American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1919-09-06

out III transport OF mingled griet
and fright, sobbing as though her heart
would break. A brave.faced lad sup
ported her with one arm, while he
shook the fist of the other at II grin
zled, sullen-faced old man who held
the bride of horse he had Just led
across neatly planted space about
twenty feet square at the edge of a
vacant lot.
You're u be1r--a great big, ugly,
wicked monster" shouted the boy. ut
was peace garden, and we were
working to send the things we raised
to the starving children In Europe"
well, you impudent young rascal"
grated out the man, this happens to
be my property. and II want to lead
my horse across 1t I'll do It. Who gave
you permission to come and camp
down on my land with your rubbish
patch of truck?'
Every decent man In town who had
lot he wasn't using!" retorted the
lad doughtiy.
The harsh-eyed old man seemed to
take II malicious delight In his inva.
sion of the children's cherished garden
plat. As the horse nibbled the tender
sprouts and sank his heavy hOofs deep
into the carefully prepared soil the
little girl became positively hysterlcal.
Her champion reached over, picked up
a stone and hurled 1t at their ruthless
tOrmentOr The missile grazed the lat
ter but struck the flank of the horse,
who started and kicked ont. There
was u crack and groan. and Mark
Blair lay prone on the ground with
n broken limb.
The lad. vainly endeavoring to
soOthe his distracted companion. led
her from the sp0t A man from the
house near by hurried over to the side
of the writhdng Victim of his own
meanness. In few moments Blair
was borne 70 his home and physician
was sent for.
Mark Blair was u grabbed lonely old
man who seemed to hate everybody.
and payt1C0tar4y the man who had
married his niece. Elsie Dayton. She
had vun avag with Walden Throop
and lrod married. against the will of
her tyraM relative. From that hour
Blair had dsowned her, had never rec
ognized her husband. and So acute was
the situation that when little Lucy
came to the welded pair he never
| spoke of her nor noticed her. nor had
the Throops ever enlightened her as
60 h., 81 l,n al ttxsa x,.h
| ignored her.
II was this same child whose little
garden had been devastated, one of
many created by the patriotic children
of the town. II was located n short
distance from the Throop home, and
Lucy and her boy friend had devoted
all kinds of care upon It's culture. Be.
fore the dny was over there had cut
into the soul of Mark Blair like a
knife the knowledge that his inhu-
manlty had led to serious result.
After the physician he had sent for
hud set his broken limb Blair heard
him say to the housekeeper:
~ will call again later In the eve.
ming have another urgent case,
that little Throop girl. Somebody de-
strOyed her garden and she was
brought home In n distracted condi.
ton"
In his uneasy bed Mark Blair
squirmcd and groaned. The next day
another remark of the doctor pene.
trated the hard shell of his selfishness.
1--WE have finally quoted that poor
little mite NJ ut TROOPS" he heard
the physician say. For hours she
was In II dellrium, constantly calling
out about her garden. She is still III
with the shock and fever, but we have
soothed her by telling her that the
garden Is all right and have promised
to take her over to see 1t Just as soon
as she Is better"
For the first time in his life Mark
His past life and Its lgnoble motives
nrraigncd him as u culprt. II was
| the next morning when he called his
man of all work and impaired to him
secret instructions which We're the
first measures of his atOnement. That
ulSHt wv
ever was had superseded the one dew.
ustated.
ITS been made smooth as floor"
narrated Lucy's hoy friend, land al
shut In with little fence, and the
onions are up. and the beans, and the
peas, and never saw u garden grow
50 quick. oh, ! know it's fairies
work !"
The TROOPS soon learned of the
hidden hand that had wrought all this
! PREPARATION. They took the delighted
Lucy over to view her precious truck
patch She was left to surmise that
| its destruction was II hideOus dream
and It's present magnliicence the work
! of kindly nature.
A week later the ThroOps learned
! that Blair had left town for health
resort. There came from him note
] to Elsie
"When get some of the mcanness
out of my system" the old man wrote
~ shall come to see you and ask the
dear little angel so cruelty offended
TO call me grandpa. In the meantime
having learned that WalGen's EN-
pioyer has found IL necessary to nd
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