The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-09-06

and / drew him another, Wnlcn he tO0i
with evident pleasure. He is gentle
man and will do some good work in hs
line, but l should think his general
appearance would always stand in the
way of his advancement in the minis
try"
Dorothy spread the sketch out on the
table and looked at it. Raleigh had not
said too much when he wrote that be
had caught Kinks attitude very well
1t was. besides, splendid likeness
There was Just little eXaggeration to|
the stubborn brown hair, little touch
of unnecessary grotesqueness to thl|
face, but it was "Malcom Kirk plain
enough" rs he used to say of himself
The baby lay in his arms satisfied and
smiling. There were tears in DOrV|
thy's eyes after she had looked littlt|
while. Malcom Kinks great hearted
love Of humanity as 1t was Represented
by that helpless bit Of it in his long
arms somehow appealed to her. She
: eIieG TO fee! rs II there was a. worm
there into which she had never enter
ed, but which she could enjoy with a
her eager enthusiasm II once she wen
introduced to 1t. She folded up th
sketch and carefully laid it away b
itself. She did not put 1t with col
lection of drawings which Raleigh had
given her when he finished his cOurS
In art.
Malcolm Kirk went over on the cont
nent and spent the year in France
Italy, Germany and even two weeks .
Russia. How he lived all that tim
would make story In itself. III
walked great deal. Always lodge
in the most expensive places. 81
months after he had been away frOn
home he sent to the president of TN
seminary a written report Of what D
had been doing. 1t was so remarkabH
In many ways that the president shOv
ed it to Mr.. Gilbert. The Boston pub
Usher urged its publication. The pres
ident wrote that the seminary wOuli
assume the expense Of publication
and Mr.. Gilberts house printed the re
port in a neat pamphlet that at ono
attracted attention.
The night of the first issue OF Tx
pamphlet Mr.. Gilbert brought cop
Of it home.
"By the way, Dorothy, you remen'
ber that theologue who took the Ger
man scholarship, KirkY'
Yes" murmured Dorothy demurelyi
II Dorothy's mother had been living
Is possible she might have told ha
about Kinks declaration. Her fatllel
was another person. Besides, he haa
not asked her to be his wife. He hal
only told her very bluntly that he LOVED
her. That was in one sense his secre'
to be kept for him from others.
well here's bit of work he's beep
doing abroad. We brought It out 70
day Knowing you have always been
interested in this work. l thought yo'
might like to look this over"
Her father spoke with his usual pre-
else calmness and left the pamphlet o1
the table. The moment supper Wa,
ended Dorothy seized the report aD'
went to her own room.
She read 1t through as II II had Uee'
a fascinating novel. 1t was written u
simple style that possessed no mer'
except its simplicity, but 1t was a rev
ord Of how humanity lived, and u.
pathos, the reality, the fact of how
lived, stirred Dorothy Gilbert as nI
mind and heart had never been stlrreu
And all through the reading she seenr
ed to see Malcom Kirk with that bap!
in his arms. She knew that If tna
sketch had been put tn as fron'iI
piece 1t would have exactly expresse.
the contents Of the pamphlet She ros'
and walked her room strangely eAen
ed. Who was this man. to stir her ieei
ings SO deeply? Francis Raleigh ~.
never been able to do 1t. No man. ~
that matter. All the other men sr
knew were busy trying to have gov
time or win fame or make mops!.
This man was interested in people. -
wanted the world to know and feei :"
humanity. He was unlike the otne,
Besides, he loved her. He had her p
turs. She glowed st the thought s.,
the nrst time In her LIE she tremp
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