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, 'f".. !- Iff. I--' . r HE ALAMANCE GLEANER. - - VOL. XXXV. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909. NO. 14 rjoUT THE "BLUES" I What is nww t occasioned by actual exist- i stern" conuiuvu, - Lforitv of cases by a disorder. I . v. 7:o It IVPP ' ' m,,Z IC A.. ftl.l - . -V- which may beertoastrue . fc.a aI ted oy uyiny irtt's Pills rtrol and regulate the UVER. Lhrfnff hone and bouyancy to the G They bring health and elastic- totnepuuy -v . 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) Y3 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 ecu BY PJARJiARET PJAYO COPYRIGHT. 1 90S, BY DODD. MEAD AND COMPANY lilt- i j "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;. 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