, 1922-10-22

Uontiuucd from Last Sunday
Sreu me what TO do. Don's make
think. I'VE got too much to think
.sout what's dead and gone"
rben she sobbed and sobbed TN her
-. were drained again OF tears.
IN. doctor was as weary - she
-,rser. f,s Ne had her burden to
-,-v as wen as his own
We sought a little respite. not for
.., but for clear thinking 1t was
,,rs to think when a broken heart
"a and Ieaped before his yes
what you are to do Is this. While
Try 10 figure out the best plan for
-. future. you go along IN home
"a tell your father a1.5 mother that
,oy we're here when Eiwood was
sought here. no. go home with me
nd III tell them. III tell them the
.bock has FRUSTRATED you and that
YOU musa,t be spoken to about it.
Won mus. be kept quiet. and when
van cry you mustn't be questioned.
lust let alone"
E.cau't hold me in her
r,msr" the girl whimpered-
YES. and you car tell her the whole
tory IL you want to.
aNo. moi I can':, I won't But 1
must have her arms around me. J
must have arms around mo to hold
nv heart together"
CHAPTER V
THE asesor helped the little widow
"a is-r s.so go buggy.
and she kept her face uplifted. clear
n, ears, through tho streets and
along the walk at home.
She broke only when she heard the
Doctors voice telling what the father
and mother who received them on
the porch of their little house had
already heard from a passing gossip.
They stared amazed when Mem
darted up the stairs without speak
ing. and they heard her crying in her
room
The doctor checked their pursuit
gave them his orders as II they
were unruiy children. When no had
gone the mother stole up to Mems
bedside and gathered her baby to
her breast. 1t would have been al
most sweet TO weep there II only the
truth could have beer voiced.
By and by the old clergyman crept
up the stairs and into the room and
gave his clumsy sympathy. But
when he spoke Of Gods Will and of
the ail.wise. ALLOWING Providence
Mem had to bite her tongue to keep
1t from blasphemy. from the savage
delight of confounding the preacher
with truths he could never have sus
pected. He even went SO far as tn
plead that he la done wisely In keep.
ing Mem from seeing Eiwood oftener'
otherwise she might have wanted to
marry him.
This threw the girl into Mysteries.
She laughed SO ficndishly hat her
mother drove her father from tho
room. and finally clipped away her
Self, knowing hat solitude is the bes,
medicine for that brief madness.
Alone with her soul. Mem grew
afraid OF herself. She knew that she
could not keep the truth choaked
back in her rebellious heart forever,
All night long she coughed and
wept, and. fearing that the house,
hold kept anxious vigil. felt one more
remorse added to her pack.
Next morning her father and her
mother b~esought the doctor to come
to see her. But he answered.:
Send her to me-"
When they told her she realized
ihat he was afraid to talk to her IN
her W homo. and she found
strength enough Il rise from her bed
and go to him.
When Mem paused in his door until
an onset of crying had passed. he
almost smiled. She looked at him
Ike a doomed animal and mdrmured
as she dropped into a chair:
.Dont you suppose this cough will
solve my problem and put an end tc
me before-before-"