The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-04


DUNNIS."
MS part 1t was merely the seal of the
success of their twenty years of Joint
labor.
Come up to the veranda. Alfred"
She said, with her eyes full of frank
welcome, Il want to hear all about 1t.
OF course | know in fragmentary
way, but it will seem new and more
real from your lips"
And he told her, sitting in his old
place behind the honeysuckle. with the
swaying sprays sending alternate lines
Of sunlight and shade across his face
in the same old way. and she listened
with eyes full and lips half parted and
with her head nOdGing commenGation
o. sympathy from time to time. It was
story Of herolsm G.d triumph told in
a straightforward matter of fact way.
without egotisn CT self depreciation.
knowing that it was Ter right to have
1t all. even as be hal lived it.
But it is good to be home again.
Elizabeth" he coaclCGed with salts
fed sigh as he leaned back in his chair
and surveyed the veranda and rose
garden beyond. The memory of these
flowers and their owner has been with
me through all the twenty years, and
many times have l Teen on the point
OF giving up the struggle and returning
to them. And. iuGe~9." trace of re-
serve coming into L.s voice. 81 might
have done so but 70: what YOU said and
the look you gave me when we last
stood together among your honey
sCckles. knew | could only return to
TIE sentence of a deSerter who had for
Saken his colors''
"But-you never wrote, Alfred"
Yes, twice. One Of tie letters was
'o5t however, for heard of the ship
SJing down in midocean. The other I
never heard from. Perhaps it was lost
too
y never received it," Then, But
gu have been in the place week. AL
frcN and only just called"
!-e looked puzzled
Il came in on the train an hour ago,
l,,-z1beth, and would have been here
before but for a complication over a
te.eSram. 1t seems there is another
man Of the same name in town"
But Susie"
Ie raised his hand impatlently.
Never mind, Susie have gone
through my probation and have done
my work with ell the strength that
God gave me- Now have come 10000
miles for my reward-for You. If there
Is more work, bid ne do ii. but for
charity's sake do not refuse your COM
panionship in the Labor"
She was not looking at him now.
Her heart was too full for speech nj
most for thought. a squirrel ran down
q pillar of the veranda and sought her
zap and the oriole lifted up his voice
In sudden ecstasy of song.
Then the gate clicked. and she reused
herself with an effort. A young man
whom she did not know stood before
her. and with him was Susie
I've brought him at last. Miss Dun
nin'," the girl cried merrlly. but I lust
had to drag him. he's 50 bashful. Mr..
Gray, this Is the Sunday school teacher
I've told you about" Then, disregard.
Ing further Formally and with bub-
bling gladness in her voice: AN oh,
say, Miss Dunnin, we've coaxed him
to stay with us for good and all. He's
goin' to open a grocery next the post
office" Here she caught sight OF the
gray haired, soldierly figure in the
background and stopped in sudden con-
fusion.
This Is Mr. Gray, too, Susie" Miss
ounnlnS said with something in her
voice the girl could not understand.
"and he, too is going to stay hero for
good md all"