Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-06

OF l'other.'
You say YOU are?'
{ "Nes. | air. know human na,nr',
, an I'm not afe"rd to risN nay .l;:dg-
ment I'm a@oi:' 10 take that letter
George writ TO ycU Tie night he VS.
shot t-oh YES. | am: yea ftredn't raise {"
Kick about lat. 1t is admitted as e.;,
! ucnre. an strong evidence at thai.
Tl'cn I'm ;:.%oin' 20 tell EN- what me 7,
YOU have agreed on That is my trump
card. It'll knock oHt anything they
! hold: now vou see ef il don't. Pm
Gn:n tc give them H-t"..Hin' to that they
won forget soon. an III do il RIGHT
90. fer don't expect to tell anytljp.
.'at tiit 'fdth. Ii ~ ga ra anston has
'nSagru 'erself Is i.,lt stuck I'D bunp
Oh Il rotten log. size II have the s:ltisfac.
tlon q E1oWin that thar's one woman
Ia the land that knows whar she's Jriy
er ducks
Hil}yer rose, with smile. "Well.
maybe you Kin sorter bring EN- to Their
senses, an | say go it. lost control
, myself tother day an give the old
MAJOR a piece o my mind. an he
uought as we'll git tother half from
you. l wish YOU luck. Eff you fail, it
will be about the fust time you've
missed fire since I've knowed YOU
reckon it Won't Kill i'm Mrs Dngan
says the New York doctor found IN
as sound as Il dollar
+ih1et TO o'clock Mrs l.llyer went
down 10 Cranstuis She. was ALTERED
III her best black sin @nsV4l ard flow
cred bonnet. ;tn,i size walked with a
i..i.l. decided tread Size vas Invited
by The r:;!,.sefvant III he door in,o
j" >iti.n. foom. Were cr#nston sat
ia 20 h"nlv S;i'ing sUn>hlIe t.
wife VIZ he hlfa, and Lydia had lust
:oEle il with Il class Of eia,,et punch
1nd Sto"u stirring ii q! i..s S,de. 'ilipf
all "ree;e3 her plea sanity, and Lydia
eatne sa,;lewhat sGlpr!:>.A at the un
Expected H>it for it occurred to her
:jssck powers of observation that
Wide George Buckley lay i'll at the
!..lse.s and right upon the news of
his fathers death and public eXo,lera-
,len. !, call from Mrs. Hii!:er was to
say Che least extraordinary. SO Izyd
Ia; face became rigidly eNp"ctant as
she seatt, herself and endeavortt to
participate calmly in the platitudes
Shat her mother, with her usual tact
managed TO set going.
Il WAS powerful glad to hear" said
Mrs. HiliNer to the major. that tie
New York specialist made a favorable
rer0rt on yOre case"
Yes: he took quite n load of worry
"tf my mind, thank YOU. madam"
The ma jor always addressed ladies' as
"nadam" 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 vague How do
you do, sir?' However, his formality
Of speech today had little effect on the
visitor If he had called her by her
given name, without a prefix, she would
not have spoken what was on her mind
any sooner.
"Thar's no use beatin' the devil
around a bush, folkses,' she began
lightly. 1--WE come here this mornin'
TO do my duty as | see it, an hain't
a -goin' to waste time. The good book
says do unto others AS you'd have them
do ul,o you. an ef | WAS actin as
wrong as you uns are I'd want folks to
,cIl lne of it. I'd want EN- to telegraph
f they couldn't git to NE right away"
The CranstonS We're all staring fixed
= The warm color was rising in
!, ,.NdiH' : face.
Nv hy, what's wrong. MADAME" asked
ille major in aSton;shuent.
Its all about yore daughter here
N George Buckley. Mrs Hillyer
nlurted out with lirH.ess. Them two
.iai bein' treated Eight 1t may seem
ike In takn' IL lots fer granted in
includin her, but she don't look to me
like Il fool, an any woman would be
ii fool to be adoled by man like
she is by George Buckley an not want
y
Lydia started TO speak as she drew
herself Zip more erectly, but her father
prevented it.
II trust you will pardon me. madam"
be said, for frankly saying that the
subject isn't agreeable to u.s."
"Oh, yo're excusable,' said the call
nr. Il wouldn't hold that agin you.
but it won't hurt you to git down to
rock bottom facts l believe yOre
tryin' to keep yore pure hearted daugh
ter from dom what's right. an to per-
s,l,de 'er to do what she'll regret. Thar
hain't bit one man on the topside o
Gods green. globe today that she ort
10 marry. an' that man Is George Buck
ey An what have You got agin him
now, I'd like to know? After seein' all
hat pitifui account in the papers OF the
wrong done his old father, you cayn't
shake that in the pore, wounded hoyss
face. Yon cayn't say he's coward.
IS they say about the lordly governor
, this state. You cayn't say he's a
an a spendthrift, like they
,ay about Telfare. Nur you cayn't &C