ne Mary went into h

cord come?"

the table in t

up The Record, she turned to the editorial page, but before she could b

, Mr. Jenkins.

it down. I just wanted

s better,

ight, but I want a pr

t of pres

orning, driving cattle, and I want a

or her husband'

ust and heat, through rain and snow and storm, an

little trouble w

head. If you'd throw aw

to lecture me o

co may be worth more t

u give me that

don't need whiskey and y

to h

d back in her chair and laughed silently. Then she mused: "People will not be saved from themselves

the doct

would you like a star-light drive?" Mary

s were attracted to a beautiful castle up in the clouds in the west, on a great golden rock jutting out into the blue. Far below was a grand woman's for

f supplication. And now the father stretches down forgiving arms and the queenly daughter bows her head against the mighty wall and weeps in gladness. Now castle and rock, father and daughter slowly interchange places and vanish from her sight

looking around, and Mary told

hem from a distance. "You and I must have nothing but sweet thoughts righ

hat whatever

ing within th

to a whippoor

month will n

em specially in the

g. It was wonderfully interesting to watch his little throat puff and puff with the notes as they poured forth, but the thing that astounded me was the length of time he sang without ever pausing for breath. A

my piece," annou

pon' am a sing

elujah camp

o try wid deir hea

b de comin'

allelujah chorus over i

soft breeze stirred their branches like the breath of a gentle spirit abiding there. They passed a cozy farmhouse nestled down among tall trees. Through t

six years to a bright spring day. He was sitting alone in his office when an old man, a much respected farmer, came in slowly, closed the door behind him and sat down. The doctor who knew him quite we

hat of the doctor's and said in a low voice, "Doctor, I'm in deep trouble. I come to you because you are one of my b

nd if I can help you, I

and the disgrace will kill h

not speak; then he asked, "A

every night since she was a baby. She cried like her heart would break and then

trembling, looked bes

before there is any breath of scandal. Oh, f

lled her your crime would have been far les

upon his hands. "You will

ther man." He went to the window and stood looking out upon the street below. Presently he said, "Mr. Stirling,

I se

him and dash his brains out against tha

k you wer

uld cry out, or the passersby might see me and

cely. "I'll kill Ben Morely before this day is ove

"It's Ben Morely is it? I know him. I wo

t he was going away the last of this week. She is as good and sweet a girl as ever lived. She never kept company with anybody else and she thought the world of

ing a hand on the excited man's

im all about it and my word for it, he will see that they are married right away. He is able to help them along and will make it to his son's a

d in the town and read in the list of marriage licenses the names,

s a happy home. These two lives had come together and flowed on in such harmony and helpfulness and rectitude before the world that the stain had been w

e had reached his destination-a large whi

whispered, "then they won't know there is anyone with yo

ght the sweet perfume of dewy clover fields. She looked across the intervening knoll to the east. The tree that crowned its summit stood outlined against the brightening sky. She was sitting very near the open kitchen window and now saw the family taking their places a

ty hom

them, two on each side. The father looked around the board. Stillness settled down upon

rted simultaneously for the meat platter. Every fork impaled its slice. Mary gasped. She crammed her ha

eld his slice to the platter with a firm hand. Mary, almost suffocating with laughter which must be suppressed, watched anxiously for the denouement. The bless

den swipe the father and mo

do you mean!" ex

ake that time." It was

the third. "He didn't get

myself," sai

id the mother, looking acro

Father was through with the blessing and I saw Jake with his fork in the biggest piece of ha

ither," said

it and we concluded we'd t

ternness. "We'll try to have ham enough for all of you without

the discomfited Jake, then, the little fl

ame to Mary from the

. Then a high pitched woman's voice, "I'll tel

nn had been there the unfavorable co

believes you're just keepin' Ellen down

akes a mighty good doctor to do that. That's a very old song but there are a few people in the world that like to sing it yet. They don't know that there

hen he came out. As they drove off she asked, "Yo

t. It's her sister that's

't she lov

he doctor, looking back at

ary answered, her eyes on the moon j

'lead her flocks throu

poetical

tle song I used to sing

must be getting back"; and they sped swif