Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12

MYN q DAVIS we're threading
a. along 10 the music of bands
r1a',,, ,,-ore fving. The clatter OF hoolS
sounded in front OF the otocN 10,
change Crowds were cheering NJ
clicking of motion picture niaciiino9
came TO us from the ledge heaIOy' %
the men of the camera put lhIo shoi'
If,od history the sights of New fork
Fourth of July parade. Miss Clemeh.
u,s silent. her eyes on the columns ol
figures as they turned, gay coioIeu' III
IN chasmlike Wall street coulu see
that the sight had gripped her' JuS'
90 n had gripped me, and that she
gas thinking of other days, when ue-
termined little groups or men III 'A0
same sort of costume, marched up
this same street to the music OF NE
and drum. ready TO Highland hght
until the last drop of blood was gone
II was a mixture of past and present
the skyscrapers of today shelterlhs
The renlica of more than a hundred
years ago.
"A comparison that only New YORK
could give" | remarked and MISS
Clement nodded her head.
An hour later. as we sat on the
screened veranda Of the CAFE Boule-
yarde. watching the holiday lie Oh
teeming Second avenue, Miss Clement
was still thoughtful-and still silent
a great deal of the time. Decalhe
iocular and she looked at me with that
little smile which always foretells the
coming story.
Its queer the hold that the past
can get on one" she said. NOT thaC
I've been thinking anything about the
DAYS of the revolution. | didn't live
that long ago." was added with
laugh as the waiter served the COCK
tails. But l have noticed when you
want to do something with a person,
.you can paint the future forever with
out getting results But paint the past
a few times and you're pretty sure to
get what you want.
1T was about eight o'clock one night
three years ago when the buzzer OF
my apartment in Chicago announced
someone at the door. A young CIR
WHO gave utI 40 -'AASS
faced me few moments later-styi
ishly dressed, pretty, and with ever!
indication of a fair position in liz
about her. She hesitated moment
looking around the room as II to as
sure herself that We were the onl
two there. Then she drew her chal
close to me
che caih II hqV
come to you to find out If you coul
do some work for me. It's
"'Not without the consent OF tn
captain | answered. But perhap
that can be arranged. Is it anythin
connected with criminals?'
1.-THE woman studied a moment
THAT Is what l don't know sh
answered at last. If / only did,
would feel better. The truth is thu
my mother, who is fifty years old,
running our fortune. In three month
she has gotten away with more tina
seventy thousand dollars. What ha
become of it, cannot say. In fac
cannot swear absolutely that sh
has parted with the money. All
know is that she has turned stock
into money and that she has bee
drawing from her account at the ban
steadily. | have tried to find out whs
she has been doing with the none
but that has been impossible. Sh
does not live at home with my brotht
and myself, but has taken an apar
ment on the North Side. 1 have gor
there and tried TO persuade her to a
low me to live with her. but she hs
refused. She has also refusef to con
homeland there is nothing that | ca
do.
-'And that is the reason I ha,
come to you, the young woman CO
tinued My brother has figured 1T o.
that my mother Is insane, and tn
she should be taken before the pr
bate court and adjudged so. "
know what that would mean, vi
continued with a heartbroken lit
sigh, I just couldn't stand it.
thought that maybe If l should cor
to you, you could find out way
straighten this whole thing out. He
Il don't know
HAS your mother anything to W,
ry herr I\asked. What does yo
brother base his belief of insanity oil
'Nothing-except that she is e
IDENTIFY trying to spend all the mon
she possesses
Ion what? Have you any ide
None at ALL
"'How many children are there
-Four; my brother and myself a
two married sisters, who live in S
kane
mo black sheep in the family -?
Mo
"'How long has your father b
dead?
1.-The young woman looked at
quickly.
81 can't tell you that she ansy
ed at last, with a bit of hidden |
In her voice, I am not sure. We b
never been sure that he is dea
though we are reasonably salts
My father went on an exploring e
I dition into South America fif
years ago. after a series of quar-
with my mother. Relations had
been good for some time. He n
came back Whether he died {
or whether he has merely rema