Show 1 I- I The Tb Mar Dobbs The e V t ers rill Co Indianapolis dJ Publish By Dy HALLIE RIVES 1 of 1 VIe T 0 Ie 10 ol V fi a Mrs Mn Post Wh Wheeler Wheel rg READ THIs TEllS OF OP INSTALMENTS TEA TEAvE HAVE VE APPEARED BEFORE Th The Well veil known firm of ot Valiant ft Co eo Foils EaU The Th vice president John a 0 society man and aud ion eon on of ot the founder of firm rm Is 1 unjustly held responsible for tor forthe the ho misdeed of ot the me conniving president And nd manager and other members of ot the who worked for t their own rather han hau th the company company's interests At th the Jeal leal le- le al 1 proceedings KAte Kte Fargo of ot Virginia believes him Innocent as te does her uncle LIbere hero It Is 11 also alao established that Valiant ever received a. a cent ot salary of-salary aa u vice president of ot the tho corporation and never caver knew of the chicanery of or the others othon L John Valiant h hands hada over to th the receiver CJOhn In a securities s. s hia hil entire private r fortune to eave Cave the corporation He KB re ra- S JU Le VM yb presidency and end atarU living liv liv- ing nr Ir the simple life alter paying nil all that jt left him an art old automobile ind nd ilo clothe He Ha bad had followed his fathers father's of business honor Valiant found from rom legal leyal he lie was WIlS P fe that he ivaa ivac fallen heir hair to OfT Court the family estate tete lr In Vir gi Ho Re decided to ta taka te possession on he ha went South to Virginia e lee his hla estate and meeta meets Shirley Dan Dan- and Jid othe-n othe Chalmers r tad Damon Court Mart Anthony an ol old n negro tells teIl Shirley Shirley's fortune lots IoU lots ef St trouble ahead and marriage with a aInan ainan aman inan man from the North orth who will 11 live at atI I Damory Court urt John Valiant Vallant is taken with his hlo from his hla broken brokon down toward amory Court by an old negro of ot the X estate Uncle Jefferson who Shirley Dand In resounding Terms e John Valiant unlocks the front door of ot Damory Court an and enters t the e Ion long lone I aban abandoned i residence He e examine th house and t then n noe oe oe to tG sleep In hla lile old new-old home borne for the first time Urn He H. breaks break up a a. bunt neXt net da day by l giving the tho fa fox sanctuary In Damory Court even ven tho h Shirley Dandridge sees him lift the hunted animal Into the house howo before be be- fore tore the hounds hound reach It The village Is 18 much stirred over young oung arrival Memories of or tho old Sassoon duel disturb the village l as Damory Court CourtIs la Is reoccupied by this Northerner He turns farmer and to work his 1115 estate into good order Ho No helps Shirley out of a bramble that had lUd caught her He hears moro more about the duel chIlI He e saves from a moccasin In JI bitten n himself and sho she in turn saves ues hl his lif Shirley changes h hr r mind about Valiant after reading bout about his sacrificing his personal fortune to aid those otherwise ruined b by th the failure of ot th the firm Mrs Da Dandridge Is told the tho Incident by 1 Shirley Shirley wonders t h why her mother always alwa's wallis on May ta 14 Uncle Jef- Jef tells t Valiant allan of Shirley's Shirleys re rescue cue of Ri er from Irom her poor POOl white trash father lather from Uell Hells Hell's a Half Acre years years ago ao Vall Valiant meets more more of If f neighbors 0 of olden days daya In Virginia The Time major accidentally dl disclose dose to Valiant th the old morocco casi easo which hel held th that rusted rested d dueling dueHn Pistol I user by by- his f fattIer father thel af after er telling him hini the tory Flory of or Devil John Valiant comes upon Shirley tho the 11 ha p in her rose garden and rid closer friendship friend shIp grows grow between them she alms to help elp him ith with seeds end and plants for his hlf rd gl garden n. n Valiant ca catches tche Shirley In hi his arms foran for foren foran an en Instant as J sho h falls tRUs while the they are re on the terrace and tho the touch louch of her ber deep deepens nl the time feeling which h he Is II be beginnIng beginning beginning be- be ginning to have for or her Shirley's Shirleys mother moth moth- er com comes s upon the two reading and when tien she mud finds the book Ii IB Lucille she fall faints its Shirley Shirle her mother who vho recovers from her ler er fainting spell thinking thinking- she Is Isa a affected simply b by the thc hen heavy henvy odor of time the roses around the porch and walks through the gar garden e alone Valiant finds his s family pl plate tc rich timber Umber lands on cm his hla estate estate and and Hells Half Halt Acre cre Shirley and he decide to have the tournament ment dance ance at et Damory Damor Co Court rt NOW GO ON WITH THE TIlE STORY STOEY 1 f i CHAPTER A r Tournament Day r ITh ho n noon on suii of tournament day brilliantly over ocr tho the village no longer for many vehicles wore Bitched at the curb or moved ct a along on tho lea leafy 3 street t big canvas country wa wagons ons drawn wn by Shaggy hoofed horses an and J set with chairs that had har bumped b nod aud nd jostled th thir ur ir holiday l loads adB from outlying toba tobacco to to- ba bacco bac co plantation and stud farm sober rober bh black k coer covered d l buggies Jon long narroW narrow s buckboards fr frivolous ride Fide bar bal runabouts and anel antique sh s resurrected resurrected from rom the primeval Primo depths of cobwebbed stables relics relic of tarnished rat and antI faded fadel fortune Here and andhor I there tItor hor a B motor crept a bilious and re TO- plate beetle etIe among injects of or wider wing win Knots of high booted men conversed conversed con con- I versed on str street tr ot corners comers omen men handcuffed hand band cuffed it w would Jd seem to their whips children romped and ran hither and ana thit thither cr a and an d' d through all sift sifted i a a- a van vari varicolored at color colored d stream of ot negroes male and aud nd female good natured and voluble For Por tou tournament day was a county event and the ann annual ar sport of ot the tile quality bad had long lont outstripped tripped ou O circus day my y in general At vehicles resolved th themselves them ni selves seles Into luncheon booths booths h hampers stowed away beneath the seats dis dig closing all aIl manner of f picnic edibles edibles- the tho courthouse yard rand was au array rray of II grass spread d t table cloths and aud an air aim of plenty rel reigned p. p Within Mrs Airs 1 Masons Mason son Jt s I II It- It hron n J hospitality sat and the generous dinin dining room was held by a regiment of fl out ut o of town acquaintances At AL intervals Aunt Charity tho the cook issued from the tho kitchen to peer surreptitiously ll through h the room door with vast ast delight Dey De' De cert ny do take dat fried n I she said to old J Jeroboam Jero Jere- ere i boam who with a half dozen extras had been pressed sed into perspiring tray service Dc Dey Dey got t all aJl do de p Ah ovan evah see too laid lait in do de shade a adis e edis dis day dRY uh hj-uh I It 4 Deed Decd has dey Huhl echo echoed d huskily The Tie Mason yard an hour later T Tan was an active encampment of rocking hairs chairs anti ana a a. din of or conversation con floated float float- ed out over oer the pink oleanders whose tubs had achieved a a. fresh coat coaL of bright green paint for the occasion Mrs Poly Gifford Gifford n. a guest of the day day hero hero hono Ehon resplendent The Th young youn folks foks are Bre counting mightily on th the tonight observed observed ob ob- ob served Mrs Airs Lily Stowe of Seven Oaks Oak Even tho the Buckner Buchner girls have got sot new newball newball newball ball dresses Improvident I call caU it said id Mrs Gifford They can cant can't Jt afford such ucb things thing with Park Hill Bill mortgaged od tip up to tho the roof the way it is Mrs Masons Mason's soft apologetic alto interposed d. d sweet girls t r J. J and we were we're ro never young but once I think it was so eo 1 fine ue of Valiant to off r to give he tho ball I T hear hoar hos ho's to Charlottesville three or four times for fixings though I understand h hoa bes s 's spoor poor elou chough n since rince he h gave op up his mono money as ho did What a princely act was es Yc agreed Mr Mrs Mrs' Gifford but a R little hat what at walt I r call it it- it prec precipitous If I were married to a aman aman aman man like that I I. should always bo be in terror of his Tiis hi adopting an orphan ay him lum or turning Republican can or something some- some A lt A 1 1 thing equally Imp o gible Hos good enough h for or most girls to ho bo willing to risk rik it returned f U L nii AM us ji- ji Mrs Stowe to say nothing of ot of a widow or two I mj might ht mention sho added cryptically I 1 believe y youl ul said Mrs rs Gifford with ith emphasis We all know who you menu mean Why hy any woman oman be bo satisfied with having haing bad had one husband I c. c cant can't nt see Tho other purs pursed d her lips I know some somo women with live lyo husbands for that matter she sho said who i if it tho the truth were Vcr vor told arent aren't either Its It's luck lucky there's theres no marriage in heaven or bo be a precious ious before they thov got through b with it I Mrs Gifford rejoined U the the Bible ma may say pay theres there's no marriage e oT or giving in marria marriage G in heaven en but If I Isea Isee see sea eo Pov Poh there thore I 1 II 11 s Sa say to thorn them Look here bere That's mine and all you women ancIs Keep your rOUl s of off him himI I IThe The listening phalanx relaxed in smiles smile Pres Presently Mrs Airs Mason said I 1 was at Sues Sue's tho the other 18 day Mr Ir Valiant t had just called on her ber She was as tremendously pleased She said ho lie was the tho living image of his father It It never occurred to me mc cried Mrs Gifford Giffor in sonic some cx excitement the she might bo ho able to guess who tho the woman wa at tho the bottom of that old duel But Miss is Mattie MaUie Sue is so eVerlastingly eVer e lastingly close mouthed she sime added with an aggravated sigh sich i h. h Sho She never lets out aD anything Why r Ive I've 0 boon been trying for lor years cars to find fina out how bow old she i is In Iu the tho winter winter when she was was' wasso wasso as asso so sick you vou know know t T went to see coo ee h her r one day daJ and I said Now INow M Miss ss Mattie Mattie Mat Mat- tie Sue you know youre you're o ro pretty sick Not that I T think youre you're going to die mo but one never nGer knows knowe And if the Lords Lord s should see seo lit to call You jou I know you Jou would wart a t everything to bo done right I r was thinking I said of at th the stone for I kno know tho the ladies of or church would want to do ho something nice nice No Now ow v dont don't you yon feel like iko giving me a n few little de do- tails the the date you were born for instance instanceS instanceS' in in- stanceS stance I thou thought ht Id I'd find out then but I Sho turned her head ou on the piU pillow 0 and says Bays fla's she Its ht thoughtful of you on Mrs Gifford but hut 1 L like liko Just put on my mp tombstone tomb stone stono Here Herc lies Mattio r Sue Suo Born a u ir virgin in die lied hOd l a a. ir virgin in The doctor shut hi his office door with a vicious slam and md from the vantage of tho the wire ire window screen looked sourly across the beds of oC mari marigold old and Hum i I reckon if Mrs Poly Gi Gifford or shut hut her mouth more moore than ten minutes minutes' hand band running ho said malevolently the to top of her hor head headd d fl fly from front hero here to Charlottesville What on earth carth can they flail find to gabble about T They've o been at it sinco e 10 o'clock I Tho major ensconced with a ci cigar ar inthe in inthe the tho easy chair behind hint him flourished his palm leaf fan an and smote an nn errant B fly Ho He was in gayest yes plumage His flap white waistcoat was a n. miracle his spats spate a pattern and tho the pink in hi his buttonhole Lad a Dean Beau air which b many a youthful gaU gallant nt was to envy him ere era the day ay was done dono Speaking of Court he bc said mi in his big biJ voice The dance idea wa a happy thought of young Va 5 Ill I'll be surprised cri if ho ho he doesn't do it to the qu queens queen's taste Th The doctor nodded This place cant can't teach leach him much about such fol fol- ri I T reckon Te kon He HOB Hos f led lcd more mora co co- than I Ive I've got t hairs on ou my head Id hardly ham limit it to that said the major chortling at tho easy thrust And And after all even foJ have havo their use Who Wh said they thoy hadn't n t f If II people choose to make mako whirling dervishes of themselves thor they at lea t can cau reflect that its it's better lor tor their lives than cane bottom chairs Though that's about all nIl you can sav say in favor of the modern modem ball II Pshaw said roid the major U I I remember remember re rc re- re member a time tima when you used uld to ri rig out in a claw hammer pad and Dance all night till tm broad daylight And go home with the thc Irs In the mornInG morn- morn I Ing ng with ith tho bravest of us Used to like liko it too I r got ot over or it before I was old enough to make myself a butt of ot hilarity hilar ity tho doctor retorted I I see seo by tho time papers they've invented a new dance called d the tho grizzly bear I J believe theres there's another named l tho the yip rip I r hOI hope youve you've YOU vo got cot ot em cm down n l pat t to show th the young folk tonight Bristow Tho The major trot pot up with some ome Southall ho said II tion I sometimes I Im I'm n tempted to think your remarks cr verge o upon the personal You do dont don't t have to watch mo tao dance i if you dont don't choo choose e to II No Xo thank God muttered the tho doc tOT tar I I I prof prefer r to r you when hon you still till preserved cl a trace of dignity twenty odd years a ago o. o If If dignity dignity dignity- tr- tr the majors major's blood was rising now no now consists consists in your et eter r. r nal ual tasteless bick rin 8 I want none of or it Whit What on earth do you ou 10 doit it for You roi had some ono friends once once J Friends I snapped the other the Uthe fewer I have bavo the better The Tho major clapped on his straw hat an ih strode lo to the tho door an nn opened it But on the threshold he ho stopped and prese presently shut it turned b back ck slowly an and resumed his bis chair The Time doctor doctor doc doe tor tor was reli relighting his cigar but hutan an b odd furtive look had slipped to his face and thc tho hand that struck tho the match was unsteady For lor a time both sat at lt smoking at first firstin firstin firstin in silence th then thon n talking in a t desultory way way on indifferent topics Finally the tho major rose and tossed his hia cigar into the empty erate tt off orr II be ho said II I now I must l be bo on the field before the tho others other I As ho lie went down the stops a carriage car ear I Irja e drawn by a a. pair nar of or dancing grays plunged past Who Who are arc those with the Chalmers I wonder said the tho doctor ro str sti stranger nger here The Tho maior ajor Oh J lie x r f said fid id over his shoulder T I for forgot ot to tell von vou on That's That Silas Fargo ar o the railroad dent dont from Ne New York and mil his daughter Katharine His private cars car's down 11 on the si siding dine They're at the thc e ebes i lies he's chief counsel l fot foi tho the road in this state tate They'll bo st at t tho the tournament I reckon You'll be bo there wont won't you rou The looter doctor was milting tome jomo phials phial and in instruments into a worn leather r bag No uNo ho JH said Enid shortly Im to take a a. mile ton drive dri drive to to add to this county's countr's population I expect cx But Thit I Im |