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VOL. XXXV.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909.
NO. 14
rjoUT THE "BLUES"
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WO SUBSTITUTE n
PROFESSIONAL CARDS '
ONALD GULLEY
Attorney-at- Law -
BURLINGTON, N C.
SELLABS BDILDINal'r
5. will s. wmm
, , , DENTlfeT
lahim. - - - iwray
FFICE in SIMMONS BUILPINO
bB A. LONG. J-. VLx
, LONG & LONG, v
ktomeys and Counaelors t lw
GRAHAM, N. " " i
a coos:,
' Attorney-at-Law,',.
SAHAM, - - - - .'- N. O,
Offloe Patterson Building ;
8eoond Floor. . . ,
C A. HALL, : l
IrKSNEI AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
GRAHAM, Ki O. ;."v
Office in the Bank of Alamance
Balding, up stairs. ; jj",?,
hijun iHiii, W. P. BTMVii, ). .
BiNUM & BYNTJM, r:-
ttornev -tnd Counselor at I-"W
rndlce reeularlv In the courts of Ala
Ion county. . .Aojr. I, 94 1)
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OB'T C. STRTJDWICK
Attornsy-at-Uw,' y 2 '
GREENSBORO X.'0
Practices in the courts of Ala;
lance and Guilford counties. . - "
Haw River
Land
f ! a,, a m a. .. rm
Y'i wwmj ui u uruer or ne oupenoi
artof Alamance County, Nortb Carolina.
, ... v u Fui;mu otJUD Kb LUO OUUrV UUUSO
Bfltlll fla,kAn J I J - r-.
' viu uu, lUisaiu oouucj ana outre uu
oATUKDAY, MAY 22. 1909.
fonowlnr tracts or parcels ot land, all In
-i. 7, ""'""ip. Aiamaoofl county,
rtk urollna, on the Hae tide ot.Haw
w, to-wlt: -
I. A tract adjoining the lands of X H.
UUH Jnhn A T.ll( - m . uw.
gJtiof the late Wm. T.TTrolinjter. ' .
rwi.St ."nraellately upon Haw rtTer
'52?5fJ?,,,V- ?f H- Trul'nirer. Pleas
? ' John Bker n oUer eoo-
aores, more or leas. - - , -
t jShScf "'Jo'nlnf 'irolfnwood M'fa
fJBaker, Calvin Tarpley, eord. and
Si" . " oootalnlnc 4 aorea, more
rw?S,Ttt8!to0f tan were owned by
4mLT.rlnf!r "J"1 "J death,
TmL 0g8tber but no Mo- -nasoiBale:
One-thlrd ot tto price of
Insuilmenu aeenrad by note
cSi.TuZ' '?mU'- Title rerreS
. ., lommlaslooar
Stop That Cold
hiJiSt,.lor.Pl"nocl. Tostoaaeold
fioSiaH t1" " It nm and be
uLrt-Minrlrd- To besure. Pi-
.ITy.ly "a staae-tberbraak. or
rrUTl?' eoJl--' ou'l sonly batter.
WSf.lekanlnf. Me for the
SaCaik
jyjjje. Bothlnr
!. iee iot vie
y sate too. If Ton 4m1
iBiVS!!!lU Ttm u think of
SJZTr ; alto bt. bait your
iZ3Lc.'10" yonr child. If
jee aneua w. t . . . , m
DslAl
ms
DRUa CO.
AM YOU ONE
ftL. snany tLooa
wko Iraat t
explore tksaWott-
aU.M-M
SDNSBT
M1QAZI5S
SMtitotoJ a mw
cparfnaeat. wImm
rfil worl it as
o nt witkxa tka
7 JLU; mrtnarty to
VEST. Wr (or
.. "IiOOkg don't piny n very Important
part In my work," Douglas answered
curtly. Mnndy's eonfidpnllal snickers
made lilra doubly noxious to get to a
less personal topic.
"Well, they count for a whole lot
with, us."' She nodded her head decid
edly, vMHow long you been showin' In
thle town, anyhow?"
"About a year." Douglas answered,
with something of a sigh.
i"A'yeart" she gasped. "In a burg
tike this! You must have an awful lot
of langbs in your act to keep 'em
a-comln' that long." She was wise in
the ways of professional success.
"Not many, I'm afraid." He won
dered for tho first time If this might
be the reason for his rather Indifferent
success. ? .
Do you give them the same stuff, or
have you go1- a rep?"
, 'rA rep?" he repeated in surprise.
-,"Snre, repertory, different acts en
tries, some calls 'em. Uncle Toby's got
twenty-seven entries. It mokes a hoop
of difference In the big towns where
yon have a run."
'Oh, I understand!" Douglas answer
ed In n tone of relief. "Well, I try to
say something new eoch Sunday."
'What kind of spiels do you give
'etn?'V she Inquired, with growing Interest
'I try to help my people to get on
better terms with themselves and to
forget their week day troubles." He
had never bad occasion to define his ef
forts so minutely.
"Well,- that's Jes' the same as us,"
Polly-told him, with an air of conde
scension; "only circuses draws more
people 'an churches."
'Tours does seem to be a more pop
ular form of entertainment" Douglas
answered dryly. He was beginning to
feel that there were many tricks in the
entertainment trade which he had not
mastered. And, after all, what was his
preaching but aa effort at entertain
ment? If bo failed to hold his congre
gation by what he was saying, his lis
teners grew drowsy and his sermon
fell short of Its desired effect It was
true that his position and hers had
points of similarity. She was appar
ently successful. As for himself he
could, not be sure. He knew be tried
very hard and that sometimes a tired
mother or a sad faced child looked up
at him with a smile that made the
service seem worth while.
Polly mistook the pastor's reverie for
envy, and her tender heart was quick
to find consolation for him.
i "Yoif ain't got all the worst of it"
She said. "If we tried to play a dump
like this for six months, we'd starve to
death. You certainly must give 'em a
great show," she added, surveying him
with growing Interest.
' "It doesn't make much difference
about the v show" -Douglas began.
but he-was oulckly interrupted.
. "That's right; it's Jes' the same with
a circus. One year you give 'em the
rottenest kind of a thing, an' tbey eat
it' up; the next year you hand 'em a
knwiknnf an' .it's a frost Is that
tha wav It la with a church show?"
Mneh the same." Douglas admitted.
half amusedly, half regretfully. "Very
Often when I work the hardest 1 seem
tovdn that least srood."
"I guess our troubles Is pretty much
alike,"' Polly nodded, with a motherly
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"1 - a m
" Sa, Francboo, GaL
TTeU. vou lake my Up. Dot ytm never
' A- 4. riAim!
Air of condescension, "only there ain't
. "
Tm not go aura about that, be
laughed. " . . .
- "Wen, you taae mj wf-
forward as though about to Impart
i k at Information.
.very t.,u.u.w "
-Dobi you w - ,
TlMra alat so act oa earth so aara
M arkHrfact. The rest of the bunch
has got It easy aWsKU of Jak
u. vn tha) traDSaM. TDey al-
wara set their tackle up la Jes the
war f acts.
ana Diaca. iau m -"iuTt
ao diir-reuc. their JT-
eta, a-,r
rr'7 wM
ebMc. our ww-j. -2 -
TOO UMT9 TO WW -
ST two time.
tambiy; tr s"V
Wtok, the bora Is 'J1
trs sosseauB- 'T?T7 ft
and roa alnt arrr -
!anV to end, e-P-cUDy JSf
to wO a emr
a gW. Boh-, to XBZ
a showy act on a boraawnM
can. BaAaitoa. 8b. JJSaS
atantslsbaby tttcZZ f arC"
Eba shook hac bjaa a0""'
horse an' your ground for that Now,
you gei wise to wnat I'm a-tellln' you
and don't you never go into anything
wnicti depends oq anything else."
"Thank you, Polly, I won't." Doug
las somehow felt that be was very
much indebted to her.
"I seen a church show once," Polly
said suddenly.
"You did?" Douglas asked, with new
Interest
"Yes," she answeerd, otosing her lips
and venturing no further comment.
"Did you like It?" be questioned aft
er a pause.
"Couldn't make nothln out of It X
don't care much for readln'."
"Oh, it isn't all reading," he correct
ed. "Well, the guy I saw read all of
hls'n. He got the whole thing right
out of a book."
"Oh, that was only his text," laughed
Douglas.
"Text?"
"Yes. And later be tried to interpret
to his congrega"
"Easy! Fasy!" she interrupted.
"Come agair with that, will yon?"
"He told them the meaning of what
he read."
"Well, I don't know what he told
'em, but it didn't mean anything to me.
But maybe your show la better'n bis
was," she added, trying to pacify him.
Douglas was undecided whether to
feel amused or grateful for Polly's
ever Increasing sympathy. Before he
could trust his twitching Hps to an
swer she had put another question to
him.
"Are you goln' to do a stunt while I
am here?"
"I preach every Sunday, if that's
what you mean. I preach this morning."
, "Is this Sunday?" she asked, sitting
up with renewed energy and looking
about the room as though everything
had changed color.
"Yes."
"And you got a matinee?" she ex
claimed Incredulously.
"We have services," he corrected,
gently.
"We rest up on Sundays," she said
in a tone of deep commiseration.
"Oh, I eee," be answered, feeling It
no time to enter upon another discus
sion as to the comparative advantages
of their two professions.
"What are you goln,' to spiel about
today?"
"About Buth and JtaomL"
"Buth and who?"
"Naomi," he repeated.
"Naomi," she echoed, tilting her head
from side to side as she listened to
the soft cadences of the word. "I nev
er beard that name before. It 'ud look
awful swell on a billboard, wouldn't
ltr
"Ifs a Bible name, honey," Mandy
sold, eager to get into tho conversa
tion. "Oar's a buful picture bout her.
I seed it"
"I like to look at pictures," Polly an
swered tentatively. Mandy crossed tbe
'room to fetch the large Bible with its
'steel engravings.
"We got a gtrl named Buth In our
leap of death' stunt Some of the
folks Is kinder down on 'er, but t
ain't"
She might hare told Douglas more
of her forlorn uttle
surprise. j&
"Have you got to go?" Tolly oskei1
regretfully.
"Yes, I mist, but I'll read the rest
from the church. Open the window,
Mandy I" And he passed out of the
door and quickly down the stairs.
1
CHAPTER VL
HEN John Douglas uncle of
fered to educate his nephew
for the ministry the boy was
less enthusiastic than his
mother. He did not remonstrate, how
ever, for It had been the custom ol
generations for at least one son of each
Douglas family to preach tho gospel
of Calvinism, and his father's careei
as nn architect and landscape gardener
had not left him much capital.
Douglas senior had been recognized
as an artist by tho few who under
stood his talents, but there is small
demand for the builder of picturesque
houses In tto little business towns o!
the middle west and at last he passed
ajway. leaving his son only the burden
of his financial failure and an ardent
deslro to succeed at tbe profession in
which bis father hod fared so badly
The bopeletj, defeated look on the de
parted man's face had always haunted
tbe boy, who was artist enough to fee
bis father's genius Intuitively an
eagor as children about "tboHra wings
and pictures which he showed them.
His mind bad gone beyond the parson
age front now, and he described to
them the advantage of adding an ex
tra ten feet to the church spire.
Mandy felt herself almost an artist
when she and Hasty bade the pastor
good night for she was still quivering
from the contagion of Douglas' enthu
siasm. Here, at last was a master
who could do something besides And
fault with her.
"I Jes' wan' to be on de grouo' de
firs' time dat Mars Douglas and dot
ere Deacon Strong clinches," she said
to Hasty as they locked tbe doors and
turned out the hall light "Did you
done see bis Jaw?" she whispered
"He look laughln' enough now, but
Jes' you wait till he done set dat 'ere
Jaw o' hls'n, and dor aint nobody
what's goln' ter unsot It"
-Mayne oar ami gour ter be no
cilnchln'," said Hasty, hoping for Msn-
dy's assurance to tbe contrary.
"What?" shrieked Mandy. "Wld dat
'ere sneaktn' Widow Wllloughby al
ready a-tellln' de deacons bow ter start
de new parson a-goln' proper?"
"Now, why youse always a-pickln'
on to dat 'ere widow r asked Hasty, al
ready enjoying the explosion which be
knew his defense of the widow was
sure to excite.
"I don' like no woman whafa alms
braggln' 'bout her clean floors," an
swered Mandy shortly. She turned
out the last light and tiptoed upstairs,
trying not to disturb the pastor.
" John Douglas was busy already with
pencil and paper, making notes of tbe
plans for the church and parsonage,
which he would perfect later on.
Alas, for Douglas' day dreams I It was
not many weeks before be understood
with a heavy heart that the deacons
were far too dull and uninspired to
share bis faith in beauty as an aid to
man's spiritual uplift.
"We think we've done pretty well by
this church,;' said Deacon JBtrong who
TO LEA VB TUEK." HX READ.
'ESTREAT ME HOT
LEAVE THEE,"
human enough to resent the Injustice
of bis fata.
Douglas mother bed suffered so
much because of tbe Impractical ef-
friend. but lust I forts oMier husband that she dlscour-
k. i.nA Mm. fn tha bed husaina I acred the early tendencies of tbe son
a lara-e old fashioned Bible, and Doug- toward drawing and mathematics and
" ' . . .. m uu.w - j . - Ulm tHsUishta awand
aa helped to piece ue ponuwi w
before tbe Invalid.
"See, honey, dar dey la," the old wo
man said, pointing to the picture of
Buth and Naomi.
"Them's orackwjacks. ain't tbeyr
Polly gasped, and her eyes shone with
wonder. "Wbicb one's Buthr
"Dls one," said Mandy. pointing wtth
her thumb.
"Why, they're dressed Just like oar
chariot drivers. What does It say about
em?"
-Vhn can read it foe yourself," Doug-
laTanswered gently. There was some
thing pathetic in the eagerness m um
Starved Utile mind.
"Well, I ain't much on readln' out
lood" she faltered, growing suddenly
conscious ot bar deficiencies. "Bead It
for me, win your
Certainly." And be drew bis chair
A tha bad. One strong band
aupportod the other half of the Bible
A hi. HaaA waa VCfT HeST tO bCfS SJ
bla deep, full voice rrnooiieed the sot-
amn words la wtuea bum pieu
many years before.
- Entreat me not to leave tbea, be
read, "'or to return from '0lkT
.Sr the for whither -
,0, ,nd where thou krfgest I will lodge.
Thy people shall bo my people and thy
God my God.'" , '
Ha stopped to poodar over tbe poetry
of tbe Unea.
-Kind of rrertr. .tat UV PoDy said
.amy. She felt awkward and eoav
at ined and a little overawed.
than that," Douglae aaawrad
thadaaticaJIr as the echo of assay
such rang to nla eara.
-There arer And aer eyes opoaed
wide wtth woodes.
-yea, tndeed." he replied. 17
aura and more tae raf1""
and longing to bring to It aoede of
Dgtrt and ejrrbaietC ----7 .
rd me to hear you ap.
and she feO to Btadytog Was aotomry.
-Ton would r be asked eagerly.
"U there any more to that story f
abs Mkcd, laboring bia qoaartloa.
Y Indeed." : - -
-Would ye read m Uttle saorer
gbe waa very bamble ow.
TTbere thou dsrat will I die. and
tberawffllt-b-rled. TI do
na. and more atoo. If aagnt ban
OMtli part me and tha-."
trMtr mi mat. TTaeiS waa a
finddenlr the sharp.
llaa of tbe church beO brocght Jobs
tjla. to his feet with a start 0
tried to direct bia thoughts toward
rada and Bible history. When be
went sway for bis collegiate course
she waa leas in touch with him and be
was able to steal time from bia ath
letics to devote to bis srt He spent
bis vacations in a neighboring city be
fore a drawing board In tbe office of a
distinguished architect, his father's
friend.
Douglas was not a brilliant divinity
student and be was relieved at last
when be received bia degree to theol
ogy and found hi mad f appointed to a
email church to tbe middle west
nisrtep wss very bright tbe morning
be first went up tbe path that led to
his new home, nis artistic sense was
charmed by the picturesque approach
to tbe church and parsonage. Tbe
View toward tbe tree encircled spire
waa unolietrnctcd, for the eburch bad
haaa built oo the outskirts of ue town
to allow for a growth that bad aot
matae-ialiaad. He tbrew up bis bead
and gesrd st tbe blue bOla, wtth their
background of eon, sow movusj
clouds. The smeD of the free earth,
the banting of the bod, tha formtog
of bow Mfe, set Blse thrilling with a
joy that waa very aeer to pain,
Ito topped halfway ap tbe path
and cecaadered tho advantages of a
nw front to tbe Barrow eared cot
tage, and whoa bis foot toaebed tbe
Brat step of tha rise covered porch be
waa far mora concerned about a arw
portlce) tbaa with any thought of his
faasemoa.
His speculatJons were abraptJy cut
abort by Handy, who bustled oat of
tbe doer wtth a wide smOe of welcome
m ber btacb face and aa uamtatfaiabio
ambUtoa to take bias Immediately wa
der ber motherly wtng. Bbawasamcb
,u,fr..j baeauas tbe ebureb people
bad aot atet tbe aew paator at the ata
tloa aad broagbt him to tbe boos.
Cpea taaraing that Urngtos bad pmr
poasty aroeded their eecort, prrfavrtog
tseeoaa to bis bow boaae tbe arst Unas
aieaa, aba saade up ber ardad that sew
waa going to Hko false. ..
itaady bad kmc beeaj a Bxturs to tbe
Hasty Jonas, bad coma to kaow aad
(tocaaa tbe wsskaieews ef tbe aaaay
insiai abs bad aoaas aad gooat,
tbe daamsjs aad tbe temgrttxm. bvlbi
bvdlrldaally aad eoUacOTafy. She eoa
ftoad to Hasty that aba didat 1Um
saw pareoa far aot waatJaf to acU
p wld dat ar erewd."
U tha study that aJgtit wbea abe
aad Hasty helped Doaalaa to aapack
was the"" business' head, tbe political
boss and tbe moral mentor of tbe
smaU town's affairs. ' "Just yon worry
along with tbe preacbuf, young man,
and we'll attend to the buylu' and
bulldln' opera Bona."
Douglas' mind was too active to coo-
tent itself wholly wtth the writing of
sermons and tbe routine of formal pas
toral cane. Ha was a kaea bomani
tertan so little br litis be came , to
be Interested la tbe heart stories and
disappointments of many of tbe til
lage unfortunate, aome of whom were
outside his eonareaatloa. Tbe
tally sick, tbe despondent, wbe Beaded
words of bone and courage) more tbaa
dry talks on theology, found to him
an ever ready friend and adviser, and
these came to lore and depend on
him. But be was never popular with
tha traad bound element of the
chorea.
Mandy bad ber wish about being oa
the spot tbe first Urns that tbe parson's
Jew squared itself at Deacon Strong.
Tbe deacoa bad called, at the parson
age to demand that Douglas put a stop
to the boys plsylng baseball in we en
joining tot oa Sunday. Dooaiae had
been neble to see tbe deacon's point
of view. He declared that baseball
was a healthy and harmless form of
exercise, that tbe air waa meant to be
breathed and that tbe boys who en
joyed tbe gam oa Sunday wars prla
rlpany those wbe ware kept Indoors
by work en other days. Tbe etoaa of
tbe tntervsew waa anas tlaf actory ' both
to Douglas and tbe daacoa.
"Day kinder made ate cold aa
prickly all ap aa down de back,"
Mandy said later wbea she deaerfhed
their talk to Hasty. -Dat 'Ore deacoa
den kaow nuffla bout glttla ioub
de parson." She toaawd her bead wtth
a feeling of superiority. She knew the
way. Make aim forget himself wtth a
lasts. Excite his sympathy with aome
village nadernogv.
CHAPTER TTX,
AJTDT bad secretly eajoyad tbe
commotion canoed try the B-
. Oe circa rider betog left to
the najaonage, at (rat be
es ass eg bar suborn tor a
aad later tirsnsi Polly bad
second to bar heart only to the
gbe want about bar wort
aofOy dartng tbe days af Parry's eon
raleaeenea. Tha deep, steady rcero of
the paator reading stood to the pretty
a aid an usikul waa caeapsay. She
would often cBmb the stairs to tad
tbea soma bat of rfilegn toasto aad
Isavo them IrMghtog at a anatot eonv
sasnt about ssane tnrtsttten stater sf
tbe rbnrcb whs bad happen si to tocv
ber dVsliasaia.
As spring rams on Dougie carried
Pprjydiw to tbe eutf ftrrtea J-
neath the " window' and "Mandy-flul-tered
about arranging the cushions
with motherly solicitude.
More days sllp!ed by and Polly began
j to creep through the little, soft leaved
trees at tut uncn of tbe church and to
look for the deep, blse, sweet scented
violets. When she was able Douglas
took ber with him to visit somo of the
outlying bouses of the poor. Her
woman's distinct was quick to per-'
celve many small needs In their lives
that he bod overlooked and to suggest
simple, lue::H.'uslve Joys that made
them her devoted friends.
Their evenings were divided between
making pluus for these unfortunates
and reading aloud from tbe Bible or
other books.
When Polly gained courage, Douglas
sometimes persuaded ber to read to
him, and tbe little corrections that he
made at those times soon became
notices Wo in ber manner of speech.
Bbe waa so eager, so starved for
knowledge that she drank It aa fast
as be could give It It waa during
their talks about grammar that Mandy
genesetty fen asleep In her rocker, ber
unfinished sewing still In her hip.
When a letter came from Jim and
Toby it was always shared equally by
Mandy and Hasty, Polly and the paa
tor. But at last a letter came from
Jim only, and Douglas, who was asked
to read It faltered and etopped after
tbe first tew words.
"It's no u- my tryln' to keep It from
you sny loucer. Poll," tbe letter began.
"We ain't got Toby with us no more.
He didn't bare no accident; It wasn't
that He Just seemed kinder sick an'
allin like ever since tbe nlgbt we had
to leave you behind. 1 used to get blm
warm drinks an' things an 'try to
pull htm through, but be was always
a-chlllln' on 5 a'achln'. If it wasn't one
thing it wrs another. I done all
knowed you'd 'a' wanted me to, an'
the rest of the folks waa mighty white
to him too. 1 guess tbey kinder felt
bow lonesome be was. He couldn't get
no more laughs In the show, so Barker
had to pot on another man with him.
That kinder hart him, too, I s'pose,
an' showed blm tbe way that things
was a-goin'. It was Just after that he
wrote tbe parson a-tellln' him to never
let yon com, back. He seemed to 'a'
got an Idee lu bis bead that you was
happier where you was. He wouldn't
let me tell yon Ixmt bis feelln' rocky,
'cause be thought It might, mebbe
Aa epring came on Dnuota oarrtei Pottv
douw to the (unfit garaem.
make yon come back. 'She's dlffront
from oa,' be waa alius a-sayhi. 'I
never spected to keep 'er.' "
Douglas etopped. Polly was watting,'
ber face white and drawn. He had
not told her of Toby's letter because
with It bod come a request to "say
nothln' ter the kid."
He felt that Polly was coo trolling
herself with sn effort until be should
reach the end of Jim's letter, so be
hurried on.
-The person's promise didn't get to
blm .none too quick." be read. That
seamed to be what be was wellln for.
Be give ap tbe nlgbt It come, an' I
got him a little room In a hotel after
the show an lot one of the other fel-
tere get the stun out ft town, no's I
could stay with blm up to the finish.
It corns round mornla. There wasn't
much to It-be Just seemed tired so
rwacnrul-itke. I'm glad he wrote what
be did.' be said, meanin' the parson.
She known, she atlas knows,' be whis
pered, meanin yon. Poll, an then bo
waa oa bia way. He'd already give
mo what wss saved bp for you, an
I'm seodlo' ft skmg with Ibis" A
blue money order for 9290 hod flat
tered from tbe envelope when Douglas
opened It
-I got every thing ready a Tore 1 wem
ao tbe next day. an' I went up an
saw the Stria spot oa tbe bill where
they wsa goia to stow blm. It looked
kinder nice, so tbe digger's wife said
shed put aome flowers oa It now ss'
then, Jt wa yon what made me think
a that Poll, 'ranee It seemed to me
what yon would 'a dona. Too was si
tas so daffy about Bowers, yoa aa
-I guess Ibis letter's too long for me
to be s -savin' much about the show,
but tbe teapn-deatb' girl got befa
at ween. She wasn't etrong enough
for the Job nohow. I done what 1
could for bar eejtetde tbe show, eanse
1 avowed bow yen was situs asemr1
boat ber. I guena the Vapa-dsath'S'
husband Is rote to Jump bkj Job soon,
b? be gete enough eared up. Venae alas
aa Barker eaa't hit off nc
Wo got a good deal e trouble
the a alma Is toe. Xoets er the
at aseddla Oka they eekght to, aa
Jumbo's a-carvyta a aUtea
ana around that trunk a
be aot ton fresh wtth TrUya grub the
other Bsgtr, aa the sw graffe got
the croup to that jtt foot wJ
hhfn. 1 guess youu thtoa I got the pip
tor fair tbas time, so I "a Just get oa to
atysrif now as net ttie short, ra be
wrtttn yon agta when ws btt Morgan-
-TOCU OfJl MCYVKH JIM."
Denote atld the Mfar gantry on the
sshta. has bnaf stIM resaa uoa fa. He
tooted baiptraaty at ths titles, ahmak
sa figuss to the etawlte enaJr. jTofiy
bad atade B- stored, but Ber nana nan
attpprd towir and lower, and aha now
at wry tHty bb to face to ber
bands. V he-t 1-rm langht By Tooy
asd jli.rta a falmrer.
"What "a "plucky loT they- are"
thought Douglas aa be considered these
three lonely souls, each accepting
whatever fate brought with no rebel
lion or even surprise. It was a strange
world of stoics In which these chil
dren of the amusement srens fought
and lost. They came and went like
phantoms, with as little consciousness
of their own boat Interests as of tbe
great moving powers of the world
about them. They felt no throes of
envy, no bitterness. They loved and
worked and "went their way."
Por once tbe pastor was powerless
In tbe presence of grief. Both be and
Mandy left tbe room quietly, feeling'
that Polly wished to be spared tbe
outburst of tears that a sympathetic
word might bring upon ber. Tbey al
lowed her to remain alone for a time;
then Mandy entered softly with a ten
der good nlgbt and Douglas followed
her cheerily as though nothing at an
had happened.
It was. many weeks before Polly
again became a companion to Douglas
and Mandy, but they did not intrude
upon nor grief. They waited patiently
for the time when youth should again
assert Itself and bring back their
laughing mate to them.
IfJSJ AND - - ',
ISI CROCKERY. n
II
CHAPTEB VIII.
HEN Polly understood that To
wns actually gone It seem-
to bor that she could never
laugh again. She had been too
young to reallxo the lnevltablenesa of
death when It came to ber mother,
and -now- she could scarcely bellove
that Toby would never, never come
back to her. She felt that she must
be able to drag him back; that aha
could not go on without him. She
wanted to tell blm bow grateful she
was for all his care of ber. Bbe
thought of the thousand little things
that she might have done for him. 8he
longed to recall every impatient word
to him. Ills gentle, reproachful eyes
were always haunting bor. "You must
come back, Tobyl" sbo cried. "You
must!"
It wss only when body and mind bad
worn themselves out with yearning
that a numbness at last crept over ber,
and out of this grew a gradual coo
sctousness of things about ber and a
returning sense of her obligation to
others. She tried to answer In ber
old, smiling way and to keep ber mind
upon what tbey were saying instead
of letting It wander away to the past
Douglas and Mandy were overjoyed
to sen tbe color creeping back to her
checks.
She Joined tbe pastor again In his
visits to tho poor. The women of the
town would often see them passing
and would either whisper to each
other, shrug their shoulders or lift
their eyebrows with smiling Insinua
tions, but Polly and tbe pastor were
too much absorbed in each other to
take much notice of what was going
on about them.
Tbey had not gone for their walk
today because Mandy bad needed Polly
to help make ready for tbe social to be
held In the Sunday school room to
night
Early In the afternoon Polly bad
seen Douglas shut himself up In the
study, and she was sure that he was
writing, so when tbe village children
stopped In on tbe way from school for
Mandy's new made cookies she usea
ber customary trick to get them away.
"Tag: you're ltr she' cried and tbea
dashed out the back door, pursued by
tbe laughing, screaming youngs tera,
Mandy followed the children to tbe
oorch and stood looking after them as
the mad little band scurried about tbe
back yard, darted In and out among
tbe trees, then up the side of the wood
ed hllL lust beyond tbe church.
Tbe lea res once mora were rea ana
yellow on tbo trees, bat today the ah?
was warm and tbe children were wear
lug their summer dresses. Polly's lithe
glritab figure looked, almost tan oy
comnarlson with the children about
her. She wore a plain, simple gown of
white, which Mandy hsd helped ber to
make. It bad been cut ankle length.
tar Poll was now seventeen. Her
oualnt. old fashioned manner, her sert
ous eyes aad ber trick of knotting ber
haav brown bair low on ner net-
made ber seem older.
Mandy wslted until the children had
disappeared over tbe bill, then began
bustling about, looking for the step
ladder which Hasty bad toft under tbe
vines of tbe porch. It bad been a busy
day at tbe parsonage. A serial always
meant perturhallon for Mandy. She
called Shamir to Hasty as be cams
down the path which made a short cut
to the vDlage.
no's youse back, h yorr sne
sarcastically.
fro aa ooanauao.1
Subtle Self Pre Me.
Once when Moltke beard himself
compared to Caesar, Tureeae. Marl
borough. Wellington aad others he re
marked. "No: t have bo right to raak
with such great captains, fur I bare
nrrcr commanded a retreat" which at
tbe same time conveyed a subtle com
pHment to himself.
Bismarck was eaualiy subtle wnea
be waa asked whom be thought to
have been tbe ablest plenipotentiary at
ths congress of Berlin. "1 doa't know
about the ablest," be replied, wtth a
grim smile, "but ths next sblent was
rertainly Lord Bsscsnsdild," :
Tbe old fashioned way of dosing
a weak stonwh, or stimulating
the Heart or Kidneys la all wrong;.
Dr. Sboop first pointed out this
error, i bia la way nm preoenp
tiorj Dr. Khoop'r Iteteorative
la directed entirely to the csoae of
tbeae ailments the weak inside or
controlling; nerve. It tent so
difficult, save Dr Shoop, to
strengthen a weak Stomach, Heart
or Kklnev-a, if one ffoea at it cor
rectlT. Each insfcle organ haa ito
controlling or Inside nerve. When
the nerve fail then those or
gans mast sorely falter. These
vital truths are k-adinr drojrgiaU
everywhere to dispense and reo
oauneud Dr. Shoop's Restorative.
Test it a few daja, and see! Im
provement will promptly follow.
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II I
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