The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-24

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hardly expected so much ffanks4s.
In moment showed him why. iSi-
itics and excited men and deals ald-
his past. l told hini waS afrnAsof
them all. the last the most.
"But IT'S for Miss is1cys tseIle. ola
man-cnn't you see? spruuted n ming
the Pennsylvania Dutch and hfer
grew up in Iowa. You Rltpw th8sc
Kentucky folks You got tu ffive nm.
lily. And have the money. hut istle
Of the blue blood. Lucy Relics foRs =
we'll. they're just ike other Folks. ney
like NE. but-old man, can't yon gci Il :
l need the position that tefnlduwAt
Frankfort would give. I'm not 4int the
game for good
week later he rushed Into whlre
my men were Gnishing up ,:if Df
handsome desks. He was red aud Al.
most frantic In manner.
"Old man. I'm afraid they've sut
me?' He looked unnatural and hsg.
gard l did not break In. for he Eas
the man with the talk. They're On
the trail of my old life"
A week later the big crush came.
Potter's rival had heard the saeau
fight stories from the men Dick tad
whipped. 1t was nice revenge. ahd
two Of them did a remarkably god
job. My old friend heard IL all. but
kept it out OF the Citizen.
The bounding grew even more suc.
cessful every day that passed. Aud,
worse. It was all trne-tcrfibly true.
lt was the day befoFe the primary.
I had been given consent 10 leave ihe
shop early. it .Yiis a last ty to STEM
the tide that was slowly pounding
down the character and possible sue.
cess OF DICK Potter.
I went TO the usually quiet ss,luare
1t was taikative and boisterous.
AS I reached there, Diek met rme.
Tell Bill to hold the Citizen of the
press. Tell him want to make a
statement and will pay him twice his
price. Run. Jimn'
1t may sound high flown anliall that.
but it's dead true. say TO yon that
Dick Potter's face. when saw bin
FIVE hours igter. showed more agony
than l thi% you could crowd in ten
faces ssSe mine. y.
He had never ancked any, siiknry In
life hut love. Now the thing be want.
ed most and needed nipst bad been
atsaHddsii 0iit OF his life. 4 .hafe seen
reckless menls with nieneFs-gqus hare.
too-but not one was like Dick.
! looked at the fman live minutes
before he siid d word. .!and could not
urge him. Besides. ] knew abont
what was coming. NsfaiStts
.Iim." he said slowly and with long
pauses between some OF the words.
t"t can tell what the longest walk IN
f4tie woriG isT-ita. 10 saes within ;hr
.Eates sof -ahe3seR .saHdv then to turr
around and walk back. y
He dropped his head in his hanas
and for just n little minute his yolce
broke: Gradually 3tp got the if6sd con
etrol and looked aIp
Z Stm." he went On slowly. etosnor
row the Citizen is going to print my
withdrawal and a complete story oi
my old life. say ali my old life.
wrote 1t. md. IT'S all there The him
or a smile tn'tc,ied fis fps. u ,sid
twfse what riiit scorpion tcid s.em.
wanted ';' beat Elm some w,iy. and
knew more than he did" took .
chtlir and slid It over near his. .,t,it
wanted her to know II from my owr
iips-ns inan would act--anSi IA tolf
her. everything knew aboufS Tsick Pot
ter. 1t was pretty nasty. ts. niit
II took nearly four hours THAI re
leased her from her prpnise 20 ME. nnt
tried the longest walk In the world
IL starts at old man Winters from
gate and ends"--he looked sJppt hi.
new handsntne qiiatt teEa - g. s.
was saying something oh. som,
small thing about N DeginninG al ave
or something like thai. i dan,s tb,nl
he heard n word. His Telephone .nel
rang. ana he didn't rise TO aiswer. Il,
4 slid gut into the othergooln and tool
lsdown the receiver fs .
It:was Lucy Belle q linew I j & sys,ice
Il called to Dick. but hp slidilt move
Then ] nladt, some silly excuse ant
ran to Potter told him n ss,...s SIC,
Belle and what II might uiean, bnt b.
wouldn't move. He said he couIdn'
stand anything more. rushed nnci
i w me 5teIepuone ana told Miss i.uc!
he was sick. ,yssss Sc
sBut she knew Dick. and she ksEce;
/. is.e 10 issi iiitll 10 rnIE ~ ner. Jiisf 20
o moment. By ti.st ttilie < md 20
10 be so mueho n Iiar thar tho sIght
could stand another little dlsefacf. an,
| told Dick she was sick and needle.
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