I l . U ’S T K A T K I) F K A T U R K SK( T IO N
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This Week’s
T rue Story
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r N A l.I HI> lilt* th e re llUM licv-li Imt one Kl'ent «lenire o f mv • A lo r elea»lini mi am ount of Im a
I h e a rt.
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C orn ea n T im e W h e n h e r H u s
"talli only era tirr-e li I; d o n i » o r-
L to the vvo riti HomethiiiK »b ou t my e a rly life . Since I am
T h is is a D a n g e r o u s P e r io d .
In
i ry »boni you raelf!
ll i.i l will to- b a n d B e c o m e s I n d if f e r e n t .
only a w om an, my maul I ihm ita o w n aecret c o rrid o r« Inni)/
m ou iili fot m r."
th e L ife o f th e s e t w o P e o p le it R e s u lte d in a T r a g e d y . H e r e
vvilh p iciiires th a t only m em ory can u nveil. In tim e , th e
T h en . In li lari-ultar Unir hi added
d ra b ones fad e.
Hut thoae th a t re p re a e n t m y life ** moat j "Y o u m ay boaet of having spleii- is a T r u e S to r y th a t w ill b e a W a r n in g t o E v e r y M a o
v iv ili mom enta, pulae w ith ntr«ni|f«T colora y e a r hy y e a r.
a n d W if e .
iliil roolm-aa."
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t i t i l l i lami loudly:
Now. I am olii I Iw v r n> I Hier chU-qcalleU Uir M aw -ray. an d a l Dir n -
"IT W hy? G*> Ioree lañ an r I go
a iro n i his fe e l lar lore I could real ire
a m i noi r r la lln « .
1 leel Ir r r lu Irritar n u t war a niella' (Hand lu ll lai to kill stanar an im al th at lute rialrrrd Iqu err to-n ight. C h a r le s "
lie m urm ured
I « h a t had really laapprned
r r la lp lo u h i U w In r i m i ami m ust a r n ie alad floating gras*.
our fa rm ?
W hat a r r you thinking
"A s you «-ish.”
I fin a lly . 1 m anaged to «-cover my
• MttliiK
rrcoUrotloo o( my ) Jun g
F a r taut tan dar rdi<r o f III, « «de
iaf a n y w a y ? ”
last - .«ruses
I stood ab ru p d y and saw
,lfr
In ni Itfr ! lu n > berli «mieli larei dar elm titi m y liuabaiid lawnrd
H r e m n rd restless and did UOt
kneeling on top o f nun m y m aid.
Ini n i ; I Iw r r n itrii, m yarlf, Im rd. a am ali Im i In w ltlrli lar Cani lieti
And
wr
rem
ained
silent
and
an ea r r
but turned
around, and
I una vrry I n iK U iil 1 m ay auy durlliK I I » hunting M-aMaii
rllngiriK like a fox «ilia «iesperate
looked up amt down like mar entri ti . nun able.
energy,
hla m ustache
lillà Ui-ilay a la n i my b ran i) la*»
Aeldr inani dar u n llu e n lln r of Ing a latau.se for a preclous jttwrl
A t the tearuiK
rn d of approxim
ately h an
alf d
Are you sure liar anlm nl will )>*ss the skin o f his fa re
lu actica lly lanini
Hul In Unaar day» arrvant*. I hai! a cham berm aid aln i
an liour. I Mild in a low to n e:
i wblcla h r lar 111-ve» undlsrorrnablr.
Hus »ayT ~
j T h en , as If another Idea b ad taken
lovr lo m r a a» a iiror a r y Uilug A» I nanaldrrrd
mare U lan a arrvan l.
I sa t un d ir r lia lr and watrlard bis
C h a rles » inched as If I had bitten hold of lier. she got up and flinging
atr «ivi thè llfr « I (lar body, a» ami M ir alte paaeilianalrly a lia i lin i ita j itcllons
All dar wbllr, I kr|>l my
lovr llir ligi il of iti v Mani
WlUiout m r
I liad boriatili lir r la.uk froiai r y r ii | h > ii bini luid, noi m y r y r alone, him . and. with Ills mouth close to herself on the corpse, she threw her
j arm s around the head o f the dead
Ila a a rm ili I «aulii noi ra r ry on.
Uà- Woel aev rral y rare b rfo rr T here jb u t I « a lc lir d « Id i m y hraart also m y ear he said
- Make no m istak e' I am p o sitiv e !" j m an. kissing Ills eyes and Ins m outh;
A l flret j 1 luul a l« » )» b en i vrry syiiifatU irllr
I ao u lil h a v r p i r l r r m l d ra lli U> alar a a e a d r a n ir d rb lld
And u m e more there was silence, j opening his dead lips with her own,
( a llfr w ithout eomrbody to alw ays tglance mar wiaild m istake her tor I «ridi bis chlldlshiw -v T o m r nani a r r
1 believed I was about drowsy j ll£e she » a * tryin g to find in flicm
ta rn tor m r
M any « u n irli larrtrnil a ID I* ) tallii her dueky «kin. larr i tmt overgrown bablra rv.-r deprikd-
fu lo ir but oner a uh all liar eirrm tda < black eye*, am i her thick hair, alw ays , lu x U|wn so m e iu- to Idoli/r tbrm se ' » lie n m y husband pressed m y arm breath and to recall the. long, long
I And tils voice changed to a hiss, said : 'k is s which loaers alone can know
o f liirlr brutta, am i souls, « la ir lor tigltUv clustered to larr fo rrlirad Mat rollo 1 ir rors
"D o you sec him tfaere under the | C h arles, getting up as carelessly as
ine It lias often h ap p rn rd so violent- « a s at dual d m r llfln -u years old.
tre e ? ”
u .ual, gazed a t me. as it he u nder
H onestly, I looked long but In a am stood. F a llin g on hia knees h r said:
I could islinguL-h nothing save the I "D e ar, please forgive m e; I did
tr r r in the distance. Slow ly C h a rle s!
w as cockUag the trigger of h is gun. nut understand. I had been th in k
I, too. was m aking ready to tin ing lie was your lover
I had su -
* ben I saw som ething as It m ade j spoc trd you and I have killed this
its way in our direction. I looked
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and beheld In the fu ll light of th e ^ 1
U
she '* ho d w i ' ed
moon a m an who cam e 111 rapid ,ne * nd n0' V°u
O f course It was wonderful to have
strides In our direction, his body
bent as if he were tryin g to escape , him understand, but th is did not
__ afra id
He continued to v o lh th e anguish of m y maid. As
n d ian ce, I becam e stupefied, and u t - ! 1 *lood leaning helplessly again st
tile d a cry. As I turned there was **»• la r t',e oak 1 COL*ld not help lopk-
a fUutii before m y eyes, a den fin in g
Uie d<*ad lo \er
No one mould
report and a m an r lied on the have conceived of such a deep love,
ground like a deer struck by a keen so ' tee and fa ith fu l and so much
arrow
I stronger th an death
T o me. her
O vercom e with fra r. 1 scream ed 'Obs and kisses were secret exp res-
T lien a heavy hand It was C h a rle s's don* of th at sou l-grief of a stricken
cau ght me by m y throat
I « a s heart,
thrown around, then carried aw ay I
husband becam e a new man
by h is strong arm
It I rem em ber He becam e more interested In me in
lig h tly, he ran. holding me up. till ic v e ty way-
lie reached the dead body lying In 1 T h u experience has colored m y
the leaves; he threw me on l p o f . en tire life. It w as a m ere turn of
It violently, us If he wanted to break *n ,c that I. as innocent as I was and
lin y neck
l believed he intended to aiw avs have been, did not suffer the
, kill me
He had ju st put his loo; ,
consequences o f the u n falth -
l upon my forehead when. In his turn. I hul wife,
he was cau ght gripped, and knoc ked
the w d
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a m b a ’s D aughters
« .l.llm .« l fr-aa. P»|w l . . r |
'th in g I did WBS to put U K * Wise,
that she had been wearing like a l a n d besides, -dies one o f them cool
_____ jstra lt-Ja c k e t. S h e laughed h eartily sisters. A in 't no danger o f her lasing
through the strip of woods to the j her eye* looking Into the old wom an's her h ead ."
ly that I thought It mould lant for* j but upix-uml to be twenty,
ledge of the forest
I t was fa r Into »'•«' spwrkUng m ischievously
“ W ell, all A h asks Is dat yo' keep
ever: however, like a fire without •
fuel, it «lowly died amuy leaving ho
The fall came and me bntMii hunt the night w hen h a lf of Ule world | “ I b e' you were a gay one yourself an eye on site fo r me, a n ' e f trouble
m ark of It* presence
mg. som etim es on neighboring es- was In slum ber.
Lookhig buck at ■ once,” sh# said. " I 'll bet you know breaks an y tim e let me know. Ah Is
Now I eliall tell you of my ftrst tales and som etim es on our own the house It w as Impassible lo see » h a t It was like to lilt the celling on ole but A ll a in 't no fool a t ta k in ’
gif-mt exp erien ce- In mhtch I W M jE w ly ln Ute .season I hud noticed i * hum an form or to hear the slight* a big night—eh. M atim a?
rare ob m y ch illu n ."
"T h a t's righ t, old lady. I ju st bet
indeed very Innocenl. but w hich. In | a stran g e young m an . com ing around i S M r c d 'w jr t boa u t lfu l'fr o m ^ h e dto- ^ L lv 'n w a i shocked
M am ba had
a very hum an w ay led In m taiin d'r- the place In the m orning as well as tanct . Uae full m o m gave It a love- !'* u g h t her to treat age witla great you alnt no fool But there ain 't goin'
atatadlng
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.. respect. But to her am azem ent she to be no trouble."
at night
His visits were very__fre-| ly yellow
m ade .............
the old .......
rusty
M am yean um >
w hen i Uvcd
m quent, especially a i night
That
nx>f sparkle m U it iigiit o f the nigtir I saw that M am ba was pleased
L issr cam e in then, an il the throe
Kieili in kslmri'. the \er\ i|malnt unit he ceased h> conn-
1 lim iight no
B ut. it was u cied night, and a sad I S h e answ ered v.ith her surprtoing-
rlaatt'd for a few moments.
Then
hom e-loving settlem ent ol M aryland, fu rth er about tt. but I perceived that m elancholy numbness lay heavy all
a m an whom 1 1 lid j my 1—
‘— 1 com
w pletely
M d | changed
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I ‘ was m arried lo u
husband
In 1 |around. '
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la u g h : IC tr d ln la took her departu re
ove. 'D
T rue
not love
u e love nerds,
needs, at any
an y Ills dem eanor tow ard me
| Tin- night was so suggestive It re- ! " T in g s was IlfT'rent In dem days. | 'D at's a good gal yo ' gots
fuh
rule, freedom and linjaciliment hi
He seem ed ra th er pre-occuplrd und minded one of the ta ll w hen all an ' If Ala Is broke loose den dere frien d ." M am ba said w hen the girl
I lie sam e time.
Nome i<eu)ale snv tacitu rn: lie refused to klaui m r and ubiwit to slowly ebbing, giving up Its
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alii t nobody libln to tell on nae now had gone. And Li.ssa stood w .n d erin g
that love which Is Imimsed. sane \ |eesLsiat to come to my room. 1 had life to the sum of m atter
tla,neil by law and ble-wed by tin- ' I Insisted
insistcd on separate
walked
¡B u t now adays gals got.- to behabe
¡ju s t wdi.it th e definition fo r good
sa-palate rooms so I 1 could i I M y husband and 1
I w
alked on
♦ latvlne Is the only tiling
And vet t live
, n r a a little
liltir alone,
alone, but
but In
In the
tlie cjuli’
nulet
t | | As
As wo
wr stood
stood under a tree.
Ire«-. In the
“ S u re ." Q ard ln ia agreed, as she could be In M am ba's lexicon,
f tlie
- iisc of
a legal klas Is never us ginad as a i hours
hours o of
Uie night
night I I eoiild
could hear
hear foot-
foot- ' large
large open
open s)iacc
s)iace a a m sense
o f Iresli-
fresh - 'took a seat an d let her adm iring gaze
• « •
stolen one
slr-|». draw ing near mv room d o o r 1 ness cam e over me, I could s m e ll;.
M y Imsband. u lull m an with the and then withdraw ing a few m in u te s ' the rustic odor o f fallen leaves M y | 1 take In the cosy and tastefu lly fu r-
m an n ers o f a gentlem an, was e l e - . later
And. m y window being n e ar j husband said nothing at first, lie was nished room, with the sunny garden an opaque sky and a red sun burn-
gunt
B u t lie lucked Intelligence He the ground fimir, I could easily h ear sim ply brow sing
about In Hie shad- show ing beyond th e window.
"S u re . | mg through It. Underfoot the pave-
alw ays spoke In a blatant lnalegant sonieone prowling uhoiit In th e d a rk - ows; startin g In one direction llk e | antj ,)on't you worry about L lssa. If m ents stream in g
w ith
condensed
fashion
It an a Ills gn-ntest delight ness, stum bling over tilin gs at the someone possessed with the p a s s i o n . . - . . . . . . . ,
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of Hie
house
I • ii.-ai
asked
my
hua-
1
lhought
was HtniiK
going, | *
11 lo me •'M '
a moisture and Hinging back reflections
to utter a foolhardy opinion that cut I side
t'i>
'*•
a • *v“ »
»■ atov
yi h
it
••<ar>- l for
ixn a
n chase
t im e r .
i. tn
'M ip ii; lie
IU' WIW
like Hie blade of u k n ife
hand about It, and he. a lte r looking to watt fo r sonn-one. but when lie food time and she won't get Into no o f houses, shop windows -ky. In col-
He tried to create the Impression [ at me intensely for
w'tille. a n -¡d e c id e d to move on I gave up Uac j tro u b le "
jo u rs soft and wonderful to see. Sutn-
th at he had a mind filled full of swered :
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I S h e looked around for her frien d 1 m e r a fa g end. with Its spent ardours
ready-m ade view s which had come
" I t s nothing
Nobody s going to
W hen we reached the edge of the . . .
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¡pond. It was fully one o'clock 1 had but L ‘SR“ l,ad l*0,le lnU> ,,le n e »t |behlifc It, an d au tu m n around the
to him through the n atu ral rhann el
o f gen eration s, from his m other and
Now one evening. Ju st a fte r dinner. | begun to wonder why he should go room to change from her Su n d y i ' u’ xl. . ‘'orAu>r And f<‘r Jo-d ay nothing
fa th e r who had them xelvcs received mv husband. C h arles, who appeared so fa r aw av; m y nerves were strained, dress. At the sam e moment M am ba JW th e Negroes to do but to be glad,
, ' f 'o 0 " harves, the bakerle-.
them from th eir noble ancestors. to be extraord in arily happy, with I looked around me. everything was also noticed th a t they were alone and
still
Not a breath of a ir caressed Im m ediately took ad van tage of the !
building of the house-., the stok-
W hen In conversation lie never a sort o f sly gay ely, said to m e:
hesitated to m ake onr of his narro w
“ Would you like to spend about the tu fts o f rushes, snve Uie slow I opportunity,
JnK o f ^ ' 1lrllt4l; t Si'
" ?>rld
T ell me. sh. begged In 4 lo w e re d , ¡'« w good a th in g It to to be alive,
minded suggestion« w ithout show ing two hours out with the guns? So m e m ovem ents which were scarcely per-
ccptlble upon the w ater
Freq uen tly I voice, "w ho dls vnller 'n igger” L lssa j h a v e laboured, and now to claim a
an y
em laarrassm ent
and
without thing to stealin g our lien s."
I was surprised. I hesitated, but Its su rfa ce w as stirred and ligh t clr- goln roun w ld? S h e won't* tell me respite,
realizing Unit Hiere .night be other
Meptemner w eather
w ays o f looking at things. T o hear as he continued starin g at me with eles gathered around like lu m in o u s' n u ttln ' bout urn, but Ah Seen tin
t'other day when he come by for she.
Down In tlae
white
residential
him register Ills narrow view s was much persistence, i replied:
w rinkles en largin g indefinitely
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Ah
wouldn't
trus'
11111
la
r
as
Ab
J
streets,
block a fte r block o f closed
"W h v, certainly, m y frien d .”
to set one to th inking how sad It
could
t'row
um
."
*
m
ansions
sleeping
aw
ay
the
hot hours
O
f
course
I
h
ad
alw
ays
hunted
m ust be when a m an cat. live In as
W hen wc reached
live hunting
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i r u r i« i v t v n l l i s n
Mat
M a .v l
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O nrdinia said, “ P rince
atnt
so In garden s vvlfrre N ature -pent her
It w as quite n atu ral cabin, m y husband bade me go In
great a century as this and yet fall like a m an
beauty
w
ith
oj)*n
hands,
and
still had
1 Imt he should suggest th at to me first; then hr slowly loaded h is gun, bad. He's too sm ashed on him self to
to adopt u single new Idea
Hut Ills ap pearan ce had now changed and th e dty crackling of powder last long with anybody else. B u t he more each d a y .to flin g over deserted
Wo Uved 111 a cottage out lu Hie from Uie guy and frivolous to the produced a strange 1 tTcel on me He flin gs Uie long green high and far, piazzas In a foam o f clim bing ro es,
to pour in pools o f oleander bloom
All th e evening saw
rural section o f the e lt” In an a l curloualy nervous
th at I w as shuddering
and amt h e’ll shew he. a good time "
M amb.. leaned forw ard and said between m oss-lning live oaks. On
m ost Isolated tract of country called lie seemed feverish, stan ding around ask ed :
K in g S tre e t the fashionable stores
confidentially,
"Ala
'fratd
lo
r
m
y
gal.
lllle y Illilge T h ere wi re m any en or like someone Intensely agitated T h a t
"D oes this trial hapiaen to be too
S h e ain 't like yo' a n ' me, Sistuh- • dozing behind Uvelr d raw n blinds.
mous m elancholy trees with tu ft* of uichl at eleven he said
m uch for you ? I f so. go bock.'
U iat the w inter
"A rc you reiu iy?”
moss nil m l. them resem bling the
I was quite surprised but replied ¡sh e a in 't seen n u ttln ' ob mens, a n ' Here
. . . w as a . . town
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d a l ya ller ‘n igger’ gets w om an-chas- j tourists would not recognise, a town
1 arose, and. seeing th at he had -o >11 y
white beard o f an old m an
Ju s t
Not a t a ll; su rely we did not 1 er wrote all ober u m "
|claim ed for the d ay by Its d ark er
^ over the way the wood*, n typical fetched m y gun. I a*ked-
"A re you to loud with bullet or conic here to return without aeeom -1 " D o n ! you worry. M am n a," O ar- h a lf. Its pavem ents sw arm in g with
fo reit, which some referred to us a
¡p u sh in g our purpose Y o u seem v e ry 'd ln ia said reassiulngU y. "the first
.('•■llaa*g •• p «|r s i u
grove, » n s enclosed In a deep trench scatter-sh o t?”
" O n e r t m ii t u ju%( j* flr r d in n e r , m y h u th n n d , ('lia r lr * , « h o a p p e a r e d
‘ W o u ld you lik e ( o sp rin t a b o u t t « o liou rx o u t w ith t h e g u ll» ? M
(« h i
e ilr a o r d in u r il)
j
h a p p y . • . iw id t o m e :