Abbeville progress., 1914-06-13

She nodded. She was rather glad
to feel that it was right for her 10 hou'
She would have shrunk from reVeia-
tiors Of the sorrow which would GER
tainlv have filled her heart if it had
transpired. now. that broadway WAS
not to remain in JOuesville. she even
shrank from an acknowledgment OF
this in her own heart
The business will need your atten-
ton" she said gravely.
He waved a hand which he tried ~ |
make appear as if dispensing PRIV |
| leges but which, he knew, seemed
more that of a shirher.
go right on with the business. Don
pay any attention 10 me.
She looked at him very graveiy'
Then. dropping her eyes, she took
some papers from the desk, went TO
filing cabinet. deposited them with
care in their allotted places, and slow
" went back to her desk. AS she re-
turned she did not again raise her eyes
, to his
Have you thought OF what we
talked about last night" she asked.
She made him most uncomfortable
, He had begun TO wonder, for the hrst
time in his life, if. possibly, he did not
r have a conscience. He had never Ia
I ken any obligation very seriously; SUD
i denly it seemed necessary for him 10
: consider many things with solemn
@ pondering mind. He did not ike IL. IL
it distinctly made him nervous. Wha'
a was the use of being heir to all his
n uncle's property if riches brought the
n very thing which he had thought they
might preserve him from-dull care
," Had he thought of what she ha'
II said last night? He had thought OF III
" tie else. Had that train of though
20 been started by any human being othe
Ia than herself. he would have bltterl
r. resented the intense discomfort 1t ma
n caused him. Even now his voice wa
al peevish when he answered:
Have thought of it, All dreame
an about last night was poverty strlcKe
70 families crying for their food Tho'
sands of men, women and childre
chased me through the streets, out
,ic the town and into a wild forest-whel
there was nothing but chewlng-su
- trees"
no. She let her head fall back, al
80, laughed. He was SO funny. Yet 81
DIV pIainlv felt that there was truth in
,,,t complaint. She believed he really hi
passed a most uncomfortable hgi
o,s Perhaps she was not very sorry tn
he had.
..,o "Oh. | had an awful night"
uourned. 81 could have slept IL
rho morning. but the Ladies' Aid began
two rehearse their minstrel show aero
tbo the street. so | got up and order
IN breakfast"
ing Having gone thus far he stopped,
IJis if there could be nothing further 10
said. but she did not understand
aon reason for his sudden silence.
nh "Yes?" she inquired.
- Ibid YOU ever breakfast at
,rsb Grand?" he asked pathetically.
mol. NO" she smiled.
"a "I dare you to-" he challenged.
no ITS the best hotel in town. All
+ of theatrical troupes stop there
- He nodded grimly The trou
that play in Jonesville propaDly
ming serve it."
that She uIu ho' w. o,, g,
his she was sure 'n"' on -,
vondrous acting there in JonesV
roto Had she not wept her eyes out ov'
! in new play. entitled East Lynne
:. Ia nrevious winter? Had not ano
:, 90 novelty which the bills amour
oor,o straight to Jonesville from
,bora metropolitan run Of many weeks
.L which was known as The Two
- nbans" held her spellbound for
inded evening! hau no, '"o hI,,
for n these productions been invariably
been different in their appearance from
of the Jonesville youth, and there
hoau- romantically attractive; had not
Loading women worn enormous Je
cturaI and extraordinary, yellow halr
4 and she had envied fercely? Her own
trulv was rich, dark brown.
social She looked DIT hinn SIN 60,
to it, 1t was plalhl! 'iino ~
6 sit sin to pure business.
-room I've worked all the morning
nanv the auditor upon a statement
elbows the wears business up Il
were first of this MONTH she notified
om 1t grawely. FROM an uppei &c =
II had big desk at "hlch sne n"u -
places. she secured ione' loi -I ini ~
joyous paper and risins' applo"cI =. ;,
youth it. DO you care " 30 o' ,s :.
,tb the He eyed it askance, as If it
out-of have been dangerous on
laugh to sting. BUSINESS nv, ~,
hight it really discover ~" " ~.
ed that est interest," III Y. Ios,,,,,r ~
ng for 1t? What 'iresonie
esville! was. ,a ,
No; not right now" he told
cessary most shlVerins,
your" ised to do all 'na' io' Ao'