II.I.L'HTRATKD FEATURE SECTION
N«jvenil»er 9 , 1929
MAMBAS CWJGHTtRS
A S to ry o f Sacrifice, Rpmance, H um or and Tragedy
SYNOPSIS
u
by
DU BOTE
HEYW ARD
Autho* o f
porgy
«upon tilin; (lieu lie would pull tilm-«r,ut of Uie way. Jerked up a (iubstan-Aiiin attained hi* majority was Jour-
.*.1*11 ba
*(* the r and
m i d t turn
u r n wearily
w e a r i l y t to
i > hi»
hi-, ti.il
r,t modern America,
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self
Ugecther
Hal rirnHurt
produ- t of
»*t neylng to
Charleston In accordant«
dinner partner and Uu- weather Hut squarely upon It. and said:
with the family tradition to attetu
he hod a robust com Itutlon, and the
"Right I haven't understood
II his Arst Bt Cecilia ball and represent
daylight was still kind to him
lie there Is a forest. I'm glad to liear it. hls generation of the line among In-
manufactured his ootton seed oil. did I haven't been able to see It yet for «octal peers
a stiff trick or two for the chamber Uie trees Now, try to tell me In words
But the years had wrought a
of commerce, diopfird Into tlie Yacht of not over two syllables exactly what
change in Uie temporal, if not th;.*
Club for a cocktail and a word about II 1» you want."
spiritual,
aspect of *.he pilgrimage
noUiing In particular with t i e men,
"Very well." ¡»lie answered. " I will.
generations ago Uie Wentworth
and did not have a single social as­ Tice putnl 1» that you simply leave Two
carriage,
followed by a wagon for
piration upon him
to get into Uie St. Cecilia Society th;» luggage and servants, would have
Now he opened th' door and stood year because l tiave been counting on driven
down from the plantation an i
gazing at Ills wile
Hr rubbed his it; In fact. I was mj sure tliat when
up itoprevuvely before
tlie
eye», blinked, and ga/rd again. Ill - I was III New York last summer I drawn
hospitable
Hotel Tlie ta il­
credulous of *hr evidence of tils Invited Valerie down to moke her or and an Planters'
army o f rnantua make'
sens a«
debut with u» Now. if we don't gel would have been awaiting Its arrival
"H ie children!"
in, we'll be in Uie pletuaint position to put tlie Aiud.lng touches on the
“ Mo They re all right Head that. • of havUig to tell your sister that »he broadcloth* and brocades for Uie all-
Atkinson picked up the hole, glanc­ can keep Valerie at I ome because we
debut To-day. Kaint. wit.t
ed at It. and patted M s wlfe*a shoul­ are not good enough to be aceeptablê important
a week's vacation ahead of him. serv­
der consolingly.
sociolly. Now. do you understand?" ed hls last Negro, turned the store
"Tliere. Ulere-- he said “ I didn't
He was callous enough to »m ile over to the malaria-bitten poor-white
know you were so fond of her Ortpp? ( iood God I '' tie sold, "is it all really . who was to Uke Ills place, w ashed up
eh? W e ll send over some llow erv"
as simple an that? My dear, you and caught a lift on a wagon as tar
Hhe was always
auspicious
of have surprised m e—and we have as the bridge.
Over the ancien’
George when he was as stupid as been married fifteen year* T ell m’ . ; wooden planking he footed It to tlu
that
A man who was that great J please, who are some of Uie mana- city, caught a trolley and Anally ar-
fool could never have made such a gers o f Uie Ht CecUla Hoclety?"
| rived at the little brick house in
sue re».» of his life Hhe had conclud­
Hhe metilloned several names o f . Church Street
ed once that because he never laugh- Uie wirt Uiat Uie tourist might be
Tha premises were deserted. Doubt­
Sd aloud and had a way , : miling seen anv sprbig day deciphering from less
M r» Wentworth liad gone ou:
• i
at tilings that anyone could see wN-r* tlu- oldest tombs In St
Mleliuel's with Tolly to Durehase some consum­
K U W (H I ( »
U H M
IH f H IO II
not In Uie least amusing, lie hud no churchyard.
mating touch for the girl’s costume.
sense of humour
Had It not been
' l l ts sort o f hopeless." she cor- But tlie magnitude of the impending
«C ecilia Soelet
and in preparation tor Uits »lie might h ave .sus|g-cled
1 Nr 1 Al 1 M ENI VI
for tlie evrot. *,he would put clown him o f Uie supreme audacity of mak­ rluded ' b--eau*e I never seem to see event liad charged the lnanima'r
walls of the building, and. as he let
them
l’Alt r in
a barrage that could be counted upon ing fun of lier
Now tills suspicion go to." at the teas and Utlngs that I himself In. he caught the contagion
to blast out linai ,>bstrue itoli»
fluttered In her mind, and »lie
of excitement In Uie air He took the
Hls
wmle
broadened
into
a
laugh
M u George j Atkiu-nm dropped
Arrurdingl) the misguided taeUcla-i «aided him with a tong. iienetraUng "Those chap* -teas' l
fancy
no-. steps two at a time to hls room—what
u | hiu a C h ln or t'hipt-riiilalc chair in
had released a scourge of social ac- | look
Ht» mouth, which had been Why. my dear, you liave been tear- a brick MoUier was!—how absolutely
the drawing loom of tlie big lions* Uvlly upon the Inner rlrcla. It had (witching at Uie ranters. sUflened
His father’s dress sui:
In « 'Inn i It B tnrt, h rled leer (are Ui been budged, dtiu-d K i d a t firs' under Uie brtst'y moustache and hls mg me away from them at the Club | Invincible'
every evening to doll up and go to j had been lifted from its long oblivion
Iter liaiidi ami burn into team He- fonnallv and liter with a certain eces met her» with candor.
While vour accursed parties"
! and made readv. He could see Uiat
Imr Iter ivlng open <>n the Ihmcan creaking and . onderous mfnnnalltv she ga/ed they actually mirrored
That night uie House o f Atkinson, the old broadcloth lapels had been
l-h.vfe table v .* a .-licet of lieavy that *ha>|ierrd over the teacup».I sympathetic dtstre ..
m a ile d uivitalmas for two dinner», a faced with silk In the prevailing
ii olur*d not ,-i,aprr.
Ill Hit*
tea and a lunclteon. and the follow-1 mode. The trousers lay beside th­
t nitre of the |aiyr a »untie |*rwpmpii
ing afternoon George settled Ms w ife! cost, beautifully pressed and folde l
hail bn*:, inscribed lit a .»mail, dell*
comfortably aboard Uie New York I A new white rest, a shirt, a tie, and
•*»*. ti - ixwitivc ’ .»lid
it * u the
cxores»
Ills parUng words were:
gloves were ranged beside the suit.
M i l l ' regie! lo r a lunrlieon parly
"Better get several ball gowns— ! and. under the edge of the bed. beside
foe right to be given during tlie suc-
quiet ones. OutAt Valerie too. Bob's hls old slippers, stood a pair of new
* re hug week
r ig High God» or,
usually too strapped to give lier nice patent-leather pumps xrlth tlie ligfi*
a! lead, < hnUle.-jg-» o f
tlie social
thing*, you know."
¡flowing and settling over them like
Olympus Itad decided that. If idle t o
IXiruig Uie succeeding weeks Atkin ■, some gleaming liquid.
III Kiaalble all« was at least lilgl-■
«ui liad more time to spend with his
Saint was caught b » one of his
1« improbable
friend*
T w o cocktails of an e v m -.ra re waves o f emotion I t choked him
O f lOttrse it way ( leorar s fault He
mg at the Club now. with plenty ol j up. left him shaken. It meant so
nevri liad held up her hands In th e1
lime to talk markets and tlie eoo- j much to her -all this
His solitai v
h »lil that ahe had been waging tor I
nmiiM* aspect of the new city i»v ln g pfe had given him leisure for though’
yearn for their social recognition l
programme
Nice chaps. Uiese. ur- and he liad developed a habit o f pa
lim e was notlilng worth having th rl]
bane, fastidious about rather uncx- sionate search Into causes, a feeling
ws. n -t worth aorktiic for And. by
peeled Uilngs: not smart dressers:, that surface* didn’t matter; Uiat be
inverting cause wnd effect, there w-is
Insular, yea not too greaUv concern - ’ lilnd
'
. . .
every physical
expression of •»
i i * -tiling that could not evrutually b
ed with Uie opinions and behavior of personality tliere lay the deep, se
won If you worked hard enough for
the lnslgnlAcant residue of the globe cret Impulse. Now he lost sight of
It
A »minlr and pragmatical philos­
lying to the north of Magnolia Cent Uie makeshift wardrobe before him
ophy and a proven one, for It had
rterv and the south of the Battery. and stood abashed before Uie un­
ht ought her w- II aii-ng toward middle
Younger ones, who addressed him s swerving purpose o f which It was a:-,
life with un unbroken record of auc-
sir.” secure m a breeding that ken; expression -the determination to hoi !
re»*e*.
tlnfortiuiately for her. Uie
the courtesy from appearing servile a place for her children In the clas*
method» took small account of the
xildcr men. who knew a horse, a. to which Uiey had been born. Out in
l>ei m i i i a I equation, and -die wit» notj
mmt Julep, and a gentleman w hen,
country he had not thought rr.uc;:
attuned to tlie subtleties or skilled
they met one -m en who. like hinueli about being a gentleman.
It had
111 ilie tarUc*. of ahernate advance
were quite content to leave teas, the,seemed rather absurd In the only lit-
»n*l retreat by which cotiservaUve
Sunday
cincertn.
the
Poetry
Society.
h
n
which
he
seemed
capable
or suc-
and obhervwlit * n mg hold» are taken
and the Episcopal ritual to their j cecding—o f course, gentility was v
lad made -he fatal mistake In
wive». Pleasant evenings those, with state of being; you were bom a Went-
the beginning of avnimlng Uiut
one’s own kind, and no fuss about it.¡w orth and you refrained from doing
til was os a matter of course, M
And then, in Uie third w eek of hls j certain things because instinctivelv
■i.*e w * i . ti t realising that.
wife's absence, that flying trip ’o thev put your teeth on edge. Tliere
V
.1 nun H I
.' I lie old famtlu
Washington to appear before tbe In- | you were-^and that was all there w is
In -'rallened circumstances, slmii’ e
terstatr Commerce Commission on to it But being a genUeman as a ca-
living had become the criterion lor
a rate hearing of vital Importance I ree r Uiat was different. T o be don»
good -, i . i *. and thr ostentation had
to
the old city. The Committee had 1 properly It would Involve so manv
I- me by rnutrast. mere vulgarity
asked Atkinson to a
as spokesman things that were utterly beyond him:
t,.- several lent now she nad been
The clean, hard drive of hls brain: setting, education, attainments— whs
en’ .'ttalnlug with an Industry that
against a problem always broughrj was thc use! There were still things
(»ken merely a» an example of tin*
concrete results. He could talk tc | adUiin reach—books, pictures, out of
i i ring eff-ui sis little less than
the Yankees tn their own language doors, and -yes—even the Negroes
*ni|>eit> Ol fource. »lie had her snub»
Pleasant chats In the smoker
N e e there at the mines with their hunion
bu
lie had blanked Iter mind t>
chaps surely. No putrid smoking- tragedy, and the flattering respect
tin-u and run collated on tier more
room
humour.
And
Uie
nomrward
and fnulk ugin,, tliat they gave him
i* imtiMve acxt-uuntaiiies Her Jiartlo.;
trip with the concessions In their He was finding happmess there
had for 1 1 it- most part liern well at *
pockets, a fight brhind them, and a ¡«fh a t did cloUies matter?—dance»,
ten,(eh and she had had many Invl-
genial comradeship tn the air.
j girls, surfaces—what was the use of
liin.in.. to I *us and large function
It was during the last hour ot that | it all? And God! what a lot of her-
i- - 1 i - in ,* passed and few »r *
railroad Joumev while the four o f,.„-if hls mother had put into it—sav-
iiuaii iinreshlpa mellowed Into friend -
Uiem were etvjovbvg final cigars tha' : mg for years, sewing, taking board-
,* tx-miri l>, hate mtsgtvtmri
Atklnson spoke hls first words b ear- 1 CIS catering -and his savings, too,
i *■ roll wiled herself, however, with
ing on tlu- matter of the covete I f or he knew that a part of the money
i,.*»1,*,lre rha- the old city wo»
membership.
One of Uie men hau he sent home everv week had gone
isrrvatlra In a *
been saving
something to him -th? • mto the bank for tlie coming out."
itirrn i and ronsequentlv, while thr
fellow Whose name always remtndcd she could hate taken things easier
ri.,i -1 diffleull. tlie moat desirable to
him of an heroic phrase from early j &11 of Utese years but for her determ-
• r
she had at last
I American history—'"Damn the tor- mation to be ready when Uu- time
i onrluded that Uie time had arrived
I pedoes—go ahead!"—not tliat th at, came to give Polly and himself these
for the inaior movement. She knew
was Farragut— oh. yes-"M illion s for .thin gs-th ese and. to her. the in-
well that there
was no halfway
I defence, and not one cent for tnb- unelble but incalculably valued slg-
u-iitind In the society of the old town
I ute"—that was the chap! . . .
nlficance that lav behind them
Meinbei »hip In the St recllla Society
When tlie man had Anbdied hi- * Hr |,ad things that lie had wanted
and attendance at Its halls was th-
The
"After Hie lli»t measure the boy h i a no longer nm ,(M iu of lire floor'» quesUon. Atkinson smiled and said , terribly to do with this week
one i rlterlon Kor a hundred and fif­
Hay that’s awfully hospitable of ¡fossils that the Negroes were alway
solidity iM-neath hi* fret,"
ty year» the rmnarunr board of the
you
fellows.
Hadn't
given
the
balls
turning
up
in
the
mines
liad
started
ortunl/'atlon had gathered annually.
much thought
before
Suppose him off on geology and Uie director
Itiped their is,rf
champagne, or!
you iindcr-f Yes. George was deioiu ol i>crorp there’ll be a quiet comer of refuge a! tlie Museum had offered to »how
.si,itch with the changing fashion
Then
and decided whether any of the "new »land." At first 111« attack, by rea­ .Ion. and she was on unfortunate wo- for middle-aged knee Joints?—No! him books and specimen.*,
I ;,:,*■ in town were eligible for son of lta .surprise, .veined destined man, but she would not go Into that much o f a dancer, vow know— Yes? there was tlie Art Gallery. A friend
now.
Hhe
could
tell
him
ubout
lu
s
;
Well.
I
’ll
send
the
letter
over
by
for
tuoevs,
llut
it
had
been
launched
there had promised that he should
lee.crnltlon bv their hereditary Bris­
meet some of the painters so that h*
tol i.nv
Wiilun that rliarmed circle too far lu advance. There came a stupidity later. Now she could only messenger to-morrow.”
one belonged one was » member of lull. and. a» soon ac tlie bewildered sty hi a bleak voice. "She had grippe i Mrs Atkinson returned from tlie could see how pictures were made.
I lie tsHills* Outride of the fatal line, dowagers had Ume to draw suRlcli-nt lost month. Hhe lias been at tluvc North at an opnortune moment Main- Now the precious week had to go in a
ba was receiving a Uiick. cream-col round of entertainments -an ancient
laughter Uie all airs this week."
*u . a!way- more or less a strati- breath Uier laughed
But she says, my dear, that she oured envelope from an elderly Ne­ fetish O f course lie hadn't hesitated
lopiitne temporarily In tlie city most deliberately cruel sound Uiat
gro
who harl the bearing of an am ­ when hi* mother made Uie plans. In
must
save
her
strength
’’
Uie
human
animal
can
make.
I’onr
Hie • fart that .urh a soM im might
She looked at him almost curious­ bassador to the Court of St James’ ; fact, he knew that he liad been pre­
"veral general Ion,. Mrs Atkin-on’ Thumbs down
lie l-rotrart’-d for
She
lifted the missive from the tray destined from birth for Uiis moment.
ly
"Are
you
really
as
simple
as
In the meanUine Atkinson hnJ
an* |giwerliias to change the tran»l-
oi ine-s of the \ L»lt or Uie chill and fought lit, way blindly through the tliat?* Then her voice went on tn a and with shaking fingers, removed But he felt tliat it was something to
be done and -G od w illing— forgotten.
piihculioii* iKiliton- i. with which an turmoil That tall he christened Ills wall of despair. "Oh. I ought to have It from its two envelopes—
"H ie Managers of the St Ceellla
But the clothes, lying mutely be­
i .|iirin" ineligible w as received
lie evening clothes "tlie overalls," and known Uiat It was no use trying with
Society
request
the
pleasure
.
.
.’’
you
around
You’ve
never
backed
me
hr
climbed
Into
them
obcdlcnUy
er-
fore lilm. pulled against hls mood
-vs . leiecaied to the class the egUt-
i • • •
and brought him back to hls mother
* nee of which U odmtlted. but not rrv night and went on duty. He ha I up — vou’ve never even understood
And while the social gods nad been and the vague. Intangible thine that
, n, . 1 ,u |
i , . -lie time had wrrtv- not Uie- vaguest Idea what it was all what I was trying to do for your
plating upon tlie hones and fe»rs of
times lie would become own children "
I ,|
* |elf when liar husband might about
Ho kicked a gilt I olds Qtilnxe ch«1r the Atklnsons, Satnt Wentworth h »v -
• l I , ;, h
letter In for the Sr n »n r- o’ lit* -•tfe ’? eve- llxcd atonlh
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