The Jones County news., 1920-09-16

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a edeegui unaiyslg 81 shreya feel
inc toward Bece Cardieal imHci-
atelg following the Incident ln pen
nngion woods, had showed her Tint
under more propitous circumstance
she miHhf have fallen in love Win ihat
tempesiuous young man 10 sheer rer-
ognlion of fhe many l0vable aud man-
~ qualities shc had dircmed 20 him.
AZ dn oIset 10 the crodH side of
Bryces aecount with her however
there appeared certain debts IN thn
consideration of which Shirley always
lost her temper ana was Immediately
quite certain she loathed The unfor-
tunaie man.
Iio had been an honored and tfor
augbt Shirley knew 20 the contrary
welcome guest Ia The Pennington home
one night ana the following dny had
assaulted bis host committed great
bodily injuries upon the lalter's EN-.
ployccs FOR little or no reason suve the
satisfaction of M nbomlnahle temper,
mnde threats of further violence, de-
clarod his unfaltering enmify to her
nenrcst and bestowed relative and Ia
the next breath had had the nsolence
70 pratc of his respect nnd admiration
FOR her.
However nll Of these grave crimes
md msdcmennors we're really inslg
nlneant compared with his crowning
ofcse. what had infmlated Shirley
was the fact Tint she had been AZ some
pains TO inform Bryce Cardigan that
rhe loathed -wherent he had
looked her cooly. grlnned little
ana declined to believe her Then.
seemingly as II fate had decreed that
her futllity sheuld be impressed upon
her stlll further. Bryce Cardigan had
been granted an opportunity to save,
in strlklngly calm, heroic and pain
mi manner, her and her uncle from
certain and horrible death, thus plac-
Ing upon Shirley an obligation that
was as irritating TO acknowledge as It
was futile 10 attempt to recprocate.
That was whore the shoe plnched,
Before that day was over she had
hccn forced 60 do one of two thugs
Acknowledge ia no uncertnin tctin~ her
AlNiffiiNlfNN iN nun VI AtfNAAh FtAtiNA
ana 10 be convicted Of having bccn IN
plain language rotter So she had
telephoned him and purposey left
aiar the door 70 their former friendly
relations
Monstrous He had seen tho open
door and deliberately slammed II IN
her face Luckily for them both she
had heard an unsuspecied by him as
he slowly hung the receiver on the
hook, tho soloquy wherein he gave
her pointed hint OF the distress with
(which he ahdicated--whioh knowledge
was an That deferred her from despS
ing him with the fervor Of n woman
scorned
The fascination which lighted
candle holds for moth is too well
known to require further elucidatlon
here. In yielding one day TO a desire
to visit the valley OF the Giants, Shir.
aey told herself that she was going
there TO gather wild hlackherries. She
had bcen thinking OF a certain black
berry pie, which thought naturally in
duced reflection on Bryce Cardigan
and reminded shirley Of her first visit
TO the Giants under the escort Of boy
IN lSnickerhockSrs.
Her meeting with Moira Mcravish
that day, and the subsequent friend
shin formed with the wOods.hoss
daughter, renewed all her apprehen.
slons on the assumption That Shir-
lev and Bryce were practically
strangers to each other Gan asSump-
ton which shirley for obvious rea-
sons, did not attempt TO dissinatcl,
MoiN did not hesitate 60 mention
Bryce very frequently. To her he was
the ore human being in the world
utterly worth while, and It is nat
ural fog women to discuss, fre-
Quently and at great length, the
subject nearest their hearts. MORA
described Bryce IN minute detail and
reated rs her eager auditor little un-
conscious daily acts Of kindness,
thoughuancss or humor performed BY
Bryce his devotion 60 his father, his
idealistic attitude toward the Cnrdi-
gan employees, his ability. his indus
try Aud presently, little by little,
Shirleys resentment against him
faded, and IN her heart was born Il
great wistfulness bred OF the hope that
some day she would meet Bryce Cardi-
san on The street and Shat he would
pause. lift his hat, sAllc at her his
compelling smile and forthwith pro-
ceed 70 bully her into being friendly
and forgvlng- browbeat her into ad-
mittIng@her change OF heart and glory
ing in it.
TO this remarkable state Of mind
asd Shirley Sumner attained at the
inc John Cardigan, leading his last
little tramp In vain hope that It
would enable him e take the odd tr'S-:sS
ln the huge eame''he had played FOR
afty years. decided 10 sell his Valley
sf the Giants.
shirley. as explained IN preceding