The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-16
'Mopsst Pleasant Persons
1v e. 6. PARTBIDoE.
The Protective Person.

spair Sof tSoueh his perception was acuts enough to certify him of the vio' fence ana the persistency or the at aGts unitS to bs made 2sn, S1sn, % s,Id ns asrd him means of resistance or at least of honorable retreat. So with his lips set | in a grim and determined smile ne fSrssead and sfs sss,sd ws asss2fal Rfa activity which he determined would be unbroken until the enemy had made his first onset. a...-. ! son "a and i u hs Sa appfoscheS. hand out. stretched and face distorted by the ge- nial. how've4you-been- since yesterday smile, The Placid Person thought of
 .Wsia Row are youY" asked The Pro- tective Person, as he clasped The Placid Persons hand, and after vibrat, p to hold a i0Hss # as if hYI he feared The Placid Person might transmute the glad hand into the pugilistic fistx
 T am very we'll said the rI,nae riacid Fer. e;s haad Thas lssm sood tes snsgs se1SIsed Rhs pro,ee tive Person. effusively yet uneasiiy. The Placid Persons impassivity rather The The Protective Person. was merely deferred, not defeated. He could think of nothing to say so he said it in these
 Flow have you been?'
 T have been very we'll" said The Placid Person as impassiyely as before.
 Again The Protective Per.on was re. weak point in the redoabts he wished to carry. He merely had to repeat "That's good" after which there was . silence that seemed to depress nm. to continue in the phrase bellicose-.he fxed his cold glare upon the tiny grease spot that stood out braveiy in the red cravat of The Protective Per. Person wavered; then rallied and; seemingly determined to win or lose aii by q last desperate assault. charged
 hWhat 'safeguards have. you thrown
 T beg Your pardon" The Placid Per son evasively. q note of polite interro- sa.Yion sYaa in naasns ats yoacs; one anything to me- cried The Protective Person, with q l hoarse guffaw and with a brazeniy brave assumption of genial 1ocuiarity with which he attempted to conceal ''s NO. s not yet" The Placid. Person an. swered very grimly Indeed. ,. A
 q meant, what have you done so SsStsS' S9eatS or yU1 ia case of accidentS The Pro- tective Person persisted desperately. Do you carry any life. health, sick. ness, death. fire. indastriAi--any kind 0 I % do not answered The Placid Per son very erinaly, indeed. Do your" Too late The Placid Person saw that | the question was strategic plundeT, merely a tactical error which might be | remedied. Yet he had to confess that | The Protective Person was quick 70 siege the advantage. however tempo
 The Protective Person immediately | cried out that he had four dinerent | kinds of insurance and he talked apout them in fourteen different kinds of H. iiteracy. The Placid Person t2ok gun | ishmeIit .bravely until at last The Pro. tectiye Person paused for breath; and then he said, ve.y kindly indeed;
 There is speek on your Sr ievety pyetsctiYs siYs Person turned his neck down to see | what was the matter The Placid Per- | son walk ed quickly away u,,rsh1e pFeedSm Ss freedom m 0V of the press" he reflected.
 I Sold His. Cotton
 1 "Well, Boss. here l IS.
 ..5 How aTs asgTs,,yyoS yyoOS u"cle sili'"
 What can do for you2'
 q believers about made up my mine to" noie st Hg Food Spteot cotton, Uncle Rsng"
 "Yessali; it was picked before the flood" a,.u.a ,a,o.. ,n. last big rain. don't you?
 "TSen I viii give you eleven and fve-eighths.
 it's eleven sixty-two and 2 half:. | "Is dat more dan CT sixty.fourthT 2 l "Yes, about $3 more"
 well speck ept nI Tecetps wts 1e! Hia Tsinss s at
 made out the bill and check, giving them to the old negro, directing him the way to the bank: He sstd; Hole q9; ,.,Is9 Boss; so I don't get nothing but 's NC, you get clearing house certin- cates, just as good as money, especial" | ly if you owe any debts"
 ri knows dat, but Is gwyne to de conference at Evergreen. and needs de money" D.. ,,us.
 "Its in succession now"
 "Anybody you trade with. Uncle Bill. will give you currency for them: a: ,..
 Believes you bsfars All rishss' sns PGss always s gets shed of .um. knows white gemmin at de big basin what pays me 5O cents on de dollar for all can git.
 Be sure and call on us again, Uncle
 T sho. will. cause you is ny kinder white folks" F. U. H. It's All Made Clear Now.
 was explaining the railroad lesisla- tion and litigation of the Legislature. the Governor, the Federal Court and several other persons and institutions to the Impractical Person, who had declared that while he believed in per. petual motion and chain letters and the immutability of the basic tests up- on which Hugh Manly has stood for 50 long, he yet could not comprehend such a combination of the three great essentials of life as would produce the effects which The Perfectly Apgarslesdi Person had tried to explain as directly resultant from the mutual pefform" ance of the persons and the institu' tions. ,. a Political Voice declared nqagnifcent- ly, in what Ebert Hubbard calls the "bishop's voice." The Legislature en- acted laws intended to regulate the railways"
 1T heard something of that" The Im- practical Person remarked.
 Well. then the railways enJoined the Railroad Commission from enrorc- ing the laws. You see, there were the two and a half cent passenger rate ana the commodities rate and the maximum freight rate bill, besides two or three others that never got old enough 70 have really distinctive or memoraoie names"