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SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY_ o?-.*,?., bv j..h? r Nc. By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS ? \.- mil \,'ii arc fifty year? !>?? Ill Id ?-very ?it her rt-aprctt" Il l I \VI S FROM A LECTURER'S NOTKBOOl I- ahoul the ? ounti \. and esjui ?ally in 111 ive been impressed with the wisdom . in t)w ;. W istei - delightful st< >n , ? . who w i ? an ther man applied ai to him leveled a revolver in ill : i all me that. sa] i A motilen ? ful or difli, ni: by the manne and the wai leepened : nncr of ; ivise. Son I have i r fell quite so t',,i : New l-?ngland h s ",<. and 1 rn man ?>r woman t? itality of tin les. It is only ? ? ? " Lu d of Rn ?' c de* ? li ,'?? . . s ?:* of reckless trti? ulenee ? vill Lc wise ;,, as. ribe solely 1913 there was ;i i? in the Soi:-':, rn t? niton , ?? . which involved the . r. ? State in the ?<?. lion exi epl Vi '. ? : ?.!? ? ? M. v, an all c\ i mln-r, an ! \ t ry little trip thai ?wed very . li arly the 1*1 y admin* : kind of pc uliarly rasping re* pickling itself in a mixture < f equal over fancied wrongs, i - Hsj-k nscd in certain of . >ur l>y !i, ensed ?lrugst. ?;?.- and > at ill blai k tKitlles, se? reted in . v.c.ip, ,n- ,vl i. h indeed . :. the term "hipped" ivc of the ailment ol ? , \a. tly mi II tion of the i ? n , : glow it may imjiart to his i ounti-nan? c. f~\ ? ??:. I ? und i ysclf on my way from Xatchi* iana, a lovely survival of a : ? i i will c\ i-r ? '. ? ? ? ? . :-nn- coloring. I ing i ar enjoying ! am glad to say ? -, mu . I do no! even know . or, if he w? re, ! I my I ? ? ? in 1 .? .:? ? l a toi. i *?? a > -" in ? ? ? . . live of thai ruinously extravagant disca? known as "treating " I may L. doinj; the man an injustice, but I am none I he 1. is i ly? ing to ?ketch him as I saw him. He had the manner and manners of I lie solitary reveler, an,! the generall) "oily," Lut not suave, qualit) ..t' Ins makeup continued my imprcs sion 'hat any love of lempcraiicc he inij-li! manifest was purely academic, or, as one of our leading tatemen might put it, "Inrgcl) |isycholo|?ical." iK-sirousof starting things alonj- pica anil) after my intm In, litm I ? the Judge, I remarked upon the marvelous uity o? tin- i mm In. *'l!\ i -r\ ? .?m:- is Li .hi' il'ulls -Ton ?il n till here," 1 ?ai !. "Il i a |m itive |>leasure !?? look oail on Ihosv lovel) fields." "(?kul you like'cm," laial the judge, helpiii tu a g? nenuis mi lUthful '-t' ti il?aii ?-. "Well, y?>u ????," -an! I. "I come from Maim . I ' ;< . and I am particularh fond iaf the pring, ami w? ntil late. I gue *," I added, "lliat tl wi .m ?ib ul a month and a half lu*l in 1 y??ti l> ?1 i?"?l here." "\-, .," .u.l he explosiv? ly, "ai?/</, by ' ' ? un i ex-fry ilhei j. I Il was a kimlly an ! la? I ful n-i id ml I ?a dub ly, I shmilil ivr U-11 r, ami w??uld have hivii im line?! : i enl r u|h.ii a ral Stati-s; 1 i wa ? a trui I III I I ! 1 ? I little in the wa\ of a I to ? any il??- liscus-ion furlhei I le, finished my cigar in ?ilencc, and return?*?! to mj eat in til? chair car, convinced that in whatever lii m i lu Judge was really an exjierl law, i?r whatii'it he at least knew how to pul a nark in a iKattlc, and jam il in so light that nothing A> 1 ? ? "f my journey in thai ?hair car my mind reverted to another incident that ha?l m curro1 t? ?arlier. The inviting tau es wer? ?' I noticed the old fellow limping anxiously about." ?mular; Lut tin- '?fly of tin- u-t.md p.ut was a ver; ?lifferent mrt ol individual. The Judge was said to L in,, 1? ions, the owner of mans acres of (.rule iugai land, and had, or ?? I was informell, a professional in conn- of fifteen thousand dollar, a year. One would think lie muid have afforded to Le genial under >u< condition The other was a man lient and broken un.l.-r the ?tress ol his years and his trial-, comin-* home, a!t,r a T i f ? tune . ,f failure, to pa ?- hi ? remain i 11 ? days, manifestly i, w in nuntlier, amid the ... m ..i hi youth. What few locks wen* left him wen* gray, an he lun|ii.,| painfully when he walked. He hail -en*. on the Confederate side during the war, and till cai lied with him the c\ ?den? es ol ?a? rili? c. I met 1 lit 11 ,,ii tin railwa) platform al a litlle inn. limi t.,wn in Sont li.-it i Tennessee. I was en route to a college town in Up|Ni Mi ?issip-ii, We had had a lone and liilious wait upon the fast tleeaying tatioti pial form, ho|iing almost against hop,- that at least '\.i\ In 1,.1-c yestenlay's train would come along and pi? V. u up, what? v.T might I te the fate of I he i'iecial combina lion of wheezy engin? and print* halted cars due thai ?ng. A . I m i \ mi .K |i.i, ii| tin drugging hoin away I in,, iced this oh I t'. How limiting anxiously almiit, making ovi*r and over again ,,l evcrylmdy he nu-l -.mi.- inquiry as !.. tin- probable arrival or nonarri' Main: and now and then he Would hobble wil dillicultv over to a ?nail '?p Imx, with a lattiil In . which Hood m ? ou! i.le the Laggage r,,.,m. in whi< there iva i" pri.,ni-I a |.r, ?hi wring, and I faiii ry, lil '!,- i ,\ terrier, ? hinin-- to In let out. "Never 11 no i. It, lib) ," the old man Woiil I l.-lttiil top of the IhiX. ""ram'' ich I. ?lger u. iw . VV? 'Il Le home -mm.' The kindly al lit tide of the old man ' happy little animal touched me mon deeply than his ,.\\u |i,,\,r". stricken condition, and ??. yielding fri. udly inipul , . I '? ?? -I L; hin foi a in. >uii ul au< '. ;p ?'., tu : im, "It' ,i ;. >ng wait." aid I. "i ?I . w,|l." he said i In iT?ulIy, 'traighl? nil up itillly, "il ' ? o ni ar the end I ain't if. I Leen wait in' for this, Brot In r." ? |-*i ???? y year ?'" I re|>cated. "Yes, Stth." h, reiili.il, "foht) lonj- veahs, 1 ain'l Le n home ?i i ?? the eend 'o the wall, Suh. Ai ' now I'm . omin' lia. !., an' I re? kon after I git t ain't a ?.?wine to K- but ?me mi?' journey, Suh, Ufo' 1 igh." "You m. an " I L, ..an. "I'm , omin' home lo di. , Suh," hi ?id, "Not I'm a gwine to In-?n an) hurn iodo it," h? added, will a winning smile, "but I'm tiahei] o' Wanderin', an' left ,,' my lime hyah, Suh. 'II |?ss mo' plea - antlv ba. k among the ?>ld ? ne ." I en !' a?. "ted to cover up nn emotionsb\ ?.Ha r ing the old man a ligar. "I 'hank you, Suh.'" h.- said, taking it. "I'm ?cry fond "i a .? .:?.ar, though I don't . r '?m any t.i ?. ? Suh. Are sun a I n s.ir man, Suh?" "No." aid I. "I Maine. That's t ? i ! way t'p .111 lnii ." Ami then it ? aim . I" laid fill ? ga .? a gr? al i hu< kli . an '. :.i' I < ml ; i '.m ! an i ? :.:? d me I ?? Itll . "I want liaml, Sul ." In ? m i i ?: lialii ' . "/ he last time I \! i hi man, Suh, nuts durin' Ihi .... iiu' I .v.:? thusin' him th a :,nn. II, nun ii darned ?iwd ruinar; hut I keif bed him, 'in' I'm ??lad I did, fo' hi- was ii diimn In tier filler ///?/// lie was a runner!" I must > nniess -lia: when lut? r m the i\av I ?aw the ola| gentleman gel off the train in the midst >l a welcoming mi 11 ! . with ' : batti :??! old s'il' a ? in oil?? hand, and the slatted box i I other, all hi i art lily p ? . i??ns. I glad to f? wav? ! a tei ble but ? ??m t? adieu dnw out I i