Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-21

city that's - saoa - soas ~ m
vts." y
vas n . bed hunsor. anyhow. and
rd had enough. stood 5ast inside the
door and told them ia done The best
I could, not for them. but because I'd
promised the old doctor. and II I'd
made mistakes I'd answer for them to
him II ever met him IN the next
world. And in the meantime washed
my hands Of the whole thing. and they
might make out - best they could. I
IVES going.
Mrs. Dick heard me through. Then
she came over and put her hand on
mine where II lay on the table.
you're perfectly right, she said. ~
know how you have tried. and that the
fault 10 al that wretched Pierce:s. YOU
mustn't mind Mr.. Carten Minnie. He's
been IN that sort Of humor all day"
He looked at her With the most mis-
cradle face ever saw, but he didn't
say anything. She sighed. the little
wretch.
plodded back with my empty has.
ket. / had only ono clear thought
that wouldn't have any more tramp
Ing across the golf links in the snow.
l wanted to get back 70 my room and
20 to bed and forget
- But asrI came near the house saw
Mi Pierce come out on the front
ab&k3} and switch on the lights. He
stood there looking out into the snow,
and the next minute saw why. Com.
Ing up the hill and across the lawn
was shadowy line Of people. black
against the white. thought for a
minute that my brain had gone wrong;
then the first figure came into the
light, and it was the bishop. He stood
At the front Of the steps and looked up
ut Mr.. Pierce.
"Idare say" he said, trying to look
easy, chat this il sooner than you ex-
pected us!"
Mr.. Pierce looked down at the crowd
Then he smiled, . growing smile that
ended in q grin.
On the contrary" he said, 1--WE
been expecting you for an hour or
more,
Tho procession began to move
gloomify up the steps. All Of them
carried hand luggage. and they looked
tired and sheepish. Miss Cobb stopped
in front of Mr.. Pierce.
do you mean to say" she demand
ed furiously, that you knew the rail.
road was blocked with snow, and yet
you let us co."
ION the contrary. Miss Cobb" he
said politely, II remember distinctly
regretting that you insisted on going
Besides, there was the Sherman
house."
Senator Briggs stopped In front Of
him. Probably you also knew that
that was full. including the stables.
with people from tho stalled trains, y
he asserted furiously.
Two by two they went in and
through the hall. stamping the snow
OF, and up to their old rooms again,
leaving Slocum, the clerk, staring at
them - II he couldn't believe his eyes.
Mr.. Pierce and I watched from the
piassa, through the glass.
We sow Doctor Barnes stop and
look, and then 90 and hang over the
news stand and laugh himself almost
purple. and No saw Mr.. Thoburn bring
Ing Up the tail Of the procession and
trying to look unooncerned. am not
. Fevengeful woman, but that was one
Of the happiest moments Of my life.
eAW6zgaye them = good supper and
Mr.. Pierce ordered olaret served with
out extra charge. BY eight o'clock
they were all in better humor, and
when they'd gathered in the lobby
Miss Summers gave an imitation Of
Marie Dfessler doing the Salome
dance. With the exception of MI. Won
invalid, not one OF them really wanted
to 90.
At eleven O'Clock We had the clam
bake with beer in the kitchen, and Mr..
Won invalid cams, after an. They were
really very cheerful. all Of them. At
the end, when everybody was happy
and everything forgiven. Mr.. Pierce
got up and made speech.
He said he was sorry for what had
happened that day, but that much he
had said he stu maintained: that to
pretend to make people we'll In the
way most sanatoriums did 1t was sheer
folly, and he felt his responsibility too
keenly to countenance . system that
was clearly wrong and that the best
modern thought considered obsolete.
Miss Cobb sat up at that: she II al
ways talking about the best modern
thought
He said that perfect health, clear
skins, bright eyes-he looked at the
women, and except for Miss Patty,
there wasn't IN honest complexion or
. bright eye In the lot-keen appetites
and Joy Of living all depended on "a
tional and simple living. It was being
done now In q thousand fresh-air
farms. and succeeding. Men went
back to their business clear.headed
and women grew more beautiful.
At that, what with the reaction from
sitting in the cold station. and the
beer and everything, they all grew en-
thusiastic. Doctor Barnes made .
speech telling that he used to be Duny
and weak, and how he went into train
ing and became = pugtlist, and how
he'd tonight the TenneRee0 0omAfhin1