Show THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS P BY GEORGE DOUGLASS D I CopyrIght 1003 McClure Phillips Co D CHAPTER VIII Continued Young Youn Gourlays Gourlay's s heart gave avo a leap within him he felt It thudding on his ribs Tho The skin crept on him and ho breathed with quivering nostrils Gillespie Gillespie Gil- Gil lespie wondered wonder d why his breast heaved Its a n curious sketch said tho the Professor It contains a serious blunder blunder blun blun- der cler In iii grammar r. and several mistakes In spelling hut it shows in some somo ways a wonderful Imagination Ho hoi hol thought tho l ht Gourlay Of or course there are arc several kinds of or imagination said Tam In Its lowest low low- est eat form It mere merely recalls something which tho the eyes have already seen and brings It vividly before the mind A higher form pictures something which you never saw hut only conceived as asa asa asa a possible existence Then theres there's the Imagination which not only sees but hears hears actually actually hears what a man would say on a given Riven Iven occasion and entering entering en en- Into his blood tells you exactly why he docs loes It Tho The highest t form Is both hoth creative and cons If It I Imay Imay Imay may use the word merging In diviner thought It Irradiates the world Of or that high power there Is no evidence e In tho the essay before me To be sure there was little occasion for Its use Young Gourlays Gourlay's thermometer wen went down Indeed said Aquinas theres a n. curious want of or bigness In the sketch no no lar large e nobility of or phrase It 1 I is written in gaspy little sentences and each sentence begins and dand and and and like a schoolboys schoolboy's narrative It Itna Irs ItA na S I If a n. number of oC impressions had seized the writers writer's mind which h he Jotted down hurriedly lest the they should escape him But nut Just because Its It's so little word wordy it gets sets the effect of oC th tho thing thing faith faith sirs its it's right on to th the end of or It every time The writing o of some folk Is nothing but a n froth o of words words lucky lucky y I If It glistens without like a of oC iridescent foam Bu Buin But ButIn Butin in this sketch theres there's a n perception a athe at atthe atthe the back of eyer every sentence It displays dis- dis pla plays 8 Indeed d. d too nervous a sense lense o othe or of orthe the external world Name name cried the students WhO were being deliberately work worked by Tam Tarn to a high pitch of curiosity nI I would strongly tron I Impress on the writer said the shepherd heedless o ohis of oC his bleating sheep I would strongly Impress s on the writer to set himself down for n n. spell of oC real hard solid Mild and deliberate thought That almost morbid morbid morbid mor mor- bid perception with philosophy back backof of oC It create an opulent and vivid mind Without philosophy it would simp simply be a curse With philosophy it would bring thought the material to work on Without philosophy It would simply distract and Irritate the themi mi mind n i. i Name Nome name name cried the fellows The winner of at the Raeburn said Thomas Aquinas Is la Mr John GourIs Gour Gour- Is lay i Gourlay Courlay and his friends made for th the nearest public house The occasion they thought Justified a The others chaffed chaffell Gourlay Courlay about Tams Tam's advice You You know kno Jack said f Gillespie mimicking the sage what you OU have haye got sot to io do 10 next summer Is to set yourself yourself your your- self liel down for a spell of or real hard solid and deliberate thought That was Tams Tam's advice you know Him and his advice said Gourlay CHAPTER There were four other passengers dropped by the 11 H o'clock express at station and a as It happened young oung Gourlay knew them all nil The They were petty merchants of or th the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood whom he had often orten seen about Barbie The sight of their remembered faces as ns he stepped on to the platform gave him a delightful sense that he was nearing home He lIe had passed from the careless world where he lie was nobody at nt all to a familiar circle where he was a somebody a 0 mentioned man and the son of or a 3 mentioned man man man- young oun Mr Gourlay He had a n. feeling of oC superiority sup to the others other too because they were vere mere local Journeyers while he had traveled all the wa way from frem mighty EdInbur Edinburgh Edinburgh Ed Ed- Inbur h by the late express He lie was returning from Crom the outer world while the they were bits of bodies who had only been to As Edinburgh was to so 0 was he to them Round him was the halo of oC distance and the mystery of or night He lie felt C lt big Have you ou a match Robert he asked aked vcr very graciously of at Robin Gregg Greg one of or the porters whom he knew Getting his match h he lit a 3 cl cigarette and when It was lit after one quick puff turned It swiftly round to examIne examine exam exam- ine inc Its burning end Rotten he said and threw It away to light another The porters were watching him and he knew it When en the station-master station appeared appeared ap ap- ap yawning from his as he was passing through the gate goate and asked who It was It flattered nattered his vanIty vanity vanity van van- ity to hear Robins Robin's answer that It was young oun Mr Gourlay o of Barbie Just back from era the tho al nl lIe He had hall been heen so hot for Cor home that he had left Edinburgh h at twilight too eager to wait walt for Cor the morrow There re was no train for Barbie at this late hour of or the night and of course there thero was no gig to meet him Even If IC he had sent word of oC his coming Theres no need for tra traveling so foO late Inte old Gourlay would have growled growled Iet let him shank It IU Were We're In no hurry to have him home He lIe set off orr briskly eager to see his mother and tell her he ho had won the Raeburn Tho consciousness of his achievement danced In his blood and made the road light tight to his hla feet His thoughts were not with the country round rol him but entirely in the moment moment mo mo- ment merit of or his entrance when he should proclaim his triumph with proud en enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment en- en of oC his mothers mother's pride HI Ills His fanc fancy s swept ept to his Journeys Journey's end and took his hla body after arter so that the long longway longway way was as nothing annihilated by bythe bythe the leap forward rd of oC his mind He was loo too vain too full o of himself and his petty triumph to have room for tho the beauty of or the night The sk sky was one sea of oC lit It cloud foamy ridge upon ridge over all tho the heavens and each wave vave was was' brimming with Its He own whiteness seeming of the moon Through one peep-hole peep andon arid and on only one shone a n. distant star a faint white speck far awa away dimmed by the nearer splendors of the sky k Sometimes the thinning edge of a cloud brightened in spume am and round the brightness came a n. circle of oC umber making a a. window window window win win- dow of ot fantastic glory clary for or DI Dlan 11 n. n the tho queen there hero her white vision Islon p peeped ped fOI for a moment on the world and worM and the next she was hid behind a fleecy veil witching itching the heavens hea Gourlay was wag alone with the wonder of or the night The light Ight from above him was softened In n a a myriad boughs no longer mere mero light and cold but a spirit Indwelling as J their soul Mul and they were boughs no longer but a woven dream He lie walked t beneath a shadowy Shadow glory clor But Dut Buthe Duthe he lie was dead to It all ani Only one face possessed posses him He had won the Raeburn Rae Rae- burn bum he had n tho the The Tho road hew flew beneath him Almost before h he was nas af aware the mean gray streets of or Barbie had I clipped round him He stopped pantIng pantIng panting pant- pant Ing from the hurry of oC his walk and looked at nt the quiet houses all still among tho the gloom He realized with a a. sudden Rudden pride that he alone was sas as In conscious conscious conscious con con- possession of C the town Barbie existed to no other mind All the others others others oth oth- ers were asleep while he had a n. thrillIng thrilling thrilling thrill thrill- ing consciousness 3 of then them and of their future attitude to him they did dill not know that he the returning great one was vas present pre In their midst They all knew know of the Raeburn however and arid ere erelong erelong erelong long they would know that It was his He lIe was glad to hug his proud secret In presence of or the sleeping town o of which he would be the talk tomorrow How he ho would surprise s c them lIe He stood stool for a little gloating In his Ills own sen sen- Then a n desire to get bet home tu tugged ed him and he scurried up the thelong thelong thelong long brae lIe He stole round the tho corner of or the House with Hh tho the Green Shutters Hoger Roger Ro Ro- I ger the collie camo came at him with a a. I wow bow Roger RoJer he whispered whispered whis whis- and cuddled him arid and the loyalist loy loy- alist fawned on him and licked his hand The very cry smell of at the dog was waa In Iii his nose The window of ot a bedroom went wont up with a n. crash Now then who the tho devil are you 1 came the voice o of old Gourlay Its me roe falther said John Oh Its It's you OU is It It it This Is a fine time o night to come rome home la Falther Faither It her I have I have I have won the Raeburn keep my mannle mannie It it'll keep and the window slammed Next ext moment it was up Did young Wilson get came the eager cry Nut ut him said John Fine man sir Im I'm proud 0 o ye e John wf went nt round the corner treading on air For the first time In his life his father had praised him He peeped through a kink at the side of or the kitchen blind where Its descent was arrested b by a flowerpot In the corner of the window A As Ashe Ashe he had expected though It was long past midnight his mother was not yet In bed She was folding a n white cloth over oyer her bosom and about her on the backs of oC chairs there were wen other such cloths drying on tho the lire He watched her curiously once curiously once he seemed to hear a whimpering moan monn When hen she buttoned buttoned but hut toned her dress above the tho cloth she gazed sadly at tho the dying lying embers the look of or one who sho ho has gained s short hort respite from a task of or painful on en the hod body yet Is conscious that the task and the pain are arc endless and amI will have to be endured tomorrow and to tomorrow to- to morrow till she die dies It was the fixed gaze of oC utter weariness c and apathy A sudden alarm for his mother mado John cry cry her name mame She flew fiew to the door and In a no moment moment mo mo- ment merit had h him In her arms He told his news and basked In her adoration adora adorn tion She came close to him and anel John she said In a smiling whisper big big- eyed eed John she breathed would ye e elike like a dram It was as If Ir she was propounding a 3 roguish plan in some ome dear conspiracy He lie laughed Yell Well he said seeing see Ce Ing we have won the Raeburn you and andI I I. I I think wo we might He heard her fumbling In tho the distant pantry lIe He smiled to himself as he be I listened to the clinking glass and By I Jove said he a 0 mothers mother's a fine I thing i Wheres heres Janet 7 he asked when she I returned He lIe wanted another wor wor- Oh she he gangs to bed the moment Its It's dark his mother complained like e one ag aggrieved always saying I that she's Ill ill I when she grow grow- up that she might be a wee help but hut I IRhe's she's Rhes no use at nt all And Im I'm sure If a awas awas I was wa kenned I have more to complain o 0 than she has aye ae she said and stared at the embers It rarely occurs to young oung folk who have e never left lert their homes that their parents ma may be he dying soon ROon from In Infancy infancy In- In fancy they have known them as ns es established established es- es facts of or nature like the streams and hills they expect them to remain But nut the young who have been away for six months month are often struck by a tragic difference In their el elders elderson ers erson on returning home To young joung Gourlay there was a curious difference In his mother molher She was almost t beautiful to to- to night Her lIer blue eyes were large largo and glittering her ears n waxen and delicate delicate deli deli- cate te and her brown hair swept low on her veined blue temples Above and below her liDS lbs there was a narrow margin marln of the purest white Mother Iother he said anxiously youre oure not ill Ill are ye What do you ou need so many wee clouts for She gasped and started Just a clouts I was sorting out she faltered No No no dear theres there's wrong wP wl me Theres one sticking In your blouse said sall he and pointed to her slack brea breast t. t She glanced nervously hr down loWn and pushed It further In I r 1 daresay I put it there when I thinking she ex l. But she Bhe eyed him furtively to see If Ir Irhe he were still looking CHAPTER There Is nothing worse for a n weakling weakling weak weale- ling than a small success The rhe strong strongman strongman man roan tosses tosse it beneath his feet as aa astep astep a n step to rise hl higher her on He squeezes It Into Its proper place as a layer lael In Inthe Inthe inthe the life he Is building If H his memory memory mem mem- or ory dwells on it for foa a moment It Is only because of oC Its valuable results not bec because in Itself Itsel It is a theme themo fa for vanity And If Ir ho be le higher than strong he values not it but the exercise exer exer- cl cise e of oC seWn getting it it viewing his actual achievement he Is apt to to reflect Is this pitiful thin thing then all that I tolled for Cor for Finer natures often experience a l keen cen depression and a a. sense of or lit littleness littleness lit lit- In the pause that follows a i suc suc- ce cess s. s But the fool is f K so swollen by thought of or his victory that he is unfit for all healthy work till somebody jogs jags him and lets the gas ns out H He IlL-i never forgets the great thing he fancies he did thirty years ago and expects the tie world never ne to forget It either The rhe Themore Themore more a weakling h he is Is and the tho more Inc Incapable of or repeating his former triumph tri trl- the more mor he lie thinks of or It and the themore themore themore more he thinks of or It the more It sat- sat his meager soul and prevents pre brave venture I him essaying another In the world His petty pett achievement ruins him Th The memory of or It never leaves eaves him but swells to a huge balloon balloon baloon bal- bal I loon oon that lifts him off otC his bits feet feel and carries carries car- car vens hISh It lau lands s shim ries rles him hen I him on a dunghill en Even from that proud eminence he oft doodles cock his ils former triumph to the worM world Man Ian you wouldn't think to see seo me here that I lone once hold lucId a great position Thirty year ear back I did a 30 great thing thinS It was wn then follows tollo And like Ike you see a n recital of or his faded ending with a hint that a n. drink would be bo very cry acceptable Even such a l weakling wa was young oun Gourlay His success In Edinburgh head and ana petty as It was as turned his became me one of the many u CI causes eJ working work work- InS ing ng to destroy him All that summer r at Barbie he swa swaggered cred and drank on 01 the strength of or It Continued tomorrow w |