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By HERMAN AYER. $
In all her lonesome life Margaret
never had had a lover. Even In the
social doings of the youngsters of the
village she had sat aside/ and never
had blushed and giggled with Tom or
Jimmie or Will, nor shared their bags
iof peanuts or all-day suckers.
When they played postoffice nobody
ever called her out into the dark hall
to be kissed, and none of the boys ever
dropped a pillow in front of her. It
was not that Margaret was not pretty,
Ifor she was, with a sort of serious,
delicate beauty. Nor was it that she
did not want to be admired and court
ed, for she did more ardently than any
of the girls.
It was because of a sort of inherent
dignity, an involuntary reserve which
She really did not feel in her heart,
hut which she could not help express
ing in her physical contact with oth
ers. And so she went through her
girlhood—lonesome and wistful for the
pleasures the other girls had, but
somehow set apart by nature.
All this before Philip Breasted came
to town in search of a few weeks’ rest
from the war in the great world of
which he was a part. He was a thor
ough man of the world, a connoisseur,
a literateur, an artist.
The first time he heard Margaret
Burson touch the piano—she always
played at every entertainment or so
cial gathering—he sought an Intro
duction and became a most devoted
knight. The townsfolk looked on
wide-eyed. To be sure, they were
aware that Margaret could “play on
the piano like a thoroughbred,” but
they did not appreciate, as did this
experienced stranger, that she had the
divine spark of genius.
“Who is she?” he asked, eagerly.
“Who? Oh, Margaret, she’s the
granddaughter of Bill Burson,” was
the reply. "Mother was Martha Bur
eon. Mother ran away from home
with some musician fellow —forget his
name. Old man Burson raised the lit
tle ghl and always called her Mar
garet Burson.”
It was the mark of genius Philip
Breasted detected in Margaret’s divine
touch on the piano which attracted him
to her. No sooner had he made her
acquaintance, however, than he was
struck with the remarkable nature of
the girl—her beauty, her shrinking
sensibilities, her deep, ardent nature.
From being merely interested, he
became enraptured and began to woo
her assiduously, and with all the se
ductive grace of the experienced man
of the world.
Immediately a new world opened to
the girl. All the pent-up emotion and
Imagination repressed so long flamed
forth and flowered. She responded to
the admiration and love offered her
with all the intensity of her passionate
nature.
Breasted really loved the girl, too,
but he had no idea of marrying a sim
ple country maiden and setting up a
dove-cote in the city, which he knew
well ■would presently bore him. No,
no, he had other and wiser plans. He
.would develop the great musical tal
ent in the girl and would push her for
ward until she came into her own—
until she became famous and experi
enced. Then he would marry her and
they would set up an establishment
which would be sought by the clever
and the great.
When he took Margaret in his arms
and outlined his plans she broke into
a storm of passionate sobs.
“I don’t want to be rich or famous—
or—or —anything,” she said. "I only
want to be happy and to love you.”
It touched him to the heart, but he
had had much experience with men
and women and his dear brain ever
ruled his actions. So he went on with
gentle insistence until he gained his
point
“I will do it because you want me
to, Philip,” she sobbed. "I am afraid,
oh, so much afraid that it is not the
■way to happiness, but I love you, I
love you and I will do whatever you
•ay.”
The years rped on and the simple
country girl slowly mounted the thorny
path of art. —***s*-
Finally came the great day when
she made her debut as a star pianist
—and startled the musical world with
her performance. When Breasted came
to her with shining eyes to congratu
late her she gave him a cold hand and
a little tired smile.
“I am glad you are pleased,” she
•aid. - --
Triumph after triumph was hers
after this until her name was in every
mouth and all honors and riches were
heaped upon her.
Then Philip Breasted came to claim
his own.
“Now, Margaret,” he said, “we can
have the happiness we have •waited
so it will be the sweeter for the
waiting and because we know it will
last. When shall it be?”
“Dear Philip,” she replied, calmly.
“It cannot be. I do not know how it
is, but my nature has not run for two
gods. Heaven knows how dearly I
wanted it to be Love, but you drove
me to espouse Art And Art is king.
Love has gone, forever.”
Philip Breasted looked into the clear
eyes before him and reading the truth
dropped his head upon his breast He
knew then that he had sacrificed the
kernel for the husk.
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next to Mr. Verifast at the dinner last
night?
May—Weil, I should murmur* She
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J. C. BEAM, G. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. R. L. BAYLOR, D.P.A
Petition For Charter.
GEORGIA. Hall County.
To the Superior Court of said
County.
The petition of A. H. Staton, J. M.
Head, R. L. Blackwell, J. S. Black
well, O. V. Keith, J. M. Chambers,
J. N. Chambers, W. M. Chambers,
W. C. Nix, J. F. Staton, J. M. Gear
in, R. C. Smith, Frank Head, C. C.
Staton, Jr., and A. G. Nix, respect
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1. That they desire for them
selves, their associates and succes
sors, to be incorporated and made a
body politic under the name and
style of
THE WALKA MOUNTAIN
TELEPHONE COMPANY,
for a period of twenty years.
2. The object of said corporation
is to construct and maintain a rural
telephone line, leading from Cler
mont, in said county, to the homes
of petitioners; and inorder to do this,
petitioners desire the right to erect
poles, stretch wire, secure by guy
wires, and in short, to do any and
all things that may be necessary or
expedient in order to attain the ends
for which said corporation was or
ganized.
Said telephone line is to be con
structed and maintained for the
common convenience of petitioners
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erated for gain.
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poration shall be Four Hundred and
Fifty ($450.00) Dollars, divided into
shares of S3O each, and more than 10
per cent J* feaid capital stock has al
ready been paid in. However, peti
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said capital stock not to exceed SIOOO,
by a majority vote of the stock
holders.
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impleaded, to have and use a com
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laws and regulations, and to do all
things that may be necessary for
the successful carrying on of said
corporation, including the right to
buy and sell all things that may be
necessary for the construction and
maintainance of said telephone line.
5. The principal office of said cor
poration will be either at Clermont,
Georgia, or at the residence of some
one of petitioners, as may be most
convenient to those interested in
said telephone line.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers,
privileges and immunities herein
set forth, and as are now, or may
hereafter be, allowed a corporation
of similar character under the laws
of Georgia.
-WM. M. JOHNSON,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
GEORGIA, Hall County.
I, R. W. Smith, Clerk of the
Superior Court of said county, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the appli
cation for charter of the Walka
Mountain Telephone Company, as
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the seal of said court, this 10th day
of April, 1914.
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