The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-05-12

CHAPTER XIX CONTINUED.

LES. L SEE luiHSS SOMEWHAT ulIIel
emily OF late" admitted Miller in al
evasive. nOncommittal tone. doll,
Barclay opened my eyes. and whei
they were open l saw-well, the goo,
qualities of some one else. l may tel
you about her some day. but l shall
not now. Get your horse and come t,
town with me. We must be ready fol
any emergency"
Abner Daniel came toward them. 81
don't want TO harm nobody's charac
ter" he said. ''but whar my own kin Is
Is concerned I'm up an wide awake
I don't know what you think. but
hain't got speck O. faith in Craig
hisse'f. He done me low, sneakin
trick once that ketched up with. He
swore it was a mistake, but it wasn't
He's a bad egg-you mind what l say;
he won't do"
ut may be as you say. Mr.. Daniel, .
returned Miller. with a lawyers re-
serve on a point unsubstantiated by
evidence. "but even if he has the mon
ey hidden away. how are we to get it
from him?
I'D find a way" retorted Daniel
hotly, $50 ,.Ss!!4."
''WeIT do air we cam" said Miller.
Daniel strobe into the house, and
Alan went after his horse. Miller stood
at the gate. idly tapping his boot with
his whip.
Poor Mrs. Bishop" he said, his eyes
on the house. How very much she
resembled Adele just now. and she is
bearing 1t just like the little girl would.
I reckon they'll write her the bad
news. l wish l was there to-soften
the blow. 1t will wiring her heart"
That evening after supper the family
remained till bedtime In the big, bare
looking dining room. the clean. polished
noors OF which cleaned in the light OF
a little fire in the big chimney. Bish-
ops chair was tilted back against the
wall in a dark corner, and Mrs. Bishop
sat knitting mechanically. Abner was
reading-or trying to read-a weekly
paper at the end of the dining table,
aided by dimly burning glass lamp.
Aunt Maria had removed the dishes
and with no little splash and clatter
was washing them in the adjoining
kitchen.
Suddenly Abner laid down his paper
and began to try to console them for
their loss. Mrs. Bishop listened pa
tiently, but Bishop sat in the very co
ma of despair unconscious of what
was going on around him.
~ al ~
he said impatiently. Whats the use
o. anyth.ng?"
He rose and moved toward the door
leading to his room.
Alfred" Mrs. Bishop called to him.
'are you goin' to bed without holdin
prayer?'
~. I'm goin' to omit it tonight" he
said. 81 don't feel well one bit Be
sides, reckon each pusson kin pray
IN private according to the way they
feel"
Abner stood up, AID. removing the
amp chimney. he lighted candle by
the flame.
II tried to put a moral lesson in what
said just now" he smiled mechanical
y, but I missed fire. Alf's sufferin'
S Jest ,unselfishness puore an unde
lied. He wants TO set his children up
n the world. This green globe is a
light better N some folks thinks it is.
You kin find little speck O. goody in
mighty nigh ever chestnut"
That's so, Brother Alb" said his sis
err but we are ruined now-rujned
'uined!'
"Ef you will look at it that way" adj
nitted Abner. reaching for his candle:
but thar's a place ahead whar thar
lever was a bank or dollar or a rail-
Dad. an 1t amt fur ahead nuther.
Some folks say 1t begins heer in this
ife."
CHAPTER Xxx.
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