Show I 1 THE peacemakers PEACE MAKERS by MARTHA WILLIAMS ILLIAMS fi kaaa wA Aa the a aar yards 5 lay oy lack with an in alary between the birds birdi ought cd to have bv been neighborly instead each saw in tho the other a hated rival and crowed heahy should not have mind tad d his orimer bindner Bi nuner cottage and literary workshop workshop p stood across tb the e road well weli back among sheltering trees it had bad deemed to him ideal a place ol 01 silent sunshine wherein he ha could work at racing speed racing speed it would have to be bd it his play were finished in alia aim totham end he ha kad had literally buried blia himself elf in the green wastes ot of Midd middleboro leboro 1 here he knew nobody even tho the tradesmen saw only his sc servant ryant gilus most ca capable fellow allie alive thought trimble with slight help troia from scrubwoman scrub woman gillis kept things going beautifully the first fortnight trimble had felicitated felicita ted lit lilan pelt belt unreservedly on his bis choice of location almost in the twinkling of an eye the actuation changed haw ln ishall say the cocks bocki had been bea near r neighbors for or months yet had b been een housed more than halt half the time and let cut only tai or exi exercise felso ai at different b houra 0 urs por per bays bapa also lowas something pEy psychic clile until their biners owners tell fall out oyer over ie red and blue ribbons at t the alt thore there had been dally daily gs across therence the fence now miss alameda green merely sniffed when sir lancelot crowed and job trotter co confided re regularly to space abat that thai aili brute or of a black rooster was worsen a tire fire alarm nelly his daughter gloried vividly in the contest Inisi imagine gine her delight when whan gillis let I 1 her know cautiously what the babel meant and who was the victim a inan dan wh 0 wrote plays that actually were played I 1 nelly lost hir her breath tor for almost a minate ln li her wildest drea dreams lifs sh she had not dared hope to set eyes upon such a a miracle brutshe but she could do nothing how long will the play take nelly gillis shook his head bead sadly could Cpu Mat alt say say maam with peace wo we deiy may it by september vui but it this heps up lip well well have to hunt new quartets teis which will be upsetting he added mournfully moura tully fully you think of 0 that you belly declared briskly that afternoon while miss mias alameda napped and job trotter went fishing nelly ind and lector green midi ala nephew rand heir held a celoso and secret council of peace not war but they sald said nothing whatever about it to their elde elders rs and gave eave sir lancelot and exeter extra feeds next net day was va s sunday and by a zot not unusual coincidence had such auch a headache she even think of bt church going hector recalled letters leter which must go out in tomor so the pair were left at home while their elders hied bled them e selves to their respective places of worship but their p lafty cletty was in III rower rewarded ded for upon each found the pride of his heart str stretched etche I 1 limp and lifeless on the turf nelly and hector had leinov removed ed them from their respective carema and atran zed them decently and la in order beside the alley gate there the bereaved ones sorrowed sor rowed for or a breath then rose up u p wm wrathfully wrath tully declaring simultaneously that it was the work of those envious townspeople poison on most likely both hector and nelly dissented stoutly outly tt they had been on guard no jtb epperson er person had ad sef get toot foot upon tho premises clearly both had been A bricken ricken w with ithe some mysterious adaa and fatal malady tho the part diat of wisdom was to bury them instantly and as tar far way away from their mates as possible without waiting for or further clr crau ment hector r hustled the fallen birds into it 4 feed basket nelly snatched up IL a light shovel and together they marched arched in off in the direction of the sand flats with the parting injunction dont wait dinner tor for us wj we will ilo do a good lob job while we are about it they did walked three miles chuckling and giggling along the way what time they wore were pot not stilling the flutter inea and of their ro victims cleo but I 1 was waa afraid come to fo lite boon hector said bald however did you think of it nelly teedle lem en corn soaked in whisky till they went plumb to sleep oil I 1 saw gr annys siese geese gett this hla way on cherries those that were thrown thrower adv away when she madi made fresh cherry b y bounce nelly explained ali they sobered up all right and BO ac will these thesa fel iowa dick marne will take line fine dire care ot of them I 1 know and maybe we carl can see a real play when we go to th elty lor our honeymoon wi we will if it we we have to walk homo home hector returned heartily we never haxe hae got beyond mo aln turo but a hlll things were different diff are nt am ble finished nui fini bis play in idyll I 1 6 ilet de A nelly and hector were married without a by y your 0 ur leave beav e from anybody trimble Trl aai dared tid not send giffi openly but akin they wont to the city hector had bad money in bott both pockets poc kete moreover they saw but many plays and that from the boxes wherefore they thay experienced not a little ot of the bie blessedness glorious glor beatitude Ble blessed saed are the peacemakers peace makers copyright IB 2925 by b Y the demure i pr per |