PAGE SIX
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912.
Both Side
OF:
The Shield
By Major
ARCHIBALD W. BUTT,
One of tlio Heroes of (ho Ti
tanic and President Taft's ,
Military Aid.
Copyright 1005, by J. D. Llp
poncott company. All rights
rcserTod.
SYNOP5I5
Pnlmr, n Boston newppaper man, la
Mnt to GeorKln to report social nnd Indus
trial conditions In a series of letters to his
paper. Colonel Turpln, a southerner.
thlnkB Palmer Is a lawyer and has como
to forecloso tho Turpln plantation's mort
gage. Palmer undeceives him, nnd tho colonel,
thlnklnc that Talmcr Is a kinsman. In
vites him to bo his truest at tho lines.
Palmer meets Ellen nnd Bud Turpln and
Is hospitably received.
Ho becomes Interested In Ellen nnd
learns that tho Turpln home Is In prnvo
peril through lack of funds. Ho wants to
confess that ho Is not really a kinsman,
but falls to do so.
8o.ulro Hawkins, on elderly man. Is
courting Ellen. A part- Is planned In
honor of Palmer, who writes his Impros
Elons of tho place for hta paper.
Ellen wears an old brocado cown at the
party, and Palmer falls In love with her.
Ellon and her friends tako htm to the
wishing stone.
"You nro my queen tonight," Palmer
tells her, but sho will not permit him to
avow his love. Ho fears she Intends mar
rying tho squlro to savo the old homo.
Ellen thinks Palmer has ridiculed her
and her family In ono of his newspaper
articles and commands him to Icavo her
and never return.
Palmer secretly acquires tho Turpln
mortgage to protect tho place for Ellen,
then volunteers for servlco In tho war
against Spain.
Ho becomes 111 In camp, and Ellen for
gives and nurses him. They becomo rec
onciled, and there Is a wedding in pros
pct. "Mr." Palmer, let mo present you to
my wife, Mrs. Turpln; to my daughter,
Ellen, and to my son. Howell Cobb,
whom I hope you will soon address as
Bud. Ellen, my dear, bid our guest,
Mr. Palmer, welcome, for he is a kins
man of my old friends tho Palmers of
'Kentucky, of whom you have so often
heard mo speak."
"Any friend whom my father brings
to us Is welcome, Mr. Palmer, but we
make you doubly welcome on account
of the ties which bind our bouse to
yours."
She extended her hand, which I took
and for the first timo looked into that
frank, open face. I did not think ber
beautiful then, but I was unprepared
for tho subtlo ease and grace of man
ner and the exquisite poise of her head
and the patrician faco that was turned
to me without any sign of embarrass
ment whatever. Her eyes were large
and brown and her hands small and
white. These wore tho only things
about her that sank them Into my
memory.
"Mr. I'almv. father has taken us
"Mr. Palmer, let me present you to my
daughter, Ellen."
omewbat by surprise, and you must
excuse many things, but wo make you
right welcome, and when you get tired
of playing billiards with Ellen and
talking politics with father I havo a
good dog and gun at your disposal."
Tho young man who was addressing
mo was tall and big, nnd when I had
first entered I had mistaken him for a
lubberly farm band, but hero ho -was,
making mo welcome with tho caso of a
courtier. Mrs. Turpln was a small,
delicate looking woman, but waa gown
ed in a faded royal purplo velvet, evi
dently tho remnant of an anterior date,
"You young people can mako plans
at tho table. In tho meantime El
len's roast is getting cold," said tho
coloneL Then 1 remembered about the
cooklnjr and thought for a moment
what a Bacnicgd it woultl Ut to wiki?
anything prepared by thoso lovely
hands, but a sudden convulslvo pang
of hunger banished my sentimental
thought, nnd 1 offered my arm gladly
to Mrs. Turpln, whllo sho led the way
to tho dining room. It wan, in fact, an
Immense hall, wainscoted with oak.
but tho walla above tho paneling were
stained and, as far as I could sec, even
moldy. It was n gloomy looking place,
but the tnblo was mado bright nnd
cheerful by two big candlesticks. On
the table was n profusion of dishes.
Eomo silver, others oT'rare ol(T china,
and, as I saw later, there was hardly
one of tho latter which was not broken
or chipped, but each steamed with
somo savory vegctablo or meat, and I
soon fell in the way of handing plates
around the table and helping others
from the dishes in front of or near mo.
Just as wo were wont to do in tho rail
road eating houses in New England
when 1 was a boy. Tho conversation
was easy and homelike, and 1 saw
at otire that I was not looked upon as
a stranger. No questions wero asked
me about myself, for which 1 was
thankful, and 1 soon saw, too, that tho
colonel did not intend to relate tho
details of our meeting that morning or
to account to the other members of the
family for his sudden impulse to in
vite mo to becomo a guest at the
Pines. So, as If by mutual consent, we
refrained from making any reference
to the matter, and 1 determined to
leave it to the colonel to make any ex
planations which bo might think to be
best.
CHAPTER III.
"Waiting For a Prlnco to Como."
1 TTT. . 1 . 1 .1 Tl r I T 1 1 , .
I I the girls had said about Jim.
jl nt which sho laughed heartily.
somo nnnoynnco when he related what
they had said about choosing a farm
in tho country and especially when
reference was made to Squlro Ilaw
kins. I shall never forget how my
plato looked after It bad gone around
tho table. It had left my tablo empty
and had como back piled to tho brim
with every sort of vegctablo on the
table. Miss Ellen laughed when I con
fessed that I did not know how to eat
rice, nor would sho rest content until
sho had taken my plato and arranged
It according to tho manner of eating
rlco in that section. Sho covered it
with butter and sprinkled a Uttlo salt
on It and, handing It back to me, bade
me eat it, telling me that it was a part
of my education. She laughed again
when I wanted to put pepper on It,
but she would let her father put a lit
tle dish gravy over It If it wero not
palatable. I ate It, not because I liked
it then, for 1 would have eaten so
much sawdust had she told mo It was
good and asked me to do so.
Every now and then, after 1 had
swallowed somo rice, I would look up
to And her eyes Dxed roguishly on me,
and then we would both laugh. She
seemed to relish tho idea that I did
not like tho rice and that 1 was eating
It because sho had fixed It and told me
to do so. I made this fact very plain
to her by the faces I would make In
iwallowlng It She confessed after
ward to a little malice In forcing mo
to cat it and later, when I really be
gan to like It sho would often say,
"Will you have your rice with cream
and sugar on It or a little pepper, Mr.
Palmer?'
After dinner wo went on the porch,
where Bud brought us pipes. "I hope
you like the pipe," ho said as ho hand
ed me an old brier root "We have
riven up cigars lately on account of
the tariff," ho added with a big, good
natured laugh. I said I did; that it
was my chlefest luxury In my univer
sity days and I still preferred it to
cigars. Colonel Turpln said that if I
did not object to music Ellen would
play us something; that sho always
did when ho took hl3 after dinner
smoke. I said that I could not imagine
greater luxury, and I leaned back pre
pared to undergo any amount of tor
ture and outrage to my artistic nature,
for I knew something of music, as my
father had been a splendid performer
on tho piano and had given mo tho ben
efit of his knowledge. Instead of hymns
?nd waltzes, however, there floated
through tho window to us tho sweetest
notes I seemed ever to havo heard. 1
sat dreamily thinking of this lovely
girl and her odd surroundings when
sho appeared at tho window and asked
if there was anything that 1 liked espe
dally.
"I do not know If you care for
Chopin," she said. "Father does not
know It is Chopin, but it is tho music
ho likes, nnd so I always play some of
tho nocturnes for him."
"Tho truth la, Miss Turpln," I said.
"I did not think of what you were play
ing, but was merely feeling tho effect
of tho music. lour playing seemed to
mo Jo bo a part of tho scene out here,
as if it wero an accompaniment to the
moon in its wanderings or to tho stars
In tho silent watches."
My speech sounded Hko flattery, and
I blushed as the thought cntno to me.
"I hope you will forgive my praise if
it seemed extravagant," I said, "but 1
only 6ald what was In my heart with
out reflecting that you might tako It
for flattery." I had been accustomed
to pay compliments at will and some
times, I fear, was given to flattery, but
I would not havo had this young girl
think mo guilty of such 111 breeding
for anything In tho world.
"If that la tho way you feel," sho an
swered sweetly, "I will play something
for you and trust to pleasing father,"
nnd, going back to tho piano, sbo play
ed something I do not know what
Hud said bo had never heard her play
It before, and, though I asked hor often
after that to play it for mo again, 1
never heard It, yet tho Btralna orcn
now go Uiroucluny bpnd.wb.en I.eltir
muoniignt or no awasu at mgnt
thinking of Ellen.
Sho disappeared after awhile to clear
tho tablo and wash the dishes, I
thought with somo resentment Colo
ncl Turpln talked politics, nnd I soon
lenrned that ho was decided In his
viows, though somewhat mixed In his
politics. I found out that ho wns ad
dicted to tho habit of writing "pieces"
for tho papers, but never under his
own name. He chose rather such noms
do plumo na "Vox Populi," "Citizen"
nnd sometimes "Pntriot" Ho did not
believe thnt writing was tho profes
sion of a gentleman unless ono could
hldo one's Identity. Yet he felt that
tho public should bo educated by this
means. Ho waB a Democrat, but be
lieved In n high protective tariff. Ho
disclaimed being a Jingo, but thought
It tho duty of tho government to avenge
the wrongs of any people persecuted
by n foreign power. And so tho night
wore on and the moon roso higher In
tho heavens. I heard Dud and the
colonel discuss tho work on tho farm
and Judged that tho former and two or
three negroes did It all savo in the
picking season.
There was a contradiction nbout this
strnngo household which was perplex
ing to me. Where had Miss Ellen
mastered tho piano, and why was uud.
with tho apparent education of a cul
tured gentleman, wearing Jeans and
doing tho plow work In tho fields? I
had begun to weary of conjecture
when Miss Ellen returned and offered
to show mo tho view from tho cupola.
It was a weary climb to tho top of
that old houso, but ono felt repaid on
reaching there as tho panorama un
folded Itself in tho moonlight The
moon was but n fortnight old. nnd tho
night was cloudless. Miss Ellen point
ed out to mo the field whore the nrmy
of Sherman had camped on its famous
march to tho sea, but bad not a word
of criticism to make of that great gen
eral. Sho told me of the strong young
manhood that was developing to re
generate tho land and seemed to think
the freedom of tho slnves a blessing
to both people. Sho promised to take
mo to tho negro settlement some day
and show mo how they lived. Sho
had a Sunday school there of colored
girls, "for," she said, "it is going to
bo through the mothers of the colored
raco that we will some day roach It
and elevato It to what Is good and
moral." I stood spellbound, as It were,
by her earnestness and faith, and all
my preconceived opinions began to fall
away under tho Influence of this little
brown eyed girl in n gingham gown.
That night after I retired to my
room the Instincts of the newspaper
man, which had lain dormant since ar
riving at the Pines, began to stir, and
I could not help thinking what a pic
ture this household would make If
held up before a Boston audience. But
to turn theso kindly people into an ob
ject lesson would bo tho basest In
gratitude. Yet put this idea from me
as I would, it would recur to mo during
tho night and scene after scene, with
Ellen and Bud always in the fore
ground, kept shifting themselves across
tho mental canvas, and arguo as I
would that to mako uso of this homely
life with Its poverty and pride, its dig
nified endurance of changed conditions,
as the subject of a news letter would
bo an 111 return for tho hospitality 1
had received, yet I could not put aside
the longing to pen tho picture as 1
saw it and to paint It boldly, in order
that others might see it in the same
light as it had appealed to me
Tho next morning I was up early, the
sun, In fact, being only an hour ahead
of mc Thinking It would be an ex
cellent chance to see something of the
place and study Its character more Jn
detail, for I had become deeply Inter
ested ta overything connected with the
Pines, 1 dressed hastily and started for
a brisk walk. As I was making the
half circuit of tho houso by way of ex
ploration I came upon Miss Ellen, car
rying an armful of kindling wood.
"Why, Miss Turpln," I cried, "I had
no idea of finding you up at this hour."
"You forget tho dual character 1
flay," sho laughed. "I am not early,
however, for it is late. But you are
responsible for It as you demoralized
the household last night in encourag
ing father to discuss politics. Doubtless
you saw nil his fallacies, but was kind
enough not to point them out to him."
I had been much entertained, 1 said,
though his politics appeared to be
Bomewhat mixed and his ideas wero
quito different from thoso I had expect
ed to hear him express.
"Yes," sho answered; "he Is halt
Democrat nnd half Republican, with
n dash hero nnd there of populism. 1
fear, but It makes him very nugry to
tell him so, ns ho thinks himself a
hidebound Democrat Ho can nover
forget that Heury Cloy believed in a
protectlvo tariff. 1 think, next to Gen
eral Oglethorpe, ho admires the lien
tucklan more than any of our historical
characters. But I must not allow my
self to be dragged Into political argu
ment, for 1 see you are ready to tako
up tho cudgel for Clay, no doubt, nnd
slnco you havo como bothering about
so early you must mako yourself use
fuL" Sho then showed mo the wood
pllo and told mo to bring enough to the
kitchen to last two full days.
"Miss Turpln," I said a little later
ns I entered tho kitchen with my arms
loaded down with short oak logs, "is
It really necessary for you to do this
work?"
Sbo looked with surpriso at me, and
I thought I saw a faint color como to
tho surfaco of her skin, but I could not
tell, for sho was lighting tho Ore. Sho
saw that I was earnest in my question,
and, still kneeling in front of tho stove,
sho turned her frank faco toward mo
and said:
"I would resent tho question, Mr.
Palmer, did I not know that a kind
heart prompted it Yes," sbo added;
'It Is as necessary for mo to do this
as St. JJar nud to clow, Qf .course
you must navo neara rrom your rela
tives that tho Turplns wero greatly re
duced. Tho houso is heavily mortgag
ed, nnd to meet tho interest we havo
to savo In every legitimate way. Bud
wants to hire a cook, but I will not lis
ten to blm. Father Is determined that
the moment he defaults on the Inter
est that minute bo will glvo up tho
Pines to tho owners, for such they nro
who hold the mortgage on It And, oh,
Mr. Palmer, you don't know what it
would mean to fnthcr nnd toother to
move from here now. Besides, too, wo
would bo no better oft oven worse, I
think, for we would havo no place at
all. Bud and 1 would bo glad to go
Into tho world and run our chnnccs,
but it can't bo thought of. not now."
Sho sighed and continued to make the
tire.
By degrees I found out nil there was
to bo known of tho family, for there
were no skeletons there. After the
wnr It seems that Colonel Turpln hnd
lived In a reckless sort of wuy, still
keeping up tho style of living ho bad
grown accustomed to before the
change of fortuno In the southern
planter's life It was not until Bud
hnd finished his college courso and
Miss Ellen had completed her studies
that tho real condition of tho family
becamo known. It was theso two who
"Is it really necessary for you to do
this work?"
had finally saved the plantation and
home by pledging tho Interest on the
mortgage. There was ono more child,
a boy of sixteen. Tho brother and sis
ter wero keeping him at college now
and bad planned that ho should tako
the courso in law after his academic
studies were completed. Was there
more courage in New England, I won
dered, and was It not the blood of tho
cavalier that was tolling now? She
had given mo her confidence without
restraint, for sho believed me then to
bo ono with tho Kentucky Palmers,
and I, weak creature, dared not dis
abuse her mind for fear of losing that
confidence and friendship which this
fictitious relationship bad Inspired.
"And now, Mr. Inquisitive," sho said.
'If you havo finished your catechism.
I will mix the batter and you will go
for a long walk and get an appetite for
hrpakfast"
(Continued in next Friday's paper.)
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