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RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, OHIEF
Old Lady
Number
j31c
LOUISE FORSSLUND
Author of
"The Story of Ssrsh"
"The Ship of OtHBt"
Etc.
Copyright by The Century Co.
8YNOP8IS.
Captain Abraham none and Angellne,
is wife, liavo lout their little home
through Abe's unlucky purchaia of Tana
fly Clold mining stock. Their household
floods old. the SIOO auction money, all
hey have left, will plnco Abo In the Old
Man'a home, or Angy In the Old Lady's
home. Doth are seir-sacrlficlng but Aba
decides: "My denr, thin Is thn fust tlmo
I've had a clianco to taho the wust of It."
The old couple bid good-by to thn little
house. Terror of "what folks will say"
ends thom atonic by-paths to the gato of
the Old Lndlon' homo. MMs Abigail, ma
tron of the Old IjkIIoh' homo, bears of
the 111 fortune of tho old coupltt. HMo tolls
the other old Indies, and Illossy, who has
paid n double fee for the only doublo bed
chamber, voices the unanimous verdict
that Abe must be taken In with his wife.
Abe awakens next morning to find that
he Is "Old Lady No. 81." The old ladles
Sve him such a warm welcome that he
made to feel at home at once. "Ilrother
Abe" expands under tho warm reception
of tho sisters, and a reign of peace begins
In the Old Indies' homo. Abo Is the cen
ter of the community. The semi-annual
visit of niossy's aged lover, Capt. Samuel
Darby, Is due. Abe advises her to marry
him. For the first time tho captain falls
to appear. Mossy consults Abe so often
regarding Darby, his old captain In the
life-saving service, that gossip begins to
but. Aunt Nancy takes Abe to task for
rutting with Blossy. Ho Is much con
cerned when he learns that Angy Is Jeal
ous, mossy drives away with Darby to
M married. Abe loses popularity- The
change reacts on him and the doctor or
Mra him to bed. Thon he Is nt tho mercy
f the old ladles. Darby comes to see htm.
CHAPTER XI Continued.
Abraham flushed. He did not care
to recall Samuel's wedding day. He
hastenod to ask the other what had
decided him and Blossy to come to
day, and waa Informed that Miss Abl
(all had written to tell Blossy that If
ahe ever expected to see hor "Brother
Abe" alive again she must corao over
to Shorevllle at the earliest possible
moment
"Then I says ter Blossy," concluded
Captain Darby, "I says, says I, 'Jest
lemme see that air old henpecked
Abe Rose. I'll kill him er euro him I"
I tays. Hero, yer pipe's out. Light
vp agln!"
Abe struck the match with a trem
bling hand, unnerved once more by
the speculation as 'to what might have
happened had Samuel'a treatment
worked the other way.
"I left Blossy and Aunt Nancy
svhuggin' an' a-klssln' down stairs."
Abe sighed: "Aunt Nancy altera waa
more bark than bite."
"Humph! Barkln' cats must be
tryln' ter live with. Abe," he tapped
the old man'a knee again, "dew yew
know what yew need 7 A leetlo vaca
tion, a change of air. Yew want ter
out loose from this all-fired old ladles'
shebang an' go akylarkln'." Abe hung
on Samuel's worde, his eyes a-twlnkle
with anticipation. "Yes, yes, go aky
larkln'! Won't we mako things hum 7"
"Thar'a hummln' an' hummln'," ob
jected Abe, with a suddon show of
oautlon. "Miss Abigail thinks more o'
washday than somo folks does o'
heaven. Wharabouta dew yew cak'late
on a-goln'7"
"Tew Bleak HUH"
Abraham's face lost Its cautious
look, his eyes sparkled once more. Go
back to the llfo-savtng station where
he had worked In hia lusty youth
back to the sound of the surf upon the
shore, back to the pines and cedars
of the beach, out of the bondage of
dry old lavender to the goodly fra
grance of balsam and sea salt! Back
to active life among mon!
"Men, ' mon, nawthln' but mon!"
Samuel exploded as It ho had road the
other's thought. "Nawthln but meu
for a hull week, that's my prescrip
tion for yew! Haow dew yew feel
naow, mnto7"
For answer Abo niudo a quick spring
out of his chair, and In his bare fcot
commoncod to dance n gentle,, rheu-matlc-too-consldoring
breakdown, cry
ing, "Hy-guy, Cap'n Sam'l, you'vo
paved my llfo!" While Darby clapped
his hands together, proud beyond
measure at his success as tho eman
cipator of bis .woman-ridden friend.
Neither heard tho door open nor saw
Augy standing on tho threshold, half
paralyzed with fear and amazement,
thinking that sho was witnessing tho
mad dolirium of a dying man, until sho
called out her husband's nntno. At
the sound of her frightened voice, Abo
stopped short and reached for the
blanket with which to cover himself.
"Naow don't git skeored, mother,
don't git skeered," he adjured her.
"I'm all right in my head. Cap'n
Sam'l here, ha brung tne some won
derful medicine. He"
"Blossy Bald you did!' interrupted
Angy, a light of intense gratitudo
flashing across ber faco ae sho turned
eagerly to Darby. "Lemme boo tho
fcottlo."
"I chucked It out o' tho winder," af
tinned Bamuo) without winking, and
Abo hastened to draw Angy's atten
tion back to himself.
"Soo, mother, I kin stand ub good
4iB anybody; hain't got no fever; I kin
-walk alone.. Yew accn mo dancln' Jest
" tew. An' of I had that pesky
'inty rooster of a doctor hero,
I'd kick him all tho wny dcown stairs.
Cnp'n Sam'I's wuth twcnty-Ilvo o' him."
"Yow kept tho prescription, didn't
ycr, cap'n 7" domnnded Angy. "Naow
of ho should bo took ag'ln an'"
Samuel turned away and coughed.
"Mothor. mother," cried Abo. "shot
tho door an' como act deown er-all tho I
slstcrs'll como n-pllln' In, 1'vo had a
Invito, I hnvo,"
Angy closed tho door and enmo for
ward, hor wary suspicious eye trailing
from tho visitor to her husband.
"Hy-guy, ain't It splondld!" Abo
burst forth. "Mo an' Cap'n Sam'l hero
Is a-goln' over ter Bleak Hill for a
week."
"Bleak Hill In Decombor!" Angy
cried, nghnst. "Naow, bco hero, fa
ther," resolutely, "medicine or no
mcdlclno "
"Ho's got tor git hardened up,"
(Irmly Interposed Doctor Darby; "It'll
bo tho mnktn' o' him."
Angy turned on Samuel with rufllod
feathers.
"Ho'll frooze to death." Yow
shan't"
Hero Abo's stubborn will, so rarely
Bet against Angy's gontlo porslstonco,
rose up In defiance:
"Wo'ro a-gwlno on a reg'lar A No. 1
spree with tho boys, an' no women
folks Is a-goln' ter stop us neither."
"When?" asked Angy faintly, feel
ing Abo's brow, but to her surprise
finding It cool and healthy.
"Termorror!" proclaimed Samuel;
whereupon Abo looked n little dubious
and lifted up his two feet, wrapped as
they were in tho blanket, to deter
mine tho present strength of his legs,
"Don't yor think ycr'd bettor mnko
It day after termorrer7" ho ventured.
"Or 'long crbout May or Juno7"
Angy hastily amended.
Samuel gave an exasperated grunt.
"See here, whoso spree. Is this?"
Abo demanded of the little old wife.
Sho sighed, then resolved on strat
egy:
"Naow, Abo, et yew bo bound an'
possessed ter go ter the beach, yew
go; but I'm a-goln' vlsltln' tew, an'
I couldn't git tho pair o' us ready In
elde a week. I'm a-goln' deown ter see
Blossy. She nst me jtst naow, pendln',
she says, Cap'n Sam'l here cures Abo
up ernough ter git him off. I thought
sho was crazy then."
Samuol knocked tho ashes out of
his plpo against the window sill and
arose to go.
"Waal," ho said grudgingly, "make
It a week from terday then, rain er
shine, Bnow or blow, er a blizzard.
Ef yer ever a-goln' ter git hardened,
Abo, naow's tho tlmol I'll drive over
'long erbout ten o'clock an' git some
body ter Ball us from hero; er ef tho
bay freezes over 'twlxt naow an' then,
ter tnke us In a scooter."
A "scooter, It may be explained, Is
an Iceboat peculiar to tho Great South
bay a sort of modified dinghy on run
ners. "Yes yos, a scooter," repeated Sam
uel, turning suddenly on Abe with
the sharp Inquiry: "Air yew a-shlv-erln'7
Hain't, eh 7 Waal thon, a week
from terday, so be It!" he ended. "But
mo an' Blossy Is a-comln' ter seo yew
off an' on pooty frequent mcanet
while; an', Abe, ef ever I ketch yew
n-layin' abed, I'll leavo yer ter yer
own destruction."
CHAPTER XII.
"A Pastel of Meddlers."
Angy's secret hope that Abe would
chango his mind and abandon the
projected trip to the beach romalned
unfulfilled, In spite of the fact that
cold weather suddenly descended on
the South side, and tho bay becamo
first "Bcummed" over with Ice, and
then frozen so solid that all Its usual
craft disappeared, and the "scooters"
took possession of tho field.
Abo and Samuel held stubbornly to
their reckless Intentions; and the sis
ters, sharing Angy's anxiety, grew so
licitous almost to the point of active
Interference They withheld nothing
in the way of counsel, criticism, or
admonition which could be offered,
"Naow," said Mrs. Homan In her
most commanding tones at tho end of
a final discuMlon In the big hall, on
the evening before the date set for de
parture, "ef yow'ro bound, bent an'
determined, Brothor Abo, to run in tho
face of Providence, yow want tew
mind one thing, an' wear yer best
set of flannels tormorrer."
"Sho, thar hain't no danger of mo
ketchln' cold," decried Abe.
"I didn't say for thlckost set of
flannels; 1 said yer best When a man
gits throwud out onto tho Ico ker
flump, tho thickness of his clo'es ain't
goln to help him much. Tho fust
thing I alius taught my husbands was
to huvo everything cloan an' whole on,
when thar was any likelihood of a sud
den death."
"Yew 'Bpcct mo tow go an' prink up
fer a sudden doath?" thundorod Abra
ham, "I hain't never heard tell on a
scooter a-klllln' nobody ylt; It's them
plagued Iceboats up Btato what "
"That'B all very well." persisted Mrs.
Homun. not to bo diverted from hor
subjoct; "but when old Doctor Billings
got run over by the train at Mastic
Crossln' on Fourth o' July eight year
ago, hie wlfo told me with her own
lips that shn nuvor would git over It,
cuz ho had his hull big too stlckln'
out o' the end of his Htockln'. I toll
yow, these days wo'vo got tow prepare
fer a violent end."
Tho patient Angy somewhat tartly
rotortod, that during' tho last week Bho
had spent even moro tlmo upon fa
ther's wardrobe than she had upon
her own; whllo Abo Inwardly rojolced
to think that for sovon days to oonio
Bovon wholo dnys ho and Angy would
bo freo from the Burvelllanco of tho
sisters, s
Mrs. Homan, In no way nonplussed,
boomed on:
"Thar, 1 most fcrgot noout his necs
tlo. 'Cotirso, they don't dress up much
at tho station; but Jest tho Bamo that;
air tio o' youm, Brother Abo, is a tlls-i
graco. I told yow yew'd uplla It a
wcarln' It tow bed. Naow, I got a
red an' grcon plaid what belonged toj
my second stopson, Henry O. Ho novetj
would 'a' died o pneumony, either, efj
he'd n-took my advice an' mado hlm
self a newspaper night cap last tlmcj
ho BubBtltutcd with the 'savers. An'
yew kin have that necktie Jest as well
ub not. Naow, don't say a word; I'm)
better nblo to part with It 'n yow bq
not to tako It."
No one ever nttempted tho fruitless
tnsk of Btopplng Mrs. Homan once
fully launched; but when at last ahe
permitted her back to rest against her
chair, folding her arms with the man
ner of ono who makes a sacrifice In s
worthy cuubo, Abo broke Into an ex
ploslvo protest.
If any ono frotted him In his some
what fretful convalescence, It was this
grenadier member of the household,
who elnce Blossy's marrlago had en
deavored to fill tho vacant post of
"guardoen angel."
"MIo' Holman," ho sputtered, ris
ing to IiIb feet, "I wouldn't wear a rod
an' green plaid tlo to a eel's funeral!"
Then with a somewhat ungracious
"good-night" to tho company In gen
eral, ho trudged across tho hall and up
the stairs, muttering something to
himself about a "possol of meddlers."
Well-meaning Miss Abigail, who
had bcon nodding halt aeleop, roused
herself to call, aftor htm, and ho
paused unwillingly to hoed.
"Naow, don't yew Iobo no Bleep ter
night," sho admonished, "a-worryln'
orbout tho chnngo In yer vlttles. I
told Cap'n Sam'l that hardtack an'
sech llko wouldn't never do fer yer
weak stummlck, an' he promised me
faithful he'd Bend somobody tew the
mainland every day fer milk."
"Dow yow think I be a baby 7"
Bhoutcd Abraham, turning on hla heel.
"I know now what makes my teeth so
soro lately," mumbling to himself;
"It's from this hero arrer-root an' all
these puddln'y messes. They need
hardenln', tew,"
CHAPTER XIII.
The Prodigal's Departure.
Abraham was up botlmes In the
morning to groet a day crisp and cold,
quiet, yet with sufficient breeze stir
ring the evergreens In the yard out
side to mako blm predict a speedy
voyage.
Tho old man was nervous and ex
cited, and, In spite of his buoyant
anticipations, somewhat oppressed,
now that the day had actually come,
with a sense of timidity and fear. Still,
he put on a bold face while Angellne
fastened his refractory collar and tied
his cravat.
This was neither Mrs. Homan's of
fering nor Abe's own old, frayed tie,
but a new black one which had mys
teriously been thrust through the
crack under the door during the night
So, the last finishing touches having
been put upon his toilet, and Angy
having made ready by lamplight for
her own trip, even before the old man
was awake, there seemed nothing left
to be done until the breakfast bell
should ring,
Abe sat down, and looking hard at
his open carpetbag wondered audibly
If they had "evorythln' In." The last
time they two had packed Abe's ward
robe for a visit to Bleak Hill had been
many years ago, when Samuel Darby,
though Bomowhat Abe's Junior, was
keeper of tho life-saving station, and
Abo was to be gone for a whole sea
son's duty. Then all of his posses
sions had been stowed In a long, bol-eter-llko
canvas bag for the short
voyage.
Both Angy and her husband recalled
that tlmo now tho occasion of their
first, and almost of their last, real
separation.
"A week'U pass In no time," mur
mured Angy very quickly, with a catch
In her voice. "Lookln' ahead, though,
seven days seems awful long when yer
old; but Oh, law, yes; a week'U
pass In no time," she repeated. "Only
dew be keerful, Abe, an' don't take
cold."
(TO BR CONTINUED.)
FISH HOOK RECOVERS BODY'
Passengers From Passing Train Drag
River After Boy Is Knocked
Off Bridge.
Using tho boy's own Ashing, rod In
grappling for IiIb body, passengers on
a Susquehanna and Western train that
had knocked Paul Colombo from a
bridge near Babbitt, N, J Into the
river, succeeded Tn hooking IiIb coat
and dragging tho body to tho surface
Tho lad, who lived at Twonty-thlrd
nnd Pallsado nvenuo, West New York,
was fishing on tho edgo of tho railroad
brldgo with John Eichlar, when the
train duo nt Hackensack at 12:56 camo
along.
Tho Eichlar boy Just managed to es
cape Injury, tho pilot of tho engine
grazing his heel. Tho Colombo boy
was struck on the side of the head
as ho tried to swing away from tho
rail. Engineer Vrooman saw tho boy
fall into tho river, Btoiiped tho train,
and tho passengers hurried to the
Bcono. Sovcral boyB who wero Bwlm
mlng near by dived time and again,
but without success.
Then tho passengers took turns wltb
young Colombo's fishing rod, and Anal
ly tho hook caught In tho lad's coat.
Tho body was dragged to the bank and
taken on tho train to Hackensack.
A Question.
"Dobbs Is a mlld-nmnnorod man."
"Yes, ho is. I wonder if ho's natural
ly so. or marriudt"
MDMTIONAL
SuMrSfflOOL
Lesson
(By E. O. SKLLERS, Director Sunday
School Course, Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 18
.IN THE GARDEN OF QETH8EMANE.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 14:32-42. See also
Luko 22:39-46.
GOLDEN TEXT-Watch and pray, that
ye enter not into temptation. Matt. 26:41
R. V.
The account of Potor'a boast (v,
29-30), a common but highly signifi
cant story, forms tho connecting link,
in Mark's Gospel, between this and
last Sunday's lesson. After singing
the hymn v. 5 (tho Hallelujah),
Jesus and his disciples left the up
per room.
I. Into tha Garden, vv. 32-35. No
other passage In history so moves tho
human heart with roverentlal- awe.
Somewhere outside Jesus left eight
disciples. Ho took three, his closest
friends, and resolutely entered the
darkness. Our record fells usHhat he
was "amazed and soro troubled" and
there Is a hint of his humanity sug
gested by tho fact that ho should con
fess tho Bamo to tho disciples. These
throe had been with him on the Mount
of Transfiguration there to behold his
glory. Now they are to see the depths
of Divine self-abnegation. He trod
the wlneprcsB alone, however, for
he "went forward a little" (v. 35),
The Master's Prayer.
II. Praying, vv. 36-38. The Mas
ter's prayer was In reality a prayer
of triumph; a prayer which enablea
us to apprehend, In part at least, hla
suffering and a suggestion of his com
ing glory. It Is easier to appreci
ate and to understand his prayer
than it la to comprehend his glory.
The resolute abandonment of himself
to tho will of his Father la' one of tha
awe-inspiring facta of history.
Jesus asked for this cup, drank It
and passed on to Calvary. In the
midst of his agony ho la strength
ened, Luke 22:43. Returning, he
found the three disciples sleeping. Pe
ter, who bad mado such boaBtful avow
als of fealty (vv. 29, 30) and who Is
about to undergo, and to fall, Is ad
dressed in tender reproach, "Simon,
steepest thou. Coutdest thou not
watch one hour?" Then addressing
the three, he said, "watch, and pray
that ye enter not Into temptation;
the spirit indeed la willing, but the
flesh la weak."
Found No Comforters.
III. Again praying, w. 39-42. Again
be passes Into the loneliness of that
midnight hour. Again we hear hla tri
umphant paean of prayer. This time
he returns and finds the disciples'
heavy with deep sleep. This is a
fulfillment of Ps. 69:20, "I looked for
comforters and found none." Hla
gentle reproach goes unanswered. For
a third time he enters the trial and
roturnlng commands the disciples to
sleep on and take their rest
There Is little doubt that between
his permission "sleep on" and the
declaration "It 1b enough" that the
Savior, In wakeful lonollness,
watched over the sleeping disciples.
At last he roused them for tho en
emy, headed by Judos, were at hand.
Their dearly bought sleep was short
and we can imagine the confusion
caused by the torch-bearing mob. The
Man of sorrows is calm in this hour
after bis victory In prayer. The dis
ciples, not likewise strengthened, flee
away.
Tha Supreme Value of thla story lies
In the effect It may produce upon
each one who cornea to know it To
one It does not speak at all, to an
other, it mlts the heart and brings
tears to the eye.
While he felt the sense of all through
which be was passing, yet he did not
once hesitate, John 12:27, 28, never
for one moment faltered in his co
operation with tho complete will of
God. Again we aro compelled to bow
the head with reverence before his
marvelous patience with the disci
ples. Nowhere else have we found a
record that will surpass this picture,
especially tho latter end, ub wo seo
him patiently waiting and watching
while they slept Tho words of the
PsalmlBt aro brought to mind:
Like as a father pltlnth His children.
So the Lord pltleth thorn that fear Htm.
Kor Ho knowotli our rrame,
He remembereth that wo aro dust.
Conscious of his approaching pas
sion, conscious of tho strain of tho
coming hours of that fateful last day,
halting on the pathway of his sorrows,
ho gives his disciples time for repose.
While wo contrast his selt-Bacrlflce
and their selfishness, yet, when wo
study our own lives, we hardly dare
to criticize. Wo are, however, Mm
pressed with the marvelous privilege
they allowed to slip from them.
Tho Golden Text was spoken after
tho first period of prayer. Theso
words wero spoken in tender compas
sion and In full recognition of the
weakness of tho disciples. Ho know
them altogether, tho wholo truth about
each ono. That they desired fellow
ship with him wo feel conildent, yet
thoy, even as wo bo often llkowlso,
failed. Let us then endeavor to ob
servo and obey his Injunction, "Keep
awako, and pray yo enter not into
temptation." Not that wo shall bo
kept from temptation, but as In tho dis
ciples' prayer, wo should pray. "Lead
us not Into temptation."
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CAPE PRICKS REASONABLE
The New Language.
Here Is our esteemed contemporary
World Speech again celebrating that
accomplished international language,
Ro, which 1b "easy enough for the Jap
anese, Chinese or HlndUB, as for tha
Latin or Teutonic peoples." No
doubt, and as easy for us as
Japanese, Chinese, Etruscan and
Basque. Dut listen to a bit of Ro dia
logue: "Gl tada, acl DawT (Good morning,
how are you?)
"Slto ec, abl lie. (Thank you, I am
welt.)
"Asl we resk aboT (Do you under
stand me?)
We do not; but apt mugcal hab
awoz mebu? How many legs has s
lobster? New York Sun.
Watermen and Uniforms.
Watermen who were also firemen
enjoy the distinction of being the first
public servants who ever wore a uni
form. "Long before our army and
navy adopted any distinguishing garb,"
writes Mr. Guy Nlckalls, "Thames wa
termen were known by their uniform
and badge, a plaited coat, knee
breeches and stockings and hat, ac
cording to fashion, but always a plate
on the arm, either of the Waterman's
hall to denote that they had the free
dom of the river, and were licensed, or
the badge of their employer. Any per
son rowing or working any boet,
wherry or other vessel, who had not
served seven years as apprentice, In
curred a penalty of 10." London
Chronicle.
Most Improper.
"Miss Flibblt, the doctors say that
If a self-conBclous person will hold
something it will help him to over
come that feeling."
"Perhaps the doctors are right, Mr.
FlubbinB, but I cannot permit you to
overcome your self-consciousness by
holding me, so please don't attempt
It again."
The finest Persian rugs are woven
at a rate of one square foot in about
twenty-three days.
For Your Hogs
More pork, better pork and a better price.
Sleek, fat hogs in the pink of health and
ready for market weeks earlier. Less
feed used. Lower feeding costs. Greater
profits. Fatten your "mortgage lifters"
using
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