The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-16

por George began fairly enough
A., lads of his new parish. He
n am together within a fortnight
Ia arrival and talked football and
s.seball to them until they were as
wax In his hands. Tommy who was
eet.sn and overgrown to hulkiness,
sunr upon his words and thought it
..,,1d he fine to die for him. And then
X. ,orv next week, when Tommy
btod over his own feet and fell
sa,r, with the ball, thereby letting the
..,stor's side get whitewash, that
.Vomon said irritably, Il knew The
ert.in would beat us, but really it
,,5.4 SOON fair TO shunt him off ON the
other eleven"
md field rang with laughter as later
~ ecbool and playground rang with
= rhen somebody called: "Whelp!
whelp.ee. Are you goin' to eat us all
when you grow up"
chfldren reflect wonderfully the So
", eolor of their homes. For awhile
n - norish was entranced with the
,,ou, nostOr-so much so indeed that
.,,h,eher against him would have been
rocejyed as something between high
@raa IN and the objectionable sin. The
Rev George was youngish, fair look
mo ouick and deft in phrasemaking,
onave He admitted in his private
talks n temper. but said, with eyes up
cast. that he kept it under by help of
etrencth beyond his own. He was sin
c]e That of course set all the mothers
n TIC church to work mating him
mifably. He saved them the trouble
Of choosing for him by devoting him
self to Alison Prior from the day she
came home.
IL cnly she had been home from the
irst, Tommy would never have been
The Whelp. Tommy was Alison's
brother and in many ways her chum,
vet Dc only smiled when he explained
the minister's sin and said at last:
HBeaIly. Tommy, | don't know just
what a whelp is like, but you do look
very much what fancy it is-all legs
and arms. so much too big that they
are in their own way and everybody
else's.
When Tommy had gone away, how
ever trying to stand very stiff and
keep his elbows primly beside him,
Alison looked after hE lovingly, then
turned and shook her list at the recto-
~. uhich was visible across half mile
Of delds.
r. only Tommy had known that; but
how Should he? He was a very human
boy He loved Alison so well he would
have grudged her to any fellow. 1t
was unbearable to think of her marry
ing That preacher and sitting perked
up b the front pews, never daring to
smile or whisper. Besides. there was
bis affront. Tommy flung himself up
On the grass out in the pasture. dug
bis heels in the turf and thought very
hard tears resting upon his freckled
cheeks
All at once something came with a
rush. struck him a sounding thwack on
the back and sent him rolling over and
over. As he got up he felt a harder
thWack and tumbled all in a heap.
When at last he scrambled up, leaping
nimbly aside to shin up a convenient
apple tree, Blinky, the big Cotswold
ram, stood at the tree foot, shaking
his bead up and down, evidently invit-
ing Tommy to try conclusions again.
Ionmy had no mind for that. In
Stead he sat up among the laden
ooughs and thought harder than ever.
Alter little he whistled joyfully. fill
"a his hands with red apples and
<Imbed down to the lowest fork of the
nee Blinky was at him in a minute,
out stopped short as Tommy tossed
MIN an apple. AS soon as he had de-
youred it he looked inquiringly at Tom
nv, who tossed him another, redder
and juicier than the first.
4Wenty minutes after Tommy passed
nilnky trotting behind, a pattern of
conRnt Every day for the next fort
n.91f Tommy gave Blinky apples, tufts
~ sWeet late grass, nubbins of corn
.n1 pungent dashes of salt and red oak
o1rk Blinky followed him like dog,
4e<er trying to butt or chase him,
<49ugh toward the rest of the human
11ce he preserved an unregenerate
mind.
nom the gods would destroy they
1Es< make mad. The Rev. Georges
Ra14cular madness that autumn was
69lt Golf was but an idle name in
tne parish until he came to it. Fancy
'as Delight, muscular, masculine and
.'''ss1 onary, in laying out links and
.s4snlnS his parishioners the game.
Al'7on was one of his earliest and most
n 9nlslng pupils. They spent hours de-
A'eloqsly together, yet apart, upon the
r9oLse' Alison was certainly devoted
y <ne game. AS to whether she was
also devoted to her teacher she her
'e-- dld not quite know.
I've may be slain with a laugh.
'ny was not enough of psycholo-
5.7< 70 know that, but he did know
.''son' and he laid his plans accord
non perfect Indian summer after
.''oE all the golf crowd of their parish
'st all the golf crowd of another
1'<17h upon the home links to settle
ous foursomes and other things.
z''son and the Rev. George were the
''''ostay of the home crowd. Tommy
'7e<kl " asked to be his sisters caddie
.''< plustered a good bit when he was
t.#H< TERED to Mr.. GaSket. But there