Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-19
SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY
BY NELLIE l.. McCLUNG
vhor Of The Next of Kin Three Times and Out" etc.

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hs s,dss Una. nung at we head Of the
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. taa.s n.,H vi sne inugneo througn her
,'ha, o., naye1 st9iep apy,nlng ana
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us sh he % oruk tne windy Tor me
ue .oYH ner hnItt,ng OUT OF tne Dird-
'"sI Snonu anu oesan 70 knit at Iull speed.
for Do ~, nu H. "sh, ~ - sooa tning
;s on ror s,s,as pns.I 9nn oi eusp'cion
Il gives her n good cbanco % 20 Toy, 10y, TO-
heel. .Sowin, In Tho sunsbine sn,;;n,
In the shaddah.i only rs Ln;tIin,
am instead of sewin'. lint ;t's ail wan
1 puess. I mind how Paul and S;ias
we're singjn, in the Srison at n;dn;abt
know how thew felt DO wbat Ve
like Lord , tbov yur tb;,kin, tTf ;t,s
in iail Yc wnnf ne IN siav wore yo,
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Pearl knit n few minutes in si,epce
Thcn She knoll beside tbs hed "''"1''
Dear Lord - sha nroyeJ ~v ' o,,s,iro
her workworn hands "hein her ~ tind
her money, but II any one did ID steal II. Il,
dear Lord. Amen y
Mrs, MotherweII. downstairs. was
having worse time than Pearl She
could not make herself believe tn
Pearl had stolen the money. and vet
no one had had q chance to take it
except Pearl, or Tom. aud that. of
course, was absurd. She went again
to have a look in every drawer in her
room, and as she passed through the
hall she detected q strange odor. She
soon traced it to Toms light overcoat
which hung there. What was the smell !?
IL was tobacco, and something more. 1t
was the smell of barroom!
She sat down upon the sten with ,
pameless dread In her heart, Tom had
gone TO Milford several times since his
father had gone To Winnineg and he
had STAYED longer than was necessary.
too; but no. no. Tom would not spend
good money that way. The habit of
Years was on her. It was the money
she thought of first.
Then She Thought OF Pearl.
Going to the foot of the stairway
she called:
Pearl you may come down now."
"Did We find it?" Pearl asked Gag
erly.
"No."
"Do We still think I took it?"
"No, l don't, Pearl" she answered.
"All right then. I'll come right
down." Pearl said gladly.
That night Artbur's condition was to
Pearls sharp ewes. alarming,
He tried to quiet her fears. He would
be well directly, il was nothing. moth
ing at all, a mere indisposition pearl
didn't know what that was) but when
she went into the granary with a pitcher
of water for him, and found him writing
letters in the feeble light of a lantern,
she took one look at him, laid down the
pitcher and hurried out to tell Tom.
Tom was in the kitchen taking off his
boots preparatory to going TO bed.
'Tom,' she said excitadly, "get back
into yer boots, and 90 for the doctor.
Arthur's got the thing that Pa had, and
it'll have to be cut out of him or he'll
die" = 80.
"What?" Tom gasped, with one foot
across his knee.
"I think he has it," Pearl said, "he's
actin lust like what Pa did, and he's
in awful pain, / know, only he won't
let on; and we must get the doctor or
he might die before mornin', and then
how'd we teeiE