The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08

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 hden, walking by himseii, m
 hnds in the pockets of ms s.es
 thought of the present ao
 past. He stamped aionsDraV..y n &h: but. thinking thus, ne was Sao |eavy of heart. He thougnt oI nas
 Dick. Why would not ms own
 bear advice and reprooiF why
 not he work. or reel the Ieast hthy for workers? Was 1t the
 of the father? Surely nor all the
 walk ed up Hill Rise, looking to
 and left at the houses already
 Al the house that soon would
 mpty, too. but he saw without
 His difficult enterprise. his Fance at delay, his hopes for bt successful had faded from his he was walking in the past; ne
 Hiking with ghosts.
 would never brook hard words:
 was obdurate to kind words. You
 not lead him, you could not en-
 nfm. you could not coerce him kust have known that there was 'for him, if he would but deserve
 he would but accept 1t. Even [edgehog loves it's young-Dick have known that. Open revolt,
 of his humblc origin, sneering
 about common toll and honest rds-these were the things that |ioomed boy offered in exchange hl one's care and thought
 Snden shrugged his shoulders, tilt ts square hat back on his head, . d aN hand across his eyes. and
 stamped on faster to the gate of Id tennis ground. He was trying shake off the past; strong men ! d think only of the present and future. He had work before him, Irs of work--enough ko occupy al. ! thought. He would think only of jppointed task.
 } clubhouse--the property of the bers--had been pulled down and ived; sold as old material Tor q |shillings more than the cost Of Ige. The long grass on the tennis s was white with frost; the wire
 : were bfokn where they had been ked over; two basket chairs with Eeats smashed lay out at the mercy B weather --desolation and ruin were Inc could see on the spot where 5 society had once gathered to 5 and play together, or to-deride Bcoff at their interiors outside the '. Crunden, now lord and master, "a down from here at his wide do- The new finished roads were and bright, with the new granite } and channels flashing and spark tn the frosty sunlight. Thousands lining sovereigns had gone to the |ng of them--they might well gilt 5 show where the gold lay buried. below him the slate roofs of his |cottages caught the light and re- ed 1t duly. Nearer to him, above |ompleted roads, were road sections lon either hand, but as yet wait Ettention--merely the turf stripped earth dug and carted, the track |barrelled, and left to wait for its Inches of brick rubbish, it's four ks of coarse ballast, it's two inches he ballast, for surface drains, for sewer, for it's kerbings, channel l, It's gravel-path, It's everything. in all directions, all over the do- near and far, were the corner |of good sound pine to matk bound of all the plots wherein houses Id one day be. built. It vas a mo- |lice of freehold land for its own look upon, a building estate or |h even a big company might be away in the frosty |ght,v 1t seemed a tremendous space It covered within five years even if ks went smoothly. aA
 D off there were men and wagons,' of cases, an untidy litter, and bare poles of the tent to remind |of Saturdays wasted money. He Id be glad when Griggs and Drake eleared away all their mess, and he hd be able to forget the adven- The depression that must follow disappointment was heavy upon las. he walked forward. Today he D not hold his thoughts to busi- matters. They had wandered D frdm the great task, and he was king now of the young man, his !. Presently. as he thought of his 5, he smiled. He stopped short,