The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-05
DOUBLE MEANING Of
AN ENGLISH WORD
BY EotTH r. BAKER.
copyright, 1862 by American Press Asso
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anu WIEN tltHit A1llCIilttt lotu uAt5
that she was engaged to Tom Ed
wards. And the girl who had chosen
between these two young men did not
choose wisely Edwards never got on.
while Blatthfurd. having one of those
CHEEKY dispositions that win people
continually. found friends to drop
plums into bis mouth And so 1t hap
pened that while the former was
spending what little bis wife had
when he fuhi1'ied her the latter was
prospecting,
One year when the fall elections
came round the managers of the party
In power. fearing they would lose the
fight. looked about for candidates who
would be especially acceptable to the
people. Among those they selected
was Emery Rlatchfofd. who was put
up for sheriff and elected by an over
whelming majority.
Now. it happened that year before
this election Edwards had died. leav-
Ing his widow not only penniless. but
with chattet mortgage on her house
hold effects for the payment of even
the interest on which there were no
funds One of the FIRST duties devolv-
ing upon The newly elected sheriff
was the serving of writ upon Mrs
Edwards. which would deprive her Of
her only remaining possession, her
furniture When Blatchford came
across this paper he sighed. put 1t
in u pigponhule. where, If he had had
the power to keep 1t there, 1t would
have remained till the crack OF doom.
Indeed he paid no further attention to
1t till the plaintiff In the case made
such an hdo about the delay that the
sheriff was obliged to serve the writ
He gave the paper TO n deputy, but
before the than had reached the door
cailed him back He couldn't bear
that the unwecome process should be
ennttpd Without being softened so far
as possible. And to whom could he
trust such Fuftening but himself? Put
ting the document into his pocket, he
waited till after Office houls-in indeed.
till proper hour for calling in the
evening. then went to the Widows cot
tage. He was received with some sur
prise. When he had last visited Mrs.
Edwards she was Miss Ellsmere and
had told him that she was cugaged TO
his rival. Blatehford beat about the
bush for nn hour before he could
bring himself to mention the all i'm.
portant subject Then he said;
81 presume YOU know that judgment
has been entered against you in the
matter of the notes secured by chattel
mortgage on your furnlture7"
Eyes: had no money with which to
even try to save what | have left
she replied wiping tear from her
eye.
aAnd YOU may know" the sheriff
proceeded. "of the attachment I have
for you.
A sudden checking of tears..a move.
ment indicating that something impor.
tant had caught the widows attention
followed the sheriff's remark.
81 knew" she replied hesitatingly.
that you had an attachment for me,
but4but was rot aware that 1t had
endured
'The attachment have for YOU" he
said gently. sympathetically, us DIFF
ferent frein the one which you men.
ton. II Is d more practically ifnpor-
tant one. An attachment that
He wns stalled The widow essayed
to help him.
Il can understand she said, "the
difference between the-the feeling one
might have for girl aud that same
feeling after all that has interviewed
between then and now. l. too. have
come TO understand myself better"
The sheriff, instead of opening his
legal document, opened his ears, to
say nothing of his eyes. This, how
ever, the widow did not see since her
own eyes were bent on the floor, while
her ears were strained to hear the ex-
pected declaration, Blatchford could
not feel any certainty that he was
either understood to be entering upon
a proposal or that, If SO. he was en-
couraged He resolved upon one more
effort to make clear the business on
which he had come.
This word attachment" he began
this word attachment has different
meanings. It Is at once legal term
and
II know, she sighed.
Il mean. too, condition Of the
heart. Ny attachment for you is as
warm, as deep, as unalteruble as 1t
ever was. Give me the right to stand
as your protector
Blatchford took her unresisting form
into his arms. where she rested In
happy contentment for some time
without speaking. Finally she looked
up into his face and said.
DO you know that when you began
TO talk about the word, attachment
having a legal meaning, for moment
/ was seized with an idea that you. be-
ing sheriff"
Il being shefiffF'
you having spoken about the hor-
rid suit.
"Wellr
WThat you were talking about that