Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19

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question than he felt vague uneasi-
ness. He saw returning to tbe girls
| race II not TO her eyes, that power
"hich had humbled him so quickly and
! tlor oughIy. As she got up from her seat
! EroadWay was suddenly conscious that
sne seemed feet and feet above him. He
leil that she was at some height and
was looking down upon him, pigmy
.Aud ms Illusion was SO complete that
he almost felt that it was being carried
out physically
II isn't a question OF the price, Mr.
Jones said those dearly sweet vet
strangely undershot vibrations that
seemed to come and go as they pleased
Il! lhls girls voice. ut is the principle
Of the thing"
6foadway answered almost in single
gasp as he strove to control his weird
| emotions:
lou Il have-to explain-that to me"
why, think Of what you're selling
Her race lighted up almost with the old
life OF martyrs burned at the stake-"the
/ lhlAg your grandfather worked for and
named down to your father-the thing
that he worked for and handed down 10
! you-the thing that you should work for
/ ana hand down to Your children, then
| 10 their children, and so on, and so on
Ihlnk OF what you're selling"
/ Rapidly poor Broadway was learning
/ lhe meaning OF the famous phrase, etc
! love her is liberal education" Not that
/ he loved this magnetic young woman. but
MS liberal education was beginning. He
stroVe against enlightenment and, as tho
most etfeetual way of checking the pro-
cess he retorted when he was able:
Think Of what I'm selling. You mean
/ that bum chewing gum"
! The girls glance let him see that there
could be dignity and sentiment both about
a bum chewing gum"
STRONG WORDS.
! As she did not reply, Broadway fancied
for one short moment that ne had routed
| her, He FASTENED 10 press home the shot
with:
! can't see for the life Of me where
| there is any sentiment about this thing"
But the young woman had not been
| routed. She walked toward him slowly
| Then, within few feet, she stopped
''You cart" she said with low vehe-
-monce; you'd ruin the town you were
| born in You'd see seven hundred men
! and boys taken from their employment
/ YOU'D see the very bread and butter taken
| from the mouths OF their families. Would
you see all Of this without a reeret?"
/ How is all this going to happen
shot out Broadway, on the edge OF the
| pit she seemed plainly intent on Digging
for him.
| The girl let him think for moment
while she seated herself, and with a gen
tie wave of her arm invited him to take
the other chair near her. But he re-
manned standing from q feeling that if
he sat deep waters would engulf him.
There was little silence; then she
went on:
Twenty -four hours from the time YOU
sign that bill Of sale to the Consolidated
Company this plant will close"
You mean they'll pay all that money
just to get this gum off the narketg'
oh no." she elucidated-as though {,
4 child. Their plant covers acres an,
/ acres Of land. They manufacture I
Ohio"
Broadway could no longer face tnosc
pleading, meaacing, imploring, begging
/ eyes whose shadings Of emotion from
command 70 eutreaty were So clearl,
shown and with such lightning rapidity.
"Oh. I see lie said. his head sink'rs
as if in keeping with his voice, ARE 50,
sure Of that
Positively" said tie girl; "why, you
! lever know a happy day, Mr. Jones. You
couldn't have any luck Or peace OF mind. |
Ii would be almost criminal. The thought
OF the pain and distress you'd bring into
he lives OF these people would haunt Won
Jay and night Why, even in youI
cams you'd
no the raising Of the siege upon jack
sons emotions came memory of the hotel
: Dom in Jonesvine he was 20 occupy.
For heavens sake don't say any more.
please don't he pleaded, I've heard
enough now to keep me awake for 81
week"
For The first time during his talk with
her the girl smiled. There had been
movements Of her features in their inter
view that might have passed FOR smiles,
but other values had been given to them
by that impenetrahle mystery of woman
kind which this girl seemed TO have in
grofusion.
Now the world appeared in u different
light Jackson could think only Of the
sunrise as he had seen It in Central park
when. after 4 night OF it, he had driven
his automobile through II with paudliu
company Never had the tuts OF early
morning appeared more beautiful than on
those occasions, when the calm and dig /
litv Of the awakening day aroused il
BIN q dim rcrnorsa that his own life vas.
not Us they So it was wien Josie--ne
lid not dare cali her that even in his
thoughts smiled. Her smile gave point
, to al that she had said; II also oblit-
GRATED all the bitterness that might have
existed in some Of her words. phrasing'
and factal expressions.
THE smile was still on her lips and the
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