The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-24
SYNOPSIS.

Jim carry the injured girl to the par
sonage nearby.
N.-The Rev. John Douglas, much !
to Deacon Elverson's disgust, takes
Polly into the parsonage. Toby AID
''Muvver JIM are received kindly by
Douglas, who has placed Polly in
charge Of his colored servant, Mandy.
Douglas promises to care for the girl
until she IL well.
V-When Polly becomes conscious
she declares that she must rejoin the
circus at once. Are you sky pilot p
she asks the minister. Her mother
was killed riding circus horse, and
her father got his'n in a lions cage"
The minister reads to her about Ruth
and Naomi, and Polly sys, II guess
I'd Hike to hear you SPIEL"
V-Douglas offends Deacon Strong
by defending boys who play baseball
on, Sunday. Wholly RECEIVERS her
health, but is saddened by the death
of Toby. Jim sends the news and
promises to keep in touch with her.
VuI-Polly RECEIVERS from the blow
dealt her by Toby's death. She has
ceased using slang and is educating
herself after Douglas, guidance. She
endeavors to improve Mandy's gram
mar. K-Deacons Strong and Elver-
son reprove the pastor for harboring
the circus girl. Douglas declares that
he is merely doing his duty. Strong
declares that the girl must go. Doug
las def1es him.
Douglas suggests to Polly that she
go to seminary. Her quotation And
Ruth said, 'Entreat me not to leave
thee. reveals to both the fact that
they love each other. Douglas takes
her In his arms and tells her that she
is never to leave him.
XII. ''Muvver jim" calls and notes
the change in Polly's speech. Polly
tells him she has abandoned the cir
Gus business. Deacons Strong and
Elverson inform Polly that she can
save the minist.r troub'e by returning
to the circus. Learning that the dea-
cons contemplate discharging Doug
las, she rebuffs Douglas, declares that
she yearns for the circus and rushes
eway sobEing.
XII-Douglas is very unhappy. A
month passes, and the circus plays a
return engagement. Hasty, Mandy's
husband, ascertains that Polly is not
riding. Douglas believes she is i'll and
starts for the circus. XIII-Barker,
manager of the show, reproves Jim
because Polly will not ride in the min
listers town: Polly admits to Jim that
she loves the minister, but declares
that he docs not love her. She makes
Jim promise to keep her secret.
: Douglas had held himself more and
more aloof from the day of Polly's dis
appearance. He expressed no opinion
about the deacons or their recent dis
approval Of him. he avoided meeting
them oftener than duty required, and
Strong felt 50 uncomfortable and
tongue tied in his presence that he, too,
was glad to make their talks as few
as possible.
Nothing was said about the pastors
plans for the future or about his con-
tinued connection with the church, and
the inquisitive sisterhood was on the
point Of exploding from an overac-
culnulatton Of unanswered questions.
he delivered his sarmons Cchscien-
tiously, called upon his poor, listened
to the sorrows, real and fancied, of his
partshioners and shut himself up with
his books or walked alone on the hill
behind the church.
He had been absent ill day when
Mandy looked out on the circus lot
for the dozenth time and saw that the
afternoon performance was closing. It
had driven her to desperation to learn
), that Miss Polly was not in the parade
that morning and to know that the
pastor had made no effort to find out
about her. For weeks both she and
Hasty had hoped that the return Of
the circus might bring Polly back to
them, but now it was nearly night
and there had been no word from her.
why didn't she come running in to see
them, as Mandy had felt 50 sure she
would? Why had the pastor stayed
away on the hills all day?
Unanswered questions were always
m abomination to Mandy, so finally
she drew a quarter from the knotted
Bingham rag that held her small wad
Of savings and told Hasty to "go long
to de show an dnd out bout Miss
Polly" =
she was anxiously waiting for him
when Deacon Strong knocked at the
door for the second time that after
noon.
rs MI. Douglas back yetT' he asked.
mo, sab, he ain't," said Mandy very
shortly. She felt that Strong and FL
version had been 'a-tryin' to spy on de
parson all day." and she resented their
visits more than she usually did.
What time are you expectin' himY'
II don't nebber spec Massa Doug
las till l sees him."
Strong grunted uncivilly and went
Town the steps. She saw from the
window that he met Etverson in front
pf the church.
""Dey sure arm a-meanin' trouble"
Bhe mt1mbled.
=, The band had stopped playing; the
last. Of the audience had struggled
down the street. She opened the door
and stood on the porch; the house
seemed to suffocate her. What was
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