Putnam patriot., 1909-08-20
4 MAJOR AND
 4 MASTER.
The GrYa Cd Soldier Conquered
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 la renH read n his murninG paper Witb f'le efas4zt=t eapHiHity ef uuT. Grrs rali3erls- assaults IBefts and buraines al tue stake. hm when he e .ae as ross an i.eu about faasheF he fired up at enee and shouted rui that hp yauid gire sas1 ant af his eNa DOG kst to sf- tle srauHdrei iyuehed CT sent 10 pri,4n for life
 His dau-t9ef ned te look at bim in wonder Htru h. broke cut in this fashion. willie tbe wife was disereet ly silent Perhaps the latter tad 1Irt ed bit before gi. iug her beart to the nia Jgf and he WIS remembering II in hlS old uze
 For three months Mss Kate had wnr;ed IT. afieLI an art school in the city aHd receive Instructions. During ihose three a3anfhs tit.re happened to ... a.5sl=.ii.l i..iaber of '.maSles re corded iii ihe papers. and the fafheF would not hear of her eyeu running up io town To dD lltfIe shopping unless he CT the methrr went along He was Us firm as ihe rock or Gibraltar
 After ii .8e. however ibe record be gam 10 peter ont and as he waS pleas rd with whaI h1s daughter had already .itssf. eitil tHH | and h1d b1peS of her funWe the maloe fu#ily g8ve his l4~eHt F V= only eight miles tG tAe eit4= and thea Il street car wouid Iase her ri.hi io the doers ef tbe 5. h,el Al she nd te do. going and #aHlns. as ae fiier tod her over aBd aYer; WIS fa kt"n bcr eyes cast down and her purse ciatehed tightly iu her HaHd
 Gnkuowu 10 her he look the same rain to the etf wlth her for Il week. =lHd then. IT HatlaHg happeued and his rheulaailsia eat worse he left her td make her way aleue.
 Two weel.s kHa passed when Miss Kate came hotee one afternoon in Il Autter Her mother hapDened to be put. and she must tell some one. She therefore related to the father that while on the street car en route to the iepot and home some thief had snIp ped the chnin If her purse and borne the prize away The prize held h@ return ticket aud dime.
 Al the depot she found her tears failing. but good Samaritan had come forward and handed her change esoagh for the fare She couldn't ex actly say whether he was q grand father or young man. homely ar good looking He had spoken only few words and lifted his hat and retired II might have been white hnt or a black one--she could not tell. oheT h. her father. she had kept her eyes m the fioer. and they were filled with tearS besides
 The majnr beard tue story tn the end. and Then he roared. The man who had taken pity an her tnantia condition at the depot WIS Il musher If course He had followed her heme ou the train He would meet her fnr addressing her
 He was ne grandfather bGt II young man and nn douht a professional ina-her Miss kate should hHVe re pulsed hin witil soprn. She should have had him arrested She should have hired Il truck to bring her home I walktsl If ail the trucks were busy
 For quarter of an hour he scoided md rfoN led and then wound up by 'aying That the Tt school business was al Nn end She cond attend no ,assre He v,ei!ts sit en tHe front V. raBda N4th d stetgun across his knees and f taai plouing aia.her eNen passed he hat4,e ae ~heutd carry aWs1 hn shat rears we're shed and towing u5pealS madr hnt the rock of 'iUeHof vaS r'eht there
 fwo wr's,s leissed aed the mashcr l'id aoi astafr .N least the giaior die aot Hfe aeaa any If the yonug men lri,ias er walt,eg en the hishwar
 4lr tzuehter Yelt fhlt The ~trangei had hs# mafea hv Che kiH&est mo Eivfs i5e lad spessa iu~t eaeush~ ae5 t .Htl h.usss tic 6ad net er ,stsi Els eanl lR ftrc was esiiY - cents hut saV fefl asaamed that she eauld aof refe-a r Had opnorurity offered spt s s,. 5iud ms eliu@ she would aaec insisted aa eaHs So
 Two rE'.'',s r SSed s,way aud then ;he wetaer wra, io the city Fe do . llftse sheppms. She also eame aotae wifh ilis to tell she tnaueht she Was teilia.. II h her daughter alone. hui |, Se aa -pentd thai the major N,l> 'uSs outside the window and beard eyeVv word She bad finished her shopping and r.ached the depot when she realire$' that she had spent all her money \ sood Samaritan came for ward He snied. raised his hat and that wa> ah
 Bns M1S. Major Gcdfrev's eyes had not been fsnsd with tcars and east down She had s.en that De WIS sentlemaaly hooking yonns man ot twenty five and inst hs took the same train as she did aud evidently II, d far.her down the line fhen Miss Kate thought she refaeinhered that in the one instant she had raised her eyes-uuite invoiun,arily. YOU know she he'd made ou; the sstme sort ef ulaR
 This decision had just been arrived st when tAe vess.e of 'he major WAS neara n the lana II was Ueara as | had u0t neeu atap sinee he let a charge I battle. l.c SlVgtiseA ai the twe peaf feuaa.ee uatii lheN ueae aells- lsSs us,h terea \ aasaer haa afr pearad te orsak aa tis -, aeh ass fanstsy wsre wiling [ ' oe hsoGta, Sgsh earfs ttlSs XII aas5Es de fer Afr3ss. but lh.s mas Anlsrlea. and he Naniaa.