The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
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who did not look! Gil
NOW MISS Betty Davis was n mod
erately attractive young woman anl
pretty, but she had never beforo ~,
splred such sudden-such eyidopt o,,,
n'ehSe admiration as they did now
| ana she could not help feeling n,t
'oiou ny h--so much so that WHOM
aI 'he eald or only half an hour tho
'""hS man asked IL he might call
'"o .' '"sh'S answered yes" rcficc,inp
H"' ,,i .honsh she knew nothing Of
49,, n.m, .hc Greysons did, and ho must
pe all right if she met him at tboir
house ''"' ~ 'ieir
,, one oid not know to what straits
'ne EreySon girls brother was come,
''',,c9 r"ouccd lii the matter OF men
>. "' ""rilS the next few weeks she
VI" ''iahy more curious things tban
'""', '"r Nrchl"'s wCoing was OF q
SWlh. passionate. determined nature
"hl'h hnrHi down all barriers and c,:.-
r''d away the girl hcrsolf. thor.,,
"2""d and wondering. By the very re-
Si:A '"&$nc&# Of its force.
He did not care tina, there WIS a,-
r"adE an arc2Nt"d SUii0r in the ficld-
i" GiU rot seem "V"n 10 rcaliZn Tho
la"t rnil on" evening when that
young RAN most ri%A,o0rlsly a,jcn,p,-
cd to knock him down.
Thea .Nchi" simply demons .2tol |
that physically. Al icas>. he was The |.
h"ii"r nan Oi the Two. after ;!hirh |
n" gently picrCd his rival uN. os- !
r""tcd him home. and apo!n"i%od /,
I"o5i hNmh'y for the broken lpn,i-- .
hn' WoAt ri"ht on with his doS,rur- |
Non OF ihc poor mans heart.
II" cared not a whit what Rctty's !
other charms or faults mi.h, bo snr
fulhllcd the ideal which his fad had
SGT up for him. Sh" was the only girl |
IN the world whom he could love. and ,
win her he must and wOuld--a purpose |
in which he succeeded SO we'll that
in Il few weeks Betty had discarded a
low" which had been part of her life
ever since she had worn Shor; frocks
tnnd pi&tail. and four months later
Twas not only engaged but married to
her now and ardent Sui,or.
In fact everything was done in s,ich
ped into tn" carriage after the carr-
N1ny lha; either OF them fullY realized
what had haDrcncd--th"y had livrG IN
such a state OF ncrvuU.; cXct,"mCut,
Of strain and hurry and opposition.
ever since they had known each other.
tina, they had not had ,imc 30 think.
ANA ArChi" Suddnnly remembered that
lis now mair wife had never even
heard ~" BEGINNING Of their story.
"Ecuy.' he said softly. as he drew
h"r yellow head down on his shoulder.
Il den, believe you know when | fell
in low" with YOU"
"Why- why"--wi,h a little stamucr
Of Surpr!;c--"w wasn't it,
AT the GrcySOnS'? No. ma'am; rd
been madly in love with you for
months before that" and then. with
her big eyes looking wondcrin%ly into
his. he went on: 1T all happened one
day just about year ago. when |
was taking some poor chap homo in
the ambulance and we got cauGhi
right by y cable car. You were sit
NnE worry near me. and YOU were the
"n!% ono GI al those pcOplr-----" &ut
he &ni II" furi hCr. fer she had iunnGi
up. her face flushed with cXCi;cmrnt
'Oh, Archic.' Snc cried. was i,
realty you ON that ambulance? Il
%'tn!:i too good to Dn truc---l'vc been
juy; dl;"T 20 know all about ii ever
"ir"". II W.; before hnd Ny g!a ;"cs,
y0u !;ruy. and il wOutln'i L"rn tunc
iiir 4 hit oi GOOD il NaG lnuNrI: pu,
il nearly broke my ho.rt. rnd %ut
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