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woman to share his hall bedroom.
Yet Albert was in love.
Every Sunday in church he sat op
posite Miss Giadys Pennington, and
thought of her far more than he did
OF the sermon.
Miss Pennington's father was q re.
tired carpet manufacturer, with a
tidy fortune, to which Gladys and her
brother James were sole heirs.
Albert was clerk in wholesale
hardware store and, by hard labor.
earned ten dollars week. OF this
five dollars went to his landlady.
The moth sighed for the star, and
Albert sighed for Miss Pennington.
The moth and the star were hardly
further apart than Albert Whiting
and Gladys Pennington. Albert had
never spoken to her; she barely knew
that he existed.
What, then, were Albert's feelings
when, one day, after church, Mr.. Amos
Pennington pompously approached him
and invited him to dine at his house
on the following Sunday? He blushed
like girl, and stammered out an &C.
ceptance. Fortunately, Mr.. Penning-
ton did not wait for more. The invi-
tation which meant SO much for AL.
bert to him meant only the discharge
of rather disagreeable duty which
he admired himself for performing
He would have been thunderstruck at
q refusal. Every year he obtained
from the pastor of the congregation
of which he had long been senior
deacon, list of the young men who
were punctual at church and sum
moned them to dinner. The good
man liked to encourage piety and be
slowed invitations on these exemplary
young men in precisely the same spir
it with which he awarded prize books
| for Irregular attendance at Sabbath
| school,"
The following Sunday, when Albert
entered the Pennington drawing
room, punctually at two, he was sur
prised to find already there, besides
the host, his wife, his son and daugh
ter, is black-coated individuals will
all of whom he was pretty well ac
quainted. The assembly reminded
him of a special meeting Of tn,
"Young Men s union"
1t fell to Albert to escort Miss Pen
nington in TO dinner. He, poor lad
was overwhelmed with the honor
He did not know that father Penning
ton, who exercised strict supervi
sion of his daughters acquaintance
had chosen him as the most harmless
and unassuming of the 16 young men
Albert could think of absolutely n,
remark with which to open CONVEX
sation. Miss Pennington. entirely a
ease, saw his bushes with more pit.
than wonder. She was accustomed
to her fathers duty dinner part.e
and rather expected the guests to b.
awed. Mr.. Whitney's shyness spols
in his favor, as tribute of respec
to her father. Mr.. Pennington hal
brought his children up to strict OBJ
servance of the fifth commandment
SIT is rather warm for the time o
year" quoth the young lady, break
ing the ice.
Albert raised his eyes and assent
ed. He would have done so had Mis-
Pennington said that it was cold.
what nice eyes he has," though
she. 1t was unusual for Gladys t
notice a mans eyes. at was fright
fully hot at the lake last August,
she said, aloud. II think it coul
hardly have been warmer in town."
1T wasn't bad in town, except Il
the middle of the day." replied al
bert, brayely.
80 you were not fortunate enough
to be away on your vacation?"
Albert laughed. "No, j have m,
vacations in November" 1t was thel
October.
"That must be nice for shooting,
murmured Miss Pennington, vaguely
"You hunt, don't your"
II fish a little" answered Albert
, There was another silence. Mis-
Pennington turned to her othe
neighbor. Then Albert found cour
age to speak to his, a young mai
whom he knew quite well.
A November vacation was Hobson'
choice with Albert. Sometimes, j
trade was active, he got none at all
He came last on the list of clerks a
Jobsons. But, when he could, h
thankfully packed his bag and wen
to spend two weeks in the Wisconsin
woods with his only living relative,
great-uncle.
Great-uncle Morris was fond of tn
boy and good to him. His log cabi
and little farm would hardly supper
one, and Uncle Morris held it the dut
of every man to do his share of tn
worlds work. Albert did what h
could for Uncle Morris. He bought
small stock of groceries and shippe
| them ahead of his annual visits i
Lrder that the expense of his entei
! tainment might not be burden, an
{ he faithfully sent the old man tt
i, best Christmas and birthday gift
! that he could afford. Uncle Morr
I had told him once that the far
: would be his some day and som
y times, when Albert felt Responder
/ at his slow promotion, he picture
i himself as living in the cabin, in o
d age, without even a nephew to Wis
, him. The thought made him tend
{ toward the old man.
Just as Albert was about to spea
/ to Miss Pennington, once more,
i heard her fathers voice: MY del
y young friends" and the rest OF tt
!. dinner was devoted to remarks, par
i ly instructive and partly cateche