The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20

governor of South Carolina was quot,
ed as declaring his intention OF taking
immediate steps for the apprehension
of Appleweight. she was still reading
and sorting letters. tapping her cheek
lightly meanwhile with the official
paper-knife.
Here. Mr. Ardmore." she said.
drawing paper from her pocket, 'is
the answer to that telegram we sent
yesterday evening Suppose you read
that next, and we can then decide
what to do"
She was making the letters into 1T
| tie piles. humming softly meanwhile:
but he felt that there was a storm
brewing He read the message from
Columbia number OF times. and II
the acting governor had not beer SO
ominously quiet he would have laugh.
ed al the terse sentences.
There must be a mistake about
this. He wouldn't have used divert.
ing that way; that's insultingi"
so you appreciate its Significance.
do you. Mr.. Ardmore? The iron en-
ters your soul. does III You realize
that have been insulted. do your"
Il shouldn't put II that way Miss
Dangerfield Gov. Osborne would
never have sent a message like that
/ to you-he thought he was sending it
to your father
Hes insulted me and every other
citizen in the Old North State; that's
who he's insulted, Mr. Ardmore. Let
rpa ol.-
the telegram aloud:
Your extremely diverting tele-
gram in Appleweight case received
and fled I think it's the extremely
that's so perfectly mean. The divert
ing by itself would not hurt my feel
ings half so much. He's good deal
smarter man than | thought he was
to think up a telegram like that But
what do you think of that piece in the
newspaper"
He says he's going to catch Apple
weight dead or alive. That sounds
pretty serious"
81 think it's a bluff, myself. That
telegram we sent him yesterday must
have scared him to death He was
driven into corner and had to do
something to avoid being disgraced,
and it's easy enough to talk big in the
newspapers when you haven't the
slightest intention of doing anything
at all. I've noticed that father talks
the longest and loudest about things
he doesn't believe at ALL"
rs 1t possible?" whispered Ard
more incredulously.
"Of course it's possiblei Father
would never have been elected IL he'd
expressed his real sentiments; neither
would anybody else ever be elected
If he said beforehand what he really
believed"
THAT must have been the reason
got defeated for alderman on the re-
form ticket told 'em I was for
turning the rascals out"
That was very stupid of you
You've got to get the rascals to elect
you first; then If you're tired of of.
fee and don't need them any more
you bounce them. But that's political
practice; it's theory we've got to
work out now. The newspapers are
lot of bother. spent all yesterday
evening talking to reporters. They
came to the house to ask where papa
was and when he would be home!"
What did you tell them?''
Il didn't tell them anything. l sent
out for two other girls and we all just
talked to them and kept talking, and
gave them lemon sherbet and ginger
cookies; and Eve Hungerford played
the banjo. But what were you doing.
Mr.. Ardmore, that you didn't come
around to help? 1t seems to me you
don't appreciate the responsibilities
of being secretary to a governor"
81 was afraid you might scold me
If l did. And besides was glued to
the long distance telephone all even
ing. talking to my manager at Ards
ley. He read me my letters and a lot
OF kilograms that annoyed me very
much 1 wish you wouldn't be so
hard on me. for have trifiing trou-
bles of my own
IL didn't suppose you ever had trou-
bles; you certainly don't act as
though you ever had"
mo one who has never been broth
er-in-law to a duke has the slightest
idea of what trouble is"
I've seen the duke of Ballywinkle's
picture III .he papers ana he looks
very attractive"
well. II you'd ever seen him eat
celery you'd change your mind. He's
going down to Ardsley to visit me;
for sheer nerve ! must say my rela-
tions beat the world. I got my place
over here in North Carolina Just to
get away from them. and now my sis
ter-not the duchess but Mrs. Atch.
ison-is coming down there with a
lot of girls and Ballywinkle has at
tached himself to the party. They'll
pass through here to-day, and tbey'u