The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-02

~ReaIlyT' said Jerry quite interest
ed1y
Not a bit of throubae wish me
father was here to explain it to ye
He could tell ye the whole thing In
couple Of hours. wish he were here
now just to give you an example or
what fine speakin' really Is. Do you
like speeches ~
very much sometimes" replied
Jerry guardedly.
me father is wonderful on plat
form with a lot o. people in front of
him. He's wonderful I'VE seen him
take two or three hundred people who
didn't know they had a grievance In
the wurrld-the poor cratures-they
were just contented to go on bein'
ground down an trampled on an they
not KNOWN, thing about tive seen
me father take that crowd an in I'VE
minutes afther he had started spakin'
to them We wouldn't know they were
the same people. They were all shout
in at once, an they had murther In
their eye, an, it was blood they were
afther They wanted to reform some
thfn,-they weren't sure what-but they
wanted TO do IL, an at the cost OF life
Me father could have led them any
where. It's wonderful power he was.
Do re like hearIn' about me father7'
phe asked Jerry suddenly, In case she
WAS firing him.
Jerry fastened to assure her that he
was really most interested.
n Well SO long as yer not tired I'll
tell re some more. Ye know went
with me father in cart. An the po-
low US about. They were very fright
ened OF me father, they were. They
were grand days for me. Ye're Eng
lIsh. nebbe7' she asked him suddenly.
II am said Jerry. He almost felt
inclined to apologize.
ssWeIl, sure that's not your fault. Ye
couldn't help it. No one should hold
that against We. We can't ali be born
Irfsh.''
@Tm glad you look at it SO broad
minded1y," said Jerry
She stood restlessly a moment, her
hands beating each other alternately.
81 get SO lonesome for me Nather,
she said
Suddenly, with tone Of definite re-
solve in her voice, she started to the
stairs, calling over her shoulder:
sfIsm goin' back to him now. Coed
byr'
Jerry followed her, pleading Insist
emily:
wait! Please wait!''
She stopped and looked at him:
ssGive us one months trialone
month"; he urged. 4It win be very
little ont of your life, an I promise
you your father viii not suffer through
1t except in hsing you for that one
little month. VIII your Just month r
He spoke SO earnestly and seemed
20 sincerely panied and so really con
cerned at her going that she came
down q few steps and looked at him
irresoIutely.
sswhy do you want me to stay7' she
asked him.
because because your late Hncle
was my friend &c was his last wish
to do something for you VIII you
Just month p
She struggled with the desire to go
away from all that was so foreign and
distasteful to her. Then she looked at
Jerry and realized, with something akin
to feeling of pleasure, that he was
pleading with her to stay and doing it
IN such a way as to suggest that Il
rnattered to him. She had to admit to
herself that she rather liked the look
OF him. He seemed honest, even
though he were English. After all. to
run away now would look eowardly.
Her father would be ashamed Of her.
This stuckup family would laugh at
her. Instantly she made up her mind.
She would stay. Turning to Jerry
she said:
"AIl right, then III stay-a month.
~
though
mot unless you wish it. "
81 won't wish it, promise re that.
One month II be enough In this house. =
tI am glad you're going to stay"
'tWell, that's a comfort, anyway.
Some one II be pleased at my stayin'. -