The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-17

OF speeches WIN WHICH ut
v might apprise his sister
Sarah OF the step he had taken, but
when the time came for him 10 employ
one OF them he forgot the entire lot
and had TO resort to bald and STAN
mered statement OF the facts, which
sounded more like n confession OF guilt
than anything else. II had grown
colder with the storm, and directly
after a hastily swallowed supper, with
many indignant glances for her broth
er, Sarah had bundled the boy OF up
stairs to bed. for he had come In out
OF the rain as sleekly wet as a water
rat and blue fingered aud blue Tipped
from the cold. SO II happened that
they were all alone before the fire
place when Caleb made known his de
cision.
"Tve never done much OF anything
for anybody but myself you know.
Sarah" Caleb hesitatingly tried TO ac-
count for his conduct. "And this seems
TO me 20 be as big an opportunity as
I'll ever have. You-you like the boy,
don't you. so far as you have become
acquainted with himf'
Eyes. like him." she assented, after
awhile.
"Of course tit comes as a surprise
10 you" he murmured. ut IL pretty
sudden. but don't think that either
OF us will ever regret H."
And then Sarah faced round toward
her brother. Her eyes were unac-
countably wet. but there was laughter
on her lips.
"a surprise-a-a somewhat sud
dem she faltered. "Why. ! knew you
were going q do II that first day when
you came Siding up to the veranda be-
hind him. was certain OF It even
then. And II you hadn't decided to-
why, I'd made up my mind that I'd do
1t myself II you ever came back from
that endless fishing trip
"Tve been rummaging through some
OF the old chests upstairs" she added.
To-day / explored for hours and found
some OF the things you used 10 wear
which look as though they hadn't been
worn at all. l laid some of them out
for him to put on when he gets up in
the morning. And. Cal. who'd ever be
lieve now that "A plump behemoth like
you ever could have worn such-such
dainty and cunning thlngsw
The inferred description should have
prepared Caleb, but at the moment he
failed TO remeber that II was some
forty years since the garb she men
toned had been In vogue. Instead, he
blushed intentionally at the gurgle
IN her throat. And so the next morn
ing, when little figure In velvet
jacket and pantaloone-velvet OF the
same jet hue in which Barbara Allison
had first appeared 10 the boy day oil
two before-stopped at the head Of the
long stairway the moment was robbed
of not one whit OF its sensationalism.
There was something I'm Sarah's fiut
tering delight over the boys changed
appearance that morning which awoke
an almost hysterlcal impulse In heI
brother.
When Caleb came back an hour lat
er, with Allison at his heels, he search
ed the house through without finding
the boy. In his perplexity ne appealed
to Sarah, who followed him TO the
front door.
"Where's Stephen he asked.
Sarah nodded to Allison.
"Why, l waited a half hour, Cal.
- she said, "and then, when l thought
you wouldn't be back for awhile,
sent him DOWNTOWN sent him to the
village
Caleb seemed fairly 10 shrink.
"You sent him down to the village 2
he echoed. "Did heidi he change his
clothesT"
For some eggs" Sarah rounded ou
the sentence. "And OF course he didn't
Suddenly her brothers face alarmed
her. "Cal," she exclaimed, II haven
done anything l shouldn't have done
have II"
Caleb turned "a wry face toward ALI
son.
"In-that-outfitr he groaned. "DowI
TO the village, and It's a lumber town
He's gone, and II he doesn't have t
fight his way back then p
Sarahs alarm changed TO fear In
stantly. She stepped out upon th,
porch.
Lucy nat uhu Naicu' anu III uu'
course Of time the boy returned. Al
he appeared at the gate Sarah, with 4
strange choking sound In her throat
half rose and then dropped weakly
back Into her chair And even TO ALI
son. who had fondly looked forward L
the worst. the little suit with the pref
~ rufred cuffs was an unbelievable
wreck. The coat had been ripped from
hem 20 collar and dangled loose upor
either side as the boy advanced TOWARD
them, the. knees of the trousers wer'
split till the bare skin showed through
beneath, ana those portions OF the fab
ric which were not incrusted with dir
were literally o'erspread with egg.
After one stricken glance at the spec