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The Prodigal Village
LIKE THE PRODIGAL SON
"I don't care tho snap o' my
finger whether I get your job
or not. I feel like lay in' off
for the summer and takin' a
rest."
"Well, go ahead. I'll pay
the bills."'
Tho first speaker la William
Snodgrats, the village carpen
ter, and the second Mr. J. Pat
teraon Ding, the rich man of
Dingville, and thair words give
you a hint of what high wages,
profiteering, H. C. L., unrest,
gross materialism and other di
rect and indirect results of the
world war did to this typical
American community.
Of course The Prodigal VII
lage is much like the prodigal
son. It had to quit its joyrid
ing in the course of time. And'
then it had to get back to "nor
malcy" just as we all are get
ting back.
Irving Bacheller wrote this
thoroughly American story.
Enough said.
CHAPTER ONE
Which Introduces the Shepherd of
tho Birds.
The day that Henry Smlx met and
embraced Gusollno Power nnd weut
up Main street hand In hand with It Im
not yet forgotten. Their little Journey
produced an elTect on the nerves and
the remote future history of HIiirvIIIc.
They rushed nt a group of citizens
who were wntchlnR them, scattered It
hither and thither, broke down a sec
tion of Mrs. ItLsley'H picket fence nnd
ran over a smnll boy. At the end of
their brief misalliance, Gasoline Power
seemed to express Its opinion of Mr.
.Smlx by hurling him ngnlnst n tele
graph pole and running wild In the
park until It cooled Us passion In tho
fountain pool. In the language of Ill
ram Iilcnklnsop. tho plnce wns badly
"smlxcd up." Yet Mr. Smlx was the
object of unmerited criticism. He was
like many other men In that quiet vil
lage slow, deliberate, harmless nnd
good-natured. The action of his In
tellect was not at all like that of n
gasoline engine. Between the swift
ness of the one and the slowness of
the other, there was a wide zone full
of possibilities. The engine had ac
complished many things while Mr.
Hinlx's Intellect was getting ready to
begin to net.
In speaking of this ndventure, III
ram IMonklnsop made n wise remark:
".My married life learnt me one thing,"
said he. "If you are thlnkln'of hltchln'
up a wild horse with a tnme one, be
on refill that the tamo one Is tho stout
est or It will do him no good."
The event had Its tragic side and
whatever Illrntn Hlenklnsop and other
citizens of questionable taste may
have said of It, the historian has no
Intention of treating It lightly. Mr.
Smlx and his neighbor's fence could
be repaired, but not the small boy
Robert Kiniuet Moran, six years old,
the son of the Widow Moran, who
took In washing. He was In the na
ture of a sacrlllee to tho new god. He
became a beloved cripple, known as
the Shepherd of the lllrds and alto
gether the most cheerful person In the
village. Ills world was a little room
on the second tloor of his mother's
cottage overlooking the big llower gar
den of Judge Crookor his father hav
ing been the gardener and coachman
of the Judge. There were In this room
an old pine bureau, a four-post bed
stead, an armchair by the window, a
small round nickel clock that sat on
the bureau, a rubber tree and a very
talkative little old tin soldier of the
name of Itloggs who stood erect on a
shelf with a gun In his baud ami was
always looking out of the window. The
day of the tin soldier's nrrlval the boy
hail named him Mr. IMoggs and dis
covered his unusual qualities of mind
and heart. He was a wise old soldier,
It would seem, for he had some sort
of answer for each of the many ques
tions of l'.olt Moran. Indeed, as Hob
knew, he lind seen and suffered much,
having traveled to Kuropo and back
with the Judge's family and been sunk
for a year In a frog pond ami been
dropped In a jug of molasses, but
through it all had kept his look of
Inextinguishable courage. The lonely
lad talked, now and then, with tho
round, nickel clock or the rubber tree
or the pine bureau, but mostly gave
his confidences to tho wise nnd genial
Mr. llloggs. When the spring ar
rived tile garden, with Its birds and
flowers, became a source of Joy and
coipanlonshlp for the little lnd. Sit
tl,j ' by tho open window, he used to
tf to Pat Crowley, who was getting
ttm ground ready for sowing. Later
the slow procession of tho flowers
passed under tho boy's window nnd
greeted him with Its fragrance and
color.
Hut his most Intimate friends were
Im birds. Itobliis, In the elm tree Just
ml the window, woke him every
inn-- morning. When he tuudo hla
By Irving Bacheller
way to the casement, with the aid of
two ropes which spanned his room,
they came to him, lighting on his
wrists nnd hands and clamoring for
the seeds and cmntlis which he was
wont to feed them. Indeed, little Hob
Moran soon learned the 'pretty lingo
of every feathered tribe that camped
In the garden. He could sound the
pan pipe of tho robin, the fairy flute
of the oriole, the noisy guitar of the
bobolink and the little piccolo of the
song sparrow. Many of these dear
friends of his came Into the room and
explored the rubber tree nnd sang In
Its branches. colony of barn swal
lows lived under the eaves of the old
weathered shed on the far side of the
garden. There were many windows,
each with a saucy head looking out
of It. Suddenly half a dozen of these
merry people would rush Into the air
and fill It with their frolic. They were
like n lot of laughing schoolboys skat
ing over Invisible bills and hollows.
With n pair of field glasses, which
Mrs. Crookor had loaned to him, Hob
Moran lint! learned tho nest habits of
the whole summer colony In that won
derful gnrden. All day he sat by tho
open window with his work, an air
gun nt his side. The robins would
shout a warning to Hob when u cat
strolled Into that little pnrndNe. Then
ho would drop his brushes, seize his
gun nnd presently Its missile would
go whizzing through the nlr, straight
ngalnst the side of the cat, who, feel
ing the etlng of It, would bound
through the llower beds and leap over
tho fence to nvold further punish
ment. Hob had also made an electric
Renrchllght out of his father's old
hunting Jack and, when thbso red
breasted policemen sounded their
alarm at night he was out of bed In n
JIITy nnd sweeping the tree tops with
n broom of light, the Jack on his
forehead. If he discovered a pair of
eyes, tho stinging missiles flew toward
them In the light stream until the In
truder was dislodged. Indeed, ho was
tike a shepherd of old, keeping the
wolves from his flock. It wns tho
parish priest who first called him the
Shepherd of the Hlrds.
Just opposite his window was the
stub of an old plno partly covered
with Virginia creeper. N'enr the top
"Mother," He Said, "I Love Pauline."
of It was a round bole nnd beyond It
a small cavern which held the nest
of a pair of flickers. Sometimes the
female sat with her gray head pro
truding from this tiny oriel window of
hers looking across at Hob. Pat
Crowley was In the habit of calling
this garden "Mornn City," wherein the
stub was known an Woodpecker Tow
er and the flower-bordered path as
Fifth avenue, while the widow's cot
tage was always referred to as City
hall and the weathered shed as tho
tenement district.
Whnt a theater of unpremeditated
art was this beautiful, big garden of
tho judge! There were those who felt
sorry for Hob Moran, but his life was
fuller and happier than theirs. It Is
doubtful If any of the world's travel
ers ever saw more of Its beauty than
he.
He hnd sugared the window-sill so
that bo always bad company bees
nnd wasps and butterflies. The latter
had Interested him since the Judgo
had called them "stray thoughts of
God." Ho loved tho chorus of an Au
gust night and often sat by his win
dow listening to the songs of the tree
crickets nnd katydids and seeing the
Innumerable firefly lanterns Hashing
among the flowers.
Ills work was painting scones In tho
gnrden, especially bird tricks and at
titudes. For this, ho was Indebted to
Susnn Hakcr, who had given him
paints and brushes and taught him
how to uso them, nnd to an unusual
nptltudo for drawing.
One day Mrs. Hakor brought her
daughter Paulino with her a pretty
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blue-eyed girl with curly blonde hnlr,
four years older than Hob, who was
thirteen when his painting began. Tho
Shepherd looked at her with an ex
clamation of delight; until then he had
never seen n beautiful young mnlden.
Homely, Ill-clad daughters of the
working folk had come to his room
with field flowers now and then, but
no one like Pauline. He felt her hair
and looked wistfully Into her face and
said that she was like pink and white,
and yellow roses. She was a discov
ery u new kind of a human being.
Often he thought of her as he sat
looking out of the window und often
he dreamed of her nt night.
The little Shepherd of the Hlrds
was not quite a boy. He was a spirit
untouched by any evil thought,' un
broken to lures nnd thorny ways. He
was like tho flowers and birds of tho
garden, strangely fair and winsome,
with silken, dark hair curling ubout
his brows He had large, clear, brown
eyes, a mouth delicate as a girl's and
teeth very white and shnpely. The
Hnkers had lit ted the boundaries of
his life and extended his vision. Ho
found a new Joy In studying llower
forms and In Imitating their colors on
ennvas.
Now, Indeed, there wns not a hap
pier lad In tin village than this young
prisoner In one of the" two upper bed
rooms In the small cottage of tho
Widow Moran. True, he had moments
of longing for his lost freedom when
he heard the shouts of the boys Jn tho
street nnd their feet hurrying by on
the sidewalk. The steadfast and cou
rageous Mr. IMoggs had saltl : "I guess
we have Just as much fun as they do,
after all. Look ut them roses."
One evening, ns his mother sat
reading an old love tale to the boy, lio
stopped her.
"Mother," he said. "I love Pauline.
Do you think It would be all right for
mo to tell her?"
"Never a word," said the good
woman. "Ye see It's this way, my lit
tle son, ye're like n priest an' It's not
tho right thing for n priest."
"I don't want to be a priest," said
ho Impatiently.
"Tut, tut, my laddie boy! It's for
God to sny an for us to obey," she
answered.
When the widow hnd gone to her
room for the night nnd Bob wns think
ing It over, Mr. Bloggs remarked that
In his opinion they should keep up
their courage, for It was u very grand
thing to he a priest nftcr all.
Winters he spent deep In books out
of Judge Crookcr's library und tending
his potted plants and painting them
nnd the thick blanket of snow In the
garden. Among the happiest moments
of his life were those that followed his
mother's return from the postolllce
with the Hlngvllle Sentinel. Then, ns
the wjdow was wont to say, he was
like a dog with n bone. To him, Hlng
vllle was like Home In the ancient
world or London In the British em
pire. All roads led to Hlngvllle. Tho
Sentinel was In the nature of a habit.
One Issue wns like unto another as
like as "two chaws off tho same plug
of tobaccer," a citizen had once said.
Anything Important In the Sentinel
'would have been ns misplaced as a
cannon In n meetlng-hoiiso. Every week
It cnught the toy balloons of gossip,
the thistledown events which were
floating In tho still 'air of Hlngvllle.
The Sentinel was a dissipation ns en
joyable and as Inexplicable ns ten.
To the little Shepherd. Hlngvllle
wns the cnpltal of the world and Mr.
J. Patterson Hlng, the first citizen of
Hlngvllle, who employed eleven hun
dred men and had four automobiles,
wus n gigantic figure whose shadow
stretched ncross tho earth. There were
two people much In his thoughts and
dreams and conversation Paulino
Baker and J. Patterson BIng. Often
there were articles In tho Sentinel re
garding the great enterprises of Mr.
BIng and the social successes of the
BIng family In the metropolis. These
ho read with hungry Interest. Ills
favorite heroes wero George Wash
ington, St. Francis nnd J. Patterson
BIng. As between the three he would,
secretly, have voted for Mr. BIng. In
deed, he nnd his friends nnd Intimates
Mr. Bloggs and the rubber tree and
the little pine bureau and the round
nickel clock bad all voted for Mr.
BIng. But ho had never seen the groat
man.
Mr. BIng sent Mrs. Mornn n check
every Christmas and, now nnd then,
some little gift to Bob, but his char
ities were strictly Impersonal. Ho
used to say that whllo ho wns glad to
help tho poor und the sick, ho hadn't
time to call on them. Once Mrst BIng
promised tho widow thnt she nnd her
husband would go to see Bob on
Christmas day. The llttlo Shepherd
asked his mother to hang his best
pictures on the wnlls nnd to decorato
them with sprigs of cedar. Ho put on
his starched shirt and collar nnd silk
tie and a new blnck coat which his
mother had given him. Tho Christmas
bells never rang so merrily.
tTO UK CONTINUED.)
Everyone an tho make.
FAVOR NEW PRISON
HOUSE MEMBERS VOTE FOR NEW
REFORMATORY TO BE BUILT
FOR FIRST OFFENDERS
DISPUTE OVER LOCATION
Objectors to Building New Institution
Near Penitentiary Succeed In
Voting Down Emergency
Clause Means Delay
Lincoln. Because the state refor
matory bill has been amended to lo
cato tho new institution "near ami In
connection with" tho state poniten
tlary, enough houso members with
held their support from It on final
passage to knock out the emergency
clause. The bill passed, however,
without tho clause.
There wero uomo who voted against
It both times because they do not
favor establishing n reformatory, for
which $300,000 is appropriated iu the
budget maintenance bill.
A considerable number of reforma
tory udvocates want It entirely sepa
rated from tho penitentiary and un
der different management. Tho ma
jority, however, decided that the two
institutions could be inn under the
same supervision, without huvlug
two sets of. officials, two power plants
und unnecessary duplication of other
features.
Primary Bill Through House
Thu Douglas primary bill lina
puHsed tho lower house by a vote of
53 to 43. It Is conceded by mem
bers to bo tho only tampering with
the direct primary that thu houso
will stand for.
Under tho provisions of this bill
nny person may file for a state ofilco
without paying u fee, by dropping his
numo or petition Into tho office of
secretary of Btate. The latter cer
tifies ull of these names to each
party state convention, held In May.
Tho convention takes one ballot on
each office, and the three highest
aro certified to tho secretary of
state. All others aro eliminated und
only the ones -who have qualified
pay fees.
House Objects to Senate Amendment
On motion of Representative Moso
ley, tho house declined to concur In
a Bonato amendment to II. H. 73,
which requires the governor to fill
vacancies in tho offices of United
States senator, congressman, or mom
bcr of tho legislature by appointing
persons of tho samo political affilia
tions as tho previous incumbonts.
The speaker was authorized to name
a conference committee on the bill.
Limit Stock Salesmen Fees
No more than 10 per cent can bo
paid for agents' commission and all
othor expense of Helling stock In Ne
braska under an amendment to tho
buroau of securities blue sky bill,
which was adopted by nearly unani
mous vote by tho house. Tho limit
fixed' by tho original bill was 15 per
cent, but this was cut to 10 on a
motion by Mr. Mears.
Railway Commission Changes Ruling
Tho stato railway commission has
authorized the cancellation of the
rule requiring that all boxes, drums
nnd palls containing goods presented
to railroads should bear tho name
and address of tho shipper and a de
scription of tho contonts. Tho In
terstate commerce commission does
not require this, and the order will
mako tho rule uniform.
Game Law Violators Fined
Twenty-two hunters who vlolatod
tho law In Nebraska tho last two
weeks havo boon fined In the stato
courts, and eleven of them, who shot
birds out of season, aro hold for gov
ornmont authorities for violating tho
fedoral migratory law, It Iiuh been an
nounced by Stato Game Warden
Georgo Kostor.
Pass Movie Censorship Bill
Tho movie censorship bill, passed
tho house by a vote of 00 to 35 after
some of tho opponents lind failed to
mako good their threat or promise
that tho measuro never will become a
law. The bill was held back from
third reading for tho staging In tho
houso of one last bitter struggle.
For Relief of Disabled Soldiers
Tho American Legion bill providing
a fund of ?2,000,000 out of tho stato
treasury, to bo Invested in Liberty
bonds and other securities tho In
como from which will bo used In fur
nishing aid to disabled veterans of
tho world war and their dependents,
went through tho houso on third
reading by a vote of 00 to 3.
Committee Presents Banking Bill
Tho sifting commltteo has report
ed out fourteen bills for tno nouso
to work upon. Olio of thoso Is tho
co-oporutlvo bank bill. Another Is
tho department's blue sky bill,
signed by fifty-six mombcrs as
introducers.
Five others aro bills relating to
procedure recommended by the stato
bar association. Another is II. R.
153, authorizing tho sale of state
school lauds as fast as tho leases
explro.
For Handling Bank Failures
Appointment of J. E. Hart, secre
tary of tho Btato department of trade
and connnerco, as receiver for tho
defunct Castottor bank of Blair, in
augurated a policy, that tho depart
ment will follow in, futuro bank fail
ures, as has been aunouucod by Soc
r.otary Hart.
Tho department will not only ask
that It bo glvon tho recolvorBhlp,
but Governor McKolvio, It Is said, Is
planning to introduco a bill in tho
prosont session of tho legislature to
requiro this procedure
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