The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-13
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BrlDtoW. HSu - fond 81 otatory ~
. maltese. cat 10 OF milk.
He gave me hipt OF the major 8
powers In that direction, IN his ac'
count at Crsef Kings trial"
| 'Humph!' rstorted the doctor.
gioomily. that was in his paimy
days. He's fallen on since then.
Plenty OF others been here TO bore
you, | reckon. though OF course you
don't remember all the names yet"
Valiant summoned Uncle Jefferson.
"Yas. subj" grinned the old darky.
! pridefully, de folkses mos lam de
| face onrn datar OIL knockah. Day 10
yistiddy dab wus Mars Quarles On
ledge en- Mis- Chalmahs. De jedge
done sen or streng o. silvar perch"
His place Is GLADDEN. Hail." the
sions round here. A sportsman, sab,
and one of the best pokah hands In
the county
EN- yistiddy, dahs Mars Chilly
Lusk en- de Pen'letons en- de Byloes
en- Mare Lvy Stowe rom Seven
Oaks. en- de woodrows. en-"
.'Thatll do said the major. I'm
Just run over the tax-list; it'll bo
quicker. They are kindly people
here, sah." he went on, but after all
it's q narrow circle. We have our
little pleasures and courtships and
scandals and We are satisfied with
them. We're not gadabouts. Our
girls haven't all nirted around Europe
and they don't talk Of the Ptncio and
the Champs Elysees - II they were
Capitol HIN and Madison-st. In Rich
mond. But II may cay 90, sab.
think In Virginia We get little closer
to life 10 God Almighty intended II
than people In some Of your big
cities
Come Bristow." Interrupted the
doctor, tell the truth. This dog
gone borough IL rs dull as mud
fence sticking with tadpolss. There
isn't q man In II with soul above
hovse-nesh..
Z The doctors shaftg todxy. however.
glanced on the majors buckler OF ge-
niality like the Lilliputian arrow from
Gulliver's eye-glass. Il hope you ride.
Mr.. Valiant" the latter asked gent
ally.
f--sffsnr foaA- o. ~: said Valiant, hut |
have no horse a. yet"
81 was thinkinS,'' pursued the ma
jor. .'of the coming tournament"
"TUOrnamentY
The doctor cut in. "A ridiculous
cock-a-doodle-do which gives the
yoane bucks = chance to rig out -
4lIy -yoGsery and -prance their colts
before . lot of psttacoats!"
IT'S an annual affair" explained
1.-The .unajor:- = kind Of spectacle. For
many years, ~ sthe way Il has been
HELD on . part OF this sstate perhaps
you will have no objection to it, use
this season? land ct night there 10 .
dance C the Country Club. BY the
way, you-must let me introduce you
there AOdiorrow rye taken the lib
erty clready Of putting your nams
Iup."
Good Lord" growled the doctor.
aside. '.He vcounts himself young! IL
IT'D reached your age, Bristow--" IA
You have" said the major. nettled.
-Four years ago!-As ! WAS saying.
Mr.. Valiant. they ride for = prize.
It's . very ancient thing-fve seen
references to II In q colonial manu-
script In the Byrd library 1t West
over. No doubt It's come down d.
rectiy from the old jousts."
You don't mean to say" cried his
nearer IN genuine ast0nishment, that
Virginia has lineAl descendant OF
the tourney"
The major nodded. "Yes Certain
sections OF Kentucky used to have It.
too, but 4 has died out there. It ex-
lists now only In this state. lt's
curious thing that the old knighly
meetings Of the middle ages should
survive today only ON American soil
and In . corner of Virginia"
Doctor Southall. meanwhile. had set
his gaze ON the litter Of pamphlets.
He turned with an appreciative eye.
You're beginning In earnest The
Agricultural department. And the
Congressional frank
I've gone TO the fountainhead," said
Valiant. I'm trying to hnd out pos
sfbiIities. I've sent samples OF the
soil. It's lain fallow so long II has
occurred to me II may need special
treatment
The major pulled his mnstache
meditatively. Not q bad idea," he
said. Hes starting right--eh, South.
all? You're bringing the viewpoint
OF practical science to bear on the
problem. Mr. Valiant"
I'm afraid I'm sad sketch as q
scientist" laughed the other. MY
point OF view has to be q somewhat
practical one. must be self-support-
ing. Damory Court Is big estate.
II has grain lands and forest as we'll.
II my ancestors lived from II. I can.
It's not only that he went on more
slowly. II want to make the most OF
the place for its own sake. too Not
only of its possibilities for earning.
but of its natural beauties. I lack
the resources ! once had. but l can
give 1t thought and work. and II they
can bring Damory Court back to any
thing even remotely resembling what
II once was. I'll not spare either"
The major smote his knee and even
the doctors face showed q grim, II
transient approval. II believe you'll
do IT," exclaimed the former. And
let me say, sab. that the neighbor-
hood 10 not unaware OF the splendid
generosity which Is responsible for
the present lack Of which you speak,
Valiant put out his hand with
little gesture of deprecation. but the
other disregarded It. "Confound II.
sab. IL was to be expected Of a Vail
ant. Your ancestors wrote their
names In capital letters over this
county. They were an up and down
lot. but good or bad land, as SouthaIl
says. I reckon"-he nodded toward
the great portrait above the couch
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