Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-31

fortune wheel against the wall. See
ing the merchant. liilhouse. Il fat. red
laced man with & eyed and waxed
mGstache. CAME round to him from
behind the counter.
"Iook,a fer George, I'll bet" he
said in a friendly, half confidential
tone lies jest gone. squire" Hill
Iyfr had Years before been a Justice of
the peace. Il went with i'm clean to
the door of the warehouse an seed
hat he Went in
Then he was''=-
The wust | ever seed, squire Oh.
ne could walk all right an knowed
what he was about, but he's a reg'lar
rippin terror He come in here.
reckon. about an hour ago an tuck q
couple O drinks an then set down
over thar at the little table. | lowed
he was asleep. he was SO quiet. an |
reckon every body else did, fer Bascom
Tr'litt from over in the mountains
come in an begun to talk about old
man Ruckleys sentence He hadn't
said word that was wrong, but
George heard it an riz suddenly an
come up to him. 'Yore a-sayin' that
to insult me- he said. right in Truitt's
face. AS big as Truitt is you could
! a knocked i'm down with a feather,
but he told George as straight as he
could that he never knowed be was
thar AN didn't mean no harm nohow;
but, Sir. George hauled away an bit
i'm in the jaw. 1t popped like the re-
port of a pistol. an Truitt mighty nigh
went down We parted 'em without
any trouble. In fact, Truitt thinks the
world an all OF i'm. George did i'm
favor Ion" time back. an instead O.
gittin' mad about it Truitt is worryin'
over offendn' the boy. He would have
apoogiZed to i'm. but we all persuad-
ed i'm to wait till George was at bis
SET
The merchant took a long, trembling
breath.
Il wish. Hillhouse" he said. that
you wouldn't let i'm have any more
liquor if YOU kin git around it,
Cit around it, laughed the bar
keeper. IF you'll show me mixer @
drinks in this county that would re
fuse that feller when he's off I'd like
to see i'm. 1t would cost i'm his lite
Hes one man. squire that ortn't to
fetch a drap. an between you an me
don,t think anything but this scrape
OF his dadaNs would have started 'il4.
George Buckley is the high strung sort
that makes either the finest citizens ur
the scum {, Great on
and, turning. lie went down to the
warehouse. which was in the next
block below. He found the front door
ajar and saw a light burning in his
clerks room in the rear. Entering
and softly tre"f:ing over the rough
floor which was streWn with chaff and
grain and the metal ties of cotton
bales. Hi'lyer stood in the doorway of
the young mans room. In a cloud of
cigar smoke George Buckley sat near
little table. without his coat, his col
lar off and his powerful neck showing
through his open shirt. He glared up
at his employer and then rose to his
feet and looked straight at him.
George. the Old man began in
voice that qUivered through excessive
Il was troubled so
much about You that couldn't sleep.
SO got H. al e"ille down sec,!
yore light an conidG't keep from com
in in.
~ don't see that You need bother
about me. was Rnckley's surprising
rctort. I'm no blood kin Of yours,
Mr.. Hillyer.''
George. In as good friend to YOU
as l know how to be. an | Jest want
you to knew that. an ef thar's any
way under the sun that l kin help You
I'll do it,
Then lets me N you come to an
said Buckley. II don't
know exactly how to size you up I've
oeen thinking about you all this even
ng, and if | don't understand YOU bet
er than l have done for several years
You and l will part. You can keep the
money I've made and saved up, and
f l could do it Id throw the education ,
you gave me in your face. My inteli
,ence has been insulted You hav.
lone all these things for me under Tx
'retense of love. but it was not that
Vow let's understand each other" !
Hillyer turned as white as deat 6
ould have made him. His eyes sank
o the floor, and. with halting step, ht
vent to the young mans bed acros
he room and sat down on the edge I
f it.
You do me great wrong, George"
e faltered IF you knowed IN, |
cart"
We'll. that's all I'm asking want i.
} k.ow wha, it Il means | tell you
m TO fool It's not whisky in me
ilkin@ either, for I've puzzled over il
II Years, an nov that this thing has Q
an'te3eN an | dent care whether i
~ ia yo town aIyway-I'm aoiE
} he toll the t":;th. What did you G
i've NE my education fer. and IL 6
art in tie woru: Why, rs / lock :.