and Billy disappeared separately without remark; Mary put on a small felt hat which added a rakish

told of her father's announcement that he had been converted and would have no more stealing done in the interest of the family larder. The fun became so fast and furious tha

tive portion of the family. Taking the baby in his arms, he sat wi

ou got nothin

t I know of,"

nday; I couldn't help it, I felt so forlorn an' kind o' gone like. I'd felt that way lots o' times before, when I was out an' around, but then I could get over it by takin' a drink. There's always ways of

been preached to lots by one man an' another. He said that wasn't exactly the way he wanted me to think about Him,-said Jesus used to be alive and go around bein' sorry for

ut he came here to show men how to live, an' he wanted me to think about Him only as a man, while

e was here

edn't be afraid to take my word for it. I'll tell you some of the things he said.' Then he read me a lot of things that did make me feel lots be

an said, 'You seem t

am,'

,' says he, 'an' you'

t before,' says I, '

d o' puzzled like,

s yer p

kson Democr

e, 'but Andrew Jacks

e heerd,

ll believe in

urse,'

true, an' get your mind full of what He said, an' keep it full, remindin' yourself over an' over again for fear you forget it or other things'll put

erstand, an' I can't get it through my head yet, but what I did get done me so much good that I found myself kind o' changin' like, an' I've been changin' ever since. Nan, I want you to read it too, an' see if it don't do yo

're believin' is goin' to keep you from pickin' up a livin

to work,"

work hand-runnin' in your life."

ess I can keep on, if I get the chance. I

he held her chin in her hands and rested her elbows on her knees. "Once I had an idee I was abo

e about didn't have no home a good deal of the time, an' not overmuch to eat, an' yet was cheerful like, an' always on His nerve. It braces a fellow up to think somebody's who's been as bad off

as no other than Deacon Quickset, who had reached the door-way without bein

u make a new start and a fair one; and, as there's a prayer- and experience-meeting around at the church to-night, I thought I'd come around and tell you that '

hrough long confinement, but he loo

re folks that-that's alway

Him, Samuel, if you ex

hem that I know is my betters. I ain't got the gift o' gab. I couldn't never say much to the fellers

said the deacon. "Come along. Mrs. Kimper, you com

the conniptions to think of it! Besides,"-here she dragged her scanty clo

," said the deacon, stoutly, though he knew he was lying.

an' nobody'll see nothin' but your face. Stand by me, Nan: I'

o' yourn," whispered the

go back on me. You're my wife, Nan; you don't k

ared, then she

Nan," whispe

rs of a dilapidated bureau, and finally folded

'll see either of you, if you don't want them to. I'll take Samuel along with me, and you can drop in wherever