Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-05-29
Abel'S
Rebellion
How "He Made
Good"
Nv CLARISSA MACKIB
BY CLARISSA MAcKIE

Abel Durham had lived for years at
Miss Pollock's boarding house and had
patiently eaten the dishes that were
set before him till one Sunday morn
ing he revolted at the usual corned
beef hash or bacon and eggs. He de-
clined to eat her breakfast and sought
Miss Pollock and gave notice that he
would leave. He gave, among other
reasons for his doing so, that he was
about to be married.
Anastasia Pollocks head went up
proudly. Fire came to her blue eyes
"Blddy," she said smoothly, TASK Mrs.
Jasper IL she will have some more
corned beef hashp'
Abel Durham battered down the
brownstone steps of his boarding place
and wandered aimlessly to the corner,
where he waited for a car His eye
glanced slyly back at Miss Pollock's
comfortable abode, and he stified a
sigh as he thought Of Its many good
qualities, its homelike atmosphere and
Its home cooked food, and to one who
had been dweller In boarding houses
po,ioe.,a ho,sa mos n n,ooSont raPuco
NJ, tho ,nonotonv 81 tho doiIv meeIs
torrod ,non hin,
nah dov In Tho wall hrou0bt its
o,Iot,o1 mi 90 eora ond ,bara yoa no
waverIng from this rule As her moth
ar Ind ordered az Miss Anastasla car.
nod on tho bouae when the mantle fell
unon her delicate shoulders
This rebelIion of Abel Durham was
the outcome of several yeara of hone.
fuI waiting for change. Now he had
not onlv given I'M his pleasant front
room with the omen Areplace. but he
had told Miss Pollock he was to be
marrIed How 10 mako good this Iast
racLIoss stotament wos nuzz,inO the
usually tronouIl mind Of tho bachelor
AhaI Durham Ind NOT courted n Girl
eor twenty voora not aimee be had left
In tho graot civ
.T min 10 a. pva got 70 make
0oodr said Abel with n sIchlv amile
ma he boarded his car and rode TO the
railroad station. He bought a ticket
FOR Teleeet and took HIS Mace In the
atuffy. cIndery coach that the railroad
comnanv considered good enough for
the little single track Telfeet branch.
"Whoooo-e eee-e-e-e.ep sbrIeked the
engine as IL wound away among the
hills toward Telfieet
Abel Durham looked out of the win.
dow and noted the familiar landmarks
as the train rumbled through villages,
over brIdoea or sl,Irted the river bank
I'm its nrooress Suddenly n large
maintain oversbadowed them.
"Telaeet mountain" murmured Abel
without toy I'm his tones.
Since he Ind left the home of his
boybood all his family had moved to
the far west SO that Abel was not
going home 70 apv near relatives. Per.
hans there were distant cousins. but
n might Ina thew were dead or had
forgotten him.
Abel Durham Waa bound on n sim
Rular errand.
ua voa goino hack IN Telaeet m trv
IN reaurract ono NJ bIs old romapcea
ue had toId niaa polIock he woa IN
ba married and morrjad be must be
H,a husv IIra had lert M room for aen.
ument and az ba narforca must Fail
hack nnon the boIf finished romances
OF bis voun0 monbood There was
pretty AMY COY. She had given him
a mink rose when be left Tel1eet and
told him aba vouId whit for btm-a
hundred vears if necesaarvi
Somehow Abel bad forgotten all
about Amy in the rush of business.
They Ind corresponded for awhile.
and now he couldn,t remember who
had been the frat 10 atom writing
"Telgeetp called tho brakeman
The station staoa backed down and
the driver yelled ~ him. "stooa, All
-vunp
AbaI climbed into tho long swavln0
vahIcIa and rottIod around IN Its
emntInesa aa tho bIo wb,ta horsea hore
than tbrouob tho vIlIaoo stroe,s a, a
boI,or okot,or mace
"Uboro vor won, IN oo,p oo,,od ,ho
dr,vor From, CORNER 30 his nnon,h