Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
THE AWAKENING OF 4
HELENA RICHIE. .,.,,y,
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By MARGARET DELAND,
Author Of "Dr Lavendas People," Old Chester Tafe"
cepsush. ~ H.p~& Rros~ A Reserved


up single barrier to keep him in
bounds?"
Samuel, do you, know what barriers
Mr.. Wright made no response.
They mean something TO jump over"
Possibly" said Mr.. Wright. with dig
nifty. you are to some extent correct,
But man cannot permit his only son to
run wild and founder ~
Sam won't founder. But he may get a
bad strain. You'd better look out He is
his fathers SON
II do not know. sir. to what you re-
fer"
oh. yes. you do DR.. Lavendar as
sured him. easily: land You know that
no man can experience unforgtvtng anger
and not be crippled. You didn't founder.
wrench. Hey? Isn't that sou
The senior warden looked perfectly
deaf; then he took up the tale again.
IF he goes on In his folly he will only
be unhappy, and deservedly so. She will
have nothing to do with him. In stop
ping him, / shall only be keeping him
from future unhappiness."
Samuel" said DR.. Lavender, 81 never
begrudge unhappiness to the young
But Mr.. Wright was too absorbed In his
own troubles to get any comfort out OF
that .-.--.-- '.- 800
by the way said DR. Lavendar.
speaking of Mrs. Richie--do you think
she'd he good person to take this little
81 don't know why she shouldn't ba.
sir" Samuel said. Il have no fault to
md with her. She pays her rent and
goes to church. Yes, a very good person
to take the boy off your hands,
The rent is important" DIR. Lavender
agreed. nodding: but going to church
doesn't prove anything"
"All good people go to church." the
| senior warden reproved him.
But all people who go to church are
al 5r--ir
81 am afraid she let's Sam talk poetry
to her." Sans father broke out. STUFF!
absolute stuff. His mother sometimes
tells me of IT. Why" he ended. piteously.
half the time / can't understand what
it's about; it's just bosh,'
What you don't understand generally
is bosh. isn't IT, SAM" said DR.. Lavendar.
thoughtfully.
| 81 am man of plain common sense.
sir: don't pretend to anything but COM
mon sense"
II know you don't Samuel I know
you don't. "sDr. Lavender said. sadly. and
the banker, Modified. accepted the
apology. %
ION top Of everything else. he's been
| writing a drama. He told his mother so.
Writing drama, instead of writing up
his iedgers!'
"Of course. he ought not TO neglect his
writing isn't one of the seven deadly
SINS" r-t.. ~Nr ra'' DO I""hs ~ 1900
at is distasteful to met Sam senior
| said. hotly; most distasteful. l told his
mother to tell him SO, but he goes on
writing-so she says" He sighed, and
got up to put on his coat. well. 1
must go home. I suppose he has been
infiicting himself upon Mrs. Richie this.
evening. If he stays late. / shall feel 1t
my duty to speak plainly to him 80
DR.. Lavender gave him hand with his
coat. Gently does It. Samuel. gently
does it, ..-- ~. = ..-..
His senior warden shook his head. The
| sense of paternal helplessness, felt more
or less by all fathers of sons, was heavy
upon him. He knew in a bewfldered way
that he did not speak the boys language.
And yet he could not give up trying to
communicate with him-shouting at him.
SO to speak, as one shouts at foreigner
when trying to make oneself understood:
for surely there must be some one word
| that would reach Sans mind. some one
touch that would stir his heart, Yet
when he brought his perplexity to Dr.
Lavendar. he: was only told to hold his
tongue and, keep his hands off. The
senior warden said to himself. miserably.
that he was afraid DR.. Lavender was
getting old. We'll, l mustn't bother you.
he said; las for Sam. / suppose he will
go his own gait / don't know where he
gets his stubbornness from. l myself
am the most reasonable man in the world.
All I ever ask is to be allowed to follow
my own Judgment I asked his mother
II obstinacy was a characteristic, of her
family and she assured me il was not
Certainly Eliza herself has no will of her
own. / don't think good woman ever
has. And. as 1 say, l never insisted
upon my own way in my life--except. Of
course, in matters where ] knew L was
right
.Of course. said DIR. Lavendar w. .-,r
(To be Continued Tomorrow) -.