The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-02-11
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A MAN and A BROTHER.


tiently pacing the pavement in front Of
AIrs. Nertner's FIVE o clock tea Another
of Miss Kerr belongings, Mr. Thomas
Champney, was doing likewise to Mrs.
Nentners front steps and for diametri-
| cally opposite reason. The horses were
impatient because Miss Kerr hadn't come
out earlier; MIR. Champney because she
| had come out soon. Little attention had
he had from her that afternoon Several
other men had divided that little The
| Several We're prone to such afternoon teas
as Miss Kerr attended Nevertheless it
was inconsistent in Mr. Champney to re.
vile them in his gloomy mind. For he had
the habit himself IL it, yirulent form.
And at this particular tea he had thought
BIZ coming late, to outlast the Several
This naive bis of strategy was now blasted
by Miss Kerr departure before the group
had left Therefore said Mr. Champney
viciously
.Piffiing beasts Haven they got any
homes of their own ??
4 hope 50, said Miss Kerr cheerfully.
Il have. at any rate
M fully aware Of that by the peril.
nacity with which ven cling toij, mu;ere,
the young man.
That sounds Ike recommendation,
remarked the girl d Qaiet, retiring, and
devoted TO her home Don't YOU think
/ d make good governe,s or eumpanioa,
/ Tom p
'Companicn2 Don / said the Young
man fezyently.
The girl flushed little When Tm
in need IF testimonial IN come to yon.
( oh. Tom, do cheer up. she cried. '.You
I look As il YOU lot your last friend
Il IN guiuc to losc him. be said 81. I M
going to take him up into the Northwest,
OF down into Mexico, and lose him for an
indefinite peried My last and best friend
myself he added
II m Dot 80 sure shou, thar. ,aii the
girl srayely
NO. you fr uo,. he saia quickly.
And that's why m going IT, jus;
because kuow there ~ ehancc for the
I.n there ans chance. Helen r.
If sou think goa sc made good choice
of a place began the girl Indignantly
but hr broke 10
oh, IA more alone with you herr
than sc been able to zci for month pas.
Helen. Sometimes We thought vc been
almost 'uro that yon cared lilile. d.
sou
Il Il answer tha; question il yoa insist,
said the girl steadily Bm advise you
uo,. You wnn ike the answer
4 li take IL. saii ,hs man doggcily
.Eerv well. then | do care little
She was VERY lovely a. the warm color ryss
in her face Bur I'm ashamed that
30 care -cvrr ~ hille
That y rather hard lie spoke
quietly. ba; she Sincel At the Paia ia hss
''',' .asA, i, on yourself
II know VIII YOU tel mc Why
Because aase-oh because YOU
have never had one thought beyond your
self. have yol, Tom The conclusion
va almost lanshable in It's cambinsiioa 81
aecusal with appeal.
|, failed 20 amuse the yoaBs man. h0w
ever. DO yea mean that ought To -
in fsg guvsy philanthUpics Settlement
work. aud that sort Of thing he de-
nandei
This vas tender point for Mis- Kerr .
lates, Settlement pro;ego had foEsaksn the
. institution. taking Miss Kerr sasch a. q
souvenir Therefore It vas with some a..
perity tha, the gih rcsorte,l
I No. I don't You d b. a. scisish there
aS-a-
"As aEa everywhere else he sup.
+ pliei D,tu hesitate on nv account.
/ Well tell me how to srs out of myself.
I IN take up any bue you suggest. If you N
Al the other end otu
Ye- ,hs, iast il she flashed back
At him. Regausc you want me-for
yourself
Wei, Great SCOTT What would |
want yeu toy--an investment
Your hateful j.ke~ oaly prnve what
Say. she rctor,cd. Oh, Totn. ear 4;
yau see You' n do ANYTHING that say.
not because il the right thing to do. hu,
becauSy there IA urwsri fer it Ii
i-n what / wan, yop to 10. is what !
wan, you tn be Oh, believe IN talkins
, like an idiot don't mean 10 preach lo
you.
II IA on the mouTneT bench aiTCady,
said the young man with suspicious meek
ness.
If I've roused vour sense of hunior, it
is a. high a sense a. | ever hlse reused in
/ you. she said bitterly The trouble
with you. Tom Champney, is that you
never have and never viii give one Thought
or effort to making the world better oi
easier for any individual but yourself =
Ne. he admitted slowly ~ don
/ care a hang for my fellow man I'm not
/ srjng to pretend do And my interest
/ in ny fellow woman seems 10 be unreason
ably concentrated
You haven got the instinct Of help
fulnesS or charity or outreaehins, pur
sued the girl impetuously, 1T isu' ii
you. Did say ashamed? I'd be afrait
to care for man that had no more plac,
in the scheme OF things than You bad. A
long as live Il never. never
Wait moment, please. He wa
very white, and his voice was thin ant
strained ''You are going to have chanc,
to say that later, sail tomorrow Ma,
| come up this evening to say goodby-
and one or two other things? Oh, In
not going to beg, he added Indignantly
but there are some things that | wan
you to understand.
''We're out this evening, she said af
ter pause I'm going around now t
pick up mother and drive her home. |
you care to walk up you Il get there shortl.
after we do But it isn't the sliehtes
use
Il did not venture to suppose, he SAT-
as he closed the door of the coupe on her
''that | could either raise or lower mysel
in the opinion of Miss Kerr
Fifteen minutes later Miss Kerr was bit
terly attacking Mr. Champney's characte
to her mother, in the hope Of eliciting iron
that mild and timid gentlewoman some ad
equate and longed for defense OF his char
acter All that she cot was an almost tear