The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-12

ancient arrogance to the British
crown. This controversy and the in
adequacy of the South Carolina hay
crop must be passed on to the pamph-
letters, with such other vexed ques-
tions as Andrew Jackson's birth
place-more debated than Homer's
and not to be carelessly conceded to
the strutting sons of Waxhaw.
Griswold read of the New Orleans
incident with smile, while several
fellow-passengers discussed it in a
tone Of banter. One of them, gem
tleman from Mississippi, presently
produced flask which he offered to
the others, remarking: "As the gov
ernor Of North Carolina said to the
governor OF South Carolina" which
was, to be sure, pertinent to the hour
and the discussion, and bristling with
fresh significance.
"They were both in Atlanta this
morning." said the man with the
flask, land they would have been
travelling together on this train IL
they hadn't met in the ticket office
and nearly exploded with rage"
The speaker was suddenly overcome
| with his own humor, and slapped his
knee and laughed; then they all
laughed. including Griswold.
| "One ought to have taken the lower
berth and one the upper to make it
| perfect" observed an Alabama man.
Il wonder when they'll get home"
They'll probably both walk to be
| koy
suggested commercial traveller from
Cincinnati, who had just come from
New Orleans. Their friends are do.
ing their best to keep them apart
They both have reputation for being
quick on the trigger"
"Bosh!" exclaimed Griswold. ~
dare say it's all newspaper story.
There's no knife-and-pistol nonsense
in the south any more. They'll both
| go home and attend to their business,
and that will be the last of it. The
| people of North Carolina ought to be
proud of Dangerfleld; he's one of the
best governors they ever had. And
Osborne Is a first-class man, too, one
of the old Palmetto families"
Griswold, and he went back to his
own section. having 1t in mind to re-
| wise lecture he was preparing on
"The Right of Search on the High
Seas" 1t had grown dark, and the
car was brilliantly lighted. There
were not more than half a dozen
other persons in his sleeper, and these
were widely scattered. Having taken
an inventory of his belongings to be
sure they were all at hand, he be-
came conscious OF the presence of a
young lady In the opposite section.
In the seat behind her sat an old
colored women In snowy cap and
apron, who was evidently the young
lady's servant. Griswold was aware
that this dusky duenna bristled and
frowned and pursed her lips in the
way Of her picturesque kind as he
glanced at her, as though his pres
ence were an intrusion upon her mis-
| tress, who sat withdrawn to the ex-
treme corner Of her section, seeking
its fullest seclusion, with her head
against pillow and the tips OF her
suede shoes showing under her gray
travelling skirt on the further half Of
the section. She twirled idly in her
fingers half-opened white rosebud
a fact unimportant in itself, but des-
tined to linger long in Griswold's
memory. The pillow afforded the hap
piest possible background for her
brown head, her cheek bright with
color, and a profile clear-cut, and just
now-an impression due, perhaps, to
the slight culver Of her nostrils and
the compression Of her lips-seemingly
disdainful of the world.
! The black woman rose and minis
tered to her mistress, muttering In
kind monotone consolatory phrases
from which chile" and honey" occa-
sionally reached Griswolds ears. The
old nanny produced from bag sew
eral toilet bottles, fresh handker-
chief. hand mirror and a brush,
which she arranged in the empty seat
THANK you. Aunt Phoebe, I'm feel
ing much better. Just let me alone
/ now. please"
| The girl put aside the white rose
for moment and breathed deeply Of
the vinaigrette, whose keen, pungent
! odor stole across the aisle to Girls
void. She bent forward, took up the
hand mirror. and brushed the hair
away from her forehead with half a
dozen light strokes. She touched her
handkerchief to the cologne flask,
passed it across her eyes, and then
took up the rose again and settled
back with little sigh Of relief. In
her new upright position her gaze
rested upon GriswoId's newspapers,
which he had flung down on the empty
half Of his section. One of them had
fallen open and lay with its outer
page staring with the bold grin Of
display type.
/ TWO GOVERNORS At WAR!
What Did the Governor Of North
Carolina Say to the Governor
of South CaroIina7
| The color deepened in the girls
face; slight frown gathered in her
smooth forehead; then she called the