3 T 1 J IX X J D E M O “ F “ T H E PAR a ÍO N A G L ETHEL HÜESTQN IL L U S T R A T E D BY • W .C . Ï A N N t (Copyright, by tb* Bubbs-MorrUl Company.) A PAINFUL ACCIDENT BRINGS TRUE ROMANCE TO THE PARSONAGE GIRLS— MAYBE REAL LOVE Mr. Starr, widower Methodist minister, Is assigned to the con gregation at Mount Mark, la. He has five charming daughters. Pru dence. the eldest, keeps house for him. Fairy is a college freshman. Carol and Lark, twins, are In high school. Constance is the ••baby.” The activities of the Starr girl*— Prudence's work. Fairy's school a f fairs, the pranks of the youngsters— and the family perplexities make the story; it is simply a recital of glorified homely incidents. The preceding installment described the capture of a notorious burglar in the parsonage and the reward promised the girls. C H APT E R V II— Continued. her destination—an Irritating accident. But us she walks that block she may Mr. Starr on Thursday morning had meet an old-time friend, and a stranger. tat en the early enstbound train to And that stranger— ah, you cun never Burlington. He attended the evunge- j convince the girl that her stepping listie services at the tabernacle In the from the ear too soon was not ordered afternoon and evening, and then went , when the foundations of the world to bed at the hotel. He slept late the were lalif. nest morning. When he finally ap- | After all. It was very simple. Across peared the clerk came ut once from _ the street from the parsonage lived a behind the desk to speak to him. Two girl named Mattie Moore— a common, or three other guests, who had been unlovely, unexciting girl, who taught n country school five miles out from lounging about, drew near. “W e’ve Just been rending about your town, and rode to and from tier school, girls, sir,” said the clerk respectfully. morning and evening, on a bicycle. One evening, early In June, when the "It's a pretty nervy little bunch! You world was fair to look utwm. It was must be proud of them!” foreordained that Prudence should be “My girls!” ejaculated Mr. Starr. “Haven't you seen the morning pa turning In at the parsonage gate Just per? You're Mr. Starr, the Methodist as Mattie Moore whirled up, op|M>site, minister at Mount Mark, aren't you?" on her dusty wheel. Prudence stopped “1 a m ! But what has happened to to Interchange polite Inanities with her my girls? Is anything wrong? Give neighbor, and Mattie, wheeling the bi cycle lightly beside her, came across me the paper!" Five minutes later Mr. Starr and his the street and stood beneath the par suitcase were in a taxicab speeding sonage maples with Prudence. They toward Union station, and within eight talked of the weather, of the coming minutes lie was en route for Mount summer, of Mattie's school, rejoicing Mark— white in the face, shaky in the that one more week would bring free knees, but tremendously proud In dom from books for Mattie and the younger parsonage girls. spirit. Arriving at Mount Mark, he was in- 1 Then said Prudence: “Isn't It great stantly surrounded by an exclamatory | fun to ride a bicycle? I love It. Some crowd of station loungers. The name time will you let me ride your wheel?" “Why. certainly. You may ride now of Prudence was upon every tongue, If you like.” and her futher heard It with satisfac “No,” salt! Prudence slowly, “1 used tion. In the parsonage he found at to ride, but am afraid It would not do least two-thirds of the Ladies’ Aid so now. Some of the members might ciety, the trustees and the Sunday- school superintendent, along with a IF miscellaneous assortment of ordinary — 10 — members, mixed up with Presbyterians. Baptists and a few unclassified outsid ers. And Prudence was the center of attraction. She was telling the “whole story,” for perhaps the fifteenth time that morning, but she broke off when her futher hurried in and flung her arms about him. "Oh, papa," she cried, “they mustn't praise me. I had no idea there was a burglar in the house when I ran down the stairs, and 1 hon estly can’t see that much credit is due me." But Mount Mark did not take It so calmly. And as for the Methodist church— well, the Presbyterian people used to say there was “no living with those Methodists, since the girls caught a burglar in the parsonage.” O f course it was important, from the Methodist point of view. Pictures of the par sonage and the church were in all the papers for miles around, and at their very next meeting the trustees decided to get the piano the Sunday school had been needing for the last hundred y ears! When the five hundred dollars ar rived from Chicago, Prudence felt that personally she had no real right to the money. “We must divide it,” she In sisted, "for I didn't earn it a bit more than any of the others. But it Is perfectly glorious to have five hundred dollars, isn't It? Did you ever have five hundred dollars before? Just take it, father, and use it for whatever we need. It's family money." Neither the younger girls nor their father would consent to tills. But when Prudence pleaded with them ear nestly, they decided to divide It. “I will deposit two hundred und fifty dollars for the four younger ones,” be said, “and that will leave you as much.” So It was settled, and Prudence was a happy girl when she saw It safely out away in the bank. N C H A P T E R VIII. Romance Comes. Sometimes, Methodists, or Presbyte rians, or heretics— whatever we rnay be— we are Irresistibly impelled to the conclusion that things were simply bound to happen! However slight the cause— still that cause was predestined from the beginning of time. A girl may by the sheerest accident step from the street ear a block ahead of -A UWMskteP she rode swiftly along the country In answer, lie pulled ofT Ills coat, nud roads, guided only by her own caprice. arranged It carefully by the side of the She knew It was growing late, "hut road oil the grass. Then Jerking open Fairy'll get breakfast," she thought, the hag tn> had carried, h i took out a comfortably. few towels, niul three soft shirts. Finally she turned la a by road lead Hastily rolling them together for a till ing between two rich hickory groves. low, In* added It to Iho ht‘d pro tein Dismounting at the top *'1 a long hill, riii'ii tie lurni'd again to Prudence. she gazed anxiously around her. No " I ’ll carry you over here, uml fix one was In sight. The nearest house you us coinfortiddy ns I cun. Then I’b was two miles behind, and the road go to the m'a rest house und get n was long ami smooth and Inviting, wagon to take you home," and the hill was steep. Prudence Prudence was not shy. and realizing yearned for u good, soul stirring const, that Ills plan was the wise one, she with her feet high oil the framework mude no objections when he cum« to of the wh“el, and the pedals flying help her across the road. "I think I around beneath her skirls. It seemed can walk If you lift me up." safe. The only living thing In sight But the first movement sent such a was a sober-eyed, serious mule peace twinge of pain through the wounded fully grazing near the bottom of the ankle that she clutched him frantically hill. and burst Into tears. “ It hurts,” she Prudence iaughiMl gleefully, like a cried, "don’t touch me." child. She never laughed again in ex Without speaking, he lifted her a* actly that way. “Here goes I" she gently us lie could and curried tier to cried, und, leaping nimbly Into the the place he had prepared for her saddle, she pedaled swiftly a few “ Will you he warm cuougti?” lie asked times, and then lifted her feet to the after he had stood looking awkwardly coveted position. The pedal* Mew down upon the sobbing girl us long around beneath her. and the wind us he could endure It. whistled about her In u most exhila "Yes.” nodded Prudence, gulping rating way. down the big sob rising In her throat But as she neared the bottom the " I ’ll run. This confounded cross-cui pinch! mule suddenly stalked Into the Is so out of the wuy dint no one will middle of the road. Prudence screamed, puss here for hours. I suppose. Now Jerked the handlebar to the right, to lie us i'o"i.‘ortably as you can, and do the left, and then, with u sickening not worry. I’m going to run,” thud, she struck the mule head first, OfT be started, but Prudence, left and bounce«' on down to the ground. alone. was suddenly frightened with a little cry of pain. The bicycle "Please, oh, please,” she culled ufter crashed beside her. and the mule. him. and when tie came buck she hurled slightly startled, liHike«) amend nt her her fuce In shame, deep In the Hiten with «*ars nilse< 1 In silent «(uestlonlng. towel. Then he ambled slowly across the road, “I’m afraid," she whispered, crying and deliberately continued Ids grazing. again. "I do not wish to ho left alone Prudence tried to rul*« herself, but here. A snake might come, or n | i M u r v f lu »« » m »-* »..».1 « . ! • « | she felt sharp pain. She heard some • l u l l Cur m trump." one leaping over the fence near her. lie sat down beside her. "YouTr and wondered, without moving her nervous. I'll stuy with you until you head. If it could be a tramp bent on feel better. Someone muy come this highway robbery. The n«-xt instant n man was h'uoing over her. “It's riot wuy, hut It Isn't likely. I cut through tramp,” she thought, before he hud the hickory grove to save a mile. That's how I huppciii'd to Mud you." Hr time to s|ieak. smiled a little, and Prudence, remem Are you hurt?" he cried. "Y'ou |>oor berlng the nature of her accident child!" Then, being Prudence, she T>* World'■ G r.a l.if Prudence smiled pltirklly. "My ankle flushed. Cllfflil Ktrt'Jy. is hurt a little, but I am not a child." laughed. “ It was my own fault. I had no busi The young man. In great relief, Rheumatism, laugh«*! aloud, anil Prudence Joined ness to go coasting down like that. Bui Lam e Back, the mule was so stationary. It never him rather faintly. — Any Local occurred to me ttint he contemplated “I’m nfrnhl I cannot walk." she said. Pain. “I believe I’ve broken my ankle, maybe moving for the next century at least, Imltl «s my whole leg, f«>r all I know. It— lie was a bitter disappointment.” Sin Héinng looked down the roadside where tin hurts— pretty badly I" l AL LCOi KS, "L ie down like this." he snld. helping mule was contentedly grazing, with her to n more comfortable position, "do never so much as a sympathetic glance not move. May * examine your foot?" ut his victim. “ I’m afraid your bicycle Is rather END STO M AC H T R O U B L E . She shook her bend, hut lie removed G ASES OR D Y S P E P S IA badly done up.” the shoe regnrdless of her hendnhnke. You need never worry about results in baking if you use KC It has been a stand by for a quarter of a century. Guaran teed under all pure food laws. .Ounce* for Allcock PLASTE! “ I believe It l* sprained. I am sure the bone Is not broken. But how In the world will you g«-t home? How far is It to Mount Mark? Is that where you live?" “Y’es" — considering — "yes. I live there, and It must be four inlles, any how. What shull I do?" FINED FOR WEARING BEARDS History Tells of Englieh Judge's Or der for Compulsory Shaving of Barristers in His Court. o 4 ft 4 ! Nowhere was ihere more prejudice against heard* than nt the Inns court of centuries ago. The black books of Lincoln's inn of the sixteenth ceidury are full of references to offenders who were “fyned double coinens durrynge such tyme us they shul have uiiy berde.” This proving Ineffective, a batch of bearded barristers was In ISM “hanysshed front ye llow se," und shortly afterward a Judge’s order was obtained for the compulsory shaving of some of the members. The Inner Temple benchers were not quite so se vere. for a fine of 20 shillings was the sole penalty Imposed In 1555 “for wearying heard) s of more thun three weekes growl lie.” The war against bearded barristers continued at the In is of Court until the seventeenth century. vVS Long after this the prejudice ngalnst the unshaved barrister remained. The late Vice Chancellor Bacon carried Ids dislike so far that he refused to listen to bearded or mustached counsel, pre "Sometime W ill You Let Me Ride Your tending that he could not hear them. Even now, ulHmugh there nre plenty Wheel?” of bearded barristers anil K. C.’s, few see me. and— well, I am very grown have attained eminence. The most up, you know. O f course,” she added brillinnt exception was perhaps the hastily, “It Is different with you. You late Judah 1’ldlip Benjamin, “silver- ride for business, hut It would be noth tongued Benjamin,” who. despite Ids ing but a frolic with me. I want to go mustache and American “goatee,” early In the morning, when the world earned the princely Income of $35,UU0 Is fast asleep. Let me take It tomor a year.— London Chronicle. row morning, will you?” “Yes, of course you may,” was the Oil From Various Sources. hearty answer. “ You rnny stay out ns During the last year, In Germany, long as you like. I always sleep late about 0(52,250 pounds of oil were ob on Saturdays.” tained from sunflower seeds, and this So Prudence delightedly tripped up year promises a rich crop of poppy the parsonage board walk, wheeling seed. Attention has also been drawn the bicycle by her side. She hid It to the high percentage o f oil con carefully It. the woodshed, for the tained In cherry anil plum stones, twins were rash and venturesome. But which nre usually thrown away. Ac after she had gone to bed. she con cording to the statistics of 1000 there fided her plan to Fairy. were 22,000,000 cherry and 70,1X10,000 "I'm going at six o’clock, and, Fairy, plum trees In Germnny. Lnrge quan if I am a little late, you’ll get break tities of fruit stories were collected by fast for papa and the girls, like u dear, school children lust yeur, but great won’t you?” quantities were thrown awny or de Fairy promised. And early the next stroyed owing to the difficulty of ex morning Prudence. 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