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FrU?y. J?MM> I **3 I giimiimwt mflnwtntnitmnniinmm? l! "the^B |j STRANGE BOY if ll WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE ; L 5iii fii I iTmiTii i mimii i him mum iTim h 111 ? Copyright. 1922. by thm M.tm.iUn to. THEY had Just returned from their work in the Mutual and were considering larger matters concerning their coming hike. They were Twelve. Tbtglecii and Four teen, and full of the Joy that washes Into life with the tirst full tide of vouth. At the Manual they had been making things with their hands in wood und Iran und stone. Creation seemed good to them. And they talked, making their tomorrow a kind of exalted yesterday, which Is the way of youth. An oid party of forty-five, sitting near theiu reading u ntusty book that had been off the list of best sellers for nix long* months, closed the book over Ids linger to mark the place while he listened to the charter of the boys. There was talk of n day's walk In the country; of a raft to be made at the river under the scout-naister's direction; of fishing tackle to be had at the town's store; where the host roils might te nought; wimt minnow* were worth. Some consideration whs given to thr - viirlriis grades ??f kluikl for scouting smlts. They wore good scouts of the first nnd second classes, ami much of their chatter was of cniiiji nnd field. The boys were lying on a lawn beneath t he stone \erandu railing whereon his olii foot rested. FYon. 111in lime the yourg-iters looked ?cms? | gSx IS J Epi c B.ntS ' Thcrch)-Promotingk Ifr Cheerfulness and EiH jbuasJt I BKk? J a t : I K!l ) p|o>c ^,^7"rr-1 P ?Ji?KSi2%? I ii:; "VWJSSS?* ! K?^c ' resuUin4^fj^LQ(ifl?; . &$? ,1 fccSlmaeS'i^Sl0' f HI --* .MSZrtui I H xjuir/r- - - | Exact Copy of Wrappet. c ~ Educate F Tiii? Business Training offers a >b" . Pra ctical 1'iisi ess. s'enograplur and ??: ui:h I; adiug Carolina tirm*. >:Mslrnls ; *Pt, and board very reasonable. Carol! an ?An Accre Raleigh. N. C PMPWr *rtr up as automobile* went whlr-xliuc bj and In monosyllable* checked of the makers and perhaps the owners ol i the machines, but the checking dlt! I i not stay their talk of the el orliMiv i<k I . n?orrowsv silvered and glided with ! yesterdays. "fanned!" sighed the old party "Canned boys!" he repeated. The boys looked up and. the feet disappear frcin the railing Tb'rtwn rose quickly and said as lit 1 appeared: "Yes sir. What was It. Father' I Did yet. speak?' The old party shook his head, an! the hoys stretched out again ?>n tin ' blue grass. As he ypom*d his booi ' and fumbled for his place, over tin page top he saw. coming round *h? house frmu the rear. thin, freckled barefooted youth, with long trous??r railed tip halfway to Ills knees, show Ing the tlowerec! calico I. nine. Stipend rs striped the shoulders of thI toy's coarse-checked blue-and*whlt? ] I cotton sh'.it. Tvr s11 (1 ir:t?? his righ I suspend* r was a Y^-huped stick j wound with rubber, whereon a dut i mend-shaped b-athcr piece dangle ? from two strings. ' If the marshal sees that he'll nr rest you 1" said the mar., and as tin t strange h -y grinned the <>hl part*' nsketi* "Win re have you been st lone";" The other hoys did r???t sema t? notice tlie strange hoy wl grumble* as he sat th wn beside them: "Doing my ciiores. Old Soofcy': calf like to never got her upper onof thj.s. bucket. Ami ob! v t'> hold ?i|? ??n id.*. I ili'n!; tin** o:>i?ht to make ?o:neb'<-1> hre.^h th? fli.*-- ?.:! wluie I milk. I I. t eld Sonkj 111: Jiit* ':i the rye a <! ? ? :!::. *< with tier i 11. S-i\. thoy's a iving. tful ?>i kittens In the south stall." The other huvs looked up when thf old party shifted his feet nno cr(,nr.'?|. 1 _ CASTORiA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always ry J^V *n Use VP Fnr ftvsr ? w w w Thirty Years CASTORIA tmc citrr*w? fo*f .m, new row* cmr. br Business >rt. :;nd ?nt xp n<ive r.'Ul?* to N. vrctari.il courses given. Knc'> gra?i ia: free j>? j-it nations. Kali - <?l tuiliou . ,\ lime. Write to-ia> fur cataldited SchooU* Charlotte, N. C. e Worn! THE CHEROKEE SCOUT. Ml M **Oh! These are not rvnl boys? j 1 they're canned boy5J All the otbei I Indi^tritg have left the liome for 1 the cannery?why not boy-tunklngl I - .. . 1 u.u i>ar:\ iiiivu his voice sharply. ? "Yes. sir!" cried Fourteen, rising | ngile!} and so tut lug. ] "Which one of you knows what | wood m:?\es t ! >t arrow8? Wh.vh ( one of you ever seas?Mie<l u piece "t 1 hickory oehlncl the stove over tlis w.?od l 1?x all wlr.t r f??r y<?ur !)< ?" Uo | you know what ho'.lark Is?" ' "Yes. sir." rep ed Thirteen. "It , Is a ?- -1 i.ptloti of the Frvtl h word' , hois d'arc. meaning wood of the ar?*h, 1 ai:d Is p!*ob;:h'.v an Indian tran>la- , fi n of flu* i ror.-h habitant's word !? ?-. ril??i c the Jot'-:!?. springy wood ..f ihi ;omugo, or coMinion hedge , plant." 'I'1 s* range hc-ji grinned and the old piity answered: : gv in? ! Now then, I'.ud. you t.-il o-ri about I fie ho?!;irk." I 1 * set down, and the old I ::rtv t* ok the words from the | s;lo.ys titoiith and went on: "i". i.'jk Is a I'd I if own wood and uiak< ; 1!.. host !iow y??u ever saw better tb'in hickory even. Few boys that 1 hi . w ever I: d a hodark bow, tlio'igh all of them knew thai the Ir.dims prized l o?i.irk highly. "Say. hoys" ?the man addressed him* | Self to I fie youths whose face* beamed eheruM . y o\er the rail ?"supj >ose you rould have Halie Uutli : : ?] I -'bis Fairbanks. .i:.'I the ?rreateM .* out aster in the world, ami tit" r?i! football plajvr. all rolled into ..r,e riirlit here In tin* yard?who \\ 11 -1 wait in the barn Willi you?" "What barn?" eat in preeise Tl.ir- j teen. "Well, tie* ffiirase. then"?the man correeteil himself and hurried on? "while you went into the hon*e and stole fried rakes f??r him, mm?" "Stole wliat?" fit in Twelve. "Why fii- <1 . 'h'Ui'l.n . Don't jou I ? ys ?.:t 1 nuts V I vjj {! I' fey '( / in 1 ! < I i ijife ' !- i rj i i 11LN */ rAf<'A rroi.^ $0^2. % If . 1 . ,-..tv - f i|ll | ^ ^ /1 ,r"^ ?& .v, "There Ws Ga> "Oh,' humbly returned t1 old i r.. drawing lu> breath. "1 f ??ys arc* highly sanitary- - uiely |?U ivl V*?'u |UOU?lll!j McVvi alC orngM sc-rrcl, r.or ?" "Nor sucked a grapevine* In spr r:; nor ate* rusel-iids?" "Hud." smiled the old patty. ! ':big into t!.?- blue eyes of the strange boy w?|r f ..d reminiscence wloch > the kecnot Joy of maturity, <1? \??u remember we used to g.< trailing through the w?.??d>. browsing ? T the young fresii t\\?g> like gods in the elder days?" "IVrhapa V.C rcre S""?." r?M>! ted the strange t?oy. i The old party gazed mutely for a moment across the green carpet of the lawn. ?'swori'tl softly; "porhapj we wen ?perhaps we were I" "Perhaps we were whatV" insisted Fourteen. ''What are you talking about. Father?" "Can you matte a whistle from a hickory sapling?" replied the old party, ignoring the question. "Can j yoh make n horn from the stem o: a j pumpkin leaf? Did you ever belong i WH I M&W CUL S L%J. JRPHY, NORTH CAROLINA Ing place. Why, Bud, when the old l>urn went and the garage came, I eacil timber go us one bids goodfry to an old friend. . The Very rafters were ?M?.m i ^. fliere our trapeze swung; there the rln_^ dangled on which we turned t>uz : wheels; there was our springfronrd before the hayplle In the inaucer; there we gave our shows; [here we played our first casino ai d se\ n up ami there we iearued in his|<> i> th?- great mysterie; of life, l'lie barn was the hoy's Kdcn. lie Mit-red It In the sweet Innocence ??f rlii' i" <1 and played gho-'t tl.ere and tali . l ii ti voi> ih re, and held rotii':.' luoii with the gods; and when lie left it?when the ham no longer held ldm?lis creaking doors hang' 1 on lilni. and he walked past the HaniItig sword into life, filled with the ki:ov\ !e t.;o nf good and evil I *#? a hand that went trailing single file and raked, through a rorn field, and down through the hor.---weeds ! tin- tall timber, to a swimming hole." "Ind you have feet like goats, Fa-! tin ?-V" sugg?M -d Twelve tltai-i'y. \ "Yes, hard, callous, cut. bruh-o 1. . sor". hrown. ugly and adventuring were our feet." answered the old p::My. "And those \vm* the pipes "f , l*an?those pumpkin vine ! th ? luekory whistles. Bud I Bud. yon iviuemher tl.it!" Tl strange hoy's faro beamed with (lei!ght, and Thirteen cut in: ' II??w very Interesting!" and then asl.td: "What Is a whatnot, Falher';" The old man looked his mild scorn nt t ?r:ejstlon. hut only the strung** boy saw It, and he chuckled: ' Tli y don't und'-rstan^l ' They were never .is wo were. They are I of the higher order." '1 think," i:: d the man. "wlo 11 the barn went the half g* .N went, and tl..gods appeared. The bum was' the temple "f earlier g* *ls?they who wen* : ; i. r brut? la r gods, hut half of i . Tl e harn was our real ah: 1 'i L i y 1; 1 Ml S; I, - ,i p; .,>) ly'llY. r ZZ- ? i * -J* ) & (s. $ ? *c Our >hows." The ;I:r xj< .wlttl on the close- 1 ci i .1 s\ :r?i???n hark or Ik Hv a* i; | 1'.* r.i . :i !i ; ar-i !! , t.dk droit* <1 ; flsjp of the !: . til**\ 1 - to till* I i i >,r;*r ACi^! of lmn - rach'ts, then J iT: t! o 1?" i 11;iy prehh , In wire i . a t . : into j! !:?\>t- r;.'< of I v j- i-r .it t!i*? ?n^ine 1 ?i- : t - i: <! utment. Rat ?>:; the vei inda the old parly and the >fmi !> <y \vi : l'orth <?n t1 splendors .?ni - of theiioMen A \ "An ! yet," r ;.:i. d the at range leisure to consider the universe, uii i tliese store things. all this machine* n a le pleasure atttl formal Joy?was what I IiojmmI i r. what I tonne ' for ns? -t eagerly. Tlic.v ore hs 1 would - thc 'nr^* it* tmr heaven, i They are the vNioi.g 1 saw of good hoys made perfect." ' And you." repeated the o!d party ? "y. "you. Bud- you are the dreuuis I dream!" P - ? __ j HEAPACnEeurod In J minutes by !>r. Miles' I'Ar. I'ilxa. "Quo coot a ta ? " Atdrugglsia. ! 3 T _s k jj?92 H m E2 kSSTI ,2 n-ygjjfl ? . . I "I know," said the strange boy. "I should n??t bo so wise for my age; hut living with you has kind r? wised iue beyond my years. So I ii venture to guess uiui iuum 01 our hrtivnut are behind us?when we pass forty-five.** 'You're n nuisance, boy !** laughed the old party. "Some day I'm going to discharge you tin- you?i! n w you out?get rid of you! I wouldn't keep you round but for one tiling, and?" "And that is? " "And that is because If It wasn't for you I'd die' You are the cupbearer who bring- me the oil of glad' m* "Ah. but you're n rascal. Bud! You're . i;ise:;i; a wi?o! dyed villain! How slow you w. rk before Sunday e! ol! How g you lie beiiind ilie blackberry hushes in the back garden in the shade when your hoci-a: tak.es you past this shelter! Ah. Bud. only one old man In all the world ? ver knew you and loved you?Just one old man!" The strange hoy turned nwav and pretended to he in! crested In what *'<? ; ouths were , on the grass below. "Bud. I've !? en pretty good to you? hav. ;. t I . v..u e.une back, twenty-rive years . go? Was it i 1?. t long ngo? Why, I thought It wii.' only ?" 1 ' Twonty-live years! gtud! I didn't mi-s y?'<i much for tifctf n dozen y?\ ..ltd tijBjr A?m n you did COine back I rather?" "Yts. you've spoiled me probably. 4 far as il t k the strange boy hi- in. "M a i t .'f me?and a fool, more ?-r less." "Hut. liuil. at. a t me this." said tho 1 1 party ; 1 - i.iy. "What became >? i ti those > .rs- -those beautiful \ear> i % ::'.!iWhere did you go : ti I why did >?< ; go?"* Tito strange b??y stood still and h ed at the ground, "Iyou viaut to know, lo.nest? honest:" nskfil :i.,? strange boy. (irutitinrng hi- tir.g ts ou the cool , St- \ Ib.nest to God. Ihid!" "Won't you ever to ! her?" "Who?* lie followed the strange lu-.'s o\os t"\v;st" i tl house. and ' i.e old party wont <>n wit it his oath: "Ih>r.< t to < h d. Ibid Hope to die' Hope J., he any name you call me? cross toy heart, and hope to drop dead'. "Well? Aw. I'm goln' to do !t!" "Ah. yes! Come on! Why <M you lra\e me ssuddonly. and onl;come back in niy dr.: 7 I'omcl. Itial! T? II ti fe lor n. thing. Ibid! The hoy limited at the oi?en door of t: He stopped to tliKj oM party. Aw well. It - not. hi" much? onl> ml:o?her in there-that used to li\. acrotis the alley. Well, v-u It now j istH* well as I. Aw. I ain't a g >:n" to toil 1" The M part'. ! -l gently into tl*f b v's shame colored fare i' :r* >: I through the fn kles. hut he tr. I to SJ:iiIe. m, I'm!; I'll remernh r." "\\. v ..i: r : 1. r i hat night sl.f \?.i- m.i: il.n. hy the felt re that June evening when we ratue fr mi I'illlkeu s party? Will, dog gone It. and killed me?killed uie as dead : > a nit. I toll >"U She did? she Is In the home she who has been In the house all these yearsshe kh.e.i me, 1 tell you!" "How ? Why. Ixw. Had?" exelnlr the oM party under his breath, a.so hhhhm -Willi that?that?! Ob, you know ?with that first awful Icissl" h?1 see I" rei .1 tne man. "Am! KO she " "Yes." Interrupt 1 the strange boy. She turned me into a dream and you into a 1 .n?and w parted." As the ! ->k fell to tltO floor the Old party cried: "Sou! Son. low about: that music? Isn't it time for ;.r practicing?" ".I* -1 .1 mi:o, r. : ... !" < alled ha. k Fourieen. "l't .ay i 4 a new kind of Kirsiiift ??*? i.:i arr(?.r piutc bottom.1 for war!" Aid the young man saw \ islons. The old parry >: iled sadly and sighed as he saw the Strange hoy l^raggiPg^Mmscfelowly ron 11 d the corner to flush his evening chores, limpJr. heavily as he went, and whispered : And the old men dream dreams!" Px. Miles' Palu Pills stop noudacho. Start theLc * - i r.;*s the time to start yc and i ".- sited hens to laying-J *1 > . crr^. Moulting rut ; i.-Tars :t of ge~r. Co a ? cm.;.: crpr.ns with the o! Dr. Hess PAN-A t M Tt puts the egg organs to w i j I- starts the feed the egg w V . Tt gives red combs and red ' Tt ! rings "tb"* corn- and I P'.i.-a-co-a gives bens pep ai ard- ?. . t That a what jj RICHARD 1 We luva a right-*iza pIARRHffiA . FOR THE RELIEF OF Pain in the Stomach and D ? . l~- I *: r ? Iuuwcia, iiiioiinai uamp i Colic. Diarrhoea j - sold everywhere - | LOST Satunl; y nijjht Waldemnr Chain and Lc-kct. Finder return to \\ * rn Union and ??ft reward. NOTICE?Htvi- some c'jod work stock, mules, maic?, and horses. Will sell cheap or would trade for a good one-ten Ford truck. FRANK d. dickey. THE imi'koyei) " ASl'IRIM TABLET L\x'o Aspirin Aspirin la pr^??crit>ed hy rhyBlrlana i\tore a than any "'.her dr i: It i ? 8u:< i and quickest re I iroia ' n '-:-tion. r ain and , . TlN?;i.l s i.AXt?-ASI'I KIM lv the i c\v ?.-Ict tii'i- 3 spirln tablet. I* is j;? ally la:, atlvo. cl.ausln* t'o t : torn of i?'-lv ?na whi- h am t>l ten tl?t, tausq of pain. *~>oea i t cauaiCl- trtb'trn ??r ! t --n :us ordlnaryl^asplrl doe*. Inuks up a '('"Mr-remn ? tha i. . ! und relieves tho p.iii of rheumatism. neurltus and lutnl-.mo. Itrmps almost Instant reI..-' In hc.ulaoho and neuralgia, A 1. your ?! ncrist for TIN*??t.r.'S I. A No- ASP lit IN In the three joint box. or mailed po?tpaM t.?r 2; Thorapeulio Hesear< u l~tboratorie*, WubUlglttlit L> # Catarrh Cc~ ict Be Cured.* W- I.' \1. .M'l 1. ATIiINS, as they cut.: t i .? !i t .e .eat >: tin disease. Culutrh us a 1< ? ?.bei. . k:eatly itiriufi-ed b. wr.ai tomiiliona. and in order to . e > must take an int-rr.al r.mcdy, *l.;12a Catarrh Medline is taker internally and ro ta thru the blood ll, r - s'.rf.o'es of i a ..VOPI1 I ! , M ...I r... . . ? crer ihe J 1 y one t. - hyss in this country ' : > It ? "i..f ?< ! : of ! :: ? ! -( icn;'-s Ui w n. totnhincd with gotv.c o ttio best 1 | uriflers The perfect ecm-jbiustion "f the Jngrr ' er.to l.t llil r <atarrh :.! * :1t nc is What prmlt:- < .: ; (:. . v.'OW'; rfut tes'imnntal11 free. . t\ .1 r-l :.NF.V & CO.. Piv(>a.. Toledo. O. ' A I! r>rt:^r5Et8. T.'c Halt's ) .;r 'V * > f Wanted FIFTY MEN FOR LUMBER CAMP, ?M!LL CREW ?TIMBER CREW ?GRADE CREW l FLUMING CREW Pays from $2.25 to $3.00 per day. No labor troubles, good camps and ?f 75cents oer day. 1. Noyes Land & Lumber Co. OLD FORT NORTH CAROLINA music i the egg* come . _ pachage for every flock II ^ KnnHnMHM | | ill tH?991
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