The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-04-14

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i (, II sq,o igoal riding dottn the htll. 90
nized yon.Q,HHe's been threatening tc
\ 90 all theaafternoon. butsk insisted;oT
1t. You may be surprised, but l,shave
u business message for you, and 4
would have made Frank drive me pas,
! Your house on the way home If you
hadn't come" IA oas a4e - ~ :
\ s'iBusiness," Alan, laughed merriy
Hesfelt very happy in her presence IN
der all Z her assurances of welcome.
"Fhe idea OF your having asbusinees
message! That's REALLY funny.n2t p
/ well, that's what it Is. Sit down.
she made room for him in the ham
mock. and be sal, beside her his fool
Ishs braip in a whirl why, yes. II, Ia
business. and it concerns you.s ! fancy
it is important Anyway it may take
| you to town tonight" 1isw nat : z.sse
iXou don't mean lt,'s he laughed
she looked very pretty in her light Or
candle gown and big rustic hat with
its wide flowing ribbons GA 49, "a.
b. Yes, II is -, message from, Rayburn
Miller about that, railroad idea of
ybtirs." Esils . u 4 9Alg418 4 - "a
n"Really? Then he told you about
that? ~r,n .~.-
\ Ties. He was dowAlte' sse IRE 1tiaA.sst.
MfSE He didn't seem to think much
Of iii tier, ibdtF IAsiie }3hesifatAa find
smiled as # over the memory Of Some
thing amusing-"hes been thinking OF
it since y AS Frank and + drove
through the main street. this morning
Frank had gone in. q store to get a
basket OF rruit-he came to me on his
way to the train for Atlanta. He
hadn't time TO say much, but he said
if you were out here todaysto tell you
to come, in town tonight without fail
SO as to meet him at his, office early IN
the morning. \, He'll be, back on the,
midnight train. / i asked him If it was
about the,railroad, and he said ID was;
that he-had discovered something that
looked eAcouraging'"e' s4cis1 nc7t
I'm glad ofathat." said Alan. a thrill
of excitement passing over him. RAY.
burn threw cold water on nj ideas the
other day, and. -.
81 know he did, and it. was shame
said Dolly warmly The idea of his
thinking he is thesonly man in Georgia
with originality! l hope it
will come to s9tiefHi1gTyT MAI uN'
Il certainly de,a Fdspohded AihnI "Itss
the onlythingrIocoultl; think efrto help
my peobhNajd1 add lMhinaj 70 stake
all / have on (which is, after all,
nothing but time and energy, $3.50.
"Well, don't you let him or any one
else discourage you. g said the igiri,c her |
eyes flashing. "a manswho listens to
Ioth4 people and puts his~own ideas
IaSide is unworthy of the brain, God
gave him. There is another thing
her voice sank lower and her eyes
sought the ground "Rayburn, Miller Is /,
a fine all round man. but be is not per-
feet by any means. He talks freely to !
me- you know; he's known me since Il
was knee high; Well, he told me he 4
told me OF the talk he had With you at 4
the dance that night 80 OH that hurt 4
me-hurt me~ 49, .-~-,~n
,.af1e told sltR4fi" AfFs siiS8ea&g Alda !
eyes, 5ls6dT It 1adtdalisT gasE& me.
Does h6 ttihk ali nheh ought to 'dct on
that sort of advice? He might, for he
has made an unnatural man of. HIM
self, with all his, fancies for new fat:es, I
but You. are. not that kind Alan, and
I'm sorry you and he are So intimate:
not thar he can Influence YOU much.
but he has already In n way, and that
has pained me ,deeply.9a --1 a saw
"He has influenced me?' cried ALAN (
inesurprise. 81 think you areismis \
falen "a s'5,i1-9sm 81 L. 3F: - III
J tfou may not realize It. but he has;
said Dolly, with gentle and yet un;;
yielding earnestness. .You see. YOU
are so very sensitive that 1t would not
be hard to make FpV& helieye that
young man ought NIT til KEEP Sn |aating 1
fora girl whose phtdpts iobjact4o his
attentions"
"Ahla |as 6h&eahEhAhe9 drift.
Theft WIS 8 bau4e. At the foot of
the hill little Nook ram ifferlfly over
the water Drowned stones, and its
mon tonous. tapping could be heard dis;
tinetIy Under the trees across tie
open some Of the Couples had araNwh
and were singing:o7
silf'I see the boat go round the bend.
rs, Goodby. my lover. goodby."
ODDLY had said exactly what he had
never hoped to hear her says and the'
fact of her broadening such a subject. m
such a frank, determined way sent a /
glow Of happiness all oyer him srs II
II don't think" he began zthonght-I
fully, -+that RaybHrR' or any man could I
Keep me fFom'-she looked Into her full, II
expectant eyessand then plunged, mao
" 4eedid Keep me from caring for n,
Fou, from loving you with all my heart
Dolly, but it really is d terrible thing 4
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