The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-10-16


vines hsiuw The Aesann wKs witAnns
anger, excited rathsr BY ! c0akamptn
Gus indifference. Az Tor ghR ssmpis
mArguerstes. she tick tAena u gintes
y. The are these des.iribed thrpagh
the air was even greater than tia,
performed BY the vi0lets.
I'm silly fool. I suppose" shx
mnrmuf~d. turning back lnso the Fssum
again,
II was ten o'clock when the eolcneI
babe his guests good night as they
tumbled out Of his motor boat Thsy
were In more OF Tess exubsrant spirits.
for the colonel knew how to do tive
things particularly well: order q din.
ner. and avoid the many traps aat fer
him By scheming rnammaa and ell.
gible widows Abbott. the Baroae and
Harrigan. arm In arm. marched %
ahead. whistling one tune Ia three
different Keys, while CourslsDdt set
tho pace for the padre
All through the dinner the padre bad
watched and listened. Faces were gen
orally books to him. and he road In
this young mans face many things
that pleased hiRn- This yas no nisht
rover, fool over wine and women. a
spendtart
There has been q grave mistake
somewhere" he unused aloud. thought
fully.
Il beg your pardon said Court
landt.
Il beg yours. I was thinking aioad.
How long have you known the HAr
rigans1'
The father and mother never saw
before today"
Then you have met Mise HArrisan!"
7 have seen her on the stage"
y have the happiness Of being hes
confessor."
They proceeded quite - far A. q
hundred yards before courtiandt vol
unteered: That must be interesting.
she is good Catholic"
All, yes: recolleet now"
And your
"oh, haven't any religion such M
requires my presence In churches,
Don't misunderstood me! IA q boy
| was bred In the Episcopal church:
but have travelled 30 much that ]
have drifted out OF the circle. end
that when am out In the open. In
the heart OF some great waste, snch
as a desert, a sea, the top OF noun.
tain, can sec tho greatness OF the
0mnipotent far more clearly and hum.
bly, than within the walls OF . ca
thedral'
You believe In the tenets Of Chris
tianityr'
Surely! A man must pin his faitA
aad hope to something more stabi,
than humanity"
i should like TO convert you to mr.
way OF thinking" simply.
Nothing 10 impossible. Who kDows.-
The padre, az they continued on
ward, offered many openings. but the
young man at his side refused 70 be
drawn into any confidence, So the
padre gave up, for the futiiity Oh his
efforts became irksome. ilis own lips
were sealed. so he could not ask point
blank the question that clamored OF
the tip OF his tongue
80 you are Miss Harrigan's eou
fessorf'
Does It strike you strangely"
Merely the coincidence"
III were not her oonfessor should
take the liberty OF asking you soms
questions"
Il, Is quite possible that I should
decline to answer them"
The padre shrugged TT Is patent
to me that you will 90, about this af
fair In your own way. wish roe
well"
Thank you. Az Miss HarrigAnI
confessor you doubtless know every.
thing but the truth"
Tho. padre laughed this time. The
shops were closed. The open res.
,aurants by the water front held bat
few idlers. The padre admired the
young mans independence. Most men
would have hesitated not = second to
pour the tale into his ears In hope OF
assistance. The PADRES ad-
was equally prnportioned
with respect
Il leave you here" he said, You
win zee mo frequently ut the villa"
Il certainly shall be there frequent
ly. Good night"
Courtlandt oulckened his pace which
soon brought him alongside the others
They stopped in front OF Abbott's PEN
sion. and he tried 10 persuade them
TO come up for nightcap
Nothing to II, my boy" said Har
rigan. Il need no nightcap on top OF
cognac rs years old For mo that's
a whole suit OF pajamas."
You come, Ted"
GRO BE coNrrNrEnJ