The Monitor-register., 1896-07-17
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RA!!a!!! R RsxassF
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Honor
PURE

Eyes, mother, l will, honor bright!
promise? ?"
"No, my son, I never did, aud Mrs.
Dnnning stroked the brown curtis loving
ly as she looked down into the honest
eyes, that never in all Harry DunninR'S
fifteen years had failed to look straight
forwardly back into hers.
"WslI, mother, you never will. I'll be
home by ten sure. Now, Pm of % and
Harry sprsng down the steps and Was
away like an arrow.
His ohum, Alden Mayhem, had invited
him to a candy.pull and general good
time," and Alden's invitations were
always accepted by his boy and girl
friends, for his father and mother, and
his grown.up sister Nell, had to perfec-
ton the "knack" OF making q good
time" for young folks.
No wonder that Harry couldn't be-
lieve his own ayes when in the height OF
the fun he looked up and saw the hands
of the clock pointing to quarter OF tenl
No one else looked as though sven think
ing of going home. But Harry's ''honor
bright" promise rang in his ears. Nobody
guessed the struggle that was going on
in the boys heart as he mechanically
performed his part in the merry game.
why can't l stay until the rest 60?
Don't I work hard enoughp And l
haven't had An evening out for weeksl"
1t was all true. Very few and far
between had been his ''good times since
his father died, two years before. when
little Day was a baby, and left him to be
the support and comfort of his mother.
at isn't late" he thought, irritably.
"Mother's only nervous" then his cheeks
Redeemed, and he Strengthened up quick
ly. Who had a better right to be ner-
vous? he thought, ~fiercely, as though
fighting an invisible foe. His sweet,
invalid mother And he knew little Day
was not we'll. She had been pale and
fretful all day. And he had promised |
Abruptly he excused himself, bade hasty
good-nights, and sped away across the
fields, putting on his REFER as he ran.
His mother met him at the door.
"Day is worse" she whispered, husk-
lily. Its Group. Run for the Doctor
quiokv'
And Harry an-ran as he never
dreamed he could, even when he belonged
to the "Nine, and his honor depended
or his speed and sure, f~ootedness. And
the old doctor, electrified by the boys
breathless energy, harnessed old Jim,
with Harry's help, in an incredibly brief
time, and drove off doRn the hill at a
pace that brought night capped heads
from darkened windows, and caused
many a conjecture as to who WAS sick
down In the "Holler."
The keen-eyed old man looked very
serious as he bent over Day; but he wasa
skilled physician, and before long the
little girl was breathing easily again.
"But let me tell you" be said, impress
sively, ''ten minutes later It wouldn't
have been of much use to call me or any
one else."
Harry listened silently, but when they
were once more alone, he drew ..s mother
down by his side on the shah ltlie sofa,
and told her Of the resisted ,mptation.
sand, o mother" he ~concialeu, Pm
so glad | kept ny promise, honor
bright!' feel as though II just escaped
being a murderer"
II have perfect confidence in my brave,
true laddle," said the happy mother,
strOkiug the bonnie head bowed on her
shoulder.