Putnam patriot., 1910-07-15

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 Humphrey Miller WAS lying on the grass one July afternoon in the center !. ,be square about which clustered ,ha village of Atherton. Humphrey wss a typical case of boy bora 10 rho blow who yearned for something hstter. al least more intellectual He wished to go to college and study ,rofession. He was ready to work his uay while studying. but just as be wss about to matriculate his father 5;Ad the farm was sold out under a nertgage. aud the boys mother and sisfer were thrown upon him for sup nort. T0 bear this burden and his own as a student appeared to him matter .f sheer impossibiiity. He must forego lis projects, accept a situation offered hin, iii a country store and go to work
 He was about to arise and walk to a earner nf the square where the store in anestian was located to announce that ha would begin his duties the next morning when he heard whizzing sssnd and saw a short distance from hjni an arrow standing with ifs point fnh4,ide9i in the ground. To the feath- cred end hung hit of paper. which now that the arrow was at rest. tlOated ialv in the wind. Humphrey arose. went fo the arrow. broke the string that held the paper and found the fol- lowing words written in pencil:
 Go To college. Your mother and sister vii be provided for.
 unmnhrey swept with his eye the seaare and the houses that lined it. The former was empty; the latter showed no sign of the person who had shot the arrow. They were mostly dwellings. and Humphrey knew nearly aIi of the people who lived i'll them. He began at once to con over those among whom the mysterious archer might be found. There was Peter Owens. Il friend of his father. who was vel te do. but Mr. Owens was not a man to hide charity under | bushel. There WAS Harvey Dixon, his mothers cousin. but Dixon had all he could do to provide for his own family. There
 
 who had been left q legacy by his grandmother Humphrey knew that Bob when he was younger had been fond of archery Besides. Bob's sister Lueina had shown by her actions that she admired Humphrey. Had not Lu- cina something to do with the matter?
 Humphrey thought all the rest of the hn cosJ l.on of u<sfin m, and in the evening went to see Rose Wyman. a girl in whose judgment be had great confidence. intending to ask her to find out for him who had shot the arrow. Rose did not live on the square and. having no means. could not possibly have had anything to do with the message. He told her of the circumstance and that he could not ac- eept the favor without knowing the donor and agreeing to repay in time the amount expended upon him. Would she help him?
 Rose always took time to consider before reaching her decisions Finally she said:
 If the person who shot the arrow
  not have taken that means of commu- nicating To endeavor to discover the donor would be ungratefui in you. My advice to you is to accept the gift as 1t Is offered
 You've got lot of horse sense in that head of yours. Rose. was the re ply. "Tll take your advice"
 Humphrey left her. wondering how a girl no older than himself could have So much foresight. Relying upon her Judgment. he acted on her advice. went to college that autumn, rang the college bell for his tuition. did all sorts of add jobs and in his third and fourth year taught school. Besides this. he read the first books used by students of law
 The promise of his unknown friend to provide for his mother and sister was kept. but the amounts provided we're small and at times irregulariy paid. Humphrey. remembering Roses words fhat it would be ungratefui Tor him to endeavor to discover who was the donor. told his mother not to look
  if any came that revealed the secret not 10 tell him. The remitiances were all made by check. signed by the cash fer of the atherton bank. But. obeyins her sons instructions. Mrs. Miller neF- er inquired at the bank from whom the money came. though it was not proba- bie if she had done so she would nave received any satisfaction
 But the one clew Humphrey pos sessed as to the identity of the un- known donor-the fact that Bob CiarA had been fond of archery when a boy took possession of the student inihd and kept it's place there ak through DIS college course. Attached to the ciew was a feeling which kept him Ill state of constant perpIexity. What II Lueina Clark had persuaded her father to advance the means sent his u8others That Lueina had shown predasposi- ton for him was evident At fbe end of his studies if was to be exr~cteu that the secret would come out. 1T Ln- eina had been instrumental in the maj Ter it would be incumbent upor him te bestow upon her any return she might desire. Suppose she should wssn the offer of himself, Lucina was an attractive gfr. ana such . resnlt did not appear especiai- ly distasteful to him. Indeed. the as- sociation of her with this tto hinD great benefaction was gradually draw ing him toward her during the wnoae