Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30

IN
V Staring out Of his study win
1 dow, he gazed upon a worl
bathed in a golden glow, bu
his heart was heavy. He had jus
had a visit from Rev. Alistair Pond
Pond, and Rev. Alistair had touches
him for 5 shillings.
Merry men in Mr.. Carmody's plac
would nave considered that they hat
got off lightly. The vicar had com
seeking subscriptions to the churcl
organ fund. the mothers pleasant Sun
day evenings, the Distressed Cottagers
Aid Society, the stipend of the add
tional curate and the Rudge Lads an
nual Summer outing, and there nat
been moments of optimism when he hat
hoped for as much as a flo note. TIT
actual bag, as he totaled it@up while
riding pensively away on ms moto
bicycle, was the aforementioned Shll
linrs and promise that the squire:
nephew, Hugo, and his friend. Mr.. Fish
should perform at the village concert
next week.
And even so, Mr. Carmody was look
ing on him as robber. Five Shullngi
had gone-just. like that-and every
moment now he was expecting MI
nephew, John, to walk In and increase
his expenditure. For John had askeo
IL he could have q word with him later
knew what that meant.
John ran the Halls dairy farm. and
he was always coming, TO Mr.. Carmooy
for money to buy exotic machinery. TIC
Mr.. Carmody a dairy farm was Q
straight issue sbetween man and COW
You backed the COW up against wall
secured its milk, and there you were
John always seemed to want TO MAKE
the thing so complicated and difncult
OF he ma0p
It nav induced his uncle ever to accede
to his monstrous demands. .'....
Nor was this all that was poisoning
n perfect Summer day for Mr.. Carmouy
There was the soul-Searing behavior OF
DIR. Alexander Twist of Healthward Ho
When DR.. Twist had undertaken the
contract of making a new Lester Car :
mody out of. the old Lester Carmody
he had cannily stipulated for cash
down in adyance-this to cover a
course of tFtreet weeks But at the
end of the second week Mr.. Carmody
learning from Hugo that an American
millionaire was arriving at the Hall,
had naturally felt compelled to forego
the final stages of the treatment ano
return homie. Equally naturally, he hao
invited Dr.. Twist to refund one-tnlro
of the fee. This the eminent physician
and physical culture expert had reso-
lutely declined to do, and Mr.. Carmooy,
rereading the mans letter, Thought ne
had never set eyes upon oaser oocu-
ment. -.
He was shuddering at the depths OF
depravity it revealed when the door
opened and John came in. Mr.. car
donv heheld him and shuddered. Jonn
he could tell it by his eye-was pian-
ming another bad dent IN the budget.
"Oh, Uncle Lester" said John.
'well?" said Mr.. Carmody hopelessly
ct think we ought to have some new
Alpha Separatofss -.-,-,--
: "What?v
alpha ;Separators." - = ..b
I'VE need them"
"why?"H
"The old ones are past their work"
"What.'' INQUIRED Mr.. Carmody, is
an Alpha SEPARATOR" :. ,e,..-..
John said it was an Alpha Separator.
There was q pause. John, VINO ap,
reared to have something on his nina
these DAYS, stared gloomily at the car
net. Mr.. Carmody shifted in his char.
Very we'll" he said. 49, :
and new tractors said John. and
we could do with a few harrows."
why do you want harrows?"
For narrowing
Even MI. CdTInOuy- dLlAlOda eAiOubh ~
was to find flaws in the others reason
ing. could see that this might well be
so. Try narrowing without harrows,
and you are handicapped from the start.
But why harrows at all? That was
what seemed to him superfiuous and
wasteful. Still he supposed 1t was I'M
avoidable After all, John had peen
carefully trained. at an agricultural col
lege and presumably knew.
VERY we'll" he said.
'"All right" said John.
He went out and Mr.. Carmody ex-
perienced little relief at the thought
that ne had now heard all this morn
ing's bad news.
but dairy farmers have, second
Thoughts. The door opened again.
Il was forgetting" said John, poking
his head in,
Mr.. Carmody uttered a low moan.
I'VE want some Thomas tap-cinders.
Thomas what?" -
"Tap-cinders."
Thomas tap-cinderS2" .4-
Thomas tap-cinders.
Mr. Carmody swallowed unnapphy. he
knew it was no use asking what these
mysterious implements were, for MS
were Thomas tap-cinders or that they
were something invented by Mr.
Thomas for the purpose Of cinder-tap'
ping, leaving his brain in the same
added condition in which 1t was al
present. IL John wished to tap-cinoers
he supposed he must humor him.
Very WE'LL he said duly.
He held, his breath for few mo-
nnents after the door had closed once
more. then. gathering that the assaul
on his purse was over, expelled II IN .
long sigh and gave himself up 70 pleaS
meditation
The lot Of the English landed pro
prietor, felt Mr.. Carmody, Is not VIVA
IT, used to be, When the first Carmod!
settled in Rudge, he bad found little u
view with alarm. He was sitting pretty
and he admitted 1t. Those were TINT
DAYS when churls were chur!s, and I
scurvy knave was quite content TO wori
IL hours a day. Saturdays. included, II
return for little black bread and al
occasional nod of approval from hi
overiord But in this twentieth centur,
Eneland's peasantry has degenerated
They expect coddling. Their roofs leai
and YOU have to mend them; their wall
fall down and you have to build then
up; their lanes develop holes and yol
have to restore the surface, and all thu
rms into money The way things wer'
shaping felt Mr.. Carmody, in fev
wears q landlord would be expected Il
pay for the repairs of his tenants wire
less sets.
He wandered TO the window ant
looked out at the sunlit garden. AM
as he did so there came into his rang
of vision the sturdy figure of his guest
Mr.. Molloy For the first time tina
morning Lester Carmody seemed to hear
beating family in the distance, tn
wings of the bluebird. In world con
tanning ANYBODY as rich-looking a
THOMAS G. Molloy there was surely sti
hope.
Ronald Fishs prediction that Hugo
uncle would appreciate visit from S