The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-08

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Ell Breed cenndenilr TT % IN BIZ
blood. and wien the time CONES hen
listen
Tint ercnlng llQllihs met Elsie
/ White cbnllne down lte Kitchen steps
and Joined her She was 50 trant. 81
wiolesome. fliat be Always iiild On iIlt
dennalle impression ~ being the y
liter fot iuffilig mixed Hitli bet; effsils
/ Though nutlitlg u lnelilent iiad beeii
said,
How The county nj vi ~ gqEis,i
die Observed as be Joined hen tqii5
4 3sefe l6okihg rather pale when ] ilFss
l.slg YOU here hut you iltage tntlld
\ sonie aiaryeloHs Foltge among these
lfeest
IKE Il very much slle admitted
1 turning his compliment with q sIiillrs
lf.siiaye already grown 10 have Ii te1r.ss
4 thin ainDp1t of supereili9ns lplty tqg
II city dwellefs. III
talThey really. need III. be 5ggreeels
n with ;iiargIs .;aiid % ], tli4tg INN
sincere III iilAf fefnatk ! 4 I'M lnigjLo
/ stops With You fur thuIitln6ri
dG6odg, abe exsiaimed. More fets
4 pie to enjoy Forest altea IS all Tint
Il We need :.
apo. they never have any ylsltgts; I
Rollins inquired, eweek end tparbes
; and the likeir ~ MS ) l.,gf lislts.s
4 Never, she replied For testlylt.ai
ties Of that sort they go dow1 0cctlf
sionaiIy to Mr.. Breeds other place In
| Ylfsinia. but IF. Breed o very ealoli'sll
/ Of having any social life whateyer
here, ".
Rollins strored BY her side 2n6til
u tbey reached the. eottage. WHERE the
garrulous Mrs. White met them at the
door. Il
Mrs White was delighted TO be In:
j troduced TO Mr.. Rollins.
i AElsie has told me aIljabout what a
ane man you are. and tine men sare
: scarce enough any place. Are You go
ing to stay long this,timef
.tHe promises us q month at least.
!, mother,
!. i,TKatss fiiee.n asserted Mfs. Willie.
ats fine TO have a lot OF good look
!, i6gJ men around. My goodness. tell
! Elsie she never will have Q chance 10
81 married II she stays here.
! Rollins was so thankful to Elsie that
2 She, laughed. from sheer amusement ~
and gave him chance to join het.
ms amusement and also his rebressed
ernbarrassment5wer heightened when.
! after Elsie had invited hin to st on
: the vine clad little front stgep Mrs.
, white suddenly and consplcuously abb
/ sented herself. The two were silent
/. for a time when they heard approach
a ing voices! ~ !,
i. aYou had better come in with u.s.,
!. said the voice i6f Blagg from Just be
/ yond the corner Of the house. sThe
organization now numbers more than han
J. a quarter Of a million, all Of the down
trodden,. swern to-seEye the best IN
! tefests ofsthelp ooEn : ~ 4es5
b asBut if5they are all poor people what
3 lean they dolto help lthemselve 29ob;
q 9ected7the voice of BEN ~ hltes4fis 7
+ aRise up and oyerwhelm the exist.
= Ing condition dof things by the mere
! weight S6f numbers Responded RBlage
! Quickly and tensely. e'MoreoveEthe
! organization Is not SO poor as you
!. might think. It has quite a snug little
n sum ii, Its own treasury, and besides
d that, ! know where there is $500
006 iii CASH Rtlat No canss upon
It'll the moment we rise. Look here, Mr.
Il white, l want to explain to you the
Y system Of our organization
e By the sound Of the voices they were
IS slowly walking away, Elsie turned t.
g Rollins with troubled frown.
e II don't like this Mr.. Blagg," she de
~ clared. 'He talks nearly every even
Q inc with father about some secret so
Is ciety he wishes him to join, and an
afraid"
7, Rollins laughed easily. '"These so
: ciaIlstic organizations never 90 any
r. thing" he told her.
h j he thought no more OF tue u'a1'e'
!. inst then. but he did think more ant
k more frequently Of Elsie White as tn
E. DAYS wore on. he knew that he hat
" lsst caste with Mrs. Rensselaer, the frs
ID EtIme she saw him with Lillian's maid
hut he did not care to hold caste Wit
3 Mrs. Rensselaer,. The Rollins mel
ID fox had held it as their right to MARI
n, whom they chose. and he began de
y liberate courtshlp of Elsie White ,
"a sHe avoided Lillian Breed from tas
IS tidious choice, but he spent much tim
!! III his spare hours with Kelvin an
. young Rensselaer,. =.
n ,oneCdrowsy night he had dropped :
- sleep upon bench on the porch In ii
:, ~ shadow Of climbing rosebush. b
was awakened by the scrape Of chair
IA and became conscious of low and tens
le voices quite near him, ,.
er a"You, too. could love as ] love" sal
IL the voice Of Blagg, trembling with r
Q. pressed intensity, could love wit
seething brain, with pounding pulse
it. With a heart the throbs of which woul
o. hurt and hurt and hdrt!"
'iYou are almost poetical In you
" anatomy Of the emotions" drawled th
cnntemptuous voice Of Lillian Breet