The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27

MI do everything We can irr
wi Nurthcrncrs Mayh" beating
Us in the civil war was lod
for the nation at large. but il certainly
WIS bad for the Northern"rs because
uujUIuE has been able To- stop them
ever since. Their chase after success
has put them into kind II perpetual
motion. they have To- Ice doing som'.
thing. even il 1t doesn't amount to
anything. only they always think it
does amount to something.
It Is because he has such charac-
teriSt.cS that there ar" some people N
our Little community who never will
get used To- Mr.. Durgan. He is a big
New Yorker with an Irish core wao
made a heap Of money, and got all
t.rcd out keeping hold of it. and So he
bought place in that little nook If
the Blue Ridge where few Of us
Sourherners and some English people
live. He said he came To rest, in which
case | trust no me may ever see him
at work. 1t was not two weeks befo""
he began counting me--long before any
one suspected that he much "e than
knew one lady Of our community from
another When ! was younger and
other gentlemen courtrd me the fashion
Of doing so was more deliberate.
When told Mr. DurGan this he
remarked win objectionable fiippancy
hat he supposed the Southerncrs
rrayed To- the family portraits FOR Il
sign before they picked out girl.
We all invited Mr. Durgan great
deal to our houses and he seemed go Ike
20 come. II "" said tea ali az ! he'd
racrv at / ana crp watching tho
* until one Of the nigEcrs brought L.
.o tray when he came To- supper at
uy house if meal vas more than an
"our late h. would ask m, IN a cool
horrd way if tn, cook was sick, when
very one knows what rogers are since
reconstruction.
But in spite # his irritation at what
he called our waste Of tine Mr. purgan
came to our dinners and supp.rs when
over he was invited. which was pretty
often, and We were all pleased al his
appetite--at least We were in the be-
ginning. | believe | was the first one
20 see that it was waning. He refused
hot bread, hot mullins, hot waiilcs an
cakes and cones. In fact. all he would
cat of the sort was slice Of cold light
bread, which ! should think would sit
as heavy on any ones stomach as a sin,
lasting mood that was nothing short of
bad temper. At first | thought it was
because of the way / held him on In
his counting, for | had no intention
II Immediately letting him find out
whether | meant In the end to give
I'm my hand or not. | was not a
teal in stocks to be settled between
breakfast time and noon. But | Will
confess, To- my modification, that ! soon
found out it wasn't my attitude that
was hother.ng him at all, but indiG"s-
ton. He actually laid il at the door
If the hot bread he had eaten with us
OF course he tired not to reflect on oui
hospitality for equally, Of course he is
a gentleman. Naturally ! tried my best Il
show him that il was not our cookery
hat was at fault, but the northern
i.f'iCulties OF assimilation. Perhaps
might have convinced HIM If il had moi
been for Micajah Carter
| remember we'll the first time Mr.
Durgan ever saw MiCaj JAN, 1t was soor
after he had come South. | was carry
.ng him to call on Mamie Lee, She il
al Of rs and very pretty still, and
thought | would like TO see If Mr.. Dur
cams attentions To me would weather
lcquaintanccship with Mamie, who Ger
'alnly Is fascinating, II he fell in love
with Mamie like most every on" did
Why, then 1t was better for me to know
I at once.
So however one looked at il, taklnl
Mr.. Durgan 20 Nannics was just il
he nature # dashing adventure wit
Ultimate safety We were driving tow
lrd Nannic's when he first saw Micajal
Carter.
"Who ever is that dropping vine an
ig tree" asked Mr.. Durgan.
1t certainly was true that Micajal
dropped just like his place. He was
gentleman and he looked it when h
Strengthened up to speak TO a lady. an
as for his how well all the Carter
have always been famous for their bow
ing ana CurtsN ny. And MiCajah ha
splendid blue eyes with fire In them sti
for all his bad luck and hair tina
makes you just want to put your finger
in IN" Curls Of IT, But when Mica ia
was alone, or thought he was he Ger
tainly did we'll not exactly sag O
slack, for one would only use thos
terms II poor white trash, but he mad
you feel as If his bones and muscle
had turned to elastic with the strctc
AL out Of II.
You see, after the war his father ha
nothing and the whole family went a
having nothing, putting more and MOI
mortgages on tn" place, Now that MiCi
jah was the last and that there WI