The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-11-27

the offended stiffening of his shoul.
,ders and the smoldering fire In his
eyes. She had heard much of the
strong, easily hurt pride of these
mountain men-a pride which made
them walk In strange surroundings
with upright heads and eyes, challeng-
ing criticism OF their uncouthness.
She had first appealed to this man,
but at least she had also stung him
with her scorn. Now they would be
open enemies.
She knew that this young man, In
country where every man was poor
and no man a pauper, owned great
tracts OF land that yielded only sparse
crops with the most arduous coaxing.
She knew that under his rocky acres
slept great wealth of coal. and that
above them grew noble and virgin
forests Of hardwood. The coming of
railroads and development would
make him q rich man. Yet he stood
there, seemingly prizing above all
those magnificent certaintics the
empty boast OF feudal chieftainship.
Yet he was q man. With that thought
came an unwelcome comparison. She
thought OF someone whom she had
loved-and sent away-and Of their
leavetaking. That man had had every
gentle attribute which this man
lacked. All that universities, travel
and ancestry can give had shown out
In his bearing. his manners, his voice
and the expression of his eyes.
There had been q time when she
had wavered In her determination to
devote herself to the mission for which
she had been educated. She thought
that this man might be more impor-
tant than any mission; that a life
with him might be full enough. Then
had come the discovery. which at first
she had rebelliously denied, but which
forced itself hatefully upon her reali-
zation. Despite his unchallengeable
charm and gentility, he was. after all,
not quite O man. When she had ad-
mitted that beyond dispute, she had
turned. sickened, from the life which
she could not contemplate without
him. The man whom she thought she
loved was empty and fine, like a
swordless sheath" Very well, she
would turn to the work of putting an
edge on the sturdier metal Of raw
humanity.
Her grandfather's fortune, or for
tunes, since tho plural rather than the
singular fitted their dimensions, had
come to her with Ills wish that part of
them should go to advance education
In the Alleghenles. She was to be
his stewardess In overseeing the work,
but that she should go In person and
permanently to that crude environ
ment had not been anticipated. Those
who had known her In her life OF nor.
NAL luxury. OF dancing and playing,
and OF deliciously rhythmic person.
ality. would have laughed at the idea
as absurdly incongruous. or this fact
the young man had heatedly reminded
her on the night when she gave back
his engagement ring and announced
her determination.
"Juanita," he had expostulated
with a suffering Of hopelessness In his
eyes which she ached to comfort
"Juanita, dearest, courts and juries
and the bayonets OF militIamen have
struggled to civillze those savage
people. and for a hundred years they
have utterly failed. Their one god
is Implacable Hatred"
II shant 60 with jurles or bayo.
nets" she had retorted.
"You will 60 without knowing them,
their ways. their point of view."
Il don't know them now, but I will
know them"