| Show AN ANTIDOTE I By M. M D. D CALDWELL I p 5 by McClure or- or S Sn Syndicate For FOI six Ix gen generations HIP the little white Pottage nesting n In Its N e evergreen r pro protection had been owned I by 11 maiden ladles of various temperaments Its unique history was directly due to the till fact that MIs- MIs Abi Abigail nil Bradshaw w the tile original maiden 11 owner hind had been badly hatHy dl disappointed in h her herer r er verv eQ ardent love affair and forth wi-forth trust oh trusted 11 l no inn man m n. n Abigail lIa had 1 adopted 1 a e mee p who hurl had ht heeded her Iw warning mourning and re received the t cottage o as her recompense In turn the second maiden of the Mile little white cottage adopted a n girl rel rel- will advanced a II step tl and In her lier 1 child adoption adol adoption and antI required that tint her lIel by hy tion remain unmarried nod and take a n KM girl baby al uhn t o h-o o. o teaching her hr to do likewise And so KO 0 down 11 to th the generation of ot J I Bradshaw thc they had all 11 all taken this name nUllie no man hind had dwelt welt overnight In the till cottage otta e. e Aunt Atilt Susan the fifth firth maiden lady had lutil found Priscilla rather lather hard to understand It was vas now a June night and In her st before th the mirror aunts aunt's bedroom she felt an Indefinable loneliness creeping over her lul an all un unaccountable lon longing in for for for- oh for something something to love lore l I There I 1 That Clint wa was It Someone SOI to I Ilove love I And their then came her aunts aunt's command command com com- I mand And 1111 when youre you're twenty one take a h girl l baby as ns your O aunts have done dune before you yo And AmI she shea was a only eighteen Anyway considering her own rest rest- ne s and discontent she want wasn't sure she hp w wanted to hand any girl irl l IJ baby a life such as her hen was going to he Besides sweet tho l thought ht s she he could love one f of t her Iler own oh so RO much more l. l what am I thinking Anil A And l as ns if to make mak amends for graceless graceless grace grace- less leg in ingratitude sh she gave ave thanks thank that she had heen been protected from worldly temptations and that no man uman had crossed her herl path J So Iri thanked the rent Great Deity that she hind had not loved lo a II man inn and amI the next nest Ila day she he went to the Sunday school picnic Tall fair and reserve reserved waving hair hall struggling to be reed freed and cau caught ht at ather ather her lier neck f in In Inthe the original knot inot Priscilla was dressed in a flow flowered creed ered voile olle of plain plait style much oh oh much too ton long She made a sharp stoup contrast t to gay aJ nail and modern mOllem Gerry Townsend who was preening before Bob Iob Gale most popular manIll man luau Ill bet het you Jou dont don't dare she fairly sparkled The picnic was a success and every ers everyone I on one was waR almost t Jubilant except Pris- Pris cilia She SIll was most uncomfortable and anti hours horns before fO e It was time to go home she hind had w wandered down to the lake and thought ht nail and thought and wondered er B Everyone on had been heen pleasant mt n as enl everyone Olle 1 always s 's was but surel surely the young set st hUll had snubbed he her It was tuns probably her outlandish clothes clothe she clothes she knew they were different differ differ- ent and ent-and and her hair She had Imel secretly i in admired n the coiffure the girls were wearing wearing puffed puffed at nt the hack back and puffed at nt the ears and ears un and their skirts too too She would woul tl try to c change e herself f a abit hit bit If she he only had some mine girl ill to help her hint but site wouldn't a ask k one onn of or them them them-no no scree Irle Not when wilen they thc snubbed her hel so sn nut Lint how v ho she wanted to know And how hour she wanted them th to love e her hll A hi big h tear r splashed on the rock lock where she slie sat sut then a H shadow u fell tell before before be fore her 1111 Priscilla looked honked up lip and auth into the tile eyes eye e of or that model of r Bob ob Gale bile She stared lie smiled Miss lIs Bradshaw he lie asked Priscilla nodded Ive lH cuine out here to rile ask you an nn awfully funny llon h life he began an But ni first t I T want to tt tell I. I you I II I haven't nt seen Cecil anything SI so sweet i and 10 1 lovely and quaint and-quaint quaint as OR you for bur well ever lI I want to tn know you I want to be he your rOil I friend Will ill h be he you my And Anti Priscilla llla didn't know Boh Hoh hadn't Intended el saying arn anything of the I kind n when tieu his shadow fell Ill I'll iro i ro s the rock The girls girl's expression chi need completely com cnn An Illumination from inside glowed In her eyes a It smile beginning with her lips seemed to cover er her lIel face and end dimples appeared about IJ lit her r mouth Then as quickly her countenance coon cOlin I clouded The glow went out the tho dimples disappeared and Bob Doh Dohen sensed en ed a chill chilI Whet Is It quaint Priscilla Priscilla thought a moment looking straight ht at him How do I know you ou aren't arent the devils Ils Instrument and that I wont won't land In Nudes hades If It Ir-It If I become fond of ot you Devil ll HOlIes Hades I Oh no nn the they haven't done that to you yon Oll Folks sa say the they were queer hint but they couldn't poison polson you ou with untruths like lite that I 1 Priscilla crumpled down upon that rock and sobbed aloud They lIl tried tiled to tn hut they the they c co couldn't they the haven't tnt Tell me JUe I ran eau live lire end and III love lave like other oilier girls girls and and still be ht he- good Tell The Hie Houel Bobe t Gale Gille 1 And AntI Robert Kobert Gale the village BI Beau au Brummel for forgot ot othe he hind had approached Priscilla v the village freak on ou a dare hare and became because compassionate J I 1 tell ten you JOU on m my honor lIonor you jou OU e can eD D DIe live I and love lo nail and be he better than than than- your 11 0 aunts And It Its It's the straight trai ht road to the heaven heaven the straightest t you o let me rue lead you yeti 1 1 And she did elili |
