Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-04

( | never saw the document until TO-DAY. I
/ Il was drawn Up by Boston lawyers
And at first | thought I'd do exactly as !
your uncle asked-let YOU think il was
/ as he had said it was But I've thought
/ it over and il seems to me you'd ought
to know
/ Broadway merely stood and stared.
/ Your uncle thought that he was
acting for the best" the judge insisted.
He's been hoping Won would settle
/ down. When YOU didn't he thought
7 he'd steal a year from you. and give
you one more chance, When he told
me this tonight, told him that ! di3u
think it was just right; and-fnally-
well. YOU know it all now"
Broadway found the power Of
/ speech. Good Old judge"
Then you're not angry?"
I'm too happy to he angry. Got a
time table about you?"
jackson, Jonesviue was nat7ed aft
or your ancestors"
Well | don't like to live in it |
know a chap named Bright. Very like
Iy Bright's disease was named after
his ancestor, but presume he doesn't
eant to die of it. Judge, Jonesyilie is
an ailment"
The Judge. infinitely relieved. now
that he had made clean breast of the
thing, leaned back in his chair and
laughed.
We'll. what are you going 10 dO7'
when can ! get that money!
The trustees will have to pay it on
demand"
Jackson laughed with rare delight,
"Uncle's one Of them. How it Will pain
his fingers when he hands it out to
me, I'm goins TO demand And |
want TO start tomorrow. want to
start tonight, but am reasonable. /
won't wake the old man up. But while
you 20 to-get the money in the morn
ing, IL get set at the town line. Walt
- ing for you to bring it to me, ready to
Set, anyway, 60 yards out Of the town
ship within co seconds. How l wish
really could sprint"
} Broadway"
J Il know, Judge, but let me tell you
, why hate Jonesville and how. You
knew my mother?"
"A splendid woman, Broadway"
Everyone says that; but. you see, |
! didn't know her. And my father died
when l was twelve"
"A magnificent man, Broadway"
Yes. guess he was the best bet in
r the village"
= Poor chap! He never was the
, same after your mothers death
l Then Uncle Abner took me. He
couldn't absolutely boss me, for certain
moneys had been left with which spe-
l cific things were to be done for me. He
had to have me'educated at the schools
. and college which my father designat-
= ed?"
And he disapproved of them
\ 81 know he did. A sheepskin from
Jonesvile academy is his idea of the
S evidence of the higher education for a
1 Jones-along with side details on first
4 aid to a stick of chewing gum
He always wished to have you take
q an interest in the gum business"
p 81 did. till another kid slipped me a
stick one day, when was absent-mind-
a ed. and | began to chew it. Then and
there | made up my mind to devote
e my life's endeavor to something which
/ would not stick in your teeth. Judge
Spotswood, Holsters don't"
t My boy. wish you never had seen
}. New York."
No. you don't, Judge, you wish you
l. were going with me when | start.
J. Are you going to stay away"
h Uncle says that in these days each
Il man should have a speciality if he
d would be successful. I'm going &c
- specialize on staying out of Jonesville
I'm hoping for success"
p? Have you no friends here whom
II you dislike to leaveT
"You and the Judges, Judge, and
n Clara. I'll miss Josie, too. And there
are some down at the factory. Bill
Higgins, like him. He used to enter
a tain me when we went in swimming
n and he got the cramps. Awfully funny
4 when he had the cramps, Bill was
peevish but very funny. l shall miss
p Bill. But Jonesville, as whole, judge
I'm not going to miss Jonesville, ex
l. cept the way man may miss a tooti
that has been pulled for cause"
e The Judge sighed. We'll, | had t
y tell you"
The young man looked at him with ;
strange earnestness. Judge, woult
IS you get mad if / should kiss your
v And you are really going, RICH
IT away?"
10 It's going to be the quickest get
v, away Connecticut ever heard Of"
Y. CHAPTER III.
=? Almost as speedily as he had toll