Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-12


9f so incensed as they wrote their storie
II of his yillainy that they stroye to sta
Is him with their lead pencils; a hur
n bred times was set upon by famishin
IS villagers who wished to pick his rib
y with fang-like teeth; a thousand time
y found himself stark and shiyering be
3 fore the bar of justice in a chill,
r stretch of space, where the specters o
: all worthy Joneses of the past con
5 fronted him with slim, accusing fin
! gers, pointed straight at his terror
a stricken stomach
The dreams were not true night
: mares, though, for at the supreme in
slant of each period of peril a white
r angel foated to him, rescuing him
; from that which threatened him. AND
this white angel, graceful, large-eyed
smiling and benefcent, was always
/ Josie Richards. AS soon as she had
rescued him each time, he spoke his
speech to her, and she wept on his
shoulder.
The result of such a night of agony
was, naturally, that they slept later
IN the morning than was the Jonesville
custom. When half past eight arrived
and they had not appeared, the wife
OF the proprietor sent him upstairs to
see If they had not decamped without
paying for their rooms, or if, per-
chance, they had not come there sui
cidally inclined.
She crept up behind her liege lord
fearfully. and peeped across his shout
der as he opened each unlocked door
| in turn. Finding that they were but
peacefully asleep. she was both
shocked at such unheard-of Incidence,
and cheated at the lack of tragedy, so
she snorted. "Scandalousl" as she
crashed down each step.
She was very solid woman, widely
built. Wallace had noticed that the
night before when he had peeped in
through the door. Had she been aware
of that terrific episode, she would have
screamed for the village constable and
had him locked up in the calaboose.
Broadway had his high triumphant
moment when it became apparent that
Wallace would of necessity go to the
village barber shop. Having come
away in flight from Mrs Gerard with
out bags or luggage of whatever kind, |
he had no razor with him.
My whiskers are so whitish that
they win not begin to shqs until the l
afternoon! Broadway exufted. by I
that time Rankin will be here with
bags"
I'll wait for him. won't see any"
You'll be sure to see the judges
daughter All the Jonesyille girls that
work at the gum factory get up at six
O'Clock. The idle, aristocratic class,
like Clara, stay in bed till seven"
We'll, where is it, them" said Wal
lace in an evil temper.
What? The village barber shop?
Next door" Broadway wrung his
hand. "Good-by old chap; goodby
I'll"
Just give my love to Broadway"
Wallace begged.
Jackson Jones grew sober in an in
slant. Il don't expect I'll see much
Of it for while"
1T must be permanent" said Wal
lace. 1T has lasted through the long /
est night the world has ever known" i
The day already was well under way '
1t the Jones factory. Josie had been
1t her managerial desk not less than S
IN hour and probably an hour and a /
lalf when Wallace started for the bar q
Der shop. s
1t was very trying morning for the b
girl The events of the night before t
lad much upset her, and her sleep had il
,een as much disturbed as Broadway's. n
Llthough, perhaps, less physically h
PAINFUL. f
She had been terribly in earnest in "
which she had said to him h
bout his duty to the village which had 3
made him rich, his duty to the family
whose name he bore, his duty to him a
elf; she had been intensely worried, p
till was intensely worried, lest all a
'hich shc had said might go for d
aught, failing to impress him perma-
emily. t.
He had doubtless meant well when =
e left her, but would that good inten- W
on stand the test of Wallace's ridi a
lle (she felt certain Wallace would Iii
ppose her plan) and his own contem- fl
lation OF the future for night? I'll
She had haZy notion of what the W
fe of idle rich youth in New York OF
Just be- but imagined that it must it
tract with vivid power, and she could
less that Jonesville did not Would
3 hold firm in the determination in
hich she felt sure he had formed? he
When the Judge came in he found til
er wondering and worrying as she
aited for some papers she had sent a WI
ERIK to get Already she had almost 81
lished the statement of affairs which bu
10 had promised to give Broadway.
We'll, just came over from the IN,
'and hotel, the judge began. trl
did you see the young MANI"
only for a minute" The Judge fai
lghed indulgently. "He was eating re,
eakfast in his room, and his valet wo
d Just borrowed some hot fat.irons thu
d was pressing out his clothes" The
1ge's laughter became very hearty. VIII
Even Josie smiled; but the fact that s