The Ordway new era., 1921-11-18

Wen .bill Aore .fqtherlie W1fed ina
athprdes in cartcrsvillc and found out
That cale7 AIurelnud had confessed to
.RleN Sno~tins 81 Dl6ck TN9tm fNid you
was frec- hnds-ft-has ser TX Hfhf at
rest. hut 1t diddcnt sci my mind at rest
for because no r1TC mountain hart
53,,tgg,..-. taaA MSyJlalrt Sf5ests.t akEin-
yore place in Jail until the day OF the
trial rre -,L,i & j. ttli'i -ti-, AT tnss More
lands. pore cale is IA good hoy. am
doing me Atar ~bh'A iur' z often wish
could have oid-poe-IsvCr hear 10 sing
me.to Slesp lile i pIsesl vs.. y. 4yEe meth
er. is tGaGh.ne, me how 10 read ana rlte
and spell Ike pat lid aud ! inn. learn
ing fast! you- cin seq hN thIS l6tttir
( talii rite an spell tiuc cant i.'' -'''
well hiH kihds .frferid .iilajiis fayne
has jes sent yorc mothers made up
hear to ask if he Gan see me and
viii half 10 90 down elares and see,
what -ha wants. .--. l-s
yores respecueeIy.
Babe.
Fin Dale folded Tie bulky letter
and put it slowly back into the envels
npe. Then his gaze wandered through
window and to where a golden
winged high-holer was hammerng in
dustriouSly at the tup branch Of Il
dead tree. be SAILED to himself BY
Heck and nearly all--uf the rest of
the world for tie moment forGnlten,
and muttered aloud; ,.-.... ......
".Yores respectively, Bube.' -
Flaw, haw, haw o. laughed the keen
cared and watclful hilln0u' in the
straight-baels chair behind him.
Y ores respectively Bahe y iiaw,
haw. haY. Well BHl, dadslins tte.it
turn all that red about When ,the o.
nights gone the day comes, don't it2
Bill, old boy, it's the same thing !" ~.
..'Tou get out of here, Byr Dale
storried in mock severity -'Go and
help the eoiamissary clerk with die
new goods; eh?' .'ae
Heck laughed another h0'sel!oish,
rose and Went. .out.-4a y.avIl,-4!.....
When he had sope,, Dale began to.
think-of the ulta-spoiled, charming
aftef-a fashion, wealthy, young, high,
night 'devotee, Jimmy Fayne. And fie
wondered, and wondered, what wonlti
come of1Fayhe's. quick Hiking for Babe
'Littleford. 80 = =. - sC-t1"1 51iti-t
After he had viewed the matter froAf
above and belw apd adj Sides around,r
he frowned. like a berserker. :: 81.
Here is what came of Jimmy Faynels
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 LittlefOrds daughter had
changed much in many ways. She had
tried as hard as ever mortal tried to
learn the correct use of words: and
Mrs. Dale had been patient, painstak-
ing and efficient in her teachings. Not
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 few
Jewels, thanks to Mrs. Dale. and
wherever she went she attracted ad-
miring slances.
Jimmy Fayne had been coming to
see her when Mrs. Dale would per-
NIT 1t, which was not very often. jim
my Fayne. as Patricia McLaurin had
once been moved to say, was far
seeing Young man for all his weaic-
nesses he had known in advance that
the laurel bloom would change 10 a
rose, and then to white hyacinth
Perhaps he even considered the fact
that she would make a better wife for
him. and better mother for his chill
dren, than some fragile and over-cuI-
tured woman of patrician house that
had about run out. At any rate, Jim
my Fayne, the ulira-spoiled, had de-
eided that he would marry her, .,-s5. -.
, During those weeks that had been
| hdde hapTr-by- an occasional- hour-at
TIE home ofthe Dales, Fayne had not
bnte mentioned marriage. He figured,
ami wisely, enough. that. to be too
QUICK with his dropss5l "wci!G he to
/ lose every,l,;pg.,1
But noS he meant 81 s 1p.ySpls,e, S y for 1 he e
/ ..aew that Miss Littleford intended go
\ ing home fera $isit-and he knew that
when She went home she would see
+ Carlyle Dale. The truth was, of
+ course. ttiatY Miss 4 SLittlefotd' WAS 60
; ing to Tmpessee TO attend the Oc-
| t0ber term of court at Cartersville.
|. IL was a little after the middle of
bHght afternoon. He found her sit
ting on an iron settee in secluded
! cdfner of the lawn, where cape jessa-,
+ mines and lilac bushes grew In order
| lyxarray. She wore light wrap, and
there wasi isnfeasy-fo-read book f,her
hands; but she wasn't trying to read
pa&fhe moment.