The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-08-11
THIRD INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER WI.

To rescue the girl who called herself
Celestia from Professor Stilliter had
been the work of instants and impulse
But what to do next was not to be de.
cided without plenty of reflection. Re
Election did not come easily to Tommy
however, especially in the present cir
cumstances.
He could not make her out at all to
his satisfaction. At one moment she
seemed perfectly sane, at the next
completely mad.
How long have you known that
MANI" he asked, referring, of course,
to Professor Stilliter.
mot so long as have known you.
but sometimes feel as If / had seen
you both before. But / can't ever
have seen you, can 1? You can't ever
have been in heaven and I've never
been on earth.
IF you we're seeing him for the first
time why we're you afraid of him?"
For the same reason that I'm not
afraid of you"
"And you're not-not a bit?"
He" said she, simply, lis bad and
ugly. You are good and beautiful"
AS Tommy guided her through the
woods toward his camping ground of
the preceding night, he kept saying to
himself: "But there's got to be a show
down soon. What am to do about
herr"
Thav oapna IN n hIoolv moi 80 1T,
water. Before Tommy could prevent
Celestia had stepped upon the surface,
as If upon solid pavement, and gone
in above the knee.
She gave little cry of amused as
constituent.
why it's-its"-she cried.
yes" said Tommy, Its wet wa
ter. You appeared to think it was a
board walk. But never mind, you'll
soon dry out. Don't they have water
in heaven?"
"Of course, but not black and still
like that. In heaven it's all alive with
rainbows in it,"
They speak English in heaven?"
ooh, yes, and French and Italian
and Spanish and German and Ameri-
can and all the Others"
Can you speak them all?"
"Of course. What good could do
on earth if couldn't talk to people?"
Just what good are you going to
do?"
I'm going to tell people to be better
and not so foolish, and they are to do
as tell them" /
That's splendid idea" said Tom
my, feeling that it was best to humor
her. "and then what?"
Then? Why, when I've made every
body rich and happy I'll go back to
heaven, of course, and be happy. too"
Are you unhappy now?"
mo; not unhappy. but if | we're
back in heaven | wouldn't be all wet
and muddy and hungry and thirsty.
would ~"
"Of course you wouldn't, you poor
child" said Tommy, "but soon wei!
be at my camp, and then I'll hustle
around and make you comfortable"
And ! feel as if my face were on
IRE, TOO, she complained.
"Feverish," thought Tommy with
iismay. And then he said:
Stand still a moment and let me
ook."
He noticed for the first time the ex-
Wilderness and delicacy OF
Ter skin. 1t was as if she had always
'een yelled from the sun.
You're getting sunburned," he said
With concern. That's what's the mat
err"
She touched her face with her fin
ers and then looked at their tips as
expecting that the burn had come
d on them.
I've got some stuff at my camp that
Till take the burn out" said Tommy.
Look out for that green stuff It's
OF thorns, and you can't afford to tear
hat dress"
They had begun to climb the emf
ence on which Tommy's camp was
erched, and with every step Celestia
bowed increasing fatigue.
"Of course I'm not used to walk
~" she said; I'm sorry. | suppose
II get used to il"
III you are determined to push on
} New York you will" said Tommy.
His quick ears caught the sudden
ppetizing cluck OF a partridge.
Lets see II we can get that fell ,
WI" he exclaimed. you sit down
nd rest yourself, celestia. Nobody
units much In these woods, and the
rds are tame as chickens"
She sat down and leaned against
Ie stem OF a birch. her breath coming ,
I'd going quickly, her great eyes fol- j
wing every movement that Tommy I
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