The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-11-13
"Shuchs:." said 81. N
"SOld snid Elteiie. .er

"Shuchs. said 81 N
Sold" siid Ebeie~er
''Why, don't kiow. sad tiRi Il
kind of like To see 1t th.tns h the rlass
IL iooks likt. II was n Gi.-rer iiaht than
We give 1t credit for,
Its a big enough light" said Ellie
ne%..r testify II was his own plant at
tb. factor. hal made no Sihle the
towns three are liglis and these hid
beellsi,ntnnle,i by him at the f,lctory's
closing ..-,.-ls ....
no Use uliiking fun of your friends
lvesight because you're. all of twenty,
minutes younger than them" Simeon
grllnb.td '.t'nnle on. Abel 1t must
be- gpttin round the clock :"
: Abel fingered
"A man owns the hull thing with a
glass . this stamp" he said "How
much does one like that costf' he In
auirpd.
"I'll sell YOU this one began Eb-
enezer: "wait week or two and !
may sell you this one" he said Il
amt really looked through 1t myself
yet" r.
Not much after this the two went
away and left Ebenezer In the dark
yard.
He stood in the middle of his little
grass plot and looked through his glass
again That night there was. SO to say.
nothing remote about the sky save its
distance 1t had none of the reticence
Of clouds 1t made you think of a bed
Of golden bells. each invisible stalk
trying on, it's own account to help for
ward some spring. AS he had safd. he
did mot know one star from another
nor a planet for a planet with a name
It had been years. since he had seen
the heavens so near He moved about.
looking. and passed the wall Of lea fless
Hlat~ sand mulberries, Stars hung In
his b0ughs like fruit for the plucking
They patterned patches of sky He
looked away and back. and 1t was as
II the. stars repeated themselves. like
the chorus of everything.
''you: bergars." Ehenezer said. law
ful dressed .tip mint you? 1t must be-
for something up there-it amt for
anything down here. let me tell you"
he went ttl,' To his dark hack door
From wftiiout there he could hear
KATE Kerr his general servant. who
had sufficient personality to compel the
term "holsekeeper." setting sponge for
bread with Il slapping. hollow sound
and" Il force MAT implied Il frnwn for
every down Nstrt,ke of the iron spoon
He knew ii,w she wa,ild turn toward
the door a. he entered with her way
of arcf,ing eyebrows. In the manner
or one ahout to rec.ite the symptoms
Of change FIR the worse or at hest
to say ''about the same" t" everything
In the universe And when Kate Kerr
spoke she always whispered On 1.-THE
sfaintest prnvoration - .- .,... ..
A sudden tiistaste for the ertire In
side of his house seized EbeneZer He
turned and wandered back down the
little dark yard looking up at the high
feld 0f the stars with only his dim
eyes Ii .., ., ~. :..
There must bp quite little to know
abom them" he thought. IF anybody
was enough interested .,-.
! Then he remembered Simeon and
Abel and laughed again in his way
II done. the town a good turn for
once. didn't II" hp thought: i've liked
folks sos they can't spend their money
fOOl!''
Two steps from Ebenezer's front
gate Simeon and Abel overtook a WON
an :. She had long shawl over her
head and she. WIS hummihg some
faint air of Tier own making. -''
Coming to- the meeting. Mary?" Sim
con nskedsas they passed her,
mo" said Mary Chavah. u started
for it. But it's such. j. nice night I'm
going, ia. walk around" .....
D Things are going to go your way
to that meeting.t guess" said Simeon
faint you always found fault with
.Christmas?'' - a. 49,
"'rheyr a Hot O. nonsense about II"
Mary asspnted ~ don't ever bother
myself much with It Why?"
4 II dunno but We'll all come round
3, to your, wayrof thinking tonight" said
Simeon. = a-- .-
"For just this YEAR, Abel Ames call
ed back az they went on ,e=."
"You can't do much else. I guess"
said Mary Everybody dips Christ:
mas up out Of their pocxetbooks. and
II there amt nothing there. they can't
dip" 80. -. Sd.
The men laughed with her and went
on down the long street toward the
town Mary followed slowly under the
following elms that made great golden
shades for the dim post lamps. And
high at the far end Of the street down
which they went hung the blue arc
I light before the town hall, center to
the constellation Of the home lights
and the shop lights and the street
lights. all near neighbOrs to the stream
i and sweep of the stars hanging a little
higher and shining as by one sun.
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