Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-18
which to prepare for the crossing.
] beseech you to use it we'll"

which to prepare for the crossing.
] beseech you to use it we'll"
eco away, Aunt Priscilla" said
Evelyn, fercely. go away
leave him to me. Will, do you re-
member father?p
VIII looked at his wife, and his
face lighted up.
Gle was a good man, a saint
upon earth. There's no one could
throw a stone at father. ] am the
youngest and quite different from
all the rest, and people said was
fast because / liked hunting and
sports of all kinds, and some one
spoke to father and said that it
was a scandal that an Evangelical
clergyman's daughter should care
for such things. And father
Evelyn's voice broke-"he took me
into his study was just II then
and he made me tell him just
how ] felt and he said / had my
grandfather's blood in my veins.
Grandfather had lived in the
bush, and that was where father
was bOrn.) And father said il
would be cruel to stife all the de-
sires and instincts which were
mine by nature, and he saved up
and bought me horse, and, as you
know, | used to go to the meets,
and it was there ! met you, WILL
She paused moment, out Of
breath, trying to choose the right
words for the many thoughts
which crowded in.
81 want to try to remember
what father said-the very words;
they were something like this: He
said ,he could understand because
he was my. father, and that was
why God understood. He knows
all about us through and through,
and He wishes US to be our best
selves, as we are. You are a
sportsman and an outdoor man,
and He cares for you like that and
He'll make you happy in your own
way, not in some one else's way.
And you don't want any teaching
about some things. You don't
want to be trained not to be cruel
or to give needless pain. You're
Il sportsman every inch of you,
and there'll be something for you
to do swear it; you may be
taught other things, but you'll
have that. You won't have
crushed out of you what makes
you yourself. You are not respon-
sible any more than ! was respon-
sible. He cares. He understands
After that Will lay quite still
with his eyes half closed. Ina few
he was fast asleep,
breathing regularly like a child.
1t was evidently happy slumber.
He was dreaming, and the dream
was vivid and intensely real. His
lips were curved in an almost Joy
full smile.
After a short interval he began
to speak.
"The mare is fresh today, Eve
lyn," he murmured in his sleep.
''This is our first ride together
since my accident. Oh, it's good to
be wellw
Eyes" she answered, in a low,
clear voice, which had a ring Of
laughter in it, tits good to be rid
ing again, you and !, you on the
Black Princess and / on the Star"
But the radiant look vanished,
a shadow crossed her husbands
face like the wing of a dark cloud.
His Aunt Priscilla's words were
evidently haunting him.
"The river" he murmured. in
distressed tone of voice, "I'm close
20 it now"
Leap itw she cried, suddenly.
You can do it, Pm certain. Why,
could do it, Willw
Only for an instant did Will hes
tate. Then his expression
changed to a joyous ecstasy of re
solve.
'By Jovel I'll have a try, Lyn,"
he whispered, still in his sleep.
He raised his head with eager
expectancy, his left hand was out
stretched, grasping invisible
,ains