The Lucknow Sentinel, 1923-01-04, Page 2••••••
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‘i0 New Year's. .
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T.4111 AM)0,4P0
ir was heavy with thg' .t1*wonderful
ands and .*Ot. linen,• 14nrtba.,•';things' 'that. _Might bappen.;„.the....fairy
lett-her.,*on' -down' '-cn; thAltaltiCgr466,''t4 coach And 'four, ,tfib ,•rlh j
Arait,140.MBI:ber. tired She.stiemftii, who WOuhredept her. and
.'aftliti,,IrtLgg4d woman ith'tbe ',telt*. her. to his palace.. 'Every 'ineerri4,4 •
ot -trength about .her. The in -g she had "aWakened wendnring, it it
raef. n'ea 'drawing to a dose; had *44 be toAlayi every night her last
s night Cares.and.aerroW00.--atm,1*!lithouglit-tad.-haerIf'::-"Will'.Whe-te-'1 -
"rec&,..her nhonlders-tO7 the burden,
..iher::;l1k*SilX04Wt1T14-!:tiiitU'etent7:.•.,.,,.A.SI,Sh0;,,gr,PW'PlOT,,,,the.dreatus had
0,1'0,4ra.0aat*" In telniaaher''kgs lieeanie inert). practical. • Atone time,
ni44; her ninuth stern and and. bard remembered; .ft- dress bacl.been.
.thO'Ordaraa• vaniahatf her idea of happiness, then: a :gnrnet. •
her mfle. a rgkt.01!, AM.CAlt ring. This PbAsAlpa.sP4 and romantic
de that melted the. armor o aloof- dreams began; bet:. pay Would. Surely
.se and Pbctvie4...04t: *artba. had a. 2-0rm.; she Ahoughti,Lywhen,.A.o.,,fedno,
MAW* , - •
biIied_hernelf,'abOnt the pre- -Iter4 •;Waa. a 'Sat
Iox( �f,(00.-evening.l.meaf.--"Mid• There was *40'ring' of, the fairy prince. .
Lr,hen caniebii'quietly, as client Jim., He -#;;s:' drank :on their
e'd;Leng his hat on the nailwedding day: day and „reelett,throngh 'their
the, door then -crossed the:teem ,Marred life, ;shattering .her illusions
nrather.andltisSed'her.'Ptellhen• and •:draggieg ,her th eilSert And 'This,'
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nthey andundera
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'caresses,: vfere- "VerY . Iireeia. nua.' headelit as his only legacy..
Sile!rnstrative;„ tertinis : When. ae lasthe died; he left
' rtba,•Sa410- ' * . " -' . ' i • 'Maitha,faCed th... 'World with.a ' Inn •
,yrire4tot elm e•mied.,-, . ho an steady eye. , „ o,morrow...- ,was
• .• - '' • • - her slogan; She no 'Ithiger dreamed , it
The *V &lied *hi! ebaW and s4 what her Day would bring but the
the' t'01'. . ' • - .• Idea grew to be her philosolAY: She
!efaia,•,,110 said; *Sometliing . in hie had Struggled and ;suffered as • l
G-4-ROUB
e1MI1C2
By NY; !Orris:
T4B,•eille/PACY or our Wimattenal
SYsteMi dePde enMainly two
ars:, These are the -Teacher with the.
$triftiOn.• Oa Vie One:hand!
api,23 •-1:40 i''eg*tikr.'a41mtlAnCe. • of: 'the.
/NOW. Mneirat:'
trtionbapr
th,0 40-araii 'PC instrne
tio ikad. PrOVIdiag ef vicdern
:bnibiblgs and e0i1Mient. We ;halt°.
•aet.' atkiCked"' - the IkKoblele Irregil--
laritsr 0 attendance with any enthiPt=
awn and eensethiently` the, _Sac&
Plant is .iii-inanr'caseilietlinketInninV
If)*IneT° .441McitY; This
Means a. tremendous
' the priiviiiCe ,-:• 7:
The, . ,preVineial ".14egisiatnre has;
therefeie, takea-4 eten ter•Ward
ID paising two meaSeres dealing: with
sehodi, attendaneei24'17.The the'
Panel Attendance „*ct.secures.lbe
,rohnent, and 'regular attendance 'Of
every Child of school Age' to , four -
,teen --years, while . the second.. the
Adoleacent• •Seliool Attendanee Act,
Wfil extend the 'period of educatien by
providing ''"fer cOmpulSory '
edueation from. fourteen tcesixteen,
:Along -the r.„"ad of least resiatanCe take„my calm -erg choer-;,
; -keeP•tronble-Px-thi'maia:
..eTer'47,--dAY= -"80.*1,1#01-1.R.-Of-iiii*.SWO-Vait•inAithilie,y; haat -.
'go .4)rito, sone hard,' road-eoel; panting, weary
Iledruggled. Swarm.' They hope .4o. rend the 'world' asiunler
and M*0, of it •?: wvior simt,i?st All'0,44 anieke. and thue,
• der,, and: they're e'disillusioned let, I hold it tree -that' evs-.7
ror, .sanied'ai shrivel up ABA but4f *ere lielYterra.;!:
• '• I•:CPAIdait Ilastenkhints`at'all:""-Sirdftrreleen. *he ardent 'Martyr
42rth...t.OPr:-..alinges down, :and IA the ell& be hired'A;;earter to
his'vreapons heck to toWn. I've certain rights, that be . • • .
cherished, ay 121Y i'ignia hheulikhee,P; het -if some
rights have perisheCT let: them .slidei• and. los no 'moon'. ;
..1ye; noticed ,thet Opetiple jealous of All. their Lira Bhort Of
frien4, encl. PIO are 'hones. WhO lam tell•Vs. narrative. th,at
' never; en4eto. dauntless.; souls •ge-:torthl: to, battle' with -ivind..; •
*Ile: •chinieran 'in geace-I Sit alid,;deftly: rattle- a stream
„of diseOrds• ironi In -Y.41;1,
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• lia.,niatlethe WOMIln h;i4: TIP bl,l,•nhe, inether 'predicted hut. her faith Wes : -.Beerruse.'•Of their inntual"troubles; a Stephen 144 rgone As UMW. to the of-.
'de no, canxinent; , , 4, , , , .. upwavpringthe pa,,Y, *hen it Caine. Cemratieshig, had. sprung ,agebetWeen ,fice. He was always' busier' on the
fltilvhen VarcIS!t0400;10*-vrar**4.7-; Nvonid,,inalin.uP for it 411!: , • ' them. They were beth -AY and”Ande firFt of the month than at :MY ether
Ver. isteW,,,„ "H„.0 'ilrituh.. 'two; ,c*Pn,,,_ •:0,,,:f -,.' Aa.,Ouv*t(tclied. her stn. prowl rest- MonstratiVei- 'theirs Was:,a Silent affee,... time. and the first ' 4ity :of ' the .'fir3t
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• atroirg''' bleeit."tea, 'then -leaned Ila.7qa, -iegSly. up and down, the Town; 'Martha. tion.: Yet; Martha had been content; month Of the ,Year brought lreayy. du-.
:!,/oti.staifirdneeroSellt.Ak,the pattern of ,Yeained toward bin4,1-Mgcd to share she lied her son and be Wei, fend of :ties, :Vag* rebellion tinged Xarkba's
„ the red tahle'clorn." : ' ".--,--- . livith bun her hope :rail faith., , ' • • i.her..;', ; • , -: . . •• . , , '' .. . thought; as. she contrasted his lot with-
• Mar,tha;,'eleared.: away the aPPPer . 'Teme,„ Steve„7. she. Ih•egged, : "sit; ••• Now, when she "-realized :what a that of others to whein.january, p_iese,
init. . 4 thedishes,•1 ' 'a 'at down or a .w 'i '....t.." . , . .., Milan, gait 'of Stephen'S:_life,„slie;evies,- reeent''aThelidity,-Vieven, perhaps,Jbe
.Stapbeh.....#0*Andagain.aa:Sherlrlted,i;,......'fbekbay.,,tUrned, -tossing back 'his- -ste-hlametrbeinelf,:;•She had been able openIng, of A new era of advancement
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,HOW .hroact'lfiCS•houlders,wete, •a, -"i lie .11 4ti ijt'ith ii•eliereebzir:stie•gegte ' "I to gire hilt so 'few. ideas" and ideal's- -an-d. simeets . ' • ' - ' - •
nat: there, hunched in his: chair;,, she -einft.,,,...I.regeing„.outr_to- -walkhe ',even ,her e whs, na iculate, ' •• . ' • ' FoetStre on the atairs.,Childron't
":7nOtiCed,:that: his •Ceat, ,vina-grordng.:"ailit,7-ini1 go' left -her. - "•. .. . " .' -Perhaps*. Stephen ...1 theilgV.;- ' she 'foin-stefi that clattered gait the door
.,Shinr,-",'-, ' , :14 • ,.' ,_._ • : . ' ! :. ''.." 4 • • Martha sleptlittle that night: :. She: wouldn't understand. underatand- ' '.7,;•: ../ ":' • • • ' . and edified, down the. hall; lie,avi foot.'
For. several days Martha .had been listened until. • Stephen, Came. in and ' ' She •reinerabered",one ,d4Y.i When • he steps that stuinbled at the'th e b It'
-warded 'about Stephen: . ,Soniething then , lel thinking, Until. dawn '.came was 'a .little hey, she had Come:Upon 'lag . footsteps ' that paused and then
• bad heen,frOulillng. hire, abinething' she, and she She rose to.. another day. • . • ,Iiim- :Suddenly rdn . the .,:street. , below,' limped. en Again: The day was /wally.
did not traderatand.„ .She .1.0nged.'far.'',-Breakfast wasbegunin illOce; .A.. :'llalfOieri , boys .-., 77re. teaeing JAM gone arid •inerry-makers:-. and tellers
1115,"'clinfidenCef. .4::+14ndred" UAW'S she letter earile• for Stephen; ., . Illi ' occur- •a.lid he.. stood: With. his back to the alike were . returning; Stephen *oUld
bad been.. on the point Of; asking him reflect so, tiiiigual that it it'',:liaturhed ,tfie Wall, leYea blazing and hats 'doubled soon 130110am , 2 ,',.. , . ... ,.. , ...,.
to. tigeWliiis" _heart' to her *hut each..tbrie '-faaOne: of the ' meal. , The boy read it to defend. hitneelf. : A new idea. dietre, , point .7die, ready ark,el ' Martha . sat
OA", healt4tecle'relidoed h'Sr". Ilia sullen,' at the window, with Tis back : to the ed his torinentera' and '' as they an bk.' the , stove ' Waiting , for hor. 'son.
...,,N(4. 010 uipe4.,,Aiin,.;geoly on :tbS• and "'lien..., he.liiiiied ..1111.- face. ' his an Martha knelt by' the child, meet him but still he Made;no sign.' '•
"'Oen,' "' . 2 ' .' ''' • '''.• - ` '" nein: •-rdi: a igag,•tinie•he stood there heating 'AwaY,-.SteVe hid his face in [When he. came in, her .eyes' spring to
- iilder..". 4,Tkinie.. over by thO,steve; whit, . ., ,..„ • ; :',.,., , ' - • : .. ,:. her hearteverfloWing with tenderness.. ' "I-ea...sheik-frig," he said as lie kissed
tro,11t, the, itetot_ie getting
obi but ,i,. . maitlit.t. ,viiiititi. .in ,rv,abtttu. b.: ivid.,,,,,,rouelothoe, ,sbo, „yejapeeed but helier and his cheek felt 'COW and Wet
pulled', awayfrom her kisses, and .cem7., Against her face..". ,:. -A .1,_. , , '.,.- .
'4010Welittainake any intire fire:, Iql. what' nevi's the ietter'" contained and
t...mAnatiiir. old.gray-tronaerethen •tried to.,,etille tlie••feer.thet crept into fort. 4`;'"I'lm'N.v°‘'141'...'''.24dS"stfail-d;' 'he; ''''Take' 'dr YeAr 'gibes aria Tut tilin
..nt.goixtg-'.0. hef:10' •-• ...• • : '... • :' : '' • her heart: . When Stephen passed hii. said. 7 '.•' .-• '• '' • - ' ' :#;-• :4''' hiek Of the ateve;".' Martha said as ale
Could not she iiriderstand "now.? . She placed- the food ' on the . table.- 1 And
.gtenhen;tne.ved `rfriii-',,chair'. and. ,iint cup,'for Mao coffee,•the cap !.,,clattered •
• ,ielth'Iiis,„ elan ,h,r, i4iS. hands;:.AheiclitAbr a'ginst, thettaneer ...Martha frowned; had never asked or accepted SYmPath3r::7 then, "You're law,. she ..mentured. and
.• .304.041*::14.0„'.,-.:inqtkcr. .O0,44;., -, her something • iirae ' "'Criss wriiii. . If • alio. endilOW she Wondered ..if it was hers, handed hini, his Plate.: "Were you kept
..:,,i,tegedka„-'. :•,.....,:, „ ' ;::' , ' • ••:, -:: :', • ,, . ' : ' -. • ''' tilled .only understand!' ' ., ' . •;:: , to gnre. Had her. Courage, her hope,' at the office?" . She searched ,his lace
%.! -4! -Mertfin'; peeved: for ee*a Milkatea . in , , Tho boy' took his hat ••iroai ...the flail.,- calloused her? •.Yet without that hope , with. eyes filled., With" Mother -10$ .., • .
faefireeilhea,made",ap: Wort-e.g.'. con-, then steeped and kissed ben • i„ and courage, Without her belief in the . ;rallo ' • .'•ii-i'd stavv: ,
•,„ii':110.3,if 41.,-,rin-- Day, how could she have lived? Long! , Martha ;Stilled,' a sigh and leaked
•*Iliiitirnt''''''''‘.1341'''".i"1•'**-1C. ..e./7,''.1..1.71:_!, 'hwerey. 01'1:Gt....A .4*„.........„41114, . ,...4477-, ,Sil.:111is. ...,-7-7-77.7.. ,a$d4 .311
1!".:"itteasked...... , - -
t.,. ' e Must have fallen. by the Way4....1 away. . She was not 10 know kilo*. yet, it
given up the:useless fight. . Of . seemed,. . . •, , , .
. ;' .'''..we're• 41.,4:Yi 'bits* ...ftroalla .' -"Steve! Are.. Pal . sick?" she; "41077
, ,, - , . disappointments and sOrrovfs she had ' • Another meal .. was 'eaten • in the.
twarxxhrxm,XxxxlixxxirxxAmoto, :
'!:41y:,.474 hike' tied to keietie" in right!' he Muttered. On thethresh-
11:,*410',I,44." .,, She hated hated tii• think jilatineled-sna" t4144. his hand 1111417-111v4;:,.. ,4.i,13.: holejim.invoi,sel'i.tehhaana.
'''''hfieeitldhhearreh ii.efa4reusiervtbeuulnbeeSbtotsulithetio
elfIti...wigihtb,..1„t:•,svziehilitnce
It :life, 'adding "n"'intortahlablo old he besitated:'' 930ift *cry/. Wait e'r'''-ih..13". would have to be 'Ver4i. iiiea-li Ana' his mother caught her hp
... the*. people's . dollars ' .; .._... me" he said with IIA effort, and.closed wonderful,' a • . ' e ' ii•.:.., - ' Days-between..her teeth but :the moment
iji:i.:Year.alMost gone hit Ir$. the dam.. 'Then she knew, as ,*otliera but it would 'ecuue'-4 ut's•t•' ' • Ili 'be-i....p, eased ahli no .1,rott,,..w.:tt3•sp4e.n.,.
$ood- ' to.;tbbil'. that, .at.t.bts;r#°.-11r; 41".1! know, that. there- was -Cara* for ' worry. 'Bog of • Bouts. she believed
rnareYears.". ;went be clear of the- debt . Martha went about her, duties me- philosophy+ -till now, for therlie.1.:°°rsiint ."041.ritge'vetnpilwshaedsh !frath:kditsi•sht"--..aL7.1;e,..'S'iarinid..,
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*- Baid. Sanwa all .Starr-afi. Over sap." 'eltanicallP and With a heavyheart,,M time, a 4304' ''erePi into '-b0nlinde' ZIYo '''..t'red."
. ly -sh-O . -iiiir that she. care
ezetitthed,,..us,,,h; , . ,..... . ,. .... the *ening. beard, she. found .-airsheet more for 'Stephens honer.. than for _
andlsatAo-atatch-kim•-st-the-WorILtIl
. _ _.414.1viii Yearir'groaited Stephet(:apd she moved thOtabloto-Makarecini, for ---d.ell .. , , . ., Martha. gave why readily enough:
,.,'!!iiii:. We .-ariodeing now itviill take ot paPer. Under -SIOPhetes.,ehair.--- asti=:-•canYithing-L--iin-th-world.---77tr fell -he -"e ---a was ,careful to d� things as be knew
4::-‘77/1"ce:Yeara...,Slit--Yeu- may get Pronlifted' li• she. aveitedberAyes:and Added' the vie inr,to . temptation,. what could ever .
she liked to have them done. He hung
. '1404.perNit•ill can find another farnilt paper; he had not wan her to know. ,IYI:#1).O. a_.1..,that.' Win..0 have the , ' . e 'dishcloth in its proper, place .and
to lir-alfhI.02-!.„--..=Martlra-asolced-air.ille ,She--WOuld true hini,,-;.---..7-. ,...,...-.,•..: -even t-0. dug her.,„;.gyief 7, ,; . , ., . , ,,,
put the china on the ' shelf; then, With
iiiived,.; •••',;.. • .. ' .- -' • - ' , .... • • ;For several hours she *irked and ';:fA' doei;41iiiibi'' AM' took'. the letter hands -thrust in his pockets, he began
_ "X viite;'S, rairrL'e debt 'Ind it .ought thathought of the letter tortured her. from the shelf. The Words glared at to_pace-the--floor:,-Martha---pretended.
••.,60 'be. pikict by a . alaii:!, ,Statilkial 'licciji lbotear,hater_heartLyrea4;11,the'nnire---herr:-.--"hardik-a'..fic--big / money.' to .be WO With her sewing bne.. no
• ed.;--,-"T-Ute-to.have you wOrE3"7 • .. terrible beans:SO she ' kin*. not Whit MoneY,I, 1 Steve had alviars longed for movement escaped her. • ' : - . -. ..7. -.' ' '
: -"Ws niciitly:thO woriaen:.ttat.pitY she feared. ' TWILIaLsho.itartedAoWard.'2,-Money--th---elear.----them- -of --.' their debt. • For a time the boil' stood at the *in:.
• 0*--WaY',Or-anOther,"-naldititithit.";`.1" •the slier Where the. patter lay; . then i yvhat :.katt he said lag night? : .f,,it's ,dowOucking_....42_,^the._:.snattered4itew,
l'oPlnise-lira-Tears•---,doeB-7sOenr--it--Liont .drew-..-baek:-.-rinally,--alre.stilled••-•-her-fs-,ntan's..-.rdebtarki-should-bef'Paid-hYTWt7--e-found -their way.into :the
thae to yen; it ,doesn't tO.Me."!. ,'-- - .. conscience -maybe she „could - help-aman."-1,•-His.pride had spoken ther ,e' nerrove_.:nOurt. ."-• ---...-7-7.7.7.----- .--'7
, ,i..,f7itat,s, where- wiew,thilarent;sam Stephen -maybe it was her duty to i the idea , of hiajnotherLh-eiiie,lorced : -suddertlylie,Spak- e. . ; ";', <," ;- • .
4.„'..the boy, •-•• 1( dou't., See' AiiiYthini ...bet. know. .- - , - -1,- k:;,,....,,f_.,-,-- - ---:----" '''l--1.to-.7"eiiiik hadalwayshint him: Martha . ==Mother,17-holegani;th ; ' stopped
•:**0..daYa..Of Work.:Land YOU leek. he,. She ' unfolded 'the paper. It was AI:tel.:was-proud- of Stephen's *pride ".but-:-.: as if it . 'were 'difficult 'toge"._en....L.,,,
•iforid :thern.'„."......, ..., -..,.,- 4,, ..,, • . - -, . - - --- .-1.ilet".pAte--ef -the' letter,. evidently,,feri.might it not be his undoing?, .7. Would ..:-......-!ilteir?".thiStivither's"qiiist.yeice.-,4-.e
,.. :.‘!.1- sfiliPose.i am To -morrow ia.:-..e.fine it,,teld-renty-feer,,tiPeuteitten-refilf: pit'lliiiiiiiiii$6.4sYNci-initoadqf Yee?: 'Couraged‘ ' - . .. . .' . ' .'
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. Verd;''Stere.-.-"10211-Itotlier taught me .•`-.•=it's only a. little -thing I tiak. 'All 1 To takehis..Arst steg;romthe-downWard•-''''T-L'r"---ums .. "A.A. ' wondering-voidd
-..,-.0 .... . . , ,, .., . ,.. ,. .. .. ,1Yes y a lie, It will • mean: of ..iclii She hAci:4-chse.:rred''..Bo'weirt ,Scimeivliere,eIse.... ..;- . . • , . ..,
: that lOnguage and it's helped pie-7..YOU have to-..de-ig,t6-Osty:',`Re':-inSteat rtietlinthit path, -nrcrY turn' and trap tyon like to go 4.a,ivi away-ntart.--„the.yeltr,
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• .:: -,'ITO)1, Me tibinit. it," urged the boy. hex_ hig,morreyfor,yran; .,,,yen,went.agreep 'lush sehadida father chosen the easy Martha leaned forward- her. hand
• tie-aseetnothto.44antlikget'ineet from tog:kink-Mr tilk yonlibe 401.'1511,4ot ! way. Oli;. she could understand, Steve! *vet:- out,hcrais-thec-table-teward ;her
•'Au ownthoughtswhatever they were. , afraid 'fot,Yell,;._..everyone..Lknews:Itenr 1-she-could---understandr• • -,..:. „ •. . ... son and the suffering of all the
•---44!It:-.4tfa:S,--the--day,- -shi±:died;".-litiiCTsitliki's 'weer& Jabs are hard to find ••• 'Ae• dreary days', dragged by, woe- ers.in the world was in eyes:- :Did
' *we* PleasInt'liY Steve's 'attention.. this trine of the year. ., Think it.--eliere" thing Alas. vL-.0.rY. evening _Steve came Steve, her Steve, -want to go arras; lie-•
'• .' was Only -nine, and I was crying. ..• The woman 'stared at the words for home -a 'tired sullen, Steve :who Made cause he'd made "big 'money"'?
er. called Me 1;0 the bed and stroked .1, long time. .Then; gradirall$', a vague., even an attempt. at. Consecutive con- •„„,`,.."-Stever elle Pleaded. ''''.•• ;
my
bait, 'You're young, Martha,' Ole. certainty ,of _their “nieaning •--deVilloiscl. Veraatien• ' Impossible.' .-- The -,.holiday • The boy flung himself 'into:a: Oral;
''''My going 4i11. be a "great ser-. Upon her.. *17. bfi'D,' Her stiiii.-;_ Its 'phit_Seerned.ta.:haVe-passed, him by; hie, elbows on thelable.rdw
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to yeti . but, ---!PM :going. , haw*, .fatheri,-.7.-..---r-,--.... --- .. ' . ...• ; . ; . ' ;Martha vvimlit Wateh..hira..-with tragic .,..41., *antic,: get. away from it elf,- to
;of tie but you'll- bare, your ,rear. 14= get out into theopenwhere I'll have
You'll- struggle Suffer like the rest
• ineinber• this, Martha.' filia- .saicl, fre=
'pier. '.;.er' that to everyone, there„contea
. a3r.-,',,..1*-i,pittle•ptzgli4i0in6til',:aii4-it'
....,..,..:,,,•• *ekes tip.„ for all: tht Surrowa. Always
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keep . hoping that lo,raorro*.valt.he
•- the Day-no:mittrer *hat- bagger/4:
.',- ..regetit i after her: 'Whatever „hap-
gi.
. don't, '7t1rLiliV:hiiive4a.7:-Sheniad4ltfo
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' . . pets; ..-I Shell hare. mir.DrLy.'• '"•' •
• • And it . neVer, has . ceme.tr.- asks&
- '- • - 'Martha Smiled. "ilotTet,"•slie seidi
.. .The.,. hay ..1efe.,hiu Aieffvendt• began"
Peeing the.iloor; Silence fell between
, there. ' both' Were'. inlay, • with 'titbit*
the"•7',allta:' ' ' •••" ''.., ' . ,,, ' .' . -
_i.dttgrtholoOked h!aeli Meng the years.
1T6r Inotiieeis -Weide had- Made a vivid
7-.. r.esijoii on her and at Brat she had
-.-thAr.yg-ht-coiletanitt about her her. DO:
' 1, •E
.refOlded. therpaper.and- eyeis; looking ferlfteire-ingn‘to give ber
tucked evitty behind the clock; then hope. Hed'-hesdeeided? She longed 'a chance. I meant. to tell Yon. several
went,. haat, to. her Work. She to puttler Ar111$ about him, to perand ..daya..-Ago" , but. t•-.didn't,went yen, to
understood why the -boy ,wao.Worrieit.,--, One'Smile; one . tender worry'. •• Jost my job. ThiS, was
She yearned Over hint. ••• ' 'look from him 'Would have opened the ..ray,,Irrat anit'thrn-
Martha had never •riiiittr...iinderatoa&-floodgatesi,refxlide-Fehrr. and have ing his face from her lict-Itragginat-
StePhaii'' Efen'isi k !oak be had been broken deivn her reserve, fir always. his arm. -
(lifttcult: he had never come to her to Stit-hetelitte: LWaigii;•-alid his mother Martha was stunned. st his job?
'14Yettid; never held up a hurt finger sat, .with ' muscles:rigid, her eyes on "If; you don't agree youni
to kissed. reihips. it had been her her work -waiting. . She. dared. tuitr think_ ju.4 yet what
taultt she wasSlry;..of.amotion.- 'and ',°; noW-Iong,".elie wondered; would she Stephen's *evil.' Might Surely
self-exPresiiion was hard-fOr her. She have to wait? , Christulas e,anin and there. liVa.1 Only_Lone,27rneaning,?
adored her .;child in . secret arid, had went imeventfullyi 'b scarcely markitt-g , sip:74y „ went ..,,around
• often sitiod by' his .lied.tin 'the' night;Inseliangeln• the --daily -..The the table to:him. Her shy hand stole
gloating' over the beauty of him. As .11 daye 'passed and, with their " Passing; out and rested 'on. Steve's head; his
he grew 'older, he became the centre Of Adull fear grew in heart Perhaps hand -.readied „out, and tremblingly
h.er eichLteuce; she lived and for there .was : nothing to wait' forl Pere'. clesof-over bers. • ,
him; he was her World. She had i hags,'" Stephen's' manner 'could mean , serrY.", •said..Inetikenly,
StriVeri for hie good opinion. Row' she etiTY on thing: that he had -choseni,--7. irig to central Ids sobs.' .• softy,
had treasured hie little 'irate of 'kind. 'the left-hand path. •. ' - -Mother; for you—" ;- •
Aesa Steve had been al 'New' Yea?a. day came ; to Martha Then Martha knew, .°-• "I'm. glad!".
thoughtfyl, 09n: tie sa ' y. whispered., 00h, Ste -ie., rni•gitat,
, , •
CoiOT /11
/ •
A ;IiI4Tk'S re bright nrdart
fiwn 4nin4 he
selutely he .find i ,
be insUts: en.;•',4,sping .the
bia0;.; ss the•tleth,'•si,' ;pit and fnit o.
bon, thore'.thoy.are..„..
-The -,ohoolehle$$.4'.or =4 ife net • -
drob;::.(lopressing
To-,Y;,;hfjiyangt ircir.
te;ohooe.' Wo may hare brave,
we have the ,$YinP4}1Y.'flA...41-19'
i4e 04k, soone,
Whatever ocqpstion wljry
en )vornul• eara • their 4141)! '
bread, their, iirst; bosiees$ is to ,bring
ratiOh. happinoti liyin'e; as, they
are 7ah1, ;end to:.ittow- it aboikt.
and enli it rnst1Anai-Ave,-i•An dipnso
with pqAini1.4: t s NVe •
;11064 "Triere thOse: who, 111:, Mit afraid' '•
to ke • therosolytaHiot a frald to". have,- •
1.intlixigUality,...anlli4e. express it,
s that 1;les. An4 'do net wound'.
eler '1,1,rei•ight 'hike life not so .
ch. liy,".•any,,,Paporania.; the,:•eye „gen
se- ncit so 'Ainell 'hy,,tbe,,.et,chlents
and incptieth'i•rid career -As by
eur frientl:Ships, Srery sequeintance:-
n'e beibg'a ,treal; . range ?Or
,tliontht„-,foolipg and experience into
contact with our 'Own.. We giiie thanke
for the enriebreent of "ofir minds with
ideas that., ire.. had not entertained..
There „axe, to be sure, the peo
the ether sort, whes •
'stimiiles; n there, Are
feW• so utterly dull and
• .
• M. Merritt'
Ontario , Scheel, ''Trustees;" and,
Ratepayers' Associasion.
Man and wementwentysyeara of age•
went school tie viinter. filiey
acquired the habit of reeding and judg-
ing and td -day have a much wid,*,•.out-
by providing Thr part.tiMS' education lookthan will be posSible fdr. the boys
from fOhrteen to eighteen. . • and elle to -day Who, leave sehopl. at
Many parents keep -their children the age of •twelve: or tom:teen; ...Ttural
blare from school for very sligkt and Parente are anxious ter 'higher dilute-
Te4solis. 'pie greater number tIon for t ir children, The ,pe,3..
• ut failarPs. tq..qualffr for Pronlotlnik tUunti,F. 7--hft
_from...grade:to grade is directly trir'ce. . • .,- , „
able to irregula. attendance. Pupils • , 1. It should sii_telate a stridy-cf,..the.
with -their, classes Seheel Reiulations to learn xi*
keep 'u
pro-
whea they' are: lisent a few days evory vition is Jriade for higher education. in
month,. lax, attendance is ,Mitaf; 11,ifth ..Classes, ecniinnati0k, class0',
to, the teach r tethe other members Short ;Courses, under' the.direction.ef
Of the dais .and to the child concern.: Agricultural Repre!sentatives, • >light
erl: • It begets in the .pupil a distaste Ciasses;',Technical ' and V.ocati,orirel
for school as he must put forth eXtra, ef4SSPS and Rural Schaels.'.11
effart.to.Catch upwith the class, The has often been pointed-ont :thet..it iw
failure, 'on the part parents, to itapossible to carry out the. provisions
realize the;•..iairai of 'these adolescent .of tblo Ant tintil ter higher
Years. is ,reeponsible•fot :many pupils 0i:eat* have, been provided.:-/Thia
leaving school at the-tinie they moat very . true, no one would enamel
need guidance In their reading.: ' . parents to send chtid.: ,away 40m.
Dlethentary e.dueation was not -al. home to School: Who is responsible
ways free to the ehildren of this pro.- for making this Provision? Apparentviace. t;iersthe :Ye-sr.:1846 each the 'school trustees have. ibis trust
scholar 'was. required to Pei a dollar com. iiiitted to them. The resPOUBI:b07,
and 'fifty coats e quarter' The teacher rests'with them:
received small pay and wet; expected ...2. .study of the provisions. of the
to, board around 'among. the people. .Act should. lead -to the •establii3lament
The Trustees assessed each. sehelar
With 'half an,ord' of wood during . the
-wlnter...:Sometlines . the teacher .and,
•
the bigger boys WOuld have to take an
are, and '•ge to the woods to make Up,
, of .a.) type of .scheol that will •meetthe
needs of. rera.i Duette; There is micir•
in the. criticism ,that, the' Currie:Ma of
'ffigh:!Scheola tend to fit, the 'scholars
'for. protesSional life. Ot course there
the deficiencY In the, supply of fuel. are some ,colintiry. pupils Who nee
tduc,atiOne was not free in: those days . turally find their:life •work In a pro-.
The; Statutes of . Ontario Provide for •feisional Career, as7there Are maw in
free, elementary .education -for all. arta* schbols who *mild ;find. pree-
children of the province in order that perity „and happbsess on the farm:. Dr.
citizen:L., To this end scheof,rAtes are, children, a taste Of, :rare" life: ' • Both
84 may bail:: egnelitY of, opportunity ban sehOolivalaould. have a few Wert a
In bechming intelligent, 'IA* 'abiding land attached. to ' theta to -give' the
Ievled on alt ratepayers; Pillille•illoneys" 'rural. and urban s.doleseentis thouldbe
-are set aside and trustees re e,-Lptiredi-r.giren is :wide' an .eirporianna'as
to provide 'adeeunte 'aec- 6rain.odation. .sable that the.y may wisely choose or
Since every ratepayer is Jeotilred„-tii-ite-future.:4,---,-The-liestrattlentlititil
'pay-Imre:On -rampart of eduiation it hi' the greet:teal' apd,Cultiiret stibjectS"' IS
reasonable to suppose there 'should be not so marked as it was and People.
cOmpulsorY attendanctonv.theipart_CCAreAregineing-7,-to:40e--Posibilitiea---';-et
--all7bildre-A7df-silia-4ei age.. • . • .•• =Leh culture in the. practice' of Ligr17,,
, The A.daleaceitt Selipoi.L.Atteadance and.:.hortlectliarS- ''• •
Act of 1.9.19-'reautres ail .young. 'people 3.,It, Should' beat; 'fritit_inigilrAg".--a-s
from fourteen to f--agn'.---SqUaTe.--"deaf-107t 'WhY
toasnbUfnI1.time ...theY:„ShOtild .• not 'have good a ,chatice
have passed Ahe-examination-lo,2„.n.m...
7tricidetioiror en'tre,nce to Normal:. ,roer, 'man's s
• • ' On: hire the same bance
.Schooinnless:legally-excnied::•:-.ThiS a$•,•ibe rich Mans, son : Tire Act.- in-,
',Yoiiii.Oppertualtiesi to ▪ the child on the, farin.'.
_Steve must not gums , ' rhan_fi_royears-now,-heforrr-_ 1C-crtn--
_
It' me ins-' and then .she atogged:- they'd fired bier.4,aectise
.-,
But Steve was quick a _guessing; gn-e_you your,,Dity. . - •
He raiSed his head. and eyes met- Her Day!, Martha's eyes shone is -
hers squarely, for tbp. first tiro: diarit with toars.
"nyeada'reYagled?"'„'.he.Apiestioned...-4=4h:Ydeerd71:"Ofr:ottel; 4-Itnhdsorrow were eir ' shadow only
"wtheennf.i.ef.r,gulessweyitu,iirerteastayn411u,. thThere zilflg wellightthrofe ditbawninPPinr eillitatoree Ne
was ,dirty. work going an down there Year had come _bar Day of Days; It
and when Ifound than out, they tried was a bigger, brig'btorc mare Perfect.
to force me to go hi With' thill& I'd .naie than Eats hait orer imagiaed. •
never thought of it _until .that -night Smiicd down
:we •'-talked and yon'told:jnie, Of our Troahkil eyes. ' '''‘‘70 will go_away-And,„
DiAdybi.tXseu.onol,,_,Invtnuitibede-base-u-leoLiglindh044,ewiivchere 1118 juiriifidpeon7eichzmst,._poeroiclia4Lraviidz
years seemed Stilongra-iRr-thiceeheme :SiOric_`Ijknow--.-dearibeOausunirt=a35
Steve; Ltried_se-hard4te-hellr
would -have -Made ree , is 71in,ore---it... the mentto mo. oLloritousi1.lliDouray Nthawt
you!: breathed, his 1 mother, ,. , - '
"HelprY0i1 aired, niel In the end,
it was the thought of the Day -..-the
Day -that's bound '.to come to everiono,.•
-that kept -me -Straight: And then Yonr
pluck -you'd -waited all' these
that kind of shamed ane. for wanting
to give in. And tisen--;-"!," •
‘!Yes; their .urged .Martha,
the,words.' • ,
• "Then t thought of•Wbat you'd said
ahinit hOPIngl, 'Never. give. up hoping;
gio, ip.o. •
There is 'a,. best. way to do ' every..
thingooth .irapertiint :dings andl-lit-
tle, everyday things
somo Parts Of Holland ohirth
annonitned. -by ,..fastening,
cushion ezi the door. , tf
Vat said- That babied me. t.4; decide. en_ .s11413, ; tAwbabY '1?0Y;
Azid then as afraid 'to'tell gait,that
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EM RI sit t ,ApiiE.811Se. IN
NOW- WAY -TO PO IV RAB131-MOR0
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RABBITBORO
'NOT MUCH TRIED.
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NeARIS Pull Me., our
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1 et.,..Are- crarack---leatir•-.. from
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.thers. • , • , -.;
' .• It is not necessary : to Spend money
"and:gee t:o. a far.country in quest or .
color. 'A pri'soiariiili cell tan:seethe
bhie of the:sky through the bars, He.
. .
paints on the Wall -4 -if he'is allowed -r. -a •
scene , of, meadows., water -brooks and
.,Alcuniains, liecAuSehts'sPirit "cries, out'
for,' the color of the out. -of -doors he
knew. Natal:a ta, goci,,t1, te the ' eye, as
to tlie other senaei of a. Man. : She
gave as flOweri; ;net for ;,,their. Scent :
alone;•'hut, for.,our. pleasure in their -- .
viriegated hues'. In the wide lands
of the 'Mirth that we pantet e -Dar-, .
vi
rent her greet' paint -brush ' 'at its
,
busiest. 'Slimmer • &teesrr2
_ th a *dr .
of, ,pink," roses, purple fire -weed And, ,
*dther •doral gorgeousness, and.wliat is
left of the brillient Coler seemscaught :
. . . .
UP into' the sky and.shovra in the Sun- -
set And the wirers . •. •.. , ••,
- In tiler tropic 'fa..stnes.seS,' where .ne....,
man may ever gems there' is"the- lei-
'bit riot of .the, orchids in the trees.
The wide world °Verin. the undese,,.
crated, Unvisited places; . color Is pt.,.
Work IDOL -tiaes of the sea; though no
,Man is atiare. • Even no, in theSecret •
quiet pleees, of' e,ur • lieextii, *001 p!I:til, • '
has 'seen .andlam** there ;nay he :
ieler, or the sound 'of music, for the
'peace , and •cenilert ., Of the 'soul.
Every
courage kluge .Study.,.
•Peri; people realize the ;great 'vale*
of-musiettedy-s-an'ininA
many eminent educators..tare !declared
that music drills the raindas.•verY few .
„_otherhindleis-cam • • ,:"
Scheele do 'not: nowadays. :confine
tiaier trkusid,..:trainlng-ta"tliemore or
-
leas ;nechanica tetiehinou.nigitt--reed.
ern'schnoi teen:his _the
pupils not Only •te 'read 'enrols 'music
readily-and'AccuratelY,7"but to; iaiwT
f*Niara
delightful ' OE all. „ to .ivrite„erigina• t,:.-:,,.
develops. 'the', Meinorr-and',,poWer.
perteyeranle and.,...feiter*4.thehnaginae-•-:
tionandarthitie 'tense: -It;d stUdect
lan .nnialcal talent' thia'. trainingwill
,aTdi:itcaiiHtner: have beeii given in'thivabte
ni
:intelligent enjoyment otiinisIc.„
will ben life:long p1eeire ;
Thevalue Of mimic study In improv -
14 the speaking lielee is In .'itself,A,
sufficient reason 1evocel essonsTitc±:.,
the sehool. & fliie rnusical voiee ik a
valuable aset:1nevery4aylite.it.••-
ili*IiVit071.7i3:24).-inefitt'4'._:pentice;eaggtnP”. 114*.viiii.?,b0044-11-th./:11:11noiinkt:e4'aiste'?..!,:%
nre-in-thwdevelopirient'OrPereraialit4.
training In
grater.valuolle-its-Pilyaleht:intereienl"7."
in. strengthening . the ,luege 414 .taits1,
generally torirlo: effeet on WO
10 irltheirt .141 V001:11.4d.„ Lireltestrel
ninSic.• , • ' - •
0,3'611 cant boa nine on the tog of-
. • Do a torilb he valiey-.40. 'be
, The best tittle, serub by the sidelif thec
-De shush:if •-yOLI7Cdrift-i.) '6; a
-If yen ran?t•Tbea, birth" be a bit of tIi
Aad some litghwey horde ha
▪ thei 044- ji.o
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EvtrAl1r, . ,
11 irttitt_cau'IN,taisigtio ben star:
It isgt by elte ; that you Win 4 .iss.
• fe11,-'-' •
.130 the bM ot whatever 'ypn. ars'.
'D&ag1aa M
'Axp:ortg. "Erandris. =nee -
Vo* Telephone toiredory arei
Dante, Byron,, Alanaulaz- 8
on*;:1/NU* hhai*,
and flak**, .
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