Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25
A Sunday
Morning
BY F. A. Mitchell

mill and an engraving OF benjamin
Franklin. Being IN court, not u ray
OF sunlight could permcate the apart
ment. EsN NG
Six morniugs had weathrrhy nwak-
ened In this room. aud this was tho
seventh-not the seventh day Of the
. week. but the seventh day since he
had awakened In Ills own little home
Turning on his side, his eyes rested
on one OF those framed words one
sees here and there In lieu ofSllcturcs
II read God Iless Our llome" aud
under It "Remcmber the Sabbath
Day" He thought Of the Sunday
mornings that he had awakened at
home. Little Jim climbed ont Of his
crib and joined his father In bed. while
Mrs. Jim went downstairs to,start the
breakfast. Big lin. on his bark.
would hold little lin up mt arms
length his feet under the child.
Then had come quarrels between
Weatherby and his wife. Mrs Wealth.
erby was frugal. and Jim was careless
with his money. He was hard for nm
economical wife to manage. aud some
times she would lose her patience with
him. At hist Jim declared he would
no longer stand her. narrowing, MS he
''alled II. and left her.
This was Il week ago. A lin, lay
looking at the words God Bless Our
Home" and Remember the Sabbath
Day" he went over and over again in
his mind those happy Sunday mornings
/ he hud spent ut home. After he and
little Jim had had their play be had
/ taken his bath. put on his Sunday
clothes. and on that morning he had
always helped Jimmie 10 dress. Then
! the three hid met at tile breakfast III.
! BILE. on which there was always some
thing nice provided for Sunday morn.
ing,
While Weutherby was looking ut the
notices on the wall and thinking of
his home the words were having their
effect on his heart II seemed to him
that there was Il connection between
the two. God Bless Our Homo" caused
him to think what home was. how DIFF.
ferent from the lonely room TO which |
he had moved. and Remember the
sabbath Day" set him to thinking In q |
quiet vein. After all. WIS not the econ !
omy his wife had urged necessary? /
Suppose he should be suddenly taken |
away. And suppose his wife should
soon follow him. What would little |
Jim do? His father pictured him hus-
tied Off to some charitable institution
or. worse. trying at n tender age To-
make his living on the streets.
The thought made Jim restless. He ]
got out of bed. splashed n little water I
on his face. dressed himself and went
downstairs. In his pocket were his
weeks wages that he had received the
day before. He had been tempted TO /
spend It in saloon and went there to .
do so. but somehow the place didn't I
look MS attractive as 1t had often look
ed when he knew that his wife would
chide him ON his return home The
full amount was intact
He stood in the sunlight. thinking.
breakfast hour ut home was half past
s. That home was three miles away.
but he would gladly walk 1t TO have
his breakfast ut home He walked
down the street. passing one restaurant
after another. trying to force himself +
into one Of them to get n meal But
his stomach rebelled 2. II
II can 20 home" he said. ''lnd eat
with Molly and the kid But what Use?
There would soon be more troubls
about the expenses. and. every time |
paid car fare instead of walking bone
after n hard days work I'd get II Seold.
ing" .'--3 ,
Then the thought Of little Jim left
on the world came to him again.
He was walking in the direction OF
his home and us he thought he walk
ed the faster When he had gone mile
be stopped. Then he went on for an
other mile and stopped again. third
time he stopped and stood looking at
his home Il short distance away. I tf
A clock struck s. q Molly was get. /
ting the breakfast. who was helping /.
little jim dress himself? He could get
On his clothes. but could he get the
buttons In the holes? Weatherby could
see. the window of tile boys room and ,
Pancied him trying to BUTTON himself ,
up" InyoI,Intarily hin started for
ward. .a.. Il. . ]
A few minutes Iuter Molly Weather
)y. standing over the range. heard the
iitclIen door open. Turning. slie saw
her husband. lie had u. roll ut, bills :
IL his hand and handed them to her. 70
ITS Yesterdays pay. he said Take [
t. You cnn run the finances better :
han I. | ETyer want to see cent of
he money again" =, ,,
Molly threw her arms around his
leCk. <---s rs.i f
Where's The kidy' Jim asked pres: I
'ntly. and without awaiting.a reply he '
vert upstairs. - 5
Hello. pop" cried Jim. "Ain't I
lad you came. This button Is too big G
or this hole and won't 60 In mt ALL" :
Jim hugged the. hoy. then helped him ,
o finish dressing After that they n
vent down to breakfast :
oh Jim said his WIFE 'some- /
oW ! .rol:!In't bear TO ieave out the n
mullins ,ou always eat for breakfast. !,
hGrck didn't suppose you'd he here
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