Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-21
! SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY
BY NELLIE L. McCLUNG
.,, NJ "The Next OF Kim" "Thyee Times and Oun ETC.

ooDvioht 1890. ov '"o"'
r,,,,p did not speak much as the
A ,.n, wore on. aud Pearl began to
Z s.ossy IN spite Of all her Efforts
r.. Tov ,rousht the old dog iuto the sranary |,
sne O,.. Cor company. The wind ratified
WIZ "d ~. thinking in the walls and drove
tne .s mss ~ dust and gravel against the
show, .,a, ,,ndow She had put the lantern
l'u. !" Tho tanning mill, so that its
oea,Da could not shine in Arthur's eyes,
iss' +, Tho semidarkness, she and old
y" N,o waited and listened The dog 500 soon
Mp "" head upon her knee and slept,
l''a p". us q was left alone to watch.
sno o,r the doctor would come soon
ou'.' :, wos n good thing she had
|s~. =. he was SO warm be-
ia 'ide her. and ,,,
s'ds s,o D'' srraug up guiltily. Had she
o"' .,son what II he had
wv W. while she slept -" she
ga g'.w cold at the thought. ,.,
rs" r,,S "a. No mass, Nap?' she whispered
NV NV doe, almost CRYING. 'oh Nap
W va 'a we iet,bim go past!
d'o w .owned widely and ficked one
.,, Which was his way vi Nnhn5,. ss Ind
@ 20, to distress herself No'ous ""O
passed. .,.suo ,oavv with sleep.
rgS.a iTni, IL not the time to sleep, snc
=, I Iyswpipg and shivering. Ar.nur
saiut, saiut,hbasin stood on the moor pesiue ihe m
ss,nrh s'I ~here she had been batning h's
geo, She nut more water into II; -.
hcey; hc%yow w. then" she said, 'once Tor ms
mar .tU" once for his father; pig long
nO,uts,. tor Thursa," holding her head Sc
one Ss,ow the water that It telt NUM-
,oSs ,ubsn she took it out. IL can ! 40 on'
wa'I va Zach of the boys she smvereu
"In lump the boys mere o'S 'D'
for them" :. ... ,coth chartered a.
.,s wiped her hair Oh Arthur to"c'
.II ,tbat ought to help, some. ,.o,o,
Irtbur opened his eyes ana ioohc' M
.,1;ously around him. Penri was DC
side him at once. ;, u..,. 4, ,,.ror,
r;,b me? What terrible pain IS I'M ,n,
hat has me in its cl9'ches me , Nv II,
.trencth had gone ouI "
souId S no longer battle win IL. o,, >, +oI
' Pearl besitated. 1t is not wen 10 ISL, ,G,
sick people your graVest ieass. T.,;s, or
Arthur is English, and the nys EnSi''n "'
s,;tty," Pearl thought TO herself, 49,,
Arthur" she said, i mink So'
have appendicitis: Co.. Gov, n,o
n,s uo knew what that was.
ne" .opnt that requires au operation, h
Ia a. length. "a very skillful one.
VI does" Pearl replied, ''and that
what You'll get as soon as Doctor Cla'
,ots here I'm thinking. -,
Arthur turned his face into his pil
,oT' An operation for appendicitis
h,,s in this place, and by that youn
nan no older than himself perhaps!
" Ts knew that at home 1t was onl
undertaken by the Oldest and bes
surgeons in the hospitals. , =,
Pearl saw something Of his fears u
h;s focc. So she FASTENED to reassur
him. She said cheerfully
"Don't We be worried, Arthur, abou
4, AT all at all. Man alive! Docto
Clay thinks no more Of an operation INK
fhat than | would O. cuttin' your nails,
4 strange feeling began ut Arthur,
heart, and spread up to his brain. l
had come. 1t was here! =,
From lightning and tempest: from
nlague. pestilence ard famine from
battle and murder and sudden death !:
Good Lord. deliver us!
He had prayed 1t many times. mean
insessly. But he chung TO 1t now
clung to it desperately. AS a drownin
man. He put his hand. over his eyes
his pain was forgotten:
a Other lights are paling--which for
long years we have rcjoiced to sec
we would not nIourE them
for We go to Thee! -.
Yes It was all right; he was read
now. He had come of race of me
who feared not death in whatever fori
II came.
Bring us to our resting beds at
night--weary and content and undis-
honored-and grant us in the end the
b gift Of sleep.
He repeated the prayer to himse
slowly. That was it, weary and coz
tent, and undishonored.
Pearl" he said, reaching out h
burning hand until it rested on herr
all my letters are there in that blaC
pocketbook. have n fancy that
until am quite well again
She nodded
"And If you should ha,
need to write to Thursa, to
her ! had loving hands around N
at the last
Pearl gently stroked his hand.
And to my father write that knc,
no fear"-~his voice grew stcadipr-
and passed out of life glad to ha,
been brave mars son, and borne eve
Tor few years godly fathers name.
Il will write it, Arthur" she said.
And to my m Iher, Pearl'-h
voice wavered and Lroke-''my motht
for was her younge,
.hild tell her she was my Ia,
and tenderest thought" "
Pearl pressed his hand tenderl
against her weather beaten little cheel
,ot i was Danny now, grown a ma
guy Danny still. who lay before he
hsntlng for his life, and at the thougl
her tears fell fast.
. Pearl" he spoke again, after