Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-15

iioitu'"ds Miss Cosby laughed IN,
rilv and then suddenly Suh>,ced f.
her hostess WAS look ing at her wi,i, :,
pained expression
Its no laughing niatter. kitty W,
are in An awful fA You know i,,.
headStronY Lydia is and if sb. v.r,
just 10 get the idea hat we were n,,
posing her shed be worse tha, .y.r
>" kne" your Influence would l,e
%ocd. You will bring lcr back 10 tno
"'d associations. and in an indirect
way you can SHOW her the social nd
N;'h'aSea of marrying Governor Tel
fare"
| 'th. can do all that" said Kitty.
'and n she is not already in love with
'ihs TINS nondescrpt III bring her to
her senses. But tell me about him
That the main thing What's he like!
How does he conduct himself! Wby
| can't imagine a a son of q common
thief. lowborn mountai ineer. a penni
less bookkeeper, being even for a min
ute on social footing with the only
child of Major Cranston even if YOU
are living in the backwoods. out of all
creation. If the two We're shipwrecked
| on a lonely island together | should
think'-kitty was displaying her fine,
even teeth in jovial smie-"that the
very waves would throw up a sort of
| barrier"
"The religious element here governs
everything,'' returned Mrs. Cranston,
with patient smile. These good,
Christian people would think we were
awfully stuck up if we refused TO ad
NIT worthy Young man to our house
just because his father had gone
wrong: besides. ne had stablisbed him
self before his fathers trouble. We
s.mp y Gr:fted iuto the stuaiion and
things Went on till now we don't know
whore we stand But to be perfectly
far 10 hin, Kitty. he's simply Il mascu.
line marvel. When | began to fear
iim began to watch for Vulnerable
".orcs i'll his ma,;t!lp. bit I've found
'',%rious few. | tell YOU precious few
- know I've Seca good Society il
~ Virginia wtii:;n has. and l'n 60
< to tell You that lave never met Il
"'"re polished man in all by life-no.
=. not in Richmond. nor Loston. nor
...tl"ston. He Las actually made me
biush with shame. remember tnce
lispu'cd his word about one OF Bal
zacS heroes. only to have him prove
tlat was wrong few minutes later
in the incest manner
He lhtpipene;l to be dining here. too.
one night WHEN Bishop Page stopped
over with us on his way TO Florida
There We're several young men pres
cnt among them Tarpley cambridge.
who belongs to one of the very oldest
families in Georgia and is considered
the cntch of the county. Well, he sat
there like a stick in the cushion of his
chair and let Mr. Buckley conduct the
entire conversation with the bishop. In
fact. Bishop Page simply directed most
of lis remarks to Mr.. Buckley, and it
really WAS an intellectual treat. He
trippcd the bishop up twice, and the
old man flushed. but laughingly ad.
mitted he was wrong. He was most
favor; bly, Impressed with Mr.. Buckley,
and. of course, did not enter into
awkward explanations. Yes. his man.
nerS could not be improved. He must
have associated with refined people
when lac WAS off at college. shall
always say that the surest sign of u
icntleman is for him to put his elbows
en- Tie din'"r tah!e without seeming to
90 it. Grnt say Mi buckley puts
ms ON. b.l, he doesn't sit up Ike a
y, st ana not know What to do Win his
hands. as sIi..e h,tn t.J he acts. even
on U,c: Sit,rs Ike ti.;, dinner. as if such
thiuS Vt.e an eve .Ndav affair The
maid in pp>siN" HrcunI the table. aWk
wnrtly touched his elbow Just as h
was about 10 Grin. from his glass OF
claret and shook SOME of the wine out
on my best cloth. <ow, l once saw
the same thing happen to man in
Richmond. and he promptly laid the
blame where it belonged, to acquit him
self of appearing awkward but MIR
Buckley treated it with superb indlf,
ference He was telling some story,
and he did not even pause. but. taking
a salt cellar. he poured some of the
salt on the spot. and as he continued
to talk he kept rubbing it in as II he
hardly knew what he was doing. The
salt saved the cloth from bad stain
and it was all done as a prince might
have done it.
"You know the negroes can never for
give the poor whites for rising into
prominence, and Milly, when she was
clearing away the things from the tah!e
that evening called to me- Come here.
Miss Amy she said, with sneef'
'everybody done lef DER napkins on df
table 'cept dat po' white trash, en- he
lef' his in his chair OF course it WA
little thing and has no weight on"
way or another: but Go you know the