The Caucasian., 1913-12-16

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flowers foe hes 0ouque8
Its oice Tor him-be 0oe having ao
nearee eelatives-eo care Cor mis- gave,
! mean. His va9e ain't buried 4ereo rs
che
eSe she tsas saeiea in l5ts2e &i6ess'
eeplie0 Hannah
Seems. if j eeobemNeV. aAaa she was
buried wag QUE west somevHemso
where che olie6 BYe was eerriblg srae9
struck over Nes death. heard. said
Annie eagerly eg nevee anew who
she vas-sone,pds dso@ she weseo
hearao
eshe vas seoan che ~eso.o eaid Han
nah Saguely. and then che ~ene on
brisklye "Did yoU osve . sulb meesins
this afternooD?~
Everybody ehefe Que 700" eai8 An
ME, eecollecting her errand- She 2usA-
ed her ~ay through che gate and 4os-
lowed Hannah into che house. eelatins
in her eager. gossipy onannes aR chat
had been ssid ss ebe meeting ehas sfe-
ernoon
~l ehoughe gcn ougAe 60 Know" end
"a Mre Booker ae lase. Aef lnquisitive
little nose elevated Sirtuously. y
donr believe IN having my sriends
talked about eithout-without"-e She
paused FOG evieabie eso&as 60 cypress
her thoughte
without having soue eayo soco" o" end
ed Hannah Mitchin coolly.
SWhy, yes-no-WAy. now gon DO
take one up, Hannah Mitchin: de
clare sc having money iefe 60 you
makes goe 50 uppish ana chin skinned
tim aaightg glad ahere aims none lefe
to mee Z wouldn't De mean ana stlngy
with ie "a divide 10 With the LORD,
woulde Mra Bookee SuiveseG Sitb
righteous Indignation
.Uos'se gR . Goo0 cAance 60 6iside
what seu'se zoe wiaA che Lord" &C.
torteo Hannah Aitchin eittesly.
4"You'vo OeeD holding Of seteine the
church have ehas little Aall scrs Sos
O4 youes thaa joins On 60 che ehurch
propertyewhae fbre Because sou'se
hoping e squeeze $50 more QUE Of enc
church foe the property. fos know IL
ain't good for ANYTHING elss-Oue-gs-
ing so soon?"
II didn't come here 90 De criticised,
said Mrs. Booker, white with anger.
"I've got husband to advise me what
TO do, and we've given a good deal To
the church. The idea, criticising me?
j; And Mrs. Booker founced out OF the
, house and down the walk.
When the gate had slammed aftel
her Hannah Mitchin turned away from
, the window with peculiar smile on
: her lips.
/ "Poor soulv' sne murmured. The1
i she added pityingly, poor Uncle
: Mitchin; poor old manv' She tool
J down a. letter from the mantelpiec'
r and reread it. for the hundredth time.
The next afternoon the minister call
|, ed on Hannah Mitchin and delicatel.
. but firmly outlined to her her duty il
r the matter of the church carpet, tn
repairs to the organ and the churcl
r debt.
e Hannah listened, her eyes yelled be
|. hind a film Of reserve that Mr.. Fisher
u weak personality could not penetrate.
/, "Im sorry. Mr. Fisher" she said
last. ''but there's something else go
J. to be done with the money
% "Do you know of anything more nc
Y BILE. more blessed, than to give it 70
It the adornment Of the Lords house
o Why. through your influence, Mis-
l. Mitchin, you may draw twenty-hv
n souls into the church! Think of it!
it His sallow face glowed with mome1
l. tary enthusiasm.
. Hannah was unmoved. A thi
smile trickled around her lips and val
| ished.
| "If people won't come to church b.
| cause they want to worship, becaus
| they want to honor God. because the
i want to be better men and Womel
surely. Mr.. Fisher, it is useless to
tract them there by gay carpets an
] such things. People go to church
I be helped, and only you can help then
IfIwas a man'-Hannah's voice tra
| ed into silence and her cheeks dushe
hotly-'T beg your pardon. Mr.. Els
\ er." she said contritely; 81 didn't mea
\ to be disrespectful, but seems to .
y folks place so much more importan'
on the outward show instead OF doll
q the real good that they could. l
Il irving to do some real good with tn
II money Of Uncle Fletcher's. Some ds
II I shall tell you. and l know you w
approve. but today the secret IS .
mine to tell. Here is some money tn
N had laid away: please use it iowa
a the organ repairs, but cannot ne
q with the carpet or anything else
I present
Mr.. Fisher arose to his tall, le
height. A flush deepened IN MS I'd
| cheeks, and there was a note OF
barrassment in his voice as he took
[ss little roll Of money from Miss Mitch
THANK you. Miss Mftchin. I'm So
nd that you are doing your duty as it d
Ike been revealed to you. and pray 90
trouble yourself about the carpet