Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-13


THE NEW srORK
north. He won his spurs under Lee.
After the war had blown over he came
home. to find that his only son hac
enlisted with the Radyiiie compan.
and disappeared at Gettysburg. 1t pref
ty nearly killed the old man. though
he WASN'T 50 old then. bur there's fire
in the Rehun hlood and his boys &C
ton seemed 10 him nothing less thar
treason
And that's what soured him on tn.
world -
Not altogether He had daughter
Margaret. She WIS The most beaufi
full woman in the world" suspect
my voice broke a little Just there. fot
there was a shade of respectful sym
patty in the monosylah bic with which
he filed the pause He swore she
should sever marry n northeruer. but
she did | guess, being n Bohun. she
had to after hearing she must not
There were two of us that loved her.
but she chose Sam Graham"
why" he said awkwardiy. I'm
sorry"
I'm not She was right II | couldn't
see /; that way. They ran away and
so did l. went east. hut they came
back to RadyiIle Colonel Bohun nev
er forgave them. but they were very
happy til she died Betty's their
daughter. OF course Sans not the
kind that marries more than once
We reached our gate went In very
quietly lii our candles and with elabo-
gate care avoided rhe homemade bur
siar alarm.
by the way. did you get your invi
tafion TO Josie i.ockwood's party. Mr.
Duncan: | happened to see 1t on the
bah table this evening"
YES" lie assented quietly.
IFS To he The social event of the
year. hope you'ii enjoy it
I'm not going It's against the rules
nj first-l mean business rules. I'll he
So busy Mt the store. you know
Alone. WIS fam 10 confess he haf
fled my understanding
The rush Of business to Graham's
began the following morning. Dun
cans hands were full almost from tbs
first. and he had To relegate such mat
tiers as making final disposition II hi,
stock and gefrfng acquainted with II fa
the Intervals befween waiting apon
customers Old Sam must have pnt
up more prescriptions IN the next fes
DAYS than be- had within the last sxs
a TOD ~ a
iook at the renoy a4ed store. shake
Sans hand and $40 what the new
mariner was really ike Sothern Il
Lees was for some days quite desert
I'd. especially after Duncan took lea.
out of their book. bought an ice crea ID
freezer and began TO serve dabs of
cream In the soda
VIII BigsloE esen dresszed round
and bought samples Of the tobacco
stock. from two-fors up TO ten-cenfers.
and smoked them with expressive
snorts- Tracey Tanners soda and Gig
srette trade was transferred bodily to
Eraham's from the first. and Roland
Yarnette gave ii his patronage albeit
grudgingiy. as soon ~ he found II TIM
possible to STAKE Josie LOckwood's al
legiance say grudgtngiy because
Roland didn't Ike the new partner
and had said 20 from the drst But
every one eise did like him almost
without exception. His attentiveness
and courtesy were not ungrsfefui AFT
er the way things were thrown nj 700
at sogh~rn 4 Lees. we declared
Duncan certainly did strive to please
No man ever worked harder In Rad
vile store than he did And from the
time that he began TO believe there
would BE- some reward for bis exer-
tiona. that the busineas vas suscepti-
be 70 being buiit up b. The employ.
meat q progressive osthodA ~ grew