The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-23
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the circumstances you mention have
never been descanted upon by me-"
Il see by the papers" said Mrs. Gif.
ford. with an air of resignedly chang.
ing the subject. they've been investi.
eating the failure of the Valiant Cor.
poratiun- The son seems to be get.
ting the sharp end OF the stick. Per.
haps he's coming down here because
they've made II SO hot for him in
New York Well, I'm afraid he'll find
this county Disappointing
He will that" agreed the doctor
savagely NO doubt he imagines he's
coming to kindly countryside of gen.
tle-born people with souls and imagi.
nations; he'll find he's lii in a section
that's entirely too ready to hack at his
fathers name and prepared In ad
vance to call him Northern scum and
turn up it's nose at his accent-a com.
munity SO full of dyed-in-the-wool
snobbery that il would make Boston
look like a poor-white barbecue. I'm
sorry for himi"
Just then from the rear of the house
came a strident voice:
"Yo', Raph'el! Take yo' hans
outer dem cherries! Don yo' know Ell
yo' swallahs dem ar pits. yo' gwineteI
hab 'pendegeetus en- lump up en- die?'
The sound of a slap and shrill yelI
followed, and around the porch dashed
an infantile darkey, as nude as black
Puck. with his hands full of cherries
who IN a HnAAnp ADnnhrult . ODD
stop in the embarrassing foreground
'Raph!" Numbered the doctor
Didn't | tell you to go back to that
Kitchen"
Yes. sub" responded the imp. But
yo' didn' tell me ter stay dar!"
IF see you out here again" roared
l, the doctor, I'll tie your ears back
and grease you--and SWALLOW
you!" At which grisly threat, the
apparition. with a shrill shrek, turned
and ran desperately for the corner Of
the house.
Il hear" said the doctor, resuming
that the young man who came to fly
the place up has hired Uncle Jeffer
son and his wife to help him Who's
responsible for that interesting infor
mation?''
Hickey Snyder" said Mrs. Mason
She's got a spy-glass rugged up II
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 as cheeky
as a town-hog. | can't imagine What
Shirley cambridge was thinking o.
when she brought that low-born chile
out of her sphere"
Something like a growl came from
the doctor as he struck open the
screen-door. Limb I'll bet ter
dollars she's an angel in a cedar
tree at a church fair compared with
some better-born young ones ! know
of who are only fit to live wher
they've got the scarletfever and who
ought to be in the reformatory Ions
ago. And as for Shirley cambridge
it's my opinion she and her mother
and a few others like her have go
about the only drops of the milk Of
human kindness in this whole aban
doned community"
Dreadful mani" said Mrs. Clifford
soto voce, as the door banged vicious
ly. ITO think OF his being born {
Southall! Sometimes ! cant believe
it,"
Mrs. Mason shook her head ant
smiled. "Ah. but that isn't the rea
Doctor Southall." she said. ''That'i
only his she'll"
i've heard that he has another
SIDE" responded the other witt
guarded grimness, but II he has,
wish he'd manage to show 1t some
| times"
Mrs. Mason took of her glasses and
wipSd them carefully. Il saw It wheI
my husband died" she said softly
That was before you came The,
were old friends, you know. He wal
sick almost a year, and the doctor
used to carry him out here on tbs
porch every day In his arms, like 1
child. And then, when the typhul
he quarantined himself with them-th'
only white maa there-and treated
and nursed them ard buried the deaC
with his own hands, till 1t wal
stampe out. That's the real Docto
Southall'
The rockers vibrated in silence for ,
moment Then Mrs. Gifferd said: :"
never knew before that he had any
thing to do with that duel Was b,
one of Valiants seconds7'
Yes" said Mrs. Mason: and tn
major was the other. was a ,ittl'
girl when # happened can bR'sl'
remember 1t, but II made a big sense
ton"
And over a love-affair," eXclaiynet
Mrs. Clifford in the tone of one Il
whom romance was daily bread
Il suppose 1t was"