Show JI I LOST AND WON I II IDY i BY DY JULIA MUNRO lU RO A shrill blast from the whistle and anti anda antia a cr cry Tho Tile thresher stopped and the tIme workers rushed to his side aide 1 With Hh the time greatest difficulty thE they Y succeeded le In getting eUln him their master Chagu out of the tilO steel claws of tho tue machine The hc wounded man groaned for a moment moment mo mo- ment ineRt then ho swore like hike a n. trooper His right arm was one blood bloody pulp from wrist to shoulder He lie was carried to tho the house and andas andas andas as the men were carl carrying him hint across the yard the servant girl Jeannine appeared In him the door 1001 Sho She had been scared h by 13 the tIle sud sudden stopping of or the th thresher What hat hat is the matter maller It is time tho master who got his arm arm crushed In the thresher Sho Shio looked at the tIme bloody stump and find began hegan to sob aloud It seems to hurt you rou a lot more mOl than It hurts me the wounded man man said Jh They wanted to put him hint to bed but buthe ho he refused Put me mc in the armchair near the tile Wi window fl d o it lie was placed in the tile large Jorge clumsy clums uncomfortable armchair brought linen rags and wanted to put puta a a bandage on That wont won't do it an any good JeanninE just tie something tightly aroun around what is left and th then n tell Jean Teall to lo hitch up tip and go o for the tIle Let tet him him tell time the doctor he ime mu must t be he hero before lefor sundown un and l cut off m my arm aria latch work wont won't tb do here Then he hc paid ald to tIme the others Not ow you just go o back to work worl It is Is no n. u UFO o to lo stop atoll everything c because I have haye lost an arm The Tho thre thresher costs enough money to hire a anyway 11 wn hen and anI th others hud had gone gOlIe Chalu began beg to think lie llo was wu-s wasu a u stron strong powerful man maim who cared card nothing for pain The a accident cl was unfortunate but hut the time results still stillmore more serious By working from dawn to lo dark daric arl he lie had been able uble t to do I without with out n CL I. I hired I hand except luring during time the hanc Jt time even though he lie had on onehundred one onu hundred acres acre TIme Tho two mares that were now resting in ill the time s stable had been en as tireless as hi- hi it Il but bUl In iii the tue fu future Cu- Cu u ture he would not bo lie able to lo plow Ho lie would woula have havo to get ct a n. hired man mian and i that would cost him at nt least liOU ou I i iI I franc frailty a oui UI Ut How was I h he Ite 1 to mal mako i that minify monr I When hell h he ha had l reach reached ell this tIlls point h II h I was walS filled lih h remorse for COI not having hav ha ing kept kepl a promise given to Lo a dying person Il It IL was vas his wife who would not die until she she- shwas was satisfied she had arranged l cV everything EO 50 that her death I would mean the smallest possible lo loss li During he her long Illness this tills thought though had worried her Imer Her lIer fear did dill notarise not arise front tIme the thought that the tho heritage herit hErlt age nse should be b scattered for she Bhe hall hail no children but from love lo of ur the KOI to which she had devoted the work of f her life S At last silo she had found a wa way out i and said to lo her husband I i i have c thought ht it all over You are me only 2 30 0 0 and not hot fit it to remain a n. widower widow CI er em first because you are too young oun und amid next because a a. farm without a I housewife does doc not amount to lo any any- i thing tiling You must marr marry Jeannine She has ilus been beell with us for ten len years and I never uever given any cause for fOI complaint Silo She is young anti and strong and willing and that makes males up for the fact that that she Rhe can bring no dowry lowry Promise meto mo me moto to marry her and 1 can die in Ill peace I ha had promised but ho he had hall always put lUt off ocr the matter Not ot that he lie was waR blind to lo her robust beauty or I her quick hands but hul he was alwa alway I thinking of or what Improvements h lie could make malc if ie he were to marry maIn a 1 widow or girl with money And thus I three years had l passed and ho lie wa waa a still a widower Ills blood was boiling now when h- h thought of oC himself with one ono arm fit I Ionly only to LO weed turnips Who ho would marry murry him now Nobody not Nobody not not even cven I Jeannine Ho would have hac to have lla A t stranger stronger cultivate his Ills form farm Ills in income income income in- in come would go down n the value of I his farm would deteriorate an and hK his savings would disappear That arm I was to cost him a n. pile of ot money mone If he had hac only kept his ills promise the the-i t the I he would have ha hl had Jeannine but of course Silo she would leave him now tot too entered S Tile The boy has gone Sone she said aWl and I the tile doctor ought to be hero by 2 I oel When Then she silo saw how sad saIl her master I looked she Bile continued softly Do not worry torry too much about It It master perhaps per per- I imps haps time the doctor may be able to S save your arm He looked at her as she stood I there tall an and strong her firm round I arms on her hips Her face tace was full I of ot pit pity but iUt strong like that of ot a aman wo woman woman man who does not want to betray wo her feelings thought she haul had never looked ool ed as beautiful as now I It l h not hot the thc accident I J am thinking think I ing ilIg of or he said It is what is to come comae I 1 shall shah have to pay at least GOO francs to a a. man maim to do things here I timid within ten miles I I-do I do not know kno of or a n single follow who can plow a straight furrow Damn the whole business ss i J Is that all that worries you ou i Yes damn It It-Isn't It isn't that enough You must not talk like lIko that mas mas- I ter S Why not I I will show you OU wily wh- I She Sho left the tho room S I Ho lie turned a little in his chair but hut I almost howled with pain Jain He lie looked through the time window across the field lehl I It would tal take e mail many Jays days to plow plo I them them and and here lie Ime was sitting sHUn doing I nothing Who ho was to plow the tIle Ion lorm lone furrow across the fields and throw i I out tho the seed A for r a new harvest haI Suddenly he heard a n voice in th th- stable stable stable-it it was wag Hello Gray get up now come come on now Charlotte What that mean Did Jeannine Jean Jean- nine intend to plow That would II i I I n never V 1 work worl though the SlId had tn trip i I I I II I often enough h in Iii fun tin Gathering all his strength he succeeded e l in raising raisin himself lr and as ho lie looked hooked through I J j tho the window he saw san Jeannine molting making i ithe the tIme first furrow He lie was almost I moved l to tears lcm's ns as ho saw SaIS how well veli she did 1141 It Il and how JIOW splendid she looked looJee 1 j i behind th time the plow with her cs I relied tip up her hall hair blowing about her head and her hir young joung firm bosom heaving InS ing with excitement Chagu stared at her as If it bewitched be be- c- c witched then the tue tears came into hi his hise e e as ho exclaimed in despair Oh Olm I m my God God When hen she came back noar near the house halls Cha u with an un almost superhuman I effort raised the window an and called calleJ out out- Oh Jeannine leannine I Yes master Dont Don't I know Inow how to plow oW I can caim nn do elo it better bolter hut ulf but I ohm oh Jeannine you ou arc a splendid girl gh I What a pit pity I have havo lost m my arm or orI orI orI I I aMk asic you to ho bo my 1113 wife Slit Slit- took hold bid of the time plow bundle I looked hooked at nl him and said old in a n that trembled a little Just Jus t l as 0 you ou want vant to lo to master ler time the I ann aim wont won't make no difference e. e You Know that thal m my ny two arms arimms arc are always I I yours I if you rou want vant to take tako them I I II I II 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S S S m S 1 0 r Js J 2 s 0 H S l S Henry Lewis on I U S. S Dis y of New York who was the prosecutor of Morse und and Curtis |