Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-16


the time, and who can visit place
in this country without even knowing
the name of the state he is in"
But there's really no difference be-
tween North Carolina and South Caro-
lima, is there?" persisted Eighteen
Eighty.
Jerry put down her fork and folded
her hands beside her plate, while she
addressed the offender.
"Mr Number Something, the differ
ence between the Old North State and
South Carolina is not merely geo.
graphical-it is also intellectual, eth
ical and spiritual. But may | ask you
whether you know of which state you
are citizen?"
A laugh rose as the sad young man
flushed and looked inquiringly about.
Il voted you in my precinct thai
time | ran for alderman in New York,
said Ardmore, "but that's no sign you
had a right to vote there. l shot Bal
Twinkle through the booth at the
same time | was a reform candidate
and needed votes, but | hoped Bally
would get arrested and be sent to
Jail. My impression is that you are re-
ally citizen of Rhode Island, which
is where Newport is"
The debate as to Eighteen Eighty's
legal residence was interrupted by the
arrival of summons for Ardmore,
who hurriedly left the table
Big Paul awaited him below, mount
ed and holding led-horse.
There's a line of the South Caro-
lima militia crawling through the
woods toward Raccoon Creek They in
| sist that it's a practice slirmish and
that they've come over here because
the landscape is naturally adapted TO
their purposes"
Its awfully nice of them to like my
scenery You'd better send your best
man out to meet Colonel Gillingwater
of the North Carolina militia, and tell
him to march all his troops into the
restate by the North gates and to be
in hurry Tell him-tell him Cover
nor Dangerfield is anxious to have the
staff present in full uniform at a grand
ball at Ardsley tonight
Ardmore rode off alone toward Rae,
coon Creek to catch view Of the
enemy. How far would Griswold go?
| This question he kept debating with
himself. His late friend was a lawyer
and a serious one whom he had moi
believed capable of Selling the militia
of one state and using 1t to make
military demonstration against an
other Ardmore could go as far as
Griswold yet he was puzzled to know
why Griswold was in the field at all
Miss Dangerfield's suggestion tina
Griswold's interest in the daughter
of the governor of South Carolina &C
counted for his presence on the Dor
der seemed plausible at first; and We
the more he thought about it the les
credible it seemed, for he was sur
that Griswold had talked to him abou
: women with the frankness that hat
characterized all their intercourse
and Ardmore racked his brains in hi
t effort to recall the few affairs to whic
A the associate professor OF admira't
Y had pleaded guilty. Memory brough
/ these back to him slowly. There wa
t an Old Point Comfort affair, datin
back to Griswold's student days, an
/ to which he had referred with no Ii
t tie feeling once or twice; and ther
c was York Harbor affair, that cam
e a little later; and there was the gil
g he had met on a steamer, about whol
Griswold had shown sensitivenes
Il when Ardmore had made bold to tw
d him. But Ardmore could not accou1
7. for Miss Osborne, unless his frien
3 had been withholding his confldene
s while seemingly wholly frank; an
n the thought that must be true wide
g ed the breach between them. Ar
e. when he was saying to himself thu
the daughters of governors are not
IS the habit of picking up cavaliers ar
o intrusting state affairs to them ar
&c that it was almost inconceivable TIL
o. the conscientious Griswold, at the bu
ID lest season of the university, shou
er have taken employment from the go
t. ernor of South Carolina, he -four
l. that he had struck stone wall, al
r, he confessed to himself that the sit
alton was beyond him.
in These reflections carried him f
h toward Raccoon Creek, and when
at had reached that tortuous stream
er dismounted' and tied his horse, t
Of more freely to examine the frontit
The Raccoon is never more th'
I'd eighty feet~wide, but filled with bou,
a, ers round which the water foams
ie many curves and splashes, runni
III away in the merriest ripples. so tn