The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-01-09
CHAPTER XIII.

/ at least in spors-a George who wa;
proving that decent stuff had been hic
IN him in fact. George who was do
ing rather handsome thing IN taking
risky job for the sake Of his aunt
poor old silly Fanny Minaferi Eugen.
didn't care what risks George took. Oh
how much decent stuff he had in him
nothing that George would ever do in
this world or the next could change
Eugene Horgan's feeling toward him.
II Eugene had wished he could cas-
lily have taken George out OF the nitro
( gIycerin branch OF the chemical works.
Always interested IN apparent impos-
sibilities Of invention, Eugene had en-
c0uraged many experiments in such
! groupings as those for the discovery OF
substitutes for gasoline and rubber /;
and. though his mood had withheld the
information from Kinney. he had re
Gently bought from the elder Akers a
substantial quantity OF stock on the
condition that the chemical company
1 should establish an experimental labo-
/ ratory. He intended to buy more !:
/ Akers was anxious 10 please him AMI
I Il word from Eugene would have
( placed George almost anywhere In the
chemical works. The possibility just
edged itself into Eugene's mind; that
Is. he let It become part of his perce2-
lions long enough for 1t to prove TO
him that ii was actually possibility.
Then he half started with disgust that
he should be even idly considering
such a thing over his last cigar for the
night In his library. NO And he
threw the cigar into the empty fire
place and went TO bed
His bitterness for himself might
have worn away, but never his bitter
ness for Isabel. He took that thought
to bed with hrn-and IL was true that
nothing George could Go would ever
change this bitterness Of Eugene. Only
Georges mother could have changed II.
And as Eugene fell asleep that
night. thinking thus bitterly OF
George. George in the hospital was
thinking Of Eugene. He thought OF Eu-
gene Morgan and OF the Major; they
seemed to be the same person for
awhile, but he managed TO disentangle
them and even to understand why he
had confused them. Long ago his
grandfather had been the most strik-
ing figure of success III the town: "As
rich Major ANDERSON :" they used to
say. Now it was Eugene. IF L Ind
Eugene MOrgan's money" he would
hear the workmen day-dreaming at the
chemical works: or, "If Eugene Nor
gan had hold of this place you'd see
things hunt" And the boarders at the
table d'hote spoke of ''the Morgan
Place rs an eighteenth-century
Frenchman spoke OF Versailles. Like
his uncle. George had perceived thai
the Morgan Place" was the new AM
herson mansion. His reyerie went back
TO the palatial days of the mansion. in
his boyhood. when he would gallop his
pony up the driveway and order the
darkey stabIemen about. while they
whooped and obeyed, and his grandpa
Their. observing from a window, would
laugh and cali out to him: That's
right. George. Make those lazy ras-
Gals jump" He remembered his gay
young uncles, and how the town was
eager concerning everything about
them. and about himself. What a clean. I
pretty town it had been And in his /
reverie he saw like pageant before (
him the magnificence of the Amber I
sons-its passing, and the passing OF /
the AmberSonS themselves. They had /
been slowly engulfed without knowing
how TO prevent it. and almost without ,
knowing what was happening 10 them.
The family lot, in the shabby Old quar-
ter. out at the cemetery, held most OF
them now; and the name was swept
from the new city. The
Ambersons had passed. and the new
people would PASS, and the new people
that came after them, and the next
new ones, and the next-and the
next
He had begun to murmur, and the
man on duty as night nurse for the
ward came and bent over him.
did you want somethingT
There's nothing in this family bust
ness" George told him confidentially.
Even George Washington is only
in a book"
Eugene read report of the accident
II the next mornings paper. He was
IN the train, having just left for New
York. on business. and with less leis-
Ire would probably have overlooked
he OBSCURE Item.
LEGS BROKEN.
G. A Minafer. an employee OF the Ak
rs Chemical company. was run down by
n automobile yesterday at the corner Of
and Main and had both legs
roken. Minafer was to blame for tie
ccident, according to Patrolman f. a
Lax. who Witnessed the AFFAIR The auto
Mobile small one driven by Ecrbert :
'ottleman OF 2173 Noble avenue. who stat
& that he making less than four ;
liles hour. Min tier is said to belong I
family formerly of considerable prom :
hence in the city He was taken to the
ity hospital. where physicians stated
lter that he suffering from internal
,juries besides the fracture of his legs. i
ut might recover.
Eugene read the item twice, then 4
PISSED the paper upon the opposite seat
I his compartment. and sat looking
ut of the window. His feeling toward v
'eorxie was changed not a jot by his k
uman pity for Georg.a's human pain
nd injury. He thought of Georges >
Ill and graceful figure. and he shiv-
red. but his bitterness was untouched. Il
a haA -. :