The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-06
euApTER IiI.-Continued.

euApTER IiI.-Continued.
~ Young man was astonished.
r1a.x you see him in the tent, lead
4 b ehoirr
a has . house In town" Fran
n tinidly. II don't want to bother
= vAile be 10 In his religion. l
81 10 wait for him at his house.
81 ne added earnestly, If you
"a only show me the way"
ut . II she did not know the
NJ
mot Ashton was now completely
b9 mercy. $50 you know Brother
nurury, do your" he asked. as he
her over the stiles and down the
pa-road.
Never saw him In my life," Fran
~ casually. She knew how to
q 4 prohibitively. but she purposely
|,sthe bars down. to find out II the
man was what she hoped.
= he was. He did not ask a
don. They sought the grass
|evn path bordering the dusty road;
= hey assembled the hill that shut
II view of the village, to their ears
luns the sprightly Twentieth Century
Inn. What change had come over
ikton that the song now seemed as
|asngely out Of keeping as had the
pncsfulness OF the April night. when
II inst left the tent? He felt the
M Of remorse because in the midst
n rature, he had SO soon forgotten
|Ant souls.
nan caught the air and softly sang
I'VE reap what we SOW"
Don't!" he reproved her. Child
IL means nothing to you"
Ties, It does, too" she returned
nihsr impudently. She continued to
= and hum until the last note was
mpthered In her little nose. Then he
seke: "However-it means a differ
Ct thing to me from what 1t means
y tAs choir"
Be looked at her curiously. How
Glrenti" he smiled.
10 me, It means that we really dc
~ what we SOW. and that II you've
~ something very wrong in the
pns-ugh! Better look out-trouble'f
nuing. That's what the song means
= ne"
And will you kindly tell me what II
Deans to the choir?"
Ties, I tell you what It means tc
- choir. II means sitting on benche,
~ singing, after a sermon; and Il
asans tent, and a great evangelist
~ celebrated soloist-and then 60
- home to act as II It wasn't So
Abbott was not only astonished. bu'
,1laed. Suddenly he had lost mo
sdy's little girl" to be confronted b,
= sl6sh spirit Of mischief. He asked
WI constraint. Did this critical at
ulsds make you laugh out. in thu
(ntr
I wouldn't tell you why laughed.
vnn declared, "for q thousand dol
m And I've seen more than tina
, ny day"
Ihey walked on. He was silent, sh,
npenetrable., At last she said, In {
lnanged voice, my names Fran
hats yoursf"
He laughed boyishly. Mines Alb
IT."
Hls manner made her laugh sympa
Astically. II was Just the manner sh,
ned best-gay. frank. and a littl,
nischievous. Abbott" she repeated
willis that all!"
Ashton II the balance; Abbot
linton. And yours?"
The rest Of mine 10 Nonpareil-
n1ny name. isn't it!-Fran Nonpa
NJ II means Fran. the small type
: Fran who's unlike everybody else
e-oh. there are lots of meanings t
- Some hnd one. some another
ne never understand"
was because Abbott Ashton wa
soehed that he spoke lightly:
what . very young Nonpareil Il
= wandering about the world. all b!
IonSelf!"
.ssne was grateful for his raillery
now young do you thinkf"
Let me see. Hum! You are only
leoet-" She laughed mirthfully a
air OF preposterous wisdom
ABOUT thirteen-fourteen. yes. 20,
" more than Fifteen. more thar
~. But take OF that enormous hat
oe Nonpareil. There's no use guess