Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-03
.,,,,. 1890, bv Pubic LEDGER 90
coDD,,u .'s CHARTS THE STORY

Burton Francis, q toon,dm
Yrs; ~ ~ deals and moro Than the
eiM Mg" ,nsSsuro OF the, MIX 0
Iordina'v .,.dness coarsing through he'
huNon not;oss n thot her. todsh,o9man
|tsin', wn,,on my Is performing her idoors
|Mrs. W",coi.b manner, inquiries doout
10 sJiiySyp siiS and about her numerous
her noa'" ",bjeots her to some upivhng
|ch,ldre",, ,,,otSsykood, suggests BOOKS tor
|fdk on d h'v IN read, and interests
ho ~ ha;ooTS ~ tSe ,oeltpe of the family.
ncn give over, give overt the Eng
|, |,ishman said stiffly.
' p.srl laughed delightedly.
.St,s lots of fun guessing who people
:. n Ike" she said. 'T'm awful smart
:, ~ q and so is Mary, four years
n,sr,n me. Once we could not
s'S.. yoSu' who Mrs. Francis was like, and
Mar wsry guessed it. Mrs. Francis looks
~. %a,, ,,royer---big bug eyes lookin' away
,",o ,,ao !, pOthin', but hopin' it's all for the
ns.t. ,st Do you pray'"
0s' "I an n rector's son." he answered.
aob, I know, minister's son, isn't
~, lovely? ! bet you know prayers
'ua' nr,vers But it isn't fair to pray
apu rocc is il? When Jimmy Moore
u n,n n" brother Jimmy ran under
anu -" Jimmie Moore prayed, and some
tweh.,t ant his father to pray, too; he's
Ss Methodist minister, you ,s know, o",
.rd d of course, he won IL Du' ou, u
anu, aimmy y could ha' beat him easy IN .
.ir % race, and no favors put ne an
,d .mtul snoopie kid and praSs ABOUT
a.rw.,,,hinr. Do you singF
II do-a little" the Enghsnman
'alc an5 %OUe my' / am glad" Pearl cried
.Uro,usly Wv, when / was two years
iag'Ild .H conld sing Hush My Baby Lie,'
o oa ,throuoh--I love singin'--l can sing
~ u,tls too, but | don't care much Tor
AZ t, own, Have they got an organ
he.e' uI don't know" he answered, "I've
,,ly been In the Kitchen
de- I'd like to see a melodeon.
,,,, no very name Of 1t makes me
M;n, sus ~ lovely sounds, religious sounds:
p.nauntin' .n,un higher and higher and swe!lin'
snt aronder and grander. rollin right
Wv. ~. sbo great white throne, and shakip
,be streets of gold. ,.. :, >,
"Do YOU know the Holy Sl'y,
.he asked after pause :.
The Englishman began to hum II I'D u
rich tenor. :.l ia
,i,btedly. Just think OF you comins
al the way across the ocean and know ,
. inc that Just the same. as we DO,
"ssd d 10 listen at the keyhole when Mrs
prsnris had company, and j was there
Ielping Camilla. Doctor Clay SANG
hat lots Of times. ~
Tho Epglishman had not sung since
ho Ind left his fathers house. He began
~ sinr now. in a sweet, full voice,
rsonapt on the quiet evening air, the
cows staring idly at him. The old dog
came down to the bars with his .bristles
up, expecting trouble. =
V0ld sam and his son Tom coming in
from work stopped to listen to these
strange sounds. ., =,
"Confound them English !" old San
ad, "Ye'd think / was payin' hin
IA do that. and it harvest time, too
When Doctor Clay, with Danny Wat
son grayely perched beside him, drove
Along the river road after saying good
nv IA Pearl. they met Miss Barncr, wht
Nd been digging ferns for Mrs. Nc
CURE down on the river Hat.
The doctor drew in his horse.
miss Barner." he said, Fitting hi
hat, IF Daniel Mulcahey Watson ant
| should ask you to come for drive
with US, / wonder what you woult
ay?'
Miss Barner considered for a momen
and then said smiling:
~ think ] would say, Thank yol
very much, Mr.. Watson and Docto
Clay, ] shall be delighted to come If yo'
have room for me-. "
Life had been easier for Mary Barnej
since Doctor Clay had come to Mill
ford. Il was no longer necessary TO
her to compel her father to go when b.
vas sent for, and when patients cam
to the Office, if she thought her fathe
did not know what he was doing, sh,
got Doctor Clay to check over the pre-
Sriptions.
II had been rather hard for Mary Il
nsk him to do this, for she had fai
share Of her fathers Scotch pride; bu
she had done too many hard things il
her life to hesitate now. The youni
doctor was genuinely glad to serve her
and he made her feel that she was con
ferring, instead of asking, a favor.
They drove along the high bank tina
fell perpendicularly to the river bclov
and looked down at the harvest seen
that lay beneath them. The air was ful
Of the perfume of many flowers and tn
chatter Of birds.