Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-26
.tcontinuation of Chapter xxvr1r)

denomination OF Chapter Nh v 4AA
g. And so, SHY admFing. uncertain.
advance from this wonderful young
IMAM, the girl had been trying to
adjust herself to. this new incarna-
.9ion of a certain James Neeland VINO
&had won her gratitude and who HAD
sawed her, too, from the time when,
zas a little girl, she had first be-
.sheld him.
q She lifted her golden-gray eyes TO
shim; little unexpected sensation
mot wholly unpleasant checked her
tNpeech for moment.
This was odd. even unaccountable.
Such awkwardness, such disquieting
and provincial timidity wouldn't do.
go would you mind telling me lit
e1tIe about Brookhollow?" she Ven-
stured.
!8>sz Certainly he would tell her. He
.-1Srd~ aside his plate and teacup and
had walked over from Neeland' S
mills in the pleasant summer wealth
er.
/ Nothing had changed, he assured
her; mil1-dam and pond and bridge,
and the rushing creek below were eX-
; stood there at the crossroads. silent
/ and closed in the sunshine, and under
{ the high moon; pickerel and sunfish
III hauptad the shallow pond; part
ridges still frequented the alders and
/ willows across her pasture; f1reflies
sailed through the summer night:
and the crows congregated in the
evening woods and talked over the
events of the day.
"And my cat? You wrote that
you would take care of Adoniram.'
"Adoniram is an aged patriarch
and occupies the place of honor In
my fathers house." he said.
/ He is well?"
"Oh, yes. He prefers his food cut
finely. that is all"
Il don't suppose he will live very
long"
Hes pretty old" admitted Nee
f. land
She sighed and looked out of the
window at the kitten in the garden.
And, after an interval of silence:
"Our plot in the cemetery-is it
pretty?"
1T is beautiful" he said, under
the great trees. It is well cared for.
80 had them plant the shrubs and
Bowers you mentioned in the list you
Thank you She Lifted her eyes
again to him. 81 wonder if you re-
-alize how-how splendid you have
always been to me-"
Surprised, he Redeemed, and said
,;twkwardly that he had done moth
ing Where was the easy, gay and
~slebonaire assurance of this fluent
--ssDung man? He was finding nothing
20 say to Rue Carew, or saying what
ne said as crudely and uncouthly as
-lny haymaker in Gayfield.
.--a He looked up, exasperated, and met
-er eyes squarely. And Rue Carew
ssza ushed.
r,t,a1z 10th 1ooI-ad aISaubare at
once. but in the girls breast a new
Eoulse beat; a new instinct stirred,
7olindly importuning her for recog-
3 Hition;. a new confuson threatened
q he ordered serenity of her mind,
iaguely menacing it with unaccus-
Z 5omed effort.
: 81 You haven't asked me-" she said,
: "a bout my work Would you like to
@11ow?"
Z He said he would; and she told him
= -achary of self-praise yet eager that
< he should know that her masters had
s spoken we'll of her.
+ e"And you know" she said, every
: zels VOW. ] contribute ? drawing to
. the 1lus,:a:ed pALei wrote to you
< neuJ. sent one off yesterday. But"
& and she laughed shyly, my nostrils
I are no longer, filed with pride. he
sseause Pam not contented with myself
any more I wish to do-oh. so much
better work." -. .
szF~ rfOf course. Contentment i'm crea-
St I've work means that we have moth
LAG more to create r.
- She nodded and smiled.
is-s 1.-THE youngest born is the most
fenderly cherished-until a. new one
eeomes. 1t is that way with me; I
ssa1n all love and devotion and tender
ssffess and self-sacrifiee while fussing
55;5ver my youngest. Then still
@ounger comes, and 7 become like a
sIfeartless cat and drive away all
2 progeny except the newly born"
/: She sighed and smiled and looked
: rp at him:
: - ut can't be helped, suppose-that
! IS, if ones going to have more
!; progeny ~
! = ITS our penalty for producing
! Only the newest counts. And those
10 come are to be miracles. But they
never are"
She rodded seriously.
'fTVf'on there is A better light