The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1903, Page 5

THL FUNDAY CALL* P i 3o I LI ve some W un away, as she had And the sorg Wilker ing s 10 start and fafl back frem ii S VR b e e e B mug | un- 1 editl oG, with i 1 from him the frst {ime she had ever the one song cvery Nortk 1 Ameri- but that was what Harkle had summoncd his philosont him now. but I H. Figbe: mizht tern oui secu him. Then, as now, he came m can knaws aad can sivz leaer of Vhat's the mutter, Mr. Harkless?” courage in his interview with i told you, ra- 2 1 more hone an yvou think pl. hailed Ly the plaudits of fei- the band caught ihe so signaled 1o cried Ross, hurrying forward, fear'ns the way t T vl il of his Maiiiens Thrbr TN R AR R and now. us on that long departed his men; twenty Instruments rose as one that the other had begn suddenly re- uld ta = vus time Meredith f Ler younz girihood, he was borne to twenty mouths: the sharc drum rat- seized by illness. . J e tite of Nirh over the h s of the people, r tled. the hig drum crasghed, the leader “What are those?’ asked Harkless before him, and wit el e “He A Minnie cried to her to look; they were lifted his baton high over his head and with a gesture of his han! which seemed expression as he had seen upon her face. | th g a fai sl n ing him on their shoulders to his musi burst forth from tweniy brazen (o include the entire room. Jt was too real. It made his eye e [ s re She had had only that brief throats: “These!” repeated Ress, staring for the sight of her with x . s i tha i of him before he was lost in the i R Plank: o S o T wite . be Ve . B t was so glad to get him back .. n1apeousty the whole procession be- e rosettes—these streamers—that he saw here. far ahead of them on the work Mi p el : abeid gy 0 proud of him; but she had 2 B g Tl efrain, and the people StoVepipe—all this blue ribbon.” road, two figures standing in front of the nothing e . gy at he locked very white and AU 0 SOE T AE 086 i the wagons Ross turned pale. “Ribbon?’ he said, brick house. Ore:was unmistakable at t time in my i ba ' ss ths wouid ha ever and carriages, and those leaning from InQuiringly. “Ribbon?" He seemed un- any distance. It ARt ot ofd Pidbee,. miysait. Nfide an ¥ g oL ed It three e and Tom Meredith made thejr 304 CAFFEEET 10 L) ane accord, the able to perceive the decorations referred and the other was a girl's; a light, small “What gratitude AR R . - sns i bt b g e il y e A i ells ht the time of the song, 19 ure out a hat. z west What gratitude? For what you did for % % ringing belis caught the time of the song, : \ v - » o Behbasd, o callea™ o the upper air reverberated in the 'Yes,” answered John; “these rosettes ern s it on a liead that shone with my father a to Wille at the o S a on the chairs, that band 4 gold. Harkles ut his hand over his eyes I have oni; your father once in e ; v Geads. “You go get into line with T0i Wy, o Clup of Carlow wheeled _ “Obi” Ross exclalmed. a He with a vain that was lice the taste of my Jife—at tabie at the danee sup- ' v Amidst a thousaix : they want you. We'll go down ¢ M8 o o et, 200 strong, with their fiDgered the band on the stovepipe as if hemlock in nectar per. that Cro . lamations from Harkiéss street t the parade.” he ex- (W8 TS ST enarencies. Lige Wil. he saw it for the first time. “Yes: I see.” “Sun in your eve ked Keuting, “Listen er is a gentle old man . was a redith 1o meel evers one Diained to the ladies, gatheling the reins PAWNCES atd (reneRrine to o im | “But what are they for?" asked Hark- lifting his hat so as to shicld the other's with wh Ralic it Mt shea Yo e & cwar ame to a pause in us eand, 4 - cay?e Strode you William Todd and Parker touching cne of the sireamers cu- face. ny uncle, that night; he has bee fonate : . i Did vou tell him about Mr. Halloway®" 5% 0 s . ofeld and Homer Tibbs and “Yes. 10 me 0d & ke e I was seven year sa wer o you h music e asked ah ed Helen, forward lousty s hriley Bowider: ands oven &-Bud [Tl 's—it's likely meant for deco- When he logked again bath figures w old ! he gave his name law v s v Or is he riythm of the .~ “Warren told hinf before we left the Ol F, 57 T oce in the ranks through Tations.” gone. He made up his mind that I lived with him. My father came to see . o2 newited. Pyischs fe'd have de- o onnection with the lerald. They _J0hn picked vp the ink-well, staring in would think of the only other per: me once a year: I never came 1o see him o ned on the spot. 1 expect. it we hadnt 8 - CORCCUOn W E #d Y omplete amazement at the hard knot of could absorb his attention least He slways 6ld me everythine. was ‘well were all singing " s 1 gy sty him sure it was ail right with And. behind them. Helen saw the flag 'ib®on with which It was garnished. time: very soon h and face to with m; that wa Onee 3 s e o 6. ey seci e here £0) p = b and hie the a minute ¢ e R a vt ihe aLAthEtiteihes Lda hey secm to have been here some face with the six feet of brawn ar ad left-to him . > inderstood at Mr. Smith was ©“9Ve : 7 : P ligence anc »d " wo or y of m - . Hahd: bantt It 1derstood wha E Aid0e hims Bat Johh Harklesiowith Mieheni e ligence and manhood that wa un, v 1y of making his He Halloway must have behaved ve 2 said Meredith . 3 Judge laughed he was hung dered. | was dane- bee. “You are m Martin. “They have; I reckon they due to be called in. They've | sence—senc 1 bared She glanced at B nd D and stonned he aske re he is the scoe: he was stand- nie heside & jewels—on « two hundred yards eust ; ing on the front seat with Mir y = : only way to beat M . ), Ross?" Yo ¥ aneweralt TEkes i 0 need 1 o e = s s and thelr uncertainty w o iy i ki him, and both were singing. Meredith U0 put them up, Ross? e B i B L gy ok HLiee . ené and : had climbed upon the back seat and was Ve ai nquire whom the or mean r s oul . From somewhere down t rack € hex et Mecans nite B :‘ ,.‘\ l,:,‘:"\h'(zl sl ',’:‘L ;‘:‘,fi‘“' s reckon,” he centinued, solemnly. peering have known . whe @8 - E detonating boom of.a cannon. The “Why didn't you stay with him, Tom? S rome" the girl oried to him ex. , ROSS was visibly embarrassed. - at the other from under his rusty and who saved last | came es was u clash of brass ar travelers ed" Helen ; o ¥ fer—fer the other editor.” brim, “I reckon when vou see him, may- to n e %l .A : gl et “Igre With Halloway? 1 don't know him. SSf ABSTA bh. saba e ASRON AL b “For Mr. Fisbee?" e you'll want to put a kind of codicll to was not he hea . ugh Georgi b 1aid his One forgives a generous hilarity any- 7 should e ashamec Mot 1. | 1€ 8% «Land, no! You don’t suppose we'd g9 * deed to the Herald i to me. Do - o g s ae s sy evén such quips as thatl she re- Swered: and qroppec gy with 1o work and bother to brisken things up s that, Martin bis deugh- companion’s shouldc Why did you not stay with Mr. began to sing *“John Brow: odyiTwith, o3 N A O Acar P s Ta » . E J t , all his strength. With that she seized x‘ L z’ = "”C"‘\lsn- do "i K Why, I zuess maybe vou'l anci otillons a or had < i v I DU, A ge—| s the o ee m. 3 N4 d— sob rose in o very hospitable of you,” his hand, sprang up beside him, and over .\ MEEDt YOURE Sk i tit von sec Him 5 o e A 1 ro: & was - iaushed beod “You forget that the swelling chorus her full soprano rose, Other editor, isn’t he As they necared the br d checked her utt f aughed the young man. *You forg t % “Oh!” said Ross, coughing. **Young MT. jegs made out, through the t rew up .t & on a sack of oats in a seatless wWag- unece I have the felicity to sit at your side. lifted with all the power in her Fishes Yes; we put ‘em up fer him."” {rca-jve flutter of skirts on ti tud - 3 ss 9 rgine Judge Briscoe has been kind enough to The baroucha rolicd into the square and ° iiye ds . sk . ; . al ed another s ih s aview thb procession from his as it p d Harkless turned and bent a ‘.\‘\.;;v”'hc S:"‘r'fwf‘l"l;:li‘;d"" o |l1|;wmr'm . the ll;n‘lx.n cross ied. “I am James - i ad = the st kboard and to sup at his house with sudden gaze upon the group in the buck NEHere i he 0wt 1 1 caing Deck 161 1x.|g flown \:'H e : K £ other distinguished visitors, and I have board: but the western sui was in his poo- b irg ey ., W - = . accabted.” eves and he only caught a glimpse of & " .jje's gone. anquet; but ke . A at her . ¢ t didn't he wish vou (o remain with vague, bright shape and a dazzle of gold «gGone? Hasn't he been here this after at the gatc '-.w‘“d\ 1v.-:' white Tom went on £ s n and he was borne along and out of view, poonor o SRy "';“\i"“‘l‘_e‘"; ydpor M bim: " But this second 1 the ho: o in- yn the singing et. . i . e ) N e 3 e oy i . ”l“ £ s b nd 1 ha d;\flh or to in- down the r‘v;n’:.. 1:-'(1“\“”1”. seuTes: some lt-””“ time. Come in arr:g formed a little court around her. L e when you 100 o o @18 e's going e = . at tac invitation. Halielujah' plica - e g b A b e it Willetts rode up on_ horseback the I—do vou think 1 wanted to care for you® ; nes a1 dbe Atagla Batiaan: saw the extry off ali right’ same moment, and the Judge was wait- | w to do something to show you m a s ei 3 o 3 When will he be back? e b front of the = Hark stepped that § could be as ¢ 2 e s B e SRS (U Rl e As we 5o marching on i When - e b k ; ng in front of the gate. Harkle »uld be ashamed of my vile neg- § Ben . hi & iss : Sence it’s be'n @ daily he gits here by e e his hand 165 of il Bl ¢ A , fore the Bherwood will hot believe that you desive he barouche stopped In front of the s par’gupner but don't stay very late, °UOf the barouche an N ik m—something to show you his -2 K r 1 up the my presence. 1f 1 intrude, pray lct me—" courthouse and he passed up a lane they p &71cT SUPPEr, bub €oivt By Bery 18710 «f was told young Fi AT IO . ey s s (. aeas .5 Sed ev e ps and entered the ie made if ring from the by made for him to the steps: When he paricr look after whatever comes in late oung Fisbee is here the & I\M» ou what T did would have been wd 1 ang . board. and the girl seized his arm im- turned to them to speak they began o upjesy it's something special. He'll likely — oylere, please, Briscoc' e s done . patiently .. cheer again and he had to Wait for them pe here by half-past § at the farthest off. o o e e s AT SN Rl NS W g o “Yeu are a pitiful nonsense monger!” to quiet down AT eanitivente’ (R theh.” - John Mook & fas ot e B s 1 e e ¥ 1 Rag doue 1§ NG WNST B0l she cried; and for some reason this speech “We high Trom over “HEP® ' qupk sush aheut the room: -“Tve hetn o'l withdrgw this discharge, | X- bas such dear, happy work, the o made him turn his glasses upon her said Briscoe, re a0 ol M ey TalinAG mioa r DeOt: now s . B, that it seems, after al avely. Her lashes fell before his gaze, Meredith, jpose you take the ladies gop i he sald impatiently e L exclaimed the other. “I want'to ihat ne it for love of myself L % e the 2nd at that he took her hand and kissed closer in and- 1 y with the horses. jasn’t been near me. Nobody could even Make him resent of the ”\';;,:,'.‘ Jut—but when you first told me—" She - it qulckly You want 1o hear his speech.” point him out to me. Where has he gone? !¢l take it He turned o Merecith = oft with a fluttering. half o *No, no,” she faltered. *You n’msv n';l “He is a great 1 sn't he?” .\Ider:d\(h i 1t to see him now.” \'\h;r had come to the gate. S W ”"!'lfl x?; that was alf > think it. 1t isn't--you see, there is =aid to Helen, gravely, as he handed her Wa ischarge hi in? is he?” $ > Gt en resumed in another ton : g ihages 8 Reibingt out of the buckboard. “I've beeh LrYINE yotos from tha ;Eg:fn;’d":‘u;fiar:;m:j";; Meredith put his hand on his friend When you told me ired that night . b “You shall not dull the edge of my hilar- to realize for the last few minutes that that Mr. Martin stood there observing Shoulder and answered: “I dom't knmow. t we w here—how could [ P tire i he answered, “cspeclally since o he is the same old fel 've been treat- them God bless you, old fellow g It had been only two day ' 3 e much may be forgiven it.” : inging renitll iy g S L SRR S The truth is,” said the Judge, as they and even if T could have b a & e " R iy “Why did you leave Mr. Harkless she Yes, he is a ‘eat mar she answered. him the Herald. Do you know where he €@ red Ihf at ”v‘ t \‘_h"n \'-EI H‘V;Y‘\‘ I couldn’t ¥ et £ 1 I Eiein i, without sing her eyes “This is oniy the beginning.” is?” up young Fisbee ran i the house. Min- 0| so braze ? at - T g 4 tat ki \_M“.w dear girl,” he replied, ause, That's tr said Briscoe, who had Mr. Martin stroked beard deliberate- Dle— He turned, .lmx !?‘h dau;“wv: time and_ twe . s Were ik el gl s me inexplicable veason. my 1ady overheard her. el go prefty far. A ]y, “The person you speak of hadn't ort had disappeared; however, she came ¢ oS goodness he men of the reception committee has not nominated me for Con- map that people know is steady and ta be very hard to find—in Carlow. The the door a moment later and shook her to m ment u rec- - e Ay, bty instead has chosen to bestow strong and level-headed can get whatever committce was reckless enough to hire head mysteriously at her father. ognizing In his 1d the héro of my sie! was r ction upon another. and. I mav he wants, because a public man can get that carriage of yours by the day, and Not in the house,” she said. , Dood, that you had every right to think ® 4 e S geee s ol worthier 2nd unfitter Mar anything if people know he’s safc and Keating and Warren Smith are sctting Mr. Fisbce came around the corner of I cared: but if—but if I had—if I had— red veicrans And, oddly enough, the non-dis- honest and they can rely on him for in it up ai the corner, with their feet on the porch and went toward Hark loved ygu with my whele soul I could not . y EHtOn R ting multitude were not cheering sepse It sounds like a simple matter; the cusitions to show they're used to “Fisbee” cried the latter, “where 1S have—why, no woman could have—I mean id gun in y for me; the artillery was not in actlon to put only three or four public men in the ridin’ around with four white horses Your nephew?” the sort of girl I am couldn’t have ad- immed celebrate me; the & country have convinced us that they are every day in the week. It's waitin’' till 'The old man took his hand in both his mitied ft—mfust have denied it. And Siton: had been Jnd to do me honor; therefore, showld T jike that. Hurry along, young people. you're ready to go out to Briscoe's. It's own and looked him between the ey what I was trying to do for you w we mous _ Harkle 1 3 ride in the midst of a bprocession that - ng the street, they met Miss an hour before supper time, and you can and thus stood while there was a long met in Rouen was—was courting you s 1 I Amo and Gaines se knows me not? Why should I enthrone miphs; che was wiping her streaming eyes talk to young Fisbee all you want. He's Ppause, the others watching them. You surely see I couldn’t have done it if » g g the me in an open barouche—a lttle gip the back of her left hand and still out there.” “You must not say that I told You,” he I had cared. It would have been brazen! e J pori, faded and possibly not aulte #- pechanically waving her handkerchief As they drove along the pike Harkless' said at last. “Go into the garden. And do you think that then I could ha -t - & H¥ilie band ure to its sp: but still & oirh per right. “Isi't it beautiful?” she three companions kept up a conversa- But when Harkless' step crunched the answered—Yes'—even if I wanted to— k ¢ - cete to the barouche—with four white horses to draw g,iq, ot ceasing to flutter, unconsciously, , tion sprightly beyond the mere exhilara- Sarden path there was ng ome there. As- even if I had been sure of myselt? And = statior © of being on hand i, and draped with siiken flags. both ba- 1, Y¢(je aquare of cambric. “There was tion of the vietorlous; but John sat al- ters were blooming in beds between the ' Her voice sank again to a e had been When train arrived—it was due In @ rouche and steeds? Since these things .uch 3 throng that | grew faint and had mest silent, and, in spite of their livell. Sreen rose bushes and their many finger- “And now— = sesce i couple of They were joined by an were not for I flew to your slde 10 4 come away. I dop't mind your seeing ness, the others eyed him a little anxious- ed hands were flung open in wide sur- the meadows across creek z creasing ber of glad enthusiasts, all dissemble my splcen under the licensed p. crving” Pretty everybody cried when ly now and then, knowing that he had Prise that he should expect to find Youns ,nd over the fields came a far tinkling of P isy, exhilarated, red-faced with shout- prattle of a cousin.” he walked up to the sicps and we saw been living on excitement through a phy. Fisbee there. It was just bel farm bells. Three monthis ago af this . ing, and patriotcally bappy. As Mr. Then who is with him e s ol b sically cxhausting day, and they were Birds were gossiping in the o0 hour John Harkless had listened to that . Bence, bimzelf the spoiled child of an- “The population of this portion of our. “Sanding on the outskirts. of the crowd, fearful lest iz herves react and bring the bank. At the foot of the garden. Near sound and ite great lemesomencos had ] other county, geaerously said. in a speech State, 1 take it could hear the mellow ring of Hark- him to a breakdown. But the healthy the creck. there were some tall hydrangea touched his heart like a cold hand: but en ) outrageous pr ©) he was In" “On,itsall right,” said the Judge, lean- jess’ voice, hut only fragments of the flush of his cheek was reassuring: Le bushes, flower ladeu, and beyond them one yow, as the mists were rising from the " duced to make during long Wail: ing hack to speak to Helen. “Ieating and speech, for it was rather haiting and was lsoked steady and strong, and they were broad shaft of the sun smote the creek water and the small stars plerced the . e e earlOW o TLUrNINE gmith and vour faiher are to ride in the not allogether clear In elther rhetoric or pleased to belleve that the stirring up bends for a mile in that flat land and ¢ky one by one. glinting down through ¥ to ares and Pe ike amother ,, with him. You needn’t be afraid delivery: and Mr. Bence could have been was what he needed. crossed the garden like a bright, taut- the qim, immeasurable blue distanees he e e Bt hiivE the call of the Deo of any of them letting him know that H. a good deal longer in saving what he had It had been & strange and beautiful day drawn veil. Harkless passed the bushes found no loneliness in heaven or earth g Catlow shall have a representative to Yisbee is a lady. Iiverybody understands (o say and a thousand timecs more ora- to him, hegun in anger. but the sun was and stepped out into this gold brilllance. He Jeaned forward toward her; the bench k . about that; of course they know it's to be torical. Neverthel there was not a not to .go down upon his wrath: for his Then he uttered a cry and stopped. was between them. The last light was station # ington and triumph like a speedy joft to you to break it to him how well a woman present who did not de- choleric intention had almost vanished _Helen was standing beside the hydran- gone: evening had falien. )9 wn | . w e - a»:"," gv‘f"-’-];”y“‘f are “f'[ girl has run his paper.” The old gentle- it was the greatest speech ever on his homeward way, and the first words Seas With both hands against her cheeks " gng now— he said. e bepuscin cign yrodhc tmibe o d'_"(‘alfmfim man chuckled, and looked out of the cot- heard In Plattyille; and they really Smith had spoken had lifted the veil of and her eyes fixed on the ground. She she moved backward as he leaned : r en in th & r of his eye at his daughter, whose ¢ thought so—to such lengths are loyalty young Fisbee's duplicity, had shown him had run away as far as she could run; pegrer. r were 1 One of them e en In the last census of the popu- pression was ipserutable, and friendship sometimes carricd fn Car- twith what fine intelligence and supreme there were high fences extending down you promised to remember on the day & conntioh of this district . cried Helen. “I tell him! No one Jow and Amo and Gaines delicacy and sympathy young Flabte hae to the creek on each side and the Water you understood.” she answered, a litile iy of mo srent cransopeaker must tell him. He need never know He looked down upon the attentive, worked for him, had understood him and Was beyond. % huskily. “that it was all from the purest . reat exaggeration. priscoe reached back and patted her earnest faces and into the kindly eves of had made him. If the open assauit on - You! he said. “You—you! fecerr s r intermittent procession of pedes- k. “How long do you suppose he will the Hocsier country people and as he MoCy had been pressed, and the d She did not lift her eyes, but bezan t0 ~“And_and there is nothing else?” e nd vehicies made its way to the ere in Plattville without it's lcaking spoke the thought Kkept recurring 1o nators evidence published in Harldoes: Moveaway from him with little backward “if there were,” she said, and her voice ke and every wagon, buckboard . him that this was the placc he had gwn paper, while Harkless himself was StcPS. When she reached the bench on grew more and more unsteady, “if the s ) FULIEE B1A s A or But they kept guard over him for dreaded to come back to; that these g chndidate and rival, Johti wouid hace the bank she spoke with a quick intake were, can't you see that what I ha 2 P T reamers of ribbons tied 10 months and nobody told him.” were the people he had wished to leave— feit dishonored. The McCune papers coulq Of breath and in a voice he scarcely gope—" She stopped, and th suddenly s 8 Viap. The excitement increased as “Ah,” said Briscoe, “but this is differ- these, who gave him everything they had -have peen used for Halioway's bemefit, heard. 1t was the merest whisper and «an, it would have been brazent A = me g;( w shorter; those on foot to glv nd this made it difficult to keep Lyt not for his own: he would not ride to her words came so slowly that sometimes He Jooked up at the littie stars and he v gled for better positions, and the “No no, no!” she exclaimed. “It must his tones steady and his throat cloar, ki e e st oo minutes separated them. heard the belis. and they struck into I in wagons and carriages stood pe kept from him somehow Flalén sidod ag far frows ths steps (abe’ oeoem ot SHOLLEE AN S TIPS MG JOUDR |~ 0ari you—will Jou KeeD . Mie—an 'the . heart ke adhae. Ho male & Mot vbon scats. while the pedestrians besieged fie'll know it by to-morrow, £o You'd could she be induced (o Denetrato fur- nime 1t was a point of honor that ey Herald? R sesture of abnegaiion, and then dropped £ ing recklessly, with feet on the hubs of ~orpie oremimg o o' ening: ther, though they would have made Way woulg have held finicky and Inconsistent, ,.iccP YOU—— P I5n the TNCN With 3 Reld DeRoE by The Goors of the freight-r g s o he. s, Of . " This ayeiing 4 for her) that only fragments reached her, hut one which young Fisbeo had eom. Vil you—iet me—help?" . tween his hands. bundle of colored 4o s o B e oody Was bound “Yes, You'll have a good chance. but what sho heard she remembered: ~ prenended was vital to Harkless. He came near her. “I don't understand. She pressed her hand to her bosom, and hastily t fhie - oo of e tale ““‘w "ha‘ T wil? “I have come home. * * * Ordinarily ~ Apg this was the man he had dischargeq 15, it You—you—who are here again? watching himn a startled fashion, her “Have you—forgiven m now why I wouldn’t—resign? my- You Kknow eyes wide and her lips parted. She took - You forgive g few quick, short steps toward the gar- that telegram?” den, still watching him over her shoul- What telegram der. “The one that came to you—this morn- “You mustn’t wor; “He’s coming to upper with us. He and a man needs to fall sick by the wayside |; i servant: with el sick like a dishonest servant: the man who the cheering. echond - and w Your father, of course, and Keating and or to be set upon by thieves In order t0 haq thrown what was (n Carlow eyes) echoed till heaven's vault resounded with Lo .., 2nd Boswell and Smith and Tom realize that nine-tenths of the world iS riches into his Jap; the man who had the noise the people of Carlow were mak, Larlin and Lige. We're going to have & a Samaritan, and the other tenth cnly made his paper, and who had made him e re mak- big time, with you and Minnie to do the. too busy or too ignorant to be. DowWn ang saved him. Harkless wanted to see to the further . began to play, the ¢ no; ed or a strip of red, white pera” 407 annon fired. ho tacked it securel; the other extrem- e steps by Mer ¥.” he said, not lft- ing 4 e ; nions of this p = honors; and we're all coming into tOWn here he realizes it with no necessity of Bse s od to & = ing.” ing his bent head, “I know you're sorr : n with ‘an. JVere was one heart which almost ward for the fireworks; I'll let him fliness or wounds to bring it out: and It ;\‘?::gpp;:'as‘;enc":ls:;leclwrl(;tuj;w‘;‘:’;‘,‘,}z‘fi:s Your telegram?” I'll be all right in a minute.” A thet: aide of ilis car. TIOPERL DISLIE. Fislen was, standiix on vou In the phaeton. Youll have he does get hurt you send him to Con- (hings had happened that day which . YOur, telegram? She gave a hurried glance from right to strips of bunting along it U S0 T e, At the e ¥ Of Simp 1o Ik S0 0ver WLR AN * * * There will be no other in made his craving to see Helen almost LS x = left and from left to right, like one in end. 90 that, SXOHt wwoiion the horses pravced sl Sacred and iell him all about it z ington so proud of what he stands ynhearable—just to rest his eves upon her .Did you send me one? terror sceking a way of escape; she gath- the car was complete.y .- “h.‘ it “vl'”“’”:’ g‘ 3}:“' backe: llelen gave a little gasp. “Never!” she for as I shall be.® To represent you 18 1o gor g little while, he could ask no more. ‘Yes. . o ered her skirts in her hand, as if to ered by the nationsl colors. Then th Lig ran to hold them; cried. “Never!” stand for realities—fearlessness, honor, Ang as they passed along that well re. ..t 9id not came to me. into the garden; but suddenly she turned A ? 4 are people who i road, every tree, every lé oYes—it ald.” .. and ran to him—ran to him swiftly, with e Mt rm;m;"h:'fa“m"":!kfl;v\mg corner. and here. and along Main street, take what comes to us, and it comes gt D A R g G S there—— What was it about?" ' her great love shining from her e e beating fa: fress Tadiing Do dois Hars Ruke Gat: the line of vehicles which had followed 1t comes bountifully; we are rich—oh, We anq called upon the dear memory of his It was -"q‘!"e raused and turned hale Senk upon her knees beside him. She ed Iy on the smoke of the far-away engine, | o e station took thelr places. The aro all Americans here! * * * This is two walks with her—into town and out M8ned——" She paus ,(arned Dalf threw her arms about his neck and kissed swered the o740 "hana. lifted to her face in an un. [0UATe Was almost a solid mass of bunt- the place for a man Who likes to live of town, on show day. He wondered if N2y DOCIifting the downcast lashels WX him on the forehead. & 2 tack from his Coriain. {remulous fashion, as it was ons 5, 214 (he north entrance of the court- where people are kind to cach other, and his heart was to project a wraith of her hand. laid upon the arm of the Wnch. ~.on, my dear, don't you see™ she 4 10 the condUCLOr, guy in a circu tent. Dressed asanoey thg louse had been decoratod with streamers where they have the old-fashioned way pefore him Whenever he was deeply [a® Shaking: she put it behind her. Then pispered, “don't you see—don't you ¢ weed s and flags, 5o as to make It a sort of stand. of saylng ‘Home. Other places, they moved, foF the rest of his life. For twice Ner eves were lifted a little, and. thouslt (e7™'she whispered, “don't you see—don't deepest b hat i N pe the platform, 16tting form she saw Briscoe and the others rush 3. pither the procession made its way. do. And to come home as I have to-day. to be so far away. She had gone back to H.ary Ter voice fell still lower and two , 'When they heard the Judge calling ¢ train pass them: but Meredith, cran- join (e cov: and ther oot % At intervals the cannon boomed, and * * * I have come home. * * &’ her friends in the North, Tom had sald. t. . b o from the orchard, they went x £ bis neck from the steps, saw that they 1o her an almost inlol?\rabl: :lu!:a:(‘:if Schofields’ Henry was winnowing the alr Every one meant to shake hands with Twice thgt afterncon he had been mo- heavy lenr; .foll!tt-,d d-::;‘r;s h:rre-;he:)x‘:' “sl: through the garden toward the heose. It Eaped « last car ctation, while the crowd besieged the [iLD Dis bell; nobody had a better time him, and, when the speech Was oVer, mentarily, but vividly, consclous of her Lo5 SiEned." she whispered. was dark; the whitest asters were but : that day than Schoflelds’ Henry, except those nearest swooped upon him, cheer- ng g living presence. As he descended ’f_;’fb:n,“ to tremble from head to foot. T3y splotches. There was no one in the What's the celebration?” asked Hark- wisdows of the smoker, leaping up and il yu. W Meredith returned Al hing 5o eath #thicn Shotlorts 1o “"d \Wilkerson, who was with thie proces. ing and waving and grasping at his hand. from the car at the station, his eves, There was a long sllence. She had turned °Fchard; Briscce had gone indoors. ~Did Picnic down the line,” said Meredith. carch the first glimpse of him. Briscoe © oo Then a line was formed, and they began gwapdering out over the tumultuous quite away from him. When he spoke his :nu”knul:\;m)'c(:l;narrvrlu(::l\'flermc l:m (.,.lm in he ol h eworks™" she subules with flags. It was oy, N6 did not notlce the frightened The buckboard stopped on the Herald kindness. * * * W Nipping weather for a picnic; a little apd a red-faced young man, v Then the band came marching down the to defile by him, as he stcod on the steps, . , had caught and held a picture fo: don’t you tiink? One of those fel- Piattville, came ot ":pf"l'z""‘;‘h":: strect. They played in such magnificent and one by one they came up and gave ;'::;:,n‘,,__a !“'m,u, et “pm;’“d“an;; \olcf was :s“l‘:wh:j bers, and he spoke 1,0 s tooked Hike § fricnd of mine, Homer ot boys, and then Keating and Bence, (M€ that every high stepping foot In all him hearty greetings, and passed on gioved hand pressed against a blushing “1.{'-"“ ;,:fl,,_u,,n,u AT Fireworks?” bbe as Homer might look if he were an 4 then Warren Smith. As the lawyer (D€ line came down with the same jubl- through the Courthouse and out at the Sheek under a hat such as is not worn in i Yes; the Great Markless has come disgrace. He had his bat hung on peached the platform be turned tawoc 18nt plunk, and lifted again with a unan- south door. Tom Meredith and Minnie Garow. a little figure polsed apparentis home.” Kven in the darkness be could : he slouched like a (hief in the door of the car and waved his hand \WtY as complete as that of the last vote Briscoe came among the others, and fp ajr, full length above the crowd ahout see the look the vision had givem him e e tsthell wp e Tolied’ o i wiaci the convention had taken that day. The Tom said only, “Good 0ld boy,” as he her; so, for the merest flick of time he «Ahd you have been here all the time?* When the barouche turned into the square. this side of the car.” He continued «yiere he is, boys! he shouted, “wel- |CAd€Ts Of the procession set a brisk pace, squeezed his friend's hand; and then, as haq seen her, and then, to his straining All-all exccpt the week you were— She smiled upon him and said: “All after- int out various familiar places, ccme home!” At that it was as If all the Spo wic, “ouia have set any other kind he went down the hall. Wiping his cyes, it was as though she were not. She purt, and that—that one evening." noon I was wishing I could have been ally bresking oul enthuslastically, 22 . ise that had gone before had been mere Cp - P8CE When on parade to the strains glasses, he asked Minnie if she believed paq vanished. And again, as his carriage The bright vell which wrapped them YOur mother.” 2 irew mearer the town, “Hello! Look Jerpuge of pentup enthusiasm. & tnow, ©f Such & band plaving such a tune as the young man on the steps had risen reached the square, a fecling had come wor droms sway. and they Steod 1n toe He clasped her hand more tightly. “This ¢ the grove yonder! sand horns blarcd deafeningly, the .oyher G0N in Town” with ail its might from a sick bed that morning. to him that she was near him; that she silent, gathering dusk. wonderful world!” he cried. “Yesterda whistles of the engine and of Hibbard's N3 main? It was 5 o'clock when Harkless climbed was looking at him; that he should see - He tried to loosen his neck-band: jt 1 b doctor—a doctor to cure me of obn mill were added to the din, the Court- But as (he line swung into the square the stairs to the Herald office, and his yer when the carriage turned; and scemed to be choking him. “I—I can't—I love kness the Bowlders'. You've g0l t0 Louse bell was pealing out a welcome, Dére came a moment when the tune was right arm and hand were aching and jn {he same instant, above the don't comprehend it. I am trying to real- Then went on a little way. “We must widers apd the church bells were ringing, the e€nded, the musicians paused for breath limp. Below him, as he reached the singing of ‘a multitude, he heard ige what it—"" harry,” she said. “I am sure they have ; vannop thundered, and then cheer on And there fell comparative quiet. Among landing, he could see bovs selling extras per voice as if ghere had been no other, ~It means nothing,” she answered. been waiting for us.” This was true; he world. The cheer shook the air asJobn Harkless came the ranks of business men ambled Mr. containing his speech (taken by the new and once more his dazzled eves beheld ~ “There was an editorial yesterday,” he they had. because It'S out under the flags and passed down the W ilkerson, singing at the top of his voice, reporter), and long accounts of the con- per for a second: she was singing, and as said, “an editorial that I thought was From the dining-room came laughter dest peopie i se we can't se by trees; and, besides, it's a piepe of the car. and now he could be heard distinctly vention, of the nominee’s career and the ghe sang she leaned toward him from on about . dney McCune. Did you write and hearty voices, and the windows were so ahead of us. We'il go out thers \When Helen saw him, over the heads €POUSh for those near to him to distin- celebration of his homecoming. The sales high with the most ineffable look of ten- 1t?” [ bright with the light of many lamps. By Don't you like Bris- of the people and through a flying tumuir 8Suish the melody with which it was his were rapid, for no one could resist the gerness and pride and affection he had Yes.” and by, they stood just outside the pateh they make. We'll of flags and hats and handkerchiefs, she intention to favor the public: opportunity to read in print descriptions ever seen on a woman's face; such a look, “It was about—me—wasn't it?” of light that fell from one of the win- up town with Judd Bennett In the gave one frightened glance about her and Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! of what hisgeyes had beheld and his ears he thought. as she would wear if she “Yes.” dows. nibue, and you'll know how a rapid- jumped down from her high perch and As we go marching on. had heard that day. came to love some archangel (her love “It sald—it sald—tnat T had won the “Look,” n‘:‘d Helen. “Aren’t they good, » machine gun sounds. | want 10 g5 sank into the back seat of the buckboard The words, the air, that husky voice re- Ross Schofield was the only person in should be no less) with all of her heart love of every person in Carlow County.” dear people? ¢ 1o the Herald office.” he finished, with her face burning, turne® from the called to the men of Carlow another day the editorial room, and there was nothing and soul and strength. And so he knew Suddenly she found her voice. “Do not “The beautiful peopl he answered. ion, not like this one. in his appearance which should cause a he had seen a vision. But it was a cruel misunderstand m she said rapidly, “I (THE END.) aight th a suddenly darkening brow. station and her eyes fixed on the ground. and another proce