The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-15
Copyright 1913.
The booksellers Co.

After period, during which his
body shot mp to its full height, whole.
some toll and study busted his
thoughts and Richard Courtney began
10 nurture ssiP 1.cs7r'sd Is IN
event OF no small Importance TO many
young gentlemen oil Bethel Unity
Martin, proud possessor OF a diploma
declaring 10 those who cared TO pc
ruse that she had mastered certain
arts came home to exhibit in all It's
perfection the product OF education.
He was returning late from an ar
ternoon's hunt in the woods behind
the Martin farm, when he unexpect
eddy came upon her one autumn day
She was standing on a little knob, gaz
ing absently into the fading sky. His
ever ready imagination was touched
In the dusk, the pale glow OF the dy
ing day upon her her pensiyeness
and apparent frailty gave her a seem.
ing or sOulfulness that abashed him.
moved him strangely he thought
he beheld one far finer and purer
than any of the clayey creatures his
life had touched. She saw him and
smiled family That smile put him
in agony OF confusion and awkward.
ness. He felt he ought to steal quiet.
ly away from this holy place into
which he, gross and hulking. had
blundered; at the same time. like
the apostle of old, he had some no.
ton OF building a tabernacle and re.
siding permanently on the spot.
Because he did not know how 10
depart, he found himself walking
home with her and when she praised
the pheasants slung over his shoul-
der. on a sudden glad impulse he
gave them TO her and she quite natur-
ally accepted the trophy of his hunt.
This was a prophecy, but he was no
seer
IL was long before he lost that inn
preston OF her, the frail spirit.like
girl OF the dusk, even though ripper
acquaintance might have taught him
that she was Indeed a dweiler upon
the earth. And this was a new mir
acle, far more wonderful than the old,
he in nowise thought OF connecting
them. He used TO stand distracted
before the forge fire, seeing her face
in the glowing embers: a folly in
dulged internationally between fits OF
feverish industry He whispered her
name TO himself, thinging it finest
poetry. He suffered a profound hui
mility, an exceedingly painful con
seriousness of his total depravity, and
an ardent zeal 10 achieve nobility
under her pure inspiration. His de-
sire 10 do something became a burn
ing impatienee- to do large and splen-
did deeds that would prove his met
tie. He was, in word, a boy who
thought himself in love
And she? She saw his desire and
was glad For though there were
castles in Bethel, his elders spake OF
his promise and he had grown good
TO look upon, desirable even to the
diplomaed daughter of Squire Mar.
tin. And she, too. had her visions
or larger life.
Came night, a still winters night
when moonlight cleaned on the
snow and the chimes OF sleigh-bells
added TO the enchantment when he
kissed her, with sense of sacrllege
and she did not resist
No wonder. then. Richard Court
ney preached purpose in vain! His
pupils horizon was filed with a pur.
pose not his own. Even the preach.
er's incomprehensibl outburst was
forgotten, as the boy went to his
tryst that Sabbath afternoon.
For a mile he drove carefully and
than, letting out the mare, with
flourish of speed drew up before the
house OF Squire Martin. IL was the
most pretentious IN the valley, big
and white, with irislined walks and
hollyhocks growing along the fence:
heavy masses of moon vines hid the
wide porch. Not without quaking.
our cavalier perceived Susan, eldest
daughter OF the squire, in the front
yard. With an effort Mark put on
what he fondly believed was a con.
fdent air
Good afternoon, Susan. Is Unity
most ready?i
Susan smiled broadly. shes been
ready half an hour" she PREACHER
ously declared, "but she's still primp-
in. Mont you come In an visit a
while?
"No, thank you" very politely. I'll
wait out here The mare wont
stand"
Then I'll go in and hurry her up.
That IL, II you really are In a nnp-
ry'' she drawled mischievously
He grinned feebly and mopped his
brow. She went into the house
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