The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30

giles, and so remarked for the first
time the difference between the
speech of the old and the new world.
Mr. Ruggles spoke broadly, with com.
plete disregard of the frills and adorn-
ments of the Kings English. He
spoke United States Of the pure,
broad, western brand, and it rang out
1t vibrated and swelled and rolled, and
as Ruggles didn't care who heard him,
nothing Of what he had to say was
lost.
Old Mr.. Blair had left behind him a
comrade, and as far as advice could
go the old man knew that his Dan
would not be bankrupt
advice" Dan Blair senior once
said to his boy, is the kind of thing
we want some fellow to give us when
We amt going to do the thing we
ought to do, or are little ashamed Of
something We have done It's an aw-
full good way to get cured of asking
advice just to do what the fellow tells
you to at once"
During Ruggles' stay in London the
young fellow looked to it that Rug
giles saw the sights, and the two did
the principal features of the big town,
to the rich enjoyment of the Western
er. Dan took his friend every night
to the play, and on the fourth evening
Ruggles said: Let's go to the circus
or vaudeville, Dan. have learned
this show by heart!" They had been
every night to see "Mandalay."
"Oh, you go on where you like,
JOSH" the boy answered. I'm going
to see how she looks from the pit"
Ruggles was not a Blairtown man.
He had come from farther west, and
had never heard anything OF Sarah
Towney or Lefty Lane. He applauded
the actress vigorously at the Gaiety
at first. and after the third night slept
through most of the performance.
When he walked up he tried to els.
cover what attraction Lefty Lane had
for Dan. For the young man never
left Ruggles' side, never went behind
the scenes, though he seemed alb
sorbed, az man usually ~ absorbed
for one reason only.
In response TO a telegram from Os-
dene Para, Dan motored OUT u ere cne
afternoon, and during his absence
Raggles was surprised at his hotei
by a cali
My dear Mr.. Ruggles," Lord Ga
lorey said. for he it was the page boy
fetched up, why don't you come out
to see US? All friends of old Mr..
Blair's are welcome at Osdene."
Ruggles thanked Galorey and SAID
he was not a visiting man, that he
only had short time in London. and
was going to Ireland to look up his !,
family tree
There are one hundred acres OF =
trees In Osdene," laughed Galorey:
you can climb them ALL" And Rug
giles replied:
1 guess wouldn't find any
. Shaughnessy Ruggles at the top of
any OF 'em, my lord The boy has
gone out to see you all today"
Galorey nodded. That is Just why
toddled in to see you!"
Ruggles' caller had been shown to
the sitting room, where he and Dan
noonobbed and smoked during the
Westerner's visit. There was a pile
OF papers on the table, in one corner
typewriter covered by black cloth.
Galorey took chair and, refusing a
cigarette, lit his pipe.
i didn't have the pleasure of meet
Ing you in the West when | was out
there with Blair. l knew Dams fa-
ther rather WELL"
Ruggles responded: 81 knew him
rather well, too, for thirty years. IT,"
ne went on, Blair hadn't known YOU
pretty we'll he wouldn't have sent the
boy out to you as he has done. He
was keen On every trail. I might
say that he had been over every one
OF 'em like hound before he set the
boy loose"
Galorey answered, Quite So" grave 4
ly. II know it. 1 knew it when Dan
turned up at Osdene-" Holding his
pipe bowl in the palm of his slender
hand, he smoked meditatively. He
hadn't thought about things, as he
had been doing lately, for many years.
His sense of honor was the strongest
thing In Gordon Galorey, the only
thing In him, perhaps, that had been
left unsmirched by the touch OF the
world. He was unquestionably a gen.
tleman.
Blair, however" he said, wasn't
as keen on this scent as you'd expect.
His intuition was wrong"
Ruggles raised his eyebrows slight
ly.
I mean to say" Lord Galorey went
on, that he knew me In the West
when had cut loose for a few blessed
months from just these things into
which he has sent his boy--from
what, If had son, God knows I'd
throw him as far as l could"