The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-03-17

| They were not the eyes she had known.
| They were the eyes of a man who had
! been crushed, who had been powdered
between the wheels OF fate. The old
masterful quality, the old indomitablc
will that stirred her anger and admira-
| ton were gone, and in their place were
| Goals of sorrow and ashes of defeat.
| For n moment she held back; then,
with arms outstretched, she fell upon
her fathers breast
And then he felt his strength return.
He drew her TO him as all that re.
manned in the world; crushed her to
him; then, very gently, released her
| little. He found his fingers
threading her fine hair, as they had
| loved to do when she was a little
| child.
She sank TO her knees beside hiri,
| and at last she looked up in his face.
Forgive me, my father" she wbis,
pered..
He kissed her forehead and strug-
| gled with his voice. 1--WE all make
mistakes. Beulah," he said. ~ have
made mine this % years, and there
there is the pricel !"
His words turned BeNlah's thought
| to Allan, and the necessity for action
brought her to her feet. 1--WE must
save him." she cried. "NNe must, and
we will Is the policeman gone? We
must have the best doctors from Cal"
| gary" Looking about she found that
| Grey and Arthurs had left the room.
They had slipped out to leave father
and child alone with their emotion
| but she found them at the front % he
house.
She seized the policeman by the
arm. You must get us a doctor--the
best doctor in the country" she plead
| cd. 1--WE will spare nothing"
my guest, Miss Harris, Sergeant
Grey" said Arthurs, and the police
man deftly converted her grasp into
| hand shake.
MIR. Arthurs has told me the in.
| jured man is your brother. He shall
want for nothing. And the sooner !
go the sooner you will have help"
SO saying he rode down to the gate,
| thanked the cowboy who had been
keeping an eye on the prisoner. and
the two started off at q smart trot
down the trail.
Beulah returned to the house to min
lister to her brother, but Mrs. Arthurs
stopped her on the stairs.
Your mother knows" she said
"They are both in the room with Al.
lam"
Her first impulse was to rush in ard
complete the family circle, but some
fine sense restrained her. For distrac.
ton she plunged into the task of pre-
pairing breakfast.
At length they came down. Beul2h
saw them on the stairs, and knew that
the gulf was bridged.
"Allan is better" her mother said,
when she saw the girl. HE has asked
for YOU" And the next minute Beu-
lah was on her knees by the white
bed, caressing the locks that would fall
over the pale forehead.
"How did l get here, BeulahT' he
whispered. "How did we all get here?
What has happened?'
you have been hurt, Allan" she
said. You have been badly hurt, but
YOU are going to get we'll again. When
YOU are stronger we will talk about it,
but at present you must lie still and
rest"
Lie still and rest" he repeated
How good it is to lie still and rest"
f. Later in the day the pain in his
wound began to give mu<h discomfort,
but he was able to swallow some por.
ridge with pure cream, and his breath
came easily. His father stayed about
the house. coming every little while
to look i'm upon son and daughter, and
as Adams great constitution gave ev.
idence of winning the fight deep hap
piness came upon John Harris. lie
was able to sleep for short time
and in the afternoon suggested a walk
with his wife. Beulah saw that they
were arm in arm as they disappeared
in the trees by the river.
81 haven't told you all yet" Harris
said to her. 81 have done even worse
than you suppose, but in some way it
doesn't seem so bad today. Last night
l was in Gethsemane."
1t was strange to hear a word sug.
gestive of religion from his lips. Har'
ris had not renounced religion; he had
merely been too busy for 1t. But this
word showed that his mind had been
travelling back over old tracks.
"And today we are In Olivet," she
answered, tenderly. "What matters II
If everything's all rightT
IF only Allan" he faltered.
"Allan will get WELL" she said,
"When he could withstand the first
shock he will get well. OF course, he
must have attention, but he is in the
right place for that"
1.-THE Arthurs are wonderful people,
ne ventured, after a pause. MARY,
they have found something that we
missed"
But we have found IL now, John.
We are going to take time 70 live. That