Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

teacher TO take a brain no bigger than
hy's foot an make IL visible 20 the
aaked eye
one 0, the Children. OF which there
~ere four In the Hacket home. called
- TO supper. Mr-- Hacset. a stout
woman with r red nnd kindly face. sat
a. one end Of the table. and between
them were tn" children-N Mary. pret-
ty daughter pf seventeen years; Mag
gle SIX yeaT-Old; Ruth. n delicate
zrI II seven. and John 4 noisy. red
'ar-d hoy u five The chalrs we're Of
plain wDnsl-Iikr tho kitchen chairs Of
tn,lay Ia the mlddI. OF th.. table was
~ empty one painted Er-en. Ea'o-e
h.. sat t"Hn Mr. HarE-' pur bis hand
5n IL" back ~ this chair and said:
- merry heart 10 you Michael
li"nry
wondered at the meaning Of this.
rur HAIRED not TO ask. The Oldest
daughter acted a. Kind of moderator
with ID" others.
Mary is the cons,anI" u thl- house,
ai.h power to arrest and hale into
-uu-, for undue hns'r or rebellion or
tyuyuliteuess." Mr. Iack.t explained
T believe that Sally DunkeIherg Il
your friend" he said to me presently.
"Yes. sir" I answered
a nnr Slip u girl that and born
scholar. | saw you look at her as
the Persian looks at tn" rising sun"
hiush'ri and Mary and her mother
and IN" bog John looked at me and
laughed
"ru"r rar h"rrim"' Mr. Hacket
exclaimed ulrh kindly smile
TurI" Trnhody would have called II
">'nu' ~mH4 Th- -,lu"Imnster had
hauled II out ~ hI. hrulu very dcftly
and Chgn}.rt II a""n before me in u
Kind u challenge.
"Thar dos that mcan1' I asked
"Ynp sha. know in a wc-<. my son."
b" ar.s"rrt Il shall put you into
Ne Latin class "Wednesday morning.
and God help you {" like 1t as w,!l as
yuu uk" Sally"
Again they laughed and again I
tlushed
Hold up yer head. my hrnyy lad.
he went on. "Yc'y" perfect light TO
Ike Sally II y"'ye heart 10.
"a lad In his teens
VIII never know b"ans
II he hasn't an eye for the EirlR"
1t was n merry supper. and when I,
ended Mr. IIarket rose and took the
green chair from the table. .Iclnim-
Ing:
michael Henry, God bless YOU"
Then he kissed his wife and said:
"MagEi". you Wild rose Of Erin! I've
been all day In III" study. must take
. walk or shall get an exalted abdo-
men. One Is badly beaten in the race
o lifs when his abdomen gets ahead
Df his toes. Children. keep our young
friend happy here until come back.
md mind you, don't forget the good
fellow In the green chair"
Mary help"i her mother with the
dishes, while | sat with a book by the
nrcsldc. Soon Mrs. Hack"t and the
children came and sat down with the.
Let's play backgammon" Mary pro-
posed.
81 don't want to-" said Ioha.
Don't forget Michael H"nry," she
reminded.
"Who Is Michael Henryf' asked.
Sure. he's the boy that has never
been born" said Mrs. Hacket "He
was To b" the biggest and uoblest Of
th"m-kiud an helpful an CHEEKY
hearted an b .pvei % God above all
the others. We try to live up To him"
He seemed to me very strange and
wonderful cr"aturc-thIs invisible oc-
cupant OF the grc,l chair.
I know low what knew not then
that Michael Henry was the spirit OF
their home-an ideal OF which the
mIndrr.
We played backgammon and "old
maid" and Everlasting until Mr..
Hacket returned.
| The sealed envelope which Mr..
Wright had left at our home, long
time before that day. was In my pocket.
At last the hour had come when
could open II and read the message
OF which l had thought much and
with growing interest.
l rose and said that I should like to
go to my room. Mr.. Hacket lighted
candle and took me upstairs to
little room where my chest had been
deposited. There were In the room a
bed. n chair, a portrait Of Napoleon
Bonaparte and small table on which
were dictionary. Bible and a num-
Der Of schoolbooks.
These were Mary's books" said Mr.
Hacket. Il told your uncle that ye
could use them an welcome"
I sat down and opened the sealed
envelope with trembling hands and
found in 1t this brief note:
Dear Partner: I want you to ask
the wisest man you know to explain
these words to you. I suggest that
you commit them to memory and think
often Of their meaning. They are from
Job:
"a