The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04

SOlc no1 Wy ~ tdDl0. ne OpcuSu nlS
mouth to express the formality COM
monty incidental TO the introduction of
q gentleman TO a lady. His mouth re-
NAMED open, soundless. Gradually
the benignity upon his c%ountenance
faded away. Conflicting emotions
beset and bewildered him as he OBJ
served the woman, uttering q cry of
Joy, rush forward ami throw her arms
about the dredger's neck. The en-
brace was a lengthy one, for the
dredger seemed as DESTROYS of pro-
longing it as the woman, and during
its continuance the mayor recovered
his poise somewhat.
"It appears" he remarked, dryly,
that you two people are already
slightly acquainted. L am, it is per-
haps, needless to inform you, rather
surprised. Mr.-er-Dawson, will you
do me the kindness TO explain2"
The dredger was visibly embarrass-
ed. He looked at the woman, whose
hand he vas fonding, then at the cell
ing, then at the floor. AT last he look
ed at the mayor and grinned.
"1 suppose L may as well make n
] clean breast of It," he said, 1t was
a joke in the beginning. Some of the
men in the gang 1 had been working
jokes, and I'd seemed to be a particu-
lar favorite as a butt. L made up my
mind to get even. So that day, when
my contract expired, L left my jacket
and vest on the wharf while the others
were at grub. Then L clawled under
the wharf and covered myself with
boards and waited for the joke to work.
1t worked better even. than L thought
it would. But l heard the men say so
many nice things about me, after they
had made up their minds I'd com-
mitted suicide because of a dlsappoint-
ment In love, that L was ashamed to
come out and give ;em the horse
laugh"
Every considerable of you," MUIR
INJURED the mayor.
eyes, L reckon twas something like
that. Anyway, enjoy it. Most men
have to die before folks say nice things
about 'em. 1 was Especially pleased
with your own words. Your little
speech, telling of the sorrow you felt
in the death of even a stranger, was
very nice"
CT am rashly lmpetuous at times"-
Cadgers .frowned heavily" and give
small credit. Proceed, if you please
Well, L vas comfortable under the
wharf. The weather was warm, the
light was good and L CHANGED to have
a move in my pistol pocket. L stayed
there till dark, when L crawled out and
footed it to Arcticville, where i took q
train for Blue River Falls to see my
, girl. She wasn't there. The folks
said she had gone away somewhere tC
, visit, after having a scrap with hel
brother, who she'd been living WITH
The woman spoke suddenly. He
turne,l me out, jim, after he'd hit me
in the face, because L wouldn't marry
that friend of his, Tip Weldon. /
didn't know what else TO do, but come
to you. / knew you intended to come
| here. SO i wrote to you, saying L was
coming, and then L came. Oh, Jim
Jim!'
She wept softly, clinging to his hand
: "There, there, Liz, it's all RICH
now" He bent awkwardly and kissed
t her. "I suppose the letter is IN tht
postofice now. l was here only a day
But as 1 was about to say"-turning t.
4, Cadgers-"I read in the papers abou
/. my suicide, and about the efforts tina
were being made to recover my re
mains, and | said to myself that maybe
l could get three or four days work a
good pay dragging for 'em."
GA man would naturally wish TO re
9 cover his own remains" unused TIT
mayor.
$50 l wrote you offering to take OIL
C the job for five dollars a day and Ito,
G myself, and you agreed. Twas a dare
devil thing for me to do, but L needed
the money, and it looked as If it woul,
g 90 through. | reckon 'twoulG have
@ too, if"
g Cadgers raised his hand, palm out
e ward. Enough" he SAID solemn,
:, and in his deepest bass. "Permit m,
to inform you, sir, that 1T would no
r have gone through. The fund whicl
was subscribed to reimburse you in tn
C premises has not been collected
S Furthermore it Is not collectable
l There are upon the paper the name
of no responsible citizens. | have beef
somewhat worried as to the manner il
!, which L would set forth this fact t
t you when the moment of settlemen
: should arrive. 1t is needless to say
while L am deeply grieyed and paine'
that anyone should trife as you hav,
1 trifled with the tenets of the highe
moral law that am much relieved il
mind"
= He raised the other hand and role,
his eyes upward.
J Bless you, my children," he mum
D bled.
And the following night the on,
: hundred and twelve citizens of Beaye
, Lake witnessed a wedding at the res
idence of the mayor, and the bride ant
groom were made much of, which
+ probably would not have been the cas-,
had the corporate heart been smalle
l or had the corporate moral STANDARD
been less subject TO suspicion.
A London medical journal says tina
American apples are cored, sliced ant
r dried, sent to France, and there con
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