Show i a Stor the m THE MASONIC EMBLEM Continued from yesterday I Because Bud you ar are the son of a Mason hope Dad no mason He lIe cellars She She explained to him as well as she could the meaning of the term The dlf- dlf of conveying to his limited Intelligence a definition of Masonry Masonry was some- some oat at lessened by the fact that Me and some other kids had a secret society ct Dir Blake is a Mason and he f feels els that you belong to him because your th ther Cher r was one also I i i- i How does he know dad was one How By means of the little pin he found in your shirt she replied I Dud Bud closed his eyes and lay quiet so long that Mrs Vernor thought he had m me the to sleep She rose from the bedside but a compelling little hand clutched her r skirts Then he gim me all these things and is going to gim me more because he ha ought that was dads dad's pin Yes yes Bud Dud And jAnd was that why you me here and took care of me me I No No Bud I took care of 01 you at first in memory of a little boy who died hen en afterward Just because I like e you ten Bud was quiet again In a few moments a maid announced Mr Bla Blake e was In pie library I Mrs Vernor directed that he be shown to the sick room Well Bud Dud old man said Blake taking th the small hand in his youl be out laying football In a few days Bud looked at him steadily for a moment Say he blurted out you know that pin you found nd in my shirt Iud Yes Bud I know it well I Twant never dads Bill Dill Hawks s swiped it a mans man's coat and I won i It from rom him pitchin pennies I Blake stared Then he leaned back In his chair and laughed luxuriously Bud I envy you ou You have squar squared d yourself fro from In the charge of appearing as an Impostor but I never can How can I reach all those poor deluded Masons Ma- Ma sons aone on the train Never 5 Never mind consoled the beautiful woman they have laid up treasures in heaven ven for themselves T E game me all these ere era things cause of that pin You can can take lake em emback emback emback back They spiked any yet Blake passed his hand lightly over the troubled little face Oh Bud he remonstrated d. d I. I She dont don't care continued Bud turning his face away she dont don't care whether dad was a a. Mason She likes me So do I Bud said Blake gathering him Into his arms You are going to tobe tobe be my little boy Just the same fame as if your youl dad was a Mason I thought now maybe you would let Jet me have him sighed the beautiful woman woman Bud you see what a demand there Is for the possession of your small pern per- per eon n You'll have to decide Which do you choose Bud Dud looked up into the face of ot the big mat man ma who had pulled him from the wreck ck and whose arms were so strong and good to rest In Then he looked Into u then e eyes of the beautiful woman who had laid bid such cool hands on his burning br brow w. w I both he said decisively Six months month later Bud went Into the guardianship of Fenton Blake but the bea beautiful woman did not have to part from her little |