Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-10-09

YES, she nodded emphatically
Pm glad-for you." she added more
softly.
He remained silent. an unreasoning,
indefinite disappointment lingering.
Something he wanted-~he could not
say what-was lacking In her words.
Aren't you glad?"
Yes. but" He dismissed the
] doubt. His eagerness returned. I'm
going driving this Afternoon
She became girlish again. 'Ts that
an invitation?" with demure little
smile.
If you want to 60"
'Of course, Mister Soler1nl Aren't
you--" She stopped, apparently over
core with confusion for her holiness.
Say i'll" he besought thTrstily.
There was a delicious moraent of I'M
certainty, breathless little laugh
Ny lover. Therei I'll be waiting
Tor ?ou, just after dinner" And the
butterfly fluttered away.
He went from the churchyard and
fsllot-ed the street past the point
wherA It returned to its native state OF
dusty. weed-flanked. country pike. He
came to a place where the road rose
sharply and fell again. Mounting to
tie crest. he threw himself on the
roadside and waited: thither Richard
Courtney would come on the after
service walk that was his custom.
Up the rise. village bound. leisurely
creaked an ancient top buggy. In it
slouched q middle-aged man upon
whose face were written humor and
pstience, qualities OF which he had
great need Just then. His horse la
bored heavily at its task, head hang
lag low; not the bellows in Simon
TRUTHS smithy pulled louder or hard
er. At the crest it stopped without
urging. Mark frowned impatiently.
Then Ia snsaa the sad state of the
lsfaSe and grin displaced the fyowns
Hear you're going away" Dog
Hedges remarked. For the goos OF
the town."
Mark nodded, the grin widening.
Maybe you'd like to help pay my
fare2"
Il have helped" the doctor rejoined
dryly. Going to get ftch. amt your
They all think that"
1T happens sometimes"
You might. though. ANY man ought
to get rich that could sell me this
would you call It a horse?"
"Hmmi" Mar7 considered the ami
NAL judiciallS. We'll. It has four
legs"
"gosa = t,t1tN, ,,o,% .. S,a,r,f.s A.. -
tor. "Goat'd be more use to me. too"
What did you buy It for, then7"
7 atn't sQuealing. Pretty slick Gus
toner. amt your"
The grin returned. n can sail
horses" Mark modestly admitted, ito
some people"
"Humphl Only fool'd buy 'em OF
you" the doctor agreed. "what'n you
take for the brown mare?"
"The brown mare isn't for sale"
ANY horse is for sale," the doctor
insisted, "at the right price. Give you
hundred and fifty"
81 wouldn't sell her for two-fifty."
The doctor sighed and clucked to
the weary horse.
Out of the dusty cloud trailing be-
hind the creaky buggy emerged tall
STOPPING figure. clad in the rusty black
of the country clergyman. He walked
| slowly, and when he came to the rise,
with slight effort; evidently he was
q fratl man physically, At the crest
he stopped, breathing hard.
Taking good-by look at it?- he
asked between breaths.
mo. Just waiting for you"
The preacher smiled family: the
worn dispirited face lighted up q lit
tie. He turned hts glance to the val
ley.
Its worth a farewell. You'll be
homesick for It sometimes hope.
Shall we walk bit fartherf"
At his tagging pace they tramped
along the road. constantly rising and
descending but always reaching up to-
ward higher level. They kept the
frank silence Of those who have been
companions often.
Ten years before Richard Courtney
had resigned the city congregation
that was steadily whitening under his
ministry and had come to shepherd the
little flock Of Bethel It proved to be a
life sentence. but In the end he stayed.
If not gladly. at least with such Chris
, tan fortitude as q quivering sensitive
soul could summon: having found-so
, he put it--a need to which he could
minister. In the early days of his new
! service he had discovered q neglected.
uniettered. moody youngster suffer
! ing under the blight of his relation to
Simon Truitt who. for his supposed
: atheism. was accounted a little less
/ than respectable. Some quality In the
boy caught the preachers fancy. Tact
. fully he sought to win into Marks
heart. not a very difficult task once the
, | Lad learned that ministerial cnnrnrna