Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-22

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rasAe. seas.ue1:aliy.
Phyllis paid 20 ss:en:!ca to this and
went CO:
~ .e@l bad ary uosAe- 70 talk
aba: g-ct :h:asz Fa.te- always says
q g-l ccsh: % - a. ta.- AID hooess a.
Eao &c knows mother was"
There was q little treu1 Il her voice
a. SIZE spoke Of he- Doste-. I: was tie
ooe cys.a,i.zos .occh {: e1otion, AID
Tao=as ns-e. though: :! Phyllis at:=1-
ward as LIE ottsr g.1ls q Go1h.ad TIA:
sic aiooe II a.. wo2eo vas tAe coe &c
desired sor wife. Be: be cid COZ ask
tes At oace. a kid e tender .e~e7eoce
he,d h;a lack, fos Be s-cds1ly OWNED
tia: Phyllis would not ~!sh II 70 follow
soo quickly c. ibis tall. as u she had
orened tie s1t5ect
Not tie least potent q her charms
vas hes eonsnual,y surprising biz
Sooa ascs- Re had teeo thziUed y Der
cna.nca.og honesty and parity be vas
con..o1.ed VIII AZ unexpected hardness
that seemed Incredible a: he. ase-
I: happened this way. She vas 81
ting IL a hammock Il the back porch
with soue Light ~o-k Il her hands when
a rero beg ca1e 70 t.ios her basket
ot peaches She GO: Up 70 pc: then
away acd cane tack with snail purse.
BOW much 60 I owe 700, Benz
"a quarter, please. miss" With q
bow add a grin
Is she paid hin another quarter
slipped and tall near the edge q the
steps In fash Ben's ragged hat had
fallen cpon Il With apparent cazelessness
as &c pretended 70 search IN his ragged
CA. sor pocket wt.hoot hole When
be took rp lbs bat the money had eisap-
pearsd under Il
Phyllis watched hin with nt1th In
her eyes
II didn's eve yoo two quarters, Ben
Give II 70 me. :"
The boys face was study q blank
surprise
you needn't ~ 70 think Of a story,
Ben, tor saw yoo pick IL Up. And
how's this: Tou were going 70 tie re-
vtvais a month ago, and thought you
said you were couveYred?'
Ben ducked his head sheepishly.
Oats SC, miss, da.'s 50, bet s'posto
dat shiny piece O silver cid 'tioe ne 70
pick II up Use fined the church and
BEN baptized
"Oh, Ben, you cheat me, and then
you cheat God Perhaps be doesn't Ike
it any better than Do. What them
he doo' mind, miss" very cheer.
fully. Use been baptized "
Phyllis threw back he. head and
laughed with a hearty abandon very
contagious Yet Thomas did not alto
ge:her like her n.r.h CT rather its
source.
"Au religious people are no: like
that" be said as Ben shuaed away
happ? and uoabashed
"Asen'. they; Tou ough. 70 hear IA
ther talk. he says they are although
some Of them pc. 1. into Hne words
But" as she carelesslC broke open a
golden peach With crimson heart, Il
don. care tor such things anyhow"
such things" repeated Thomas
doubttully.
Religion and that sort Of thing"
ind:Serently.
What sort Of thing do you care fo.i"
Questioned Thomas, conscious Of a sen.
sa.;on q moral chillness.
Why. like sunlight and color and
TO smell the clover blooms-and, %, I
jus. ike 70 live. It's splendid
Eer eyes sparkled, and her red lips
smiled IN lovely curve Of delight as
she swung the hammock 70 and fro, for
getting fox q moment her work-a rare
thing 10. Phyllis. She was not the ideal
woman Of his dreams, bot dream
grows pale beside living. joyous real.
!ty. And Phyllis was so unconscious Of
any evil and so pretty that Thomas for.
got 70 wish her different
Different from what she was. He
had fallen 50 far In love that when she
showed her hot though easily appeased
temper be thought Il infinitely swee.
and taking-she never put on like
other girls or pretended TO be what she
was not Her frankness at last melted
away his own reserve Of temperament
and be began TO talk 10 her Of his early
life and was even won BY her listening
and honest eyes 10 tell her Of his lone
liness-his early conversion and back.
sliding and oonforted BY the tears that
flowed without check down her soft
cheeks-of bis uncle's terrible anger
and death
"Oh, how wicked, how wicked" she
exclaimed at the end. Poor old man,
10 die with such dreadful thoughts! It
wasn't his fault he had never heard
anything but those fearful doctrines Of
Gods wrath and resentment Oh,
Thomas, II there Is any God, what must
be think Of his creatures that can cay
such things Of himi''
Her tone wa an awe struck question.
Ing, and It thrilled htm-this thought
Of God. patiently bearing. dlAntly for.
giving these lies and calunnies from
men he bad made
But the thought passed God-"i1
there was any Cod Phyllis bad said
with fearless upe-was far Of and 81.
lent Close at hand was the lovely face
Of a woman, all wet with tears fof his
trouble Her voice was full Of tender.
ness-of that something q q mothers
comforting that womanhood instructive.
" uses, even In Its babyhood, with all