The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

In for the sermon, don't You, aunty?'
What was my text?"
Putting in. must go now. Good
night, Aunt Pruel"
A weary head lay on Sarah's pill
low that night. The weariness of
eighteen may be as the WEAKNESS of
eighty, for the tide of life is greater.
Sarah had not been comforted. and
she was hardly ready to be urged on.
But morning brought courage, and
a resolution shaped itself.
"I'll try" she said. Then her eye
fell on the journal that she had be-
gun at New Years.
Make record of your efforts, Sa-
rah Brown!" she exclaimed. eff you
can't stand for anything else you can
stand for effort. Go on, Sarah
Brown!"
Il wonder what Mrs. Wilson would
give as my synonym" she said to her
self as she went down stairs. 81
think I'll start her on cheerfulness. "
She smiled rather grlmly at the
thought. But her smile was pleasant
when she went into the dining room,
and she talked to her father a little
more than usual.
Having made this effort she found
herself looking for another, and the
result of her search appeared when
she told Mrs. Wilson that she would
dust the parlor every day.
Now I'll go over to see Margaret"
she said when the last chair was
busted.
AS she was starting, Mrs. Wilson
asked her to do an errand for her.
For a moment Sarah rebelled at the
hindrance to her plan, but she re-
membered her determination, and an
swered with at least degree of will
lingness.
Looks as If you would have to
keep this thing up, Sarah Brown.
There's some kind of a law about
bodies that can't stop if they once
get started. Good use to make of my
training in physics, so long as l can't
make any other use of it,"
There were days, however, when
she seemed almost to stop, but the
record of her efforts served to steady
her purpose.
One night, as she wrote in her Jour-
nal, Took care of the little children
at the picnic while Aunt Prue read
to the rest" obeying a sudden i'm
pulse she signed her name, Sarah
Brown" The name seemed to mean
something.
Margaret asked her once in letter
filled with an account OF her own
work at college, what she was doing
to keep up her English, and she
wrote, smiling over 1t, I'm doing
special work in synonyms.
Her chief effort" during the win.
ter was an old woman who lived 6
mile from the village, and whose un
happy disposition offered special op
portunity for conquest. Sarah hat
determined to make her smile.
Late one afternoon, when she wa.
hurrying home from visit to thii
woman. she heard call for help.
Looking toward the river she saw
that some one had broken through
the ice. She ran down the bank, anC
found that 1t was Dick Thurston.
Help q fellow out, can't you, Sa
rah? I'm caught here. Get a fenc,
rail or something. quick"
She found a rail, and soon Dicl
was safe. How long had you beel
there?" she asked.
Seems as II I'd been there half al
hour" answered Dick, "but | sup
pose I hadn't. can tell you on
thing, Sarah Brown, il you hadn'
come along should never had go
out alivei"
Everybody talked about how Sa
rah Brown had saved Dick Thursto
from drowning, but Sarah wrote Il
her journal that night. Went ou
and spent the afternoon with oil
Mrs. Davis. Made her smile"
1t was some time before Dick wa
out again. Then he went to see Aun
Prue. He talked to her few min
utes, then went to the window, 8
that she could not see his face.
told father this morning that woul
go to college," he said.
How did you happen to chang
your mind?"
Another result of being nearl
drowned. The fact is, Aunt Pru,
that when fellow is up to his nee
In cold water. with prospect of gC
ing under, he Is likely to change h
mind about many things. They loo
different"
"I'm ever 80 glad that you are z,
J ing, Dick"
/ But Dick, suspecting that the col
! vefsation might become personal, r,
membered his appointment with tI
doctor, but he added as he went:
} "When you have fellow that 20
can't manage, Aunt Prue, just dsow
> him temporarily. He'll change h
+ point of view"
In the spring vacation Margar,
called a class meeting. The CIR
8 were surprised when Dick appeare,
Heard you were going to talk ov,
experiences, he said, $50 I've com
/ for I've had an experiences.
d AS Sarah listened to the 9th,
D girls She felt that she had little I
say. and touch OF her old dlscou