The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
A BIT OF SILK

Time to be moving, Jack, if We in
tend to get back tonight" remarked
Will Hunter, as he drew out his watch.
When he opened it an object, white
and round f1uttered out and fell at
his feet.
Look out, there, Will, you have
dropped something" said his friend
lar bill, is it?" he added with a laugh
as he stopped to pick it up. why,
what on earth" he continued after
looking at it for a moment. A swift
glance at Hunters face, and a name
less something that he saw there.
checked the intended speech. Il beg,
pardon, old fellow" he said hastily,
as he handed the fallen object back
to his friend.
1t was only. a little piece of soft,
white silk, with a heart afame exqui-
sitely painted in the center, and around
it, traced in golden letters, were the
simple words, Heart of Jesus, In Thee
| trust!!" Wilson's keen eye had read
the printed inscription, and the look
he gave his friend as he handed it
back was curious; but the instincts
of good breeding prevented him from
making any remark.
Thank you,'" said Will; 1T has
fallen out of my watch" He put it
back in it's place.
Both rose from their lounging atti-
tudes on the veranda chairs and
started towards the little white rail
way station, which stood out boldly
from it's dark background of hills and
green trees about a mile down the
road.
The two young men walked along in
silence, although the tongues of both
had been lively enough during all the
long sunny afternoon in the country,
away from the dust and Crime and
noise of the great city. Hunter seem
ed preoccupied, and Wilson was
thinking with all his might of the lit
tie piece of white silk which had rest
ed in hand for a moment. That it was
a religious article of some kind he
knew, the Holy Name had told him
that much, but just what, he a Prot
estant naturally did not know.
"a penny for your thoughts, old
man." prompted Hunter presently.
'They aren't worth it," returned
Wilson, with a smile, Il was thinking
of your Supreme Highness."
Thanks, very much. Any charge
for that?"
F. ITO be serious, WILL said his com
panion, with a sidelong look at him
II was thinking1well, | was thinking
about that little round affair that fel
out of your watch back at the hotel
L
! 81 know the rest of the thinking
then" interrupted Hunter. "You wer'
wondering what it means and what
was doing with such a thing. Weren'
your"
Il was, for a fact" was the reply.
"And perhaps you were likewis
S wondering how I came to have it
. L Ou WANT u hIlO J1tC lNOW1 liz VII,
e and the wherefore of it, don't you?
e "Well, if you have no objection,
certainly should. | was never remark
able for an overdose of curiosity, bu
l must confess something exceedingl
like it has been cropping up in me dull
e ing the last few minutes"
h They had turned the corner of tn
L -
There's the train" exclaimed Hum
er. Are you good for a hundre
yards sprint? IL not, we are going [
$ miss it." }sa9A@'
d The two started off at a pace tina
e was literally a dash. The locomotiv
8 had just swept around the curve, an
a the young men had merely time I
n swing themselves aboard the las
n coach.
Just in time!" painted Hunter, a
n he sank b~reathless into a seat. "We'v
broken. a record-whew!"
That's a fact" answered Wilson
tanning himself violently with his ha
1--WE not undertaken anything lik
that since | was in knickerbocker!
e And that was a trife v e a yea
d ago."
T. Both leaned back to o then
n selves while the train sped forwar(
gathering speed at every moment.
e Presently Wilson looked up. "Ho'
h about that watch story you were g
v ing to tell me- he asked.
). ut is not much of a story" reptile
n Hunter. "Only a badge! l got it fro1
e a teacher when / went to schoo
n When my parents died | went to lv
c with grandfather in the city. That
how I came to go to school to the Si'
e tiers, where 1 was taught a couple c
&c years before ! passed to the collegiate
often wonder, looking back, that
did not worry that Sister Gerald int
the grave. l gave her no end {
trouble; but, nevertheless, | liked he
e Immensely; she certainly knew ho'
l. to manage us chaps. She had tn
It happy faculty of finding out a boy
j. good parts and reaching out for hi1
It along those lines.
,e when | passed my exams, | wer
/ to see her. Grandfather had given m
e this watch and, of course, ] was shov