The Washington herald., 1920-11-03
tContinued From Yesterday

BILLY could not subdue a certain
eNultatiOn at this token OF the sue
cess of his long and arduous labors,
but. at the same time. a whimsical
smile fingered around his mouth,
for he foresaw in which column
Elmville would place the credit.
| We congratulate Governor Penn
berton upon the mark Of apprecia-
tiOn conferred upon his son"-"Elm-
willie roJoices with our hOnored citi-
zen. Governor Pemberton. at his
sons suCCess"-Put her there,
Bnly,'-'Judge Billy Pemberton,
sir; son of our states war hero and
the peoples pride."-these were the
phrases. printed and oral. conjured
up by Billys prophetic fancy.
Grandson of his State, and stepchild
to Elmville-thus had fate fixed his
kinship to the body polite.
Billy lived with his father in the
old mansion. The two and an ell
erly lady-a distant rclative-com-
Trised the family. Perhaps. though.
old JEFF. the Governors ancient col
ored body-servant. should be in
Guided. Without doubt. he would
have claimed the honor There
were other servants. hu' Thomas
jefferson P"mberton. sab. WAS a
member Of de fambIy"
Jeff was the one Ennvilliau who
gave to Billy the gold of approval
.unmixed with the alloy Of p2tcrnal-
ism. To him Mars William" was
the greatest man in Talbot County.
Eeat"u upon though h" Was by the
shining light that omanatrs from an
cN-war governor, and loyal as he
remained to the old regime. his
faith and admiration were RiIly's
As valet to Il hero and a member OF
tn" family. h" may hay, had supc-
rior opportunities for Judging
Jeff was the first one to whom
Bill revealed the news. when he
reached home for supper Jeff took
his plug" hat and smoothed it be-
fore hanging it upon the hall-rack.
Oar now said the old man: "T
knowed it was ~ comm. I knowed
il was gwiny 'r~ hapD,u. Er Judge
YOU says. Mars William" Dem Yam
h"cS done mad" YOU rT judg"2 Its
high timr. sab. d"y wIS dom some
p'n to MAKE up for d"y rrSraliJy en-
durin' dc war. 7 boun' d"y holds a
coufaab and SAYS: Les max" Mars
William Pembcrton er judge. and
datU settle it. Does yuu have 70
20 way down 10 dem FiNypincs.
Mars William. or Kin yNu judge EN-
from here"
I'd hav,. to live there most OF the
time. Of course" said Billy.
Il wonder what de Gubnor cwine
say bout dat" specuIated jeff
Billy wondered too.
After supper, when the two sat in
the library. according to their habit
the Governor smoking his clay
pipe and Billy his Cigar-the son
dutifully confessed to having been
rendered the appointment.
For a long time the Governor sat.
smoking. without making any com
ment. Billy reClined in his favoritc
rocker, waiting. perhaps still flush
ed with satisfaction over the tender
that had come to him. unsolicited,
in his dingy little office. above tho
ing, clamOrOus multitude
At last the Governor spoke: and,
though his words were seemingly
irrelevant, they were to the point.
His voice had a note Of martyrdom
running through its senile quaver.
My rheumatism has been grow
ing steadily worse these past
months. William"
Il am sorry, father" said Billy,
gently.
And I am nearly seventy-cight.
l am getting to be an old man.
can recall the names of but two or
three who We're in public life dur
ing Ny administration. What did
YOU say is the nature OF this posi-
ton that is offered you, William?"
"a Federal judgeship, father. 1
believe it is considered to be a some
what flattering tender. 1t is outside
of politics and wirespulling, you
know"
NO doubt. no doubt. Few OF the
Pembertons have engaged in profess
sional life for nearly a century.
None of them have ever held Fed
eral positions. They have been
land-hOlders. slave-Owners and
planters on a large scale. One or
two of the Derwents-your moth
er's family-were in the law. Have