Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
1.-THE RECOVERY;
STORY OF KENTUCKY ?
BY JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER. D
Entered at ationersf Hal.

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quietly into seat. 1t was Alicia. and !
had not known before that she in
Carlton But / was glad that having
come at all she had come in the middle of
the speech instead OF at IS beginning, as
then my fear and tremblinss would have
been much greater. Now l was already
secure and lei my eye meet hers With
out quailing.
I finished, sat down and in I'VE min
utes the jury returned verdict OF a.
quittal. Thus won my first great
triumph and knew that nay place vita
my own people was secure.
You did lot better than ] expected.
Harry" said Uncle Paul. giving me a
compliment which ne meant. despite is
doubtful sound.
When the crowd thinned away Aies
came forward and held ont her hand.
y ich took Cor a moment
Il arrived from the city only two hou
ago. she said, and learning that Yea
were making your first speech here l
came TO hear you. / am glad that You
won. Harry
| laughed a little and it was in some re-
spects laugh of relief / have passed
through few ordeals severe as my first
speech IN the court room of my home
town
I'm glad it's over" I said
Then We walked down the courthouse
steps. across the square and out The
street that led to her mothers home on
the fringe of the town. | do not know
me. nor had she invited me in any word
less way, but / suppose ! drifted into {,
the heart numbing the will. l had sworn
more than once that I would keep away
from her. that / would avoid the sight OF
her. but here | was. like weak boy,
again by her side.
viii YOU come In and see my mother"
asked Alicia. she asks of you-some-
times.
We had reached the house of Mrs. War
rem. her mother. square. belligereut.
red brick building, standing in the middle
of wide lawn.
Yes" | replied. I remembered sud
denly that / had not seen Mrs. Warren
in long time. and l could use the
chance.
We went in together and Mrs. Warren
met us in the hall. | had never wholly
| liked Alicia's mother. and long before
when a boy. / had been conscious that
there was something hard and cold in her
manner. and now, when she received me.
| had the faint but unmistakabl sense
of hostile presence. | saw her cast one
quick. questioning glance at Alicia.
glance of disapproval, and then she re-
! ceived me in her formal manner. She
was tall woman. bigger boned than
Alicia. and she spoke without our usual
Kentucky manner of softening the syila-
| bleS. The effect on me WAS always I'M
pleasant Daughters are not always like
| their mothers. either in looks. manner,
temperament: nor in morals. and I use
| the word morals i'm its widest sense.
alicia went to hear you speak" she
| said. Il suppose that you won your
case"
Yes. in fine fashion" said Alicia,
| warmly.
1 was grateful to Alicia for her quick
! response, her mothers manner indi-
Gated belief, or perhaps wish. that L
! had lost.
Come into the parlor, Mr.. Clarke
said Mrs. Warren. All through my boy
hood. like everybody else, she had called
me Harry" but now she developed
curious habit of sometimes calling me
! Mr. Clarke" and sometimes Harry,
with the Mr.. Clarke gradually obliterating
the Harry"
We three went into the parlor. a some
| what stiff and angular apartment, but
comfortable. bright coal fire burning In
the CRATE and forming cheerful contrast
to the gloom without. We sat down be-
fore the Goals. and 1 saw that Mrs. War
rem had no intention of leaving us. Well,
who was / to blame her? She was doing
exactly what a mother should do under
! the circumstances, yet / felt that there
was little benevolence in her purpose.
/ that she was far from being animated by
| goodness alone.
! We talked casually Of that unfaillng
/ topic, the weather, of the town gossip,
and then a little of state politics.
Mr. Grey is beginning TO take keen
! interest in state affairs, said Mrs. War
! rem land Alicia is glad of il. She thinks
1 he can be a great success there. and she
| approves warmly of all that he does.
! l glanced at Alicia. She said nothing.
! but that added color in her cheeks did
not come from the reflection of the fire
I alone. / was amazed at the facility with
! which women-Sometimes good women,
too-will put things in the mouth of an
! other person, which that person has never
! said and which both know the other has
never said. And they will do it deliber-
, ately in the presence of the other Now
! Mrs. Warren expected me To believe VIVA,
she said. and Alicia to acquiesce In II:
the last happened. the first did not hut
| naturally did not indicate my disbelief
MIR. Grey is a man of such strong VIII
i and convictions she continued in the
thoughtful. meditative manner that would
! have carried conviction to one not armed
with previous knowledge. He can do
I great things when he sets his mind 10 H.
| When Alicia told me-what | had SO little
! suspected-that she was going TO marry
| him. I rejoced at wise "A choice, ana
time has confirmed mo in my opinion. IL
was a happy chance; young girls so often
fail in their judgment in this the most
important matter of their lives.
tTo be continued tomorrow