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4 J I r - - . m (Continued from lt wk) " a aa nearly dark" wnco e&t aw tlm com In lowly down the Pta fn.iu th hill Hb lighted tb study Si'e atrk, i' uhiit I miy." lniup, rearratiK'd the rUKhI"ts and ttiin! to make the room look ruerv foi bis entni'.iee. I'm 'fraid yo'a mighty tired." she aid. "Ob. no," answered I.oii.las l .sent I.. . "Melili yo d like Mandy to be narviu" our gupKr In here toiiivbt. It's more ( leerfuler" He rrofsed to the window and looked ll iin thr elr. us lot. TI e riare of : ir lor.-hes md the rid tire anie up " . meet his pale, tense fare. "How ie the pie nre of thirtetu niontlH ?o!" he fhoi-L'ht. and old Toby's words ; ime bark t him "The show has got 'o go on." He longel ro have d ue wl h dr i:i:s and sporulation. lo feel something tan gible, wnrin tud real within hN pnisp. "f i a n't go i i like thlsr be cried. "I can't!" He urn.-d rrom the window and walked nrrledly up and down the room. Indoors or o-nt. he found no rest. He threw himself In the arm chair near the taMe and sat I-nrieJ i.'i thought. andy came softly I: to the room. She was followed by I!:'.ty. who car ried a tray laden witb iblug t L:it ou:ht to have templed any man. Sl. Ujoiioned fir Hasty to put the tra or. he table nnd Ih'-n began n-.-ran. :J;s the dishes. Hasty stole to the window ST'd peeped out at the tempting fl;ire of rnl fire. When Dou-Ias discovered the-pres-l eme of hN two faithfuls" he was touched wl:!i m.n:iei!tary contrition. Have you had a bard dny wills the nt-.v gravel wall:?" he asked Hasty, rememberln;,- that he had lieea layli:;; a fresh path to the Sunday school room. "Jes' yo' come eat yo' supper. ' M iu- I ! dy called to Douglas. uon j.. won, . n uri'V your head -bout dat lr,zy huvb.n mine. He ain' go n- ter work nuff to hurt hisself." For an Instant she had been tempted to let the pastor know how Hasty had gone to the cir- cus and seen nothing of roily but he j motherly Instinct won the day. and , she urged him to eat before drblng him with her own anxieties It was UO use. lie VLliy o; ...i IT K.pimI TI-1 I II r k timiii: I he was clearly III at ease and eager to be alone. She gave up tryin? to tempt his appetite and began to lend up In a roundabout way to the things which she wished to ask. "Dar's quite some racket out dar In de lot tonight," she said. Doutlas did not answer. After a moment she went on "Hastv didn't work on no walk n.n-iod u.rt-mi nt her nniz- i U.'UUJ. I'Wfi"1" ..... - --j zically, while Hasty, convinced thct for reasons of her own she was going to ret him Into trouble, was making frantic motions. "He done gone ter de j circus," she blurted out. Douglas' face j t.eeniTip Kiiednlv crave. Mavdy saw, that she had touched an open wound. "I jes' couldn't stau It, Jiassa jonn. , I had ter find out 'bout dat an?ei rime. There was a pause. She felt that he Wat waiting for her to go on. " "She didn't done ride today." He looked up with the eyes of a dumb, persecuted animal. . "And de gemnien in de how didn't tell nobody wliy-jes' speaked 'bout de udder gal -taUiu' her place." ; """hy didn't she ride?" cried Doug las. In an a-,'ony of suspense. ttrn n-iioi r fin know sab." Handy began to cry. it v. as im time in bis experience that Douglas IWd f ver known her to give way to Jul? such weakness. Hasty came down from the wmdow iud tried to put one arm about Man dy 's shoulders. - "Leab me alone, yo' nlggerr she ex claimed, trying to cover her tears with a show of anger that she did not fee , then she rushed from the room, fol lowed by Hasty. , The band was playing loudly. The din of the night performance was fncreasing. Douglas' nerves wee strained to the point of breaking. He lould not let himself go near the w In low He stood by the side of the U Me his fists .din. bed. and tried to at back the Impulse that was pulling Jfm tow ard the door. Again and again ce set his teeth. . It t uncertainty that gnawed at bblso. Was she Ul? Could e need him? Was she aorry for haying left b m? Would she be glad If he went 0. f) I .a "XT 27" t ? ' V iA for brr nJ lrujt)il her bn ' him? If mailed the b)iTl. l lu br UbavMr tb day itm ui wont bow r.he bad pleaded, uuly few iiiuiuruta Iwfor J"" '"'. ur-r to l MirtMl fnuu blni. Had aba reuby fared fr Jiui aud fur the old itiV'f Why bad b never written 7 Va she aihuid Wtm he norry for what h lnul done) XV but ..ulil II ; He throw lit hand above hU be .d . lib tri'Mure i'f l-spilr A mo ment later be MirO out luio the nig hi CHAI'TtU XML mfM w hIi-w tuiitk'ht. Tbr bla t.bw a tiraily cr. l uiuuy of tb r-a ufj lu Ibr t srly imrt of thr Mil wt-rr Mill j uuU:tl il. ! Ilr tlukrrliiK abm-uliiiludfUly I w itli oiii- uf tbi wiiii.'Uu til tbr Inn k lot. I an. I tin uifii wrr Rl.'iuiiltu lout Idly 1 wall In,' for ordi'M wbru Itiirki-r i aui- out of the uiiiln tent and railed to blm .lur.ly : lle.. Ibere. Jluil XX'Imt'a your ex cu"e totiltrht?" "i:.i-u. for wlmt?" Jim rronseil xlowlv to Parlier. n "TIi iiHik tent was starteil half au lio'ir Lite, nml the nldiliw top alu't :o::ued yet." Vunr wai'Uis Is ou the Imui: that's wli. :; No. rarries tbe rook tent, an' i: ! lurksuiitb bus beeu tltikeriu' i.U It all day. Ak bim -what haH" It's In." 'ou're alwaya Ktalllu'." was Bar ker's iu!leu coiuiilalnt. "It's the wag on1 or the tilsu-ksinlths or auythlng hut the truth. I know nliat'a the matter, all rlKht." "XX'bat do you uienn by that?" asked Jim fharply. "I inran that all your tluie'a took up a-tarriu' and u-fetcbln' for that girl what rti'ls you "Xluvver Jim." XVhnt have you got to nay about her?" Jliu eyed hltu with a threaten ing look. "I -jot a-plenty." aald Barker as he turned to rhA his whip at the small ! ; , who had wtolen Into the back lot . -t-k under the rear edire of the ) toil. "She's )Ken alMiut 89 much . ! ;w si sirls rat slnre Pile oome l)ack. x' i ; iv- in r ai t h't n!3hf." "Vi'i, answered Jim doiryedly. XX'ioirt it titirik? She didn't show at all thlK afternoon: ald she wan an'k. And uie with all them people Inside what knowed her waltin' to are herT' "(;ie her a little time." Jim pleaded. . "She ain't rode for a year." : "Time."' shouted Barker. "How much does she want? She's been hack n mnnth. Hiid Instead of liracln' np nbe'i a-gettln worse. There's only one thin? j for me to do." j 'XVuat's that?" asked Jim uneasily, i "I'm goin' to call, her, and call her hnrrt ' "Look hero. Barker," and Jim simared i.io uhonlilers as he looked steadily at " . . . h u ,)Ut , " ur bel. make u0 difference. ..you can.t bluff u)er 8ll0Ute(1 Barker, .. J to oQ t0 hef . 7 ., J .Tim took one sten to follow him. then stopped and gazed at the ground with thoughtful eyes. He, too. had seen the change In Polly. He bad tried to rouse her. It w as no use, fche had "Star gazin', Polir he asked. looked at him blankly. "If she would only complain," he said to himself; "If she would only get mad, anything, anything to wake her." But she did not complain. went through her rfativ routine Terr humbly and quietly. M,. onmoHmea wondered how Jim OUC c;..v could talk so much about her work, t but before she could answer the ques- I Uon her mind drifted back to other i days, to a garden and flowers, and Jim stole away nnmissed and left her with folded hand and wide, staring eyes. . gazing Into the distance. j The memory of these times made . Jim helpless tonight. He had gone on boDlng from day to day that Barker i rii f Vf fa ' ' 1' , PI M'W i m 'mLM Mi 1 !luibl Itol lo K U "! I'"' bt-r . and " " N1'1- b"'1 ! (lUm. Ho wild b t"U r" ' line uf lh acta -ain nrotiUi. vut i i.f ti main lent. Tlwr u ! m nm ei.nftiil' ln. a ruHil mV. n!;iml iaI " lt I'tlwr their li and ff.uu it rlii'-; thru the . tl.misl l, hkiI ivlij ruin ll tr..:n lb. ttrrs.ll'i: u .! UlflViviit fr.-iu th llttlo girl whi.tn Jim ti.id away trvm tb ,!! rOrn lu mWr whit frtnk tin ui..mh Ih-f.ir. ll'T lhli. ruh fa. riuiraKil Ulty with br Klltnr j 111)! ntllrt'. ilrr Imtr m knotli'd bliiit ' brr h-)d ul Intrrt Imd wild fj, r nml .rtii. It. r Kt r nik .h'uiim1 ii'i-rvii :! uijrt lit tmnli ii II r !nft. ft 'I L'rt -d hw ritl IkJI' m nl'ltti 1 1 K w btl and colorwl ioin. "Whnl't on. Jltnf' U lkrd. "'ihi '!."! ' di'itih Yu f pirnty of ti : Toll, 's ni ; d who iitiweiil Her ' i r! . T:.' l "il ' ' f I t'l .1 '..1 t.iV k to the girl call ;i ?i r .li.-!. : j re ir tonlv'tit. : i ;:.'. rmT ..-,o J,!' gr;i'il"i;ur'it iliiltolili.'ii-.int ftb-mt ti e wonderful a t u'i. ul I be seen, i.ml her e e wnii.Iered lo t'i d -;a!it rhuivu st vj.Se The iii.'oii'' '.'it wiim-d to fbiui It to!il.!il. ll IhiUiiI cold mid grim and d irk. I he woii Uenil who: her the .t.:iii bell that ihi e ralliHl It tlm I fo worship had become a unit an her 'wu dead heart. She did Hot bear the whir gri'at iiuk bine InsUI the tent a It plunged through spare with lu girl wciipant. These tlilngt .were a part of the dally routine, p:ri of the strung, vague lireain through which h must stum 1! for the rest of her life. "Jim watched her In alien. Her face was turuetl from hltu. She had f.ir:otten his presence. Star gaxln', I'oll?" he asked at let! . th. dmtdlii to dlsmrb her reverie. "1 guevi I was. Jim." Xh turnel to him with a little, forced smile. Ho longed to save her from Harkr'a threatened rebuke. "How you feellu' tonk'ht?" "I'm all right," she answered i hr fully. "Anything you wauir "Want?" Sh turned upon blm with start lid eyes. There was so much that she wimtiHl that the mere men tion of the word had opened a well of pain In her heart. "I mean can I do anything for you?" "Oh. of course not." s-he remem bered how little any on could do. "XVhat Is It. I'oll?" he begged. l)Ut she only turned away aud shook her bead with a sigh. He followed her with anxious eyes. "XVbat made you cut out the show today? Whs It be cause you didn't want to ride alor folks what knowed you-rlde afore him mebbe?" "Him?" Her face was white. Jim feared she might swoon. "You don'? mean that he was" "Oh. no," he answered quickly, "of rourse not. Parsons don't rome to places like this one. I was only flgur In' that you didn't want other folks to see an' to tell him how you was rld f ii. She did not answer. "Wat that It, roll?" he urged. "I don't know." She stured Into space. "Was it?" "I guess it was." she said after a long time. "1 hnowed It!" he cried. "I was a fool 'a' brung you back! You don't belong with us no more." "Oil. don't, Jim! l m't! Don t make me feel I'm In the way here too!" "Here too?" He looked at her In as tonishment. "You wasn't In his way. was you, I'oll?" "Yes, Jim." She saw his look of un belief and continued hurriedly: "Oh. I tried not to lie! I tried so hard. He used to read me verses out of a Bibb" about my way being his way and my people his people, but it Isn't so, Jim. Y'our way is the way you are born, ami your people are the people you are boru with, and you can't change ir. Jim, no matter how hard you try." "You was changin' it, he answerer savagely. "You was gettln Jes like them people. It was me what tootc you away an' spoiled it nil. Yon oughtn't to 'a' come. What made you alter yon said you wouldn't?" sii fhl not answer, arrange imngs were going through the mind of the slow witted Jim. He braeed himself for a difficult question. Will you answer me someium straight?" he asked. "Why, of course," she said as she met his gaze "Do you love the parson. Poll? She started. "Is that it?" Her lids fluttered aDd closed; she caught her breath quickly, her lips apart, then looked far lino me ins tance. Vo Tim I'm afraid that s it. ine littio fl'eiire droooed. and a he stood be fore him with owered eyes, unarm. Jim looked at her helplessly, then shook his big, stupid head. "Ain't that h-l?" It seemed such a short time to Jim cinp hp hnd Dicked her up. a cooing babe, at her dead mother's side. He watched the tender, averted race. Things had turned out so differently from what he had planned. '"An' he don't care about you like that?" he asked after a pause. "No, not In that way." She was anx ious to defend the pastor from even the thought of such a thing. "He was good and kind always, but he didn't care that way. He's not like that." "I guess I'll have a talk with him." said Jim, and he turned to go. "Tnlk" ahe cried. era etnnnpd anA looked at her In I astonishment. It was the first time that he bad ever heard that sharp note In her voice. Her tiny ngure wan stiffened with decision. Her eyes were blazing. "If you ever dare to speak to him about me, you'U never see me again." j;m wt s rpli4 mem It. Jim !' rrirt iv rlinl', and l' rem Iwrk l Ju. If -- ry t ft tt!"r' him nnd mr I'll run - rr ill- .l rui away- and jru'll tr, never M nip Imi-k " H h!irf"ed awkwardly t brr "Me ai d reached pd. ,t. a'ly f" 1"" Hi rllm h-l tint, lie fceld H l Id M roiinh bund, ljtii urrToimlv with the th y nugrr. "I wouldn't to noiblo' lb! ymi wuu't a wtiiulir. I'oll. I wit Jut a itIn' to help you. nly I - I -r ivu to I. now how Khe turned t.i Id in with tear dliiuin and rosl hf hand on bl i.ieri l.r.'fi.l nln nlileri.. ami b mw the plice her h drlt III her lienrt. ' (TIAPTI Il XIV. 11 E "leap of death" Implement wr bln rarrld from th ring, and Jim turuiil away to tiuperliiteiid Ihelr loading Performer again rudiel 'y "rh other en their way to and from the main tent. po!y alood III lb reo'.-r of Pie h'l frowning and nntl u T1' tr- ' ee f! n of the 'initor'n iiiiiue hud n de ' U IUl)M.snlble for her to rid. " l,:iit. I'or hour) lnul been ld pint herself up to Hi point of dob' It. and now her courage falhil her. She followed Barker aa h cam from th rlug. "Mr Barker, please!" He turned Umii her ahnrply. Well, what I It now?" "1 want to ask you to let inn off acaln tonlnht." She piU In n short I Jrly. desperat way. . I "XX hat!" he (.bricked. "Not go I'"" i th ring, with all them peopl Inside I w hat's paid their money because they 1 k no wed yoii?'t "Thafa It!" sh rrled. "I rtin'l! I can't!" Your gettln' too tony!" Barker smered. "Thafa the Imubl with you. , You alu't been rikk! for nothln lu jyoii was at that parson's hous. Ton I didn't stay ther. and you r no ui j her. Klnit thln you know you'll be out all round." ! "Out?" ! "Sure. You don't think I'm golu' to head my Mil with a 'dead on, do you ?" I am not a 'dead one.' " sb answer ed excitedly. "I'm the best ride you've bad since mother died. You'v Raid so yotm-elf." "That was afore you got lu wit' them church cranks. You talk abou' your iinKher! Why, she'd be asbame ' . to own you." "She wouldn't!" cried Polly. Hi t i4 n'frp fir vlitmr her face waa wal let. The pride of hundreds of years o' ' . . .... I., ,...(,. n.lth lTk,1i0tlfl- fll.l f.l l.i Ijuoriuin " it" : . . . t -r.1- u .....11 . f ai.ni, I TlOIl. I run riue SB urn n ... j could, nnd I'll do It too. I'll do It t. 1 morrow." Tomorrow?" echoed Barker. "What do vou mean by that?" I mean t mean that I cm t go into that ring tonight." she declared, "and I ' won't." i She was d"-perat now and trading : upon a strength lieyond her own. n looked at l ir with mome it rv l'i !decI- lon. She was a good i li'-'i'- t ' best ; ince her inoihrr. as be lnul o.'tci : told her. He could see this meant un i Issue. He felt she would be on her ! mettle tomorrow, as fur us her work I was concerned. If he let her alone ; tonight. "All right," he sit Id sullenly. "You lean stay off tonight. I got the crowd I in there anyway, and I got their ! money. I'll let Klolse do a turn on Barbarian, but tomorrow you'd better ! show me your old act." j "I'll show yon!" she cried. "I'll show you!" , "Well, see that you do." fie crossed I Into the ring. ! rviiiir stood where Barker had left her, while and tense. Jim came toward her' from the direction of the wagons. He glanced at her uneasily. "What's he been a-sayjn' to you?" "He says I can't, ride any more." Her Hps closed tightly. She stared straight ahead of her. "He says I was no good to the people that took me In nnd I'm no use here." "It's not so!" thundered Jim. "No. It's not!" she crlid. "I'll show him, Jim! I'll show hlm-tomorrow!" She' turned toward the dressing tent. Jim caught her firmly by the wrist. "Wait, Poll! You ain't ever goln' into the ring a-feelin that way." Her eyes met his defiantly. "What's the difference? What's the difference?" She wrenched her wrist quickly from him and ran Into the dressing tent, laughing hysterically. "An' I brung her back to It." mum bled Jim as lie turned to give orders to the property men. Most of the "first half props" were loaded, and some of the men were asleep under the wagons. The lot was eteur Suddenly he felt some one ap proaching from the back of the In- closure. He turned ana lonuu uiubcu face to face with the stern, solitary figure of the pastor, wrapped in his long black cloak. The moonlight slipped through a rift In the clouds and fell into a circle around them. "What made you come here?" was all Jim said "I heard that Miss Polly didn't ride today. I wia afraid she might be ill." 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