Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-07
CHAPTER; II

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 CHAPTER III.
 The winter passed aud spring, swiftly, monotouousi.y, and fsentle,a. except foi | ibn graduation of the tying with hoAoIs
 Upon warm June evening the Rcdfcld 1 family were assembled on the broad piaz. za tie full neon shown @Ioriously, light. ing up the yellow head of Thankful and the Aaxen poll of Elizabeth, who were sit, ting together in q hammock; the parents sal together upon :; settoe, and Stanley smoked q meditativc cigar with his feet upon the rail, looking across to The Match box.
 s.Where is Dulley?' asked his t;thel
 ''!e has gone somewhere with Mrs. ! Soule---:t meeting ef the entertanmeni committee Of somethine or other, sais Theo.
 ''Don t you think il a little odd t!la. lady, young, beautiful, and rich goes nowhere but to charitable concerns ;iHd solemn church functions? She never goes ! 10 dances nor djnncrs, nor any of the , performances So dear to the frInia'te 1 heart What IS the reason of hct sseelti- 1 s;on, asked Scott, who was hotne ;s~ais i OH leave.
 1 = think some orc very dcar tr them is dead said Mrs. hedGeiA
 
 Stanley shifted tIic position of his feel npon the porch ral restlcssly,
 - There is a mystery. said Thanhtul "1 think Mrs. Soule is one of the sweet. est aud loveiest women; bat do hot 1 like mysteries, l think her husband is 1 living somewhere; 1 have been there g 1 good deal and l have never seen a Tics ure of him.
 "I have,' said Elizabeth; :. Mrs. Soule has one in her bed room; she asked me r one day, and i'll .ieWelel frame upon hel dressing table there was a picture of tic very handsomest man l ever saw, so dark and beautiful, So much like Lord Byron / I said it was Byron. She said no, it Nas
 
 coorse, did not ask any questions
 For God $ sake. stop talking about the neighbors, " burst out Stanley violent ly, and, letting his chair 'joWa with 8 thump, he went down the long walk to the gate and leaned over it.
 70 God How can bear it? l au even jealous of poor Dudley, whose privil age il is, because hc is a fsoy, to go about. witl. her V
 '.IIello, Tan, What ayc you incoming Ahont? Come tip to the house, ' said Dud lay who entered the gate at that moment
 Dudley went laneuidly up the stop and cast himself upon the bench betwee5 his father and mother and leaned h.t head in an exhausted manner upon tn shoulder of first one and then the other l "Where have you been, sons asked hi mother.
 ''I still live; I have escaped with Hi. ! life and sacred honor from a meeting 0, the committee upon entertainment of th. ! Associated Charities, of which committee Mrs. Soule is tho esteemed chair lady Af ter protructed aud warlike session Mrs Soule with three other ladies went to re ] fresh exhausted nature at Barton s cafe l where we had feast; Mrs. Soule spoiled twenty dollar bill to pay for it. "
 "Was it very swells" asked Elizabeth ssWhat did you havee''
 ..What did we not have' When th. l feast of Dives was concluded, l said will arise and go unto my fathers, Yea verify, said Ms Soulc, I will cycN aris also and go unto my nother-in-law. an' here we are.'' Dudley held up his tnge invitingly before his father.
 "What are you poking your finger at me for2" inquired that gentleman
 "The ring, the ring, You do not take the part of the proaiqal father at all well really thought that. Nou had more tai ent
 ''It seems to me you have your scrip ture q little mixed with the prodigal sof and the feast of Mrs. Dives, said Scott who was deeply vexed that Mrs Soul had taken Dudley with her aud declined