The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 13, 1913, Image 2
Tran walked up to Grace Nolr and
?hook back bar hair In tbe way that
Oraee particularly disliked. Sbe laid:
?Nothing like an understanding at the
beginning; yea, tbe old lady's right.
Oood thing to know what tbe trouble
la. to we'll know how It'll hit us. I
guess I'm tbe trouble for this bouse,
but I'm going to hit It as, the daugh?
ter of an old friend, and not aa a serv?
ant. I'm just about as independent as
Patrick Henry. Miss Nolr. I'm not re?
sponsible for bolng born, but It's my
outlook to bold oa to my equality."
"Fran!" exclaimed Mra. Gregory,
la mild reproof.
Grace looked at Mrs. Gregory and
nothing could have exceeded the sslnt
Homi of ber expression Insulted, sbe
was enjoying to tbe full ber pious sat?
isfaction of martyrdom.
"Dear lira. Gregory.** said Fran
'I'm sorry to have to do tola.
Fran Suggested Honor.
hot It isn't as if you were adopting
a penal lees orphan. I'm adopting a
bomb. I want to belong to somebody,
sod 1 want people to feel that tbey
have something when tbey have .ne."
i they'll know they've got
so*hethlng" remarked Simon Jeffer
shootlag a dlasatlsfled glance at
kt*u tioiii under bushy browa.
Kran laughed outrfcht "I'm golug
to like you. all right." she declared.
"You are so human."
It Is exceedingly difficult to main?
tain satisfaction In silent martyrdom.
Grace waa obliged to speak, loot any
one think that sbe acquiesced In erll
is It customary for little girls to roam
the streets at night, wandering about
the world alone, adopting homes ac?
cording to their whims?"
1 really doo't think it Is custom?
ary," Fran replied politely, "but I'm
not a customary girl." At tfeat mo?
ment she caught the old lady's eye. It
waa sparkling with eloquent latitfae
tiesj; Mrs. Jefferson suppose* terms
of service wire under discusslcn. Fran
laughed, grabbed the ear-trumpet and
called, "Hello. How are you!"
When an unknown voice entered the
large end of tbe tobe, half Hit mean?
ing waa usually strained away before
the reet reached the yearning ear.
Mrs. Jefferson responded eagerly
"And will you wheel me around the
garden at least twice a day?"
Fran patted the thin old arm with
bar thin young hand, as she shouted,
"I'll wheel you twenty times a day,
if yoa aay so!"
"But I do not see-saw," retorted the
old lady with spirit
Gregory, finding Grace's eyes fixed
oa him s?arcblngly, felt himself
pushed to the wall. "Of course," he
said coldly, it is understood that the
daughter of er?my friend, comes
here aa a?aa an equal." As he
found himself forced Into definite op?
position to his secretary, his manner
grew more assured. Suddenly It oc?
curred to him that he waa, la a way,
atoning for the past.
"Aa an equal, yes!" exclaimed his
wife, again embracing Fran. "How
else could It be?'
Tele is golug to bo a good thing
"Would Yeu Like to Know More About
Mer
for you, If you only knew It," Fran
said, looking Into her face with loving
eyes.
Hamilton Gregory was almost able
to persuade himself that he had re?
ceived the orphan of his own free
choice, thus to make reparation. "It
Is my duty," he said; "and I always
try to do my duty, as I see it"
"Would you llko to know more about
me?" Fran asked confidentially of Mrs.
Gregory.
Gregory turned pale. "I don't think
11 is ncces?"
"Do tell me!" exclaimed his wife.
"Father and mother married secret
ly," Fran said, solely addressing Mrs.
Gregory, but occasionally sending a
furtive glance at her husband. "He
was a college-student, boarding with
his cousin, who was one of the profes?
sors. Mother was an orphan and lived
with her half-uncle?a mighty crusty
old man. Uncle Ephraim was, who
didn't have one bit of use for people's
getting married in secret. Father and
mother agreed not to mention their
marriage till after his graduation;
then he'd go to his father and make
everything easy, and come for mother.
Sd he went and told him?father's fa?
ther was a mi?'onalre on Wall street
Mother's uncle was pretty well fixed,
too, but ho didn't enjoy anything ex?
cept religion. When he wasn't at
church?he went 'most all the time?
he was reading about it Mother said
he was most religious in Hebrew, but
ho enjoyed his Greek verbs awfully."
Grace Nolr asked remotely, "Did
you say that your parents eloped?"
"They didn't run far," Fran ex?
plained; "they were married in the
county, not far from Springfield?"
"1 thought you said," Grace inter?
rupted, "that they were In New York."
"Did you?" said Fran politely. "So
father graduated, and went away to
tell his father all about being mar?
ried to Josephine Derry. I don't know
what happened then, as he didn't come
hack to tell. My mother waited and
waited?and I was born?and then
Uncle Ephraim drove mother out of
his house with her tiny baby?that's
mo?and 1 grow to be?as old as you
see me now. Wo worn always hunt?
ing father. We wont all over the
United States, first and last?it looked
llko the son of a mill! onaire ought to i
he easy to find. But ho kept himself
close, and there was never a clew.
Then mother died. Sometimes she
used to tell mo that she believed him
deed, that If he'd been alive he'd have
come for her, because she loved him
with all her soul, and wrecked her
whole life because of him. She was
happiest when sho thought he was
dead, so I wouldn't say anything, but
I was sire he was alive, all right, as
big e ad strong as you please. Oh, I
know his kind. I've had lots of expe?
rience."
"8o I'd suppose," nald Grace Nolr
quietly. "May I as'*?if you don't,
mind?if this traveling about the Unit?
ed States didn't take a great deal of
money T'*
"Oh, we had all the money we want?
ed," Fran returned easily.
"Indeed? And did you become rec?
onciled to your mother's uncle?"
"Yes?after he wss dead. He didn't
leave a will, and there wasn't anybody
else, and as mother had just been
taken from me, the money just natu?
rally came In my hands. But I didn't
need it, particularly."
"But before that," Grace persisted;
"before, when your mother was first
disinherited, how could sho make her
Mvingr
"Mother was like me. She didn't
stand around folding her hands and
crossing her fo*?t?she used 'em. Bless
you. I could get along wherever you'd
drop me. Success isn't in the world,
it's In me, and that's a good thing to
know?it saves hunting."
"Do you consider yourself a 'suc?
cess'?" inquired the secretary with g
chilly smile.
"I had everything I wanted except
a home." Fran responded with charm?
ing good-humor, "end now I've got
that. In a New York paper, I found a
picture of Hamilton Gregory, and it
told about all his charities, it said
he had millions, and was giving away
everything. I ssld to myself, 'I'll go
there and have h m give me a home'?
you see, I'd often heard mother speak
of him?and I said other things to
myself?and then, as I generally do
what I tell myself to do?it keeps up
confidence in the general manager?I
came."
"Dear child." said Mrs. Gregory,
stroking her hair, "your mother dead,
your father?that kind of a man?you
shall indeed find a home with us, for
life. And so your father was Mr.
Gregory's friend. It seems?strange."
"My father," said Fran, looking at
Mr. Gregory Inscrutably, "was the best
friend you ever had, wasn't be? You
loved him better than anybody else lu
the world, didn't you?"
"I?I?yes," the other stammered,
looking at her wildly, and passing his
agitated hand across his eyes, ss It
to shut out some terrlblo vision, "yes,
I?I was?er?fond of?him."
"I guess you were," Fran cried em?
phatically. "You'd have done any?
thing for him."
"I have this to say," remarked Si?
mon Jefferson, "that I may not come
up to the mark in all particulars, and
I reckon I have my weaknesses; but
I wouldn't own a friend that proved
himself the miserable scoundrel, the
weak cur, that this child's father
proved himself!"
"And I agree with you," declared
Graco, who seldom agreed with him
In anything. How Mr. Gregory, the
best man she had ever known, could
be fond of Fran's father, was incom?
prehensible. Ever since Fran had come
, knocking at the door, Grace's exalted
fsith in Mr. Gregory had been per?
plexed by the foreboding that he was
not altogether what she had Imagined
Ilamtltou Gregory felt the change iu
her attitude. "That friend* he said
quickly, "was not altogether to be cen?
sured. At least, he meant to do right.
He wanted to do right. With all the
strength of his nature, he strovs to
do right."
"Then why dldnt he do right?"
snapped Simon Jefferson. "Why
dldnt he go back after that young
woman, and take care of hart Huh?
What waa holding him?"
"He did go back," exclaimed Greg?
ory. "Well?not at first, hut sfter
ward. He went to tell hlB fsther, and
his father showed him that it would
never do, that the girl?Ms wife?
wasn't of their sphere, their life, that
he couldn't have made her happy?
that It wouldn't?that It Just wouldn't
do. For three years be stayed lo the
mountains of Germany, the most mis?
erable man in the world. But his
conscience wouldn't let htm rest. It
told him he should acknowledge his
wife. So he went back?but she'd dis?
appeared?be couldn't find her?and
he'd never heard?he'd never dreamed
of the birth of a?of the?of this girl.
He never knew that he had a daugh?
ter. Never!"
"Well," said Simon Jefferson, 'he's
dead now, and that's one comfort.
Good thing he's not alive; I'd always
be afraid I might come up with him
and then, afterward, that I might not
get my sentence commuted to lit ?im?
prisonment"
"Who is exciting my son?" demand?
ed the old lady from her wheel?e lair.
Simon Jefferson's red face and staring
eyes told plamly that his spirit wan up.
"After all," aaid Fran cheerfully,
"we are here, and needn't bother
about what'a past. My mother wien't
given her chance, but she's dead now,
blessed soul?and my father had his
chance, but It wasn't tn him to 1 to a
man. Let's forgot him as muco aa
wo can, and let's have nothing but
sweet and peaceful thoughts about
mother. That's all over, and I'm here
to take my chance with the res : of
you. We're the world, while our day
lasts,"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Heard From the l'enlnsula.
Rembert, Sept 11.?"The world do
move." The Peninsula moves and
the rest of you have to move wlti it,
whether you will or no. Is it not a
tine thing to have a progressive com?
munity about you? A progressive
man as a neighbor?
When James H. Aycock wem to
Wedgefield the land aruund H ere
was so poor it would hardly sprout
peus. Sunn- folks around tnere
thought they had caught a su :ker
when he bought a great body of It.
Old they not grin though? He told
the writer some years after tha; he
received more for rent then than the I
entire place cost when purchased.
Recollect he was planting a large
body of it himself. He added that
this was also the ease with his n< igh
bors.
Since we last wrote Rev. D. M. Mc
Lend and his two children, William
ami Emma, came up, caught ant ate
0 lot of lish, and carried a tine mess j
back to the family. We tried to give
the chaps a good time and think we
succeeded. Mr. McL#eod has some
very warm friends here who are al?
ways glad to see him.
At the same time Prof. Charles
Kir ard, principal of the Tt turn
schools, was with Jesse B. Jaot son,
principal of Logan school, Columbia.
1 met a young man just returned Irom
Washington who aillrmed he saw
and talked with George Washington, j
That reminded me of the lady who
In presenting a young lady to me said;
"I introduce to you an ancestor of
Stonewall Jackwson, just think of it,
yes, indeed."
Miss Emma Allen has returned to
the city, as has also Miss Jeneva|
Spencer, but the latter ran up r. ome;
the other day, and soon after tome
one else. The writer was there too, I
but "it wasn't me."
Mr. R. E. Atkinson has returned,
from Glenn Springs. His sister, Miss
Courtenay, leaves in a few days for
Winnsboro, S. C, where she will
Sgain teach. How we hate to give
her up.
And Miss Viola Spencer, what must
she do but leave In a few days for
Winthrop. Surely "the melancholy
days" are near.
This should have come earlUr, I
will not say where:
"The lirst glance of a maiden's
soul, which does not yet know itself,
Is like the dawn in the sky. It ll the
awakening of something radiant and
unknown."
Nothing can express the dangtroUS
chasm of this unlooked for gleam,
which suddenly suffuses, adorable,
mysterious, and which is maul* up
of all the innocence of the present
and all the passion of the future, a
kind t?f Irresolute lovlngness, re?
vealed by chance, which is waitli g. A
snare which Innocence unconsc ous
ly spreads, In which she catches
hearts without Intending or knowing
it." Kiuis.
Messrs Sb iw and Strother arc In
our community?on business.
Miss "Margo" Lenoir, after spend?
ing sonic days with her aunt, Miss
Bethea, has gone back to Camden.
People are busy p; king cotton,
which is late and slow in opening.
Tbl- "tater" crop promises to i>?'
good Ods year, also forage.
"Hagooil."
Mr Editor, tb?- young man who
suid he saw and talked with George!
Washington dOM not live on the
Peninsula, no sir, not a bit of it.
"Hagood."
Death at Reinheit.
Rembert, .Sept. 10.?Tuesday morn?
ing at 8.40 o'clock Mrs. Emma Jack?
son, mother of J. L., C. J. and Charles
Jackson and Mrs. T. R. Moody of
our community and A. E. Jackson of'
Florence, after a protracted illness,;
fell asleep. She was bu^'ed Monday
at Bethesda ' Methodist church of
which she was for many years a mem-'
ber, Rev. G. K. Way officiating. All
who knew her will acknowledge that,
she was a most motherly woman,
whom they pleased to remember.
Most heartily do we extend to the
bereaved family our sympathy.
Play to be- Repeated.
"The Miner's DaUghter'* will be I
repeated at Dalzell on Monday night,
September 15, at 8.30. Everyone
should attend.
LAWS NOT VIOLATED.
Xo Evidence Found Against Japa
neso Association.
Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 10.?The
State adjutant general's office, which
for several months has been investi?
gating the reported existence rf num?
erous armed Japanese military or?
ganizations in California, announced
today it had found no evidence that
State or federal laws had been vio?
lated. War maps of the California
coast were found but the officials did
not give out information as to their
ownership.
51st YEAR
St. Joseph's
A Hoarding ami Day School for
young ludies ami little girls.
WILD OPEN SEIT 15.
COURSES:
Commercial, Academic, Prepara?
tory, Primary. Lessons in Mu?
sic und embroidering, Art and
elocution taught.
For particulars, address
The Sister DireGtress.
Geo.H. Hurst,
UNDERTAKER AND v.mATjM^i
Prompt attention to day or night
calls.
AT ODD J. D. CRAIG STAND, SM N.
Main Street.
Da; Phone SSt. Night Phono 10
YOUR FACE
YOUR FORTUNE.
Your teeth an asset.
Wo study all faces and ono
bad or neglected tooth tells
of carelessness and lack of
c*nirage, the two most need?
ed characteristics in sucess*
ful men.
DR. COURTNEY
Is ready to help you. Don't
lot the fear of pain or small
money cost deter you.
Sumter Dental
Parlors,
Dr. C. H. Courtney, Prop
Over Shaw & McCollum.
-N
Greelyville
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Individual Training for Boys and
Girls,
Till* course of all English branches,
shorthand, typwiiilag and hook
beepitig otters unsurpassed opportu?
nities to i h\- youths of your county
ai a very reason ahh price, Hoard
ctin beobf allied in town. For parti?
cular* address.
J. M. JERVEY,
GREELYVILLE, . S. C.
L?
Counterfeit Dollars
Buy Trouble
Counterfeit Bank Accounts?where one's surplus money Is de?
posited in an old clock, old shoes, coffee pot, tin can or other
4 "handy places" where it is "easy to get at"?also are a bid for
A trouble through possible loss by tiiett or other means.
i i Whether your surplus earnings are large or small, Uielr safety
\y Is a matter of considerable moment to you. Why not use the one
sure plan?give your money Bank Protection?
Fir^t National Bank
I
Honesty and Growth
HE WHO IS CHEATED LOSES SUBSTANCE.
THE MAN WHO CHEATS LOOSES CHARACTER.
A safe, conservative bank furnishes absolute protec?
tion. The past speaks for itself?to the future we are
looking. Our resources: Aug. 19(15 $125,000.00;
Aug. 1913 750,000 00. Now is the time.
The Farmers* Bank and Trust
Company.
i SHINGLES, LATHS.
WOOD end COAL
We ha re the Goods at Right Prices.
No O rder too Large or too Small.
SUMTER RETAIL
LUMBER CO.,
Phone 5f 4. A. Htwotl. Mgr.
Excursion to
VIA
The Atlantic Coa^l Line i
On Tuesday. September 2?rd, the Atlantic Coast Line will sell
round trip tickets f rom Sumter to Jacksonville, lla., at $6.50 and
to Tampa at $8.50, limited returning to reach original starting
point not later than midnight of Tuesday, September 30th, 1013.
Proportionate rates wiU be made from other points in Virginia,
North and South Carolina.
Ample Pullman and couch accommodations will be provided
for all passengers, and everything will be done by the manage?
ment ot* the Atlantic Coast Line to make this a hist class ex?
cursion.
For tickets, Pullman accommodations and schedules see the
nearest agents, or address,
W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE,
Pass. Traffic Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Wilmington, N. C.
Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Co.,
SUMTER, S. C.
The season is here when you are obliged to have repairs,
generally, as quickly as they can be gotten. We are in your
midst, can give you quicker service than our competitors, and
we bespeak a part of your business, guaranteeing satisfaction.
Our Stock is Complete In the Following Lines:
Dnnfirtfr' Galvlulled, <'or
nOQIing. rucated and v.
I'rlmpud: Rieotrold rubl>er
root?ng. i. - and > ply.
Raltlna* Babber, tiandy
Delling. an? Leather.
Injectors: AUkl?ds
Difdrinrr' l'lston. Sheet As
rdlMufc. baatoa.
Hose* St,'a,n wat*>r
AX6S* pwf^ct.
Blocks: SIS' ,{u,,e
Chain:S,,;H
I Hi.
proof teated.
Diillouo' SI eel. Ir?>u and
fUliep. \Vood spilt will tit
say pun shaft.
Lace Leather: SJ"
Babbitt Metal: ^"f"
Shafting:AI|M'"
Hangers:
Shaft Couplings.'
plan- and ribbed.
'i^luae Jenklna and *i t .j.1
rdliCo. u,,j j-ttii. i* j?. u
:a?k-k.
Iron Pipe Flltlagi.
all styles.
Bir IrOB Koail<1 ?od flat.
PiflS Cat *nrt Threaded
? l|?*? from l-l*iD. to ?lu. iu
cluslve. to sketch.
Wire Rope.
SiWS Crcaaeat and rircu
C?r.i Hooks,
rumps.
Blacksmith Toils.
In fact everything carried in s?n up-to-date supply house.
When needing anything write, phone, wire, or tall. Your
wants will have immediate attention. Respectfully,
Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Co.