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Strong grunted uncivilly und went down tlif steps, she saw from Hie window Hint he mot Elverson In front of the church, "Doy sine am a-nienuln' trouble," she mumbled. The bund IkxI stopped playing; tin last of the audience had straggled dowll the stree t. She opened the door and stood on the porch; the house seemed to suffix-ate her. Whnt \yas keeping Hasty? He came :it last, but Mlltldy could tell from his gait that he brought tin welcome knews. "Ain't she dar?" "She's a -truhhcllu' wld 'em, Matidy. but she didn't done ride." "See heul), Hasty Jones, Is d.it ere chile siek?" "I don' rightly know," said Hasty. "A great big man, what wored clothes like a geinmen, coined out wld a w hip In his hand Oil' says as how- he's 'bilged to 'nounce anudder gal In Miss Holly's place. An' den he says as how de udder gal was Jos' as good, an' den evor'body look disappointed like, an' den out comes eh- udder gal on a hoss an' do tricks, an' I ain't heard no more ?bout Miss Polly." "She's sick, dnt's w hat I says." Man- , dy declared excitedly, "an* somebody's got to do somethlu'!" "I done all l hnowed." drawled Has ty, tearing that Mainly was regretting ho- twenty live cent Investment, <;?> 'long out an' <ix up dat 'ere kitchen lire," was Mandy's Impatient reply. "I got to keep dem vlttels warm for Massa John." She wished t>> be alone, so that she ' could think of some way t<- get hold of Polly. "Hat baby faced mornin' glory done got Mnndy till wobbly 'bout de heart." she declared to herself OA ' She crossed to the window for a sight of the pastor. It was nearly dark when she saw blai coming slowly down the path from the hill. She lighted the study "SIh'x fihk, ihtfs whitt I suy*.'1 lamp, .rearranged the cushions .and tried to make the room look cheery lor his entrance. "Pa "fraid yo's mighty tired." sin sahl. "Oh, no," answered Douglas absently. "Mcbbe yo'd like Mandy t.. be sar\ in' your supper In hen- tonight. It's more cheerfuler." He crossed to the window and looked on: upon the circus lot. Tin- dare of the torches and the red tire eame up to meet Ills pale, tense fttCO. "How like the picture of thirteen months ago!" he thought, and old Toby's words came back to him "The show h:is got to go on." He longed to have d.-ne with dreams and Speculation, to feel something tan gible, warm and rent within hN grasp. "I can't go on like this!" he cried. "I can't!" lie turned from the window and walked hurriedly up and down the room. Indoors or out, he fonnd no re;.I. He threw himself' In tho :ii-iii ?*.iair near the table and sal burled in thought, Mandy enme softly Into tin- rooih, She was followed by Hasty, who car ried a tray laden with things that ought to have tempted any man. She motioned for Hasty to pm the tray on the table and then began arranging the dishes. Hasty stole to Hie Window rmi peeped out at the tempting flare of red Iii?-. When Douglas discovered tin- pres ence of his two "faithfuls" he was lOUchcd with momentary contrition, "Have you bud a bard day with the new gravel walk?" he asked Hasty, remembering that be bad been laying a fresh path to the Sunday Rcliool room. "Jes' yo' come eat yo' supper." Man dy called to Douglas, "Don' yo* worry your head 'bout dat Inzy husban* ob mine. He ain't goln' ter work 'nuff to hurt blsself." For an Instant she bad been tempted to let the pastor know how Hasty had gone to the cir rus nnd seen nothing of Folly, but her motherly Instinct won the day, nnd she urged blin to eat before disturbing Ii I in with her own anxleth-s. It was no use. He only toyed with his food; he was clearly 111 at ease and eager to lie alone. She gave up trying to tempt bis npjK-tltc and began to lend up In a roundnliout way to the things which she wished to ask. "Dnr's quite some rncket out dar In de lot tonight," she Faid. Douglas did no! answer. After a uibmcnt sue went on. "H:isty didn't wort; on u<> wnlk today." Douglas looked at her qulK zlrally, while Hasty, eonvlneotl that for reasons of her own she was going to get hint Into trouble, was making f ran tie motions, "He done gone ter tie circus." sin' blurted out. Douglas* nice became suddenly grave. Mnndy saw that she had touched an open wound. "] Jos* couldn't stau" It, Massa John. I had ter find out 'bout dnt angel chile." There was a pause. 81?0 felt that he was wahlng for her to go on. ' She didn't done ride today." lie looked til' with the eyes of a dumb, persecuted animal. "And de gem men in de show- didn't tell nobody why Jes' spenked 'bout de udder gal tflkln" her place." "Why didn't she rldeV" cried Doug las, In an agony of suspense. "Dnt'S what I don' know, snh." Mandy began t<> cry. It was the Hrst time In his experience that Douglas had ever known her to give way to any such weakness. 1 tasty came down from the window ? and tried t>> put one arm about Man dy's shoulders. "IXMlb me alone, yo' nigger'." she ex Claimed, trying to cover her tears with j a Show of anger that she did not feel; then she rushed from the room, fol lowed by Hasty. The band was playing loudly. The din of the night performance was Increasing. Douglas' nerves were strained to the point of breaking. He would net bu himself go near the win dow. He stood by the side ? ? f the ta ble, his lists clinched, and tried to tteat hack the Impulse that was pulling him toward the do,,r. Again and again he set his teeth. 1 It was uncertainty that gnawed at ; htm so. Was she III? Could she need him? Was she sorry for having left him? Would she be glad If he went for her and brought her back with him? He recalled the hysterical note In her behavior the duy that she went away how she had pleaded, only a few moments before Jim came, never to be separated from him. Had sho really cared for Jim and for the old life'/ Why bad she never written? Was she ashamed? Was she sorry for what she had done? What COtlid it mean? He threw his hands above bis bend with a gesture of despair. A mo ment later be pnssol out Into the night. CHAPTER XIII. IM was slow tonight. The big show was nearly over, yet many of the props used In the early part of the bill were still unloaded. He was tinkering nbscntmlndcdly with oni- of the wagons In the hark lot, and the men were standing about Idly waiting for orders when Marker came out of the main tent and called to him sharply: "Hey. there, Jim: What's your ex cuse tonight ?" "Kxcuso for what?-' Jim crossed slow ly to Darker, ? The couk tent was started half an hour late, and the sideshow top ain't loaded yet." "Your wagons Is on the bum; that's what: No. SS carries the cool; tent, ftll' the blacksmith has been tiukerin' with it all day. Ask him what shape It's In." "You're always stallln'," was Dar ker's sullen complaint. "It's the wag ons or the blacksmiths or anything but til truth. I know what's the matter, all right.'" "W hat do you mean by that?" asked Jim sharply. "I mean that all your time's tool; up n-carryln' and n-fetchln' for that girl what calls you 'Muvver Jim.' " "What have you got to say about her?" Jim eyed him with a threaten ing look. "I g ?t a plenty." said Darker as he turned to snap his whip at (ho small boys who had stolen into the back lot t> peek under the rear edge of the big top. "She's bOOh about as much good as a sick cat since she come back. You saw her act last night." "Yes." answered Jim doggedly. "Wasn't it punk? Sho didn't show at nil this afternoon; said she was sick. And mo With all them people In8ld0 what know od her waltln' to see her!" "Give te r a little time," Jim pleaded. "She nln't rodo for a year." "Time!" shouted Darker. "How much does she want? She's been hack a month, and Instead of bracln' up she's a gOtlIII' worse. There's only one thing for me to do." "What's that?" asked Jhn uneasily. "I'm goin' to call her, and call her hard." I "Look here, Darker," and Jim squared bis Shoulders as hO looked steadily at the other man, "you're boss here, and I lakes orders from you, hut If 1 catches you abusln' Poll your l>o!n' boss won't make no difference." "You can't bluff me!" shouted Darker. "I ain't blulllu'. Pin only tellln' you," said Jim very quietly. "Well, you tell her to get on to her Job. If she don't, she ipilts; that's all." He hurried Into the ring. Jim took 0110 step to follow him, then stopped and gazed nt the ground with thoughtful eyes. He, too. had seen the change In Polly. He had tried to rouse her. It was no use. She had looked nt him blankly. "If she would only complain," he said to himself; "If she would only get mad, anything, anything to wake her." Hut she did not complnln. She went through her dally routine very humbly nnd quietly. She sometimes wondered how Jim could talk so much about her work, but before' she could answer the ques tion her mind drifted back to other days, to a garden and flowers, and Jim stole away unmlsscd and left her with folded hand and wide, Staring eyes, gazing Into the distance. The memory of these times made Jim helpless ((.night. He bad gone on hoping from (Tay to day that Barker might not notice the "let down" in her work, and now the blow had fallen. How could he tell her? One of the acts came tumbling out of the main lent. There was a mo ment's confusion as clowns, acrobats and animals passed each other on their way to and from the ring; then the lot cleared again, ami Polly eamo slowly from (ho drcssim.: tent. She looked very different from the little girl whom .Mm bad led away from the par son's garden In a simple white frock tue month before, tier thin, pensive face contrasted oddly with her flitter ing attire. Her hair was knotted high "St<tr gaztn\ PoUf he a?kcd. on her head and Intertwined with flowers nnd jewels, ihr slender neck soemed scarcely able to support its burden. Her short, full skirt and low CUt bodice were ablaze with white and colored stones. "What's on. Jim?" she asked. "The 'leap o' death.' You got plenty of time." Polly's mind went back to the girl who answered that call a year ago. Her spirit seemed very near tonight. The band stopped playing, Parker made bis grandiloquent announcement about the wonderful net about to be seen, and her eyes wandered to the distant church steeple. The moonlight seemed to shun it tonight. It looked cold and grim nnd dark. She won dered whether the solemn bell that once called Its tlock to worship bad become as mute as her own dead heart. She did not bear the whir of the great machine Inside the tent as it plunged through space with its girl occupant. These thing were a part of the daily routine, part of the strange, vague dream through which she must stum ble for the rest of her life. Jim watched her In silence. Her face was ttimed from him. She had forgotten Ills presence. "Star gazln". Poll?" he asked nt length, dreading to disturb her reverie. 'i guess I was, Jim." She turned to him with a little, forced smile. He longed to save? her from Parker's threatened rebuke. "How you feelln' tonight?" "I'm all right," she answered cheer fully. "Anything you want?" "Want?" Sin? turned upon him with startled eyes. There was so much that she wanted that the mere men tion of the word bad opened a well of pain In her heart. "I meat) can I do anything for you?" "Oh, of course not." She remem bered how little any one could do. "What Is it, P..!-!?" he begged, but she only turned away and shook her head with a sigh. He followed her with anxious eyes. "What made you cut out the show today? Was It be cause you didn't want to ride afore folks what k no Wed you ride afore hittl mebbe?" "Him?" Her face was while. Jtm feared she might swoon. "You don't mean that he was"- - "Oh, no," he answered quickly, "of course no!. Parsons don't come to places like this one. I was only flgur ln' that you didn't want Other folks to see an' to tell htm how you was rld ln'." She did not answer. "Was that It. Poll?" he urged. "I don't know." She stared Into space. "Was it?" "I guess It was," she said after a long time "1 knoWCd It!" he cried. "I was a fool to 'a' lining you back! Yon don't belong with us no more." "Oh, do;, t. .lim! Don'tl Don't make me feel I'm In the way here too!" "Here too?" He looked nt her In as tonishment. "You Wasn't In bis way, was you, Poll?" "Yes, Jim." She saw his lo*k of un belief and continued hurriedly: "Oh, I tried not to Im?! I tried so bard. He used to read me verses out of a Bible about my way being his way and my people bis people, but it isn't so, Jim. Your way Is the way you are born, and your people arc the people you are born with, and you can't change It, To be continued. NOTICE TO CLEAN STREAMS. State of South Carotine, County of Laurens. Pursuant to an Act of the Clenernl Assembly of South Carolina providing therefor, the County Board of Commis sioners for Laurens County, State aforesaid, docs hereby order and fix the following dates for the cleaning of streams within said county during the year A. I >. 1009, to wit: All streams within said county shall he cleaned out as required by law during the period beginning Februar.. 1st and ending March 31st, and that they shall bo again clenned within tho period beginning July 15th and ending Au gust ?1st. lAll landowners and persons In cha '?re of lands within the < aunty are hereby notified and re quired t?> Clean their streams v. ithin the above naihed periods. Pone at I.aureus. S. C. i:i regular annual meeting this 7th day of Jan uary, A. u. Riot). 1!. B. IH'MBERT, StipOi visor. 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