Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-02-05

both his father and his mother had
been taken to their final resting places,
and In it he had spent few joyous
hours. All the happiness Of his youth
in JonesvilIe were associated with the
homes OF others. public places, out-of-
doors; he had heard very little laugh
ter in the old homestead But might 1t.
not house happiness? He realized that
1t would make an ideal setting Tor
pure joy. Still, it was In JonesviIlel
That made him Vince.
You don't think it win be necessary
for me to live In this town, do your"
She nodded. She was rather glad
to feel that it was right for her tosnod.
She would have shrunk from reveIa-
tfons of the sorrow which would GER
tainly have filed her heart If &c had
stranspired, now, that Broadway was
not to remain In J~onesville. 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 to
make appear as if dispensing priYi-
leges, but which, he knew, seemed
more that OF a shirker.
go right on with the business. Don't
pay any attention to me"
She looked at him very gravely.
Then. dropping her eyes, she took.
some papers from the desk, went to a
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 first
time in his life, If. possibly, he did not
have a conscience. He had never ia
ken any obligation very seriously: sud
denly it seemed necessary for him to
consider many things with solemn,
bordering mind. He did not like it. It
distinctly made him nervous What
was the use Of being heir to all his
uncle's property IL riches brought the
very thing which he had thought they
might preserve him from-dull care?
Had he thought Of what she had
said last night? He had thought OF lit
tie else! Had that train of thought
been started by any human being other
than herself, he would have bitterly
resented the intense discomfort 1t had
caused him. Even now his voice was
peevish when he answered:
Have I thought Of 1t! ALI dreamed
about last night was poverty stricken
families crying for their food. Thou
sands Of men, women and children
chased me through the streets, out of
the town and into a wild forest-where
there was nothing but chewing-gum
trees"
She let her head fall back, and
laughed. He was So funny! Yet she
plainly felt that there was truth in his
complaint. She believed he really had
passed a most uncomfortable night.
Perhaps she was not very sorry that
he had.
"Oh, / had an awful night." he
mourned. 81 could have slept this
morning, but the Ladies' Aid began to
rehearse their minstrel show acros
the street, so I got up and ordered
breakfast"
L4dN1uS gone Illus I6T Nc SCOQQSO, a
II there could be nothing further to be
said, but she did not understand the
reason for his sudden silence.
"Yes?" she inquired.
did you ever breakfast at the
Grand?" he asked pathetically.
mo" she smiled.
81 dare you tot" he challenged.
TITS the best hotel in town. All the
theatrical troupes stop there"
He nodded grimly. 'sThe troupes
that play in Jonesville probably de-
serve it."
She did not quite approve OF this.
She was sure that she had seen some
wondrous acting there in ~Jonesville.
Had she not wept her eyes out over q
new play, entitled East Lynne the
previous winter? Had not another
novelty, which the bills announced
came straight to Jonesville from .