Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-26

i,ugan in on my racket. an lowe.
she'd have a fit. she was so tickle,:
She got her SEWN an come over al
We tuck chairs nigh Hortense an Mrs
Dngan begun. You'd a thought she
was on the courthouse stand swearin
II a murder case. she WAS so serious.
She led up to it as gradual as man
IRWIN Il school o fish upstream into
net. think she give everybody III
barley slap or n dab in passin. FL
nally she sal. it was the men that
Was so steady that was the regular
devils Oh the sly. Now. thar's that
long. slim shanEed Kenner,' said she.
fappin' out the sheet she was hem
min. Folks thinks he's so innocent:
but, la me, he's the terriblest firt in
seven states. He buys cotton all over
the country an has n gal in every town
he hits
You are off thar said l. 4 know
better'n that He's one man that don't
care fer women
Tell that to the maroons.' Mrs. Du-
gan sneered. Then she reeled off tale
she said Bob Hanks wife told 'er about
bet Jim Kenner an whole psssle
O. fellers had made, that they was gon'
to kiss a certain gal whether or no
She said the gal was kinder saft. any
way. an they all got a whack ut her
but that when Jim kenner got throHgii
with 'er she had lie b:tck;.ciie an said
he was the wust she'd ever seed |
WAS ;i-watcllin' Hortense oct o the cor
n:'s, G :aiy- eve. She go: f:'St White An
tEen red. but she kent or ears o,nss.
! don't know ali Mrs. Dugan ui,;ui
Say. bal tie best thing WAS WHEN sl1,
said 10 ordinary woman could lu;kc
any Impression On Il man O that stamp
l seed Hortease sorter bite 'cr - an
strai"hten up like she was NJ. kin a.
resolution. Aud after Mrs Dugan bad
gore Eone she set around like size N;ls
ont n j'int all at once. You know y
WOMAN will kinder count on ma1is
regard. an feed on it. an Jest drift
without lookin' ahead. Ef she's shore
O. his admiration she'd heap @ times
ruther have i'm at arms length than to
be cookin' an scrubbin' fer i'm ur his
brats That's whar Hortense was at
She's knowed few married men an
had noticed how plumb crazy they was
about ther wives after the honeymoon
was over But nothin' amt smooth in
this world. an why should married life
be an exception? An then Hortense
hates to be called old maid Well.
tn <o1n OFF
out fiat that evenin' an said. When
you see Mr.. Kenner you may tell i'm he
kin come An while you was out
home last Thursday night they had the
parlor to themselves. Me an Mr.. Hill
yer set on the front veranda. Jim Ken
ner hain't no slOuch. He kept 'er
laughn' all evenin' at his tales. an
said he was the most agreeable man
we'd ever met. Not a words been said
bout marvin betwixt 'em. but III
falk to- 'er about 'er things inside Of
week now see eff l don't Seems like
lots O. Darley folks is under the wealth
~ here lately. Thar's Lawyer Trabue.
hey say he's awfully sick. George
i.uckiey, l may look light hearted, but
I'VE got sight to trouble me. l wolry
about Mr.. Hillyer mighty nigh con-
slant"
Il suppose you do" answered Buck
ley, meeting her glance sympathetic
ally
81 worry about him beca Sc he hain'r
open with me-" she went on. You
know thar's one matter that we never
betwiXt us. an l jest have to
guess at how he feels in his different
moods. Now. I'm bothered over the
ness. Why should he git excited over
that? But he is. When we fust heard
1t he didn't seem to pay no more at
tention to it than if the report had been
about any other citizen, but all at
once, while he was readin' the AdvO-
cate at the lamp, he put the paper
down quick an got up an went out
side. l went to the door an heard i'm
akin Jake how Trabue was, an when
Jake told i'm he wasn't no better he
come back in the house pale an nerv-
Gus, an last night he hardly slept at
all. Do you know of any important
dealings he's had with Trabue.
George?'
mo, do not, Mrs. Hiliyer." George
replied. II can't understand it,
II sorter thought at fust that it was
beca'se him an rrabue is about the
same age, an it sorter made i'm re-
feet on the end we all have to come to.
You know, George, Mr.. Hillyer's great
trouble has made i'm more afeard to
die than most men-men O. that sort
seem to dread the end. like they think
some special punishment is in store fer
'em. AS fer as I'm concerned. don't
believe Mr.. Hillyer II be punished at
all. He's suffered ten times too much
already"
Later that evening Hillyer took
George into Lis confidence as ley We're
smoking on the lawn together.
"George, I'm In Q sight o trouble"