The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-05
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SYNOPSIS.

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CHAPTER 'I-Phnip Rossiter, a young
cellege-bred man, through lack of deter
! animation and will-power, had descended
| to the level of a common tramp. He
| by chance gets off at Illica, town well
| known to him in his college days.
| CHAPTER II.-While lounging on the
| river bank next day he hears cry for
from drowning The latter seeing what
! Rossiter Is and wishing to help him asks
Philip to accompany him to the hop
| fields where he Is going to work. Philip
consents to go with him.
! CHAPTER III.-They go to a barber In
town who improves Philips appearance
| and later, in company with Joe's mother
sister and brother, they leave for Mr..
Merton's hop-fields
CHAPTER Won the way Philip rec
ognizes many scenes familiar to him in
his college days, and the contrast be-
tween his bright ambitions of those 6a;'s
and his, present low condition saddens
him and makes him despise himself.
CHAPTER Vat the hop-felds Ros-
sitter meets Miss Merton and her cousin.
Miss Sylvia Densmore, of Illica. He is
fascinated with the beauty and charm of
the latter but tries not to let her know
it. He has resolved to reform and is
happy to know he is again a man. While
out stroiling one evening he meets
''Whiskers," q tramp Of the lowest order
he had once known. Philip knows his
presence means no good.
CHAPTER VL-Miss Merton and Miss
Densmore, who are working. in the hop
fields for pleasure, learn that Rossitcr
is we'll educated and are consequently
mystfied to find him working in a hop
field.
CHAPTER vII-Rossiter the follow.
ing Sunday. saves Miss Densmore from
an attack by "Whiskers," the tramp.
CHAPTER villa hop-dance is to be
given and although Philip decides not to
CO. he changes his decision at the solicit
tation of the two girls and spends an
enjoyable evening with Miss Densmore.
CHAPTER IX.-sylva finds Philip an
unsolvable mystery. He tells her of his
travels and She If nothing more, has
come to admire and respect him for the
manly qualities she has observed In him.
'Whiskers' Is caught and is given a Sc
we're lashing.
CHAPTER X.-"VThiskers' sets fire to
the hop-kiln one night but 1t is extin-
guished before much damage is done.
CHAPTER XI.-As hop-picking draws
to a close Sylvia becomes aware of Ros-
siter's interest in her. Mr.. Merton, while
returning from town one day with
Sylvia is attacked by "Whiskers," but
arrives in time to save them, but is
badly hurt in doing so.
CHAPTER XII-With Sylvia's nurs-
ing he RECEIVERS and = has about deter
CARELESS of consequences. when he over
hears a young. city friend, and supposed
lover. tell her of his love. His hopes are
dashed as he does not know of her re-
fusal.
CHAPTER XIIINRossiter leaves imme-
diately without saying good-by to Sylvia
He -wanders off Rimlessly and awakens
to the fact that he is once more COM
mon tramp and Vagabond, with his re-
cent experiences more like a dream than
reality. Darkness finds him near a
straw stack and he makes for 1t, hop
ing to sleen under it, but finds the de-
testable "Whiskers" sleeping there and
he realizes what he had gone back to. He
leaves the place and resolves to over
come his weakness. Next morning he
learns that the straw stack had burned
during the night and "Whiskers'' had
been cremated.
CHAPTER XIV.-Rosslter reforms, OBJ
tains position on the stan of the Hin
tOnville Star. and Is once more a re-
spectacle member of the community. At
dance at the old college one evening
Philip accidentally meets Sylvia and they
discuss old times. He learns that she
is not married and he tells her of his
old and continued love for her with
successful results.