The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1903, Page 3

‘s " 'THE SUNDAY CALL. . 3 v i z . B i« on’t the Bl thma' peopya sum enough about othn peoplo, Duter— the editor’s habit of silence, and Mr. Mar- S g °;§w¥$22g3:§: s;‘,'f::éf S:Bh eler Wiggest et ip th‘nx% sie"t © “The voung. lady fhterrupfed Aim, fouch- tin had suggested that possibly the rea- Q i Maiks ti4ef: back : poypridtene 15 i1 It’.a- -mwg .nmreu ing his arm. ‘Eook!” she sald,-“didn’t’ son Mr. Harkless was such a T the agaipst 1% .nr'o;'t: of ‘thé wooderf @ ; é " half ‘apuredi-.- 'ojir folfs are sort of used to them. 'l you see @ ehild, a little girl ahead-of us quiet ‘man was that there was by expect'-we do*gbout.all we can; thg: bads - on tie road? .1hat n,towecfibd dwer o nobedy, for him to talk to. His s awd, esca . i . | acli - Boarder fied he: Iogk affer him-hights, akd the main ‘trou- I noticed ‘ons shinute ago, buf, she's héarers did not agree, for tfie population e of {he- 'r;mwu- 3 - ¥ “Thase-iost: i med o' T . n 18 thit ave, can’t mafp him ugderstdpd © not there now,” gnawerad Briscoe. Carlow . County was a thing of 0 . h; .9u t be moy& af of themt. ' 1f ° “THhere was A child’ walking along’ the prltfe, belng greater than that of several A\ % rottd & ey e 2 {8 ALy puch . de Evbdvi):ere-m‘ltm kfl:ghe wpukl le. road just ahead, but she turned-and saw bdrde.zh\g countfes. They did agree, how- ~ » : - STEs g i - for . S3arkles 7 b atte % ¢ . ds’ coming and she disappeared ‘in the ever,’ that Harkless' quiet was not un- ( —-— £ oo o vestedl alinods off e . £, s i) X - G a .mast. curieus -way;® Mfie. seeind. 4o’ melt k/nd, whatever its cause, and that when | " T the BIT 3 3 ‘adiressink themin HIS .56 last e vay bagk Inty id into the ‘weéds side, it was.'broken it was usually broken to g e he ha . 01 2 8 -feokaeht undl f T ew 1kn'y anythl) %o from the elder bus] 5 qnsplcucm! effect. Perhaps it was be- } \ < G ho ? 2 D atedl lghting Far 5 Wi Phtt. q:h, for & * +The Judge pulled in the horsas ny the - caise he wiote so. much that he hated to § ; and: Tibbses antg Brisapes. ald _elder, bush’ * “No, ghlid here, now,” he A A- bent. figure came slowly down Schotield, 5 re -certainly ° R moved up here-frem North Car- said,” but yun re righty ther ert street,” and William hailed it cheerfully: 2 : sy 3 a, & Juét to get gway {rom wes ‘one, -just hefore -you. spoke.: The al ::nlr:ifls"fio Duld q it > Yo ses . thi 'y hne - sofné Bad nel.h?\::‘)n, vg-o;n{t sxfilmgt I‘ young cosn y.} low 4p the flelds and E‘-emnx Mr. Fisbee. ; &chufi(idfil 2 h e e lee 3 AJohnkdns—arfe’ ot: the:Siailigtis Had Killed. - there was nq hiding: place-in sigh ‘A g6od"evening, Mr. Todd,” answered ots 2 : gl E é old ALl B 4RO sens. .:But the:. “I'm very -superstitious; I am sure i “the old man, pausing. “Ah, Mr. Hark- 3 nd.; Jobngons followed :ill the , was an imj tss Sherwood sald.’ “Af les3, I was looking for you.” He had not “EE}' t6 Lhdiany to ol n ‘meking:thé ndw imp or.a very large chamelecn; she was. sesmed’ to. 'be looking for anything be- mned disidd the hptel "ai & o tlerheut, “apd they shot: Plat¢ at-his exactly: ‘the’ &olor.of the read. vOnd the-boundaries’ of ni$ own dreams, bell rmgw ool nigHe. * "She might’ nof. ptd g cabih doof. one. nighY, Hght. where: the . . A m._, “Roads imp,” -said the Judge,” Dut- he approached Harkless, tugging ner- cenribusestanos t Then the otter Iird : é i - that- Vously at some papers in his pocket. “I D, M orw - Ahe - heine, ., Yand - hive. completed my nctes for our Satur- day- edition. It was quite easy; there is ‘.good and they “case We. piight -as. .well® give, up. o n; 2 °8 vie det ‘yp; a’ still. I never set up to be ‘a match for those Fphitte » “a b y K e Tivas it J S b lnauns “an”’ the :way- to join people,.and the childrén are-as mearf as mick doing. vered and blljed aw the engin o s c AT ANT the Shawnée Proptiet.at Tinpec ame . their fatbers, add smavter’’ “Phank.you, Mr. Fisbee.” sald Harkless, ) v ¥ o * oWt DIi the. £ross:Roads, ahd ‘the CroSs- | When thé ‘buckboard had rattléid-on a. 24 e took the. manuscript.’ “Have you ders bought therh: off wth: bad -Whis~ figurs clad nmhea your paper on the earlier Chris- &’ key: Znd sewmt: -th n:.‘o?e{ to Plattville. ~,",,“'f'{f;.*.,§,“,fi"cofi ”!:',:,l‘":?m,g;p from ° tfan svmbélism? I hope the Herald may nNearly Ak, the ‘Plattvills 3 en. fere. aWAY, .the weeds,.mot ‘ten’fest from where' the e the Horor of printing it.” This was ; v i z uppET % “53“ k arrfsan, and “when oy Judgs had.drawn relir, and. continued -its form they nsed. - mr\rw Mmhn the ddon F: 1\ ‘hey 1F K ie“efght’ s 1n B acks lhqre wete ‘anly g, 2w -haif- parch down tI road- toward Pmt:vme., 1 shalk ‘e the recizient of honor. sir,” Gote i ‘an . ! g rTasn: Knd Bl dort. o ®Ney/d capering 4fi ‘the dust-and pursuing the ‘Tefurned Fisbee. ,'Your kind offer will ) ipg- b 'l. h “i i1 'the ‘Wwood batknosrd. with malfgnant gestures. till - speed my week; but 1 fear, Mr. Harkless, 7 Zmy from M - s & Sarge, - o ki .4 “pasyt -“The-ineh stabped; st . odgh: 6/ the glatter’ol the horsés. was out-of hear- .1 very.miych fear that your kindness “Indn: yag sittinh & : With artisttcal], n 0 'h<‘ hOwiit was, md. ‘started for. the ing, the cle out of sight. dlone prompts it, for:deeply as I desire 1 Roads; bt the. Cross-Hoads nzopl Something over*two Hours.later, as Mr. it, Iicanyes. truthfullv say that my es- hem 11 & an ambust’ afid no m‘ny tin wai tting things to. rights’ in S§¥ys appear to increase our circulation.” — npm,.f-dn : : 250 ¢ s “Ng " doiin, e Dh <Goads O tum, He miade. n_o0ad, troubled gesture as he == old ik (A - < - b ; thd qiher side ifd- gey,'even WIth previous to'his aepmm for the evenirnig’s opt. ohi.o “They o not. seem to read x R g the- nwresps ;a hem. thouxt\ all‘the earl} settlens lived gossip- and - clfeckers -at- the drugstore, them fere, Mr. Harkless, although Mr. ,.omw.,mu,e tgr4his toswn £y dled still *éxpecting,to keé the * hestumbled ovAr something soft; lying on - Myrtin assures me that Nio carsfully pe- ‘Hiehed” the sturn of . ha :wl;en ‘Pjatttille: would 280" dvp a . thg ‘floor’ b,mnd a couriter. The thing :Ttfes my article on;Chaldean decoration “Jifige ‘touched up' hig. colts. to sharper” off;, th » as. rose, ' gnd wouid, have evaded him, but Whensver he rearraiges his exhibition 3 s - - windows,’ and -1 bear in mind the clip- f torming. p; The editaf. did : 4 5 ‘fréed of Aallying,” he obse; 1 od . 1s; "betd- stock he’put out:his hands dnd pinfoned it and - Win hear the '«..,k 2 mare’s fo¥% nof, bedy ever & ln ‘makes wne a1t pjn& ove ¢ thé g #-raffAn dragged it t6 the show window, where the . pihg from.4 Rouén paper you showed me, :\\mfls o deep ¥as hig K 3 = th-.wwhen - Jight ,of. the fading-day - définéd his. cap, C@mmenting generously upon the scholar- Z i ‘gee-He place. ad e ¢ . #ntit way pnss«blr'. A e B ERIS * place 06, hot fo:'hotd them. ' ture. The. sapture shricked and -squirmed . ship of - ‘the Herald. But for fifteen years pit Ya“iUl things it/ by the exiga m;’ g ; E e« O, 3 2 . folks Kriow ,and foughts earnestly. Grabhed by the T have triid to fmprove the art feeling gnd the joxihakst . irh 5 the original iro ble was-abqut; “but: .shoulder.he held a iean; flerce-eyed, un- . in Plattville, and 1 may say that I have you sk @ Flaltville man, to-day, wiiet . dersized girl of: fourte@n, clad ir one.sworked hi.the face of no small discour- thitnks _qt ¢he” C: ’ B agement. - - fact'” (there was a slight ¢ ' : er Vil 1 “es:.quayer in Fisbee's voice), “I cannot re- - e v s ¥ o e somg -time ajd " teemed another.- 3 's-wers sai- Mmember that I ever received the slight- jthest Eh'\jmon‘ le . 0 7 e rals,” sme's ghi gaping wipxs t‘nou hoqdlums Sut bgen’ <oin: low, ;and hes brow was already shrewdly . est ‘word or token 6f encouragement till et gleen 4nd°w , 3 nwr(urg‘ (lrpugh w,hlch the I{igh}-glancell !gs.\o that a.1omg" tfme.° Th WOFk lined, and her. eyes ‘were as hypoc#itical YQu- ¢ame, Mr. Harkless. Since then I aféwered, Hasiless; oo iq dld has:come: nearer bringing as-they were savdge: ‘She.was very thin hdye labored with refreshed energy; still, 1ds d v wan 3 !Id sid quad of thir; aal Bl :xw &":;. then worsl evén with Sik{:n}ss- oads than anythihg: and Lttfe, but 6ld Tom's.brown face:grew I canngt olaim. that our architecture D ¥ teo—a' man that's ‘shade nearer white w-hen the ug)n fel] :gws a ch[.wnge for the xmxl.l-r, ?;nll 1 tear frén T about nsolately’ in the g E vl 16w s toibe ' upon’ her. £ngravings upon the walls of our peo- . € : s :r{’: ;u::fs" l"r 0: ¥ akel -w:b:%mbmyq & a-* dettiing 'sych s; pid ”éo?e gon{x:w'rmm} oun no Platt\ifle m . plé_exhibit mo great progress in selection. heobered #tih Fimi v «imd Wheel settlmg! {nte the myid, of ,he - beft ta*get him, ahd If-they«do sharply. . . And—I—1 wish also to say, Mr. Harkl * Herald joinys'in the, on Tdiddle of tle Toad: iihere was:always | &, trouble ‘of -an -lleg#l nature. ou Jiel ‘cried the child, “You. HeJ if:>vou -find it pecessary to make some t : w asyndart: m\:fl heret ,fh- the dryk: 4 R our Feople Wouid ‘g0 evew: thére : I 'am! Yoy leave me o;- will you “alferations In the form of my reportorial 5 §neering« frem ghln, *but I exhect: there. woul be " lookih' fer pap and you're-a lar!”-: - ~. items for Saturday’s {ssue, I shall per- raltéd ,,,,. “ .1 iy ambush,this tinie; and the pioneers < TYou crawled i her fosiesp, aftef your fectly understand, remembering your ex- _When' be: cam ))e Fele ¢ 16 “eriduih by day; Ehe :mfEght fest -easler Ni—" .. He broke off. sew mile swalk, - didn’t : Martip : planatiop- that journalism demands it. % “froin culldend¥, and nodded. fo 4 1ittIe Bld ma 2 on. 5 Gpod evening, Mr. Harkless. Good even- er her not.” 3 Mrs. - Bowlder ‘me wzard'l ¢ journalfst - Comprekendifig th: e\ _oux hoyn" .5‘3 1 - in @ buckboard, who was turni -1 “Y¥ou're d cllar,’ she screamed a . . ing, Mr. Todd.” He plodded on a few . 3 .,{ bmvsle ;- at a .. b L] antt an . .the’ road “nto’ farm lane’ vhleh &4 ‘p aid Marjin, slowly . bdces, then turned irresolutely. =3 ,: *"""“ day, “apd he ’“ e - o te a tflflr cotthge with a honeysuckle vine '80.back to Six-Cross- Roads apd tellbyour = “What is it, Fisbee?" abked Harkless. town ""]v us uj&::firxs ol el s - artl 0 g ghots : h r. “That's Mrs.. Wimby's: hys- :folks that if anything happens ¥ .- Fisbee stood for a moment, as though pay 2e. ‘;ff" » d“_w’:h " oce 3 gt i SR * bgpd ,Am hé Judge int.an undertpné, r Mr: hap about :fo speak, then he smiled faintly, < M,cufmrh us, at. the-: and , S 3 ©° 7 Miss Sherwobd _obiserved . that -*Mrs z T sHook his head and went his way. Hark- raise] the zeins and Wuked” < Mg Fovora g omr Lo husband” g.n.gr and, your father. and your: *S " 4ess stared after him, surprised. It sud- ¥ 5 T ISt She. & ° and your ‘brothers and your fousins and._ denly struck him, with a feeling of irri- pale. YQur second cousins and yqur' third Cous- tation, that if Fisbes had spoken it would ¢ A 11 ,,mk a thi whltewumt ins will never have the ‘good-1ucK to seé haye been to advise him to call at Judge Pes = 3 asi ap} : *'his: coat-was 50 -large the ‘pénitefitiary. - Reckonyou can-rgmem- Briscoe’s, He laughed impatiently at the 2 & . ffir *him that’ {he -sleeves Wére Tolled .up DEr tht message? Byt before I'let you ngton, nd, drawing his dencil and a pad ofrgm his wrists with: sevetal turnd, and, 59 t0 carry it; I Buelds you.might ds ;':4 fimm - his- pocket sproceeded to injure Hhis e, *Sor g i’ i5* e $f ;any country, it ~he “clihbed bhinfuily-to’ the ground:to hand out the paper they sent You .0VEF eyes in the waring twilight by the edi- . the loose endé of.the reind Jn He's « ntost » b, “haxe: thelr “toush. *niefghberhoi: e gate, .of he lanes it nesded.no “here with.”t torial perusal of the items his staff bad ned far.over-fh dachbdarg and E . - Xe 3e5 Roadd mpmsao N 3 o percelve, that ‘Tis s pmumer fell” ln!n- a vnwlm O!v just left in his hands. When published thwach_the on’ hew: profid the elty. pughty iy rage and struck.at him. the manuscript came under a flaring 4 - s N heéin strousers - hd been “madé ‘for.a e n " $ 3 r.of tail:ferked id{Ftamts 0f him. He fhfri{ kepps P chut- 1 pe g D arger,man, for, as bis upcertajnt m?an o f,",ln‘::n::pughll;m%om ;Tsx-:(]%emekm L o i e B g 80 i ‘ouldn’t -encourage’s¥ §oo mu!h 2 observed. Bowl- - with.me ‘this evi Sorry - ye_won't .fide’t Fé g add Psflpi Bimigelf :fo 3 ” gnted .fo_move down the Jif spirje of > 2" Bowller thrust his big head through fbm. T o “Jthe . glve themsel hotyten 5 hinsyehicle, °") REY: h‘ b ds, ‘ner no papers, et ver dam Mister - T it giraticn of wpick. Flasoitis - * behind him and contfnued e whe g s oher ,;2 ; L‘soall.v oy, S Q"‘"’g Sogt. com. kels meither, ner-you, ye tpzor-backed. mia rerise to sanction: ~Happeninge e. the.White Caps the hour,af gnder and below, or yhether Hittes B e matur h POl A hARKW ol -gavitt Pap'nl Killiye! leave me £o— i Our City.” Below S = . he'll strike *fifteen . ignutes, before: time, ACEA'YL, T rmh,.h'ut Fhgse’ lnnnbcro-nde‘h‘I ahtl)l"‘vexed " leave me go!—Pap’ll kill ye! I'll git him 0 gnajer typs, “Improvements in the oF twenty Aftéry thap—well, i, we'd aii féllows areinot ma{,\and ‘:; A 48 PR, e ¢ endeiv- i) yor” Suddenly her Struggles ceased; wond of Husiness” and bemeath that “druther ve mmsg Torgit the Janguake ¥:it P fiefl to: %)e c;xrt- @ :':ed :szg:‘:d:z Yedked ‘.":"'S:“uzd 1’;{;&;’“ bow@ het eyes gjdsed: her gense’little n;hflucleg ‘came ‘the rubric, “Also the Cradle, the " :the ". other: .callel t P etimies’ they .digiit 4 " relaxed and she drooped. toward the oor, omb."” X » .- as..{he mare stumbled. inte : ‘think Gf the" ‘%Qlk e it lépse ‘their H¢ifitries Just: o ‘pure sadly, w zih an, air of expldning that he {5."(lq man shifted lia-grip to support A;E:‘; e ;r\:::e- items was thus a trof . come eut and see 1 ve akov on; *Thitt.w Sxperinesd; ‘uettins: haystacks :gfire; and "¥4s acq ":,""?‘“ trouble, ahd:that. {he" 1er. 3ho in an ingtant>she twisted ot reaoraca: “It may be noted that the ; fe- titne ‘from the. Jedge’ : rantlon. . Moy, fon such [like; -66 :‘;‘Tfi“’;’”d Jnd -behd ved no- ‘Worsethan he ¢ 'his hands and, sprang sut-of reath.DeE new signbeard of Mr. H. Miller has : seemed - to t - ardlock’s : n ihelr.. - 3, e & eyes shining with triumph and Ve been put 13 place. We cannot but regret thought, - intenddd,- for cheré'ciq Ton tifed back & by a £%4¢ him.out S50/ mnEh "“’“eg”" of Harmicss figure AYa-hay, Mister Razor-back "ane that Mr. .Miller did not instruct the for - Bowlder sccomparifed it Wigh ‘ths ‘in-his thafeand tufnéd an‘innoghnt dye ] w) ;. & isi'than this feeble little old man could be: gayica. “How's that fet hi7 Pagll KIN Daiiter fo: confing himself to 4 simpler ! Jaughter .of, sylvan: timidity, risking “uosn'a wouth.acios: rfie table; Vot Wil : asthe. dmagined; yet his Was the distiiiction ‘of o 'gunday. You'll be screechin’ in hell In fethod of lettering.” a doke, Harkless - noéded. . without -the. liam Todd, ' 5 g i ] : the, laving receiveq a téérible visit from’his ¢ ek, an' we, 'ull sét &p ax’ A¥igk OUT Iwup, Fisbee,” murmured the editor, _spprehension of ~his ‘meaning.’and gf e ana x heat he's-# gopll Yegt® wi helt rajds.”> inelghbols. of - the CrossiRoads. 'Mrs. iplefack an’ laft” Martm pursued reproehtully, “that new signboard is farcwéll -ag Bowlcer finally Sufned déil scated. Belle: gnd--oot jdst . P v p - Wimby was & widow; who owned & com=- 120 Jumbegingly, but ghe was agllp as 3 ‘aimost - .the only improvement in ttention to the mare. . When the flop, whidt yo : ot B fortdble’ farm, §nd she had réfused” every . niey and ran dodging up’ and.{1oWn the World of Business Plattville has of Ter lioofs had glied out, this JOUr- say’ every Supday nighi he'll ‘gb’ p o' you, -are pre retty, *offer: of the nelghboring ineligible bach- (b counters and . nigeKed him “seen "this” year. I wonder how many t realizedl that the day was sifent no -Bradlock'd fand call ‘dn Afina: Belle' from Brflm i l° selors to-share it.” Hwever, a vagabond- «Gran' mammy 'npax-'roe," i - fimes we have used it from the first, ‘It onger; it was verging into evening.© - Malf-paSt : and; wh ; i o I8 (lnker. won her hearf, ahd after thelr gyo tired of 162,game afid darted aut of ig. tumored in business circles {hat " He dropped. from the fence and tirned his chais he ‘gets floar € o bads. K ‘mairiags she torflinued to be knowm:as (e dopr, fiinging back a: hoarse ldugh at .Herve Mliller contemplates’—to the ex- his face toward town apd supper, He and the rrayon portndits till aboyt-7; thbh And, he' Aid 'gdfl “Wimby"; for %o corplete. was the pim oo sheswent: He foflowed, but When ‘citing . ‘Under Way’ and. ‘Finishing feit the light ahd life atout him: Heard - he: opens - bls -trembif’ 3ips,. ard ga it \- e ibrfdekrdem’s lhsignificance that It extend- 1 reached the .stréet she Was a.mers: Touches. My poor White Knight, are the clatter of ths blackbirds above him; -Recken §thofleigs’ h)ud o -ledito Tils name; which proved aulte unfe- fnajoo fiitting. under :the cowrthouse. fiys years of training wasted on you? beard the homiing bees hum by and saw ' tothe cdurthqus& by salépn a° Tan, ‘TpEmberable; and he ‘was. usually . called - trees, He Jooked after her forebodingl¥, Sqmetimes you make me fear it. Here is the vista of whits rozd and level land-' .an’hour.later. . when' hamm rway and.. “Widder-Woman ‘Wiinby’s -Husband, or, then turned.his eyes toward the Palace, Plattvilla panting for our story of the scape, framed .on two _sides by :@:the or five, he'li:sbeak up: B e was col[‘ggg‘lhd clad fn-gar- “mOTe sfmply, #Mr. Wimby.” . ¥ide yittel. The. editor of. the. Herald” Was hanging of the sigr and you throw away branches of the grove. d vista.of in- “on he-means 8% 'Libx toward Q- ‘elqt Ipéma wirn to thes bplled the needs of his svardrobe-With “seafed under the amning, with his chalr _tne climax like that!” He began to write finitely stretching fields of green. liffed . tkey say d in big* chaiz head was cdrigusly § garments of ‘her fm' husband, asd, . tijted back against a post, gazing d rapidly, bending low ovef the pad n the here and thére ‘with woodlands and flat Ay nder Ig ey «ml?e’ efgre ):yi@ siag pangon ti? ‘other, and. thguglt Al)exlng'thls profeeding. as the cause-of iy “ the murky r cner;low h:; X,,knm_‘m, narrative was an to the. horizon line, the zillage Tying-in 3 - the buckboard -passid rapjdly, ‘at a ;thélr anger, the Cfoss-Roads raiders, cad Soniifoation ot s Mtelesting. taforme- their lap. No roll of meadow, no risé.of out ioud “ioge -aft | Wistance, “thils. singuiar’ fopsidedness: yas: 3 & broke into the farm- :.Wh,h the use of t,yh,- to bSthér Wim tion (alréady’ possessed by every inhabi- pasture land. relieved -thelr serenity -nor but in ‘her %oul she g Bray; plsinty. vistble to np ‘pecupants, . lending ; house -one night, looted it, tors:ths old with it?" old Tom ‘asked" himself. 'l tant)>that Harve: Miller Bud pui.uns Dew shouldered up from them to be called 4 and ther'Schoflelds’ hifs Tier up Yos:elght: -&wu‘]y.fl@lncancg j is. meager; yelfow -man’ {rom his bed, ‘and compelling %is onty laug He noted- thit young Wil-* gign. After'a paragraph of handsome de- niil. A second great flock: of biackbirds eén or twifty:and Awra Belle's, combany fitck.: He viag tall,.ledn, l'nm"; aHy | 5 g liam_Todd sat nedt.the editor, Whitthng& gcription, “Herve is always enterprising,” was settling down . byer. the Plattville reaches for hig hat. da; il hyfit.” He.€yed the strangers h' £ . Marun vhhckled. ‘'WilHam's gwrote the editor. *“This is-a move in the maples. As they. hung -in_the fair dome hé turned.aroung before-he” went. id then; Fher they-had-gone 0gts ‘he was near-:to turn to-night,’ he muittered. 3 right direction. Herve, keep it up.” of the sky belgw the féw: white clouds, 4 apple.hutter? bt % it uddgr,, isud laughter, A little yellow cur, that had “boys take mighty good care o % &) Tie Miancod cver The atlier Samis. medle it occurred fo Harkless that some sup- walfed.'tg 8nd -fut. :It's thé. sagre pra- Tt was: Bob J!ldfletz. the ‘W ,ot,, owed his master on,his' wanderings, was locked the'doors of ‘the. Emportum; tried o0 F* 701 e alterations here and ping god had inadveriently peppéred his' gramme evéry Sunday evening,. &nd Jim o - ‘H&fld'l'.““ fond licking the old: man% wounds, and «them and dropped tm k:y: dn his there. ‘The last two Fisbee had written custard, and now invertéd and emptied Bardlock sgys Anna Belle's.so Wdrn out his son-and- t6 privon, ang it * they deluged the ‘dog with keroseiie nd pocket. foes. The his gigantic blue- dish: upon the .earth, rly: hiréke“his hegrt that he. coNIqn’t. - ":,i\“ thiew the poom.antmal upon a bin- — zg he crossed-the squars fo the drug ° wineve ix moticeabls - in the new (and the innumerable liftle black Gots. seeming - blithe 3 t yeair. SviRar o bt they had made and danced lmumf 1t gore, where his.crohies awaited him, he s Grsmib o S to poise for & momest,: then floating ‘citement’s-Bein too m - Thehen dhey were g ane: " In Deartiest merpiment. . Sunad fo/lookr:at. the" NElire of Hhe THUL- . B e e, slowly down from the he hu £ 5 “ #r- the. open. ‘voad .8 " Miss' s & ~ The man recovered, but, flllt was’'no . ing journalist. “I hqgpe_he'll. go--Gut to Henry Tibbs Willetts an attempt at ro- A farm-bell rang in. thie distazice, - a ‘Over the. table and sufferéd the’general 3 think ¥ wtmm pailiation bt the offénse. to -the mind of the Judge's,” he said, and shook his head, . oGeo decoration which cannot fail to sad- tinkling coming small and mellow. from . snicker helpléss sjlence. Then: miare ‘freely. the hot-eyed yourig man from the Eest, sadly. “I dog't reckon Plattville's any gen the passerby:" far away, and -at the. lonesomeéness of Wwas aulet Yor aspace, brokes’ omy 52 .h'taeopu laggh he ‘sent-after. us. I had’,WHo was besleging the county authori- toe spry f9§ +that yqung man. Five'years " ijriee Sherwood of Rouen, whom Miss that sound he heeved a.long mournful ‘the click. of : knive: inst the vy heard of places- I his_before~gnd I .tics for reédress and writing brimstone Lo's be'n here. Wl it's a good thing priscoe knew at the Miss Jennings’ finish- h. The next instant he.broke into 'china and.the indoleni rustle of Cymh!s‘ defi't ‘think: T care .tb see many 6f them. and’ salipeter for.his paper. The powers for us folks, but T Buess it ain't exactly* yng gchool in New York, is a guest of laughter, for another bell rang-over thé “#y’ brush. As'l undersgand 1 ross-Roadg fs en- Ofithie county proving either lackadaisical high life for him.” .He kicked a- stick Iudge Briscoe’s household.” fields, the court-house:bell in thesquare. Town 30 still,” obséryed ihe .- firely viglons, fsn't 1t dnd:bears the same or_timorous, he ‘appegled to ‘those of the ,out of- his - way -impatiently. “Now, “naiod's ftems were written in ink: and The first four strokes were given -with ‘fially,’ 2 ation’ to the counfry ‘that t slums, sme. and then wefit every night to sléep “where'd that imp run’to?” he grumbled: y1cre was a blank space beneath the last. mechanical regularity; thé- pride jof the dessert coursé 5 » ‘to: & clty?” K a farmhousé, the owner of ‘which had The imp was lying under thé courthouse A¢ the bottom of the page something had custodian who operated- the bell being to “guests ‘were. helping thembelves . &, ¥That's about it.” They :make thelt own *"fl'"d 8 warning from. the “White- geps. “When the sound of Martin’s f00t- been scribbled in pencil. Harkless tried produce the effect of a clock-work. beil central resery town g0 stf 3 ‘and they have their: CaPs. And cne night it befell that he siips- had passed away,.she-crept cau- vainly to decipher it, but the twilight had such as he had onee heard in the court- e b , fl\:melves, “Bug they ‘Was rewarded, “for the raiders attempfed . ticusly :from her hidihg place and stole fallen too deep and the writing was too eep . an entrance. He and.the farmer and fhe ' through the ungroomed grass to the fence faint so he struck a match and held it nge farmer’s sons beat off the marauders and opposite the hotel. Here she stretched ciose to the paper. The action betokened iaid a’satisfactory amount of damage in herself flat i the weeds and took from onjy languid interest, but when he house at Rouen; but the fifth nnd gixth ¥et there's gtrokes were halting achievements,. as, e after 4 o'clock, he often lost count -1 ‘Say, pa, ain’t they no urrands T can g¢ wmeux. Mmm the strain of the effort for precise imita-- for .ve, pa? I §n._ 3 1d pou .apout . tlletr réturn. Two:of the:*'White-Caps” they underneath the tangled” masses of: her caughf sight of the first h - tion. There was a pause after the. sixth, Dpa/'—'relse, ‘Oh,.pa, ali't they no water ’will go -anywhete whep he's following a Captufed and bound, ‘and otliers they ¥éc- hair, where.it was tled with a string, a u:n:ed nf.es he sat up o:l:aiexk::u:n“l‘h?s ther a dubjous and reluctant stroke— 1 .can haul. or nothing’,;pa . covey, though mostly:thie boys lsave thi ‘ognized. ° Then the, State suthorities relled- -up, crumpled slip of. greasy PaPer. chair with an ejaculation. At the bot- seven—a longer pausé, followed_ by . a -little Rosina’ T.: say ‘Pa, part of the -country ‘wlorie when ‘re -hatkehed. to the volce' of ‘the Herald \ith this irj her fingers she lay DECFing tom of Fisbee's page was written in a fina! ring with desperate decision—eight! ;I dlways pray fer you, yia Hyniing: but-Lige got:into a thicket back. &nd 1is owner; there :wero arrests, and under the fence, her flerce-eyes fixed Un- - gainty, feminine hand, of a type he had Harkless looked at- his watch; it . was :and .pa that—you can.rely.either Chnst— of. thé forge:.one morning, and he caine <IN 'COurse of time there yas a trial. Every yinkingly .on Harkless and .the youth no¢ geen for years: nty minutes to six. * imas or show: day’s mighty-close.” -en. & crowd.of } prisorier .proved an alibf, could have sitting near him.’ e e Since. g Gusan”. b Wiatran- sailh he crossed the court.house yard to ; heap :on ihe. Eroun ‘ proved a dozen; but the edltor of the. e street -ran flat and gray in the “To talk of many things: red \ _He sald he’was sure it ‘was Herald, after virtuplly' conducting the “gowly gathering dusk, straight to the Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— a word with the bell-Finger, who, seated :marked ica dog: ran’alinost all the: Way 0 prosecution, went upon the stand and yestern' horizon where. tho sunset em- And cabbages—and kings—' " on the steps, was mopping! his brow with token of the mear approach of the eireus, swore to man after man. Eight wWent.to pers were strewn in long, dark red . Fie put the paper tu his pocket, and set an alr of hard-earned satisfection.- .. :as old 3 runk agi FFather!" ‘exclaimed hl§ daughiter, 1éan- Pfl“"""“v on his evidence, five of them gireaks; the maple trees were glean-cut Off rapidly down the village street. Good evening, Schofields’,”” he "zaid. 2 ) exclaimed Mr. Martiir ing from the back ‘séat. “Don’t tefl or .twenty ye Thé Plattville Brass ‘gijhouettes against the. pale rose; and At his departure William Todd looked “You came in strong on me last, stroke :with ent the. felier for 3 Bnnd grenaded the eauor of the Herald pear] tints of.the sky above, and a ten- UP quickly: then he got upon his feet and /) ght.” 4 'y He does 'bis -duty as.a citf- again; derness seemed to tremble in the air. quietly followed the editor. In the dusk hat we meed her resnnndou the ‘zen moré dieériminatin’ly ‘on pubile occa- - There. were no more ralds and the §ix- Harkless often vowed -to himself he 2 tattered little figure rose up from the bell-ringer, *“is more public-sperrited men. ‘sions than ary. fnan 1.ever see. here’s’ said the.Jque He granc:d at mc uta Cross-Roads men who were left’ kept to .would watch no more sunsets in.°Platt- Weeds acress the way and stole noise- 1 2in’t kickin’ on you, Mr. Harkless; 1io, !Wilkerson's' celebratiori when there's face and- chuckled. 't ‘their .hovels, appalled and shakem;. but, ville; he realized that their loveliness lessly after Willlam. He was in his shirt- sir, but we want more men like fhey got .funeral; look at -the _difference -between. fiighten her muc Yoling . time went- by -and left them un- lent a too unhappy tone to the imagininga Sleeves, his waistcoat unbuttoned and in Rouen: we want men that'll git- Main ‘it and on ‘Fourth of July:.-Why, sir, it’s lady, I don’'t believe you'd be afraid of .molested, they recovered a measure of and introspections upon which he was 100se. On the nearest corner Mr. Todd en- street paveu with block or ssphalt; men ‘as melancholy as s heatse plume, and many things; would you? You dont look thelr hardiness and began to think on thrown by:the loneliness of the environ- countered a fellow-townsman, who had that'll put in factories, mien that'll act .sympathy ain't the word ifor it when iie like it. - Bésides, the Cross-Roads'.isn't what they, should, do to the man who ment, and he considered that he had too Dbeen pacing up and down in front of a and not set round like that ole fool Martin -loeks at the remains, sir; | preacher: ttville; &nd. the ‘White-Caps. have beerl had brought misfortuhe and terror upon much time in which to think about him- cottage,’ crooning to a protestive baby and laugh and polly-wogrle and- make ‘nor undertaker eith i 1t a i 2 ) ‘except - them. For a long time he had been pub- self. For-five years his introspections had = held in his arms. He had paused in his fun of public sperrit, day in and day out. ‘and respectful. Thi tas s try to. get even wi 1 for. the. . lis] ing their threatening: letters and monotonously hurled one word at him— Vigil to stare after Harkless, I reckon I do my best for the cit .spree. Hé come in . : Lut two ‘years; ever.since it went for warnings‘in a column which he headed, ‘*‘Failure! Failure! Failure!” He thought *“Where's he bound fer, Willlam?' in- “Oh, an- -ernoon, head up, ma - They're laying for Harkless partly ‘“Humors of the Day.” the sunséts were making him morbid: quired the man with the baby. revengo and * partly. bacauu ithey ‘““Harkless don't understand the Cross- Could he have shared them, that-would “Briscoes’, "’ answered William, pursu-. di y the Roads,” Briscoe said to Miss sherwood bave been different. ing his way. they left the Wimby farm behind; - His long, melancholy face grew longer “T reckoned he would be,” commented / ecry with.-a- _|)|.rp ‘and ‘then he's like .most %of us; hardly *and more melancholy in the twilight, the other, turning to his wife, who sat s grows tirel any cf us realizes that harm's ever go- while Willlam Todd patiently whittled on the doorstep, “I reckoned so when I ing to come to us. Harkless was anxious near by. Plattville had often discussed see that lady at the lecture last night.” That's jest what Lregos, him,” lering out. returmed the bell-ringer in a tone of high complaint; “you can’t mever tell which see in a minute show's ‘comin wif it is. Look -* “im now!” Over in ro~ ~nd Wilkerson's playin’ the 7 ‘intake of breith. = o( this everlasting - Amerlm patience!