The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-10-08
The End of a
Feud
Bv MARTHA MACWILLlAMS.

g. 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper %
Miss Sue dropped in upon the soS-
siper. Mrs. Nanny, while that lady was
washing up breakfast things to say
breathlessly: Must be some truth III
this talk of the world coming 10 ah
end Actually Liza Brown came "
church last night with beau-ahu
who should the beau be but Prof. NC
Goodin!"
mol" Mrs. Nanny cried. Don't
ask me TO believe that! Why, shea
run If a man more than said 'Howdy
to her--and as for him why, Brother
Ben saxs he never recognizes the en-
istence of anything in less than SIN
syllables."
Il know, but | saw them-plalh'
Be sure they made one STR III church-
Don't believe ten people heard the
tect. much less the sermon said MISS
Sue. 1T was funny after dislnlssai
everybody standing stock sun NIL
ute. as though waiting for Drioe anu
groom to 90 down the aisle. Anu ~"
they stared-out OF eye-corners, YOU
may say. No telling how long they
would have kept it up, hadn peeh loi
jeff Davis Perry. He may be WIZ
but he knows what to do III pihch'
SO here he steps out, pechohs "'o
other boys Just the least bit--ahu
there they had the whole congregation
moving. Liza and the professor were
beet-red knowing what 1t ali meant
but when they had melted into the
crowd they seemed not to nina. no"
| know is, | walked home right De
hind en-"
What did they talk aboutY' Mrs
Nanny broke in.
Miss SIC .iggled. Stars, ana the
Chaldees, and the Babe i'll the
Manager" she said. "Oh. he's got
words plenty, when he has the nina
for 'em. Then stars really belonged
last night-they were so big ana
bright, and looked to be just above
the treetops."
II do wonder-will that be go!
Mrs. Nanny answered reilectlveiy.
Nothing to hinder. Liza has got
nice property, besides her home. Ana
he has money in the Building an Loan
besides what he gets for fooling with
bugs and snails and things at the
laboratory"
Mrs Farley Pindar knows all that
--better'n we do. | reckon" said Miss
Sue. "She's nosey anyway-then him
boarding in the house so Longevity,
she's Jerry -the-spot."
"She always is-about other peo-
pies business" Mrs. Nanny commented
acidly. But did you ever hear how
she spoke to him down town one
day-and had to tell him who she
WASP"
Miss Sue nodded, saying: Il call
that rich. She can't have her claws
on him very deep. But, mark my
word, she'll hold to him like grim
death. Somebody ought to tell Liza
she's so shy and housekeeping. l
doubt if she has ever heard word"
Multiply this conversation by near
half the houses in Hillside-result,
church going. Before next Sunday
bets were laid on the event--covertly,
because jeff Davis Perry took 1t upon
himself to discountenance vigorously
any making of the nascent romance
sporting event. His word carried
weight, socially and financially. albeit
he was under thirty. and given to
minding his own business. Somehow
standing up for those who could not
stand up for themselves appeared to
him q vital part Of his business. Men
ought to fight their own battles
therefore McGoOdin did not count. But
Miss Liza, a faded, pretty thing, close
upon forty, withered iIle the shadow of
stern paralytic mother until the time
of love and mating was past, appealed
to his manhood. She had nobody
nearer than Il banker-cousin who
thought the whole duty of a kinsman
was keeping Liza from wasting her
substance in charity and asking her
to dinner at Christmas and Thanks
giving. She always declined the
luVlldtlOllS-WIdl she uiu lnel was
something between her and sunGry
pensioners. Nep and Jim, the loyal
black pair, who served her as they
had done her mother, could have told
fine tales, but they held to the silence
they felt due the queer doings of
quality white folks.
Jeff Davis was the more bound to
her service by the ancient feud be-
tween their grandfathers. 1t had been
bitter enough, bloody enough, In the
old time to divide church and dis
rupt political campaign. AS very
small boy, Jeff Davis had been taught
to hate the name of Jones. AS q
man he laughed at that old rancOr
However, Miss Liza might feel her
name should not be banded about by
light tongues.
She came to church Sunday night
as usual-but alone. And Jeff Davis
took ii upon himself to walk home with
her. He had his reward, for seated