The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-09
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. farm with their indolent, lovable
grandfather, Major Sam Need
and two old negro servants, Attn,
and Zeke. Kate is engaged &c
Morgan Prentiss but breaks the
engagement when she finds him
on the point of jiitipg her tor the
beautiful wealthy Eve ElweH.
Major Need loses the farm te
Jeff Howard, a bitter youns
mountaineer. Kate hates Jeff for
taking their home and treats him
in,olently, but Jeff finds himself
in love with her.
Caroline is invited to sing in
celebration, wearing an heirloom
dress. Kate and Caroline 60 to a
party given by Cynthia Chenaul'
for Eve and Morgan. Morgan
make, violent love to Kate, ask
in, her to elope with him. She
return. home, realizing, thank
fully, that she is cured Of her love
for him.
NOW co ON WITH The SToRf
CHAPIEk AAlA
: The dress was finished, to the
hast hook-and-eye. Ii had been
pressed and folded and put into a
large box. Ii was stuffed with
tissue paper, and whenever the
box was handled it was carefully
held right side up, on a level plane.
Kate, in town for last-minute
preparations, was in Miss Cassie
Drew's notion shop. Miss Cassie
said, 81 see in the paper your SIS
ter's going to sing at the Foster
celebration tomorrow. You must
feel proud" ,y
"We're thrilled to death" Kate
admitted. But our prima donna
has a bad case of nerves. Her
voice is in good condition, but the
poor child's reached that stage Oh
the game where she's sure She 5
going to fail and disgrace the fam
.Tchi tchl Poor little thing:
Keep her quiet, Kate. In bed II
possible. II had an older sister
who sang in the choir when she
was n girl, and whenever she had
a solo ahead she'd go completely
10 pieces. Yes, on Saturday morn
ines she'd go all to pieces. l re-
cali il as plain as day. Mother
used to put her to bed and feed
her light, wholesome food and give
her Wordsworth's poems to read.
By Sunday morning she was al
ways as calm as you please:
Kate smiled tolerantly at this
old : fashioned treatment for
nerves. "I've been making Caro-
line read detective stories" she
said, "This morning l have her
cleaning the storeroom. Anything
10 keep her mind off tomorrow.
When Kate reached home she
found Caroline in tears and talk
ins incoherently of self-destruc-
ton. The heat and dust OF the
dark storeroom, coupled with
snasmodic readings of murder
mystery, had reduced her to a
state of nervous exhaustion. Inc
Major and Althy were trying to
soothe her. Even Zeke was offer
ing advice. Althy, seeing Kate IN
the door, called out exeitedlv,
"She saw she amt goin' to sing
tomorrow, Miss Kate She say she
can't"
Kate's heart sank. In that mo-
ment there was born in her mind
A hearty respect for Miss Cassie
Drew's advice. "Let her alone, all
of you. Leave her to me. Go flX
her a warm bath, Althy, and III
mix her a hot soda gargle. I'm
afraid she's gotten. dust in her
throat. And. Gran-dad, will you
try to find that Foster biography
fer me-"
An hour later Caroline lay in
her bed, fresh from a tepid bath.
The blinds were drawn. And
now III read to you a WHILE" Kate
said.
mot that murder story" Caro-
line exclaimed, shuddering.
Absolutely not" Kate promis-
ed. 'It's something from the life
OF Stephen Collins Foster-the
story of how he wrote "My Old
Kentucky Home" which he was
visiting at Federal Hill and played
it that night for the guests at the
ball, It's about a young girl who
stood beside the piano and sang 1t
as he played it. She probably
wore a dress like yours"
Kate read, and when Caroline
fell. asleep she tip-toed from the
room and shut the door softly. To
the anxious family she announced
'tShe'll do ii. We must all go to-
morrow. She's entitled to a ehauf'
feur and a maid and four pairs Of