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

found himself stark and shiverfng Is.
1or the bar Of justice ii 4 chiTI5
streten OF space, where the ~specters II
al worthy Joneses Of the Daet con.
fronted him with slim. accusing in.
gers. pointed straight at his terror,
stricken stomach.
q dreams were not true night.
mares though, for at the supreme in.
slant OF each period OF peril q white
angel hoated to him, ~rescuing him
from that which threatened him. And
this white angel, graceful. large-eyed,
smiling and benefcent. was always
Josie Richards. AS 3 as She had
rescued him each time, he spoke his
speech TO her, and she wept on his
shoulder.
result OF such q night OF agony
was, naturally, that they slept later
In the morning than was the J~onesyille
custom. When half past eight arrived
and they he ] not appeared, the wife
OF the proprietor sent him upstairs to
g II 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 Iiege 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, "Scandalous!" as she
crashed down each step.
She raj a 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 will not begin to show until the
afternoon!" Broadway exulted. 'By
that time Rankin will be here with
bags"
I'll wait for him. I won't see any"
You'll be sur to see the judges
daughter. All the Jonesville girls that
work at the gum factory get up at six
o'clock. The idle, aristocratic class,
Ike Clara, stay in bed till seven"
We'll, where is 1t, them" said Wal
lace In an evil temper.
What? The village barber shop?
Next door," Broadway wrung his
hand. "Good-by old chap; good-by.
Tll-"
Just give my love to Broadway
Wallace begged.
Jackson Jones grew sober In an I'm
slant. 81 don't expect I'll see much
Of it for a while"
ct must be permanent" said Wal
lace. TT has lasted through the long
est night the world has ever known
The day already was well under way
at the Jones factory. Josie had been
at her managerial desk not less than
an hour and probably an hour and a
half when Wallace started for the bar
Der shop.
1t was a very trying morning for the
girl. The events Of the night before
had much upset her, and her sleep had
been as much disturbed as Broadway's,
although, perhaps, less physically
painful
She had been terribly in earnest in
everything which she had said to him
about his duty to the village which had
made him rich, his duty to the family
whose name he bore, his duty to him
self; she had been intensely worried,
still was intensely worried, lest all
which she had said might go for
naught failing to impress him perma.
nently.
He had doubtless meant well when
he left her, but would that good inten-
ton stand the test of Wallace's ridi.
cule (she felt certain Wallace would
oppose her plan) and his own contem.
plation OF the future for a night?
She had a hazy notion Of what the
LIE of idle rich youth in New York
must be, but imagined that 1t must
attract with vivid power, and she could
gdess that Jonesville did not. Would
he hold firm in the determination
which she felt sure he had formed?
When the Judge came in he found
her wondering and worrying as she
waited for some papers she had sent Q
clerk to get. Already she had ALMOST
finished the statement of affairs which
Sue had promised to give Broadway.
'WelL, I just came over from the
Grand hotel" the judge began.
did you see the young man?"
"OnIy for a minute" The judge
laughed indulgently. HE was eating
breakfast in his room, and his valet
had just borrowed some hot fat-ironf
and was pressing out his clothes" The
Judges laughter became very hearty.
Even Josie smiled; but the fact that
they had brought a valet with them
was a bit of news to her. She ex
pressed surprise.
h Judge laughed again. ooh, he