Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

OI fa~%@~~~} 0<1tH c-~% took IN her station
once more at the window, with one comprehensive
glance taking in all of the beauties spread before
her.
"Our Heavenly Father if he really and truly
loves u.s. and is as just and good as we are taught
to believe, never intended us to be mewed up as
in prison, instead of enjoying the good gifts
from his hands-with which our souls are so
tempted-if they are not really meant Tor u.s.
She was thinking also perhaps, of the stranger In
the Manor House pew, whose approving glance
she had encountered that morning during service,
for to herself she said:
"a hereto, no doubt" and sighed audibly.
Joan DEAR can't understand it all; can you?'
asked Agnes who had evidently been thinking
the matter over very seriously
"No, Aggie dear-I don't think any one does
'Not even Father?"
"Father least of ALL" answered Tafhe. "He
was born and raised with prejudices which even
an angel from heaven could not uproot"
Meaning mother of course interjected Agnes.
EYES," assented Tafie, "and we will have to
get many generations away from the fountain
head of "isms and ologys" before any OF us can
understand"
Dinner we'll over-as also the catechsm, hard
ly so well-Josephine,- e,-thanks to AIMS usual
Misunderstanding Jared very well, indeed, took
up her station once more at the window and the
train of thought which had brought her to this
window as her only solace during penance.
She saw the others going by to church-Joan
with Tafie in tow-but she did not envy anybody.
81 don't care,' with still trace of defiance in
intended us to wrangle, and dispute, and make
ourselves and everybody else miserable ovet
theories that are of no Importance in the end"
Looking across the lake, at the Manor House
beyond, she saw descending the winding roadway
Frederick coming down to veSper service
doubt in the little church with the gilded cross.
Although it much out of the way, he would
pass-she knew full well-by the summer house
at the foot of the garden on the border of the
lake.
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knows so very much he must bnOa0 something
about it. Luckily, Popsy-wopsy didn't say this
time must stay in my room,' she continued, ad-
dressing herself; this by way of excuse for
violating the spirit of the command
She had ample time to bring into order the
rebelous curls and tie fresh ribbon about
the waist of her dainty muslin gown then
ter leisurely down the broad graveled walk, which
led through the gardens to the lakeside where a
low wall or rampant had been built to check the
encroachment of the waters Climbing roses
were now creeping all over them and scattering
their pink petals upon the water below. Not
the of modern culture but the wild
which grew everywhere, trailing on the ground
clasping the trunks of the trees and running
riot over the little summer house, which jose
phine claimed as hers by right of preemption
she rarely disturbed in her occupancy.
and in truth it was so far out of the way that
Here Frederick found her,-as he had many
times beforehand stopped for few moments
which was also not unusual; but he was genuine
ly surprised today to find Josephine here, for by
all rules of precedent she should have been in
the church. He very naturally expressed this
surprise in the halting, difident way which al