The Washington herald., 1909-10-23
By
MEREDITH
NICHOLSON.
CHAPTER XV-Continued.

you 10 mention il. but I have no idea
that any harm has come to papa. It's
too much trouble TO get elected COVER
nor, without dying in Office. and besides
papa is none too friendly with the lieuten-
ant-governor and would never think OF
allowing such a person to succeed him
But those bonds seem rather serious and
l don't Ike the idea Of young Mr.. Bull
ings making q fuss at Raleigh"
THAT will be all right" remarked Ard
more, blotting the last Of a number OF
kilograms which he had been writing.
essing button. It's much more
- .ASe-'t for us to ct Appleweight in
= - - p Carolina all; and it's not go
hS 70 - e sy.F do, now that Grissy
is We. lie 49, ~ other side, and angry
at me about that scarlet fever telegram"
There may be trouble" said Ardmore
to his guests as they sat at luncheon.
But l should hate TO have il said that
my guests could not be taken care of
here perfectly. l beg that you viii all
remain"
If there's to BE- a row. why don't
you call the police and be done with
It? asked sad young member Of the
company His motor number had so
often figured in reports OF speed law
violations that he was known as Eighteen
Eighty. II thought you came down here
for quiet and not to get into trouble,
Ardy"
II / miss my steamer nine days from
to-day. and meanwhile have to eat horse
meat. just as they did I'm the Siege OF
Paris, 1 shall be greatly provoked. to
say the least" remarked Mrs. Atchison
pleasantly; for her brothers amazing
awakening delighted her and It was a
cheering experience that he promised. of
civil war. battle. murder. and sudden
death.
Il think I shall spend more time in
America after this" remarked Eighteen
Eighty Il did not know that amusing
things ever happened over here. What
did YOU say the name Of this State isg'
The name of this State" replied Miss
Dangerfeld, lis North Carolina. and I
have my opinion Of any native American
can who runs around Europe all the time.
and who can visit a place in this country
without even knowing the name Of the
State he is in"
But there's really no difference be-
tween North and South Carolina. is
Jerry put down her fork. and folded her
hands beside her plate. while she ad-
dressed the offender
Mr.. Number Something. the difference
between the Old North State and South
Carolina Is not merely geographical-it Is
also intellectual, ethical. and spiritual
But may I ask you whether you know
Of which State you are a citizen2"
laugh rose as the sad young man
flushed and looked inquirlngly about.
- voted you in my precinct that time
/ an for alderman In New York" said
Ardmore, but that's no sign you had
right TO vote there. l shot Ballywlnkle
through the booth at the same 6me. 1
was a reform candidate and needed votes
but / hoped Bally would get arrested and
be sent to jail My impression is that
you are really n citizen OF Rhode Island,
which Is where Newport Is"
The debate as to Eighteen Eighty's legal
residence was interrupted by the arrival
Of a summons for Ardmore, who hurried
" left the table
Big Paul awaited him below. mounted
and holding a led-horse-
There's a line OF the South Carolina
militia crawling through the woods to-
ward RaccoOn Creek. They insist that
it's a practice skirmish and that they've
come over here because the landscape
Is naturally adapted to their purposes. 8"
It's awfully nice OF them TO like my
scenery. You'd better send your best
man out OF meet Col Gillngwater. OF
the North Carolina militia, and tell him
to march all his troops into the estate
by the north gates. and TO be in . hurry.
Tell him-tell him Gov. Dangerfield is
QTwiOTTG have he in, T,,T1
uniform at grand ball at Ardsley to-
night"
Ardmore rode off alone toward Raccon
Creek to catch a view Of the enemy.
How far would Griswold go? This lues-
ton he kept debating with himself His
late friend was lawyer, and a serious
one, whom he had not believed capable
Of Selling the militia Of one State and
using IL 10 make a military demonstra-
ton against another. Ardmore could go
as far as Griswold; yet he was puzzled
TO know why Griswold was in the field
at all. Miss Dangerield's suggestion that
interest in the daughter OF
the governor of South Carolina account
ed for his presence on the border seemed
plausible at first; and yet the more he
thought about it the less credible IL
seemed, for he was sure that Griswold
had talked TO him about women with
the frankness that had characterized all
their intercourse, and ArdmOre racked his
brains in his effort to recall the few
affairs TO which the associate professor
OF admiralty had pleaded guilty. Memory
brought these back to him slowly. There
was an Old Point Comfort affair, dating
back TO Griswolds student days. and to
which he had referred with no little
feeling once or twice; and there was a
York HarbOr affair, that came a little
later; and there was the girl he had
met on steamer. about whom Griswold
had shown sensitiveness when Ardmore
had made bold 10 twit him. But ArdmOre
could not account for Miss Osborne. I'M
less his friend had been Withholding his
confidence while seemingly wholly frank;
and the thought that this must be true
widened the breach between them. And
when he was saying 10 himself that the
daughters Of governors are not in the
habit Of picking up cavaliers and in
trusting State affairs 70 them and that
il was almost uncomfortable that the con-
scientious Griswold. at the busiest season
at the university, should have taken en-
ployment from the governor of South
Carolina. he found that he had struck
a stone wall. and he confessed 20 himself
that the situation was beyond him.
These reflections carried him far toward
RaccOon Creek, and when he had reached
that tortuOus stream he dismounted and
tied his horse, the more freely to ex-
anime the frontier The Raccoon IS
never more than eighty feet wide. but
filled with powders round which the
water fOams in many curves and
splashes, running away in the merriest
ripples, so that 1t is never wholly tran
quill BY jumping from bowlder to bowl
der he crossed the turbulent tide and
gained the other side with a sense of
entering the enemy's country.
Now he muttered, Il am in South
Carolina"
He drew out his map and held it
against a tree the better to study it.
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