The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

own cooking" "ThSse people we're so
hard up that Miss vertrees Started
after Bibos before they knew whether
he was insane or not" "She had to
get him." IF he'd stop fS think. ned
know he wasn't the kind Of a man any
girl would be apt to fall In rsve with.T
Bibbs quickly burned paSers and
notebooks, descended and told his fas
ther: 'I'll take the job you sffered
me-" and went straight to Mary Yer
trees and said: "Will you mhrry
me?"
Mary drew 1t all out of Bibbs; tfssfil
sank down kneeling, tears overwheln'
ing her. II can't mske 1t plain" said
Bibbs, 81 never dres,sned l could do
4 anything for you'll ! knew you never
\ tfsougbt of me except generously-to
II give"
! I'VE were poor, anc' think I did
| mean to marry your brother. But
something stopped me from such
sa,tslege, ] posted the bitter, but he
never got It"
"90u kept me alive stEF Eve hurt
you Ike this" said Bibbs. "Could you
forgfgse me- MaryY'
"OA,a tlseusand times! But there's
nothfasc to forgive and you mustn't
come Ito see ane any more" SHE cried
in Tassion Of tears. "Nersr, never,
never ~
He rstt1rnesI I'm time to telE his Sis
ter-in-lasvs In tfie presence of the fam
ily: "E 1sovs'il what you sad to me,
and disprovets what you said iof Miss
Vertreesi zskasf her to nanuy me
and She refilssd,'r
Bibbs vent with his father and sat
in fYle sarchl sg the temple With the
lnoney-c:iangerss worked and talked
of nothiagsbut work.
He deIA'ed assa the ways of tie city
and it's Political influence, and began
to buy Fntsrtraeeion shares where the
Vert rees- fortune had vanished?
Sc ION stie' NeTtrees were able to- pay
the butcher, hire cook, and follow
the brokers' advice to keep the bal
anc of THEIR stock Sheridan boasted
thu his plan for Bibbs was working
out all eight. Still there was solte-
thil lg wrong and the doctor andaSheri-
dar agreed that it might be u good
thin ng if Miss Vertrees would permit
Bill lbs tes see her-sometimes.
i hadi to- make Bibbs go my way"
Sin eridala explained to Miss VeArtrees
'h 1t theae- isn't anything in it 70 him.
He gave up everything he wanted and
toe 'k thee job, be never would Just for
yo u. There's only one girl he. could
fey Il tlaat Sorry for. Can't you let him
&c me baek?p
Wfsnn Mary responded: "G can't!
II wassonly sorry for me-: the truth
W as out. "Don't-don't-" she cried.
g, 70, Elmustn't-"
81 won't tell him. 1 won't seR any
n cd Eanything," said SheridanaL
Cnnaa crowded downtown thorough
al seMaryi saw Sheridan, at the risk
I If his lifes. spring before an moving
,realey. car and with the whsle force
p3nding. danger. The crowd had shrek
eAwarninss, but Bibbs .haddl lA0Iked the
wrong waHs
High. up, tn the Sheridans building,
nfbbs satf down, shaking and sore. He
realized that his father hRldi his own
3tfe ofenN account compaaed ta that of
HIS SsoHs. Btbbs perceivaa,wiiaa he had
newer rrYlereefyed before--the s9nadowlng
pff setaethang enormO oss. indDmitable,
laWlesa, Irresistible anaai blirslsy noble.
! Hs- lBohed out intn the, east foggy
heartt of the smoke.
The, roar Of the citysiseatI apon Bibbs'
earruntia he began tssiistlaguish pull
"Gome and work far me. all men! By
taur youth and ysur hope. I summon
you! By YOUR age. and your despair +
/ BY your love of 1nme, ana woman andl
ohiidren! You shall be blind slaves.
For reward yo,a shah gaze only uEsanl
my ugliness."
Then, the ysioe, came as some nau-
sic struggling to b. born of the Tur-
moil. "It is man who makes me ugly
by his WORSHIP Of me. If man would
let me serve him should be heauti-
full"
From the va. te confessions. Of smoke
and fog, Bibbs sculptured gigantic
figure with fee. pedestallea upon the
great buildings ind shoulders disap'
pearfng in the clouds, colossus of
steel, wholly blackened with SCOT. He
thought up over the clouds unseen
from below the giant labored with his
hands in the clean Sunshine; and Bibbs
imaged what he made there-perhaps
for a fellowship Of the children of the
children that We're children nova no.
BILE and joyous city, unhelievably white.
The telephone f1ercely summoned
him. A startlingly beautiful voice
caused him to tremble violently. "Yes'
Bibbs. was hear the accident They
said YOU hadn't been hurt, but I want
ed to know"
0Mary-would yOu-would you have
mindedY' There was long pause and
soft, eyes"
"Then why, oh, why. won't you let
me see you? I've been like man
"