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The NORMAN DEMOCRAT=TOPIC
VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917.
NUMBER 22.
Democrat- Topic Starts County
Demonstrator''s Flivver Fund
CONTRIBUTORS TO FUND.
The following individuals and firms
have donated to the $40(1 County Farm
Demonstrator's fund in the following
amounts of $1.00 each:
First National Bank
W. N. Rucker
Security State Bank
Norman State Bank
Fred Reed
Barker Lumber Co.
Clement Mortgage Co.
Carey, Lombard, Young & Co.
Nolan Si Martin
Barbour & Sons
Norman Milling & Grain Co.
Transcript
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co,
1". J. McGinley
Ben F. Williams
Wm. Barr ($2)
Democrat-Topic ($.S)
Total $28.00.
The above amount was raised by
personal solicitation yesterday.
With very few exceptions the part-
ies we solicited contributed.
The prosperous farmers of Cleve-
land county should come forward and
deposit $1.00 each with Wm. Synnott
at the hirst National bank. As soon
as the $400 is raised the books will be
closed.
Don't wait to be solicited but do-
nate your dollar. This is a worthy
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT
UNIVERSITY NEXT FALL
A junior high school will be estab-
lished at the university next fall und-
er the direction of the board of edu-
cation, according to an announcement
made recently by Dr. Stratton 1).
Brooks, president of the university.
Dr. W. V Schmidt will have charge
50 NAMES ARE ADDED TO
TREE CONTRIBUTION LIST
The following additional names rep-
resent subscribers for trees to be
planted along the Cemetery road. If
any names have been omitted please
notify the Civic Committee and due
credit will be given.
Sixty-one more trees are needed to
of the enrolling of students for the ' ill the row. \I1 trees that die will be
F. L. Swank *
Mrs. John Merkle
K. R. Chastain
J. F. Benkc
The Pickard Company
R. C. Berry
donation and is going for a worthy
cause. We do not hesitate to say that
the couny farm demonstrator is one
official who is giving more service
than the amount of salary that he re-
ceives.
May 1^7
MR. WILLIAM SYNNOTT, Cashier
First National Rank,
Norman Oklahoma.
DEAR SIR:
Enclosed find $
for the ( lev (land ('ounty
Demonstrator's Fofd Fund. Please deposit tins with The Democrat
Topic contribution.
Signature o£ Contributor.
school and will be ready t< receive ap-
plications on Saturday, May 2(>, in
room 105, Science hall from 9 to 12
lock in the forenoon. The junior
high school will consist • f the seventh,
it'lith and ninth grades and attend
nee will be limited to 20 pupils in
ach oi the three grades. Each appli-
cant must present a certificate from
the public school last attended, show
nplction of the grade below the
one he wishes to enter. Applications
r enrollment w i, however, be re-
ived ? ifbject to the filing of such a
rtific tU at the close o: (lie present
school year.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
GIVES TRANSFER NOTICE
Will Furnish Districts With Blanks;
Requests Must Be Made Now.
I'lease note some of the changes
made by the 1917 legislature in re-
gard to transferring school children
from one district to another.
1st. Requests for transfers must be
Med by the parents or guardians with
the county superintendent not later
than the first day of June.
2nd. The county superintendent
not later than the fifth day of June
shall notify in writing the school
boards of every district from or to
which an application for transfer lias
been made.
3rd. Un the 10th day of June the
county superintendent shall have a
hearing regarding all applications tor
transfers.
( 'n this date any person or persons
may appear before the county super-
intendent and give any reason why
tlit/transfer should or should not be
made.
4th. The county superintendent
not later than the 15th day of June
shall furnish the district to which the
transfer lias been made, the amount
of the "transfer fund." "Transfer
fund" means the transfer fees requir-
ed based upon the previous year pro
rate expense for the pupil in the dis
trict to which the transfer is made
tuition for high schools and common
schools estimated separately.
5th. School district boards .must
include in their annual estimate the
"transfer fund" as furnished by the
county superintendent.
Make application at once.
KATE BARBOIR
County Superintendent
without additional
st to
L. OF N. WANT WOMEN
rO HELP CONSERVE FOOD
The meeting of the' Housewives',
League of Norman. Monday afternoon
ts devoted to a discussion of food i
ononiy. The keynote was struck by |
Mrs. Charles Standby who said it is
an honor that we women can be of |
such vital help to our country in this'
crisis by savin;- and increasing the
food supply. The using of ground
emphasized; kalir corn can be
planted in all sorts of nooks and cor-
ners nearly all summer. A good cereal
1 Hour can be made by grinding
kalir corn in the meat chopper. Sweet j
potatoes, peanuts and cowpeas can
be put in as soon as the earliest crops j
are removed. Many domestic econ- j
omies were mentioned, as the use of i
curry powder on rice and lfleat to give !
a new flavor, the addition of rice to i
scrambled e«gs, using noodles instead
of potatoes, and fruit instead of ex-
pensive and troublesome made deserts.
Mrs. J. B. Cheadle reported that
500 fly swatters are to be made by
Norman high school boys and dis-
tributed to the children of the grades
and to people who cannot afford to
buy them. A committee was appoint-
ed to confer with the Norman board
of education on the subject of simpli-
city in dress for the high school girls.
The Housewives' League earnestly
urges all women of Norman and the
vicinity to do their duty in the con-
servation of food.—Contributed.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. I line. Purci
ere Norman visitors Sunday.
replaced
|fuy one.
If any one feels that they can not
afford to pay one dollar for a tree, we
have a plan to furnish i tfee at any
price that tin donor desires tu give
Send us your name regardless of the
price. It is your name we want more
than the money. Do not hesitate to
do so. If you wish to donate work,
that w ill be appreciated.
F. B, Barnctt
V. S. Betha
Katt Barbour
W. II. Barbour
I). R. Boyd
Mrs. I). R. Boyd
M iss Alice Boyd
Fred Born
W. E. Barnard
Mrs. Martin Botsford
John Brockhaus
Mrs. M. F. D. Cain
I lomer D. Cain
Miss Helen Carr
Mrs. Cadell
M. Endicott
Max F. Fisher
I . A. Ginetts
Mrs. K. E. Greene
Mr. Greene
Mrs. Greene
Ed Garce
J. A. 11ullum (5 trees)
Mrs. Arch Harrold
George Inglis
W. E. Jackson
R. O. Jackson
Paul Lessly
Mrs. Paul Lessly
Margaret Mayes
Charles Mayes
Ernest McDaniel
Mrs. E. K. Mitchell
Warren Mayfield, Jr.
Esther Monical
Bob Moffett
Mrs. Joe Myers
L. Orenbaum
I). W. Oh em
Mrs. I). W. Oliern
J. \Y. Scroggs
T. E. Smith (5 trees')
M rs. S. I.. Sommers
W. T. Wallace
Mrs. J. B. Williams
Hugh Worthington
Sam Walters
J. D. Wasson
SMITH AND WILSON. OIL j BROWN LISTING ROOMS FOR
MEN MAY GO TO ALTUS SUMMER SESSION STUDENTS
ploy-
BIG REVIVAL ATTRACTING
MANY.
J. M. Smith and J. W. Wilson h \e
gone ft) Alius where they expert to
promote oil and gas investigations in
that part of Oklahoma. 1 hey have
n pushing the work for the t levc-
I.ind County Development conipan.
and for the Big Jim project.
CI r M IL1TARY c R I'D IT.
I ight hundred and twenty three
members of the Sooner regiment at
the tUniversity of Oklahoma are to
receive one hour's credit for the drill
ing that they have been doing since
compulsory drill was adopted by the
• >klahoma students.
VISITING PARENTS.
W hile her husband, Charles \\
Wantland, athU'tic and military direc-
tor at Central State Normal school,
Edmond, is away studying military
tactics, Mrs. Wantland and children
are visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
II. G. Lindsay. Coach Wantland will
be the Central colonel next fall.
| Earl Brown,
' ii ent and too
I list ing rooms a
the summer «es
be coming to !
11 you have r<
i boarders notii v
| -15, or write h
j \ el ISt> \ . M. I
M. ( . A.
hairnian, is busy
oardiug places for
students who will
nan about June 1.
i or want student
u at phone
of the utii-
Mr. B
ii iu c;
A.
NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL WILL
HAVE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
; \
and
MRS. REED WANTS DIVORCE
AND CUSTODY OF HER CHILD
Attorneys Newell and Abney, rep-
resenting Mrs. Minnie B. Reed, liavi
entered suit against William \Y Reed,
askng divorce and custody of the livi
year-old daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Reed
were married October 20, 1909. Gross
neglect of duty and non support are
charged.
TO
LP FARM.
manual training and domes
tic art building for the Norman high
si liool is being planned l>\ Superin
U ndent \. II. I .dwards. I his building
will be about .*2 by 'XI i< « t and will
contain a manual training room, a
domestic art room, combined domes
li - art and drafting da
a small store room.
This building was pi.
Ives, the new manual tr
ami is being consider
Shannon, president of
city uhool board. It w
built this summer and will probably
cost $5,000. Oklahoma Daily.
I here have been seventy-one con-
cisions at the Hamilton-Brock meet-
ings since the lirst invitation was giv-
< n last Sunday morning. The Chris-
lion church buildng wheh seats 1,4XX)
j lias been crowded .it nearly every ser-
! \ice this week. Baptismal services for
the new converts are held at 7 :3Q each
nieht ju i preceeding the revival song
service.
< )n< commendable feature of the
re sent revival campaign is the co-
operation of all the churches in the
work. Large numbers of the members
from all the churches iu town are at-
tending the services and the cottage
i raver meetings. Rev. Whitwell, an
j « \ an.L'i list of I he Presbyterian church,
home for a lew days, led a big parade
i almos the entire audience from the
1 hristiun church all the way up town
1 I I ar 1 to the main business section last Sat-
teacher unlay night, at the close of the ser-
d by C. A.
the Norman
UNIVERSITY Y. SECRETARY
WILL WORK AT FORT SILL
Frank I). Steger, university Y. M.
' . A. general secretary, has obtained
A number of th
in the university
are being excuset
work for the rest
order that they tu
with the work on
the universiti
out the U.
move.
students enrolled
who live on farms
d from their class
t of the semester in
nay aid their parents
the farms. Many of
nd colleges through-
taking this
temporary leave from hi
the Sooner campus to go
where he will I
tin summer for
I ii i Regiment,
•uard now stat
nient post. Lai
Sieger did army Y. M. work
members of the national guard on the
Mexican border, if is possible that a
number of university students will ac-
company him to 1 • • rt Sill to assist in
this work during the coming summer.
OKLAHOMA CITY WOMAN TO
SUE PAVING CONTRACTOR
duties on
>us to go to Fort Sill
>e a secretary during
the members of the
< >klali< una national
ioncd at the govern
■ \ summer Secretary
among
are
LETTERS ADVERTISED
Burnett, Mr.; Cordell, Mr. William;
< issua, Miss Fthclyn; Glasscock, Mr.
N. I.; McDwin. Mrs. George: Miller,
Mr. Libert; Morris, Mrs. C. A.; Park-
hurst, C. B. Price, J. M.: Rice, Mr.
Will; Ripply, R. C.; The Okla. Agri-
; culturist; W'adley. Jim; Wells, Mr,
Clyde.
W hen calling for the above, please
state that they were advertised. One
cent due each letter advertised.
LLOYD L. S\\ \\K, postmaster.
Mrs. B. I•. Burv. II, executrix of tin
Judge 11. I Burwell estate, has en-
tered suit against F. P. McCormick
tor a $(),IHM) atorncy fee, which she
claims is due her for legal services
furnished by Mr. Burwell. McCormick
was a pavine contractor in Norman
and employed Judge Burwel to ol -
tain a judgment for $79,000 against the
< ity of Norman. Mrs. Burwell asks
that an injunction aginst the City of
Norman to prevent the payment of
tiie judgment until her claim is satis
fieil. John l iiibry i- ivprcsentin - Mrs.
i in well. She sets forth that it was
l.ii ■ ely through Judge Burwell's ei
'•.I. - : iiat tlie contractor obtained the
jut! anient.
vice, where a street meeting was held,
which drew a crowd of at least 1,000
ibly be people.
No meetings are held on Monday
night, which is taken as "rest night"
by the evangelists. On last Tuesday
login the house was crowded to over-
flow in!- to hear Evangelist Hamilton's
•onion on "Leprosy." Seventeen con-
\ei ions vvere made at this service,
t >n Wednesday night his subject was
\ t e i t a i ii Norman Woman." The
attendance was large and twelve addi-
tions to the church were made. He an-
nounced tlrat he would preach on the
line subject Thursday night.
There will be a special "Farmer's
Day" service held at the opera house
at a o'clock Saturday afternoon. Every
person from the surrounding country
is invited to this service. Rev. Hamil-
"ii will preach and the Brocks, as-
:- ted by tin revival chorus choir, will
fun i Ii the music. This is expected to
be one of the biggest meetings,of the
wind revival. Special announcements
of this service are being carried to
every home in the city and country.
< 'n next Saturday night the "Boost-
er Bibb drill demonstration will be
Liven. There were eighty-one boys
and girls in attendance at the "Boost-
ed meeting W ednesday evening after
chool. Mrs. Hamilton has charge of
the-e meetings, which is one of the
(biggest features of the revival. The
public demonstrations always draw
l.ii'LT covvrds to hear them.
Men! We are showing as fine a line
of the new shapes in the Panama Hats
.i^ v on have ever been able to look at.
I hese are regular $5.(It) values and
while they last, they are yours for
$1."5, at tin United Sales Co.
The
Wanderer
Novelized by William A. Page
From Maurice V. Samuels'
Great Biblical Drama of the
Prodigal Son, Presented
at the Manhattan Opera
House, New York
Copyright, 1917, by William Elliott,
F. Ray Comstock and Morris Uest.
ju'.led aside. A man, tall, Heavy, mil
bearded, rough and strong, stood be
fore them. Naomi, with a frightened
?ry, drew back to let him pass, as he
*ame down the steps directly toward
Jetber.
"So there thou art!" he cried gruffly
Jetber laughed mockingly at him.
"My brother Gaal," he said, bowing
In pretended obeisance. "Go thou
within, Naomi. 1 fear a storm."
Goal's faee was cold and hard as he
stood before Jetber. Surely no one
would ever have suspected that these
two men who faced each other with
anger in their hearts and grim inten-
sity in their faces were really broth
The one. not less than forty,
strongly built and rough visaged, with
brawny arms bare to the shoulder,
showing muscles of steel, 9lad In rough
but serviceable cloth garments far
more expensive than the simple shep-
SYNOPSIS
On the eve of a Jewish festival, about to
be celebrBted by the house of Jesse,
Naomi, In love with Jether, expresses
nnxlous fears to Rissah over Jether's
ience. He has been dissipating with his
Mend. Tola.
Tola urges Jether to demand his portion
from his father, lesse. and visit Jerusalem
ulth him Returning homo. Jether talks
Kith Naomi and almost confesses his love
lor her
Jether quarrels with his brother. Gaul,
and Jesse parts them. Jether tells his
father that he desires freedom and a sight
of the world
Jether appeals to his mother, Huldah, to
aid his desires. She tries to dfssuade him,
but promises. Tola appears, impatient for
the Journey. Jether demands his portion
from Jesse, who threatens Tola.
"How little thou knowest me, Nao-
mi!" he qfied boastfully, with a vague
sense of that future greatness which
some day he hoped to attain. "Yet
one day thou shalt behold me different-
ly. One day I shall stand before thee
and thou shalt know how much"—
lie started toward her, his voice
breaking with real and genuine affec-
tion, as If to embrace her, but hesi-
tated.
"Nay, I shall not tell thee now," he
atfded. "Some day perhaps, but not
now."
"Thou wilt tell me—what?" she In-
quired eagerly.
"Nay, not now. Get thee Into the
house, and perchance I will join thee
presently. Come, Naomi."
Together, hand in hand, they started
up the steps into the house of Jesse uq0 thou within, Naomi.
Suddenly the drapery of the door wm , «torm."
NAOMI AND JETHER.
herd skins of the young brother, who
seemed not a day over twenty and had
the slender, lithe, agile frame of a
splendid young athlete.
'Thou worthless one!" bellowed
Gaal angrily "Where wert thou last
night?"
Jetber flippantly and lightly turned
on Ills heel anil strode toward the
well.
"Where 1 chose to be," he answered.
"Then 1 can guess!" cried Gaal, eon
trolling his anger with difficulty
"While 1 have sweated ill the sun to
bring the harvest In before the holy
day, father and I and all of us. down
to the meanest servant, thou bast
shirked thj one task like the other,
lying about by day and uight. com-
panion to the worthless in the village,
or on thy back a staring at the sky.
How thou eanst be of the same par
enls as myself I cannot see. Vet. thou
art my brother, and one day I must
give I bee a third of all there is. yea. a
third. He thou accursed!"
Jetber laughed contemptuously. Be-
fore him stood the well, the pitcher of
water which Rissah had but recently
drawn to take within the lanise and
the cup from which the servants
quenched their thirst He filled the
cup with water, and, turning to the
towering figure of his elder brother,
w hose tist was raised in a threatening
manner as though to strike him, the
young boy hurled the water full in the
eyes of the elder. Gaal staggered back
iu surprise and anger.
"Take thou my blessing for thy
curse," cried Jether as Gaal, tempo
rarily blinded, sought to dry his eyes.
"May the water cool thy wrath and
purify thee for the festival, thou pious,
self complacent hypocrite!"
In another moment the two men
were clasped In each others arms as
Gaal, making a sudden rush, sought
to overthrow the younger brother. But
Jether was quick of foot and agile in
squirminir from his brother's grasp.
Again they clinched, each striving to
throw the other, yet Gaal in spite of
his superior size proved not more than
an equal match for the energetic Je-
ther. Suddenly a voice, strong, deep,
commanding, made both brothers pause
and involuntarily relax their holds.
"Stop, my sons!"
Upon the upper step in the doorway
of the house stood the aged patriarch,
Jesse of the tribe of Judea, his staff
iu hand, his left band raised in an'
imperious gesture, bis long white hair,
ami beard making mm seem inmost
like an inspired prophet. Slowly and
with majestic mien the aged Jesse, he
who sixty years before bad been the
boyhood friend of the great King Da
vid, came down the steps, while the
two brothers fell back before him. The
patriarch gazed reprovingly from < ne
to the other and shook his head sor
rowfully. Gaal took this silent rebuke
as a reflection upon himself and sought
to make his peace with bis father.
"I 'did but reprove him for his lazi-
ness. my father, and he hurled an In-
sult Into my very beard," he cried an
grily. "Didst thou but know one half
of Jether's doimrs. my father"
Gaal hesitated as if the Indictment
were too great to lay upon his father's
head, but Jetber laughingly and mock-
ingly bade him go on.
"Speak, good brother," jeered Jether.
"Thou hast ne'er before lost any
chance to speak 111 of me. This time |
thou eanst find many witnesses against
me. My father listens. Speak."
Jesse raised his hand for silence.
"Peace, both of ye!" he cried. "I am i
the master here. Gaal, thou art the
elder. Thou shouldst be the wiser
Thou knowest Jether has too high a
pride to let thee tell til in what to do.
Besides, that Is my duty, not thine.
G«> get thee ready for the evenkiH
meal."
Gaal hesitated and cast on angry
look at the mocking Jether.
"Go, I say," commanded the venera-
ble patriarch, pointing toward the
house. With a muttered and Indistinct
remark Gaal slowly re-entered the
house.
"And thou, Jether," continued Jesse,
laying his hand In kindly affection
upon the shoulder of his younger son.
"thou hast done wrong to lift thy hand
against thy brother. Never again let
there be strife between you. To-night
before 1 ask God's blessing upon my
household, yes, even before we gather
at the table, thou shalt tell thy broth-
er that thou dost repent of thy child-
ish act."
"I ask pardon of Gaal?" replied
Jetber Increduously, drawing back in
amazement. "Ask pardon of Gaal?"
The kindly face of the venerable
Jesse smiled Indulgently as he gazed
upon the headstrong boy.
"Not less for thine own sake than
for his." be continued. "Thou art too
quick of speech. Thy pride Is over
great, though urlde is honorable in
moderation. Thine, if uncurbed may
bring thee to calamity."
"I'll not have Gaal the master over
me," muttered Jetber.
"Nor shalt thou," agreed Jesse ap-
provingly. "Only to thy father shalt
thou account. Where didst thou spend
last night? From the high watch
tower I saw thy sheep upon the hills
at dawn this morning, but thee I did
not see. Where didst thou spend last
night?"
Jether came to bis father petulantly,
almost pleading, "Am I a child?"
The old man looked with loving eyes
upon the lad.
"In many ways thou art. and yet the
fault is not all thine Thy mother
hath Indulged thee overmuch, and I
myself perhaps. Jether, thou dost not
know how dear thou art to us, thou
child of our old age, and such a child
wert thou, so, beautiful."
Once more Jetber clinched his fists
with anger and resentment.
"A child-again always a child," be
protested. "Canst thou not understand
a child becomes a man? Thou, too.
dost treat me as Gaal does when I
am no longer a child, but a man full
grown."
Jesse nodded his bead In approval.
"Aye. a man thou art, as I would
have thee, and with children of thine
own It is thy mother's dearest wish
and mine that when age shall claim Iti
due from us we may sit in peace be
neath that very fig tree and behold thy
little ones aye, tlilno and Gaul's also,
play in the shade before us."
The eyes of the young boy again
flashed fire
"Not my children with Goal's!" he
cried. "That shall never be."
"Thine with Gaul's, as I have said,'
responded Jesse, raising Ills voice and
speaking with the authority of a mas
ter. "My father's father built this
house, and it shall shelter both uiv
sous. "lis large enough for all ye tw«
may bring there. Gaal Is thine eldei
brother, and to him, of course, the first
horn's rights belong. But 1 know full
well thai he will respect my wishes.
Here shall ye two abide in peace to
gether."
Al! the fire and suppressed hatred ol
the elder brother which bad been surg-
ing in the young boy's breast fot
weeks and months broke forth In a tor
rent of words.
"Live under Gaal's roof- eat at his
V
GAAL, BROTHER CF JETHER.
Gaal Cast an Angry Glance at the
Mocking Jether.
table!" cried Jether. "Nay! Sooner
than that I would ^ia-« a crust with
any beggar on the road. Father. I
would not burt thee, but thou canst
not see beyond these hills. Tliou eanst
riot understand how one might, wish
:o live afar."
"My •-on, what meanest thou?" In
qlllred Jesse, anui'/ed
"I am a man in all eyes save thine,"
continued Jether wildly. "The things
I feel are what a man feels. Yet here
I am nothing. Not only thou, bul
Gaal, wSom I detest, would be my
master. I tell thee, father, no man
a* :..y master.
"Go elsewhere; see the great world
beyond these hills; live my owu life;
be in.v own master; not Jetber. a sou
of Jesse, but Jether himself!"
The venerable patriarch smiled,
mm h pleased at the boy's assertion of
manhood and independence. He came
to the boy and patted him indulgently
upon the shoulder.
"Thou shalt go," he asserted proud-
ly "I will send thee to the tribe of
1 s.- eher. We have a kinsman there, a
leather merchant, thy mother's second
eon -i• For her sake Jelfftzadak will
wel ome thee and for thine own sake
also. Thou art a bright lad and hast
seen much here of cattle. Thou shalt
live with him a whole year and learn
in11 h <>f the ways of others before
thou shalt come back to us, enriched
with knowledge."
Jether broke away from his father's
iml.race. How little the patriarch un-
derstood the feelings of the boy! Why.
merely to go to the tribe of Issacher
meant transferring obedience from one
lire ter to another, and he would b«
free free to Join the waiting Tola lu
the valle\ below and to explore the
wonders "f the great city of Jerusa-
lem. Yet his father would merely
transfer his bondage.
is that thy idea of freedom," he de-
manded scornfully "live with Jehoza-
dak to make myself of greater worth
to thee, and then to come back here
and live again as ye live?"
"<>f greater worth to ine," repeated
the aged Jesse, hurt at the boy's words,
"when bast thou seen uie enjoy augbt
that all here have not shared? Is it
for need of urs that thy mother and
I have saved these many years? How
miii h w ei-lit of gold or silver thinkest
thou we can spend w hen we have gone
down into the gates of the grave?
Thou art a foolish lad and quick of
speech, but not of Judgment"
Jether angrily kicked a stubble of
grass with his foot
"I'll not have Gaal a master over
me. Neither shall I stay here nor go
to him "
"I will not greet the holy day with
angry heart," said Jesse softly. "Thou
dost try my patience sorely, Jether.
It is late. Go to thy room jind bathe
and clot no t hyself as doth beflt the
celebration, ind It Is my wlsu that
thou shalt not stint thy kind words
with thv brother"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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