The silver messenger., 1910-09-20

and that will be tho last Of II. The
people Of North Carolina ought to be
proud Of Danee:feld: he's one Of the
best governors they ever had. And
Osborne ia a frst-class man, too. one
of the old Palmetto families"
The discussion had begun to bore
Griswold. and he went back to hit
own section, having 1t in mind to re-
wise a lecture he was preparing on
The Right OF Search on the High
Seas" II 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 .
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 who sat withdrawn to the ex-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
It's 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 a 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
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 Griswold's ears. The
old nanny produced from bag sew
eral toilet bottles, fresh handker-
chief, a 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 a 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 Griswolds newspapers,
which he had flung down on the empty
half of his section. One of them had
fallen open and lay with it's 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 Carolina?
The color deepened in the girls
face; slight frOwn gathered in her
smooth forehead; then she called the
colQred woman and a brief colloguy
followed between them. In moment
Griswold was addressed in a tone and
manner at once condescending and
| deferential
IF yO' please, sub, would yo' all low
my mistus t look at yo' newspapahs? 2
Certainly. Take them along"
Griswold noted with surprise the
girls immediate absorption in the
kilograms from New Orleans relating
to the difficulty between the two
governors.
AS she read she lost, he thought
something of her splendid color, anc
at one point in her reading her face
went white for moment, and Girls
wold saw the paper wrinkle under The
tightening grasp of her hands. The
tidings from New Orleans had un
doubtedly aroused her indignation
She seemed to lose account of ael
surroundings, and several times Girls
void was quite sure that he heard ael
half exclaim: "Preposterous! Infa
mous!"
When she had finished the New Or
leans kilograms she cast the offend
ing newspapers from her. then. recall
ing herself, summoned the b'acl
woman, and returned them to Gri>
void, the dusky agent expressing th'
elaborate thanks OF her race for hi
courtesy. The girl had utterly ignored
Griswold, and she now pulled dow
the curtain at her elbow with a snal
and turned her face away from him.
(TO BE CONTINUED)