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' AuthbrL of "Rebecca
CHAPTER klV. '
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AITSTILIi was almost erfan
Bod by. the sudijennees ot
I VV ' tttlft cataatropha ,. he stood
i v I Jth ter, feet rooted to the
-. teartft , for. sevtj. minutes end. then
Walked Blowfly a'vmy out of sight of the
.ponae, ' Them vaa B chair teslde the
' ktfudatone under the Porter apple treel
sad'Bhe Ban Into It, croaeed her arms
tb back and, txrwlag her bead on
(them, - burst Jnto a fit of ' weeping as
Itemnestuons and mBslDhata as' It was
(Bflent, for, although' her body- fairly
jBhool$ with aobsv mo Sound escaped.
I 'xao v minutes, passed, 'perhaps an.
, hour; she did not takeouU of tune.
' The moon ,weut beMfld clouds.i the
night (row misty; and the stars faded
one by one. There would be rain to
morrow, and there was a great deal of
bay cut, so she thought ,ln a vagrant
Bort of way.;, ;:'.rv." : ' i-t'i
..IeabiW,fly.9ipstflJriimui ,in a
state of suppressed excitement and ter
ror; Mlt was ttiuarter of an hour be
' fore her father settled himself In bed,
then an age it; seemed to her before
she heard his heavy breathing. , When
she thought it Quite safe she slipped
on a print wrapper, took her shots in
her hand and crept noiselessly down
stairs, put through the kitchen and
Into the shed.. Lifting the heavy bar
j. that; held the' btg doors la plade she
..dosed them softly behind her, stepped
''lout and looked about her. In the dark-
inesq. .Her quick eye espied tn the dls
t Itance near the barn the bowed figure
ibx the chair, and she flew through the
;'rjwt grass without a thought of her
i'i Ibare foet till she reached her Ulster's
, ifilde and held her .in a close embrace.'
"My darlingf My own, .own poor
t "iaarllng!" she" cried 'sofpy,'1 the", (ears1
Jrunnlng down her cheeks "How wlckr
' ied, how unjust to serve- my. dearest
; i ftlster. so! j Don't, cry; "my, blessing,
, idon't cry! (You frightea met I'll take
.icare of you, dear. . Next time Til lnter
fere. , I'll scratch and bite, yes I'll
' strangle anybody that dares to shame
4'.you and lock you out of the, housed 1
i lyou, the dearest, 4 the patientest, the
i.ibestC ' . , t", I ,
jJ , ' WaitstHJ wiped her eyes.1 "Let us go
: farther away where we can talk.'she
kwhlspered,' - ' "t " C
! ' TWhere had we better sleep?'! Patty
' jasked; ""On the bay, I think, though
jvre shall, stifle with the, heat," fend
(Patty moved toward the barn. - '
JfNo, you must go-back to.tbe house
lat once; Patty, dear. . Father, might
; wake and -call you ; and that would
make matters worse, i It's beginning to
. drizzle or I should stay out In the air.
'jOh, I .wonder If father's mind is going
'and If this is the beginning of the end:
;Jf he Is in 'his sober , senses he could
pot be so strange, so suspicious, so
unjust", , ? M ' 1 "v
V, "He could be anything, say anything,
ido anything!'. exclaimed Patty. . 4Per
hapu be ta not responsible and perhaps
I ha it: It doesn't make much' difference
ta us. Oome along, blessed darling!'
'lilt tuok you in and' then I'll creep back
tto the aouse If you say I must I'll go
dow.u a.id make the kitchen fire tn the
moraing;, you. stay .out here and see
1 What happens; A good deal, will bap
Uten, I m .thinking, 'J father speaks to
me of youl5 X shouldn't be surprised
to see the fur flying In all directions,
I'll seize the first moment to bring
you out a , cup of coffee and we'll 'con-.',
ieolt about what to do. 1 may ten you
mow I'm ah for running awayt 8 .
. Waltstlll's first burst of 'wretched:
Inesa had sul,8ided and she had recov
ered her balance. I "I'm afraid we
imnst wait a Stte longer, Patty,"-she
jadrisedv ,"Bon't mention my name to
Ifathcr, but sea, ;how he .acts ,In ,lhe
i morning. ' He wia so wild so .unlike
'bimself, that 1 tlmost hope he toay
Iforget what he stld and sleep it off.
Yes, we must Just-wait" . 1 i4, . ,
i' "No doubt he'll ba far maimer la the
'morning If he reme.nbera.tha If he
,tJ. . you out, he facts the prospect of
V - M.ialia day coot'ed by me," said
i's what he tlibiks . he
i ' I ;j: but, i3 a matter of ft'ct,
I i 1 1 'm t'mt where yu.alep
1 l v Vcre yon eat I eat end,.
cool "
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p.fd eeiVants
' -Inning of
f W'itstlll
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ho... ; by
'-Efce'iil
of unnybrook Farm" .:
tarn chamber, she knew, and would
be there ;quietlyv, while hersfather was
feeding the horse and milking the
cows; or Derhaps she might go up in
the woods and wait until she saw him
driving away. . . -
The deacon ate' bis breakfast in b1
lence, looking and acting very much as
usual, for he was generally dumb at
meals. ,? When be left the house, how
ever, 'and climbed into tlje wagon, he
turned around and said In bis ordinary
gruff, manner,:' Bring the innCh up toH
the field yourself today. Patience. Tell
your sister . I hope she's come to ber
senses In the course of, the night
you've "got to lenrn, both of you, that
myy. sV tttist'be lw in lbH h6ue.i
Tou can fuse and you can fume if It
muses; yon any, but. 'twou't do bo
good. "Ooat encourage Walts till in
any whlnitf or blubberln. Jest tell her
to come in and go to work and TU
overlook what she done this time. And
don't you give me 'any more of your
eye snnppln' ahd Up poutln' aad head
In the nlr lmperdence!, Tou're under
age, and if you dpn't , look out you'll
get somethin' that's good for what ails
you! . Tou two girls-jest aid an' abet
eni aiiother that's what you do, aid
and abet one another an' if you carry
It any further TO find some way o
eepapatlnfyoivdo you hear?"
Patty spoke never a word nor flutter
ed n eyelash. She had a proper spirit,
hut now her heart wire cold with a
new fear, and she felt, with Waltstlll,
that her father must be obeyed and his
temper kept within bounds until God
provided them way of escape. , .
She ran out to the barn chamber and,
not finding Waitstill, looked across the
field and saw her coming through the
gpathfronj 'thSoodi; Patt; waved
ner nana ana ran-, to, meet ner sister,
joy at the mere, fact of her existence,
of. being able to set! her again and, of
hearing be dear voice' almost choking
bef iri ,ia intensity. Whem they reach
ed the lousa e ho helped her upstairs
as if she were a child, brought her cool
wateif to Vash away the dust of the
haymow,' laid ? out some clean clothes
for ber'vand flnftlly . put iter on the
lounge in the darkened sitting room.
''i "I won't let anybody' come near the
bbuse,".jshe said, ;"and yon must have!
a eup et tea ana, a gooa sieep ueiore 1
fort yourself with the thought that he
is going to overlook it this' time. Aft
er I carry up his luncheon I shall stop
at; the store and ask iOephSB to come
but on the river bank for a few min
utes. Then I shall - proceed to say
what think of him for telling father
where you went iresterday, afternoon,''
'Pph't .blame Cephas I" Waitstill re
monstrated.!, ''Can't you see Just bow
it happened? He and Uncle Bart were
sitting-lb. 'front of the' shop when . I
drove by' When father came home
nd found- thenonse empty . and, the
horse not in the stalls of course be ask-
1 4 where I was,; end Cephas probably
said he had seen me drive up Sac hip,
He had no reason" to think that there
twai any harm in.that.n';.v "'.-
,- Tf he bad any sense he mignt know
itfiat hei Bhdiuldn't' tell1; anything to fa
ther except 'what happens lathe Store,",
Patiy, Insistedii "Wera yoa frightened
out in the barn; alone last night poor
dearr, 11 ' - ;-Viiv
"I was too unhappy tft'tjhmk of fear,
and I was chiefly nervous about you,
all alone in' the hou'se with father," ,.
; "I didn't like it very, muchrmyself.
I 'buttoned my 'bedroom dooV and sat
by the window all night, shivering ahd
bristling at;the least sound. - Every
"body calls me a coward, but Tm not
Courage isnt -"not- being i frlghtenedl
Ifs not screeching . when you, are
frlghtenedy Now,rvwhat happened at
the Boyntons?", t' t '
,"Patty, Ivory's mother is -the, most
pathetic, creature " ever aw,?. And
Waitstill sat up on the sofa,' ber: long
braids of balr hanging 'over her shoul
ders, het pale face showing the traces
of hjif heavy wefplng. "I never pitted
any one so much m my whole life.
To go up that long, long lane; to Come
upqn that dreary house hidden away in
the trees; to feel the loneliness and the
silence and then to know that she is
living there like a hermit thrush la a
oroBt without' a woman to care for
nor it is heart breaking!" v-.
"How does the" house look dfead
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.. ' :o.- JBverythlnat is us neat -as wax.
f i a't 'cnizy,' Pflttyt .as' we nnJor
p' fie wor.l. Her .'mind li bo
, ! Binu-how, and it almost r
"loud ' ;ht lt at ar7 - t
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you notice ithtTt ber: eyes realTy see
nothing,, but are 'looking beyondyoft,
that :"yoi kilow there., is .anything
wrong." ' " " ' -
!s.!If she' appears so like other people,
"why don't the neighbors go to sea her
'once in awhile?" 1 .', "
U'qaUer make r her unhappy, she
,says, and Ivory, told me that he dared
not encourage any . company .- In the
bouse "for fear of exciting": her and
making her, an object of gossip ber
sides;. He knows her. ways perfectly
and that she br safe, and content with
. ber faneies when she .is alone, which
ismldom, after .a . " , , '
t "What does she J&ik about?" asked
Pattyif i;'v:- '
.- "Her hurfband mostly. She Is expect
ing him to come back dally. We knew
that berore, ot course Dut no one cap
realize t till they see her setting the
table for him and putting a, saucer of
wild strawberries by bis plate, going
about the kitchen softly, like a gentle
ghost,:.. 5. Jy '""." :
"It 'gives me the shudders said
Patty: 'I couldn't bear it If she
never f sees strangers, what in the
world did she make of you?- How did
you begin?" ;,j. : p: ,
"I tod ber I ,had known Ivory ever
since we were school children. She
was rather strange and indifferent at
first abd then she seemed to take a
fancy to me." . V-.'w' - ".1
"That s queer!" said Patty, smiling
fondly -and giving Waltsttll's hair the
hasty brush of a kiss. ' tv
"She told me she bad a girl baby,
born two or three years after Ivory,
and that she bad always thought It
died when it was a few weeks old.
Then suddenly she came closer to me"
"Oh. Waity, weren't you terrified?"
. "No, not in the least Neither would
you have been if you had been there.
She put her arms round me and all at
once I understood that the poor thing
mistook me just for a moment fer her
own daughter come back ;to Iffa, - ft
was a sudden fancy, and I don't think
it lasted, but I didn't know bow to
deal with it or contradict it. so I sim
ply tried to soothe her and let her
ease ber heart by talking to me. She
said when I left her: 'Where Is your
house? I hope It is nearl Do come
again and sit with me. Strength flows
into my weakness when "you hold my
band!' I somehow feel, Patty, that she
needs a woman friend even more than
a doctor. And now, what am I to do?
How can I forsake her, and yet here is
this new difliculty with father?"
"I shouldn't forsake her. Go there
when you can, but be more careful
about it You told father that yuu
dldu't regret what you had done', and
that when he ordered you to do un
reasonable things you should disobey
him. After all, you are not a black
slave. Father will never think of that
particular thing again, perhaps, any
more than he ever alluded to my driv:
ing to Saco with Mrs. Day after you
had told him it was necessary for one
of us to go there occasionally. He
knows that If he is too hard on us Dr.
Perry or Uncle Bart would take him
iri hand. They would have done it
long ago if we had ever given any one
even a hint of what we have to endure.
Tou will be all right because you only
want to do kind, neighborly things. I
am the one that will always have to
suffer because I can't prove that It's a
Christian duty to deceive v father and
steal off to a dance or a frolic. Yet I
might as well be a nun In a convent
for tne tun I get I want a white
book muslin dress; I want a pair "of
thin ; shoes with buckles; I want a
white 'hat,, with a ' wreath of yellow
rdses; I want a volume of Byron's
poens, and, oh, nobody knows 'nobody
but the Lord could understand how I
want a string of gold beads f ; i ' ,r
"Patty, Patty? To bear you chatter
anybody'- would imagine you thought
of nothing- but frivolities. . 1 wish, you
wouldn't do yourself such: injnsttce.
Even when nobody hears you but me,
it is wrong."
Sometimes when you think I'm talk
ing nonsense it's ' really .the : gospel
truth,? evd pattjt fna-Mt a au
splendid Character, iWaitstllV and It's
, youraelf about
me. ,'If you orouklI be disappointed."
."Go and-parboil the -beafas and. get
them into the pot Patty.' Pick up
some of the ': windfalls and ', make a
green Vpplo pie, and 111 be wltb you in
the kitchen myself before long. , I nev
er expect "to be disappointed tn you,
Patty only continually surprised and
pleased."'" , K ',
"I thought I'd "1 begin making some
soft soap' today..' said Patty mischiev
ously as she left the tobm.! if' We have
enough grease . saved up. ; We- don't
really Oaeed it yet .but it makes such
a disgusting smell that .I'd rather like
father to haw it with .his dinner. It's
not "much of V jmntshment for iouj
sleepless night" mi .' 3 ; ' "
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' At Fdrt Barawcl!
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CITIZENS OF THAT PLACE PRO
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' OCCASION.
FORT BARNWELL June 24
v Sunday was a day that will be long
remembered in this community. Early
In the morning the clouds hung low, and
a, few drops of rain came down, which
caused our people to fear that it might
be a rainy day, but it soon cleared up,
and Old Soi shown forth in all his glory.
It was a day that had been looked for
ward to as a day of profit, and pleasure
'by all and especially the Christian people
of our community, it was a gala day for
the Baptist Church of this village.
, Early in the morning people began to
come in from all directions, and by 11
o'clock quite a crowd had assembled at
the church, and had about filled it, when
the beloved pastor Rev. W . M. Huggins
went in the stand, and opened the meet
ing by singing. After which he preach
ed one of his soul stiring sermons, from
Hebrew 11-1. "Now faith is the sub
stance of things hoped for the evidence
of things not been," and he handled his
subject to the satisfaction of his large
congregation, though the weather was
very warm. After preaching every
body repaired to their homes to par
take of dinner, and at 2 o'clock every
body that wished to go down to Maple
Cypress bridge, and witness the baptis
ing were busy getting readv. and in a
short time quite a string of wagons,
buggies, carts, and some on horse hark.
were on the road going to the river, a
distance of about two miles. t
When the baptismal water was reach
ed, and teams were all secured, and th
tandidates were in readiness a hymn
was sung, after which Rev. W. M. Hug
gins, the pastor, lead off into the river
nine candidates, and administered the
ordinance of baptism to them, it was a
beautiful sight to behold, and will lone
linger in the minds of those who wit
nessed it. As soon as everything was in
readiness every body head?d for Fort
Barnwell, arriving there about 4:30
o'efixrk.
Quite a delegation from Dover came
over, among who were seven from the
Uover chun-b for baptism, and two
from our church.
At the doint of the dav at 8 o'rlork
we a(J again assembled at the church,
and enjoyed another fine sermon from
the pastor on 1 he Wining ol a Soul."
Text "He must need eo throueh Sa
maria," after which a social erecting and
hand shake among friends, and visitors.
AH went to their homes feeling that they
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PALM BEACH SUITS
We have about one dozen P.LM BEACH
SUITS lef t from our Sale, worth eight
to ten dollars, Will close out at
$5.00
and other Clothing at COST
Also Three or Four Hundred Pairs of Oxfords
at about HALF PRICE that must be
closed out QUICK.
WE ALWAYS SELL IT CHEAPER
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had done all theycould through the day
tor the good werk, and thanking God
(that as they beheve) Port Barnwell is
getting on high r ground. '
At the morning service there was two
additions to the church..
Our Sunday scl'ool ts on the upward
grade, our attendance is about 130 on
roll, and every Sunday new additions
are being made under the superimen
dencyrof our dear brother J. VV. Lane,
who is held in the highes1- esteem by not
only his School, and neighborhood, but
by the. whole riounty.
This school has some competent
teachers as can be found an. where in
this section.1 Mr. M.' D: Lane, ind Mr.
R. W. Lamb are both doing a fiVe work
as teachers in this school, and to make
it short Fort Barnwell school is to the
good all along as far as the writer cm
learn, and see.' Mrs. M. D. Lane is ar
other fine teacher, she is leading the
children in.the right way to usefulness.
Mrs. J. B. Hellen, the efficient pianist
is furnishing some fine music which
seems to be highly appreciated by not
only the church, and school, but by the
community at hrge. Sun please copy.
J. LEON WILLIAMS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
126 MIDDLE ST.
NEW BERN, : : : N. C.
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We carry a compiet ? line ,f (
Chlorides, Deodoner and
Disinfectants of A kinds,
and can provide whatever 5
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