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tnyfgetme,« nom tenner, wita rasa, no man ever a ya ‘Slug/ And that Is why 1 am glad >*Le sang last week. It will be good® for her and good for them." “Why doea a ie stay?* I asked. “Mayor’s pedplo wanted her to go to them," be replied. “They have^money—she told me about it—but laSyftrt Is in the grave np there nndeStnf pines, and, besides, she hopes to djo something for the min ers, and she will not leave them." I am afraldil snorted a little Impa tiently as I said: “Nonsense! Why, with her facej and manner and voice she could be; anything she liked In Edinburgh or to London/* “And why Edinburgh or London?** be naked coolly. “Why?" I repeated a little hotly. “You think this is better?** “Nazareth was good enough for tbs Lord of Glory," he answered, with a smile none too bright, but It drew my heart to him, ,and my heat was gone. “How long will she stay?* I asked. “Till her wqric Is done/* be replied. “And whenpvill that be?* I asked impatiently. “When God chooses/* he answered gravely. "Abd don’t you ever think but that It is worth while. One value of work is not that crowds stare at It Bead history,-* man!” _ He rose abruptly and began to walk about “And don't miss the whole meaning of the life that lies at the foundation of yonr religion. Yea/' he added to himself, "the work la worth doing, worth even her doing." I could not think so then, but the light of the after years proved him wiser than 1. A man to see far must climb to some height, and I was too much upon the plain in thoie days to catch even a glimpse of distant sunlit uplands of ' triumphant achievement that lie beyond the valley of self sac rifice. CHAPTER V. THE MAKING OF THE LEAGUE. HURSDAY morning found Craig anxious, even gloomy, but with fight In every line of his face. I tried to cheer him |55j i r.&m %8 BLACK ROCK f llljir.* ROCK! rdumTTor~sbme place in which To lay the baby, when in .came the mother saying in her own aweet, frank tfay: *QJi, Mr. Ricketts'—she didn't find out till afterward his name was Shaw— 'would you mind keeping her just a lit tle longer? I shall be back in a few minutes.* And Old Ricketts guessed he could wait. “But In six montha mother and baby between them transformed Old Rick etts Into Mr. Shaw, fire boss of the mines, and then, In the evenings, when she would be singing her baby to sleep, the little shop would be full of miners, listening In dead silence to the baby songs and the English songs and the Scotch songs she poured forth without stint, for she sang more for them than for her baby. No wonder they adored her. She was so bright, so gay, that she brought light with her when she went into the camp, Into the pits, for she went down to see the men work, or into a sick miner's shack, and many a man, lonely and sick for . . ,, home or wife or baby or mother, found j u r * In that back room cheer and comfort * 1 next and courage, and to many a poor broken wretch that room became, as one miner put it 'the anteroom to heaven.’ *’ Mr. Craig paused, and I waited. Then he went on slowly: “For a year and a half that was the happiest borne In all the world till one day”— He put hla face in hla hands and shuddered. “I don’t think I can ever forget the awful horror of that bright fali after noon, when Old Ricketts came breath less to me and gasped, 'Come, for the dear Lord’s sake!’ and I rushed after him. At the mouth of the shaft lay three men dead. One was Lewis Ma yor. He had gone down to superintend the running of a new drift The t^o men, half drunk with Slavln’s whisky, •et off a shot prematurely, to their own and Mavor’s destruction. They were badly burned, but bis face was untouched. A miner was sponging off the bloody froth oozing from his lips. The others were standing about wait ing for me to speak, but I could find no word, for my heart was sick, think ing, as they were, of the young moth er and hey baby waiting at home. So I stood, looking stupidly from one to the other, trying to find some reason, coward that I was, why another should’ bear the news rather than I, and while wa stood there, looking at one another fri fear, thefe 3nE« us the sound of A _yQl£e .mounting high above cue blrcn tops, magma. " •Will ye no’ come back again? Will ye no’ come back again? Better io'ed ye canna be. Will ye no* come back again? “A strange terror seized us. Instinc tively the men closed up in front of the body and stood in silence. Nearer and nearer came the clear, sweet voice, ringing like a silver bell up the steep: “ ‘8weet the lav'rock'a note and lang. Liltin' wildly up the glen, But ay tae me he sings ae sang. Will ye no' corns back again? “Before the verse was finished Old Ricketts had dropped on his knees, sobbing out brokenly, ‘O God, O God, have pity, have pity, have pity!’ and every man took off bis hat And still the voice came nearer, singing so brightly the refrain: “ ‘Will ye no’ come back again? “It becaino unbearable. Old Ricketts sprang suddenly to his feet and, grip ping me by the arm, said piteously: “ ‘Oh, go to her! For heaven's sake, remember standing iu her path and seeing her holding out her hands full of red lilies, crying out: “ ‘Are they not lovely'/ Lewis is so fond of them!' “With the promise of much finer ones I turned her down a path toward the river, talking I know not what folly till her great eyes grew grave, then anxious, and my tongue stammered and became silent Then, laying her hand upon my arm, she said, with gen tle sweetness: “‘Tell me your trouble, Mr. Craig/ and I knew my agony bad come, and I burst out: “ ‘Oh, if it were only mine!’ “She turned quite white, and, with her deep eyes—you’ve noticed her eyes —drawing the truth out of mine, she said*. “'Is it mine, Mr. Craig, and my ba by’s? * “I waited, thinking with what words to begin. She put one band to her heart and with the other caught a little poplar tree that shivered under her grasp and said, with white lips, but even more gently: “ ‘Tell me/ “I wondered at my voice being so .steady ns, I said: \ “ ‘Mrs. flavor, God will help you and r your baby. There has been au acci dent, and it Is all over/ “She was a miner’s wife, and there was no need for more. I could see the pattern of the sunlight falling through th£_tcega.upfls~thfi cra«L l couldJvasr me murmur «r the'river inffTBe cry of the catbird iu tho bushes, but we seem ed to be in a strange and unreal world. Suddenly she stretched out her hands to sue and with a little moan said: “ Take me to him.' “ ‘Sit down for a moment or two,' I entreated. “ ‘No, no; I am quite ready. See/ she added quietly; ‘I am quite strong.' “I set off by a short cut leading to her home, hoping the men would be there ahead of us; but, passing me, she walked swiftly through the trees, and I followed In fear. As we came near the main path I beard the sound of feet, and I tried to stop her, but she, too, bad heard and knew. “ 'Ob, let me go!' she said piteously. ‘You need not fear/ “And I had not the heart to stop her. In a little opening among the pines we met the bearers. When the men saw her, they laid their burden gently down upon the carpet of yellow pine needles, and then, for they had the hearts of true men in them, they went away Into the bushes and left her alone with the dead. She went swiftly to bis side, making no cry; but, kneeling beside him, she stroked his race and hands and touched his curls with her fingers, murmurlug all the time soft words of love. “ ‘Oh, my darling, my bonny, bonny darling, speak to me! Will you not speak to me just oue little word? Oh, my love, my love, my heart’s lore! Listen, my darling!’ “And she put her Ups to his ear, whispering, and then the awful still ness. Suddenly she lifted her head and scanned his face, and then, glanc ing round with a wild surprise in her eyes, she cried: “ ‘He will not speak to me! Oh, he will not speak to me I* “I signed to the men, and as they came forward I went to her and took her hands. “ ‘Oh/ she said, with a wail in her voice, ‘ho will not speak to me!’ “The men were sobbing aloud. She looked at them with wide open eyes of wonder. “'Why are they weeping? Will he never speak to me again? Tell me/ she insisted gently. “The words were running through my head, “There's a land that Is fairer than day. and I said them over to her, boMlng her hands firmly in mine. Sb& gazed at me as if iu a dream, and the light slowly faded from her eyes as she said, tearing ber bands from mine and waving them toward the mountains and tne woods: " ‘But never more here! Never more here!’ “I believe In heaven and the other life, but I confess that for a moment It all seemed shadowy beside the reality of this warm, bright world, full of life and love. She was very ill for two nights, and when the coffin was closed a new baby lay in tho father’s arms. “She slowly came back to life, but there were no more songs. The miners 8till come about ber shop and talk to ber baby and bring ber their sorrows and. trppbjesi. bpt though she in my clumsy way by chaffing him about his league, but be did not blaze up, as he often did. It was a thing too near his heart for that He only ahrank a little from my stupid chaff and said: (To be continued) Bargains in Shoes! WE OFFER FOR A FEW DAYS On Table No. I—Women, and Childirn < x - fords and Sandals, all sizes ninth $1.25 to <2.00 ot Oil Table No. 2—Worn ns Dongola Shoes worth $2 mi at On Tsble No. 3 -Mena Sln ea worth from $2.00 to $3.00 at 75c pr. $1.00 pr. $1 25 pr. Johnson Shoe .,Co 231 Broad Street, Athens. Q-a. 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