Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-25
opy OF Jacobs Ladder for to-day. and

he's going to lend 1t to me tomorrow.
Don't you want to borrow it for the
next day After this mornings ser.
mon it would be such fun for every
body he visits to have the book.
Wouldn't it, though! But he ,nigh'
recognize the book. Are there are dis
tinctive soils on the covert"
No. said Dick, but he might van,
to talk about it, and that would give
us away"
I'll fix the cover Sc id Letitia.
u w several prett' owes :att | DGl
on my new books " nile | read them.
I've dainty little thing for myself
and III send it 10 You IL neat brown
leathcrctte just suited 10 yuur tast e Tor
elegance and utility. As for CONVEX
SETON, that won't bother u I little
bit, One of the first t4ia&s that a
woman learns in society il - eht6r
, undesirable subjects OF cenN er5atieH."
Dick had faith in her abjlit". FIR
she had been "eludiu%" his attempts
to tell her something for tn las
three months. and he made IA more.
, objections.
Letitia heio4 one o< tue pat=t.,'
school teachers. was not n homt
, when the minister reached tin %alt- y
residence he next morning. Mrs..
Smith VI! ea:t,9a him in a kind mot.
erly way cdt, "a y few minute az
then begged to be excused IL see "a
her dinner, So wig. "If YOU enjoy fooas
just help Yourself to any of i5gt tia s.
don't know anything abont thEH.
except chat they arc good. Hero; eGa
she told me 10 be sure to le3va aHoans 4
! handy, for She thought you'd like i
best cf all ana she handed him ia.
! cob,s Ladder.
The book opened where I-etitia has
j slipped in bookmark. He looked al
it, smiled and turning the pages noted
tie marked paragraphs. 1t WIS still
in his hand when Lcttia entered
fresh and bright from her brisk walk
What a dainty covert he said
closing it. You are as skiilful at
making pretty things as at training
children, should judge"
"That represents my sisters love
not my skill; she sent it as birthday
gift, requesting me to keep it on one
Of my favorites."
so this is one of your favorites?'
| Eyes. am also reading the French
! Revolution and the kentucky Cardi
nal just now. Variety is the spice OF
life you know"
| Are you aware that modern physi
clans have decided that spice is un
! wholesome and an abnormal love for
it is intemperance?"
| Mamma has plum pudding for din
ner. Shall l ask her to substitute
some unspiced desert for it,
| Don't do that. I'm too human tC
give up the rarest treat Of my boy
hood" and they went out to dinner
| The next morning. while Mrs. Rich
ards was attending to her household
duties, her guest amused himself in
her library. He found there a neatly
covered copy Of Jacobs Ladder, and
spent most Of his time reading It.
AS she entered he laid it aside, ask
ing, did you make study of Jacob s
Ladder in some club? I see it seems
to be unusually common here"
1--WE haven't. 1t is much better fol-
], private reading and reflection, dom
you think? But if you are fond OF
| flowers | should like to show you my
garden now
That night he met Dick and asked
! will you lend me your Jacobs Lad
! der for the evening? | am tired OF
visiting and want a quiet rest until
train time. If you are busy now
| bring it to the hotel when you come
to supper. III send it back in the
morning"
| 1t was returned the next day and
| with it this note:
''The pastor had little book;
| He read it DER and Ger.
| And every time he read the book,
| He loved it more and more.
Soon as his people found it ont,
They borrowed one, it's said,
| And everywhere the pastor went
They sent it on ahead.
MANY thanks for your thou shtful
| ness"
| Mrs Minnie GabrilsOn