The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08
prevented the baby from being In
debted for the loan of garments that

prevented the baby from being In
her mother had failed to get ready to
her needs. But the baby. from the
drawing OF her first breath. seemed to
repud!ate the prevalent family idea.
"She rejected milk from a borrowed
cow ferce!y; Justify she demanded, and
eventually received. her own legiti-
mate, unborrowed sustenance. Per-
haps such beginning had its own
influence upon her future
"consadine's a poor provider." said
Laurella In plaint!ve explanation of
the lack in her household. Time
things gets too bad here at home he's
got big scheme UP for maxim his
fortune somewhars else, and out he
puts" Laurella's other natural pro-
WIDER was her brother. called on the
mountains Pros Passmore," but as
his hunt for lost silver mine some
where in the Unakas. known to his
forebears, but dimly and traditionaily
remembered by Pros. involved 1re-
quent absences also on his part,
Laurella and her little brood OF chill
dren continued to lack In the mean
time many of the advantages due them
in the way Of schooling and upbring.
ing.
Johnny, indeed. masterful spirit n
the sense OF conquering fate, had OBJ
tanned at the old field school and at
Rainy Gap church School an amount
of education that was looked upon by
those around her as plumb foolish"
Enough 1t WAS really to implaat in
her heart the desire to help her
mother and her younger brothers and
sisters to be independent and self
respecting. The one means to the
end she wished to reach was for her
to be the man Of her family and. by
her work in the cotton mills, win
chance for herself in which the others
could share.
And so down from the Unakas she
walked, buoyantly certain and de-
termindedly delighted with everything,
even though she had to find a home
when she was not in tue factory at
work with wretched old tyrant Of
man. by name Pap Hines" the
father Of Mavity Bence, whom he kept
in strict subsection. Mavity. years be-
Johnny her first clothes. She was a
thoroughly good. though much
downtrodden woman, and Johnny
helped her in every way she could
drawing on her splendid store Of fresh
good nature and strength to encourage
Mavity's tired nerves and aching heart,
bringing a little lght and comfort into
surroundings otherwise absolutely
sordid and repulsive.
On her way from the little cabin
In the Tennessee mountains to begin
her working career, Johnny found
growing on the brink of bubbling
spring beside which she paused to
Stake her thirst, a beautiful specimen
&of a rare orchid, classified in those
heights as the pink moccasin flower.
She wrapped it carefully and took 1t
with her unconscious of the fact
that the softly glowing beauty OF the
orchid was matched and repeated In
her own stately, yet potentially joyous
personality.
Before she had reacher the fac
tory in the valley cher bridge
Of toll that was to carry her
from the island OF Nowhere to
the great mainland OF Life" she
had her first glimpse OF what she
believed to be '.the worlds palace OF
pleasure The memory OF what
seemed to her the wonder and the.
glory and the delight Of life In such,
a place, where kindness appeared TO
|sbe mated with beautiful courtesy,
went with her to keep her heart warm
and to translgure the common round
that by and by should put her rect
into the road leading up to the Palace.
In the valley she was conrrontea