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“ Finest in the world! I claim re- J
sponsibility for him, in away. He’s i
part mine.” Gray laughed; hi • eyes
sparkled.
“Him and ‘Bob’ are out there to
ga'ihor, They’ve been together a
lot, Mr. Gray. Both of ’em young, j
that-away—”
“Os course. I knew you’d both j
like—” Some quality in Toni’s i:
voice, some reluctant evasiveness j>
to his eyes, bore a belated message i
to the younger man—snapped his j :
chain of thought—dried the words
upon his lip:. Into his eyes leaped
a sudden, strained incredulity. '
Sharply, he cried, “What do you
mean?” Then, after an instant,
"Why did he want to see me?” The
two men gqzed squarely at each
other for the first time. “My God!
Why—that’s absuitb! I—l brought
him here. He’s just a boy!”
"I didn’t notice how things was
going till it war, t:; * te. We
might as well ta kl frankly, Mr.
Prob’ly it's well you saw me first,
eh? Well, when I understood where
fey was heading, I worried a.
lot—after what you said that day,
mderstand? But those two! Psha*
It was like they had known each
other always.”
“Then they’ve—settled it be- ,
tween them?”
Tom nodded gravely. “She told '
me last night. And from the way
she told me, I know it's not just '
boy and girl love. She’s been sing
ing like a bird all day. And Buddy!
He’s breathless. 1 know how he 1
feels. 1 couldn’t draw a full breath
for two weeks after ‘Bob’s moth
er—”
Gray uttered a wordless, gasp
ing cry. lie moved unsteadily to
ward the door, then paused with
his hand upon the knob. Tom
Parker was surprised when, after
a moment, he saw the man’s shoul
ders shake and heard him utter a
thin, cackling laugh, “Time is a
grim old joker, isn’t he? No way
of beating him, none at all. Now 1
thought I was young, but—, Lucky
1 found you here and spared my
vanity.”
Chapter XXX
Ma Says a Prayer.
Calvin Gray /lid not return to
the bank. He went straight to
his hotel and, as sodn as he could
sufficiently control himself to do
so, he telephoned Gus Briskow,
telling him that he intended to
leave town. Then he began me
chanically to pack his bag. He
moved like a man in a trance, for
the blow had fallen so suddenly as
to numb him; his only impulse was
to escape, to hide himself from
these people, who, of a sudden,
had become hateful.
When night came he took his
Ibag and slunk out of the hotel, for
it seemed that men mus* t’ surely
know what a fool he had made; of
himself. It would have bi|m a re
lief to feel that he was leaving
never to return; but even that was
denied him, for after his first pan
ic, the truth had come home. He
could not run away.
He thought of Ma Briskow, fin
ally. She was human; she had a
heart. He bought a ticket to Dallas.
Ma Briskow’s eyes were- dim;
nevertheless, she saw the change
in Calvin Gray when, late the fol
lowing afternoon, he came to sec
her,
“Land sakes!” she exclaimed, in
a shocked voice. “Pa never said
you was ailin’. Why, Mr. Gray!”
“I’m not really ill,” he told her,
wearily, “just old. I’ve had a bad
night.” Seating himself beside her
ccuch, he took her hand in his and
made her tell him all about her
self. Re had brought her an arm
ful of flowers, as usual, and ex
travagant gifts, was his uncon
scious habit. While she admired
them with ecstatic ‘‘Ohs!’’ and
Ahs!” he busied himself with bowls
and vases, but Ma noted his fumb
ling uncertainty of touch and evi
dent effort with which-ho. kept up
his assumption bf good ebeer. She
told him, finally:
“Something mighty bad has hap
pened to you, Mr. Gray."
Hr gazed at her mutely, then
nodded.
"It i<? something abmt the—the
Princess of Wichita Falls?”
“Yes, Ma.”
There was a long silence, then
Ma inquired: “Would you like to
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|tell me something about tne little
princess? Sometimes it helps, to
talk,”
“N-not yet.”
“Won’t you stay an’ have supper
with Allie an’ rne? We’ re awiul
! lonesome with Pa gone. Allie’s out
| som’er’s, but—it would do me good
lto know you was here an’ it’ll do
[ you good to stay. You can rest
[yourself while 1 take my nap.”
Ma Briskow did not wish to take
a nap, but she knew that Gray
i needed the solace of his own
thoughts just now, so when he
agreed, she sent him downstairs.
Gray’s brain, like hid body, had
grown tired and feverish. To be 1
sure, little more than a day had
gone by since he had sallied forth
like a knight, but it seemed a year,
an age, and every hour brought a
new and kneener distress. He
found it possible now, for the first
time, to relax a bit physically, so j
he closed his eyes and lay buck : n
an easy chair while the twilight
stole in upon him.
He heard Allie enter the house,
but he did not stir. He would have
to put on the mask soon enough,
for of course, she must never sus
pect, on Buddy’s account. The
room, which had grown agreea- j
bly dark was suddenly illuminated
and he lurched to his feet to find
the girl facing him from the door.
She was neither startled nor sur
prised at his presence, and when
he tried to smile and to greet her
in his accustomed manner, she in
terrupted him by* saying: :
”1 knew you were here.”
“So? Then Ma is awake again?”
Allie shook her head '-wguely. ‘I
knew you were here the minute 1
came in. I can ’most always tell.”
'I here had been a shadow of a
smile upon her lips, but it vanished;
a look of growing concern crept
over her face. “What’s the matter?
Whatever has happened, Mr.
Gray?”
“Why, nothing. I was foiling
tired, worn out. Indulging myself
in a thoroughly enjoyable fit of
the blues.” His voice broke when
he tried to laugh.
Allie uttered a quick, low cry, a
wordless, sympathetic sound. Her
dark eyes widened, grew darker;
she came forward h step or two,
then she halted. “Would you rath
er be alone?” she asked, iiesigni
fied his dessent, and she went on;
I know what the blues are like
I sit alone in the dark a good deal.’
She busied herself about the
room for a few* moments, straight
ening things, adjusting the window
shades. Allie had the knack of sil
ence, blessed attribute in man or
woman, and to Gray’s surprise he
found that her mere presence was
comforting, ft ho s-fcirtled him by
'.Plying, suddenly:
“You’re hurt! Hurt badly!”
He looked up at her with' an in
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stinctive denial upon his lips, but
realizing the futility of deceit, he
nodded. “Yes, Allie.”
The girl drew a deep breath,
her strong hands closed, harshly
she said: “i could kill anybody
that hurt you. I wanted to kill
Buddy tha* time. Is it those Nel
sons? Have they got you down?”
There was something fierce and
masterful in Abie’s concern, and
tier inquiry carried with it even
more than a proffer of help; she
had, in fact flung herself into a
protective attitude. She suggested
nothing so much as a lioness
roused.
“No, no! It’ is nothing like that.
! merely fooled myself-—had a
dream.
Allie studied him soberly for a
moment “Oh yes, I would! 1 do!
I understand perfectly. Nobody
could understand as well as [ do?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I’ve been hurt, too,” She laid
a hand upon her breast. ‘That’s
why I sit in the dark.”
“My dear child! I’m >orry. Gus
said you were unhappy, but I
thought it was merely—the new
life. You’re young; you can forget.
It s only us old ones who can’t for
get it.” : The girl smiled faintly,
but he nodded, positively: “Oh, it’s
a relief to tel) somebody! I feel
better already for confiding in Ma.
Yes, and your sympathy is mighty
soothing, too. It seems almost as if
J had come home.” He dosed his
eye:- and laid his head back.
Allie, placed her hand upon his
forehead and held it there for a
moment before she moved away. It
was a cool and tranquilizing palm
and he wished she would hold it
there for a long time, so that he
could sleep, forget—
Allie Briskow went to her room,
j and there she studied hr reflection
in the mirror canVully, deliberate
ly, before saying: “You can do it.
You’ve got to do it, for he’s hurt.
When « girl is hurt like that, it
makes a woman of her, but when
a man’s hurt it makes him a little
hoy, I—l guess it pays to keep on
praying.”
It was perhaps a half hour later
that Ma Briskow heard a sound
that: caused her to rise upon her el
bow* and listen with astonishment.
It was the sound of low, indistinct,
but joyous singing; it came from
Allie’s room. Allie singing again!
What could have happened? Slow
lv Ma’s face became wistful, eager.
'Oh, Mister Fairy King” she whis
pered. “Please build uri his castle
again. You can do it. There’s magic
in the world. Make him a duke
again, an’ her a queen, for yours
is the power an’ the glory for ever
an’ ever. Amen!”
THE END.
NEGRO PLAYGROUND
BACKERS TO MEET
Amerieus negroes Who are sup
porting the playground movement
for members of that race, are call
ed to meet Monday night in Beth
esda Baptist church, where final
plans for inaugurating the play
ground will be made. In request
ing publication of this call today,
Rev. M. W. Reddick, a leader in the
movement, said to the Times-Re
corder:
"Business of vital importance
clams out attention and everyone
needs to he present and learn for
. himself. Those who have made
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
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CONSTRUCTIVE AID
Says Newspaper Correspondents
Make Stories “Too Sensa
tional for Publication
(Continued from Page 1.)
ably adverti Iby ih- scandal won- ,
ge.', Mr. Walker declared, voicing
a plea for constructive instead of
destructive criticism. Many cor
respondents of yellow journals are i
paid by the column, he asserted,
and they have learned to make
their stories unduly sensational in
order to secure publication.”
“If outside newspapers would be
fair to Georgia, let them tell , the
world” that outbreaks of violence
and other discreditable disorders
within the limits of the state al
ways have received condemnation
of our ibest citizens and the un
measured denunciation of our
press, the governor declared.
“Let them parallel the reports of
violence in the South with the story
of the unspeakable crime which
provoked the violence,” he assert
ed. “Let them dwell upon the pe
culiar conditions in the South, the
isolation of the Southern farm,
leaving the women defenseless from
the vagrant vagabond while their
: husbands toil in the fields for a
living, instead of seeking dirty dol
lars in building up a circulation by
arousing sectional hate and passion.
Wants Constructive Spirit
“Let them come here in a con
structive fraternal spirit, joining
the patriotic statesmen of the South
in seeking the underlying cause of
crime which provokes mob violence
and in providing a remedy,” he
said.
The moulding of public sentiment
toward a genuine respect for gov
[ ernment as expresesd by constitut-
I ed authority and a willingness to
| pay the price of properly sustain
i ing the government continues a
j great civic need in the state, Gov
ernor Walker'said.
“So long as state legislatures
nullify the constitution and defy
the fundamental law of the land,
so long as high officials or promi
nent Citizens make a mockery of
salutary state statutes and ridicule
the consicentious officers in their
efforts to enforce these statutes, so
long as any individual of high es
tate or lowly place, or any asso
ciation of men, undertake to ap
praise the law to suit their own
taste or passion, in defiance of
the orderly proceses of the courts,
we cannot hope for a stabilized
government.”
The legislature is fortunate in
being aided actively by women in
subscriptions payable July first are
urged, if they have not already paid
u;), to do so on or before Monday
night as we must pay for or at
least make a large payment on the
grounds Tuesday, July 3. Those
who have not yet IsuhfccSJibed to
the playground fund will please do
so at once.
“Recent subscribers not before
reported are E. W. Dawson, $25
and R. Clay Simpson, $5. By all
means let everybody be present at
1 the meeting Monday night.”
[ working out the problems which
| confront the state at this time, the ,
governor said, welcoming the two
; women members into the legisla
tive halls for the first time in the
I history ZA Georgia.
| Speaking of the present economic |
| situation and urging |he people to j
: look forward uptimistically, Mr.
I Walker declared:
I “I do not _for a moment mini- j
j mize the struggles and the sacri
fice: of the people throughout the 1
; trying period. The system, or |
tather the lack of system, of many
|Of our farmers in the operation j
iof their farms may be criticized j
j justly but it is only fair to say that i
in all the economic history of the
world no gamer fight was eve”
waged than that of the average
farmer for these three years
as through frugality and economy
he has striven to preserve his cred
it and maintain his honor by meet
ing his obligations when they fell
due. Many of them—more than
the world will never know—have
lived for months on butterm'dk,
peas, cornbread and syrup.” Gov
ernor Walker compiared these sac
rifices with those experienced by
our forefathers in the trying days
of the sixties.
“The answer to hard times is
hard work,” he asserted. “Our
people have bared their backs to
the summer sun and returned to
the fields. They need our help.
Let us back them to the limit. Im
prove their conditions. Give them
ANSLEY’S Amerieus
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ordinary* garments.
We are now showing the new* fashionable colors in these
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Men Women Children
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See the
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a market for their produce. Give
them financial hope. Crowd out
1 the grumbler the producer.
! Crowd out the civic slacker with
the constructixe builder. Down with
the selfish sorehead and up with
; the liberal light-bearer. Down
: with the overnight changeling and
up with the steadfast statesman
| who is willing to ‘stand with the
! rightful minority until the minori
ty becomes the majority.”
1 The people of the state are
[ weighted down with the spirit of
[pessimism, the governor said, urg
iin gthe legislature to “come out
| with high courage from the shad
ows of gloom and lead our people
into the light with the power of
confident tread.”
ManC interests seem hopelessly
disheartened, he declared to* ;rd
the close of his address. Jt *•
pie are depressed by
ditions, the aftermath \of
world’s war. The of the
cotton boll weevil, the statewide
exodus of negro laborers and the
• embarrassment incident to an empty
state’s treasury, with a tax system
known to be placing an undue bur
den upon those elast able to bear
it.”
In the meantime, he said, dur
ing the year 1923 more than a
thousand big industiral plants seek
i ing more favorable conditions in
the South located in a sister state.
Close co-operation and hard
work, he pronounced as the solu
! tion to the problem.
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They keep your silver nice and
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Tor use after being packed away
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Phone 8
Residence Phone 171
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- we can for what
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Special Sale
'l our choice of any $ 1.00 and
p 1.25 beads and ear drops at 50
cents, each. Ihe higher priced
beads and ear drops will be sold
at half price.
See our rnyw line of Whiting’s
Spciety Stationery.
Amerieus Jewelry Co,
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LOANS made on improved farm
lands at cheapest rates for term of
7 or 10 years with pre-payment
option given. Money secured
promptly. We have now outstanding
over $1,100,000.0 on farm in Sum
ter county alone, with plenty more
to lend.
MIDDLETON M’DONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, Terrell,
XMI Stewart, Randolph
A» vA*.-counties. 21 Planters
TW.-“Bu!wing, Amerieus, Ga. Phone
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