The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-08-26
CHAPTER XXI.
The EvenIno Of an Old soore.

~ oouho uaO tang OF tmDa-
uence, for he had used %ae knocker
more than once without result. Now
ne strode to the end Of the porch
and raised his voice In q stentorfan
beiiow that brought Uncle Jefferson
snuming around the path from the
Kitchens with oil the whites OF h,a
eyes showing.
You dog-gone lazy rascali" thun.
'oeTed the major. What do you mean
San py keeping gentleman cooling
hle heeis on the doorstep like a tax
ooslectorS Where's your mesterY,
Fo 90 Lawd. Major, All aim eeen
'haaSs' John sence dis mawnin'. staht
out aftah breakfas' on he nevab
showed up ersin ct all. Yo' reek'n
Whut DC mattah, sub? 7" he adt,e6 anx.
'soueI. Peahs LAX sumpan, nrev,n,
on he mind. Dom seem or bit heaa'f
lately" w "0'o
"H-m-m," The major looked tbon,,.
lful. isn't he well7"
no sub. Ain ct no morn er hum.
snin-buhd desc las few days. yea,
nangs eroun' lonesome LAX Don,
laugh no mo-, dom sing no mo-. Ain,
play de pianny sence de day astab do
jail. NE en- Daph moght1y pestered
bout him." w
"Pshawl" said the major. .roucb
OF spring fever, I rackon. Aunt rant
'reeds him too well. Give him leaa
iflea chicken and more ash-cake and
bnttermilk. Make him some tplana y
The old negro shook his haaa
moshty neah use up all dat mint.
oaid An foun'." he said, but AIM 40
mo good Majah, Abs sho' 'feahed
sumpin' gwineter happen"
Nonaense!" the major aptssad
What fool ideas got under your vool
now Been eseing Mad Anthony
la8atn, III bet o, doalar."
Uncie Jefferson svallovad ora.
awioo with seeming dinaoulty and
sufnea the gravel with his toe. Oats
leo' ne eaid gloomily. "Ah done Ca
% oia man do yuddah day bout ct
Ansy' no knowi He eee trouble az.
feomin' on trouble orewine. Dat cana
piSht de hosaahoo drop ofYon a
totable do. sn dis vey naawnin' az
lSuhd Como ay inter do house. r>aa,
j9r mighty bod hoodoo, or mtahtv 49,
Ihoodooi" >' "'1a
SAncka!" eaid tho major. ~You,ya
!eo ioony 90 OLD Anthony, with yonr
Safernal sigma n your Marg' John,o
seen out all day reckon he'll turn
!ep hqfqEe long. III wait for him A
IsahaieH. va H9AatartaA In, but paueea a.,
leass " sahr9shoSd, +Did You eav-.ah.E-
,Gonf"
Uncle JeRerson's lips roiaxed IN d I
wide grin. "Ah .reck'n dah'e er eav
osfay eDriga lef', 0uh. Stop In On snek
,yo,soT ct homo. ~ Mars' John zee
ISo'. he be moughtly hoped up. An
;sRlnetes mix yo' dat jplep in two
He disappeared around the corner
Eof the porch and the major strode into
}sho hall, threw his gray slouch hat
on the table. and sat down.
was quiet and peaceful, that m.
'oient hall. He fell to thinking of the
many times. Of old, when he had aat
there. The house was the same again
now. It had walked from q thirty.
years slumber to q renewed nrIrna
only ne had lived on meanwhile and
now was old. He sighed.
How gay the place had been the
might OF the ball, with the lights and
roses and music! He remembered
what the doctor had said about Val.
,,1epe and Shirley--it had lain ever
:eihce IN his mind, a painful specula.
,eion. The recollection reused another
Thought from which he shrank. He
'stirred uneasily. What ION earth kent
that old !arky 80 long over that julep
A slight noise made him turn h,a
head. But nothing moved. Only
Ioreak Of the woodwork, he thought
and settled back again In his chair
1t was, In fact, stealthy faotYail |
ne had heard. II cafne hom the
library, where u ahabby figure
crouched, listening, In the corner be-
hind the tapestried screen-a man
evilly clad. with SCARED cheek.
1t had been with no good purpose
that Greet King had dogged the major
these last few days. He hugged hot
hatred grown to white heat in six
years Of prison labor within bleak
walls at the clicking shoe-machine. or
with the chain-gang on blazing or
frosty turnpikes. He had slunk be.
hind him that afternoon, creeping up
tho drive under cover OF the buabea
and while the other talked with Uncle
Jefferson, had skirted the house and
entered from the farther side, through
an open French window. Now as he
peered from behind the screen, a
poker, snatched from tho fireplace,
was In his hand. His furtive saze fell
upon morocco covered case on a
commode by his side. He lifted it's