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Show Murray Eagle, December 26. 1929 rs " ' Mt 4 Oliver .Cuiwood W.N.U. Service STORY FROM THE START hut" I The Idol of the qunlnt little villain of In the Crippled I.ndy, heroine of an epic destined to live lung in the vllliiKti annals. Jlnw (lie romance of Molly lirunt, ulster of the grtat Indian chief, JOHepli lirunt, and Sir William Johnson, In days, eiittit down to today with the Mrth of a eon, I'aul, to Molly Kirke, wife of a powerful New York financier, and her death when I'aul U thirteen years old. Molly kirke wus a descendant of Mol- ly lirant, nod her boy has many of the lndluu characteristics. Vrv ' CHAPTER "Fifty Alton! (hut ..,' score of engineers . ti father's ".My I mil re on here. A lnb iu., every one of them In belter ted to fill my place tliiin I. They have dune I lie work, not I. they submit suggestions When they know (hey should lie commands. Vet they are slaves to my whims ntid desires ns long as 1 mil they remain on this work. the strutting figurehead of a flnan-cla- l monarchy. I hale that pit down there. I hale the million going Into IU 1 lake no pride In wliat seems to thrill you all. If I filled my proper place I would he among the men digging ami messing myself with flay, earning my six dollars n Hut I'm here Instead. I do day. iiot have to succeed simply because 1 cannot fail. Sly father's million'! attend to that. Thf million cannot lo.se. They nre all powerful nest to the Lord .Ichovah. They set J nil ami hld m, nml you cannot break away. My father litis never for a day's Kl nway from tln-And they've (jot play In his lile. me. I hate thetn, but tli.it doesn't No milter where I go they help. follow me, burnt me, tie me band mnl fool, grimace hi me, and mock ine. Snmeti :ies I hive had n ter lihle thought. I would like to see those millions shrivel up und I Would like to feel t tie necessities of life wlili my naked hands. I would like to fce the Jay of knowing that I hid to work or go hungry. Uh.it a thrill that must Add At,-- " tioiis with n smile. a jjlnuiiiy day mid feel like ravin;;. Hut I did love th at glorious river before we rut It Into rlMiotis. If my father would bead bis millions the oilier way nml nave such things Instead of destroying them. I'd be quite As It Is, must happy. suppose carry en until (l.e d d I kins is tin l.shed." "Von owe yourself tin apology." mi I'ervveil remonstrated, pocketing "J he engineers and "iir father liioiii-- are making the J.di a success, of course. liut j oij ever think of morale? That' a Mg And It thing, a mighty big tiling. 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I think ' i'ih nv.i Mumlcr ful of ""he Is ti'l'.'rani from lor 'i"g J"1' 'il' board ship T ue .f jour work. on 'Home, Paul." she I'n 1,1 a 1 In v . j I I bin ate iii.v more i It was ii sttiol I'uul thought l.".tr t til i mi .I c l ns t,e s it ,,. ...t'.le 1'h lie dck be I, ' t 'i- -l le nn f !..! ft si, mm l. bud ecll III the nie i i,vitit ill ..t'libee, P.. . :,i!n. p., I"-.- ... ri ng J a r.:., j,, u i h 1' II, V: t l.o I .'::!" ft I '7 j"' that d'l'it.J to ', , ,.f "'''stel ...... '" '" "' fit t '" 'II ! f lie) :. d t.j 'beit :ut, 1 ! lie co '! f , I ' '''' '' ..) i j i . ' . 'Vr " II-- o '"'I Ar . l.i t fio r . I :!i It -f V- far l" " i .. ' e Ti,u v.s. I I i mf-'- v 'I'li-.T- i woti'b'iful weman.' vr.cuilr V'tii etiiv i "AH wneeii fe ni.ii !,er.." f ,.(', i.il.i) noi e !,i c,., l.r ! eher. l'k I'jirls t .f r- (o ill "When g suvii-- In ai .!,, Nnv in York. l,ti J re jot! finning (.. tee tite?' ih si e loved child vn you love them." "All wiiii. ti b'ir rp f !'i..; i't-- in) u ri ejs'y "No, h,. ,;,,,,, i j r w, lot of tioo-- l )',..);, 1,.. v 'i '""'I ifni moti cr" -' I Wi 1.. e i iy," sal I'Dtll. "I saw lhn j. ,.f , III In r f i. .. i i, he ,, ;,, I ..fe. nhil I Ki It t c. i" otlC I Itcf I rlii.rft ,,j O.f. In ! s l'1l I" lfotu-1'let il'i'l; n 1' p. lor lu this wi.v. il l bi 1,rf I ol s litt'e. tor;, M i. to f'i (i;i b''k. t"i 'hem. wlili I rr ' ' I e S''e '. Mr. s I Kiti-e- . ,. AS an kl,l ! to - . to joyou.incM, As you go f ixt 1 I I t"'l 'S I 'MtM lute nn Ihn bet gD sgtin in the traveloJ way; n to Hcm labors that you do from day to diy. woul J have the st.tr g'eam tl.rouh pny that T.: And I ItinJ'.y Beauty the dmk, U'Lrn all the wit!J it nyst::a!!y :il!f J, tweet with To Itglit you to a c.tr J.-- Where you w-- .ll mu-i- r.J i. t clrearr.s But.tf you mu know tear ar.J snrrowing, If yu mist tare the hittcrnetf of rue, Lo. I wcu! J have you tron,T fnoiih to unj The whi'.e you Lravciy eiujie your dream anew, l.i urate of af 'tJirh Jr.J t!,e cruel rod. your he4r: high l;opeaa:iJ uith ()tcf inGuJ! Tt AM . I Is. 14 . Firmer' t U'ie V. .V ' I N X- - ' risjuorry '.sS.sSssVSV sT I l.L was very quiet In house there may have been some sound of revelry, but little of It reached the streets. The . 't c streets were silent dark deseried Alon; the side of the town the river flowed silently. Kerry bout, tug boats, other water craft moved The sw Isli of the waalong qult-ilyters made by the moiing boats reached but I. Hie distance a.vuy 1 he w hole World seemed very quiet, very subdued us though li!i:hl had almost put it to s'eep. only scat t'Titig h few of its dreams. Its twinkling, melodious dreams lure , Hid tliMe. All of n s'.'Mon the w eld seeiiu.l W there was n sllr. ti, have shifted ti. to ' 1' in l'l e.if it iv.. thoroughiv wa.. N.. ...I, ,r wen. lb. aid (pi, t, No l"i . Joy. The little New Year had been So disarming, so candid. It had not realized that there was shy res ntid tieulutiori nee world bright New Year little didn't fh. se thttigk in the world, the world nlmo'.t felt certain Ihei were Inii weary of nn f.gmeni AL Xti$h rriP I m it g crmm na n In little 11 (Vli f Pvery one nrid rierytblng no wanted In srtlculsite, to add 10 Ihe oiind f.f wi'tmitie. In add to the world's food wlsl.rs to the world III ti'.ein t t It bid bnpprtn.fi. Just little (!me iH'fore tin orbl hud ! 11 ttu aifinj .iriiewlmt soon nbnt loqicfiiily, keep-IrIts long irgs. Its serrris. It) aUilt-n- I I I I I I I I I 1 I III II I I New Year Time to Take 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Stock 1 1 New Year Is 8 Exxl tltas of our pus only In a materlil slons. sense, but also with regard 10 M nm! tntacl ninny things, tangible tt ble. that we all enjoy, one of createst trnpedles In life ' lo It lerness of awakening too late happiness that was ours, .erj fretjuently. because buuiuo sw'trt Is such as It Is. we set Into biW 4 of roniDlBlnlDj aUmt tr'.'Ui, ol suUsfactlon wiiti tmr nl. Inj It with that of some oeljtw or friend, with resulis that sr W Yet. If we ohm' from pleasing. true listing of all that we own might often find that we are richer and better off than tU we ore envying. The nmst prerti re of.en U things we I we are scarcely sware of; w " u them so much for pranied sometime only their sudden tM away awakes us to their true A rareful and thorough lnv.T at New Year's would surely 1biMJ to a greater enjoyment srel cr appreciation of the thins w we possess.-Kaihc- rlne TUB takenotstock e,,",' till WlfB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 N'el ' " 1 1 ' e1 1 1 THE NEW YEAR H COME ryf $ mi Ohl Year In. r..r o'" a New l et Its for.el and rtioimi not ; f,lt " ; Till: t Shouted .,tt t.nnjrct and Shortest sorrow. each f us ilisappoititme'i". Illness, purl unity, but tl f rvfurn. - f l or '" New Vcnf mew Joy. haptilncss. . l.lll Will. The n t M Ilea,.., snd r'1' f rea Im.1.17 fr,Ja b..l I wbt.h lies 14-- t os 9 1I a jij fry, MfV'T,..et gaforw.rdl UIM",M conf!d.r.tly1 ,rt f Ihe Sm 9 fisrlske en.crl- -n Hani Well. Hi. Wf!"" l4 I II M M i d. -- - ' ltlT ll.ft bss lfi n "llie M to whlih I riatlj the hortei-- t Never Too t I day of the Jef, airreij. bow ricf. that the longi'l day (of Sum "r folk l ti e eie,i in the life tbe New vesrrubt of a New Yrat tnn.iu'Ion. hate not U .ne s 1 t.rV t .1 f ,tur dren eb.n may go forward, .. " tw our U we ni'i'-- " msrhlne whb b b 1 Day J VMr.likeai.rw.1iy.unM .. u' Infinite lHissibllii'i' v The ..Id year b'"''-- ' have fall. d. or our o have been shsttered : bu'IW"" I rst. They arc the of ycsterjrnr. f1 Z the ia i;t. tiini I Is a Good i rhirrd. I mforting Ilea'th so thnoldio ml to The sturdy faith, the shining loyalty. Of friends the long and jmt have proved The glowing hearth firei and lb boob I loved I All wonted kindnessrs and welcomhf-A- ll sure, hard trodden path to whici 1 cling! With all the Strang new blstsjD you bring. Leave m the way that were try co- t tt roiiblti't jell loud enough. It couldn't look upon other with more nftTll.ijt, ndiniratloii arid gladness If II had tried. And In the (own nnd lon the the ferry boat, rlier nml In other towns and stunn the tug" (..nt.! oiber riiers, across prairie wher the other witei r fi move ,i llht tlenmrd only here and there. In large cities l All let fitly. eierj where the world n tin tlii lleg feeling ery happy. All oer be the treat pvparik,. tiinnieh which heard. the world wandered and rotated People nldtig there w tit hew the street portenti new rollectlon of diifred, blew borti, fenlled at Start. that would surely cemt Striingers. shouted Etei'ttnc to rnrh dream oihrr. Ihe sounds from houwi tme. In moment. It had bapis'tied. A erew Irr'i ti!flei Music Kfew loud new yent bnd been born, It Is no er. KiiJer, merrixr. bnppier. Wbi ninll event In world rlrrle, ties and irns an t ,ln from the A 11117. Hsppy river crift blew Ri shrbked and Vrarl Slfil'f NEW YEAR Ltav. OH, III I And Id t h T s.illlels Co tile f .ititi) fro'ii i. I ,cis.- - Soioiig er il'd the bouts, I in Montreal Herald 1 and the So If n In By Laura Simmons ISJ. Inar sise .1 A regarded strangers as It hud regarded Itself ns a stranger even unto Itself. Just fo little time before the world bad been feeling a little lonely. It was glttng old. There was something depressing about netting old. The world knew that us weli us anyone. There was something even depressing In Ihe thought that so soon It would be lidding to Its Another year was so soon to age. he finished, closed. How (iften the world had wanted to take others Into lis confidence, to tell what It thought, what It hoped, what it dreamed. But It was uf rti Id some one would laugh nt it mid the world couldn't have lis dreams, tin matter bow Illusive they might he, made fun of and Yet sometimes the world hum ked. wonders If others didn't feel the If others might not same way. often wish to talk but were shyly afraid. So the world wrapped its protecting cloak of Inarticulate, longings about It and hid what hopes and dreams lay Inside. And as the world kept so much to Itself It fell the burden of Its thought., of Its disappointments, of Its dreams that never bud come true. So the world felt old. so the world hud dreaded a Utile, young, brisk, cnj. fresh, spon'aneous, tireless, nntramiueled New Year. But tiow. Id moment, nil that had changed. In Just 0 little small seemingly Insignificant moment the world had become pay, llghthearted, huppy. .Now the world's shy cloak had been thrown aside. Now the world was frank, joyous, open hearted. Jubilant Now the world completely forgot that so short a time ago It had been feeling obi nml weary. For the New Year had brought In Its little, young, affectlonnte lists vitality und brain swept freedom and had strangers. PRAY the Kew Year bring you ta in re ilv lie w.."b r. tetli.'ss I r urre I . III'-- " 'a! ti v Wm In I ";. en w.fiP.jf iiM.i2 t' Sb t... 1, MM. Wbrn H. )i,t.ai, Jeiy. bete 'In .il fgf- SI- - ', '''''' '""''-'- " "fin. "" w::l"r;"" n in a 've fof i'vi'-. . .. e . .i.- - ...... r t i.. l.r I,,,,,.,,,! toe.. Iil ..!. loui-:- ' . i.o,..,,,. wi.tifi f..r I, rom.-i,:- ......... v. .ii ;u ir, . . tii.tl.fp s.H.;,ig ' on- - II. i. ! I Year iiicl Old F&few self. It By Kilgur Dunicl Kramer A' k'-e- . ... r flip N-- '"II i 'il!.t: ct I. . u r i) .;. li r leo:; t , ' rj In T lo -W bltlons. Us better Intentions deeply It hud been shy Just a (0 Itself. few moments before. It bnd been Inarticulate, keeping things to It- WISHES a XcwYcar for i "J t - ttfg' " ' v - (.1 win-low- i I 'C:y; v..-.-- i" , '.' - : - - , I - iik vU.h'V 3's ' 'rX.-Z-t .r.V,., .,st I'! erthat - ' ;;;;;; II ill ro-in- g tiece-.s;uv'- r. ! '.ly. Jj lJJJJ i t j f ii- -. in.r ',1 fXII . 1 I y Jivell the old beads, the engineers win. wiike.l In Pgipt ntid I'.in.iina. j love to be with i.ci. Then. Isn't n i mill lit tie u. :' : To! h.IVe Ili.nl til It .'..ot! M,Ss;t,:,. j Is an ,i hicletio I.' w I i y.., I, 'lu in t in the most Va! lle o' J iteration. ii in v,v i a "It is foo, I ' I l.o.. W M l',l:', . mv life could save your mothwould give It," said I'uul. Ills words broke through her calm for a moment. "I have come to ask If you will take nie over to I'erilmnku tomorrow und help nie arrange for a little plot of ground," she said, tighten"My ing her hands In her lap. mother loves I'erlbonka. In so many ways it has reminded her of the und village where she; whs born from which uiy father brought her We have dreamed of to America. I love living there some day, for Now that mother Is It, too. to die, she wants to be burled there. Tomorrow I want to arrange for a place In the cemetery, us near She told the river as possible. me today Just where she would like to rest, In a little corner that was overgrown with wild honeysuckle when we were there last. She Is so eager to get It, so happy and smiling and unafraid In planning f,,r if so wonderful such a moth last night I asked (lod to let nie die und go with her. t.ookliiL' Into her bravely clear mid tearless eyes, I'aul felt himself. for a moment, unable to answer her. Then he said : "We will go tomorrow, Carla. But It will be u long time before any- "If er, I pcr-lum- c -- Ms sat at his desk after Per- went had gone, l'roin his chair he could look through another window to a clean and unbroken sweep of country where the forest had stood, und where now were rows of cottages built for the men whose wives und families had come with them to I he workings, lie could see l.ui y I'.elh' I'erweiii's home, und not f.ir from It tin' cottage in which t'.nl.i II, ild. in und her mother lived lie had ofien felt an emptiness of j heart mid a great bulging when bis eyes lesteii upon these hall nuntred hollies of Ihe Women whose loveillld lojatly had urged Ihetii to follow their husbands' fm limes. His wife was not milling them, (inly twice In Ihiee Jears had she come up In what she had called "lliese horrible tin II she had departed Woods," a after a day or two. II. r picture was on his desk, lie knew she was bcuuiiful, in a vivid, golden way. Hut her beauty bad never touched U had beell for him him deeply. like a beauty of a ilovver made by n master cr.ifismau from paper or glass, wilti. .in the rare, sweet which should have been a pan of It. nml for which he bad )caruot ail Ids life, lie had thought of her us a lovely bird In a gilded cage-aIhe cage was the palace wld' h he called bis home. It was n senseless thought, for the cage did not hold her often. She was In Last jear It was ligypt. ii.ni. .Wl jear I; would lie gome other far away place. He had been true to the woman Mi J is! lis he knew she his de-was tree t. him, and whatever be had wanted lu w HUH I.P tried to t 1 lie turned toward Moment again, trying to sloiu ide tlile of I. Is cmo It's III ).fl. fclve one I" mo. "Thanks. Tell l.uoy Iielle she Is an angel to think of me so ofteu. I'll come." CHAPTER think you I iit you. help me u little." oiher-b- Me met her at the door, and Carla had wet, fresh nasturtiums In her bund. A glow of greeting was In her eyes and the smile was on her lips, ns he knew they would be. He helped her off with her coat and hood. She objected a little to taking off her raincoat. "I want to talk with you for only a few moments, If the Inconvenience Isn't too great," she said. "And I want to talk with you for a long time," he replied. "I am not working, not even dictating, und I have let my secretary go. I have felt peculiarly the desire to do mulling this afternoon. The day bus been empty and blue, ntid It brightened only when I saw ymi c.uiiiiig down the path. I have been thinking about you quite n bit." He hail never said as much ns this, wlili the steely shutters let down from Ids eyes so that the other man within him looked through. A (lush no faint that I'uul "We Will Go Tomorrow. Carla. Dut did imt notice It gathered ia Curia's It Will Be a Long Time Before checks. Anything Happens," "Thinking of me?" she Inquired. "That Is kind of you. I like to be thing happens. It may be It won't Inthought about pleasantly. Ami you happen at nil. Imcturs tire not could not think otherwise of me fallible. Sometimes" Carla smiled nt him. Her look of when I bring you Dowers." He was glad she had spoken gratitude transUgured her face. "Thank joti." she said gently. "It about her (lowers. gives me greater courage to know "They have been nn encourage-meland mi Inspiration to me for that ymi are hoping for me like that. My mother says the doctors a long time," iu said. ". matter how annoying my work or how are wrong. That is why I want to Mothtomorrow. gloomy the day, they are nlwuys go to rerilioiikalike n cheering friend smiling tit me er wants to lu- with me as long ai she can, but she Insists that the from in y desk."' The warmth In her cheeks deep, time Is very short, much shorter ened Into a delicate rose Hush of than the doctors have said." "Vou believe that?" color. "I must." t'arla was looking be"I am g'ad my flowers have seemed friendly to you. They are yond him, ns if In the distance were a vision which It would be Imposalways that t me. I love them sible for Ii in to see. "I try not to I It us If were not love trees. Just but It comes over me nml that their crowning mission Is to believe, holds me. It Isn't Just fear." bring t:s comfort und solnce, I "I am Ming to write for Miss Someshould hate to pick them. Wlxom to come nml take charge of times It seems to me like killing Ihe children," said Paul. "V( u mtit beautiful things niih mmls In them. be with your mother without InterI I feel the same way when see a ruption." tree cut down." t'arla drew herself together with Her sore rested upon the picture a little shock. of his wife. "I'lease don't. I must have the "I often think of .Mrs. Kirke w hen work the pleasure the Inspiration I phk my nasturtiums," bi n'bled. of the children. Mother wants It Is of their beaut v, colorful. that way, too. She sits In her win"She Is she dow, nm) I run see her from the vivid, full of gold and life. wdl?" schoolhouso, au, we wave our .. I ti, a U in l':irl ,.,t'. ft , hands at each oilier every III tie received n letter from her ester-da- while. She can see the children, In which she speaks of you. and they are always thinking about She says she has not forgotten her her. Kven during school hours they threat to come up nml paint you don't forget. Vou see, they are us some d.iy. That will be exciting, much mother's ns mine, and we her third visit In three jears." cannot turn them over to Miss Mother and I need them. She c.Might the Inflection of Irony Whom, 111 his lobe, though he was lmt try- Von won't send for M;ss Whom The know ledge until it Is ing to reie.il It. "No." ef bis loneliness sometime her. It was one re.isi.n w by As she rose from l.er chair she Ami took the picture of Pull!'!, wile from she p' i.e.l powers t..r him. ! was ut ways s.tiina something tie' afl stood looking at It r-woman wio.se picture with I, !.; back (nriied to de I lit .,s en !,;s desk and whose lit,- was coiiiiiig I'iroiig'.! ihe Thus - I ,. it1;.! f'.en his. so i,!:.i.stey seji. Paul con!. I s, Coin ...'!i. t;,ii event', mg lu wh.ch lile of I'.ii I, l.er exquisitely cut " '' " ' bile foitt.-e nli I beaiitv of tl,e Will youV" I fine-spu- Carla. e i:. "Pardon her told 1 million dollars In and hole before It Is finished. lie Haiti. 1 "..'"'i ,t-" inofH-y- Continued II Curia I'aul looked out of the window again, Willi bis back to rerwent. "What u rotter I nm to blow up as I did u few minutes um," he exclaimed. "But 1 was thinking of Curia und the obstinacy of life. Mine bus been one way, Curia's anI was born rich; Rhe ciime other. over mi immigrant baby. 1 did nothing hut grow up; she fought with the pertinacity of her race for an education after her father died, got it, and has been fighting for her own and her mother's existence ever since. I'm n man. She's a I stand here and sympawoman. thize with myself und curse my luck for being what am while she hears up like a soldier under her burdens, I saw her this morning. It was wet, soggy, gloomy, but she smiled. The sadness of ull the world is hack of that smile, but It doesn't spoil lis sweetness or Its e'l.ec r. She makes nie feel how small I nm und how Inconsequential all this work Is down In the pit. I would give ull this down here if It were mine to give could 1 save her mother for her!" Iicrwent put on his raincoat. "We nil feel that way about It. And we're helpless. I.ucy-llellwants you to come over to supper. I'er-Ibon- ka H , or marry. limn necrles," she said. "But It seems I dou't want to go to any essary. will room, with her hair down, for one of golden filaments hud got Into the letter somehow, and ut first he wanted to believe she hud put It (here. Then he recalled '.hut previous to this letter It had been five weeks since she So hud communicated with him. there was no sentiment about It. Just accident. With Curia it was different. Flowers which she cut from her garden were always on A vase of gorgeous auhis desk. tumn nasturtiums was there now. Usually Carl a sent them over by one of her school children, but occasionally she brought tlieni herShe made nt display of the self. act, nor was there a motive In It, except the one Inspired by kindness. I'aul knew she would have done the same thing If his wife had been there. The two had met. Carla had seemed to bear In her heart a warm and tender feeling for the woman to whose husband she brought flowers. A curious fact hud come out between them. They were the simie ngo twenty-fiv- e both born on the same day. r'unny, I'uul thought, how mucn two women could learn from each other in a short time. I'uul was looking at the llaldan cottage us he sat thinking, und suw Carla come out Into the ruin and turn down the cinder path toward his olliee. In a little while he knew she was on her way to visit him. He stood up to watch the slim figure In Its close fining silken raincoat ami hood. He knew how she would come In through his door, hiding her grief us much ns she Could from the world, flint Its gloom might not oppress or embarrass others. To have a mother at home, dying, and then to smile, was the long, tr |