The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-02-14

At the railroad eatin~ house ut Pine
Hill they called her ttOur Sally and
"Sally ne Ours." Pine ELL was O small
station at the foot OF the mountains,
and the eat,cs'i3 house was for the CON
venienGe OF tlle freight train crews and
the fey. mechanics Kept, In the shop
there make repairs. 1s was Mother
WalkeH who kept the Eagle Eating
House, but it was "saily OF Ours" who
got lnYst OF. the credit She was q
young woman Of twenty-eIght, rough
and uncultured and by no means good
ioooo.::.iits oo:.is hu*s censidesata and kind heart
ed to a degree. In a way. all the boys
cane to know that she had seen trou-
BILE, and they were careful not to In.
dulge la remarks to hurt her feelings.
1t was always ''Our SalIy"' who bound
up their hurts or was ready with q
remedy at the first sign Of mountain
9ever - = .,;, 3: - = $ -.
It was Q little community, seldom
added to or detracted from, and 1t was
quito an event when one day a new
freight brakeman appeared among
them. He was man Of thirty, and it
was at once apparent that he wis out
OF his element, BE bed tho bearing
and speech Of gentleman. S';t,. q #;tis = s@
Within an hour Of the, arrival OF his
train the new haad was nicknamed
"'Gentleman George" and no one at PIne,
Hill ever learned that he had any other
name.s%$>s He dropped into his place
among the rest, wea In time called q
good fellow, and things went on as be-
Mt exactly, hoswselverInot how with "sa,: :
ly OF Ours Every man 6f the crowd
was IN the habit Of speaking to her;
kindly, but there was. something be-
yond that in the attitude OF the new
man. In dim way she realized that
he was above: them In birth and social
standing She had made friends with
the ordinary frainmen as an equal but
she feared and respected the new man
She heard 1t whispered that tiisapnoinf-
ment In love or Home family matter had
mEds o wanderer cf him, and that add.
ed the romance. * Sj , =, s. ls ,:s 8 i
Within q month Sally of Oursr was
in love with ~ Gentleman George, = but
not Tor worlds would she have given
iheg eseret away. jEce a. ! woman VINO
sbad mo. social training al.e Vas q good
der. sss;i.tt.1ough come of 4ha
hnva sntnAess a1Slf11ed d at times, none
OF them knew the depth OF her feeling.
Only onna during the eight nionfhs the
new man was On the road was her se-;
cret In danger. 5| Tint was when III
switch was thrown and q DOZEN freight
cars were piled In q heap. She actually,
led the rescning party, ard it was her
hands that helped 10 dig out ~ Gentle.
min s SssVT its sl. 80 from the wreck, ant
when was found that he was badly
bruised the other ID Ga; saw tears sn her
eyes I n Is. %3
& Two months after the accident the 8
victim os the wreck took ssn partner, and
set. of suinorg the raos: aims on aiplros-i
pecting trip
Tho boys saw: the: Two az, win i fare; s
wen, and Gentle leman3 George spent
Avo minutes looking sors ssaue; Sally to1
shake her. tIs aid: met fi1sat
her until ha had penetrated TO & the
Kitchen. n 1slan sac pretended that the
tears In her $ayesS and her hNahsd face
were caused by smoke. She waa Do
nervous over Tho hand haEipg that the
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