South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-06

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ing advantages for sudden retreat in
case fashionable society should make
il advisable.
Their descent upon Laurel had
been coincident With Yancey Goree's
feverish desire 10 convert property
into cash. and they bought the old
Goree homestead. paying $4,000
ready money into the spendthrift's
shaking hands
Thus il happened that while the
disreputable last Of the Gorees
sprawled In his disreputable office,
lat the end Of his row. spurned by
the cronies whom he had gorged.
strangers dwell i'm the halls OF his
fathers
A cloud OF dust was rolling slow
~ up the parched street, with some-
thing treveling in the midst of il. a
little breeze waited the cloud to one
side, and a new, brightly painted
carryal. drawn by a sIothful gray
horse, became visible. The vehicle
DETECTED from the middle Of the
street as il neared Corees office.
and stopped in the gutter directly
in front of his door
on the front seat sat a Caunt. tall
man, dressed in black bT0adcloth, his
rigid hands incarcerated In yellow
/ kid gloves On the back seat was a
lady who triumphCd over the June
heat Her stout form was armorcd
in a skin-tight silk dress of the de-
scription known as "changeable be-
ing a gorgeous combination OF shift
ing hues. She sat erect. waving a
much-ornamented fan. with her eyes
fixed stonily down the street. How
ever Martelld Garveys heart might
be rejoicing at the pleasures OF her
new life, Blackjack had done his
work with her exterior. He had
carved her cOuntenance 10 the Inn
age of emptiness and inanitv. had
imbued her with the stoHdity Of his
crags and the reserve of his hushed
interiors. She always seemed 10
hear, whatever her surroundings
were. the scaly-barks falling and
the pattering down the mountain
side She could always hear the aSg-
( Iul silence OF Blackjack sounding
, through the stillest of nights.
Goree watched this solemn equib-
age, as IL drove to his door. with
! only faint interest: but when the
lank driver wrapped the reins about
his whip, and awlSwardiy descended
and stepped into his office. he rose
unsteadily to receive him, recogniz-
ing Pike Garvey. the new. the trans
formed the recently civilized.
The mountaineer took the chair
Goree offered him. They who cast
doubts upon Garveys soundness of
mind had strong witness in the
mans cOuntenance. His face was
long, dull saffron i'm hue. and inn
bile a "a gfafrrnfc %
winking round eyes without Iashes
added 20 the singularity OF his grue-
some visaEe. Goree was at a loss to
account for the visit
Everything all right at Laurel.
Mr. Carney 80 he inquired.
Everything all right. sir. and
and mighty pleased is Missis Garvey
and me with the property. Missis
Carney like yo' old place. and she
likes the neighborhood. Society is
what she lows She wants. and she is
gettin of IL. The Rogerses. the Han
goods. the Pratts. and the Troys hev
been 10 see Missis Garvey. and she
hev ct meals TO most OF thar houses.
The best folks hev axed her 70 diff
fernt KINDS of dOin's. I cyan't say.
Mr.. Goree. that sech things suits me
sur me. give me them thar" Gar
vey's huge. yellow gloved hand flour
ished i'm the direction OF the noun
tainS That's whar / bIong. 'mongst
the wild honey bees and the bars
But that amt what ! come fur TO
say. Mr.. Goree. Thar's somethin'
YOU got what me and Missis Carney
wants 20 buy
BUY" eachoed Goree. From
me?" Then ne laughed harshly. Il
reckon you are mistaken about that
sold out 20 you. az YOU yourself OK
pressed IT, lock. stock and barrel
There isn't even a ramrod LETT 10
sell"
You've got IL; and we 'uns want
H. Take the money. SAYS Missis
Carney. and buy it far and squar.
Goree shook his head. The cup
boards bare. he said.
We've riz-" pursued the noun
taineer. undeflected from his object,
"a heap. We was pore as possums
and now VIC could hev folks 10 din
ner every day. We been recognized.
AIissis Garvey says. by the best So
ciety. But there's somethin We
need We amt got She saws II ought
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sale but IL faint thav Take the
money. III o. she saws. and buy Il
far and g ar
Out with IT, said Goree his
racked nerves growing impatient
Garvey throw his slouch hat upon
the table. and leaned forward fixing
his unblinking eyes upon Goree's-
There's a old feud. he said dis
tinctIy and slowly. tween You 'uns
and the Coltrancs."
Goree frowned ominouslv To
speak Of his feud 20 feudist is
serious breach OF the mountain ETH
ouette. The man from, back van"
know II a. well as the lawyer did
"Na ofenss" h. went on. "hut
purely in the wav % fusioass NTis-is
Carvev hev studies all about fends
Most Of the quality folks In the