UNOAY, MAY 7, 190S.
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The Western Academy of Music
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Oratory and
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1 Pref. W. M. Ratmui
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'filer the exclaimed. "I know vbea
t.auy arway, I gneaa.. Do go ind put
that terrltle jrvo up." ,
no," aaia tfnacoo Hgcunf him cgu
dellbwat!.-, ir jail aafr tbere'a no
(lumtlon of thatt but maybe WtJtlam
and 1 bcttrr; go put and tflke a amoke
In tb orchard a kmg'aa tber $taj
down at the cwek." ' -4
In the garden fhafts of white light
pierced' the bordering treea and (ell
where June'tpet breathed the mild
night breexe, and here, through atun
mer apella, the editor of the tlmU!
and the ladj who had run te blin ai
the paatare ban ktrolled down a path
trembling with thadowa to where the
ere It tinkled over the pebble. They
walked elowly, with aa air of being
well aecuatomed frienda and comradea.
and for some reaeWIt did not strike
either of tbPtn aa unnatural or extraor
dinary. Tbey came to a bench on the
bank, and he made a great fusi duat
iug tbe seat for her with bla black
aloucb hat Then be regretted the hat
it waa a shabby old bat JT a Cartow'
eountx fnnhion. . : " " " . '. ' T '
It waa a Jong henrb, and be seated
hlniwlf rather remotily toward the
end onpnviie her, suddenly realising
that be bad walked very close to her
coining down the narrow garden path.
neither knew that neither bad sookeu
since they left the veranda, and tt bad
laaen tnein a long time to come
tliroucb the little orchard and tbe gar.
li-n. She rested her chin on her liand.
leaning forward and looking steadily
at the creek. Her laughter bad quite
ftono; her attitude seemed a little wist
ful and a little sad. He noted that her
iwlr curled oer her brow In a way he
Jmd Hot pictured in the Indy of his
dn'aius. This, waa so much prettier.
lie did not care for tall girls. He bad
not cared for them for almost half an
hour. It waa ao. much mora beautiful
to be dainty and small and piquant
He bad no notion that be waa sighing
In a way that would have put a fur
nace to aha me, but be turned bis eyes
from her because be feared that if he
looked longer be might blurt out some
ipeech about her loveliness. His
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"I ihould say not-sald WUIIsju.
with a deep frown and a Jerk of bis
head toward the rear of the bouse
"lie Jokes about it enough. Wouldn't
even promise to carry a gun after this.
Said hs wouldn't know bow to use It
never shot one off since be was a boy,
on the Fourth of July. This Is tbe
third tune he's be'n shot at this year,
but be say a. the others was at a-
wbat 'd b can itr .
"'A mmli complimentary range, 9
Briscoe auppnVd. lit bandedf William
cigar and bit the end off another him
self. "Minnie, you better go in the
bouse and read, I expect, unless yoo
want to go down to the creek and Join
wose toils- j . i
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In thTpCTturbifhYa of eoned7rr7of
got-
"It waa melodrama, wasn't itr she
said. He laughed, but she shook bet
"Purest comedy," be said gayly,wt
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SUOwr knew that ntithtr had spoken.'
glanca rested on , (he hank, but iti
diameter Included the edge of her white
skirt and the Up of a little white, high
Dooled allpper that peeped out from
beneath, and he had to look away from
that too, to keep from telling her that
he meant to advocate a law compelling
all women to Wear crisp white gowns
aad white kid illppera on moonlight
' night '
; She picked a long spear of graas
from 'the turf before 'her, twisted It
absently In her fingers, then turned to
him slowly. Her Hps parted aa-lX to
apeak. Then aba turned away again.
Tbe action was so odd, somehow, as
she did It so adorable, and the pre
served v silence was. such a bond be
tween them, that for bis life be could
not have helped moving halfway op
the bench towardJtan . ' , !.' 4
"What la itr be'askedand he spoke
in a wuisper aucn as he mlsht have
cept yoov part of it Ton shouldn't havs
dona It This evening was not arranged
In honor of vislting lsdies.' But yoa
musrn t tbink me a comedian. Truly, I
didn't plan It My. friend from Six
Crossroads must be given the credit of
devising the scene, though yoa divined
It-' .-.
"It wsj a Bttle too picturesque.
think. ,1 know about Six Crossroads.
Please tell me what yoa mesa to do."
"Nothing, What should I r -
"Xoa mean that you will keep on let
ting them shoot at yoa until they-untU
you" . She struck the bench angrily
with her hand. . ',
'"There's no summer theater In Six
Crossroads. There's not even a church.
Why ahouldn't heyr be asked grave
ly, -uunng tbe long and tedious even
ings It cheers tbe poor Crossroeder's
soul t drop over here and tske a shot
at me. It whiles away duU care for
him, and he has the additional exercise
of running all tha way borne."
"Ahr abe cried Indignantly. "They
told me you alwsys answered like this."
"Well, you see, the Crossroads efforts
bare proved ao thoroughly hygienic for
me. As a patriot I have sometimes felt
extreme mortification that such bad
marksmanship should exist In the coun
ty, but I console myself with the
thought that their best ahots are, un
happily, In the penitentiary."
"There are many left- Can't you un
derstand that they will orgajtlxe again
and come In a body, as tbey did before
you broke them upT And then. If they
come op a night when tbey know yoo
ar wandering' oot of town
." ;You have not bad the advantage of
an intimate study of the most exclusive
people, of the Crossroads. Sliss Sher
wood. 'There are about thirty gentle
men who remain In that neighborhood
while their relatives sojourn under dis
cipline, u yoo baa the entree over
there, you would understand that these
.thirty could po gather themselves Into
a company and march the seven miles
without physical debate In the ranks.
Tbey are not precisely amiable people;
even among themselves.' They would
quarrel and shoot one another to pieces
long before tbey got here."
"But tiK-y worked ja a company
once,"
"Never for seven miles. Four miles
waa their radlul. FJre would see them
all dead.",
She struck the bench again. "Oh, you
Isugh at me! Ton make a Joke of your
own life and death and laugh at every
thing. Have, five years of Plattvllle
taught you to do thatr
"I laugh only at taking the poor
Crossroaders too seriously. 1 don't laugh
at your running Into fire to help a fel
low mortal."
"I knew there wasn't any risk. I
knew he had to stop to load before be
ahot again."
"He did aboot again. If I bad known
you before tonight I" Hla tone
changed, and be spoke gravely. "I am
at your feet In worship of your divine
philanthropy. It's, so much finer to risk
your life for a stranger than for a
friend." ' 4 ' , . ,
"That la a man's point of view, Isn't
itr .
"Ton risked yours for a man you bad
never seen before." ,
"Oh, no. I saw you at the lecture. I
heard yoa introduce tbe Hon. Mr. Hal
loway." , ' i . 1 ,; -
"Then U don't understand your wish
ing to.tave me." - ' ,l
She juvlled unwillingly and rtirned her
gray eyes upon him, with troubled sun
nlncss, snd tinder the sweetness of her
regard be set a watch upon bis lips,
though be knew it would not avail him
long. He had driveled along respect
ably so far, he thought, but he bad the
sentimental, longings of years, starved
of expression, culminating in his heart
She continued to look at him wistfully,
searchlngly, gently. Tbeo her eyes trav
eled over hla big frame, from hla
shoes (a patch of moonlight fell .on
thera; they were dusty; he drew them
under tbe .bench with a shudder) to jils
broad shoufters "(he shook the ptoop out
of them). She stretched her small white
liands toward him and looked at them
in contrast and broke into the most de
licious low laughter In the world. At
this be knew the watch on his llpa was
worthless, It wss a question of min
utes till he should present himself to
her eyes aa a. sentimental and suscep
tible Imbecile. Hs knew it IleVas In
wild spirits. -' ,
"Could yoa realise that one of your
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capita! tins advantages like tliatT JTelt
wimrr uie rouway siauon IS 10 DSVS a
new stove for the waiting room. Hear
en itself is one of our suburbs it is so
close that all one has to do is to die.
Tou Insist upon my being French, you
ae, and I know yoa are fond ,of non
sense. How did yoa (happen to put
Tbe Walrus snd tbe Carpenter at the
bottom of a page of Fisbee's notes r
. "Wss it I How were yuojursit waa
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, ."In Cartow county r .
. Tie might bare written it himself."
"Fisbee has never in his life read
anything lighter than conelfonn ' io
ctiptlooa.' ' 'v "
KMIss Briscoe"-. .'
"8he doesn't read lewis CsrrolL and
Jt was not her band.' What made yoa
write it on Flsbee's mannscriptr " "
"He was ' here this sfternoon. I
teased him a little about your beading
ia the Ueraid-'Bnslness end tbe Cra
dle, tjur Altar and tbe 3rave.' Isn't Itt
and "he said it bsd always 'troubled
him, but your predecessor bad need Jt
and you thought It good. So do I. H
asked me if I. could think ef anything
that you mjgbt like better and put ia
place of it and I wrote The Time Has
Come,', because It was tha only thin
I could think of that was as appropri
ate and aa fetching aa yoar headlines.
ue.was perfectly dear about it" He
was so serious. He said be feared tt
wouldn't be acceptable. I didn't notice
that the paper he bsnded me to write
on waa part 0f his 'ootea; nor did be. I
think. Afterward be pot It back in bis
pocket . It wasn't a message." .
I m not so sure be did not notice.
He te very wise. Do yoa know, I nave
the Impression that the old fellow
wanted me to meet you."
"How dear and good of him!" . She
poke earnestly, and her face waa suf
fused with a warm light There was
no doubt about her meaning what she
said.
It was," John answered nnstesdlhr.
"He knew how great was my need of
few minuter companionable nets
wun with
"No," she lnterrpnted. T meant dear
and good to me. I think be wss think
ing of me. It wss for my sake be
wanted na to meet" .
It might hare been bard to convince
woman if abe had overheard this
speech that Miss Sherwood's humility
was not tbe calculated affectation of a
coquette. Sometimes a man's unsus
plcion la wiser, end Harkless knew
that she waa not flirting with him. In
addition, be was not a fatuous man;
he did not extend the implication of
her words nearly ao far as she would
have bad him. ..
"But I bad met you," said be, "long
ego."
.."What!" she cried, and her eyea
danced, j "Too actually rememberr'
Tes. Do your be answered. "I
stood In Jones" field and beard you
singing, snd I remembered. It was a
long time since I bad beard yoa sing:
' T was a nifflar of Flanders 1
. And fousht for a florin's kin.
Tou wr the dame of my captain '
And san to mjr heart's desire.
"But thst is the bslladlst's notion.
The truth Is that you were a lady at
the court of Clovls, and I was a heath
en captive. I beard you sing a Chris
tian hymn and asked for baptism."
She did not seem overpleased with
his fancy, for, the surprise fading from
her face, "Oh. that wss the way you
remembered." she said.'
"Perhaps It was not that way alone.
You won't despise me for being mawk
ish tonightr he asked. "I haven't ,had
the chance for so long."
, The night air wrapped them warmly.
and tbe balm of the Utile breezes that
urreu me loiiage arouna tnem waa
the smell of damask roses from tbe
garden. Tbe creek splashed .over the
pebbles at their feet, and a drowsv
bird, half wakened by the moon, croon
ed languorously In the aycamores. The
girl looked out at the sparkling water
through downcast lashes, "Is it be
cause It Is so transient that beauty Is
pathetic," she said, "because we can
never come back to It in quite the
aame way? I am a sentimental girl
If you are born so It Is never entirely
teased out of you. Is It? Besides, to
night is all a dream.- It isn't real, you
know.- You couldn't be mawkish." '
Her tone was gentle at a caress, and
it made him tingle to" bis finger tips.
"How do you know r' he' asked.
"I Just know. Do yoa : think ' mt
very bold and forwkrdr she aald
dreamily. - , . ' i
"It was your song I wanted to be
sentimental about I am like one who
through long days of toll'-only that
doesn't quite apply-'and nights devoid
of ease,' but I can'tclaim that one
doesn't sleep yell here; it la Plattvllle'a
specialty like one who-
"Imt'was ff about tCTmejoJlear
abe said.
"Nothing. I don't know bow to thank
yoa for this evening that yoa have giv
en me. I I suppose you are leaving to
morrow. No one ever stays here. I"
"What about tbe melodies r
He gave It op. The moon makes peo
ple tnaaoef he cried.. . . ,
"If that is true, then yoa need not be
more afraid than L because Deonle' la
plural -What were yotl saying about"
"I bad beard them ia my heart
When I beard our voice' tonight I
knew that it waa yoo "who sang tbeni
there, bad been singing them for me al
wsys." ;:N ;,'f ff.v,f v; .
"So!" she cried gay'ly. "All that de
bate about a pretty , speech r Tba,
sinking before bira-ta a courtesy, "I am
beholden to yoo," she said. "Co yoa
think no man ever made a little fUt
tery for me before tonightr ... V "
At the edge of "the orchard, where
tbey could keep an unseen watch on the
garden and tbe bank of the creek. Judge
Briscoe and Mr. Todd were ensconced ,
wader an apple tree, tbe former still
armed with his shotgun. When tha
young people got up from' their bench,
the two men rose bastiry, then saunter
ed slowly toward them. When they
cast, Harkless shook each of them cor
stially by tbe hand without sweating to
know it , , , ,,:.;:f ,... , .-v.,
. "We were coming, to, took fee.ycu?
explained tbe Judge. "William waa
afnild to go borne alone thought some
one might take him for Mr. Harkless
and shoot him. before he got Into town.
Can yoa come out with Willetts in the
morning. Harkless," be went on, "and
go with the young ladlea to sea the
parade? And Minnie wants yoa to stay
to dinner and go to the show with them
in the afternoon." . ,
Harkless seized hla hand and shook tt
and then laughed heartily aa ha accept
ed the Invitation. ,
At the gate Miss flherwood extended
er hand to him and said politely, .
wniie mockery shone trom her eyes:
"Good night Mr. Harkless.. I do not
leave tomorrow. I am very glad to have
met yoo. .v..- ; v .
"We are going to keep her all sum
mer, if we can," said Minnie, weaving
her arm about her friend's waist.
"You'll come in the morning r
: "Good night Miss Sherwood." he re
turned hilariously. "It has been such
a pleasure to meet yoa. Thank yoo so
much for saving my life. It was very
good of yoa, indeed. Yes; in the morn
ing. Good night good night" He -shook
bands with all of them. Includ
ing Mr. Todd, who waa going with him.
He laughed all the way home, and Wil
liam walked at his side In amazement
The Herald building was a decrepit
frame structure on Mala street It
had once been a email warehouse and
was now sadly in need of paint Close- '
ly adjoining It in a large, blank looking
yard, stood a low brick cottage, over
which the second story of the o'd ware
house leaned in an effect of tipsy af- ...
fectlon that had reminded Harkless, -.'
when he first saw it of an old Sunday
school book woodcut of an inebriated
parent onder convoy of a devoted child.
The' title to these two buildings and .
tbe blank yard bad been included in
the purchase of the Herald, and the
cottage waa the editor's borne.
There waa a "light burning upstairs '
In the Herald office. From the street .
a broad, tumbledown stairway ran np .
on the outside of the building to the
second floor, and at the stairway rail-
lng John turned and shook hla com
panion warmly by the hand.
"Good night William." he aald. "It
was plucky of you to Join In that musa
tonight I shan't ferget It"
"I Jest happened to come along," ra
the other awkwardly. Then,
a portentous 'yawn, he asked.
"Still heard in his soul the aausle
Of wonderful melodies."
"Yes," she answered, "to come hers
and to do what you have done aad to
live this Isolated village lite -that must
be so desperately dry and dull for a
man of your sort and yet to have tbe
kind of heart that makes wonderful
melodies sing la itself-oV she cried.
1 say that la finer
"You do not understand. he return-
ed sadly, wishing before her to be un
mercifully Just tp himself. "I came
here because I couldn't make a living
anywhere else. And the "wonderful
melodies' I have only known you one
plied
with
Ain't ye goln' to bedr"
"No; Parker wouldn't allow It
"Well," observed William, with an
other yawn, which threatened to ex
pose tbe veritable soul of him. "I
d'know how ye stand it It's closte on
U o'clock., Good night", '
John went up the steps, slnrins?
aloud ' , '
."For tonight well merry, merry be. .
For tonight we'll merry, merry be," .
and stopped on the sagging platform
at the top of the stairs and gave the
moon good night with a ware of the ,
hand, and friendly laughter. At this It
suddenly struck him that he was twen-'
ty-nlne years of age and that he had
laughed a great deal ,that evening:
laughed and laughed over things not
in- the least humorous,' like an excited
schoolboy making-a first formal call;
that he had shaken hands with Miss
Briscoe when be left her as If he should
never see her again; that he had taken
Miss Sherwood's hand twice in one
very temporary parting; that he had
shaken the judge's hand five times and
WUIIam'a four.
"Idiot.1" he cried. "What has hap
pened to mer ' Then he shook his fist
at the moon and went In to work, be
thought .. r;
(Continued Next Sunday.)
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rneu. -is rour seriousness a iosi anr evening and tha moiiM u.
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useo. at xne Deaaiqe or a ayinsr friend, uer laugnter ceased suddenly. . "Ah. Mo his feet and tnnir a r
tie would nof have", laughed if be had J no! I understand Thiers said, the the garden. "Come," be said. "let me
known he did so. She twisted the spear
ef grass into a little ball and threw it
at a stone in the water before she an
swered: ' t "
Do you know, Mr. Harkless. you
and I have not 'met' have wef Didn't
we forget to be presented to each
otherf ' ... r -.
L-hgJTtir
French laugh always In order not to
weep. I haven't lived here five years.
I should laugh, too, If I were you."
"Look at the moon," he responded.
"We Plattvllllana own that with the
best of metropolitans, and, for my part
I see more of It here. Yon do not ap
preciate us. We have large landscapes and fell unon ber head. lie rained
lie Mart ef the dtv. and what other. '
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take you back. Let us go before I"-
ue finished with a helpless laugh.
She stood by the bench, one band
resting on it She stood all In the
tremulant shadow. She moved one
step toward him. and a slngl Inn
sliver, of light pjerced the sycamores
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