Mower County transcript., 1904-10-12

give the poor whites for rising into
prominence, and Mil1y, when she was
clearing away the things from the table
that evening, called to me- Come here,
Miss ANY, she said, with a. sneer;
everybody done Ief' DER napkins on de
table 'cept dat po' white trash, en- he
LET, his in. his chair OF course It was
a little thing and has no weight one
way or another; but, do you know, the
next month when I was back in Rich
mond, and your aunt Tilly had that
young English lord to dinner, watch
ed everything he did and noticed that
he dropped his napkin in his chair
when he left the table. have since
learned that It Is quite customary over
there. We don't do it, you know, but
really they would look nicer in the
chairs than lot Of linen wads stuck
about among the finger bowls and
salad dishes. They would be less sug-
gestive Of the lavatory Of a crowded
sleeping car early in the morning. !.
Kitty Cosby drew a full breath when
Mrs. Cranston paused.
"And on top Of all that you say he's
good looking" she said, with pretty
smile. ''Well, I'll tell you, you'd bet
ter send ME back to Richmond. My
folks have certain vague matrimonial
plans for me, and don't know whether
I'm safe here or not. 1 always did love
to kick over the traces"
''Oh, do be sensible, Kitty!"
"Well, you certainly have got trouble
ahead" said the girl, more seriously.
Lydia would hate to cause discord in
the family, K know, but nine girls out
Of ten would fall dead in love with that
sort of man under those circumstances,
and they would want to stick to him
too.''
"Oh, Kitty, how could we-how could
we possibly write back that our only
child was to marry man like that?
What would the Parsons, the Wood
burys, the Delmars, think? And Aunt
Halle, who at once gets the particu-
lars, and if the name were not down in
Bishop Meades "Old Families and
Churches she'd have fit. 1t won't
do, Kitty; it won't do. Something has
got to be DONE"
Eyes, but what?' said the girl. ''You
can count on me. I'll earn my board
while I'm here if possibly can. How
does Governor Telfare like his rival?"
"He's simply crazy, Kitty. He is
just at the age to want to do things
in a hurry too. Folks say he never
cared for his dead wife, and I suppose
this is really his first love affair. He
confded in me and said he simply
could not bear a refusal. Then, just
as I have explained to you, I told him
what we feared in regard to Lydia's
sympathy-I called it that-for George
Buckley and advised him to handle
her cautiously. - He turned as white as
a sheet, and his proud, thin lip curled
like an angry dogs.
"'Do you mean to tell me, Mrs.
Cranston,' he said, that have a rival
in that man, the son Of Georgia con-
vict-1, the only living Telfare in the
.line-1, who have been honored by my
\
been honored? Am to meet ON equal
ground, under the roof Of the. most
aristocratc family Of the Old Domin-
ion, a man Of that rank?'
II was awfully frightened over his
manner, but I simply held to the
ground that Lydia had good heart
and was loyal to her unfortunate
friends, and that If he wanted to lose
her by being 1mprudent and ro1sing
her anger I should feel that had
given him due warning. He cooled
down a little, and my talk didn't do the
cause a bit of harm, for he simply
dogged Lydta's footsteps all the rest
Of his visit, and when he went back to
Atlanta he sent her fully $50 worth of
roses. The major says ought never
to have mentioned George Buckley's 8
name to him-that Governor Telfare is
a most dangerous man, with a violent
temper. He says he'd actually be
afraid to have the two men meet here,
but wouldn't. Buckley is a brave
man, I've no doubt, but I'd venture
anything that he'd control himself un-
der any circumstances"
When the two ladies had gone back
to the house and parted in the big hall
Miss Cosby turned into the parlor
where our heroine sat at the piano
idly running her hands over the keys.
II declare, you are lucky girl, Lyd'
1a," said Kitty.
ITO have you with me, dear, in this
quiet placer' smiled Lydia, looking up.
mo" The visitor bent over the
speaker. "Guess again.
"I'm not good at guessing. It's tire
some, like playing whist when one is
out Of practice"
Lydia, every girl in our set simply
went wild when we heard about the
marked attentions you were receiving
from Governor Telfare. You know
there are piles and piles Of marriage
able girls in the south and very, very
few young, unyoked governors =
''That's quite true,' said Lydia, with
q nOnc0mmftta1 smile