The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-02-18
THE CALL OF THE
CUMBERLANDS
Continued from Page 81

I'VE viii telephone that we shall
bs late, and then have dinner" she
laughed And for me to have dinner
with you alone, unchaperoned at q
country inn, is by New York standards
delightfully."- unconventional 1t borders
on wickedness." Then, since their at
titude toward each other was SO
friendly and innocent, they both
laughed They had dined under the
trees Of an old manor house, built a
century ago, and now converted into
an inn, and they had enjoyed them
selves because 1t seemed to them
pleasingly paradoxical that they should
find in place seemingly so shabby
excellence. Neither of them had ever
been there before, and neither of them
knew that the reputation of this estab-
lishment was in it's own way wide
and unsavory
The repairs did not go as smoothly
as the chauffeur had expected, and,
when he had finished, he was hungry.
So. eleven O'Clock found them still
chatting at their table on the lighted
lawn. After awhile, they fell silent,
and Adrienne noticed that her COM
panion's face had become deeply, al
most painfully set, and that his gazs
was tensely focused on herself.
What is it, Mr.. South" she de-
.manded.
The young man began to speak,
in steady, self-accusing voice
Il was sitting here looking at you,"
he said, bluntly. 81 was thinking
how fine you are in every way; how
there is as much difference In the tex
ture of men and women as there Is in
the texture of clothes. From that
automobile cap you wear to your slip
pers and stockings, you are clad in
silk From your brain to the tone of
your voice, you are woven of human
silk I've learned lately that silk isn't
weak, but strong. They make the
best balloons of it," He paused and
laughed, but his face again became
sober. Il was thinking, too. of your
mother She must be sixty, but she's
young woman. Her face is smooth
and unwrinkled, and her heart is still
in bloom At the same age, George
won't be much older than he is now.
The compliment was so obviously
not intended as compliment at all
that the girl flushed with pleasure.
Then" went on Samson, his face
slowly drawing with pain, Il was
thinking Of my own people. My
mother was about forty when she
died. She was an old woman My
father was forty three He was an sid
man. l was thinking how they with
cred under their drudgery-and OF the
monstrous injustice of ALL
Adrienne Lescott nodded. Her eyes
were sweetly sympathetic.
TITS the hardship of the conditions
she said, softly. Those conditions
will change"
A man had come out onto the YER
anda from the inside, and was ap-
preaching the table He was immac-
ulately groomed, and came forward
Will l4C QCltlCANC VI oPPlOlSlALo
throne, yet as one accustomed to ap-
preaching thrones His smile was that
of pleased surprise.
The mountaineer recognized Far
bish, and, with quick hardening
of the face, he recalled their last
meeting If Farbish should presume
to renew the acquaintanceship under
these circumstances, Samson meant
to rise from his chair, and strike him
in the face. George Lescott's sister
could not be subjected to such meet
ings. Yet, it was a tribute to his adj
vancement in good manners that he
dreaded making scene in her pres
ence, and as warning he met Far
bish's pleasant smile with a look OF
blank and studied lack of recognition.
The circumstances out of which Far
Dish might weave unpleasant gossip
did not occur to Samson That they
were together late in the evening, I'M
chaperoned, at a road house whose
reputation was socially dubious, was
a thing he did not realize. But Far
bish was keenly alive to the POSSIBLE
tiles of the situation. He chose to
construe the Kentuckian's blank ex-
preston as annoyance at being dis
covered, a sentiment he could readily
understand. Adrienne Lescott, follow
ing her companions eyes, looked up.
and to the boys establishment nodded
to the newcomer, and called him by
name
MIR. Farbish,' she laughed, with
mock confusion and total innocence
of the fact that her words might have
meaning, don't tell on u.s.
Il never tell things, my dear lady"
said the newcomer Il have dwelt
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