The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-11-05

IN Ut. Hsi FlHitf AE NNA
6rmed what was in truth a fear.
-Has Mr.. Sidney. TO your knowl-
edge he asked. recently found a sU-
preme satisfaction In any EVENT."
None that J know o." ! said
"WhyY"
Hes changing. He Is different o
from anything eve knew him to be
I always have believed that his casa
was out Of our province, and that life
and death. for him. depended upOu
resolve and that the resolve had a
purpose. You have not found things
wholly normal here. have your
NO. ! haven't"
"There is something here said Or.
BrowneIl. Il don't know what II is
You don't know What II Is. but de-
pend on II, something Of importance
10 Sidney has happened. II may not
have satisfied bis lies resolve. but
| think Il has. For the present. he
does Tot need me-posstbly '
again"
Jed observed the change N Mr.. Sid.
hey Afterward I knew that he waa
a much more acute observer than l.
for the good enough reason that bis
observation had a background OF
knowledge which I lacked There a
no doubt directly a. he consequence
Of this. an unbelievable change In
Jed. He was very fond Of Mr.. Sidney.
In Ger unhappy experiences with him.
we had overlooked this fact and had
failed 10 use II as We could have. His
affection for Mr.. Sidney was the ~
thing greater than his cupidity and
self-lOve, with their attendant train
Of malevolenee. violence. s~uriiness.
brutality and ~treachery.
He was convinced that Mr.. S,ttey
was about TO die. and the thouSht
affected him tremendously. He be-
came gentle; be abandoned his rasp-
ing manner-which. indeed. he never
had carried into Mr. Sidney's room
bur which was an Intermittent provo.
cation elsewhere. He vas more than
over with Mr.. Sidney. and each v
ming. after the others had gone. they
had a bottle Of wine which Jed drank |:
bur he did o 90 singing down the
halls afterward He was quiet and
considerable. courteous TO Mrs. Sidney
and thoroughly friendly 10 me.
October went and the brown month
Of November took even the white-Oak
leaves. and the woods stood In mono
chrome. TsoheI and I rode every
morning. and Just before the early sun.
down we usually took a short wink
to rustic the brown leaves underf0Ot
ard enJoy the sweetness Of crisp afr
filed with the Odors OF a seemty de-
cav underfoot. soon after sunset we
were In Mr.. Sidney's o He great
" enjoyed To have the family about
him. not engaged in entertaining him
or waiting on him. but occupied IN
a amusement or work that ccald be
undertaken by his ire.
Jed had a cot moved In and spent
the night with him He did not want
the nurses to have this Office. and az
he vas perfectly competent. | con-
sentei.
II was an intensely happy and IN
tensely unhappy experience for ne
Mr. Sidney. I was convinced. would
not live to the hepatica iso-
bel had permitted him to follow the
changing seasons from spring to win
ter By bringing him towers and his
delight at seeing the first hepatIca
had been As great IS hers In bringing
Il 10 him.
Isobel could not realize that her ia
Their vas dying. No one would have
been so brutal as to tell her-Or would
n have been brutal7 But Mrs Sid
ney knew, | knew. Jed knew and Mr..
sidney krew-and was happy.
The day before Christmas cane with
q driving snow which E In with an
east wind early IN the morning. Il
was q real Christmas snowstorm.
heavy, persistent and driving. but not
unkfndly.
In the afternoon Morgan Of the
Metropolitan agency came. driving
with difficulty through the drffted
banks Of snow IN the roads. 70 see
ne again I vas full Of apprehension
a. I told Jed Z show him in. His
mood vas different from what u had
been before. when be almost ragged out
OF the house II seemed 20 NE every
body's msod was changing.
Nevertheless q ehfIdrs fancy came
into ny mind Outside vas the storm
through which tnveled 6erce animals
Of Northern forest. and here. cut Of
the storm. cane TIE werewolf
Doctor said Msrzzn- we have
done q great deal Of work since ]
saw you I told yoa ve w0uld. BE-
czn<e the ease Interested ne We
have traced Mr.. Sidney through every
known operation and scf-so onx ~
We can Ind him IS sIr. sidney. Ever
acs IL honorabls: many Of then are
acts Of astonishing charity and kind
sesS That Is % far - Nj. Sldney
exisrS