The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-18

and that will be the last of 1t. rhe
people of North Carolina ought to be
proud Of Dangerfield; he's one of the
best governors they ever had And
Osborne is frst-class man. too. one
of the old Palmetto families.
The discussion had begun to bore
Griswold, and he went back to his
own section. having it 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 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tress, who sat withdrawn to the ex-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 a half-opened white rosebud
70 nj nut.
tined to linger long In Griswolds
memory. Tie 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 quiver 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 isonotone consolatory phrases
from which chile" and honey" occa-
sionally reached Griswold's ears. The
old nanny produced from a 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
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 a little sigh of relief In
her new upright position her gaze
rested upon Griswold'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 carolina7
The color deepened in the girls
face; slight frown gathered in her
smooth forehead; then she called the
colored woman and brief colloquy
followed between them. In moment
Griswold was addressed in tone and
manner at once condescending and
deferential
IF yo' please, sub. would yo' all low
my mistus t. look at yo newspapahs?'
Certainly. Take them along
Griswold noted with surprise the
girls immediate absorption in the
to the difficulty between the two
governors.
AS she read she lost, he thought,
something of her splendid color, and
at one point in her reading her face
went white for moment, and Girls
void 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 her
surroundings, and several times Girls
void was quite sure that he heard her
half eNclaim: "Preposterousi Infa-
mousi' W
When she had finished the New Or
leans kilograms she cast the Offend
ing newspapers from her then, recall
ing herself. summoned the black
woman. and returned them to Girls
void, the dusky agent expressing the
elaborate thanks of her race for his
courtesy. The girl had utterly ignored
Grlswold, and she now pulled down
the curtain at her elbow with snap
and turned her face away from him.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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