The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-07-13

everywheres. Th1
Burlington"

everywnsres. There's four Of 'em In
Burlington"
Seen 'em yet?'
"Nope, amt seen 'em myself, but
my folks think they're mighty inter-
estin Feller is doing pretty we'll, too,
I'm told-'specially Saturdays"
'-Childs play, guess" growled Abb
ner Carter as he turned away.
He was in no hurry to return home.
He strolled along the street in an aim
less way.
This was a changed Abner Carter.
He was uneasy and unsettled. He
wouldn't admit it, but the letter be-
hind the old clock on the mantel had
shaken him a good deal
He walked by the moving picture
theatre and stared at the Autographs
as he passed. He had been thinking
too much lately. He needed some.
thing to get his mind away from that
that stuff about a fathers heart.
cheap trick to catch his sympathy, per-
haps. No, no. He wouldn't believe
it. Sylvia meant it-every word OF 1t.
Sylvia-it was his mothers name and
for years he had barred it even from
his thoughts.
He turned and walked back and
then, half automatically, found him.
self pushing a nickel along the glass
shelf before the girl in the ticket
booth and moment later was In the
dark auditorium. He stumbled to
seat and presently grew accustomed to
the novel surroundings. One of the
films was nearing the end as he
reached his seat, and when he looked
I'D at the stage the next series was
running.
From the first it held Abner Carter's
attention. He forgot the novelty, the
mechanism-it was all real to him.
The story told by the film was
simple one. An old farmer, stern
old man, harsh and grizzled, had an
only son, fine young fellow, smart
and active. This lad was very dear
to his father, although the old man
made few demonstrations of affection.
1t appeared that he decided the boy
| should marry Dora, an estlmaple
young woman, relative OF one OF the
family. But the boy fell in love with
the maid, pretty girl who helped
with the household duties, and braved
his father for the pretty girls love.
And the hard old man turned him
from his door. So William, with his
head high went away with the pretty
maid and they were married and lived
very humbly, William finding employ
ment in a quarry.
Old Abner Carter watched this pic
ture story with wondering interest,
finding no trouble in following 1t,
A child was born to William and his
wife. and while it was still babe Will
liam, hurt in an accident, was brought
to the little cottage dead. The old
farmer. still hardening his heart,
would not visit the stricken home
and threw aside the pitiful letter his
sons wife wrote him. But Dora, who
had loved William, went to the hum
BILE home and brought such comfort as
she could. And then she thought OF
a way to soften the farmers heart.
She took the baby boy from the moth
er and laid him in the cornfield where
the farmer would see him. But the old
mans heart was still hardened and
his words were bitter when he found
the boy. Then Dora ran back and
told the poor little wife what had hap
pened And the heart of the mother
swelled with outraged love and dig
nity and she ran swiftly, with Dora
following, to bring back her child.
And 10! when they neared the house
they saw the old man playing with
the child and holding him to his hard
old breast and crying over him. And
when he saw the two women he beck
oned to them and they came nearer