Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-06

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nenner. she's got one tale that sic
teiiN over an ever constantly. Enc OF
| he longest wuded y:r'us you evrr
heard. ahoAt how she fust get ac
iraHt"d with vuni:.n she Iuet hy ;.e-
| tIcent. She ioa-,ts sl.VS told it TWEEN
| ~ tunes. an iest takes 'er chair an
begins to HhW md s. far nobody baiat
| been nUid enough &c say they'd heard
! It before. ulI Wien led her a=couI.n
/ through the gaze Yesterday ! ted Hor-
tense eff she dared to spring that Ga
! @ag Oh me aG'in Id step er eff it
cost me my life. ! thought Hor
tense ud die Iaushin'. fer Mrs Dugan
had no sooner n set down than she be-
gun to tell about bow she fust met The
, woman. Vel, Id made my bet. an
/ wasn't aoin' TO be beat. Hold on,
said l: right here want to tell you
somen, Mrs. Dusan some'n powerful
quar- about me. l believe, OH my soul,
I've got second sight Second sight.
says she, in her mean way, why. l
didn't think you was quite Old enough
TO have yore second sight. L don't
mean that sort O. second sight. says
|; but I've noticed sometimes when
body would begin tale l could see
clean to the end of it long before the
end was reached. Now, says l. see eff
l amt right; the next time you met
that woman was at the county fair
whar she tuck fust prize on her patch
quilt an with that | finished out her
yarn, as pat as eff it was one o my
own brag tales. Lord, wasn't she hot.
She got as red as ripe tomato. 4
wasn't goin' to tell that says She i
rememb Der tellin' you that. was goin
to git round to some'n else; but. since
you are SO almighty smart. l reckon
I'll go on about my business, an with
that she f1irted out O the house. an
kicked the dog as she went by it Oh the
porch. When womans mad enough
to kick dog her dander's nyin' in 'er
eyes, Mrs. Hillyer laughed as she
thrust her red hand from beneath her
shawl and took the money the mer-
chant was giving her. Don't git mar
ried, Mr.. kenner," she said. "A wom-
!
grindstone with 'er mouth shet, or talk
you to deatli or BOTH
Kenner smjlingly walked with her
to the outer door. II was jest avon
derin, Mrs. Hillyer. what you think
about Georges case with that highfa-
lutin Virginia girl I'm interested in
that boy, an it looks like pity to me
1
mean jest that particular direction.
II know what you mean. MIR. Ken
ner' - the woman shuddered in ihe
! keen, cool breeze hut do you reckon
/ it's any more'n friendship on his side:'
That's what I'm hntiaerin about,
answered the cotton buyer. II don't
let on to George, of course, but I've
been w2tchin' him powerful close. He
wants everybody to think him an her
lest passin' friends but. law me. some
times when he thinks nobody hain't
a-lookin he gifts off his guard. One
day. while he WIS at work on his
hooks. she happened to ride past on
that frisky mare O hers. The animal
got scared at the puffin' O the com
The saddle siYth broke. an she fell in
a ditt h. She wasn't hurt one speck,
an seven or eight O my men at the
compress ran out an helped 'er up.
/ but George must "a thought she was,
fer he turned ss white as a sheet an
tremhled all over as he made bre k
fer the spot. an when he seed no harm
II TO hiS, f.f.0 of.fyr rl | "
pulfed dp, an be couldn't speak. An
she WAS watchin' i'm too. She was
perfectly cool an lookin' at him jest
like she WAS enjoyn' his excitement.
She aXed i'm one or two questions. an
it looked to me like she was jest duin'
it beca Sc he wasn't in the condition to
reply
Mrs. Hillyer laughed. You ort to
a been a woman. Mr.. KeEner. didn't
know any man alive could notice like
that. But do you reckon the pore
young man ever hopes to-you know
what I mean?'
'.,fhats the pretty part Of it," said
Kenner, with no little feeling 1T look
to me like he haint never dreamt Of
marryin', like he was jest satisfied to
let things 20 on as they are. II I'm
any Judge, that is the most dangerous
sort O. love. ef body kin call it that. .
"lll say this fer err said Mrs Hill
yer seriously II don't think she is d
woman that nd handle a mans affec
tions lightly jest fer the fun O the
thing. An sometimes l think she is
doin' jest like you say George is jest
a-lettin' the thing pull 'er along
KNOWN. as she does. that he hahn
the man 'er folks Nd accept So yot
think George rally is interested il
err
"That haint the word fer it, sale
kenner. "As fer her bein' above in
in station. what does that matter /.
him? I've never seed his equal fe
pride an self respect ! believe ef
rally refined young man is put in loV
c,,rrnvptiu'S Ia'il rferka q finer t.rpatl -,