The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-28

an the little DreezeS that come feel
like the touch Of angel wings"
Guess that hymn rather got On your
nerves. didn't 1t, Gearie?" Felice
paused in her rather elaborate toilet.
'Your prayer meetin' leader went by
the door just as you were recitin' your
little ditty. Guess he took it in, all
right. II you look out the window you
might get a chance to give him the
once over"
Susie looked out and saw q neatly
dressed young man Of medium height.
As he passed below her, she noted that
he was not handsome, though he was
of the type that had some '.style and
pep" as she expressed it.
The girls were not troubled any more
with hymns being played; but one
morning q week later as Felice opened
the door to 60 to work she discovered
a large bunch Of lady's-slippers and
Solomon 's-seals. On it was pinned a
note. For one who is fond Of the
country!" it said.
"Here, my charming Cinderella"
laughed Felice. Il guess this is
meant for YOU"
"Oh, how wonderful exclaimed
Susie. where do you suppose they
| came from? We used to have some
just like these in the woods back Of
| our house."
"Woman's intuition tells me-" smiled
| Felice, "that angel face has been
snoopin' around here"
"Do you really think so?" Susie fall
tered. ''Do you think he would be so
nice after me being Sc horrid to him?'
Evidently he goes by the Bible and
believes in returnin' good for evil"
Felice moved toward the door. swell,
if I don't get move on TIL be losin'
my Job. And, Susie, dear, don't do too
much day dreamin' today or you'll
lose yours. By-by, dearie."
Many times that summer. Susie
found flowers outside her door; and
there were chance meetings, too. by
which she learned that the giver's
name was Charlie Ellison and that ne
had lived with his aunt in the country
until he came to the city to work.
"And he always goes to church on
Sundays" marvelled Susie in a, conf
Dental chat with Felice. Il told him
If he played hymns cause he was lone
some. that we wouldn't mind hearin
'em once In a while, only for goodness
1 sake to wait until after 8 o'clock Sun
day mornin's."
j Somehow, Felice began to feel that
there was something back Of the friend
ship between Susie and Charlie. Susie
did not accompany her to dances now
She said they did not interest her anc
shk got worse and worse, according t.
Felice, until one Sunday morning she
announced that she was going tt
church with Charlie.
n 'Now. look here" Telice began wher
Susie returned. II want to know abou
this Charlie business. II you're goin
tn hitch ND with him want to know 1t
t don't want to be left in the lurch lik'
| q discarded SHOE"
"FeIice, dear, Gid you ever hear .
!. driftwood?" Susie questioned. "That'
what the minister preached about thi
mornin'. I couldn't quite get what n
was aimin' at so whispered to Charli
an asked him, an, Feilice. that's wha
Won an l Observation-Disclosures o.
the stream of life. An by an by,
we keep on goin', we'll get caught o.
the reefs an 20 to smash, an no one'l
Il know or care what becomes OF us.
$50 made up my mind ! wouldn'
be driftwood any longer. ! am goir
to be good, strong wood with SCUM
heart. so when the right time comes
can make a bright. CHEEKY fire o
Cyharlie's hearth. An I want you I
stop driftin' toward the reefs. tot
Felice. There's some one waitin' 70
: Won to provide light an warmth 10
him. an you can't do It II you're nc
sound an true"
Felice turned toward Susie an
smiled. 'Those hymns an sermon
, certainly do have queer effect on 70,
: but Won sure have got a way OF reacl
In q persons soul II they've got an
So I'll try to stop driftin', Susie. a
send out d few green leaves an bio
SONS instead. for ! know that driI
> ~,ood 10 dead-at the heart"