The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-27

barn chamber, sue knew, anu Wouiu
I've there quietly while her father was
feeding the horse and milking the
cows, or perhaps she might go up In
the woods and wait until she saw him
driving away.
The deacon ate his breakfast IN ST.
lence, looking and acting very much as
usual, for be was generally dumb at
meals. When be left the house. how
ever. and climbed into the wagon, he
turned around and said In bis ordinary
gruff manner: Bring the lunch up to
the field yourself today. Patience. Tell
your sister ! hope she's come to her
senses In the course OF the night
| You've got to learn. both OF you. that
nv say so must he law In this house.
/ You can fuss and you can fume II II
amuses you any, but twont do no
! good. Don't encourage Waitstill In
any whinin' or blubberin'. Jest tell her
to come in and go to work and I'll
| overlook what she done this time. And
don't you give me any more OF your
eve snappin' and lip poutin' and head
in the air imperdence! You're under
| age. and II you don't look out you'll
get somethin' that's good for what ails
you. You two girls jest aid an abet
one another-that's what you do, aid
and abet one another-an' II you carry
1t any further m find some way o
separatin' you. do you hear"
| Patty spoke never a word nor f1utter-
ed an eyelash. She had proper spirit,
but now her heart was cold with q
new fear, and she felt. with Waitstill.
that her father must I've obeyed and his
temper kept within bounds until God
provided them-a way OF escape.
She ran out to the barn chamber and
not finding Waitstill. looked across the
field and saw her coming through the
path from the woods. Patty waved
her hand and ran to meet her sister,
Joy at the mere fact of her existence,
of being able to see her again and OF
hearing her dear voice almost choking
her In its intensity. When they reach
ed the house she helped her upstairs
as II she were a child. brought her cool
water TO wash away the dust Of the
haymow, laid out some clean clothes
for her and finally put her on the
lounge In the darkened sitting room.
81 won't let anybody come near the
house." she said, "and you must have
cup OF tea and a good sleep before
tell you all that father said. Just com
fort yourself with the thought that be
Is going to overlook 1t this time. Aft
er ] carry up his luncheon ] shall STOP
at the store and ask Cephas TO come
out on the river bank for q few min
utes. Then | shall proceed TO say
what think OF him for telling father
where you went yesterday afternoon
Don't blame Cephasr' waitstill re
monstrated. Cant you see just how
II happenedi He and Uncle Bart were
sitting In front OF the shop when
drove by. When father came homo
and found the house empty and the
horse not In the stall. OF course he ask
ed where was. and Cepbas probably
said he had seen me drive up Saco hill
He had no reason TO think that there
was any harm in that"
eff he had any sense he might know
that he shouldn't tell anything to IA
Their except what happens in the store,
Patty insisted. "Were you frightened
out In the barn alone last night poor
dear"
II was too unhappy to think Of fear
and / was chiefly nervous about you
all alone In the house with father"
81 didn't like It very much myself
l buttoned my bedroom door and sal
by the window all night, shivering and
bristling at the least sound. Every
body calls me a coward, but I'm not
Courage isn't not being frightened
It's not screeching when you are
frightened. Now. what happened al
the BoyntonsT
Patty, Ivory's mother is the mos'
pathetic creature l ever saw" And
Waitstill sat up on the sofa, her long
braids OF hair hanging over her shoul
ders, her pale face showing the traces
OF her heavy weeping. II never pitied
any one SO much in my whole life
To go up that long. long lane; to come
upon that dreary house hidden away IL
the trees: 10 feel the loneliness and the
silence and then 10 know that she ID
living there like a hermit thrush In
forest without a woman to care fol
her II is heart breaking!"
How does the house look-dread
full"
"No. Everything is us neat as wax
She isn't crazy Patty, as We under
stand the word. Her mind is be
clouded somehow. and II almost Seems
as II the cloud might lift at any mo