The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-10


dence. an. strong evidence at that.
Then I'm a.goin' to tell 'em what me n |
you have agreed on. That Is my trump
| card. It'll knock out anything 'neS |
! hold; now you see eft II qoh l.
0oin' to give them a-talkin' to that they
wont forget soon. an I'll do 1t right !
TON fer I don't expect to tell anything
INFO the balmy spring Sunshine. Ills
wife was near him, and Lydia had just
come in with a glass of claret punch
/ and stood stirring it at his side. 1hey
all greeted her pleasantly, ana hyula
seemed somewhat surprised at the uii-
oxnected visit, for ii occurred 10 ner
o,,ioL mowers of observation tnat'
while George Buckley lay i'll at inc
! Hnlvers' ahd right upon the news Oh
his fathers death and pubic exonera-
tion call from Mrs. Hillyer was 10
saw the least, extraordinary. So Lyd-
las face became rigidly expectant as
she seated herself and endeavored To
participate calmly in the platitudes
that her mother, with her usual TACT
managed to set going.
81 was powerful glad to hear, salo
Mrs. Hillyer to the major tnat .ne
New York specialist made favorable
report on yore case.
Eyes; he took quite load OF worry
off my mind, thank you, madam.
The major always addressed ladies' as
"modam" whom he did not specially
like. 1t was a way he had of leaving
the impression that he might or might
not remember their names. In the
same way he frequently greeted GER
tain men whom he considered beneath
him socially with a vague HOW 90
Won do sir?" However, his formality
of speech today had little effect on the
visitor. If he had called her by her
given name. without prefix, she would
not have spoken what was ON her nina
any sooner.
; "Thar's no use beatin' the devil
around a bush, folkses," she began
lightly. "I've come here this mornin
to do nv duty as see 1t, an ham
, a-poin to waste time. The good book
saws do unto others as you'd have them
, do unto YOU, an eff l was actin as
wrong as you uns are I'd want folks TO
fell me of it. I'd want 'em to telegraph
eff they couldn't git to me right away.
The Cranstons were all staring liked
2 ". The warm color was rising in
J Lydia's face.
"Why. what's wrong, madam asked
! the major in establishment.
, ITS all about yore daughter here
!. an George Buckley" Mrs. Hillyer
: blurted out with firmness. Them two
. hain't bein' treated right. 1t may seem
o like I'm takin' a lots fer granted IN
includin' her. but she don't look to me
ike a fool, an any woman would be
II a fool to be adored by man like
= she is by George Buckley an not want
. to treat i'm with common decency
lydia started to speak as she drew
Il herself up more erectly but her father
!, prevented it.
II Il trust you will pardon me. madam
: he said "for frankly saying that the
, subject isn't agreeable to us"
4 "Oh. wore excusable," said the call
n or. 81 wouldn't hold that agin you
/ but it won't hurt you to git down 10
q rock bottom facts. / believe yofe
E irwin to keep yore pure hearted daugh
=, fer from dom what's right, an to per
n suade 'er to do what she'll regret. Thai
% hain't but one man on the topslde
q Gods green globe today that she or
n to marry, an that man is George BUCK
:, lev. An what have you got agin hin
u now, I'd like to know? After seem al
"a that pitiful account in the papers OF inc
ar wrong done his old father, you cayn1
,t shake that in the pore, wounded boy
q face. You cayn't say he's coward
20 as they say about the lordly governor
v O. this state. You cayn't say he's
re bankrupt an a spendthrift, like they
Se say about Telfare. Nur you cayn't ac
it cuse George Buckley O. resortin to low
= political tricks to advance his inter
O. ests, an =
rt MADAM" the major broke in, raising
tn his thin hand protestingly, Il must be-
YOU
but the truth. Eff Lydia Cranston ha
It! engaged 'erself to that stuck up bumI
IN on a rotten log, she'll have the satisfaC
ks ton o. KNOWN that thar's one womal
Ill in the land that knows whar she's dri'
n 'er ducks"
Hillyer rose, with a smile. "Well
re maybe you kin sorter bring 'em to the
en- senses, an l say go it. lost conrro
MT O. myself t'other day an give the oil
be major piece O my mind, an h
ce mought as well git t'other half froI
he, you. l wish you luck. Eff you fail,
ng will be about the fust time you'v
TO missed fire since I've knowed you.
IS reckon it won't kill i'm. Mrs. Duga
rs saws the New York doctor found III
re as sound as dollar"
About 10 o'clock Mrs. Hillyer wer
down to Cranstons'. She was attire
in her best black silk gown and flow
st, cred bonnet, and she walked. with