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One
night
Johnny
propounded
to
Rosine
a
question
that
is
considered
of
much
importance
by
the
young
of
the
human
species
.
The
accessories
were
all
there
--
moonlight
,
oleanders
,
magnolias
,
the
mock-bird
's
song
.
Whether
or
no
the
shadow
of
Pinkney
Dawson
,
the
prosperous
young
farmer
,
came
between
them
on
that
occasion
is
not
known
;
but
Rosine
's
answer
was
unfavourable
.
Mr.
John
De
Graffenreid
Atwood
bowed
till
his
hat
touched
the
lawn
grass
,
and
went
away
with
his
head
high
,
but
with
a
sore
wound
in
his
pedigree
and
heart
.
A
Hemstetter
refuse
an
Atwood
!
Zounds
!
Among
other
accidents
of
that
year
was
a
Democratic
president
.
Judge
Atwood
was
a
warhorse
of
Democracy
.
Johnny
persuaded
him
to
set
the
wheels
moving
for
some
foreign
appointment
.
He
would
go
away
--
away
.
Perhaps
in
years
to
come
Rosine
would
think
how
true
,
how
faithful
his
love
had
been
,
and
would
drop
a
tear
--
maybe
in
the
cream
she
would
be
skimming
for
Pink
Dawson
's
breakfast
.
The
wheels
of
politics
revolved
;
and
Johnny
was
appointed
consul
to
Coralio
.
Just
before
leaving
he
dropped
in
at
Hemstetter
's
to
say
good-bye
.
There
was
a
queer
,
pinkish
look
about
Rosine
's
eyes
;
and
had
the
two
been
alone
,
the
United
States
might
have
had
to
cast
about
for
another
consul
.
But
Pink
Dawson
was
there
,
of
course
,
talking
about
his
400-acre
orchard
,
and
the
three-mile
alfalfa
tract
,
and
the
200-acre
pasture
.
So
Johnny
shook
hands
with
Rosine
as
coolly
as
if
he
were
only
going
to
run
up
to
Montgomery
for
a
couple
of
days
.
They
had
the
royal
manner
when
they
chose
,
those
Atwoods
.
"
If
you
happen
to
strike
anything
in
the
way
of
a
good
investment
down
there
,
Johnny
,
"
said
Pink
Dawson
,
"
just
let
me
know
,
will
you
?
I
reckon
I
could
lay
my
hands
on
a
few
extra
thousands
'
most
any
time
for
a
profitable
deal
.
"
"
Certainly
,
Pink
,
"
said
Johnny
,
pleasantly
.
"
If
I
strike
anything
of
the
sort
I
'll
let
you
in
with
pleasure
.
"
So
Johnny
went
down
to
Mobile
and
took
a
fruit
steamer
for
the
coast
of
Anchuria
.
When
the
new
consul
arrived
in
Coralio
the
strangeness
of
the
scenes
diverted
him
much
.
He
was
only
twenty-two
;
and
the
grief
of
youth
is
not
worn
like
a
garment
as
it
is
by
older
men
.
It
has
its
seasons
when
it
reigns
;
and
then
it
is
unseated
for
a
time
by
the
assertion
of
the
keen
senses
.
Billy
Keogh
and
Johnny
seemed
to
conceive
a
mutual
friendship
at
once
.
Keogh
took
the
new
consul
about
town
and
presented
him
to
the
handful
of
Americans
and
the
smaller
number
of
French
and
Germans
who
made
up
the
"
foreign
"
contingent
.
And
then
,
of
course
,
he
had
to
be
more
formally
introduced
to
the
native
officials
,
and
have
his
credentials
transmitted
through
an
interpreter
.
There
was
something
about
the
young
Southerner
that
the
sophisticated
Keogh
liked
.
His
manner
was
simple
almost
to
boyishness
;
but
he
possessed
the
cool
carelessness
of
a
man
of
far
greater
age
and
experience
.
Neither
uniforms
nor
titles
,
red
tape
nor
foreign
languages
,
mountains
nor
sea
weighed
upon
his
spirits
.
He
was
heir
to
all
the
ages
,
an
Atwood
,
of
Dalesburg
;
and
you
might
know
every
thought
conceived
in
his
bosom
.
