Show I 1 V little li t tle J 8 tf sir galahad tal ahad I 1 F A story with a soul by ORAY copyright by sms ft A colyar SYNOPSIS while trundling the clean washing up alpiar hill mary alice brown is f set t up in by borne some mischievous bos bo ho put the th washing into the dirt she li is and taken to hr ber home in calvert street by Tr francis ancis willett a galahad knitht knight she Is punished by her drunken father for returning without the wah wash money mary alice wander wanders away iron bome takes taken a trolley ride into the country and spend the n chi at the of sit rn thorn thom an in the tho morning she he treats little charlie a theme nomas a cripple sam take taken mary alice bomb unit and finds that he ana mrs mr brown are old acquaintance so poor little mary alice allce who had known nothing but p and biting poverty and who looked upon god as a ome some cort suet of pleasant myth in whom rich boy boys and girt girls might believe came to know something of faith through her association with crippled charlie she actu ally begins to get acquainted with providence I 1 CHAPTER ill III continued ill 1 I can remember wild francis pocketing the quarter 1 I been there ther e the tile trolleys troll eye go there say some day us fellows can all go out and see this charlie epe ope dally fally it if hes a cripple some saturday the thought of half a dozen boys taking the trouble to go to call on little littie charlie e thomas transported mary alice into t rapturous heaven of gratitude she began to like francis willett ill end send him the litter chure eald said arancis the what I 1 the litter chure the and things how to be a galahad knight there a a book of rules and a pledge with a blank to sign your name and anti send in to the secretary ecret ary then theres another little book that telle tells the etory story of sir galahad and the holy grail it a great the tn twenty enty five cents pays for it all and a years membership they came to the travers house ie in thie this where you were going asted francis why that feller teller that tipped you over last night wae was lutcy lutey tavers geel if it his mother knew wout woul int be he 2 atch t it r be a galahad Gala iliad jad knight y v be ien isn t sly siy what eay say wt we tell mrs Tra traver shell just fix him I 1 la Is galahad knight tattletale tattle talea 37 asked mary ilary alice francis willett met ler level gae for a moment and suddenly felt his face go red you make aib auth a bad knight yourself even if you are a girr girt he be eald said mary alice returned with tte the dollar and seventy five cents to find her mother busied and were coln away ibe be eald said were coln to side fall raus for two week weeks sam mr thomas hae has invited us III t the he baby and you and me hes iles gone ahead to tell his wife martha Brush Il ty I 1 knew her when I 1 was a girl hurry dear get your tour things and put tern cm in the valise the car leaver leavea city park square in fifteen mit rutes mary alice began to plan she would be at the farm when charlie got hie his and abe could read hita the etory story of sir galahad oboes whoever er he might be she thought of the awakening jn the big clean bed in the room rith the sloping walls j land murmured t alre brown the childs alti bingin gin I 1 beard lier jer slug aing for months CHAft CHATER TER IV the galahad knight knights martha ind nd sam naile made n aile their old friend thoroughly welcome its it a r long time ince since we had company said the boss III wish look at charlie will you the crippled child beamed wita de do ligat from dann until bedtime dick the drown brown laby taby took bit first few steps during the fortnight spent on an toe the farm wistfully charlie watched him test teat his small wabby lege legs totter and aud fall tall laughing la in the oft soft grass under the apple trees and clapped clappe hie his thin hands bands to see the infant manfully ro peat tue attempt illan he moarnin taut fast charlie would eay say 1 I we welder weder der if ill tumble sigund like that when I 1 start to walk in a few days the rural delivery brought hind him a fat envelope mary ry alice had bad told no one about the galahad knights she hovered with the reet rest of the household about his cast f P to witness his breathless pleasure plea kurc as a he be unwound the etring string from the red ted buttons and spread the contents ou the table sam bad had ingeniously pegged croes ama Is the chair arms into his faco face crept tep t the faint pink flash flush of excitement dont be look handsomer hend 31 martha artha pinching same sams arm then she crici and san sam mumbled ona ething about cutting putting liniment on an the buy horses lumc ihme abfalder ebo abo ilder alder and clu clomped clon aved ped hastily off to the barn bam A ace read ed aloud id the th simplified story of sir adventures advent uree contained in to a amah paper pap book a amoia mo 9 g lb ether cither 11 ph she a b bad ad na nahabed labed ut sat ft a long ume look ing off at the blue bills hills then he be aid said I 1 read rend it again 1 mary alic aint it gral grand lill I 1 bet that feller could licked old and it saye says bero here at I 1 ran can be one of them galahad knights Knigh tej oh mary alice I 1 wised you could be a knight too eky why dont they lit girl girls be knights knigh te same as s us fillers 1 I dont know eald said mary alice 1 I wish they would too sam standing near by chuck chuckled ledl votes for women he eald said the bogi boss Is a funny feller teller observed served charlie what a he lie mean wean by mary alice quite know either youre as good aa as any feller as sorted the loyal charlie ire a me and you portend you re a knight or A 4 knight esq im coln to call you sir knight mary alice allce no that dont sound very good call her it 1 I ady ally mary alice dearie suggested martha the llie biggest day of the browne browm visit at the thomas farm wag was that CA which francis willett and three other valiant knights came to see the net new member francis father drove out from sheffield in bla his car martha made ice lee cream the boya boys sir toots y sir WI whacker lacker hodge and sir molicy baldwin gave the new mem X at command of franci francis they alper formed feat feats of strength ber the right hand band of fellowship with embarrassed gravity they stood about awkwardly adjusted their necktie neckties and wondered bow how much bay hay was in the barn or where the cow lane led at command of sir fronde 1111 wallett lett they performed feats of strength wrestled ran raws races and boxed fiercely for the benefit of bir sir Charl lt thomas whose blue eyes blazed with ecstasy he ile was one of them a sir air knight member of distinguished company lie ile became almost as corn com as francis once more tho the lovely faint hush flush came ta in his small oval face when it was over and martha bad haa carried hm off to bed eho she was afraid hes iles to 0 o er excited cited she bald saidi I 1 I 1 guess hell be a boig timo coln to sleep bleep I 1 hope he dont take any harm irom arora it ILI sam elam thomas was very solemn at fied bedtime time he ile sat at moodily examining hia his toe toes which he curled when he looked up mar tap aw saw that there were deep bag card d lines jines in his face a great longing la lit hie eyes my lily lod god carthyl Mar thyl be he eald said he ile thinks a he be a goin to get well and and ad and carry on as they did jie thinks hell be like them big strong boysa the bea tas bowed hie his held in his great rough hands the strong about boulder boulders shook terribly and its lits 11 II 11 my flolo doln be all my doln join my poor little feller teller my poor little bayt your father did that 10 you martha taking flown down ber her hair by me dresser eser turned toward sam juit just for nAli bashing bing instant there lowed in tier eyes a small harsh light of resent ment of blame a she knew rbt the boas boss raid paid was true not but she went and dropped on the bedside and threw na an arta across his bent neck meek dont sam dear 1 don dont sue said 1 I cant bear it IL it wee was anan an an accident dont blame yo youria urIt its it past and done and it cant be liel belph ped I 1 never blamed jou you did lud I 1 irl vot not a word marthy Mart liy never a uhl bils per I 1 always wonder haw how youve kept I 1 from batin mc roe I 1 flush dear ald aid martha youre makin it up to I 1 im erphy day you live lire makin it apt if I 1 only could t would give bin him back his leg legs the only way and ard ord knows it wa for ever too late tod late he ue finished undressing fixed flied th the windows and went dully to bed where he lay far into the with out lar on themay the way back to town mr willett made inquiry who did you nay any that black eyed little girl was francis mary alice drown brown ashes a quiet little thing and quits pretty sties she your loung lady of th thil wash wagon eh th yes father she hae line brains said paid wallett pere shee spunky her father t I 1 she never told me hal mother take takes in washing little girl delivers the go RK j look looks bad and out all you can them boy and let me know I 1 like that lit 1111 tie girl pity ehe she belong tl ti thomae thomas charlies Char lucky to have i a good father like that any boye boys lucky to have a good fa eald said francis lie ile slipped a hand into that of air willett rind out chere ft here your mother buy buys b hr br r eggs and butter slid wild his father 0 0 0 0 0 the ahll irin bad had just come out into oe orchord hird binl and the young mornine fin plin filtered down through the tile trees tree dappling the still dewy ground with danting patterns of gold one sensed the hint of autumn it was in the I 1 slant I 1 an t of sunbeams in the odora odors of maturing rege regulation tation of ripening fruit this illis la Is just about the bertest day I 1 ever saw began charlie then I 1 korbl I 1 I 1 mats the matter charlie naked asked I 1 mary alice alloe 1 I guess ill im vot ot sir Ch charlie arlle said ald the little bor rubbing the top of bis ills head bead rueful ruefully Fj 1 I guess im sir isaac mary alice looked puzzled wen well I 1 it tell you charlie went ent on L bis ills eyes twinkling a apple fell on my lieal you see it well that made TOO me think of sir isaac newton lie was an english teller one day when he lie wae was under a tree a apple fell plunk tight right on an his head so be he discovered the law la of gravity 1 I 1 dont think that was very emart smart 11 eald said mary alice stubbornly it takes nn an awful lot to lo make some folks see ee a thing 11 That fl it it cried charlie delightedly 0 4 it exactly A little littie apple fallin out of a tree made bit sh isaac newton see that there was a reason and the reason wae was gravity I 1 got a nature book that sprains an about it gravity ie to what makes things tall all to the earth ard the center of gravity la Is the middle of the earth mary alice was twelve and chaale thomas seven peren but the eirl girl marvek marvet I at so much erudition my goodness good nese charlie you know an awful lot for a little boy ehe she eald said i so aono ethia methin I 1 never beard about oh well aid itald the little boy 1 I guess I 1 dont know Is t much as an you think I 1 can t read nearly so a good as yon you mary alice but im lota lots older than yoi yoo ive had bad some vantages though 4 eald paid charlie 1 I get heaps of time to think finhen ben the other boy boys and anti girls are around hollerin bol terin and ana play plat in im thinkie tb th inkin 1 youre the greatest boy I 1 ever saw 1 said aid I alice I 1 say can you tell me something pise else if it this sir isaac verton ver ton li rented gravity that make makes things fall down nhat hat made the apple fall before gravity wae was invented oh mary alice be dlan t invent gravity ho be discovered it god invented gravity oh oil bald said mary allie alice of course ehe she bad had been more than half in fun when she questioned charlie she loved lored to watch his earnest face to note its sparkling opar kling animation when a he talked she hesitated to prolong the present discussion hoa however ever her ner I 1 a lea of cod led was mas not nat particularly vlod certainly not intimate what makes me know my legs are golu to get ft en ell said the little boy anybody that can do the things god does can fix up one little pair of legs dont you think lie 1 I 1 I don t see why not was about au far as so hary mary alice cared to commit herself here elt and yet somehow Bom ebow sho she felt a curious cu rlou thrill she ab wondered vaguely then the she saw that it to everybody ubo ho knew charlie it was something more than merely ir cheering beering up in charlie charlies life attain were always soing to be better than they were because god intended it lie ile was looking ahead with bis big bright rye eyes flied oa on the moun tain of faith and hope jn ewt t as be lits would sit it and gaic gaze on olt across country at the blue bills and say to himself some day im coln to climb up tip there and these children little sir galahad Cal ahad end and mary alice and nd francis willett Wll lett come to be fast friends into the girla girls life there will come soon loan an incident in ident that will chang 04 coulso chur of affair affairs for her eye eve further than they have ve recently been changed t 0 ulu u |