Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-11-24
CHAPTER xx11I.-(continued.)

d I OO IL, MISS JOdI, tl AS
stubbornly, but with an effort to sub
due the wistful look in his old eyes.
Nothing would please me better. I'd
love to do it. But it amt right, as Mr..
King says. 1 got to go by what he
says
Eric assume an air of severity. do
you mean to say that the church has
been meddling with your affairs"
"Meddling?" gaspcd Jabez.
Yes. sir. meddling."
Go long with you, Eric" exclaimed
Jabez helplessly. Lies is lies"
And Mr.. King has put the hand of
bigotry on your life" in fine scorn.
whats that" demanded Jabez,
bristling.
Don't tease. Eric" interposed Joan.
1.-The church has a great deal to
answer for" insisted M%idthorne. Med
ding like this with a mans business"
Business" murmured JabeZ.
Whose business? 2"
isn't it your business to make peo-
pie happy"
Well, / guess it's Mr.. Kings bust
comes down here and tells me the
truth about things and l see things in
a new way from what l used to. Old
Presbrey stretched the truth 80 that 1t
locke mighty fishy to me. Mr.. King
puts 1t In q nutshell. II he says it's
1t all" he exploded virtuously, Il never
see q pirate in my life. Nor q hand
some princess either" John 2ayson
spoke. with a twinkle in his eyes. ID
you believe that everything in h bible
IL true. Uncle Jabe?"
Jabez glared at him. 'I'll believe it
all until some of you smart Alecks prove
It amt. l used to laugh at hat tale
about Jonar and the whale. MI. King
says it's ~paregorical. 1 told him no.
body could make me believe q Teller
could live inside a whales belly-bible
or no bible: He said he didn't believe
1t either. It's just a paryble."
They are joking with you. Uncle
Jabe." said Mary, coming to his rescue.
OF course. we are" cried Eric
warmly. I'VE will not ask you to tell
1s any more lies. MIR. King is right.
But you surely can't object to telling us
!abe. Carr Wondered. WELL" he
said at last and with conviction. "a
story amt with tellin' unless It's u
lie" Then. to change the subject.
which was more dangerous than he
cared care 4, to admit: when do you start
And 20. instead Of being entertained
by him on this Sunday afternoon. they
were content and eager to discuss their
own intimate AFFAIRS for his especial
anefit.Sthereby doing much toward the
support OF Mr.. Kings missionary eff
" ~ IA al AIO VI LlkIle dUQlIlK COIs
adorable to their own estimate Of what
heaven really Is.
b succeeded in grasping q few
OF. the more important details; q thou
sand trivial. points escaped him. By
dint OF arduous questioning, he gath
cred that the ground was to be broken
next week for the Bright mansion; that
the plans for the great public library
were we'll under way: that Jack and
Nary were to live in New York City;
that Eric and Joan were to make Cor
NTH their home for q few years, at
least: h a the Widow Payson would
not hear OF Adams removal to a SAINT
toriup in the Adirondacks: that Mr..
Presbrey mi Mr.. King were bosom
friends; that the former was prayer
leader in the reconstructed First
Church. md very sure about It; that
MT. Blngden was "a greater man than
yer before; that Mrs. Blagden was an
angel; that Corlnth would be put on
the map to stay; that the world was a,
very wonderful abiding place, after all.
One secret remained untold. He was
~ to know that one of the tall
young men who sat there glibly talking
was his " grandson.
re walked with them to the gate
Wner the dusk OF night began to fall.
ltghad been q great afternoon for him.
but q dlktressingly short one. Yes. they
scanned to be growing shorter all the
time. He leaned on the bars and
watched them until they were out Of
sight NOM the trees.
think. he unused, hut I can't
ro4aem6key ,being 20 Keen about things
Mhehes 1 wa1 their age. Timea must
4 nave ChanKed whole lot. Still. I
wonder. It was q long while ago. /
g0eaosa yOun9 Teller Ma young Teller.
no matter where You put him.
Ihen he vent back. clucking TO the
T&t