The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-19

man can put a little life into a dead
business II he wants tor
MY fathers business isn't dead" I
s SoS,s,iIlS1, now hlled with my old un-
"Oh, come, BObbfkfns"
"a D ont can me that. please" 1 said.
-ota aut, tut Come now, you and I are
golng 10 De friends" She treated me as
went on. when come, 1 think tbare.II
oe an extra saddle horse I'm one OF the
stalls IN your stable" She used that
talking about Santa Claus Il thinE
yIu WIN R nhd your initials on him some
II wouldn't touch II, Miss Campbeu.
4 wouidnt touch one hair OF the horse
Ana please call me Lucy
, we were breaking out OF the narrow
wood pain and coming TO a travelled
road; We walked in silence till we
reached the highway. 1t was almost
Robbie, win you please?' that girl asked
me gIloiy, as II nothing had happened.
u nelpeo ner mount in silence That's
look here, you poor childie." she broke
on, looking down at me like a queen
ready S to nsr be sa9 G,d1Sss wheneyer you're
l. anc she cantered on into the dark
stood quite still for a moment. and
said out loud, Il can't i've VIII b 5oSo
can I can L Dear Alec. 1 tried Dear
4aSner ana Tom and Elsie, 1 tried. but
and all Night I ran over and Over the
sosI ike chfpmunk in a revolving
For three days and nights 7 wander
ed over the ruins of my life, back and
torth, helpless, almost mad by the hor-
TOT OF It and then at last DR.. Maynard
came. had not known he had been
away on case He's Alec's friend, and
had not missed him. but when
IoQnd myself bundled up in fathers
old ulster, again beside DIR. Mavnard IN
nus automoolle, flashing through the
cold, dark night, was glad that he had
ans and perhaps Tom and Elsie he's
about my best friend As 1 think OF il
now there-s hardly been a crisis in our
NE that Dr. Maynard hasn't been on
nand. lie saw US through the time Ia
ther died-Pm not likely TO forget that
be eiiH mes seen me over a place or two,
tell MIN all about myself. Tonight when
we had reached n good stretch OF clear
settled down comfortably behind "f The
wheel and said in his hearty vyav
Nov. go ahead; the whole story,
en- the news to him.
Well" / started in. "Since you've
oeen gone there's been an awful earth
Quake around here. Ny house has been
smashed up and I'm pitiful refugee. /
am cold and hungry-and without a
I've come with supplies" laughed
Dr. Maynard, taking IL up delightfuilv.
IA a little late, but I've brought bread
n
crawl in and warm up"
i can't live with her, Dr. MAYNARD
cant" 1 said, too heartsfck to plaV
with similes any more Il hate her ond
can't help IL. She's taken Alec avyav.
9hd she pushed herself into my dea r
Iather business, and there's no place
TOT me, as can see, anywhere"
Tell me all about it," said DR.. Nav
hard, and related every single word
OF my whole pitiful story. growing sor-
rler and sorrfer for myself as i went
along and finally at the end shame
lessly breaking down completely.
without a word OF advice or comfort
Or Maynard shut of the power and
brought the machine to a standstill nv
me se, side or the bleak country road He
laid his hand for a moment gently on
my shoulders and in a low, serious
voice, with the play and the banter an
gone out OF IL. he asid. Gould you live
with me. Lucy7"
.., .'oh, yes" said. quickly enough.
FIFTY times easier"
Perhaps he smiled. for he added hair
laughlnBly and yet seriously, too. 81
would ike 10 have you, IL you want TO -
raised my head. Il only wish !
couId, said desperately.
And then very seriously and very sol
emnly he told me his story I can't So.
guessed " Tor the last two years and
yer ~ had seemed too impossible and
preposterous TO be actually true. / don't
l was exactly surprised. had half
remember that felt anything during
Kind OF shock as l thought to myself
80. AFTER all, it's going to be tust DIR
MaynardE' for when ne finished I said
with the moon standing there before No
ana all the watching stars behind 81
VIII come, DR.. Maynard" and added.