Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-24

I once knew very rich old man who
had out standing offer Of $ for a gin
ser cake. "a niger Bible as a certain
sort We're called. that would taste just
- good as they did in his boyhood.
Sometimes I have felt Ike Offering a
reward for a book that would thrill me,
begrudge turning over the pages be-
eaase / knew that every page turned
rseant that much nearer the conclusion,
yet tempt me 10 look toward the end
TO see II they married and lived happily
ever after"
Well I have found Just such a book in
The Prodigal Judge" Vaughan kester
: a wizard with his pen One usually
considers a book well written that really
portrays people as few see them. But
the characters in The Prodigal Judge
are so vivid that one feels as II they are
actual acQuaintances-
In this day OF problem novels, and
novels with purpose. il Is good TO smile
over the gentle whimsicalities Of Uncle
Bob. - the drolI acceptance Of facts as
shown in the earl Of Lambeth's lifes
the courtshfp Of Polly Rhett and the
earl. and the shrewdness Of the six little
cavendish children. mot counting the
baby"
and riz family: there was my GRANDPA
Their and passed. Of girls, and that crop
Of children was the only decent crop ne
ever riz
NY grandfather said he never knowed
. man with such an aversion agin labor
as his father had. Folks put Il down 10
Iaziness. but they mIsjudged him, as
come out later. yet he never let on. He
les went on sorrovfuI like and when
- n Hrt he'd
spend a heap OF time studying Il, or
mebby he'd jes set and look a. II. until
he was ready 70 to give IL up Appear
ed Ike ne couldn't bring himself down TO
toll
Then one day he got bis hands on a
paper that had just come acrost N
ship from Englan' He vas reading Z
settins in the shade. my granfather sair
he always noticed ne was partial TO the
shade and his wife was Fostering him 10
20 and plow out his truck patch. when
al at once he Mt on something in the
paDer. and he started up and let out
vel ike he'd been shot. BY gum. m
the earl OF Lambuth' he says ana took
out 10 the nearest tavern and got oiien
fun.
wei. sir. that was the frst the family
ever knowed OF il, and then they seen
what he meant when he throwed out
them hints about bein' heap. better than
lie seemed
HE never done a lick OF work after
that. He said he couldn't bring himself
down TO IL; that II was demeanin' 70 a
person OF title 70 10 labor with his
hands Ike a niger. or common white
man lie said bed leave IL to hts family
10 see that he didn't come 10 want. It
didn't 50 much matter about them; and
he lived true TO his principles TO the day
Of his death, and never riz HIS hands
except to feed himself"
Cavendish paused Yancy was feeling
that in his own person he had expert
enced some OF the best symptoms OF a
tide
And when he passed away his grand
father took the title and Il made him
feel so solemn and grandlike that ne
rad no heart TO work - -tf-s-r
Cavendish asked Bob Yancy. did
you ever hear tell OF tftles7.'
7 certainly have" he rejoined prompt
~. Back in Moth Carolina we went by
the chimneys-"
.-Chimneys? What's chimneys got 20 do
with titles, Mr. Yancy2" asked Polly,
while her husband appeared profoundly
mystifed-
"A whole lot ma-am. II man had two
chimneys TO his house we always called