Show I 1 I 1 I 1 it t p i LA tf LA 0 LA V V E T the tempha TeMp temptation templar lal ti on of atlas as B by y R rose 0 ite m willi illis jc johnson jj AA AAP copyright oh ob dear and oh ch dear and it queer things nix mix up the way they do here ana am 1 I with every opportunity and barren of talent as a cabbagehead cabbage head and there is barbie the gifted spending i her life lu in fighting the harpies why cannot I 1 be barbie and barbie somei somebody I else 1 miss frankle carter sighed as dismally as though the mixed up state I 1 of aalfs really concerned her per sona 13 she had bad 11 little atle cause lor for complaint her winter school was over a very successful school the commit i cef informed her and the fanin financial caal 1 rf rr ut at trade a neat bank account with vath leadth good looks and vaca tion it would seem the oh ch dear exclamation cla was uncalled for or yet in truth there was barbie and barbie meant carl and the chil dren and the general unhappiness of me ae of lifes misfits she did not un Ir rs tand stand her sister inlaw in law but this lucli she did dd understand she was thoroughly out of place here on this windswept wind swept knoll a poor mans wife ier white nervous hands chained by motherhood it was a glimpse into the kitchen which called forth the dejected ex cla cl amaton matton barbie was getting sup per she was a fragile woman with gibat mournful eyes shining in a small brown face the small brown face was flushed arth weariness and a suspicious tremble came and went about her lips A very fat boy baby kept catching at her dress as she passed him the open door framed a pleasant picture of sloping green and hedgerow snowed over with lie bleaching aching linen three other were out there with their family of dolls and a pup she shut her book and went out to the greasy belligerent straightway applying the tl e wet corner of a towel barbie she said smoothing the silky brown curls why dont you teach school or or do something how can you stand this toll toil and poverty discouragement Is ie making carl gray ray headed and you why you are old ld at 30 30 mrs carter was frying eggs carefully she laid the last in the hot dish not raising her eyes when she replied there was fine sarcasm in her tone atlas knew where to find the solden golden apples but there were the heavens to uphold frankle Is it possible you dont see why I 1 dont do something oh you know what I 1 mean you are doing something all the time I 1 mean something which will pay you for just a second the elder woman paused with ith uplifted eyes then she 1 I 1 I 1 II 11 I 1 t I 1 1 rv I 1 J I 1 11 I 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 i idt I 1 1 I 1 1 i iii i I 1 vm v V s I 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 I II 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 ill iii r I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 11 1 I 1 i I 1 jl I 1 11 A I 1 4 j I 1 t ii I 1 I 1 1 L q I 1 1 I mean something wiach wi vl ach ich will pay you v diled you are arc imaginative my 7 a asye no im not im practical 1 ave been studying about you and carl all vinter it has seemed so selfish in me a 0 b 3 pegg pegging ing away for myself allays alays for or myself I 1 haie hae paid my loard ioard and washing and that Is all liter ot of you would let me do it was enough proudly ly yes yea superficially gut but carl Is my lear car only brother and are his bis babies we all see the tide Is setting against him there Is nothing but tibt lit debt debt why should I 1 be 30 dainty and comfortable and you yoi led ind carl so EO wretched because carl and I 1 chose to risk life together I 1 suppose and you are 9 gifted you are twice as smart as 1 I who arn am barely able to each a country school there was a darkening of the splendid byis a paling of the face in what fm cm I 1 gifted fran with the special capacity for or buining victuals victia is md led scalding my fI birgers fiE SOrs I 1 could sins sing it if I 1 had the chance what other one thing can I 1 do you can do we wei what I 1 am doing odily teich teach school I 1 know you can waw wait I 1 know there have been ears of dint and rust and your wita d a brushing A term lit at a normal chool will do that 1 I docot don I 1 t understand nrc was something fine in the eirls face as she turned it ft toward the other ennobled d by its earnestness 1 I have been baving my money tor for three years vears as you kar v intending to go to college hut dut I 1 I 1 r F ought the future out soberly and have found a better use for my little litte pile I 1 want you to go in my stead baime anti anil leave carl and the children to 0 o nw mo there was as a long ions alence in which mrs carter went on oil with her for sapper mistily she caught a vista of the future held out to her the old bright future relinquished for loves sake did frankie brankle realize all she had spoken one thin nervous hand went up P to her threat in there in that delicate wonderful organ of sound bound lay her hope of greatness ambition was not dead once born it never dies she had firm falth faith in herself the old scenes crowded upon her memory the smell of musk and cologne the flash ot of lights the throb odthe orchestra below the upturn upturned eJ faces rapt and listening ready to storm berwith her with flowers and app applauds ap plaus lauso the her ber little world at her feet IT ill talk to carl she said not all at once oace not easily did dd the proud consent to accept its ran som when she did bic bieak bicak ak away from her children her heart seemed broker too in the strain rr ankles uce face wa the last she saw as she leaned from the car window her tears made a blurred halo around it as it smiled its hopeful smile Fr Frank ankles fes eyes were wet too as jhc and carl went dumbly back to the farm which already wore the mournful look of having lost something bravely the little hercules set about abouL adjusting the burden of responsibility her first cat was to admit all the sunshine she could coax to enter th old fashioned windows the next vas to tempt carls appetite and the last the hardest to put the children to bed for the first time without a mothers goodnight good night kiss the weeks which followed were as she afterward said a record of continuous failures gradually wo mans sphere evolved itself from the confusing con mists rounding founding out to graceful proportion and frankie grasped the truth which often evades the intellect of woman that her work is clothed with dignity and honor and Is as important to the onward march of man as the labors which receive the crown of laurel leaves letters came regularly from the absent barbara brave letters never betraying by a word the yearning tot for her babies the loneliness of her life the constant goading of an unseen foe temptations insidious whisper kept urging her from the path of 0 duty with its promise of 0 farne fame and alluring memories of the eife afe she had loved motherhood gods special gracious gift to woman hers in atonement tor for the narrower life comes royally to some borne to others with pain and questioning tio ning but no less as a blessing it was to barbara a crown of thorns how it dignified and pierced her brow it alone held her back carl and the old green hill slope with its orchard and meadow and corn rows climbing rank on rank like disciplined soldiers faded and dimmed like a dream of the she was young she was fearless and the apples were within her reach the opportunity to grasp them came naturally it Is not easy to hide the possession of a great natural endowment she began singing in the choir of the church she frequented then she was asked to a parlor mus cale icae a concert or two and abea your voice Is gold a famous opera manager said 1 I am not afraid to prove it I 1 will give you a leading role ard and star you through the next season it ou are equal to stud study yand and will put yourself in training I 1 have seen many a success have helped make them and I 1 can promise you a future fiercely the blood assailed her heart fiercely back rushed the tide to tier her reeling brain what right had that thai old mF mistaken taken duty to call her through tile the day slid and night which followed her soul battle wrecked and helpless tossed like a ship tor by the fire she realized there was no halfway half way ground if she gave eave herself to ait it must be unreservedly on the other hand was carl dear blundering carl her ber children and the mode modern success of a school ol 01 teacher carl was a sinking sn king plank falling her but the little soft hands godlike god like e in their power drew her shoreward in the dawn the conflict ended the fever lett left her ber so in tho the end at the close of the year of preparation a letter found its way to the farm 1 I have hare baen fairly successful she wrote have secured license and a ipacs pcs tian for the coming term I 1 I 1 I 1 think it win will be I 1 far better for you to j join ol 01 n me here dosda tny my teaching I 1 can get many engagements ensa t to st sing i and a musical class for outside hours so I 1 can follow the beloved art afar 0 03 f after all afar off on with I 1 feet feel uncovered carl will have no trouble in finding nant and you wl 1 l come with them in the brightening future I 1 want you near to prove how much I 1 love you 11 so the little hercules rell relieved eved ot of responsibility was free to resume hor her accustomed labors which she did with soul sou enriched cark leil by the accomplish accomplishment in pet ot of a generous dee deed 1 and sever dreaming how bow her atlas had been e n tempted to abandon her |