The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15

MdlcOm ran along the platform and
handed up an InUClOpe to Faith.
father the way they do. They know
he would take everything he has and
give it away if we didn't prevent him,
and they just impose Oh his great
hearted generosity. And you and the
boys have to suffer for it."
flush, Faith! Your father does
what seems to him the wise and Chris
tian thing to do. 1t is true that every
body in the county comes to him for
help. But that is what makes his
work what it Is. There is no one else
they think Of that way" Dorothy
spoke with the pride Of 25 years COM
paniOnship with the man Of her choice.
She loved him now with deeper, truer
devotion than she had ever known In
her younger days.
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how can father afford to give money
to people? don't think he ought to-"
Dorothy did not answer at once.
"If people need the help Of money
more than anything else, how else shall
we help them? Sympathy and prayers
don't seem to be enough in such cases.
81 think father might make Mr.
Barnes n present Of box Of soap
said Faith. 81 am sure he needs tina
as much as the So he has come to bee
for" ..--.;.r.,se, ..-'
"They are very poor" sighed Dor
othy.
80 are We" replied Faith. "Or We
shall be If we always give to every
body" 81 -.
Dorothy did not answer this, and
Faith picked up the coat and worked
on in silence. She was evidently plan
ming something serious in her mind. II
was not the first time she had ventur
ed to demonstrate about the habit her
father had of helping all sorts Of peo.
pie. Until few years past Dorothy
had not allowed n thought of the mat.
ter to disturb her Malcom's salary
was very small STILL The most rigid
economy was necessary to keep the
family expenses within the income.
now amounted to about $500, but a
large part of it was given away, and
Dorothy faced increasing difficulty
each year in managing the household
finances.
The study door opened, and MalcOm
and his visitor came down stairs.
II am going out for little while,
Dorothy. Mrs. Barnes Is very sick,
and | am going over there. Don't
wait dinner for me if I'm not back be-
fore half past r."
He kissed his wife and went out.
Faith and her mother watched the tall,
heavy figure go out of the yard, with
the unattractive Barnes shambling aft
cr him. Malcom was growing gray.
but he was erect and vigorous, in his
prime, and to these two women watch
ing him out OF the window he was the
best man in the world.
I'D like to see any one say anything
against father! said Faith decidedly,
while an unusual tear came into her
eyes. At the same time her mother
and herself were wondering how Nal
com ever found time to write his SER
mons or anything else.
Faith stole up to the study and look
ed at the loose leaves Of the sermon
on the fathers desk. The last words
he had written were quotation,
"Whoso giveth to the poor lendeth un-
| to the Lord"
"Dear old father" said Faith softly.
"I'd better let the Lord rebuke him.
At the same time we've got to live.
Here am woman grown and earn
!Hg DO bread. and the boys want to SO
to college and mother sAviRs every
cent
She went of to her own room that
afternoon and brooded. When Faith
brooded, something happened. And it
was not altogether a surprise to Dor
othy when few days afterward Faith
announced her decision:
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