Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-06

punishment for his poltlcdl acinnts
sends him to distant post.
bishop sends Father Horrigan 10
take Father Leclair's place. Clifford
and Aldrich get the people OF the
narish TO sign petitions asking the
return OF Father Leclalr.
THEN READ THIS
UVou were right last night ABOUT
L our need Of Father Lec.air in this
trouble which is coming stated the ON
Ger. soberly. Under the grief of the peo'
nle because their old priest has beeh
sent away. there's a deeper feeIlhg'
II wasn't voiced to me, sir. can
tell YOU exactly how | knew II was
there. But you know I have been
riding on the long road ''here the loIN
have been driven by the sheriffs II
makes pretty dry tinder sir, and m
afraid of what may happen when the
fire gets in there.
The patriarch slowly creased the
paper into neater lines whie ne EaHeu
reflectively upon Aldrich.
"It will amount to this. my boy
he said. What you say clinched my
conviction. We have got to iGht uh'
less we propose to give up to the rene
gades who are trying to team these
people. I swear. ! won't give up! ia
rather have the fight and then eN'
plain it TO the folk outside OF AtteGa''
II can. than allow these people TO
be led off into bog by any sacn false
guide as Louis Blais.
He clapped the folded paper across
his palm.
"A strange and a subtle thing is the
human mind. Aldrich. These names
on a petition to the bishop You're
rather hard.headed fellow; you may
be thinking underneath that It's al
a bit of foolishness. But | tell you
in mems affairs there's a psychological
instrument as we'll as a psychological
moment
"I believe that the bishop of TINS
diocese is going to do something
little later without clearly reallzins
inst why he did it. Don't think I've
gone crazy, But when a fellow gets
old he thinks less of what the two
fists can accomplish and more ABOUT
what the mind can perform. nave
a plan about these petitions. NO mat
ter what it is. I haven't exactly the
words for expressing my own thoughts
about it. But tell you, my boy I'm
trusting to these papers as the psycho-
logical instrument.
He paused and fixed Aldlich with
grave gaze,
Fright ahead Of US, here in AtteGat'
"a going to arrive that other thing -
the psychological moment. | want to
come out of the thing right. For use
In that moment we need something
else than clubs and guns. | believe
that Pere Leclair could furnish the
magic thing we need for the control
of the tempers of these people. II we
don't get him back here. then we've
got to hope that God is going TO send
us something else
He ceased abruptly and went into
the house, calling over his shoulder:
"Remember that the old men dream
dreams and behold visions. Adrich.
I don't dare to talk TO you any longer.
You'll begin to think I'm in my second
childhood and have gone TO playing
with toys"
Afdrich rode to the tavern. As an
officerA of the border customs he was
used to vigils; he had ridden long
and hard on many occasions, and the
record OF his exploits in the capture
Of smugglers had made his reputation
safe at headquarters. :Now, dizzy with
sleeplessness and aching with exhaus
ton, he felt that the exigencies of love
and altruism were proving more rack
ing than those of his office. But hi
heart was cheerful, nevertheless. II,
had never shirked duty His con
science was clear as to those impetu
Gus days he had taken for his owl
affairs.
Far across the fields on the hilltop
where the gaunt chimneys marked tn
site of the training. g.school, he saw NOV
ing figures against the sky, scattered
groups Of children clustered under tn
trees; and the white gleam of tent
here and there showed that Maste
Donham was courageously grapplinl
with difficulties and was housing hi
school once more.
So his own labors for these chi
dren of New Acadia were comfortingl
emphasized for him by what he say
IN the distance on the hilltop
sltruism might exact much, but h
did not regret.
s.oAed against the green fields wer
white gowns; he wondered which on
marked Evangeline Beaulieu. He ha
struggled valiantly for his love; h
was radiantly glad.
But he was weary, weary II
reeied in his saddle as he galloped o
TO his rest at the tavern.
The Drafting Of BiLiedeau
n. II REPRESENTATIVE A NJ b X
IN CLIFFORD paced to and fro, HI