Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-26

ground6 picked ont Tor No right now
Then 10 turned - The amu1sd giri
Thank you, Miss Louiss," b said
ru6fully. "Plsass ten Mr.. Todhuntsr
I'll be there In two or three minutes"
Suddenly. but little distance ahead.
he saw Tom Strickland parting from
Mary. They were handsome couple.
the colonsl's daughter an exquisite type
OF the well born southern girl, her hair
and eyes rarely pure brown. her skin
Of almost baby fairness. proud little
mouth. . joyous bearing; the youth =
tall and we'll built young country bred
gentleman. his eyes clear blue. his
hair a sunburned yellow. his mouth
and chin clean cut and nrm. Colonel
Todhunter approved heartily Of both.
As Mary left her companion and went
to Join her mother. a.secopd girl with
obvious intent, crossed Tom strick-
lands pAth. She was Of different
type. . pishsian beauty. b1nck haired.
with. .paS4i6nAte eyes. full red lips, a
susgesti66 Of rich animal life in he-
movements.
"You ought to be ashamed Of your.
self. Tom stricklandr' she said in a
low tone. Z little break In her voice.
''You let me drop lite was somethin'
you despised just the minute you
caught sight Of Mary Todhunter. l
wouldn't treat I dog. that way. Tom"
There was something pitiful In the
utter frankness Of surrender with
which the speakers eyes confessed her
liking for Tom Strickland. Colonel
Todhunter knew her WE'LL She was
the granddaughter, of old Rafe Dog.
gett. who had been q private soldier
in a Confederate regiment during the
civil war. The family belonged to the
class once known as poor whites"
but old Doggett had been a good sol.
der. and Lottie-May. his granddaugh-
ter. owed her membership In the
Daughters Of the Confederacy to the
esteem in which he was held.
This was even more than a conces-
sion to inferior caste. The .darkiy
beautiful country girl whom old RATE
Doggett's son had married in another
state had gone away from home one
day. leaving her baby daughter behind,
and never returned. A pieturesquely
handsome Indian herb DOCTOR" who
had been peddllng his wares in Nine.
veh for some days and was known to
have paid bold attentions to her. dis
appeared at the same time. Lottie-
May Doggett. inheriting the same vital
beauty Of soft roundness. red lips and
sensuous black eyes. had grown up IN
Nineveh. defiant, under the shadow Of
her mothers shame.
Tom Strickland stared at the girl,
plainly surprised. why. Lottie-Ma
he exclaimed; II won't let you think
such q thing! only hurried to say
'Howdy' to Miss Mary because she had
just got here Anyway"-and here be
smiled teasipgly-"I could see with one
eye that Siam Tucker was just wild
to have q talk with you"
Lottie-May's eyes dashed. ~ STAN
Tucker-shucksv she cried scornfully.
II wouldn't wipe my feet on him. Tom.
when you're around, and you know 1t,
But can tell you one thing here
. note OF proud vanity sounded In her
1oice-"tryin' hard a. he Il to Git Miss
Mary Todhunter to marr1 him, Just
Ike you are. STAN Tucker loves mo
more in one minute than hs win love
her in his whole lifetime" sa
'Lottte-May." CALCULATED. Tom ansri-
", "you mustn't talk Ike that! You
ought to be ashamed. You've got no
right to couple Miss Mary Todhunter's
name
mo. no. that's itr' Interrupted the
girl holly. II mustn't mention Mary
Todhunter's name in the same breath
with mine. 1t amt right, you think!
Well. l willard hate her! l hate
herr
II didn't mean that. Lottie- May" pro-
tested Tom. You know I didn't mean
that
But the girl was gone. Hagar-like.
she moved with q sort Of outcast pride.
her pretty head held high. her eyes
flashing. In a moment she had disap-
peared in the crowd.
"Tom," said Colonel Todhunter. ad.
you'd better be hurryin' to
where Mrs. Todhunter Is and make
your peace for stealth Mary away.
You're in hot water. young man."
Tom Strickland flushed consciously.
Colonel, / reckon you heard what Lot
tie May Doesett was saying to me?'
II couldn't very well help It, Tom"
.'well. SIR. you mustn't draw any
wrong conclusions from what she said,
Colonel Todhunter. Lottie-May's q
good girl. so far as know. and I've al.
ways felt sorry for her., But she's been
brought up under cloud. and it's made
her sorter reckless and full Of the
devil. l don't believe she cares how
black she paints herself. and think
too much Of her to take her at her
word about knowing that STAN Tucker
loves her and makes love to her With
out thinking Of marrying her. That's,
Just her wild talk. sir"
"she's certainly grown up to b.
mighty pretty girl, Tom." said Colonel
And now that you've
preached the subject and I've beard
what have. will you let me give you
/ word Of advice?'
Certainly. colonel" replied Tom.
well, Tom. speakin' plainly. it's this.
You better tight mighty shy Of Lottis.
May hereafter. sub. don't mean any
hing against the girl. But she thinks
| lot Of you. and she don't mind lsttin'
vou know It. and that makes mighty