Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-16
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rah Mg" msosare Of the mnk OF
srdiss'y ,drs., coarsina through hcr
Asmds A ,';cS. that her ,odshwomdn,
rrsh hTo,,on, no,,o Is performing her tooors
90 .lscgish mdnne,; ns,,; myar hsr numeyoss
Issudssr, ~ s subjects her 70 some ,. ap.u
1H'It I'LL on motherhood' sugpesg
yg 'oM ss, her husband 10 read, ond
ssSs, ;s.,s,,,,s is herself in the 'oetare 0' "'
jsnily. = ~,
CAV around him everywhere the
t badsrce sa of harvest--the grain
~ spunu sD. money. Money! IL was the
Shat msapb hing in the world. He had
&rsates Iu 20 chase after ito grasp
|esn tautS;d tS;dc il, and chase again after
t--tneo tIis father put money IN tne
bore ,, year. and never saw IT
a.s s.;r when money was oahKsu Hh IL .hau hau
s,sT.d ssn its highest mission. Ihen tney
ann.stb that wonderful thirg caiIed IN
NV money without WORK - ana
'vssi 'vsi n oh, it was great game
ankeo W tho first glimmerings OF man.
y VIZ sss, was stirring in Toms heart
lccd .na,i .arnins, the new independence, the
~ indiyidualism. .ooo,,od o,orv
beipie father and mother had said or
Ihms Ipp;,bont W, question. Only once be-
(cne .d vi be doubted them. 1t was sew
pT .s nsu before. A man named Skin
Rrn va IA bousht from Toms father the
~ nan ssction that Jim Russell now
smsd paying down a considerable sum
!, snoney. but evil days fell upon the
md md his wife: sickness, discourage
az ~, and then the man began to drink.
w. r.s unable to keep up his payments
Y, "Tom's father had forecloSed the
" ,,ayc % Tom remembered the day
tiinners had left their farm, the
ns sn S was packing their goods into a
v's sbe was faded woman In a faded
lo,rsr and her tears we're falling as
F,pppnrortod Tom saw her tears falling
laa no had told her with the awful
lsa,,v |uu w NJ n child that it was their own
|aslt that they had lost. the farm. The
Eomar had shrunk back as II he had
,y,rk I her and cried, "Oh, no! No !!
FAM don't say that. child, you don't
rsw @ what you say" then putting her
.vds .v on his shoulders she had looked
,ysigbt into his face--he remembered
sst sbc had lost some teeth in front
"A that her eyes were sweet and kind.
'1some day. DEAR" she said, when
AN arc n man, you will remember with
bsme and sorrow that you once spoke
ard 10 broken hearted. homeless
romap." Tom had gone home wonder.
nr and vaguely unhappy. and could
M eat bis supper that night.
He remembered it all now. rcmem-
cred Il with a start, and with n sudden
lrhtening Of his heart that burned and
billed him. The hot blood rushed into
A, head and throbbed painfully.
Hs looked at the young Englishman
rbo was loading the hay on the rack,
Iith n sudden impulse. But Arthur
rss wrapped in his own mask OF in
ulsr reserve, and so saw nothing of the
torn that was sweeping over the boy 9
oul
Then tho very spirit Of evil laid hold
n Tom. When the powers OF good are
resent in the heart, and can find no
utlet in action, they turn to evil. Tom
sd the desire to be kind and generous
mbition was stirring In him. His
ullenness and discomfort were but the
utward signs of the inward ferment.
Il could not put into action the pow =
rs for good without breaking away, in
measure at least, from bis father and
lother.
He felt that he had to do something.
Ie was hungry for the society Of other
oupg people like himself. He wanted
is and action and excitement.
There Is one place where young man
an always go and find life and gayety
nd good fellowship. One door stands
willingly open TO all. When the church
God Is cold and dark and silent, and
ne homes of Christ's followers are
osed except to the chosen few, the
arroom throws out its evil welcome to
le young man on the street.
Tom had never heard any argument
gainst intemperance, only that 1t was
Spensive. Now he hated all the petty
leanness that he had been so carefully
lught
The first evening that Tom went into
'e barroom Of the Milford Hotel he
as given a royal welcome. They were
Jolly crowd. They knew how to
10y life, Tom told himself. What's
e good Of money IL you can't have a
tt!e fun with it?
Tom had never had much money OF
q own. lie had never needed it or
ought anything about it. Now the
Justice of It rankled in him. He had
have money. II was his. He worked
: It. lie would just take il. and then
i was missed he would tell his father
ID mother that he had taken it--tak-
9 your own is not stealing--and he
ould tell them so and have it out
ID them.
Thus the enemy sowed the tsres.
While Pearl was writing her exper-
ences in her little red book Mr..