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nt- , guest. Margaref and the family, she. had ex- her little i | Margaret rose, end, "through the hail, ape of de on fell mn her. Ie was not that she wed herself excursions into the past, That way lay. Yet now with a certain willful deliberation she n to retrece de tra ret was only thirty-two, with form and face a4 at the prime of Fraciops So to herself she seemed Ya 5) She knew--how 1 where arowe the impass- the boundary y of gn tireless hands lying idle in her lap, an unaccustomed mood of ows OR t's ky but never again could she wander: there as in the carefree morning of the world She had been just twenty-five when | Hugh Durand, four years youn a came to spend a summer at Rive TE Ee the ew oat girl-woman ai | handgome, brilliant boy had been! thrown mich qotier; From the first they found the tastes congenial. ' They liked the he books, enjoyed the same pleasures, shared the same passionate love of the woods 3 fields. Manparet realized nothing ex- cept that she was happier than ever before, until one never-to-be-forgotten day, when Hugh suddenly told her he i At the same in- v, "heart was revealed to her, shie pould not let it speak. She caved for#fiim, of course, she said, ' but as an sister, He was too young to be sime of his choice. First fancies were never to be trusted. But! the ardor of the imperious young wooer bowe down all her defences. | How splendid he was, how irresistible whispered. in charm, how utterly dear! After weeks of: indecision, on. the eve of his! departure she yielded, and Hugh car- ried away her promise. His letters came--long, frequent,' loving. Years ago she had watched | them turn to ashes, but on the page under his breath, as he drew his Ted fellow--to" explain fe Eo 8 ) Hel of memory the tender, foolish names, He phrases instinct with love and ope, stood i ble. She forced fone to recall how the intervals be- tween them. had begun to lengthen a little, yet she had guessed at no' Heo: was. 80 busy, she told, The: #0 tired sometimes, werking-- garet?' for her! If he said less of their love marriage. of it! Sitting in the] the gray November day, she felt again the twist of the knife in the old wound. "0 Hugh! Hugh!" she moaned. "a you had only told me!" Womanly pride and the resources; of a gf a strong sweet pature had come to er parents, idolizing their her child, should not be made to suf- fer vicariously. Social and friendly re- lationships helpfulness the sovereigw balm for sorrow. Nevertheless, something had | fone Jout of ther never to be cuite ecovered. The old spontaneity. of jo | so keen as to be akin to pain, the s influx of gladness just to be alive on a golden summer day or a night sown | | t rheumatic knees, Tgeret?" ing weigit fn 'from and deposited it ground, then! he -Jift he tremulous wonder, Passing quickly ned the door and Stood, spon he threshold. The old the child by the ee Heed him say dn an undertone; "That's her, sonny. ~ That's Miss Merg'vet." The boy dropped & the guiding fingers and forward childish dignity. There was no feed | @ of the printed tag with name and ed- dress stitched so tly to his jacket cleeve, for one look had revealed to Margaret 'his parentage. . The straight shoalders, the small, proud head with its glory of blond curls, the delicate, IgtHited features the large, brown, op m a Vinton Durand," an- nounced the child in a sweet, high treble, "Are you my Auntie Mar- arms | = ~down a very Seite w with a Shaken by a tumult of feeling, Mar- t stooped end drew him' inside. be old man followed with a little travelling "Yes, my jarting. She eank into a i and lifted him to her knee. Somewhere in some pre- vious existence she seemed to have! known that this would be. For a full ininge the boy gazed. at her silently, his dark eyes searching her face. Then he breathed deeply. "You look like favver said, my ' Auntie Margaret," he decided grave- ly. "I've come jo stay. with. you be- cause"--he wed hard and his lip trembled --* ord favver's sick. He has to go a far ways to get well-- so far that he can't take me with him." ~ Again there was a convulsive catch in his throat. Margaret's arms tightened about the little' figure. "Cry, darling, if you want to," she "Here on my shoulder." "No, no! TB mustn't cry--aot ever!" He spoke almost in terror. "Favver! ! said so. You must shut® your teef | hard--ant--bear it. Then it doesn't! | hurt #0 much." "Gosh!" said Mr. Silas Goodwin! | Matt bandanna handkerchief from pocket, "There's a letter," the child 'went on. "Favver pinned it Lo. my pocket. I might Je it, Jone Can you 'take out the pin? What makes your | fingers, shake. 80, my - Auntie ! Mar-, Suddenly his face lighted. be ht nad Bruce, and he'd hy isn with 'me... Wild he, my Auntie Mar eoth. ""His hand § bigger than mine, Favver said so. I can't hold it so very i Hig eyes roamed about the room. "Where is Sarah, my Auntie Mor- ret Sarah that makes cookies] ped like an 'them ?" "Sarah is in the kitchen, dear. will take you to see her. She will by Luke, and the synagogue was. the ! cies the 'glve you some of her nice cookies: were still binding - and and bread and milk. You're hungry, | has 'been described as an i aren't you? "I fink I am hungry--fank you, my Hps. Auntie Margaret.' When hat in hand. hand. and ¢ them minytes a-findin' with an odd, Ha | of him a better man than I could hope! oF |for a while. you | gradually, as he can bear it, through the medium of your own deep tender- 'mals with n began Er." | preaching and healing. ~ Galilee. was before " 'he said, "til the little teller e out o' earshot. Yeu know the 9. sips' ten minutes Ya temrons| and the conductor he spent most all! Ja a was proper person to take charge o' euch a lively percel 'T had een Almont fo Sea a To er 15 nce Jou, wa was knee a Qrass- ox afore he Si fel to trust one of us, He never tee a little tacker, he said. ~All A children as had their mothers along a-gittin' tired and crcos, but not a Whimper Wit © this ove wii guy long. Se twir at awkwi an old man, you --b 5, yones| bein' bygones--ycu'il keep tke little feller, won't ye?" "Koop him--Mr. Silas!" The wrinkled face broke into smiles. "That's all I wanted to know. Good- day, Miss Mang'ret." | While the ¢ld man, Chirruping to his horse, drove briskly up the street and, in the nleasant en, old Sarah replenished her little visitor's bowl, Margeel broke the seal of her Tow: tremcious musb have eg a hand which made the fa- miliar strokes! "Dear Mangare'," it ran, "if you were like other women I must have asked leave to send you my boy. You being you, to wait would have been distrust. "Since his mother died three years ago, he has never been a night away from me. It is only to your arms that I can yield him now. You will make "I cannot write much, and'I say no- thing of the past except forgive me! I was more weak then wicked, Mar- garet, but weakness, in the pain it cauges, in ite results of - vacillation and failure, may be almost worse than wickedness. "So I have tried above all else to i teach my boy to be Srone. Ye Yet I have hot had cout a little |; thinks me going on a journey--as in- deed I am. God knows how far and long! Spare him further knowledge Let it come to him ness, "God bl If out of you torgver; Margaret! 4 Time and Place--A.D, 28; Caper-] naum. Lesson Selting--~After the tempta- tion of Isto his m'misiry, teaching: and 1 sthe sphere of his labors as recorded less first year of his mi the "year of | popularity, His fame is on every ery ote and The people are astonished at OWery: The | centre, | teaching, for it is with Margaret came back) to the mutitedes follow him. The ocutstand-! j was 't | library Mr, Silag was still standing, ing evenls preceding Gur lesson 'are: rolled firet, hie declavation in the s ent, Posts memories of me some 'slip of yellow paper clasp Favver seid tie he few remain bright and untarnished, is in his band was dying happily, a The Sunday School Lesson ™ NOVEMBER 5 i Jesus the Great Physician, Luke & : Himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases, Matt. 8: 17 (Rev. Ver.) 3 padded: quilt, Taken with a palsy. The Where life is commo; i 2 this physical affliction as a re- Jesus in {he wilderness, Jesus sult of evil: jive, an and Swplaine why Can see the great sun's lift.and fall, £ befor before the word wed hein. ng. "Toa hap ogue rest "too 0 them Leh my to ox. A halfidhour Jet the Juss of os. Th * ek 2, , Foriivences OL. He is garet undresied the child, I Bae Lr Ns « i theforal "aie rad sien jute nly fink this same T 1 if four! woud be bi She os kisses, "My Auntie Margaret," "Yes" "Favver told me a story every night opt Hho coughed boo hs De of 'The Little Hen? " Bhe told it to him. "You tell it almost as good as fav- ver," he said dleepily oe among the Po 5 fink TH sey my prayee. "God bless favver and Hugh (2 long | v.22. Jesus perceived their thoughts; | As Jesus had insight, in the whole "story of the. sick man's immer and un expressed thoughts, so he read the Prarie and scribe like open books, V. 28. Whether is easier, to say . . forgiven . | or ; . Rise up and walk | Both the word of forgiveness So 4 the | word of healing make us good. And there's another hoth wonds of God. prayer ow. God bless my Auntie Mar- ganret. men." Suddenty he brightened like stars e shadow. out of th Favver said it would be some kind Jay after T got here to you--I can't ia ring] , "Oh, Day?" Eng! And he said A bw a turkey, Is there?" | a big one, Hugh!" i ix he . said"--sbyly--"that might tell you that I don't like the earth. clothing of the turkey" -- Sojgun ch "The clothing ?" . There was a Piz Tee vet's forehead. "Ohl the -dress- ou mean 1 Yes, the dressing! I made a 'stake, didn't 17" 1 "You funny darling! which blew the' :'17-26. Golden T. more icant if we pI" ought FE the ror 'means, nen a 'ig a Ll faith. ¢ JV. 19, Through "the tiling. The roof was flat end made up of a layer of clay over flat stones or tiles on Wooten oh Before 41 Jee waited about, Miss Mar. of Nazareth that he is the fufiller of Jesus. - THE STRIKE IS OVER; TIME TO DIG Isaiak's vision of the M toe Joba |af land the hears To feet, muttering over their latest oo to. my reluctant fect power © other. But the word of forgive oo has results that are invisible, the Pharisee and scribe may, deny, but the urd of healing hay re., sults that scribe and isee cannot miracle of the . elgimed. : fa 24. SBonwf man, This is our Lord's a title for Dan. 7: _V. 25. 2 mediately he rose; am im-: mediate and te confirmation of Christ's cligim. Departed ing God; free Sou A Soul; Do not f: going: ae, Dent over Him While Ys Yd Wis their h i laughing fdice upon breast, wand Sor and they held each other close, hs love and La and persons i imowing that far away, beside an open siden window breath of he ierras, a man with 8 to see the multitude cussing on the way the latest wonder, parting 26. They were all. amazed. eel seeing the man and his friends on" théir homiswhrd way, do not fail Pharisees, de with ' iving. | Whentves Lor, 1 kneel and pray, Thee Thou didst turn away § petition Yesterday, . 'this safe and calm retreat, and siveet; I Where I can hear the breezes call, Live with the wide sky over all. 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