The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-28
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"Your-er-little BROTHER" began
Broadway, but, not being eloquent by
nature, he left the sentence incom-
plete.
He thinks he'll be a Caesar. He
wants to kill some boys by strategy.
for he's too fat to fight"
The girls laughed again. Now they
had begun the pleasant homeward
walk along the high road to the border
Of the village.
Can you come to supper" Clara
asked.
"As long as I can't eat on Broadway
] I'd rather go to your house than to any
other place I know" said Jackson.
But I've got to go home first This
collars wilted."
He was the only boy in Jonesville
who would have thought Of that; he
was the only boy in Jonesville who
owned a pair of patent-leather shoes.
AS they passed his uncle's residence
the old man, who was his guardian,
caught a glimpse of him through an
opening in the neglected shrubbery on
the great lawn, and sent a serving
man to bid him enter.
Jackson made a wry face for the
benefit Of the girls, as he said good-by
to them, promising to appear for sup
per at the Spotswoods'. He carefully
obeyed the summons, but 1t irked him.
His uncle always irked him. He be-
lieved, and there were others who be-
lieved, that his uncle tried to irk him.
They never had got on very well to-
gether; the old man was hard, con-
sentative to the point Of s~tubbornness
and opposed every young idea, particu'
larry to every young idea which
CHANGED to have originated in his
nephew's brain.
well, Jackson" said his uncle sour.
ly.
well, Uncle Abner."
Ready to settle down in Jonesville,
are you?"
Nov. uncle" said the youth protest
ingly. m
your father settled down here, ]
settled down here, and you'll have to
settle down here" said the grim, un'
lovable old man. "You have obliga'
lions here. The Jones Gum factory
has built this town. and Is responsible
for 1t. You will have charge Of the
factory before long"
Jackson writhed. He didn't wish to
have charge of the factory.
TITS not good business, uncle" he
had once told the man who now sat
staring at him modify. They'll think
it was the gum that made him bald
Poor grandfather was too bareheaded
to be a good advertisement for any
thing, except-an Indian"
"Why an indiana" his uncle inquired
without suspicion. .'... +
"As an after-taking 'ad' Of the best
scalper.in the tribe"
This irreverence had abruptly end
ed that days interview. IL
But this evening Abner Jones was
busy with more serious thoughts.
when are you going to work?" he
crabbedly demanded.
81 don't See"
jackson, every Jones for two gen
erations has learned the gum business
before he was as old as you; but you
foolishly INDUCED by your father
have never seen such madness as the
way he brought you up-have come tc
manhood knowing nothing Of 1t. Dom,
you ever wish to settle DOWN."
mot yet" said Jackson, boldly. I'm
too young" I
You're twenty-one." 3.
I'm twenty-one; but I've lived most
Of the time in Jonesville. That makes
me just fifteen so far as actual age
goes-and yet the time seems longe,
than it u.s." said the irreverent Jack
son. ....
"Pm almost discouraged. I'm free to
tell you, Jackson, that, IL your fathers
will had left me any opportunity fol
doing so. I should e to it that, when
l pass to my reward, you would have
no share Of the great business which
you hold in such contempt" ~
pass on to your-er-yes. sir" Jack
son murmured. 3,
II have had tales brought to me OF
some things you have said about Jones
ville," said the old man bitterly. "You
have compared it most ~unfavorably
with that modern Babylon. New York
"Well-er-uncle. you know New
York is-well, more metropolitan"
townsville Is metropolitan enough
Jonesville is a pleasant little town
built by the industry and brains of the
members Of your family, sir-in both
Of which you seem to be most singular
ly lacking; and, while it has fewer
people than New York, 1t has more vir
tues. You will be the only Jones re
naming after I have gone. / am fa1
from we'll. +"
Instantly the young man was con
trite. He had no wish 70 hurt his
%uncle's feelings.
I'm sorry, sir. If you are feeling i'll,