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hhi) that I ran away. Tell him that"?
She was Interrupted by Douglas, w ho
came from tho house. "Hello, Strong:
Back again?" he asked. Ill SO-nio sur
prise. Dolly remained with her eyes
Qxed upon tho deacon, searching for
some way of escape. The pastor ap
proached. She hurst Into nervous
laughter. "What's the JokeV" Douglas
asked.
"It's only a little surprise that the
deacon and I are planning." She tried
to control the catch In Per voice.
"You'll know about It soon, won't he.
deacon? Good afternoon, Mr. strong!"
She Hew Into the house, laughing hys
terically.
Douglas followed her to the steps
with a puzzled frown. It was unlike
I'olly to give way to her moods before
??Fou'll sain; a heap o) trouble for Uie
parmm by doirV It quick."
others. "Hnve you gentlemen changed
your minds about the little girl stay
ing on?" he asked uneasily.
"It's all right now," said Strong,
aentlng himself with a complacent air.
"All right? How so?" questioned
Douglas, more and more puzzled by
the deacon's evident satisfaction.
"Because," said Strong, rising and
facing the pastor?"because your cir
cus rldln' gal Is goln' to leave you cf
her own accord."
"Have you been talking to that
girl?" asked Douglas sternly.
"I have," said Strong, holding his
ground.
"See here, deacon, If you've been
browbeating that child I may forget
that I'm a minister." The knuckles on
Douglas' large lists grew whiter.
"She's goln', 1 tell you, and It ain't
because of what 1 said either. She's
goln* back to the circus."
"I don't believe you."
"You would 'n' believed mo If you'd
seen the fellow that was Just n-Callln'
on her and her a-huggln' and n-klssln'
of him ami a-promis In' that she'd be
n-wallln' for him here when bo come
back."
"You He"' cried Douglas, taking a
step toward the retreating deacon.
"There's the fellow now:" cried
Strong ns be pointed to the gate.
"Suppose you ask him afore you call
me a liar."
Douglas turned quickly and saw .Tint
approaching, ills face lighted up with
relief at the sight of the big, lumber
ing fellow.
"How are you, Mr. Douglas''" Raid
Jim awkwardly.
"You've seen roily?" asked Douglas,
shaking Jim cordially by the hand.
"Yes. I've seen her."
"The deacon here lias r.n l!ea that
Polly Is going hack to the circus with
you." He nodded toward Strong, a.
most laughing at the Burprlso in store
for him.
"Back to the circus?" asked Jim.
"Did she Ray anything lo J'OU about
It?" lie was worried by lha bewilder
ment In Jim's manner.
Before 31m could reply I'olly, who
hud reached tho steps In (lino t i < at> li
the last few wonD, slipped (pllekl.V
between them. She wore her coal and
bat and carried a small brown satchel
"Of course I did. didn't 1. Jim?" she
said, turning her back up ill the pas
tor ami motioning to Jim not lo an
swer. Douglas gazed at her in aston
lab nicht,
"What do you mean?" be asked In a
hoarse. Strained voice. He glanced at
the coat and bat, "Where arc yon
going?"
I'olly avoided his eyes and continued
nervously to Jim:
"What made you come back? Why
didn't you wait for me down the
street? Now you've spoiled every
thing." She pretended to be very
vexed with him. The big fellow look
ed puzzled. He tried to protest, but
she put a warning finger to her lips
and pressed the little brown satchel
Into bis band. "It's no use," she went
on hurriedly. "We might ns well tell
them everything now." She turned to
Douglas and pretended to laugh. "You
hnve found us out."
The deacons were slightly uneasy.
The frown on Douglas' forehend was
deepening.
"Oh, see how serious ho looks!" she
teased, with 0 toss of her bead toward
the grim vtsagcd paster.
'?is tills somo trick?" ho demanded
jternly.
"Don't bo angry," she pleaded. "Wish
mo luck."
She hold oat one small hand. ITo did
!n>t take it. S'ho wavered: then she
filt the eyes of tho deacons upon her.
Courage returned, and she spoke In n
.Inn, clear voice, "I am going to run
away."
Douglas stepped before her and stud
lid her keenly.
"Run away?" he exclaimed incredu
lously.
"Yes to the circus with Jim."
"You couldn't do such a thing," he
answered excitedly. "Why, only a mo
ment ago you told mo you would never
leave me."
"Oh, hut that was a moment ago,"
she cried In a strained high voice.
"That was before .Ilm came. You see,
I didn't know how I felt until I saw
Jim and heard all about my old
friends how Darker Is keeping my
place for me and how they nil want
to see me. And I want to see them
Hid to hear tho music and the laugh
It and the clown songs? Ob, the
passed before blm. Bhc tried to think
of new dlshcB to tempt IiIb appetite arid
shook tier head sadly as Rhe bore the
untested food back to the kitchen
She sometimes found o portfolio of
drawings lying open upon his study ta
ble. She remembered the steal with
which he had planned to remodel the
church ,uid parsonage when he llrst
came to them, how his enthusiasm had
gradually died for lack of encourage
ment and tiow he had at last put his
hooks in a cupboard, whore they grew
dusty from long neglect. She mar
veled at their reappearance now. hut
something in his set, faraway look
aitlde her afraid to Inquire. Thus she
went on from day to day, growing
more impatient with Hasty and more
silent with the pastor.
Mandy needed humor and compan
ionship to Oil the wheels of her hum
drum life. There was no more laugh
ter In the house, and ?die began to
droop.
Polly had been away from the parson
age a month when the complacency of
the village was again upset by the ar
rival of the "Great American Circus."
There wore many callers at the par
sonage that day. for speculation was
now at fever heat about the pastor.
"Will he try to see her?" "lias he for
gotten her?" and "What did he ever
find in her?" were a few of the many
questions that the women were asking
each other. Now that the cause of
their envy was removed they would
gladly have reinstated the pastor as
their Idol, for, like all truly feminine
souls, they could not hear to Been man
unhappy without wishing to comfort
blm, nor happy unless they were the
direct cause of his state. "How dare
any man lie happy without me?" has
been the cry of each woman since Eve
was created to mate with Adam.
"<?'//, SEE HOW SEfitOUS HE 7.00KSI" SHE TEASED.
clowu songs!" she wo I (zed about,
bumming (be snatcb of melody that
Mainly had heard (be morning that
Polly first woke hi the parsonage:
Tins. Ilng
Thnt'fl how the bells rlns.
TlnKi Uns. pretty yuuriK thing.
She paused, ber hands clasped be
hind her head, and gazed at tbelli with
a brnVti little smile. "Oh, it's going to
be tine -tine!"
"You don't know what you're doing!"
said Douglas, lie seized her roughly
by the arm. Pain was making him
brutal. "1 won't let you go! Do you
bear me? I won't?not until you've
thought it over."
"l have thought it <>\cr." Polly an
swered, meeting his eyes and trying to
speak lightly. Her ups trembled, she
could liol hear for III til to think her SO
ungrateful, she remembered his great
kindness, the many thoughtful acis
that had made the past year so pro
Clotl i to her.
"You've been awfully good to me.
Mr. .lolm." She tried to choke hick a
sob. "i'u never forgo! It?neveri I'll
always feel the sann- toward you. Hut
you mustn't UHk mo to stay. I want 10
get back to (hem that knew mo first?
to my own. Circus folki aren't cut out
for |iarsons' homes, and I was lorn in
the circus. I love It ? I love It!" She
felt her strength going and cried out
Wildly: "I want Hing i! I want to go
round and round tin- ring! I want the
lights slid the music ami the hoops! I
want the shrieks of the animals and
the rumble of the wheels In the plains
at night! I want to ride In the big pa
rade! I want to live ami die -lust die
- as circus folks die! I want to go
back! I want to go backl"
She put out one trembling band to
Jim and rushed quickly through the i
gate, laughing and sobbing hysterically
ond calling to hlin to follow.
CHAPTER XII.
CONELY days followed Polly's
desertion of the parsonage.
Mainly went about ber duties
very quietly, feeling that the
little comments which once amused the
pastor laid DOW In-come an Interruption
to thoughts In which she bad no part.
He would sit for hours with his head
In bis bands, taklntr no notice of what
Douglas bad bold himself mure and
more aloof from the day of Polly's dis
appearuucc. He expressed no opinion
about tho deacons <>r tludr recent dis
approval of Ihm. He avoided meeting
them oftener than duty required, and
Strong felt so uncomfortable and
tongue tied In Ids presence that he, too,
was glad to make their talks as few
as possible.
Nothing W8S said about the pastor's
plans for tin- future or about his con
tinued connection with the church, and
the Inquisitive sisterhood was on the
point of exploding from an ovcrao
cumulation of unanswered questions.
Ii?- delivered his BSmlOUS conscien
tiously, called Upon his poor, listened
to the sorrows, real and fancied, of his
parishioners and shut himself up with
his books or walked nlouo on the hill
behind the church,
lie had boon nhsent nil day when
Mnndy looked ov:t 6n the circus h t
for the dozenth tiino and saw that the
afternoon performance was ( losing. It
hnd driven her to dcsp< ration to loam
that Mis* Polly was not In the parade
that morning and to know thai the
pastor hnd made no effort to find cut
about her. F< r weeks both she ami
Hasty had hoped that the return of
the circus might bring Polly hack to
them, but now it was nearly night
and there had been no w< rd front her
Why didn't she come ru ining In to see
them, as Mnndy had felt BO sure she
WOUld? Why bad the pastor stayed
away on the hills all day?
Unanswered questions were always
an abomination to Mnndy, so finally
she drew a quarter from the knotted
gingham rag that held her small wad
of savings and told Hasty to "go 'long
to de show an' find out 'bout Miss
Polly."
She was anxiously waiting for him
when Deacon Strong knocked at the
door for tho second time that after
noon.
"Is Mr. Douglas hack yet'" he asked.
"No, sab, he ain't," said Mnndy very
shortly. She felt that Strong and Di
versen had been "a-tryin' to spy on de
parson all day," and she resented their
visits more than She usually did.
"What time are you expoethV blm?"
"1 don't nebber spec' Massa Doug
las till I sees him."
To be continued.
NOTICE TO CLEAN' STREAMS.
State of South Carolina,
County of Laurens.
Pursuant to an Act of the General
Assembly of South Carolina providing
therefor, the County Hoard of Commis
sioners for Laurens County, state
aforesaid, does hereby order and fix
tiie following dates for the cleaning
oi streams within said county during
the year A. t). 1009, to wit! All
streams wie.in said county shall he
cleaned out as required by "law during
tho period beginning February 1st and
ending March HlSt, and that they shall
be agnin cleaned within the period
beginning July ICth and ending Au
gust 31st, 1000. All landowners and
persons in cht ge of lands within the
county are lit reby notified and re
quired to clean their streams within
the above named periods.
Done at Laurens, S, C, in regular
annu.il meeting this 7th tiny of, Jan
uary, A. D. 19? 9.
H. D. HUMBERT,
Supei visor.
MESSER BABB, Clerk. l-4t.
Notice of Stockholders Meeting.
The Annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Peoples Loan & Ex
change Bank. Laurens, s. c, will be
held in the office of the Dank, at Lau
rens, S. C. on Tuesday. August -i.
1009, at 10 o'clock a. in.
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President.
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