The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-10-13

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on h,rd 1.ench and watching the
noon,o who visited the water cooler.
.hr. ,f- porsor 1rslkod 70 and fro
ana u,do thro,ts of su;rc the road.
1Whon ho came 70 incuire for tickets
to vio,et r1;,l the agent smiled and re-
-,iod.
w. don.t s,r, any r. that ncint now.
von,u hor, +, huv to White Rose and
w,l,, back or pernans YOU can hire Il
vehic,e thcr,',
nR,+ vhv in b1azos don't YOU sto0 1T
p;o1o+ 11ili,"
.Roconso ve don't Don't block the
vov"
.Pv thnnder. but this thing has got
n ha ond viii, no looked into," shouted
A. pousor as bo was crowded back.
"No+ s+on at yio,et Hill, Why the
non doosn.+ tnow what he is talking
ehon4 r,d ,5-o +o have him ont of that
c,,hhv ho,a for ahou+ two ninutesr,
But the conductor will know all
about it." consoled Mrs. Bowser.
IF he don't I'll punch his head."'
The officials head was safe. When
asked to explain he said:
THE station at Violet Hill was
closed for lack OF business. A con-
tractor was going to build fifty villas
there. but he went broke"
But there are villas there"
"Perhaps. i never looked ont to see.
You'll have to get of at White Rose.
but there's always man there with
a wagon. You can get good view of
the country as you ride with him."
Mrs. Bowser was not in the least
disappointed. She had her mind made
up to failure right away after the
telephone message. She sat and look-
ed from the car window at the land
scape, and Mr.. Bowser sat and grum-
bled and swore. A feeling was coming
over him that be was going 10 oe done
up.
Offers Scms Consolation.
1T may turn out all right" said
Mrs. Boyser as he srumbled away. "A
man who was surreudering everything
to his creditors wouldn't deceive you.
porhana the railroad people shut up
fhe station to spite him or something
Of the sort"
Violet Hill was passed without any
one seeming to know it. The depot
building might have been taken Tor
f1sherman's shanty. White Rose was
all right. though. There were seven
houses there, and TWO cows were lying
asleep on the track. ana the tram hao
to stop whether or no. LIE boWsers
found a wagon and two mules Ioanns
around, and when ooy hao 1ouha III"
owner and driver Nr. Bo~ser sara 70
him:
'How much Will you charge TO orlFe
us over TO Elolet diii anu oacA:
ANY waitin' over there" querieo
the man.
Perhaps an hour.'
Lets see. There are two persons
of YOU. q man and 8 woman. It's
three miles there and back. aud the
roads amt bit good. You'll ask
questions all the way out and swear
all the way back. Wen say Sc for the
trip"
"Why, man, you are robber.