The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-10-07

had said good morning and so forth
he said anxious like 10Y elizabeth
please tell me all about bills trouble
for patrisha mite have omitted some
thing you know. at FIRST ! was awfui
afeard Of him but l sOOn got 10 like
ing him ine and 1 told him about yOu
and that lowdOwn black adam baR
from beginning to end and when ] told
him about the fte In the river he
grinned and grinned and said you al
ways WAS Jam fuu Of the 6te stun.
hell come out Of IL all rite the worst
Of II IL his haveing to stay In jail until
the trial c0mes OK said your father
at the next term OF cote. weed bet
ter see IL we cant get him out ON q
bond be said haddent We elizabeth and
1 said yes. bill / found yOre mother
indede a sad woman. there wassent
much about her to remine me OF the
time when she called me a savaje
person. she said 1 am delited you came
elizabeth and / cride a little | cOuldent
help it when / jest half TO cry ! jest
half 10 cry and nothing else don't help
4 bit. Because she kissed me bill.
we'll bill yOre father he wired the
athortieS in cartersville and found out
that Gale MOreiand had confessed to
the shooting Of black adam and you
was free and il has set his mine at
rest. but II diddent set my mind at resi-
for because ! no the mountain hart. |,
know Gale Moreland Is jest takeing
yore place in jail until the day Of the
trial for that is the way OF h More
lands. pore Gale Is a good boy. / am
doing fine hear bill but often wish
i could have old Doe River hear TO sing
me 10 sleep like ii used 10. yore moth
er Is teaching me how to read and rite
and spell like pat did and am learn
ing fast. you can see by this letter
I can rite an spell fine cant l..
well bill kind friend jimmy fayne
has jes sent yOre mothers made up
hear to ask if he can see me II !
will half 10 10 down stares and see
what he wants.
yores respectively.
Babe.
Bill Dale folded the bulky letter
and put II slowly back into the envel-
% Then his gaze wandered through
q window and TO where a golden
winged hish-hoIer was hammering in
dustriousIy at the top branch OF a
dead tree. He smiled to himself. BY
Heck and nearly all of the rest OF
the world for the mOmeDt forgotten,
and muttered aloud
Ynres respectively, Babe
"IiaW, haw, haw" laughed the keen
cared and watchfuI hillman in the
StraiEhi-back chair behind him,
"'Iores respectively, Babe! Haw.
haW, haw! Well. BID, dadsling it. ii
shorciy to goodness amt nothin' TO
turn all thar red about! When the
nights gone the day comes, don't 1t?
Bill, old boy, it's the same thing"
You get out of here, By" Dale
stOrmed in mock severity. go and
help the cOmmiSSary clerk with the
uew goods; eh?"
Heck laughed another h"rselaugh.
rose and went out.
When he had gone. Dale began TO
thjnk-Of the ultra-spOiled, charming
aftera-faShiOn, wealthy, young, high
night devotee. Jimmy Fayne. And he
wondered. and wondered. what would
come of Fayne's quick liking for Babe
Iittleford.
After he had viewed the matter from
above and below and all sides around,
he froWned like a berserker.
Here is what came OF Jimmy FayDe's
quick liking for Babe Littleford-
The days had passed swiftly, and au-
tumn was far advanced. Save for a
few chrysanthemums and asters that
grew in places sheltered from the
frOsts. the flowers were all gone; the
NAPLES were shedding their leaves Of
brown, crimson and gold.
Ben LittlefOrd's daughter had
changed much in many ways. She had
tried as hard as ever mortal tried 10
learn the correct use Of words; and
Mrs. Dale had been patient, painstak-
lbS ~ irhR III Z 'NHNbibSo' wv
that Elizabeth was educated. in any
real sense OF the word. Far from it.
But her Improvement was. In all truth.
quite remarkable. She wore more or
less costly gowns now. and a few
Jewels, thanks to Mrs. Dale, and
wherever she went she attracted ad-
miring Chances.
Jimmy Fayne had been coming to
see her when Mrs, Dale would per.
nit II. which was not very often. Jim.
my Fayne, as Patricia McLaurin had
once been moved to say, was a far
seeing young man for all his weak
nesses he had known In advance that
the laurel bloom would change to q
rose, and her to a white h%yacinth.
Perhaps he ven considered the fact
that she would make a better wife for
him, and a better mother for his chill.
dren, than some fragile and Over-cul-
tured woman of a patrician house that