The Ordway new era., 1909-07-02

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breakfast toa S I
kad been Drowned to turn, the cof-
h. clear and the eggs boiled to n
kroper consistency. So good was
kgcrythlng, In fact, that Mrs. Lane
b got for the moment that the IA.
harold girl had so strong an aver
Hon to shoes and stockings that she
occasionally ushered in guests with
hi wearing these toilet accessories.
Now. as Mrs. Lane watched the girl
hap over the fence and dart toward
be post Office. she could not but ad.
Ire the grace and beauty OF the un.
bryentlonal little creature. She
orrht OF the wonderful change the
est two months had made In her.
pw tructab!e and quick to learn she
6as how inherently refined. poetical
thousht and soft in speech. A
(alftOrmed plan to take her to the
)orth In the spring, give her an edu-
fystalliZed in Mrs. Lanes mind. She
ftcrmined to go to see the girls
other that afternoon and talk II
Der with her.
Then came doubt and dismay. Re
ernrg slowly, Mandy walked with n
nk youth who bent toward her. Bits
village gossip required to Mrs.
hne's mind, But no. Mandy was too
nch OF a child to think OF bcaux,
owcvcr. II she had any such tender
Pnt!ments, they would stand In the
hy OF her going north. So as the
RI came in at the side gate Mrs.
ene called to her.
saw you walking down the street
1th Bud Johnson, Mandy" began
rs, Lane, kindly. when the girl ap.
oached. rs 1t true that you and he
sweethearts. as they say?"
The girls eyes flashed and her
pght figure became tense, as she an
(eFed: Him? No. ma'am. jes'
MIN walk piece-a-way with me
tell him not to be hangin' 'roun' no
pah' No Johnson ken come sweet
arun 'rOun' me none! Doan you-all
low they Is the othah side of the
hd?"
Ars. Lanes heart jumped. She had
I'D southern stories full of fcuds
q now she had come in contact
th one.
iouall sure know bout that?"
efied Mandy again. "They amt no
pan men left on our side. SO they
no noah shootin'. but they's
en- times when they's been blood
Plenty between we-all an that John
Tribe. an none ken come 'roun'
no. maam! They killed my
ady, an my gran'daddy, an daddy
ed two fore they popped him, an
Us been shootin' a-plenty afore
~ They amt no men left on our
10 now; SO I reckon the feud's
PEE But the feelin's there-yes.
am Id be poor thing to marry
Johnson"
Well. you should not marry for
NE years. at least. Mandy" hastily
erposed Mrs. Lane. You are not
enough to think OF such things
les ma'am," answered Mandy, in
gentle voice as she went into the
bse.
hat night the girl had permission
81 10 cousins in the woods to a
''n oance, with the stipulation that
would return at noon the next
when the next night came and
Mandy appeared and the next
A'hs found her still absent, Mrs.
was filled with forebodings of
~ might have happened to the
90 she rode out to Mandy's
,"efs house near the bayou. She
never seen Mandy's family and
"eo about curiously as she neared
muse. Children of all sizes were
s IN the hot sunlight with chick
uoss, and litter Of young pigs.
aueo' "a tired woman who might have
~. W cane to the gate.
~ looking for Mandy's mother"
sah Mrs. Lane.
m, m her." said the woman.
4, ".n nave you seen or heard any
rom her? She should have
,a,s yaek from her cousins at noon
N uay' but she hasn't been heard
and am SO worried!"
\, ,.ckon you-all needn't worry
s,., M,ahdy," responded her mother,
'y smys, She won't come back to
hon, 'nis year, anyway. They say
nv n,.,a aer an Bud johnson lit out
nes sn, an was married." she ex.
N.Y. N.Y. impe-sonally.
dls day married! It can't be. She's
Ivy more than a babyi"
'ssAon she's married. Bud John.