The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-08-01

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Presently she pulled herself to
rights, lifted his arm from about her,
and rested it on the back of the seat
a friendly compromise. Then she
shook back her hair and raised her
| eyes and a faint smile came into the
rosy face. I'm so funny" she declared.
Sometimes l seem SO strange that
need an introduction to myself" She
| looked into Abbott's eyes f1eetingly,
and drew in the corners Of her mouth.
II guess, after all, there's something
in religiOn!"
Abbott was so warmed by returning
sunshine that his eyes shone. Dear
Franz" he said-it was very hard to
keep his arm where she had put it.
She tried to look at him steadily, but
somehow the light hurt her eyes, She
could feel it's warmth burning her
| cheeks.
ooh. Fran cried Abbott impul-
sively, "the bridge in the moonlight
was nothing to the way you look now
so beautiful-and so much more
than just beautiful :"
"This won't do" Fran exclaimed.
hiding her face. Eve must get back
to Grace Noir Immediately"
"Oh, Fran, oh, no, pleased"
81 won't please. While we're in
| Enough Country, / mean to tell
you the whole truth about Grace Ncir."
The name seemed to settle the atmOs-
phere-she could look at him, now.
| Il want you to understand that
something is going to happen-must
happen, just from the nature of things,
and the nature of wives and husbands
and the other woman. Oh, you
| needn't frown at me, I've seen you
| look that other way at me, SO know
you, Abbott Ashton"
| Fran! Then you know that f"
| mo, you must listen. You've moth
ing Important to tell me that / don't
know. I've found out the whole Greg
DRY history from old Mrs. Jefferson,
without her knowing that she was tell
/ ing anythingV she's sort of Profess
sor Ashton in my hands-and / mean
to tell you that history. You know
/ G96Ls kQl E1UAelL ILL CO FC0A ., 4hA .. 01OS
ory hasn't gone to church"
| "You must admit that 1t doesn't ap-
| pear we'll"
/ admit it, Yes, of course must.
And the world cares for appearances.
/ and not for the truth. That's WAY it
condemns Mrs. Gregory-and me-and
! that's why I'm afraid the school board
will condemn you: just on account Of
| appearances. For these past three
years. the church has meant to Mrs.
| Gregory a building plus Grace Noir.
I don't mean that Mrs. Gregory got
Jealous of Grace Noir-I don't know
how to explain-you can't handle cob
webs without marring them" She
paused.
Jealous of Miss Grace!" exclaimed
Abbott reprovingly.
Lets go back, and take a running
jump right into the thick of it. When
Mr.. Gregory came to Littleburg, a COM
plete stranger-and when he mar
ried, she was devoted church-mem
ber-always went, and took great In
terest in all his schemes to help folks
| folks at distance, you understand
/. She just devoured that relig
ious magazine he edits-yes, I'll ad
NIT, his religion shows up beautifully
in print; the pictures of it are good
too. Old Mrs. Jefferson took pride
in being wheeled to church where she
could see her son-in-law leading the
music, and where she'd watch every
} gesture of the minister and catch the
sound of his voice at the high places
where he cried and, or nevertheless
Sometimes Mrs. Jefferson could get 6
iozen ands and butts out of one dis
course. Then comes your Grace Noir.
Abbott listened with absorbed atten
ton. It was impossible not to be in
fuenced by the voice that had grown
to mean so much to him.
Grace Noir is a person that's su
perhumanly good, but she's not happ!
j in her goodness; it hurts her, all tn,
time, because other folks are not al
4 good as she. You can't live in tn,
house with her without wishing She,
!, make mistake to show herself hu
man, but she never does, she's Away
+ right. She's so fixed on being mar
t tyr, that if nobody crosses her, sh
: Just makes herself martyr, out o
the shortcomings of others"
"As for instance"
!" CAS- for instance. she suffered maj
!. tyrdom every time Mrs. Gregor
a nestled in an armchair beside the coz
n hearth, when Ladies' Aid. or Rail-
I was beating its way through snow
drifts to the Walnut Street church. MI
ii Gregory was like everybody els
d about Grace-he took her at her owl
9 value, and that gave the equation: t
g him, religion meant Walnut Stree
i" church plus Grace Noir. For while
r Mrs Gregory chung to church goin
Y with grim determination, but it WASH
h any use. The Sunday-school woul
n have button contests. or the Ladie.