The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-26

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him renewed courage.
Maybe can stick it out, after all. y
he reflected IF there's a honey place
near by, where they'd welcome a fel
low. Maybe the girl-nO, she isn't the
boys mother, / heard him call her
some name.
| Lonely Jack drew up his car, as the
two came near. His wistful smile
brought forth no response from Miss
jill. He considered some reasonable
excuse for speaking.
"Can you tell me-" questioned Jack,
hopefully, ''if there is road leading
to the right, at the top Of this hill?"
II cannot" the young woman briefly
returned. II am only a visitor here
myself" She went on her way, but
Jack persisted.
perhaps Laddie could tell me-" he
suggested.
The girls tone was impatient.
"Dickie Is too small to know anything
about direction" she said.
Jack rode on, forlornly, but he made
q last effort.
I'D be glad to drive you and the
little boy up" he said.
Walking up," Miss jill firmly re-
piled, as part Of our game" And the
road, when Jack got there, led neither
to the right nor left, but straight on.
A spring dubbed by the roadside, and
he rested beside its GOODNESS. The girl
arrived presently, leading the child.
Together, and ignoring his beseeching
presence, they filed the tin cup with
water, and sat, to enjoy 1t.
II hope" said Dickie, "that you
never Will go home to the city, jill,
even when Mamma comes back. You
think up such nice games, and Gran'ma
likes you, too. She says it was pretty
good Of you to offer to stay with your
friends child, when she went way of
to California. Did you and my
Mamma used to go to school together?
Gran'ma says you did. And Gran'ma
says she wishes there was some young
company for you out here, so you
wouldn't get lonesome, with only me.
Do you get lonesome?"
"No," denied Miss jill. "Oh, no, in
deed" but Jack saw the laughing dark
eyes suddenly grow misty. He had
thought them pretty before, but In
their mistiness he was filed with a
wild desire to comfort. To tell the
girl just how he understood. If-he
thought, disconsolf tely regarding her
from his seat in the cart might only
be possible to meet her properly. But
there were just workmen back at the
camp-all strangers like himself.
Sing" demanded Dickie, "sing Jack
and Jill, as we go down the HILL The
girl sang, liltingly, as he had first
heard her. Mischievously, half way
down. with a safe distance between,
she turned to wave to him.
Then, Jack never could tell how II
happened-trying to follow hastily,
perhaps making too quick a turn in
the deep rutted road-his car turned
turtle, and he knew no more.
Dickie screamed, Hes falling!
He's falling down hill! Oh, Janet,
what shall we do?"
run J" she ordered. "Run as fast
as you can, and bring Joe from the
field" Janet herself was running to
the aid of the unconscious young man.
She was bending over Jack when big
Joe came hurrying to drive the in
1ured one back to the house. Janet
rested the broken head against her own
shoulder, her handkerchief stopped
the flow of blood.
Grandma had the spare bed ready |
In his silence, poor Jack could not |
know the anxiety Of the small group
around the bedside when the doctor
his wounds.
THANK the Lord !" exclaimed Grand.
ma, fervently, when the physician as
'ured them that Jack would recover
with good care
Il will give the good care" offered
Janet, cheerfully.
Truly, Jack had found friends
friends at last on the lonely mountain
'ide-friends-and the girl he loved.
Day by day this love was proven. And
'lowly. and surely, in the soft eyes of
lis faithful nurse, Jack read love In
'eturn.
They sat one evening. hand In hand,
when little Dick entered the room.
Grandma says" announced Dick,
that when Mamma comes home, you
ire going away, Janet; and she says
hat Jack Is going away, too. Are you
'0ing with him-tO marry himf"
)ickie stopped to hum his favorite
Ong:
Jack fell down and broke his crown
are you going to marry Jack?"
Tell him, JILL" said Jack, happily.
Janet kissed her small charge. 81
M" sh" agreed.
Historic Sword Found in River.
A sword which has been recovered
rom the Tweed at Berwick, Scotland
a salmon net has been identified
u one presented by the city of Aber.
leen to Col. Alexander Tower Of Fer.
'yhill and Logic, In recognition of his
ervice In raising the Aberdeen pike
men, whom he commanded, in 1909
lie became member Of parliament for
'erwick In 1905. The sword was
t0len from a house In Tweedmoutb