South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-21
THE DUPLICITY
OF H4RCR4VE
BY O. HENRY.


The description said The mafo r
frownne is-not without grounds.
Some exag latitude must be allow
I'd i'm public speaking"
And ia public acting. replied
Hargrayes
the major unreIeuting. "I- was "a
personal caricaturc positively
decline 20 overlook IT, sir"
Major Talbot said Hargraves.
with e. winning smile. -l wish YOU
would understand me- J want YOU
to know that ] never dreamed OF in
sultus YOU. Tn my profession. an
life belongs 10 me i take what
want and what j can, and return
IL over the footlights. Now. If YOU
Will lets let BE- 90 az that ! came
in TO see YOU about something else.
We've been pretty good friends for
some months, and I'm going 10 take
the risk of offending YOU again /
know YOU are hard up for money
never mind how 1 found out; a
boarding house is no place to keep
such matters seCret-and l want YOU
to let me help YOU out OF the pinch.
I've been getting fair salary all
the season, and I've saved some
pie hundred-Or even mOre-until
YOU get
stop commanded the major.
with his arm outStretched. 1T
seems that my book didn't lie, after
an. You think your money salVe
will heal all the hurts of honor. Tn
der no CirCuW 5tanccs would I ac-
ccpt a loan from a casual acquaint-
ancc. and as 10 you, sir. I would
starvc before j would consider your
insulting offer of a financial adjust
ment of the circumstances we have
discussed. I beg 10 repeat my re-
quest relative TO your quitting the
apartment
Hargraves took his departure
without another word. He also left
the house the same day, moving, as
Mrs. Nardeman explained at the
supper table nearer the vicinity of
the downtown theater, where a
Magnolia Flower was booked for e
weeks run.
Critical was tho situation with
Mai. Talbot and Miss lydia There
was no one in washington TO whom
the majors scruples allowed him 10
apply for a loan. Miss Lydia wrote
a letter to Uncle Ralph, but it was
doubtful whether that relatives
/ CONSTRUCTED affairs would permit him
10 furnish help. The major was
forced TO make an apologize ad
dress TO Mrs. Nardeman regarding
the delayed payment for board, re-
ferring 10 delinquent rentals" and
delayed remittances' IN a rather
confused strain.
Deliverance came from an entire
| ~ unexpected source.
Late one afternoon the door maid
/ 90 oil al
ored man who wanted TO see Mai.
/ Talbot. The major asked that he
I be sent up 20 his study. Soon an
| old darkey appeared in the door
way. with his hat in hand, bowling,
and scraping with one clumsy foot.
/ He was quite decently dressed in a
baggy suit of black. His big. coarse
/ shoes shone with a metallic lustre
. suggestive of stove polish. His
/ bushy wool was gray-almost white.
/ After middle life. IL IS difficult 20
/ estimate the age Of O negro. This
/ one might have seen as many years
as had Mai. Talbot.
! Il be bound you don't know me.
. Mars PendletOn." were his first
, words.
The major rose anJ came for
/ ward at the old, familiar style Of
address. IL was one of the old
plantation darkeys without a doubt;
4 but they had been widely scattered.
and he could not recall the voice or
/ face.
Il don't believe I do" he said
/ lIindly-"unless you will assist M
memory"
Don't YOU member Cindy's
/ Nose. Mars Pendleton. what
/ migrated 'mediately after de war;
I sfVNaff q MON ont said tho m "a fCs-
rubbing his forehead with the tips
IF his fingers. He loved to recall
( everything connected with those be
/ loved days. "Cindy's Nose" he re-
/ hected. You worked among the
| horseS-breaking the colts. Yes.
remember now. After the surren-
! der. you took the name Of-dont
prompt me-MitcheIl. and went 10
I the west-to Nebraska"
"Yassir, yassir. the old mans
| face stretched with a delighted grin
-"dats him, OATS it. NewbraslIa.
/ OATS me-Nose Mitchell OLD
| Uncle Nose Mitchell. dey calls me
now. Old mars your pa, gimme Il
I pah of dem mule colts when / lct'
I fur TO Staht me gOin' with. You
| member dem colts. Mars Pendle-
/ ton ."
Il don't seem to recall the colts.
said the major You know I was
married at the old FOIlinsbee place
But sit down, sit down, Uncle Mos.
/ I'm glad 10 see you. I hope YOU
/ have prOspered.'
Uncle Nose took a chair and laid
his hat carefully on the floor beside
it,
I "Yassir. of late ] done monty IA
nous. When / first got 10 New
i hraSka dev folks come all rOun' mo
+ 10 see dem mule colts. Dey ain't
/ see no mules like dem in Newbraska.
; I sold dem mules for three hundred
/ dollars Yassir-three hundred
| Den I open blacksmith shop.
sub, and made some money and
/ bought some Ian Me and my old
oman done raised up seb-m chillur
and all dom well 'cept two Of 'em
\ what died. Fo' year ago q railroad
I come along and staht a town slam
I ag'inst my Ian and sub, Mars Pen
/ dleton. Uncle Nose am worth lebm
| thousand dollars in money. prop
| erty. and Ian.
Pm glad TO hear IT," said the
major heartily. Glad TO hear il. 80
And dat little baby of yon. Mars
( Pendleton-one what YOU name
| Miss Lyddy-T be bound dat little
( tad done growed up tell nobody
/ wouldn't know her
The major stepped 20 the door
and called: Lydia dear, will you