THE LIEUT
IN THE CLEARING-"
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN. THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT
IRVING BACHELLEFL
AUTHMOf
(UN HOIMN, DM AND I, DAHKL Of THl HESSU) BU4
UlfINO Ur VITH UUt tTC, (TC
I... muMtHMniiumninkaiMiMaua
to house most of the nliriit, snd '
"Yen. I'll alurt off with him In an have Dover fiirxolU'tt hir Joy ut seelnic
hour or iu," mi I it my friend, "1 om me and her tuler itreetluic. Hhe Rut
Interested In this boy end I want ti Into the bustry snd tuAv l"tii with
see liln aunt and urn le," us, holding ma In her lap. I'tule )'a-
"Well, Bully, you lo down to Hit of-, hocly ami one of our neliililiora hnd
floe mid aluy with Hurt until they gu.'
"You'd like Hint, wouldn't )'"U'f" the
mini linked of 1110.
"I don't know," I mid.
"Tlmt means yeis" Mild the num.
Hully nnd another little ulrl cumo
with na arid nulii tre t held
Imck to look nt many houutlful thing"
In a hlx window,
"la thorn niiytliliiK you'd like there,
Itnrtr III man nuked.
"I wlxlit I had pnlr o' them alilny
Klmea with liuttona on,"' I answered
lu I low, confidential tone, iifnild In
eipreM, openly, a wish m extrava
gant. "Coma rliilit lu," ho mild, nnd I re
nieniher Hint when wu entered the
, alore I could heur my h' lirt heating.
lie houi'lit l pnlr (if shoes for me
nnd I would huve them on nt once,
nnd mad It neeewiiiry for III in In
buy t pulr of socks also. After the
ulioel went huttoiied on in feet I saw
Utile of Sully DuiikellicrK or the other
piHipIo of the village, my eyes being
on my feet moat of the time.
The mnn look ua Into hla olUce nnd
told.ua to alt down until he could
write letter. ..
Koon l horae and buggy rnine for
ua nnd I briefly answered Bully's good
bye before the man drove iwny with
tne. I remember telling him we
went on over the rout'li Mad, between
flelde of ripened grulu, of my water
melon and my dug and my little pet
hen.
I ahull not try to describe thut borne
Coining. We found Aunt I 'eel In the
Mud five nillea from home. Klie hud
, lieon cnlilnir and traveling front house
been out In the woods all night with
pine torehet. I rtx-ull how, nllliouiili
eieltcd by my return, ho took oil
hi hut nt the sight of my new friend
unit mild:
"Mr. Wright, J never wished thut
I lived lu n p:ilu uutl! no". "
IliLillilu't notice me until I held up
IIIMllllU l
liolll feet ai
ml culled: "Look a' there,
Uncle IVulMKly."
Then he tiune and took uie out of
the buggy mid 1 suw the tears lu Ida
es when he klaaed me.
The muu told of finding me op hla
little veriiuilu, and I told of my ride
with Dug Imiper, utter which Uncle
I'euliiHly wild:
"I'm goln' to put In your boas and
feed him, Comptroller."
"And I'm goln' to cook the beat
dinner I ever cooked la my life," mild
Aunt Peel.
When the greut mun bud gone Uncle
1'vnbody took me In hi hip mid suld
very gently and with a aerloua look:
"You didn't think I mount It, did
yer thut you would have to go 'way
from here?"
"I don't know," was my answer.
"'Course I didn't nieau Hint. I Just
wanted ye to ce thut It wu'n't going
to do fur you to keep on tlpplu' thing
over no."
Thut evening a I wua about to go
up-atulra to bed, Aunt Deel mild to
my uncle:
"I)o you remember whut oP Knto
wrote down ubout hi ml Thla la hla
drat peril an' he hua met hla first
great mun an' I can eee thut Kile
Wright la kind o' fond o' him."
1 went to aleep thut night thinking
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You can see what an endless chain of welfare promot
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it
of the strange, old, ragged, silent
woman.
CHAPTER III.
W Oo to Meetlno " Set Mr. Wright
Again.
I. hnd t chill that night nnd In the
tfoeka Unit followed I wna nearly
burned up lth lung fever. Ixictor
('lurk e.,me from ('union to ee me
every ollnr uny for a lime and one
evening Mr. Wright nunc with lilin
and wutchid all night neur my bed
aide. In fie ifloriilng he said Hint he
could Mint the next Tueaduy morning
If we mt ded him and act nut right
lifter breakfast, In the (lira dawn light,
to walk to Canton.,
"Pi'iibody Ilyynea," an Id my Aunt
Iicel a ahe aloud looking out of the
window at Mr. Wright. "Hint li one
of the grandeat, aplenilldeat men Hint
I ever ace or henrd of, lie' an awful
aiiiurt mnn, an' a duy o' hla Hue la
worth more'n a month of our'n, but
he cornea away olf here to net up
with a tick young one and walks
back. Does bent all-rdon't It 7
ayca I"
"If any one need help Rile Wright
la always on hund," wild Uncle Pea-
body.
I wna won out of bed and he came
no mori. to alt up with me.
VI en I wna well uguln. Aunt Decl
Hold one duy: "I'euhody liujues, J
ain't rd no preachln' tlnce Mr
I'liiighorn died. I gueaa we better
gn down to ('union to meclln' soms
Sunday. If. there ain't no minister
8lle Wrlsikt always reuda a sermon,
If he'a borne, and the puner says be
dun't g 'wajr for a month ylt. I
kind o' feel the need of a good aermon
flyea I"
"All right. I'll hitch up the hosaeS
and we'll go. We cud start at eight
o'clock and tuke a bite with ua an'
git ba'k here by three",
I hud told Aunt Diid whut Bully
hud aald of my pemonu! apiienrunce.
"Your cunt l good enough for any
body ayea!" wild fche. "I'll miike
you a pnlr o' breccbea an' then I guesi
you won't have to be 'ehumcd oo
more."
She had spent several evenings mak
ing lliein out' of an old groy flannel
pelllcout of hirs and hud put two
a
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She Had Spent Several Evening.!
Making Them Out of an Old Gray
' Flannel Petticoat
pockets In them of which. I wns very
proud. Tfiey cnm Just to the tops
of my shoes, which pleased me, for
thereby the glory of my new shoes
suffered no encroachment.
The next Sunday after they were
finished we hud' preaching In the
silioolhouso and I wus eager to go
and weur my wonderful trousers, Uu
cle Peubody Biild thut he didn't know
whether bis leg would hold out or
not "through a whole lueetla'." Ills
left leg wns liime from a wrench uud
pulned blin t he sat long In one po
sition. I greatly, enjoyed this first
public exhibition of my new trous
ers. I remember praying lu silence,
as we sat down, that Uncle I'eabody's
leg would hold out. Later, when tho
bug sermon hud begun to weary me,
I prayed that It would not.
It wus a beautiful summer morning
as we drove down the hills and from
the summit of the last high ridge we
could see the smoke of a steamer
looming over the St. Lawrence and
the big buildings of Canton on the
distant flats below us. My heart beat
fust when I reflected that I should
soon 'see Mr. Wright nnd the Duukel
bergs. I had lost a Utile of my Inter
est In Sully. Still I felt sure that
when she saw my new breeches she
would conclude that I was a person
not to be trifled wltli.
When we got to Canton people were
flocking to the big stone Presbyterian
church. It was what they called a
"deacon's meetiug." I remember that
Mr, Wright read from the Scriptures,
and having explained that there was
no minister In the village, read one
of Mr. Edwards' sermons, lu . the
course of which I went to sleep on
the arm of my aunt. She awoke me
when the service had . ended, and
whispered ;
"Come, we're goln down to speak
to Mr. Wright"
I remember Mr. Wright kissed me
and said:
"Hello I Here's my boy In a Dow
pulr o' trousers 1"
"Put yer hand in there," I said
proudly, as I took my own hand out
ot one ot my potkets, and pointed
Hie way.
lie did not accept the Invitation, but
liiuiih.il heartily and gar ma little
bug.
When we went out of the church
there atood Mr. and lira. Horace Iun
kelherg, and Hull and aome other
children. It wna a tragic moment for
me when Hully laughed and ran be
hind her mother. HUH worae wai It
when a coCple of by ran away cry
ing, "Look at the breeches I"
1 looki-d down at my breechea and
wondered whut wax wrong with them.
They neemed very ijilendid to me and
yet I saw at once that they were Dot
popular. I went eTo to my Aunt
Diel and purtly hid myself In ber
clunk. I heard Mrs. bunkelberg (ay:
"Of course you'll come to dinner
with uar , -
l or a second my bopet leaped high.
I wua hungry and visions of Jelly
cuke and preserves rose before me. Of
cnurae there were the trouaeri, but
perluipa Sally would get uaed to the
tmuNi-rs and ask me to pluy with ber,
"Thank ye, but we've got a good
wnya to go and we fetched a bite
with ua ayea!" aald Aunt Deel,
Kngerly I awaited an Invitation from
the greut Mrs. Dunkelberg that should
be decisively urgent, buj she only
in Id:
"I'm very sorry you can't stay."
My hope fell like bricks and van
ished like bubbles.
The Imnkelhergs left na with pleas
ant words. They had asked me to
"hake hands with Sally, but I bad
filing to my aunt's clouk and firmly
refused to make any advances. Slow
ly and without a word we walked
across the park toward the tavern
iheds.
We had started away up the South
mud when, to my surprise, Aunt Deel
mildly attacked the Dunkelbergs.
"These here Tillage folks like to
be waited on ayes! an' they're aw
ful anxious yon should come to see
'em when ye can't ayes! but when
-ye git to the village they ain't nigh
so anxious no they ain't 1"
In the middle of the great cedar
suuinp neur Little Itlver Aunt Deel
got out the lunch basket and I sut
down on the buggy bottom between
tli'ir legs and leaning against the
uVh. So disposed we ate our luncheon
of fried cakes and bread and butter
and maple sugur and cheese. Whut
an efficient cure for good health were
the doughnuta and cheese and sugar,
especially If they were mixed with
the Idleness of Sunday. I had a
beiiduche also and soon fell asleep.
The sun was low when they awoke
me In our dooryard.
I soon discovered that the Dunkel
hergs had fallen from their high es
tate In our home and that Silas
Wright, Jr., bad taken their place In
the conversation of Aunt Deel.
CHAPTER IV.
In the Light of the Candles.
One day the stage, on Its way to
Hullybeen, came to our house and
left a box and a letter from Mr.
Wright, addressed to my uncle, which
rend :
"Dear Sir I send herewith a box
of books and magazines In the hope
that you or Miss Baynes will read
them aloud to my Uttle partner and In
doing so get some enjoyment and
profit for yourselves.
"Yours respectfully,
"S. WIUGHT, Jit.
' "P. S. When the contents of the
box have duly risen Into your minds
will you kindly see that It does a
like service to your neighbors In
School District No. 7! S. W. Jr."
' "I guess Bart has made a friend o'
this great man sartln ayes I" said
Aunt Deel "I wonder who'll be the
next one J"
The work of the day ended, the
candles were grouped near the edge
of the table and my aunt's armchair
wo ntoceit hexlile them, Then I sat
on Unci penbody's lap by the Or
or, a time went on, In my small chair
beside him, while Aunt Deel adjusted
her spectacles and begun to read.
Continued next week
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