Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-05

I unhappy incident with you OF onyUooy
else. was ono of those present. but
| the circumstances you mention have
never been descanted upon By ne"
u sec by tho papers," said Mrs.. Gil.
ford. with an air Of redignsdfy chang.
inr the subject, they've beSh. invests.
eating the failure OF the Valiant Cor.
poration. The son seems to b set.
ting the sharp end Of the stick. Per.
haps he's coming down here because
they've made It 20 hot for him IN
New York. Well. I'm afraid he'll md
this county disappointing"
| "He will that!" agreed the doctor
sayasely. mo doubt he imagines he's
coming to kindly countryside OF gen
| tle-born people with souls and tmaEi.
nations: he'll ind he's lit in . section
| that's entirely too ready to hack at his
fathers name and prepared In I'd.
| vance to call him Northern scum and
tura up it, nose ct his accent COM
munity 20 full Of dyed:tn-shs-wool
snobbery that It would make Boston
look like . poorwhits bazbscue Tn
sorry for hint"
Just then from the rear Of The house
came Z strident voice:
"Yo', Raph'el! Take 20 hans
outer dem cherries! Dom 20 know Of
20 swallahs dem ar pits, 70, gwinetee
hab 'pendegeetus en- lump up en- diet"
-he sound Of . slap and shrill yeip
! followed. and around the porch dashed
an infautile darkey, % nude - black
Puck. with his hands full Of cherries.
who came to = sudden demoransed
stop in the embarrassing foreground.
| Ralph" Numbered the doctor.
Didn't l tell you to 60 back to that
kitchen?"
yves, subj" responded the imp. But
20 didh' tell me ter stay dar!"
III I see you out here again" rosred
the doctor, Ill tie your ears back
and grease you-and SWALLOW
you!" At which grisly threat. the
apparition, with . shrill shrek. turned
and ran desperately for tho corner OF
the house.
! e! hc:.," Sid the doctor. resuming.
that the young man who came to M
the place up has hired Uncle Je1eT-
son and his wife to help him. Who's
responsible for that interesting infoE.
mation?"
| Hickey Snyder" said Mrs. Mason.
She's got q spy.glass rugged UP IN
a sugar.tree at Miss Matte Sues
and she saw them pottering around
there this morning"
! Little limb" exclaimed Mrs. Gif'
ford, with emphasis. She's a. cheeky
as a tcwn-hog. I can't imagine what
Shirley cambridge was thinking OF
when she brought that low-born child
out Of her sphere"
Something like srowl came fom
the doctor a. he struck open the
screen-door. Limb I'll bet ten
dollars she's an angel in . cedar.
tree 1T a church fair compared with
some better.born yeung ones I know
q who are only 1t 70 live when
they've got the scarlet.fever and who
ought to be In the reformatory long
ago. And - for Shirley cambridge.
it's my opinion she and her mother
and q few othors IKE her have got
about the only drops Of the milk o.
human kindness In this whole aban-'
doned community" q
Dreadful mani" said Mrs. Clifford,
soto voce, a. the door banged vicious
Ily. ITO think Of his being born .
Southall! Sometimes ! can't believe
IT,"
Mrs. Mason shook her head and
smiled. "Ah, but that isn't the real
Doctor Southall," she said. That's
only his she'll"
"rve heard that he has another
side," responded the other with
guarded grimness. "but II he has.
wish he'd manage to show IT some
times"
Mrs. Mason took OF her glasses and
wiped them caresully. II saw 1t whom
my husband died." she said softly.
.That was before you came. They
were oldsfriends. you know. He was
sick almost year. and the doctor
used to carry him out here on tho
porch every day in his arms. Ike .
child. and them, when the typhus
came that summer among the negroes,
he Guaranteed himself with them-the
only white man there-and treated
and nursed them and buried the dead
with his own hands, till 1t was
stamped out That's the real Doctor
Southall''
The rockers vibrated in silence for
moment. Then Mr.. Clifford said: I
never knew before that he had any
thing to do with that duel. Was he
one Of valiant's seconds
Yes" said Mrs. Mason; and the
major was the other. ! was little
girl when 1t happened. l can barely
remember it, but It made > big 'sensa-
ton
4 And over love-afRair!" exclaimed
Mrs. Clifford in the tone Of one To-
whom romance was daily bread.
i II suppose It was"
1 For time the conversation Ian
guished. Then Mr.. Clifford asked sud
denly: who do you suppose she
could have been?-the girl behind that
old Valiant affair.
! Mrs. Mason shook her head. mo
one knows for certain-unless. Of
course. the major or the doctor. and I
wouldn't question either Of them for
worlds. You see. people had stopped
gossiping about It before was out Of
school. There's Major Bristow 1t the
gate now. And the Doctors Just com
ing out again"
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