The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-07
CHAPTER XXI.

CHAP eh M.
There Is none good but One,
quoted Mrs. Stoddard; nevertheless
her eyes were moist with feeling.
you'll stay on in the old red
house2"
81 don't know; probably not for
long. But | almost wish could"
i've learned sight by you,
Agatha. / want you to know that. =
said Susan, struggling with her reti-
cence and her impulse toward con-
fession.
"Oh. don't say that TO me, Mrs.
Stoddard. | can only remember how
good you've been TO us all.
But Susan would not be denied.
"I thought you were proud and vain
and-and worldly, Agatha. And
treated you harsh. ! know"
mo. no. Whatever you thought,
| it's all past now. and you are my
friend You'll help me TO take care
of this dear old place-yes?"
The Lord will establish the work
of your hands, my child" She sud
denly turned with one OF her prac-
tical ideas. 81 wouldn't let that new
city man in to see MI. Hambleton
Just yet, IL / were you.
lis Mr. Straker trying to getin TO
see Mr.. Hambleton?"
Knocked at the door twice this
| morning, and I told him he coutdni
| come In. why not?' said he.
| -
Hambleton asked me who was there,
and | said. L don't exactly know, but
Its either Miss Redmond's maid S
beau or a press agent. and then Mr..
Hambleton called out. as quick and
strong as anybody, Go way! l think
I've got smallpox. And he went on,
quicker'n a wink, and hasn't been
back since" Mrs. Stoddard's grim
old face wrinkled in humorous
smile. II guess he'll get over his
smallpox scare, but Mr.. Hambleton
don't want TO see him, not yet. He
wants to see you"
I'm going in to see him soon
lanyway," said Agatha.
| But still she waited a little before
going in for her morning visit with
4 James. 1t meant so much TO her!
II wasn't to be taken lightly and
casually, but with a little pomp and
ceremony. Each day since the night
OF tbs crisis she had paid her morn
ing call. and each day she had seen
new lights in Jimmy's eyes. In vain
I had she been matter of-fact and prac'
teal, treating him as an invalid
whose vagaries should be INDUCED
even though they were Of no i'm
portance. He would not accep. hel
on those terms. Back OF his weak
ness had been a strength, more and
more perceptible each day, touching
her with the sweetest fattery woman
ever receives. IL was the strength
OF lovers spirit, looking out at her
from his eyes and speaking TO her in
every infection of his voice. More,
over. while he stoutly and continu-
ously denied his fever-sicknes5, he
took no trouble to conceal this other
malady. AS soon as he could speak
distinctly he proclaimed his spiritual
madness. though nobody but Agatha
and possibly Mrs. Stoddard, quite un
derstood.
I'm not sick; don't be an idiot
Hand. And give me shave, FOL
| Heavens sake. Anybody can gel
knocked on the head-thats all tine
matter with me. Give me some
clothes and you'll see." Even HanG
had to give in quickly. Jimmy:
residence passed all expectations. He
came up like a rubber ball; and now
on a fine September morning, he was
| getting shaved and clothed in cls
/ OF Alexis suits Finally he was
propped up in an easy chair by q
window overlooking the towering
elm tree and the white church.
| Er-Andy--couldn' you get m'
some kind of a tie? This soft shirt
business doesn't look very fit, doe.
It, without tie?" coaxed Jim.
IF you ask me, l say you lool
fine"
"Whered you get all your goot
clothes, I'd like to know" inquired
Jim sternly. looking at Hands i'm
maculate linen.
] Miss Sale washes EN- after / &C
to bed In the morning." confessed
Hand.
"oh, she does. does she!" jesret
Jimmy. well. you'll have to 60 tC
bed at night, like other folks, now
And then what1l you do?"
II guess Miss Sallie'!l have to sill
lup nights modestly suggested
Hand, when a slipper struck him In
the back. Good shot! What d'you
want now-an opera hat?" he In.
quired derisively.
ANDY" calculated Jim, dismay
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