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CHAPTER XL nx 00K8 to dtracu. When Alec awoke the next morning and foond the min ahining warmly in at bia window and realieud that it mail be near 8 o'cloak, thongb be had not yet been called, be remembered that it was Sunday. There came a rap at hie door and be heard Jim’, voice, and a moment later Jim entered, carrying on one arm what eeemed like a pile of ftCL'i linen. •* 'Liibeth neiit thc«e ap .to yon. If yon'd be kind enough to aooept them, ” raid Jim awkwardly. Randing on one foot and trying with might and main to deliver corvctly the polite OMeage 'liab»Ui had mint. “She tbongbt p'rajw yonr Sunday clotbee hadn't come yet, and the naked father to (end thoee np to yon. if yon'd like to weer them to meeting. ‘ "Tell yonr aiater (he’s a regular tramp. It wa* awfully good of her. awfully good. Tell her aho's the qneen of heurta. or whatever yon think ahe'd like.” lie ended, anridealy wondering if cards were approved in thia New Eng-

land family.

It did not take him long to pnt on hli new clothes. They made him langh at himself in apite of all good intentions. Bnt that did not matter. The clothe*

anawered very well, and be lim

down lo the dining room to find the family all at the table. On seeing him 'Likbeth blnabed and Mr. Higgins roared out a great haw-haw of compliment and fun, and the childraa and Mm Uiggm* admired and complimented, till Alec blnabed decidedly mure than 'Liibeth. He expressed hi* (hank* a* well a* he

could to Mr. Higgins and 'LUbeth.

At 10 o'clock Alee saw the old eexton with but shiny head come acrosx from hia house, and, opening the chnrch with a big key, proceed to ring the bell It was not jost the kind of bell ringing Alec wa* uaed to in the city, bnt it waa

a method just the same. Tbe

rope hnng down Into the vcstibnlo of the chnrch, and Alec could see the old eexton tugging away at it directly In front of the open door. Ho gave a great poll, and then seemed nearly carried off hla feet on tbe ret ora. The sw eat poured down hla fan*, and Alec thongbt with a laugh that hia collar must be pretty well wilted. Hot on looking again

tbe old M-atoo'a collar and neck-

tie on the floor beside him, a Komewbat mngraons picture for a church door

n Son day morning.

Soon the people began to come. Pirat hoiking young man. nocomfnrtable in hi* stifl Sunday full, hi* white collar rapidly melting, alonched np apologetically and stood waiting on tbe oor-

, *i* med to take it aa natural enough, and gave him what relief they could by berrying to their pew, though moat of the audience were »till crowded about the door. Bat noon the preacher came, a bent. bet dignified old man. with a sadly solemn face, in which, however, goodness •hone, and a* he made hia way to the pulpit tbe company about the door diaper—d to their —aia, and aoon all waa quiet and solemn for a few minutes before tbe little organ in the loft at tbe rear, beck of the choir, wheezed faith the voluntary. Alec felt that it was the moat solemn assemblage ho had ever seen. Thatch it waa so hot u day. there waa no UnMer of fans, though fan* indeed (of tbe Urge palm loaf variety chiefly) were in sae. then- wa* no rustle of silk garment* ax in a fashionable audience in the eity, no ibdaed bars of final whispers. Instead

tbe wide open windows, and the more distant murmur of the fields. Use coaid hear, u*., the ripple aad gurgle at a brook that flowed not many rods from the chnrch, and nowand then a bee or a great fly hazard atmat over the beads at the worshiper*. So intonae was thia peculiar auntaphere to Alec that ho wished almost to cry out against it and feared he disgraced himself by hi* unuaaine*s in Ins neat- Bnt at last lie Horrendered himself to it, and, becoming loci in u con tern platiou of tbe greenery

through the windov

Alec wondered, r.lrla in piir* came, light and dainty In their muslin frock*, and disappeared into the cool chnrch out of the heat. Perhaps it waa their presence within that kept the young man without Or ho may have had am interest in tbe farmer wagons that drove np. each with a whole family on board. Tbe agile bnt rather daw Oily dressed girl Jum;<cd lightly oat on one tide, while her old father, with a long

•h step* on tbe other aide, and prod first to lift out the little one^ and then from tbe back seat bis substantial, matronly wife. For a moment the family made a plcturasqae group on the chnrch steps as they consulted together. Then the man went with the horse and wagon to tba abedr in the r. and tbe women and children entered tbe chnrch. Soon tbe young man on the chnrch steps had companions, and the first family waa followed by a aoore of others. - At last tbe Higginses, all drecaed out rpiok and span, appeared on tbe pi alia, Papa Joe, as Alec nicknamed him, bringing np tbe rear, while 'Idsbeth harried past the others in order to be in bar place in tbe choir in time. Mrs. Higgins gave Alec a formal invitation

tbe children on each side at him, evidently proud at bia company. Tbsy fait that there waa acmething distinguishing about it. and Alec was pleased. They found a thick crowd in the eny before the inner door,'and Alec was obliged to elbow himself in rather ^ roughly, while everybody stared coldly I at him. That atony stare made him

n the

brwac, be found tbe chnrch a

fnl pine*.

The service began with a hymn, and when the choir rose Aleo observed that ’Lists th and George Marstou stood side by aids. Doubtless in the silent commauion of many Sunday* thus ao near each other hud grown ap that attachment which 'Lisbclh sternly but silently reprraaed, but which the blacksmith as pern stonily but nilently urged. When at the second hymn the whole congregation rose and turned to face tbe choir m the rear, Alec spent hiscuriiwty and attention in watching those two singers and felt sure that, however in louse their affection, no word of lore had yet passed between them. 'Lisbeth sang in a olear.full soprano.bar voice rising naively aad almost unconsciously above the rest, while the blacksmith, with his frank bine eyu* and bouesl, open face, looked op til heaven nuil pound ont hia voice with hers in a clear baritone th*« blended perfectly. When tbe service was finished and the congregation broke up for the Sunday school, Alec ugam felt the cold, atony stare at the little crowd into which he was wedged, on one side Mrs. Biggin* gossiping with a' neighbor, on the other several other substantial matrons gossiping with other neighbor* as' if it were the only opportunity during the week they bad to speak to each other. Bnt S'Kin Aim saw George Murstcn making his way through the crowd towatd him, and giving Alec's hand a hearty grip and speaking a still more hearty welcome, he invited Aleo to join bis Sunday tchool class, and when they had made their way to the door the blacksmith introduced the young man to half a duacu lads who stood about, some older, some younger, but none with anything to say. Aim felt awkward, and waa glad when the superintendent rang his little stiver bell to oall the acbool to order. They took tbetr places in groups about the church, hem a big group of uneasy children, there a groap of young ladies, or half a dozen old men and women. George Marstou'« class hud n retired nook in tbe choir gallery, from which Aleo had an excellent opportunity to survey the little gathering without himself being much It was not at all an unpleasant hour that Alec spent there. He found Marstou keenly intelligent, sympathetic and well read fur a countryman, and before be left forciaw that he should find in him a genuine and true friend. Already in ih«*e few days what deep ties at intimacy he had formed with this strange As noun as the service was over, be slipped away as quickly as possible to the kitchen of tlie tavern for a good drink at cold water, but ho found 'Lisbelh before him busily getting dinner, fur which he confessed himself quite CHAPTER XIL

Late in the afternoon, when the sun was sinking rapidly into its golden bed and the air was somewhat cooler, Aleo went fur a ramble. Down tbe hill to the weal tbe road is a sort of shelving lodge on an embankment, and the passer may look for miles and miles over tbe valley dotted with lakes and streams and flashing bits of stream and groves and farmhouses. - Then it enters a thick forest, where the cool pines and hemkicks and elms and maples and oaks meet above one's bead like an arching

bower.

At last be came to a place whore a brook ran through a little atone arched channel under the road, and beyond it spread ont into a dear round pod in tbe midst at an open meadow grown rank with thick sword grass. He stepped down from the road to glance into the dark, ooul tunnel of the stream, where it ran so smoothly and qnMly as U Hngering to rest under the nsaa9y stonaa Uwded with moisture. As be stood up ha noticed a little path running off around the edge of tlie wafer covered meadow, and he immediately deeded to follow it. It skirted the bank of tbe nuwdow and pool until it name to an old rail fence, with its rotten logs piled croaswise upon each other. Alan atimbad clumsily over and found the path Marttog off suddenly into the wood. The immensity of tbe him, made him wrial ship God, sending hia through those tall, smooth, and the little space sky. A pine wood is like a _ draL with its gigantic pillars

up on every sloe. Its domes and arebes and massive fieaoues and cool, calming space about one. At lost Aleo climbed up on a high, gray bowlder and eat down, like Robinson CniHoe in the midst of hla lonely island over which he was sole ruler aad king. The bowlder waa his throne. All these tall piaes were hia baable srtJacts, never nttenag a wosd of iasubordtnstion. What waa poverty now, with such a free htruage! Bnt suddenly a sharp, cool breeaa came along, poshing tbe sultry air befare it. and Alec glanced up through the trees to see black, scudding clouds. Tbe sun 'was covecqd, and it was growing darker, bnt in this dank forest be had net not iced it. Then came a long, low rambls of thnudsr. and Aleo slipped quickly down from hia granite throne and began to look fur the right way

denog, when suddenly be saw something that uhange.1 the whole oormit of his thoughts/ There, nut two reds away, wholly naninscion* erf hi* presence, aat 'LisbetL on a low *u»e. her chin buried in her beads, vdiicb in tars were supported fay bar elbows noting on bur knees. 8b» seemed looking vaguely into *lK«rs\ Alee thought she had been crying. Hht chip hut hud fallen off beside her. and her whole attitude was that of abandon—a huddled bunch. She waa by BO mean* graceful, but moat teaching. His hwtrt went out to her at a bound, and be would have liked to go to her immediately and have comforted her. Bus he dare not. He wa* almost afraid to make hi* presence known, and began to think of slipping off without her observing him. when he recollected that he did not know the way; that it was about to rain, and that at any rate ba ought not to leave her here to get wet because of her melancholy, however aacred it might be. He had taken but a few steps toward her w hin she hoard the breaking of the small branches under hi* feet and turned and saw him. She smilod sadly at him, and he remarked prosaically: “It looks a* if it were going to rain. If we don’t hurry home, we shall bo drenched. ’' "I don't think it will rain," said 'Lisbeth in a harsh, monotonous tone as she glanced op at the scudding cloodi which could be Been through the trees. “The shower t* going round." A few big drojis came bouncing down npou them before she had finished, but she assured Aleo they meant nothing. “She ha* been thinking of the blacksmith, “ aaid Alec to himself, and, as for 'Lisbeth, nbo seemed to feel that be had read her through and through. She ruse rather snlksily to her feet, however, and started off, bidding Alec come cn. He followed her, sorry, sympathizing, wishing he coaid comfort her, help her, at least show his feeling. Bnt she was silent and forbidding. It wa* impossible to speak. They tried to talk of indifferent things, bnt conversation failed, and as tin y walked through the avenue of trees which, formed the road they both lapsed into utter silence. That evening about B o'clock, as Aleo was thinking of going to bed, be stumbled into tbe parlor from the piazza, where he had been sitting on a nail keg. At first tbe room seemed to him deserted, bnt soon be heard a half stifled aob, and at the farther side of tbe room made ont the farm of a girl lying on the old •ofa. It mast be 'Lisbeth, and she waa crying. This time Alec could not restrain bis sympathies, and he walked directly acros* the room to her aide, where be let his hand rest on her arm in tlie dork. "la it you, 'Lisbeth?'' be asked as cheerily as he could. She immediately sat upright, bnt made no answer. •‘Toll me what's tbe mattor,” he said kindly. “Perhaps I can help you. I’m •o sorry for yon. You've been awfully good to mu, 'Li*b lb, ” be blurted out and put bia hand out to her in tbe dark, but she repelled it. "You don't know anything about St,” •be answered in a broken voice, “and it wouldn't do any good if you did. You can do nothing for me but go away and let me alone. You've got plenty at things to think about for yourself. You've got a job to earn your hoard and bed for a little while, and you think yon are aa Independent aa a landlord. But yon don't know bow long your job's going to lam nor where you're going to get the money to pay for them very clothes you have on. There! I didn’t mean to ray that, but It's the gospel truth, and yon bettor understand it now A well as any time. I like yon. and I've tried to help yon, bnt I'm only a girl, and I can't do mneh. ” Alec waa completely undone by thia rndden taming of tlie tables. He mumbled something, felt tbe tears coming Into hla own eyes and begun at ambling back ont of tbe room. 'Lisbeth sat quietly ou tbe aofa and made no Bound

At tbe door Aleo unwittingly plunged squarely into a mountain of humanity, which turned ont to be Mrs. Higgins. She bad been standing at the door and had beard the colloquy—at least the last part of i!. • “O Lord, Mr. Howe, don’t mind 'Uabeth!” she uid when they had recovered themsolvr*. She shut the door and

had ja>l ph. « i a chair, into wblab she presently sank, v.hile Alec took his eld place ou the Ball keg, with the side erf the bnildins foe a back[ro ax coxToruxte] 'tommy—A bat's a bird, ain’t it, ma? Ma—Yea, Tommy. Tammy—An it's a great deal bigger'n a eagle, ain't it, ma? Ma—What makes you think ao, my boy? Tommy—'Oan*e I beard pa any bean Mr. Jinkms was on one last night.— Richmond Dispatch.