The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-10
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10Y KATHERINE BATES

sCopystght. issx. ty sisa Mcclure &smars
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| TIE sunllEhs teli No hotly 60 sh@ paie
al gaaa0 Bags eruSaGag the tigtas wharf
that The maa leaning assiaaf the heap
si-ur sacks eoald hardly believe that
II was Msy. sai nst July, he aress
bis ss~iids together ahd thraash his
lashs@ locked dowE the gissnalAx river
toward Norfolk. three niles away. On
either side Ut the river truck farms
stretched away toward the psne feTests
farther iniaaa; just now the farms
wsrs IT their gresnest. strawberry
heiis. cabbage patches. acres NJ spat-
aeh. an IN yeraans strife The rs1
| dacGsa La here and there. Staging clear,
shilnmerinx streams little way hack
into the country, and The marshes
ssssaeA these kztstS gave. = rank. ysls
low ttnxe 20 the green outlooS, New
and then pane grove nox yet cleared
away he'd the greels 10 the other ex-
trsne. to the aark seulhwr aas wbieh
hnA littis bat nHrne In eetntncn atth
the brightness n tbs .a,es.grasS The
rssn ca the wharf sighed A. he noted
these varying shades
1T would take me 10 make this pay
he said. Eyes. str. what this h@r~ fsr~
tile pasfh u old virgiala needs N sii
Ioaa lasn--J. Archibald JssaigaD could
make hls pile here, hat none VI these
lazy Southern truckers w!ll make
their salt"
'S' sTa'it 'erhs MstaEa m s&x +sse@sHsag sasks
ssishla4 against the wharf turned hts
thxsagass fs1fn shs sssms. Ther~ wuaaa
be shade on the other side " the suano
bags; he sprang uroa them ard
dropped duwn inta the shadow,
dropped down beside lanth- Var
brou1h. Who lolled In placid cgss
against the bags,
| ''ner parinn. missr said Mr. iernl.
| gan, startled fdta II aa,iihiaf, sigh6Mah'
MS was by 90 means hcsltatiDs 10.
| tgre.
| "nsa't uiad me-" said the sH calm.
~ II heard YOU taikln' 10 sa'ssh
but I reckon r'a let gen cogne over II
you wanted 70"
She smIlea at him With nAolcnt In.
tsrest end Mr. J~rnlRan smiled back,
| Daughter ~ the gentleman oser
theref" he asked politely. waving bis
hnna toward clump Of pines around
small white house
Yes. this Is pas place. From Nor
folky'
lie swellsd with the Importance Of
the man who comes from y distance,
"frcm wcllsslils, Iowa. Fine state,
Iowa"
"You are long ways from home
| she observed
Mr. JernIgan drew down his mus.
t eRehA '. ~, ..s-
An ann. jn~ died down there
in Norfolk -consumrt'on Doctors
sent her here. no money spared. none
whatever, bat come on and buried
| her week ago tomorrow. Aunt ths,
brought me up"
'rm rers'nly sorry she died" lanths
said softly.
"Ianeptable, 'ameu,ahle. hns we
| mu.t ell die, and she was past sixty,
rrcs'y country you've got 'rcaaa here.
Miss er- MISSY"
md ycu walk Down ynnfev rnair"
| sic asked With a sudden Increase OF
Interest "Swcc, horeesackles In all
IN bloom over there guIlscs 90 each
s'is the rosi nus niIed with n. and
yalluh Jasmine ciiuMR' over every.
/ thsnx" raa asv Ntssss ssi-,p sasssSlssa as
swee, ~ Il lnuksd, ,1ttn't tts'
7 '"%fAvsrr rsF~s ss.e,l. Fwy~alev! sesss~ss1'
agreed Nr rerrlgau "tut HIn't wage
ra geln' 20 BE- lH!lc late With he
kalc for the hossoa snd New YorS
ra rkess"
~ r~cson.~ she answered. Mrs
tr'ks round hers are f,,o )atr FOR the
markets SIZE laughed a ttttle ~ she
I sTiTfs~ ''' '@fares'. sss1sS wiz 4sns. ~.
truck patch next oar never doves ~,
suvtA'nr ~ HtarSet In tsne"
~ infer BE- DON'T prosper said Mr.
! yerniSan, "rd hke to give HIM r few
l n0ttnas about ,rucSag
SAe turned 70 hIyn quickly 'We@d
yuuF On. dt,-for ~ cant rHt ur With
his helm sa WAY hehtnd pad Ike 10
! he.--he progressive. shd Pres frstS
/ him Yor sNe, Pres dcnt at on. 20
| he sian't prosper. Sus' as yea say"
us there sav--aay special rea son
why he'd hetter Ne pt,'srrvtinef" Mr.
! Ieru4San asked. fNsains Deliberately
away toward Norfolk.
Ian'he picked NJ long fsa'e lsiag NJ
| the wharf near her she hcn' ssAck asss
hooked around me tywnet q, shc wharf
pces.tied WITH the pste tire Hgt
where the tide still LEFT uncovered
oyster shells aud various hits NJ ,!esrss
"wetl.~ she 81 last said frankly,
| rhers's me
"ouste 4 reason" he said calamity
| He ,e~ose' at Der stfvahveay, and W
reate9. squire r~aaen"
~yes. 7 reckon I am sAe agreed.
~S'poss rns do sivp rrr~ ssEDa aew
hsrssf se~T know as w. rvrN carry