Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-02

plated her for the space OF twenty
seconds perhaps.
You're afraid Of the fishermen. amt
YOU, Mi>>g' She asked. Wei. you've
got a right to be! Larry'S different
from the rest, though he was as will.
in. up to this night, TO chop on your
head, As me. But Larry'S hearts soft
and Kind, Larry'S is"
I'm afraid Of everybody" gaSped
Evelyn, Everybody but you, Polly.
Please, take me with you, or-or-
let me stay till morning"
a slight shake of Pollyop'S head
brought Evelyn to a sitting position,
but pain-racked bones and nerves laid
her back again.
There i~nterjected the other girl,
"You can see how hard it'd be to get
you through the snow to your mas
house, You'd die before you got there.
I'm best if you wouldn't. No, | got to
go alone, Miss"
Noting the fear In Mrs, Mackenzie's
| eyes, she bent over the cot.
"Will you believe something I'm go
in to tell you, Evey" she said in a
~wheedling tone.
"Surely | Will. Polly" answered
Evelyn, wiping her eyes, but I'm SO
afraid, SO awfully afraid"
That's no lie" replied Pollyop i'm
petuouSly, IAN as | said, you got a
right to be scared OF the squattcrS.
Why, only this afternoon | hated you
an Ola Mare as hard as the rest of
the Silent City folks-more, mehbe
But-but what | was really goin' to
tell you Is this. If | Ing YOU along
with me, you won't have no baby in
che SIMMER That's Gods truth I'm
tellin' YOU, too"
Evelyn lowered her lids, and n pain.
full flush mounted to her hair.
you're wantin' the little thing
amt your demanded Polly, her voice
vibrant with emotion. "Now, be "A biz
woman, an stay while I'm gone, will
you? III promise t. hustle for al
I'm worth"
Mrs. Mackenzie's timid glance raT
around the room.
81 suppose So" she whimpered, "hu'
what If some of your people cam
here?" She shuddered and went OF
h%urriedly: "PolIy, what're you goinl
to say to MarcusY
81 don't know yet mumbled Polly
op, but I'll bring him back, Oh,
got it, Say, III stick you away ii
Granny Hopes coop-hole. No squat
ter'd think to go In there, ever if h,
comes in. Here! I'll help you"
Tenderly she coaXed and begged
but without avail, and patiently Poll,
sat down on the side of the cot.
Miss Eve" she took up in 10y
tones, I'm goin' to tell you some
thing Granny Hope told me. Now, yo
want to get home to your man, don
your
Eyes, yes, oh, so bad, Pollyop," erie
Evelyn, "but | can't stay here alone
| can't! | can't"
She did not think then Of the man
days and nights the other girl ha
passed by herself in the same littl
shack.
"Mebbe 1t does seem SO, Eve sal
Polly Hopkins. But, honey, whe
Pm done you'll be thinkin' differen.
Now, listen; don't you know way dow
in your insides that your mans neal
ly sutferin' his life away?'
Evelyn burst forth into weepin
afresh.
"Of curse I know 1t, Polly" sh
sobbed, "but-"
AN you want him to he walling a
night till daybreak, not KNOWN whetl
er you're in the land Of the Twin q
not, huh?'
This was n solemn question aSke
by a very solemn-eyed girl,
another thing" continued Poll!
when it comes daybreak, thereIH /
a lot of squatters about. They com
/ every day to this hut. I'd have I
leave you then, wouldn't II TOnigl
it's stormin', an most of 'em are
bed. 1 could run as fast as a rabbi
an be back in a jiffy, Can't 20
screw up your courage an let me goi
1 This long statement Evelyn though
over for a few moments. Then:
! perhaps l could, if"
9" know you can" interrupted Pc
lyop. "Now, listen Granny Hope sal
anything you want you can have OF
Of loves own heart for the askln'."
"But Pm such a wicked girl
moaned Evelyn dismalIy,
$50 be l." returned Pollyop promp
ly. Were both rotten bad, &c
knows. but never mind all that nov
, got to get Old Marc; an the on.
, way you car help is to stay Qui'
while I'm out for him. Now, lean {
me an I'll stow you away in the ri.
Dish room till | get back"
, Ashamed to make further appea
q to the girl who was showing mo
spirit than she had ever thought pO
sible for any girl to show, Evelyn u
lowed Pollyop to pick her up al
stand her on the floor.