopes and opened |
her eyes to the fact that the one great
desire OF her soul would never be real
lied. Sick at heart and pale with dis |
appointment, she stared at Sim for q
full minute in painful silence.
But presently a change came over
her, and the paleness OF disappoint
ment on her face slowly gave way to
the flush of anger. II she could love
with a passion that but few women
know, she could hate equally we'll
Fixing her eyes on Sim, with such an
expression of deadly hatred as he had
never seen in any human eyes before,
she said:
"Sim Banks, you are u fool, poor,
pitiful, miS'ablc fool an | despise you
with my whole heart and soul. de
splse you wuSs'n despse the meancst
snake that ever drawcd the breath OF
life or crawled in the dust. hate you!
l hate you"
Ordinarily Sim would have been as
tonishcd at this sudden and vehement
outburst, but at that moment he was
not in state Of mind to be aStonshed
at anything. With wan, weary smile,
he said:
That's II different tune, Ais'us
Mann. to what you sung that night up
thar when you told bout lovin me-"
"What If 1t is?" she snapped vicious,
ly.
ooh. nothin. 1t don't make no differ
ence to me what kind Of tune you sing,
nary particle OH earth I'd jest as
lief you'd sing this kind as the other,
an | don't know If wouldn't liefer.
But seems like you've changed heap"
"S'pose | have? Is 1t any sign cause
body's q fool once they're goin to
allus be fool? An | was a fool then,
| Sim Banks plumb downright idiot
fool. If | hadn't "a been, I'd never "a
| thought that I loved the likes of such
mis'able thing rs you. Lord, YOU
make me pl ""b sick with your fool
clingin to l., ecSys skirts when she's
doin her very best 20 kick you or. You
| amt got as much sense nor as much
backbone as q tishworm."
A fash of anger swept over Sim.
"Mary Mann" he said, with some
spirit, what I do Is my own business.
an as long as don't step on your corns
you amt got no cause to SQucal No
matter what | do nor what LouCcSy
does, 1t amt takin no hide Off OF your
back, as | kin sce so l reckon you
mought jiSt rs we'll save your breath
for some other purpose"
"IIumph! l reckon you mean to say
that it amt none Of my business"
IL do, Mis'us Mann; mean Jest that
exactly"
"Waal, mcbby it aint my business;
but, for all that Sim Banks, I'm bound
to say that you're n fool an that cv-
er'body knows YOU are
"Wnal, IS am it's tho Lords; doin's.
He made me that away, an I cau't
help it. If YOU got any quarrel to
make about 1t, you better go on to
him."
"iourc sich Sot IN determined
fool Mrs. Mann said, ignoring Sims
last remarks, that you wouldn't be-
licve a thing ag'n LouccSy If you see
1t with your own eyes. Them words I
told you are the truth, the plumb gos-
pei truth, an I'd be willin to sw'ar to
'em with my hand lifted up TO heaven
an the Bible open before my eyes"
Il don't b'lcvc nary Il word Of it.
Mis'us Mann, an | wouldn't b'licve
nary word OF it If YOU was to STAN
up here an Sw'ar to II till YOU drappcd
In your tracks. It's ever Spcck mis-
able lir!'
"Its ever spcck the Gods truth"
Il say It's n lic.'
Mrs. Mann was silent for little
while. but hers was not the silence Of
the vanquiShed. She was only nre-
pairing to deal n harder blow. AS sh,
stood with her eyes fixed on Sim she
marvclcd at the change that had com,
over her. She thought OF how dearly
she had once loved that man ana OF
now thoroughly she now dcSpiScd him
or how once she had longcl to max,
him happy and OF how now she delight
ed in making him suffer. or a truth
hell has no fury like that Of Il woman
scorncd Trucr words were never ut.
tered. nor ever was there a woman tC
whom they more perfectly applied than
they did to Mary Mann.
Calmly, far more calmly, than she
felt, she said
IL reckon you know Sam Morgan,
Sim?'
Sim glanced UP in surprise.
"Ale know Sam Morgan he cx-
claimed. Land, what question to
ask! Amt knowcd Sam Morgan
from the day he was borncd?"
"An, in him that away, | want
to ask If you ever knowcd him to tell n
lic?"
81 never did. Sam Morgan amt no
liar. no matter what else you can say
bout him."
Then If he was to tell you anything
you'd b'licvc it:'
sim began to suspect to what Mrs.
Mann's questions were leading and n
sensation of fear came over him. How.
ever. after little hesitation he an
severed.
"Yes. If Sam Morgan was to tell me
anything for a Bible truth, I'd b1icve
| him."
Even IL 1t was them words [ spoke
to you bout Iouecsy an that Mr.. Mel.
| VIM"
Sims face blanchcd to a deadly
whiteness, and n dreadful trembling
seized him. IL Sam Morgan said those
things, he couldn't doubt them. and I'm
spite or himself. I'm spite OF all his ear.
| nest desires, he would have to brIipvn