EVENING LEDGEK-PHILADELPHIA, THTJESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1915.
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THE BDOAD tUGHMT
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see n yz. 'ii iired Sir iiitnuru
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3 ClTE'll T.W mfnuu. b. or.
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I.' iihut 'un0'' u ill .land
.it "- . lha m.n wiv .- --...
fuM "anS.?,.P Pe ter. and",
f e"n,i,1..i ihS inn. Still wun
rleun, , 'S"'on hii way,
" r51ii craic rPP fn.a
"Crafflt TfiSaa. .-pn-
UVh Peter .... r JP
k,sj!a.aJir-5
SSII
& JKnur'lJ'with a madman
wt.B.c0.;"i,riii hirk. Atter this
7.K?h.toSM"
'WaSSLSSJlS the landlord.
rSmti "K.J'S.a"
itt aSbH.10 her boro'
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?'rAPTER XVin-(Contlnuod)
ft?" -..,.a the house I saw
WB WP"". "., .-. , nr. .
ljtthe smootn gTavw """ - ' -l?L
Scorning and going of many
A. ,. and also that one of
STL)-. tM shbne with a bright
ETa It was toward this window
fia W-COBipanlon led mo. in a wnue.
ETii,.t this was ono of those French
I-? . '..-I m the ground. Now.
" uy" - ,
g through Into the room oeyom..
,m .. oM man who sat bowed down
5i.ui Uh his white head pillowed
Sti. .rU sitting so very still that
Kjiht have been asleep but for tho
!! ... of hl twitching hands. Now,
l. ih. uble. at no great distance from
E'lrtween the guttering candles lay
iJJi a very 111-USCa, oaiiereu-iuunuii,
wwblch I thought 1 recognizeai
SU. innklnir about. I presently
t lu Owner leaning against tho man
tu ... nowdered with dust from
i to foot, and his worn garments
iktd mor ragged man ever; uiu,
l I itood there, in tne aroop 01 nas iieau
14. Its Uttless eet of his shoulders, there
I hi u air . ...v... -.-. -;----
,j iioptleisnesa, wnne uijuh iu uuu
ert I uv the glisten of a great, soil
rj tear. But, as I looked, tho window
ii inrst suddenly open:
".ferry!"
. mmTlu. inv. Dltv all were
iantlvpSn that one short word yet
n IT...- Vaw ti n'fl. InvA. And At that
' th white head was raised, raised in
n, to see a vision of loveliness caught
;W two ragged arms.
itherl"
4 noil .the three heads the white,
toljeirvand the black were drawn
ri toHlh.r. drawn and held close in
frahrsce that was Indeed reunion.
.0. seeing my presence wns become
oily unnecessary, I turned away, and
i.'sora once more deep among tho
(i, Tet. as I went I suddenly heard
Ices that called upon my name, but
k.;t,on, and In due 'season came out
on the broad highway.
fnB4)n S'llttle as I went, very full of
aartst, 'the"stlh"rose uri. ' So' I walked'
toa thrbugb world nil glorious with
omiBj.
CHAPTER XIX.
(, 4 jHE lun was hjgh when I came to a
plate where the ways divided, and,
W! I, ittoa' hesitating, which road to
.lce, I btard' the cool nlnnh anil murmur
t a. brook at nn Frnit (a.anoo WIiam.
fore, being' hot and thirsty," I scrambled
through the hedge, and, coming to tho
uiuui, inrew mysen race down beside
Jt and. catching up the sweet pure water
t ray.hUld. drank my fill; which done,
R J"1 m teet and bands and face,
7 9 1 4 became much heartened and ra-
nij thereby. Now, because I have
r lorea inenoise of running watets,
TtJ :?" u",, rose ana waiKea on
I , C4' th? tm, listening to its blithe
f -f5; meJod'r- s. by devious ways, for
,".w "vuna proaigiousiy, I came nt
a iuaoen declivity down whjch
m P Sfd ln a mlr'ature cascade.
. :.y .'".' i?""' .ana 8'5mnK w"n
. t Km--i J'"ow nues. on I went.
f k aUr..the heat Bnd slare of
BB,Z ZZ '5e hlgh' tree-clad sides
f'.,M ?m? ,,hade- 0n I went, past
'?th.S.V!.,CuU and b"rtlng willowH.
rehM lih S88 """lerfoot and leafy
ehanrafnt i' c' 'oii orooK
1lmfaii mood now lauKhink and
Wing. In Mme iuEltlvo v nt .,,.
iw, now i
f Aadnw,,
sighing and whispering in
W."".7" 'r7,"pa .8
I .iir.j .' t . . "," quiie mient.
1 I friiiuiui. .V.urIoe tne brook, waUh-
4 , Sn .V .".nowed llke dartn
t tUi .' b?ttom. "ntll, chancing
Sr Irtopped. And there.
wriSElblS 'eav'.hut In among the
ihsriu - vT :. . ''""cu " "0 ten-
!cSVkVP;rt;wne,
wtCit. Sll'i" from ,u ,,lnBea-
iil T1" l's forlernnemi nr,.i .uni.
WtLlll?"0" T broken
Jng-ln the .1 iu'V lnere was 0In('
iSSJ rli ' the P'aco that drew ma
ft. but V.H. m'what ou8h'y Pt
. aav f Vi. BlronH. ana
w0 might do worsn limn ll,. I I
T'ei'tW-rornhbors.
Hti .;rv.'v l0 "i him to sleen at
irin.ucah;p'faacne,.mlBht v ry
feSn'i1 &" ''" ht. with thl.
! U etbln7niiMV. aB st,llea by hear-
f Jo. a.,00kln. it tr ; ;
mas-
'tTurBliir ,v . . .
twit ma i .una', ' bene,d very
!, .u?t " on ona 6rrt- a"d leaned
lrMM,.l.fJ,.wrdJ "I wa. wondering
ke-woVM ."??. but ' uch an out-
gVdrM bu,lt a wanderln' man
-u'V.yr.VhaunUd,t
If' M T
.with r.er ,""'" nwered the
SbJ'S."; WWtjr nod strangely
iSS.,!S2"!l.'Kf !
" for that m..t
WlM Of 11,. v.-...
CwU? ii Anc!n. "moan. '
.wliO groan. Thu. . .
k'2?"!" !. ? .hak.; chains."
'TL"a! ve4 h?r of later
,'tein i wouiaivt, no, not if
'M W1ndeIln maa I4ved 'eret
-u-rKiuea -isseU 'ere like.
crncktln' flame o' llghtnln. t mind I'd
been lip to th' farm n-courtln' o Nancy
Brent she 'm dead now, poor lass, years
nn' years ngo, but shn were ft fine, buxom
maid In thoso days, y' ye see. Well, I
were c"omln' ome, nnd what wl' ane thing
an' another, I lost my way. An' pres
ently, as I were stumblln' along In tho
wnrk, comes another crackle o' llghtnln'.
an" lookln' up, what should I sco but this
cro cottage. 'T were newer-lookln' then,
wi' n. door nn' winders, but the door wns
shut nn' tho winders was dark so theer
I stood in the rain, not llkln' to disturb
the stranger, for 'o were a gert, fierce,
unfriendly kind o' chap, an' uncommon
fond o bcln' loft alone, llowo'evcr, nrter
a while, up I goes to th door, nn" knocks
(for I wero a gert, strong, strappln', well
lookln' figure o' a man myself, ln thoso
days, d' ye nee, an' could give n good
buffet an' tak ona tu), so up I goes to
th' door, an' knocks wl' my list clenched,
all ready (nn' a tidy, slrablo flst It wero
in those days) but Lord! nobody nn
swered, so, at last, I lifted thu latch."
Here the Ancient paused to draw a snuff
box from his pocket, with great delibera
tion, noting my awakened Interest with a
twinkling oye.
"Well?" I inquired.
"Well," ho continued slowly, "I lifted
th' latch, nn' give a push to the door,
but it would only open a Httlo way an
Inch, p'r'aps, an' Btuck." Iloro ho tapped,
and opened his Bnuff-box.
"Well?" I Inquired again.
"Well," ho went on, "I give It a gert,
big push wl' my shoulder (l were a nne.
strong chap In those days), an Just as it
Hew open, comes another flash o Ugnt
nin. an' the fust thing I Been, was-a
boot."
"A boot" I exclaimed. ,.,,,.
"A boot as ever was," nodded the
Ancient, nnd took a pinch of snuff witn
grCBt apparent gusto.
"Go on," said I. "go on."
"Oh! it's n fine story, a fine storyl ho
chuckled. "Theer bean't many men o my
ago as 'ns fund a 'ung man In a thunder
storm! Well, as I ton ye, j. seen u uvr.
likewise a leg, nn theer were this ero
wanderln' man . o' the roads a-danglln
behind th' door from a stapll-look ye!
ho exclaimed, rising with some little dif
ficulty, and nobbing into tho hut, 'theer
be th' very stapil, so It be!" and he
pointed up to n rusty iron staple that
had been driven deep" into tho beam above
thfl rtnor.
"And why," said I, "why did ho nan
lumselfT"
"Soeih' o' 'ad no friends, and never told
nobody nobody never knowed," answered
tho old man, shaking his head, "but on
that theer stapil 'o 'ung Msself, nn' on
that theer stapil I fund 'im, on a stormy
night sixty nnd six year ago come
August."
"You have a wonderful memory I said I.
"Ay, to be sure: a wunnerful mem'ry,
n, wunnerful mem'ry!"
"Sixty and six years la an age," said I.
"So It be." nodded the Ancient. "I were
a fine young chap in thoso days, tall I
were nn' straight as a arrer. I be a
bit (MfTerpnt now."
"Why, you are getting old," said I.
"So 's f- stapil yonder, but t' stapil looks
n'Eh ab good as ever."
"Iron generally wears better than flesh
nnd blood," said I: "It's only natural."
"Ay, but 'e can't last forever," said the
Ancient, frowning, nnd shaking his head
at tho rusty, staple. "I've watched un,
mrnih ln an' month out, all these years,
nn' seen un growln' rustler an' rustler.
'I'll last 'e out yet,' I've said tu un 'o
knows It 'e'vo heord me many an' many
a time. 'I'll Inst 'ee out yctl' I've said,
nn' so I will, tu "e can't last forever un'
I be a vlg'rus man a mortal vlg'rus man
bean't I?"
"Wonderfully!" said I
"An' sn strons as n bull?"
"To bo sure."
"An' t' stnpll can't last much longer h,
malstcr? so old an' rusty ns 'o bo?"
"One would hardly think so."
"Not so long ns a tur'Me vlg'rus man,
like I be?" he Inquired, with a certain
wistful appeal In his eyes.
"No," I answered Impulsively.
"I knowed It I knowed It," he chuckled.
feqbly brandishing his stick, "such a poor
old stapil as 't Is, all eat up wl' rust.
Every time I como 'ere n-gntherln water
cress, I come In an' give un a look, an'
wntch un rusttn' away, an rustln' away;
I'll see un go fust, arter all, so I will!"
and, with another nod at the staple, he
turned, and hobbled out into the sun
shine. And seeing how, dcsplto his brave show
ing he labored to carry the heavy basket,
I presently took it from him, disregarding
his protests, and set off by his side; yet,
ns we went, I turned once to look back
ut the deserted hut.
"You 'm thlnkln' 't is a tur'blo bad
plnce at night?" said the old man.
"On the contrary," I answered, "I was
thinking it might suit a homeless man
like roe very well Indeed."
"D' ye mean to live there?" exclaimed
tho Ancient.
"Yes," said I.
"Then you bean't afraid o tho ghoat?"
"No," I answered,
"P'r'aps you bo one o' they fules as
think theor bean't no ghosts?"
"As to that,"I answered, "I don't know,
but I don't think I should be much afraid,
and It is a great blessing to have some
spot on this unfriendly world that we can
call 'home' oven though it bo but a hut,
and haunted."
In a little whllthe path we followed
led up a somewhat steep ascent which,
though not so precipitous as the place
where I had entered the hollow, was a
dlfllcult climb, notwithstanding; seeing
which, I put out a hand to nld my aged
companion. But he repulsed me almost
sharply:
"Let be," he panted, "let be, nobody's
never 'elped me up this 'ere path, un'
nobody never shall!" So up we went,
the Ancient nnd I, side by Bide, and very
slowly, until, the summit being reached,
he seated himself, spent nnd breathless,
upon a fallen tree, which had doubtless
served this purpose many times before,
and mopped nt his wrinkled brow with a
trembling hand.
"Ye see," he cried, as soon ns he had
recovered hi. breath sufficiently, "ye see.
I be wpnnerful spry an' active could
dance ye a hornpipe any day, If I was so
minded."
"On my word," said I, "I believe you
couldl But where are you going now?"
"To Blss'n'urst!"
"How far 1. that?"
'"Bout a mile acrost V fields, you can
ee the pint o' Joel Amos's oast-'ouse
above the trees yonder."
"I. there a good inn at Blsslnghurst?"
"Ay, there's T,he Bull' comfortable,
an draws fine alel"
"Then I will go to BUainghurst."
"Ay, ay," nodded the old man, "If It
be good ale an a comfortable Inn you
want you need seek no further norr Bis
'n'hurst; ninety an' one year. I've lived
there, an I know,"
"Ninety-one years!" I repeated.
"As ever wast returned the Ancient,
with another nod. "I be the oldest man
tn these parts' cept David Relf, an' '
died last .year" . , , ,
"Why then, if he's dead, you must be
(he oldest," said I. . ,,
"No." said tho Ancient, .haklng his
head, "ye see It be this wayt David wer
my brother, an' uncommon proud 'e were
o' beln' the oldest man in these pearts,
an now that e bo dead an' gone it du
seem a poor tning am a very poor iiunm
to tak' 'vantage of a dead man, an' him
my own brother!" Baying which, the
Ancient rose, end we went on together,
aide, by side, toward BUainghurst village.
P.WmstJfj," Mtd r
fw J""-De"a th' door yon-
tot IfV? ? August.
i uiil .. ..."H "" see.
.?!!" w.,th eret '""'y
Fu, jr,xr.vzr : 22 .-, i
ifjBtji,. "my "W'tiTiMn, 1 wuereiu " " " T T.Z "
CHAPTER XX.
"miJR BUM" ! P,a!n "quare. white
1 washed building, wilh a sloping roof,
and before th door an open portico.
whrW ar wo s ZZKn uy"
of ale nt one's elbow and watch the wind
ing road, tho thatched cottages bowercd
in roses, or the nuiver of distant trees
where the red, conical roof of some onst-
houso makes n vivid note of color nmld
the green. Or one mav closn one's eves
and hark to the chirp of the swallows
under the eaves, the distant lowing of
cows, or the clink of hammers from the
smitny across tho way.
And presently, ns wo sat there drowsing
ln the sun, to us camn one from the
"tap," a bullet-headed fellow, small of
cyo and nose, but great of Jaw, albeit he
was become somewhat fat and fleshy
who, having nodded to me, sat him down
beside tho Ancient, and addressed htm as
roiiows :
"Black Jargo be "took' again. Gaffer I"
"Ahl I knowed 't would come soon or
late, Simon," said the Ancient, shaking
his head. "I knowed as 'e'd never last
tne month out."
"Seemed goln' on all quiet and reg'lar,
though." said tho hullet-hended man.
whom I discovered to be the landlord of
The Bull" "seemed nice nnd nulot. nnd
nothln' out o' the way when, 'bout nn hour
ago It were, 'o ups and heaves Sam out
into tne road."
"Ah!" said the old man, nodding his
head again, "to bo sure, I've noticed.
simon, as 'tis generally about the twen
tieth o' the month as Jargo gets 'took.' "
""E'vo got n wonderful 'end, 'avo the
uaucri" saia Kimon, turning to me.
"Yes," said I. "but who Is Black George ;
how comes ho to be 'taken,' and by what?"
"Gaffer," said tho Innkeeper, "you tell
un."
"Why, then," began the Ancient, nothing
loth, "Black Jargo be a gert, big, strong
man the biggest, gertest and strongest
In tho south country, d'yo bbo a'most ns
fine a man as I were in my time nnd,
off and on, gets took wl' tenrln's nnd
rages, nt which times' 'e don't mind who
e its "
"No, nor wheer!" nddedthe Innkeener.
"Oh, '0 bo a bad man. he Hlnrk .Tnrire.
when 'o'8 took, for "e 'nve n knack, d'yo
nee. 01 mum- 'om o' tho one nighest to
un, nna n-heavln of un over 'Is 'end."
"Extremely unpleasant 1" said I.
"Just what he done this marnln' wl'
sara, nodded tho Innkeeper "hove un put
into tne road, 'o did."
"And what did Sam do?" I innulred.
"Oh I Sam were mighty glad to get
on so easy."
"Sam must be a very remarkablo fel
low undoubtedly n philosopher," said I.
"'B bo nowt to look at!" said the
Ancient.
Now at this moment thern ennw n curt.
den deep bellow, a hoarse, bull-like roar
from somewhero near by, nnd, looking
round in some perplexity, through tho
wide doorway of the smithy opposite I
buw a man como tumbling, nil arms nnd
legs. Who, havlne dC3Crlbed n unmmnnll
fell, rolled over once or twice, nnd sitting
up In the middle of the road, stared about
mm in a dazed sort of fashion.
"That's Job!" nodded the Ancient.
'Poor follow!" said I, and rose to go
to nis assistance.
on, that weren't nothln'." said tho
Ancient, laying a restraining hand upon
my arm, "nothln at all. Job bean't 'urt ;
why, I've seen 'em fall further nor that
more now, Dut ysee Job be pretty heavy
handlln' even for Black J.inr"
And, In n little while. Job nros from
.where he sat ln the dust, and limping up,
snt himself down on, the opposite bench,
very black of brow and fierce of eye. And,
after he had sat there alien, fnr nivh.
five minutes, I said that I hoped he wasn't
nuru
'"Urt?" he repeated, with a blank
stare. "'Ow should I be 'urt?"
"Why, you seemed to fall rather
heavily," said I. "
At this Job regarded' me with a look
hair resentful, half reproachful, nnd Im
mediately turned his back upon me ; from
which, and sundry winks and nods and
shnkes of the head from tho others, It
seemed that my remark hnd been Ill
judged. And after we had sat silent for
maybe another five minutes, the Ancient
appearance to notice Job's presence for
ino nrst time.
"Why. you bean't workln' "s arternoon
then. Job?" ho inquired solemnly.
"Noa !'
"Goln' to tak' n 'ollcyday, p'r'aps?"
"Ah! I'm done wl' sralthln' least
ways, for Black Jarge."
"And him wl nil that raft o work In,
Job? Pretty fix 'e '11 be In wl no one
to strike for "Im!" said Simon.
"Sarves un right tu 1" retorted Job, fur
tively rubbing his left knee.
"But what'll 'e do wl'out a 'elper?"
persisted Simon.
"Lord knows!" returned" tho Ancient;
"unless Job thinks better of it"
"Not me," said that Individual, feeling
his right elbow with tender solicitude.
"I'm done wl' Black Jarge, I nm. 'E nigh
broke my back for me once afore, but this
Is the last time; I never swing a sledge
for Black Jarge again danged If I du I
"And 'im to mend th' owd church screen
up to Cranbrook Church," sighed the An
cient: "a wunnerful screen, a wunnerful
screen! older nor mor-aht a sight older
hunneds and hunneds o' years older
they wouldn't let nobody touch it but
Black Jargo,"
"K be the best smith In the South
Country!" nodded Simon.
"Ay, an' a bad man to work for as ever
was!" growled Job. ''I'll work for 'e no
more; my mind's made up, an' when my
mind's made up theer bean t' no movin'
me like a rock I be I '
"'T would ha' been a fine thing for a
Blss'n'urst man to ha' mended t' owd
screen!" said the Ancient.
"T would that!" nodded Simon, "a
shame it is as it should go to others."
Hereupon, having finished my ale, I
rose.
"Be you 'm a-goln', young malstcr?"
Inquired the Ancient.
"Why. that depends," said I, "I under
stand that this man. Black George, needs
a helper, so I have decided to go and offer
my services."
"You I" exclaimed Job, staring In open
mouthed amazement, as did also the other
two.
"Why not?" I rejoined, "Black
George needs a helper, and I need
monev."
"My chap," said Job warnlngly, "don't
ye do it You be a tidy, sizable chap, but
n,....!. T m ,,t mnV tin mnr. ft I'fti, tlinn
XJltU;it ,,BV W ,. .W ..,w.. 1 WM .M..
I should of a uauoy oon i ye ao lu
"nitr not." said Simon.
"On the contrary," I returned, "better
run a little bodily risk and satisfy one's
hunger, rather than lie safe but famishing
beneath some neage or ricn wnai oo you
think, Ancient?"
The old man leaned forward and peered
u.p at me sharply beneath his banging
brows.
Well?" said I.
"You 'm right I" he nodded, "and a man
wl' eye. the like o' yourn bean't one a.
t Is easy to turn aside, even thpugh it
do be Black Jarge a. tries."
"Then," said Job, a. I took up my, staff,
"if your back', brpke,. my chap why,
.don't go for to blam. me, that, all I You
be a sight too cocksure ah, tliat you
be!"
."I'm thlnkln' Black Jargo would find
this chap a bit different to Job," re
marked the Ancient. "W'is. do 'ee, tiunK,
Blmon?" , . .... ..
"Look, as if ' might take a food blow,
oh i and srlvs one, for that matter," re
turned the Innkeeper, studying me with
i,.ie.Mfl.ed eye, and hi. head to 'one
aide, as I have seen artist, look at pic
ture. "He be pretty wide in the .houl
dcre, and full In the che.t, and, by the
look of mm, quit un pin..--vnu'v
been tv flthtin' man. Blmon.
and you ought to fcitojNWbpt he 've got
"And what .wJiibt Uiat be. Gaffer?" la
nnired the Innkeeper.
"A sood, straight, bright ey. Blmon,
wl- a look la it m ty,, 'I wlwr '
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in the street i aay old chap, where would you be s T Mgr, . ' 1 t?fft
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