Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1925, Page 20

20 INING BY SAMUEL A. DERIEUX. Copyright, 19 owell Publishing | One of a series of the vear’s best short tories. (Continued from Ye 1" in these moun. i e it believe he ain't ited fair here tonight, stand d then set down. Then all them i im to leave, all them that loin’ good, an’ that hand work here hen set down!" 1 in the camp of t very thing that did not want A moment of amazed silence, then, face white and eves blazing, he was on his feet. “I'll never submit to such a thing. Never! Never! It is unconsidered. come to town today Bill began “because I heerd of this meetin’ asked some of you to come here. only wanted you to git together never expected to show n f: went to see Capt. Duncan tc to lead. W gone on here. Then Whar was he? that everybod Withers the went to s Boyd Gone to a convention n town knew about The young folks that just come in whar was they?” Gone Of the original clique only little Mr. Crump remained. He stood by the table, his shoulders still erect—as they had not been for many years, but when he put the motion, his voice quavered: “All those in favor of retaining Brother Hopkins please rise.” A moment’s hesitation, then to a man the church rose. The members must have remembered a thousand acts of kindness and consideration, for there was no levity now on their faces. STAR, WASHINGTO. “Well, who'd a thought muttered to himself as he heard that yell. “Old Bill must 'a’ been tiitin’ the jug again!” He went to the door to make sure, and out in front he saw | not the Wild' Bill McCorkle of the old days sitting astride his horse: Instead of that, he saw Bill and his family in their wagon. “Hey, Jeff!” shouted the beared glant, “T jest stopped by to tell you to get ready for a big hunt next Mon-! day. T reckon the preacher'll be comin’ out, and we'll go up the ridge after them turkeys.” “All right,” answered Jeff, “I'll jine you,” and he went back to his bed with a smile on his face, for he knew that the preacher's friends had won || the fight. “T mought of knowed they would.” he explained to his wife, “‘when I seen how turrible Bill was worked up.” THE END. (Copyright, 1924, by The Crowell Publish- iug Compan; it,” Jeff | ] D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1925. 16th STREET HOMES Less Than $20,000 Brick and stone construction, on lots 22 feet wide, each containing four very large bedrooms, two baths and two separately built-in garages—also many other fea- tures you like to find in a modern home. Exhibit House, 3535 16th St. N.W. Artistically furnished by Baum’s Furniture House 14th and U Streets N.W. Five f throughout SAMPL Corner hardware t and rear porches. REAL ESTATE. AND ull size rocms and porches. Oak finished . Cedar closets and automatic lights. $10,950—Easy Terms E HOUSE—807 WHITTIER ST. N.W. home. Six rooms, open fireplace. Front, side Automatic hot-water heater. Corbin hroughout. Built-in garage $12,950 SAMPLE HOUSE—6640 PINEY BRANCH RD. N.W. Be sure to see our subdivision of Takoma Park All high class homes of individual appearance. Eight rooms with a new feature of dressing room and sleeping porch. Tile bath, built-in tub and shower \ 33,000 Cash and Monthly Payments \ SAMPLE HOUSE—S810 ASPEN ST. N.W. Facing a 5-acre park. Corner bungalow, 6 rooms, a.m.i Lot 60x125 trees. One block of 14th and Ga. Ave. cars $11,750—$2,000 Cash And Monthly Payments SAMPLE HOUSE—6700 4th ST. N.W. Open and Lighted Daily Until 9 P.M. CYRUS Open Daily Until 9 P. M. GARDINER & DENT, Inc. Main 4884 1409 L St. NW. A different committee from the one he was expecting called on Mr. Hop- Kins that night. With the committee went the greater part of the congre- gation, who crowded into the little vard, silver bright in the light of the moon. As the preacher and his wife, her face happy with a vast relief, shook hands, Hopkins eagerly looked for a face, and could not find it. But far up the long slopes of the moun- talns a wagon was toiling. On the front seat sat o bearded man driving. | beside him a woman with . sleeping child on her lap. and behind trotted two setter dogs. Jefl Bennet, whose cabin was on the side of the road along which that | wagon was trailing, was long since | asleep, and snoring the snore of the hardy mountaineer. But suddenly his sleep was disturbed by a lusty vell | that echoed from a mountain crag, | and then echoed faintly from another. | Wild Bill, in the exuberance of his | spirit and in his glory that his preach- | er friend had been saved from the deacon, just couldn’t restrain his| feelings, now that he was back again | ins, school party. Mebbe it pened that way. Mebbe it didn't!” | “What do you mean?" cried With-| ers, spring to his feet so suddenly that the d looked at him with | glassy eves and one of them growled. You jumped mighty Mr. Withers.” sald McCorkle man that ain't hit. I'm speakin’ now." He turned once more to the crowd ST s goin’ to take up for Mr. he _said He wouldn't I can't make a speech | It is ridiculous. It is—it is the meb rule. Mob rule in the house of God!" “The motion out of erder!” screamed Mr. Crump. But it was the steam roller that was out of order ngw. It could not run over all the people who rose, demand- | ing the vote. In vain Withers fought | for time. Years of resentment against | him as « hard driving trader. years of | | is Woodley Park 2825 Twenty-seventh Street Three - story brick dwelling containing eight spacious rooms, two large baths, with every |J| modern " convenience, colonial front porch, sleeping porches, second and third floors. smoldering indignation, mingled with at the way preachers railroaded in, then railroaded had come to a head at last he cried, T s Hopkins want me to. nohow A ripple of smiles passed over the | crowd. They were thinking of ora tions ‘on Jeff Da and on the Con tution of the United States. Bill| e\ our resignation?” saw the smiles and for just a mo : np. ment his eyes twinkled. = ‘“Mebbe I St could once,” he said, “but I can't| ‘.:J“L',:.»\Y: Y aow “I move his resignation “An; cepted,” said Jack ligion. ow about it 1s t And now it was that made a powerful chang T S BRI TS I know that afore the } through. He grabbed his hat and out and hunted with me walked down the aisle and out, his fellows in the mountains face full of scorn. He would start wilder bunch than we are now another church, a church he could the reason I come here tonight—be-| e A church that would not har- cause he's my friend, and because he | hor men with a past. Behind him made the mountains a sight better| followed Saunders and Hulsizer, and place to live in than they used to be. | 2 g0 others - Another and o vaster “They’s some folks that blames the | graam roller had preacher for associatin’ with us, but . & and then . B o e T e bt fevus| N organised damoe ANACOSTIA himself was crikticized for goin’ with racy had triumphed over oligarchy; I folks that waren’t his equals Bt e i ety 1| SHED i, U o eras ron SHANNON PLACE HOMES ALL SOLD ~ and the First Church of Mountain = 2 know no mo’ to say. But I kin make | View was prepared to stand out as a . 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