The Ordway new era., 1916-11-17

over the ground. So they walked. and
for the most part they were silent, bu'
on their way home, after they hal
turned back at noon. they began to b,
laxative again.
Mary" said Ribbs. after a time
"am l a sleep-walkerT'
She laughed a little. then looked
grave. Does your father say you
are"
"Yes-when he's In a mood to fatter
me. Other times. other names. He
has quite a list"
You mustn't mind" she said. gently
Hes been getting some pretty severe
shocks. What you've told me makes
me pretty sorry for him. Blbbs. I've
| always been sure he's very big
Yes. Big and--bind. He's like II
| Hercules without eyes and without any
consciousness except that OF his
| strength and OF his purpose to grow
stronger. Stronger for what? For
nothing"
Are you sure, Bibbs? II can't he
for nothing: i; must be stronger for
something. even though he doesn't
huo" AIdl IL Is "IaN nv
and his kind are struggling for is some
thing SO great they couldn't see 1t
SO great none OF Us could see It"
mo. he's Just Ike some blind. IN.
conscious thing heavlug under
ground"
It'll he breaks through and leaps
out into the daylight" she finished for
him, cheerily.
Unto the smoke" said Bibbs. Look
at the powder OF coal-dust already dir.
tying the decent snow. even though
it's Sunday. That's from the little
pigs; the big ones aren't so bad. on
| Sunday, There's a fecs OF SCOT on
your cheek Some pig sent Il out into
the air: he might as well have thrown
II on you. II would have been braver.
for then he'd have taken his chance
OF ny whipping him for It II could"
is there SCOT on NJ cheek Bibbs
Is the-eT
rs th=-s7 The-e are SCOT 90 your
cheeks Ni---a teck 90 each One
landed SIC. mentioned the first"
Ste tIl1s41 Immediately. giving hin.
her kI1s! il.rs,iliet. and he succeeded In
trzlst=r-iI.S MOST q t5e black from
her ,Ess . ne cau5ric- They were
entirely 1Ic1ar-lc-.GG-ge about Il.
Al sh!=riy cr1pia- & cha need. had
beea -aE8I1g behind 5bbs and Mary
for th= lLs- ct5cI &C SO. and passed
ahead during t1e rgZoTaL Of the SCOT
There sisz Re eJts-.T wife. You're
always T-0Cz EE-a you begin guess
ing atour s--zEs-rs- Those two young
people are1'r h31eyDooners at ALI
they've been married for years. A
blind man co1ld see that"
Il ~isA I knew who threw that SCOT
on you said B!bbs. looking up at the
ne!-hbJr!u- Ch!mReys as they went
On They arrest children for throw
Ins s,gEb balls at the street cars, but"
-B7- hey don't arrest street cars for
atE-E a.! the pictures In the houses
crooked sys-y time they go by. Nor
to- -5= up-uzr they make. wonder
WHAT'S tos c0sr In nerves for the noise
ot TIE etty each year. Yes. we pay
The 5-.cs t9r Nving in a growing
town rastSer ~e have money to pay
or Do1e-
who Is II gsts tie pay?' said Bibbs.
Not - she laughed.
Nobody gets 1t. There isn't any
pay; there's only money. And on.
some Of the men down town get much
Of that. That's what my father wants
me to get"
Yes" she said. smiling to him, and
nodding. And you don't want it. and
you don't need it,
But you don't think I'm a sleep
walker, MaryT' He had told her OF his
fathers new plans for him, though he
had not described the vigor and pic
turesqueness of their setting forth.
You think I'm rightf"
"A thousand times. she cried
There aren't SO many happy people in
this world, think-and you say
you've found what makes you happy.
II it's drenm-keep itr'
"The thought of going down there
into the money shufiie-I hate it as
never hated the shopr' he said. II
hate 1t! And the city itself, the city
that the money shuttle has made-just
look at it! And the dirt and the uglI-
ness and the rush and the noise aren't
the worst of it; it's what the dirt and
ugliness and rush and noise mean
that's the worst! The outward things
are insufferable, but they're only the
expression of spirit-a blind embryo
Of spirit, not yet a soul-oh. just
| greed! And this go ahead nonsense!
oughtn't it all to be fellowship? 1
shouldn't want to get ahead II could
I'D want to help the other fellow to
keep up with me-"
Il read something the other day and
remembered 1t for you," said Mary.
at was something Burne-Jones said Of
a picture he WAS going to paint: In
the frst picture ] shall make a man
walking in TIE strest = : great city,