Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-07
Tom EverIeigh,
Artist
BY Anioinsiis De Conesey Patterson

In the little mountain town had known
long ago that he was Thcr a, Ever.
leigh. and that he had come from one
o. the eastern cities entered the
church and took n sea, near The door
lie came for no other reason than be-.
cause be had been bored He sat
near the door 80 he wou.C be N q
good position % beat another hasty re
treat should he dooa. i desirable But
lie found tn. little church cool aud
comfortable and. AS the service had
already begun. he would probably
have the whole pew 70 himself 10
some ways, Tom Everleigh was very
exclusive Resides, II struck him a.
rather humorous that he should be IN
church again He listened. not AT
al a. the service. but when the cd
rector arose. and gave out the text.
something In the words caught his AZ
,ention
THE General Epislle OF Jude,
twelfth and thirteenth verses
The stranger heard nothing of the
sermon. but the words IN the text
Clouds without water. carried along
BY win0s autumn trees without fruit,
twice dead, plucked W by the root .
wandering stars" The words kept re-
peating themselves in his brain How
well they applied to him, Thomas
Evereigh'
The sermon waf over. and the col
lection about 10 be taken, when Ever.
leighs attention war attracted to a
tail. fair girl who came from the front
pew over to the little organ The
strains OF hymn filled the church and
the sweet natural voice began to sing
Il was all 80 simply done. and 20 soon
over vet II made the man who had
listened perhaps the most intenty OF
all THINK Of many things that had not
crossed his mind for years Tom Ever.
leigh was al artist al odds with Fate
which, after a severe attack Of pneu.
monia, had driven him "a the west,
anu az Nv thutt W btlitNts UihSV'u hir
career
When Evcrleigh reached the house
where be occupied two fine sunny
rooms, he asked his landlady Mrs
brown, II she could tell him the name
of the young girl who sang In church
Mr. Brown frightened up at once
DO you mean. the pretty young lady
with golden hair and eyes of heaven 8
own blue" and went ON TO tell him
the singer vas Miss Edith Vincent
the rector's granddaughter home for
/ her summer vacation She had been
teaching for two winters in large
school IN st Paul
That afternoon Ton Everleigh TOOK
advantage OF an Invitation and called
al the rectory He had the ploasur,
of meeting the rectors granddaughter
whom he thought the most attractive
CIR he had ever seen
Later IN the week he called again
ana then BE- acquired the habit q
dropping IN al the Rev NJ Vincent
house frequently But u was seldom
tina, he saw Miss Vincent she Wal
he busiest person be had ever known
But one afternoon he found her Olsen
gagged for few hours. and. al his sug
gestiOn they went for walk ",
told her much Of hts past life aud ID
! the recita. she was quick 20 detect "a,
hardness and the rebellion al Fate
also q certain iiippant and insincer,
note He had inherited enough money
/ on which % i've comfortably. b,
might m time hope e. return 70 bis
work In the city she knew 10 many
who were infinitely worse on and sh,
could no, sympathize very hearth,
with the man before her
I'm afraid Miss Vincent you hay,
rather poor opinion Of me Tn,
words were humble enOsRh but IN,
tone c0urted contradiction
Not exactly that she replied bu
. think YOU have wrong idea oI
many things
Y,. are trying to let nae doVt
easily bat am convinced you thini
m. fo'nsh sort Of fellow
without answering. she stopped o,
/ pluck a few Wild flowers whjcl
fringe. the road
We { am selfish he continued
But uen ! have always considere,
., son, hat Of duty 70 be that
a duty
"l,5 u order to make other pee
pie unsc'fsh n, laughed
And when IL comes 20 truthful
ness the girl added. to punish hin
for his hippancy u fancy you con
slider II cutie too sacred hing q
be used save on rare occasions"
This time Il vas Everleigh VII
stopped % gather flower Tlen b,
said. What YOU really mean is tina
somehow | have gotten the threads O
NE an beautifully twisted"
That 10 II. she answered
You have agreed most uuaatter
lngy TO my assertion that ! am sell
ish You have yourself accused m,
OF being untruthiul { wonder VIA
next"
a mischievous hight came into Editl
Vlucents eyes 4 should think a
times you would b. capable of beiul
most ah0ninably cross"
This Vas rather more than Ever