The sun., 1907-11-09

| From MS MOUNTAINS ne saw readily beyond
the narrow limits that confined the vision
Of his neighbors and was sole to under
standea support the finer thought thai
marked the intelligence and culture" Of
the town Of barley. Is il not the case tha,
there was culture" in barley? We NAV
consider briefly that fairly interesting
point.
The reader will not fail TO remarl, at page
8 an observation by Mr.. Blackburn. the
storekeeper. concerning MFR. Garner, IN,
! lawyer. Said Mr.. Blackburn: "Bll Gar.
ner's a rough sort O. chap. but he is by all
| Odds the brainiest lawyer in Georgia to
day" or course after that we are likely
! to bear Bill Garner in mind. We look for
! him. IL does not add much TO our informa-
tioD or to our pleasure TO read a little fur
| ther along that "the exposed portion of his
shirt front and the lapels OF his coat were
! stained 10y tobacco juice" but a store OF
understanding aud qualification awaits us
at page 20. where in the author own words,
| expressing his own estimate. IL may be read:
| bill Garner. as brainy as he was. while he
| was always welcome at his fathers house
In the country a mile from town. seemed 10
love the company OF this noisy set "a set
! Of young men in barley known as -the gong"
and naturally noisy at times. Through
! the day IL was said Of him that he could read
! and saturate himself with more law than
any man in the State. but at night his recrea-
sion was a cheap cigar. his old bulging
carpet slippers. a cOsey chair in Keith's
room lwhere the gang metl and-who would
think ite-the most thrilling Indian dime
novel on the market. He could quote the
French. German. Italian and Spanish
olassics by the page in a strange pusicaI
accent he had acquired without the hd Of
master OF any sort of intercourse with native
foreigners
We should have loved to hear him. We
regard native foreigners' as an ingenious
| expression. But the passage goes on: He
knew and loved all things pertaining 10
great literature said he had a natural ear
+ for WaRner's music. had 'comprehended
/ Edwin Booths finest work. knew a good
picture when he saw it. and yet he had IN
| have his dime novel. In il he found mental
rest and relaxation that was supplied by
nothing else. His bedfellow was Bob
Smith. the genial. dapper. ever daintily clad
clerk at the Johnston House."
Leaving out the dime novel and disre-
| garding Bob Smith, here was culture"
| il we understand that term and that con-
dition. IL is clear enough that this "brainy"
| Bill Garner, this ~brainiest" lawyer in
Georgia, had gupped abundantly on sweet
| ness and light. Turning 20 page 1OS wemay
| listen to him a moment addressing Miss
| Helen Warren; the belle OF Darley, the
heroine of the tale. He had been refused
| by Miss Warren had a number Of the
members Of @the gang" She loved Carson
Dwight, Bill Garner's law partner. Carson
Dwight had taken the part Of little Pete,
Nam Linda's son; who had been unjustly
whipped by the mob. The mob resented the
interference and had it in" for Carson
Dwight. Owing to a misapprehension
Helen Warren had lately been cold 10 Car
| son.
The story says that Bill Garner wiped
| his facie mouth with his small white hand"
the tobacco, we suppose. Then Bill
Garner said to Helen, referring to the
trouble over Pete: why, you are at the
bottom of it. Carson wants to save the
boy simply because you are indirectly
interested in him. That's the whole thing
! in a nutshell He's been as mad as a wet
hen ever since they whipped Pete, because
he was the son Of your old nanny. and
now that the boys in actual peril Carson
has gone clean daft Well. it's reported
among the gossps about town that you
| turned him down, Miss Helen-ke you did
| chaps that didn't know enough to keep our
hearts where they belOnged-but you sat
on the best man in the bunch when you
did il. It's me that's doing this talking"
So it was. II was Bill Garner who so
addressed the fair heroine Of the tale after
performing with his small white hand the
delicate service that seems to have been
called for; and we have quoted what he
said in order to demonstr rate the reasonable
ness of the opinion of him entertained by
Mr.. Blackburn. the stoTekeeper. and by.M
darben. The story goes on to tell how
Abe johnson and his wife were found mur-
dered in the mountains how the innocent
boy Pete was suspected and trailed by
bIoodhounds; how Carson Dwight and his
friends circumvented the lynchers and
saved Pete; how Carson, because Of bis
fearless protection of Pete. was made To
suffer politically when he was running
for the Legislature; how Dan Willis re-
peatedly went cunning for Carson Dwight,
how Carson finally was compelled to make
an end Of that drunken and staggering
mountaineer: how our old friend Pole
Baker served law and order and shooed
Off the armed and loaded Dan Willis more
than once; how Mrs. Parsons, a remarkable
daughter OF the mountains. fooled the
sherin and made speech that quite bowled
over Carson Dwight's opponent for the
Legislature; how Helen did not really love
Mr.. Sanders. the city merchant. though
it looked for a time as IL she were going
to accept him; how she said 90 Carson
Dwight at the last: Il went straight TO nv
room after left you and wrote 10 Mr..
Sanders. told him exactly how | felt
IA revelation bound to be- epsnful to Sanders
simply couldn't keep up a correspondence
with him after-Carson. l knew that night
when 1 left you there in your gloom and
sorrow that loved you with all my soul and
body. Oh. Carson. when heard your voice
in your glorious speech just now and knew
that you have loved me all this time was
so glad that I cried. I'm the happles,
proudest girl on earth"
We find IL added that "a the two stood
hand in hand -the glow OF his triumph lIt
the sky Surely 10 is a pleasure 20 he 30
informed. The story has plenty Of anma-
tion and dramatic quality. n Is a req.
story.
she Has Told n Very Well.
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