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trfw i i i m mifi i i i mmmm0 isrow utr r tv- the acton fre press pajch 7 fi 4 ip 3te prpjbb ljnrt tarjj a visil y by wintfrkd kikxiiani f ttty i t tt vtfi tiriued for lack of funds- and lack of interest thethree of them were so worried over trumansvllle that baby danny had jft5 do something to recall them to may and the sunshine he suddenly grasped two handfuls of the- lions mane and roared with laughter it required -paui- lnes- whole strength to disengage that baby and then to enfold him in one gteat jmngry hug v- you see daddy i wanted trumans ville to carry on together just once for tp future j didnt want trumansville just to die out ttqu understand f or youve always put into your paintings asnobb imsnrprlse tertians vllle people picked up their copies of the bayliss courier for april 20 and read these startling headlines worldfamous artist about to visit l armpnd county renowned mural painter seeking months rest in bills citizens committee of bayliss makes i plans for reception under these headlines the bayliss courier contained a story one column jong beginning as follows v the courier is proud to announce jthatoneoftheleadlng lights of jhq jtrt world ot americans about to be the guest of armond county david farn- ham is a name familiar to two con tinents as a mural painter the in spiration of his themes is as noteworthy as the splendor of his colorings bayliss feels itself- honored by the presence of 0 illustrious an artist it is rumored that he comes to visit relatives in our vicinity it was just here that the bayliss news paper dropped from the hand of its-sub- acrlbers in trumansville yes it was just like the courier to come out with the news about a lion distlnguisli- ed visitor who surely belonged of right to charley jones and his weekly tru mansville echo ifrpm -behind- its sleepy maples tnnnansville peered resentfully at the noisy upstart city of bayliss whose fault was it that bayliss knew so much about the great man while trumansvihe and its echo knew nothing david farnham was the iather of paulinecarwrightr the wife of their minister under present unhappy-cir- cmnstancesrltasnhtobeexpeotjbdthat a citizens committee m trumansvihe could presume to make plans to welcome the worldfamous artist there was no committee to meet his strain only the young minister edwin and his yellowhaired wife pauline looking down the street trumansville people regretted that the first thing the artist would- see would be molly tunlops tumbling cottage and molly at her wash- tubs and mollys dirty redheaded baby at the gate and mollys scarlet tomato cans flaunting pink geraniums from the doorstep and windowsill trumansville watched the three come swinging up the street abreast they were very near the spot now would pauline point it out to him she didnt instead she directed his gaze across the street to the most gorgeous budding maple o all david farnham caught the baby up and set mm on ihe post and appeared to talk htm into wild hil arity so it happened that the little son of the village washerwoman was the first to greetthe renowned mural palnt- there was another building which tnwiansvllle people regretted they were fearful that pauline would say something about it to her father as they passed again she didnt and as they passed people saw that he was tall apd had a great marie of thick and tawny hair and walked with a swing to his step and a glow on his face only sarah olcott whose millinery windows afforded a close view muttered in sur prise but he looks tired and that gray suit is shabby at breakfast next morning the may sun poured in at the diningroom win dows in the past four weeks pauline and edwin had forgotten that any morning could be so gay at last mr baby in his way with her fingers on atnhanv thetable- themajor she accompanied him rpr with his sensitive hands and heaved himself up holiday holiday from ths 2nd of may to the 29th pauline controlled a sudden catch in her tmoatt he had said the 29th but the 28th of may had become for an other reason an ominous date heavy with aproaching disappointment wheres the country pauline me for the open road ajl by myself while you wash the dishes wheres the quickest way out to may down the street past the station then any road that goes up into the lulls with his old cap on his head david farnham turned about at the doorstep be r beamed- from head to fqot- not going tpspeak to 3 living sou fo a month he announced pauline sweep- lng the porch watched him go swinging along beneath the buddlngiaples not another person was visible except 3arah olcott polishing her glass case inclosing four dejected hats pauline by tne porch pillar watched would the grossest woman in the world go inside would the friendliest man ln the world pass by she didnt he didnt he stayed so long that pauline ran into the hall whipped off her apron and was oft and after him sarah looked as bright as a mayflower v surely he couldnt have been there half art hour yet sarah was already exhlblt- tag from her treasure drawer under the counter a flaunting heap of steamship folders but it was not of folders that she was speaking but of that- everirri tating nearby city we get jealous of bayliss sometimes bayliss thinks itself so up and doing is ltv theres no more doubt that bayliss dead one david farnham looked at herlong and nlyr v pauline wondered how far hed get that it would be fun to follow after her lion father picking up y the cruimbs of his glory so to speak never so clearly had she realized daddy daveb power to unlock peoples hearts as on that morn ing for at the door of the hardware store- heaclmallyeadrtsumple words proceeding from silas putney the mag nate of jhe parish and the town silas was explaining a hew heater tve had something like this one in mind for years he was saying i used to dream of being an inventor but some other fellow always beats me to it just like this furnace david farnham turned around and saw the building across the street what is that unfinished structure mr putney it looksjikesome sort of public building but not more than one roomts boarded up and roofed jwhat is it from the doorway paulines clear eyes challenged silas to answer he red dened hesitated ct that might be called a monument to trumansville s lack of public spirit the public spirit impliedlpubjic- fund bayliss has themwe havent pauline let her father make his own way dowh the street while she lingered at the grocers charley jones the editor of the echo could talk not only very much but very fast pauline found her father with him in the sunny doorway of the printing office so there you have it was saying trumansville is a town full nf mighthayebeerisbeeh study- ing them all my life sarah olcott wanted to travel- didnt silas putney wanted to invent didnt major pettl- bohe our one blueblooded gentleman used to dabble in paints but never push ed it through waited too long now hes blind- im no exception either yes were a whole town lull of might- havebeens all knowing how each one has faiied of expectations and saying so from time to time can you get up any community spirit out of that the question remained suspended in the air for- pauline had spied down the street a tall groping figure with a cane she tugged at her father and drove him before her the major was directly in david farnhams i way there was a collision a delightful and disarming voice apologized a hundred pardons please it must have been the maples i was not pre pared for their beauty e though iny how yfbsaw mansville to make a happy new building for all the little dannys that might ever come to this town by the end of the first week of his visit it seemed as if their lion might have lived in trumansville all his life one nate farnham started off apparently for the open road with sketching- raps in hand passing the unfinished community house he appeared to have a sudden thought he retraced his steps picked his way amid tumbled beams and planks and over upheaved soil arid went inside he stayedso long that silas putneyr watching- decided thathemust have mt by the back way and taken the cross- lot path to the west road as indeed he had leaving his sketching traps be hind him after that davidl farnham entered the roughboarded door of thecommun- ity house whenever he felt llkeit and passed out by the back and was off cross lots to the open country nobody ever entered following him notauline for he chose his hours carefully to co incide with hers over the kitchen stove and not trumansville for trumansville on their inllerlong procession the no tice read the community house lot trumansanm as previously announced will be open to f the public on may the twentyeighth t four p m this notice was not only nailed on the maples it was also pinned on the dln ingroom door and beneath it another a wbaxft riuawas- j urgent- business will return at four p m pauline a little wan sank down on a chair hes run away si much she said all through his visit ive tried afternoon davidnot to ihind i knew hejee his holiday but oh i dlj hope he wouldnt fiin- away oh his very last day what asked the minister is your- iinpredictable dad up to now arid how can i wait from elghtiintil four to find out all i know ted is that we mustnt speak to anybody about it it is a law of theearnhams never tpintejlerewith me aaughtethaa tola trumansville is you are david farnham the paint er said blind major pettibpne slowly has she been talking about the beau ties of trumansville lately no i believenot 1 tmnk she had hopes of us until a month ago she has tried hard to make us beautiful she has expected high things of us whereas trumansville as a whole has no more eye for art than- well my laundress molly dunlop in the days when i had my eyes i remem ber that molly cultivated rose geraniums in red tomato cans she does still there were light hurrying footsteps and a touch on the majors arm daddy dave the road to may is still waiting re you past the railway station im going there how but pauline knew he wouldnt with a never spoke of jhe community house either to their visitor or to his daugh ter then one day suddenly as a bomb bursting from the mornings mail came the courier announcing to trumansville that bayliss was about to take their lion the business offices of silas putney land charley jones were not far apart sir charley twq men had no further than the headlines- of the courier when they rushed out to-flnd- each others they oollided in the middle of the first para graph they pronounced the most viru lent word in the trumansville vocabu lary bayliss and then they gasped there he comes himself hecame stalking happily on wind on hisforehead hat in his hands held be hind him silas pulled himself to gether may i mr farnham be the first man to congratulate you ten thou sand dollars it is a large sum but it can be raised in ibayliss see cried chattable charley thrust ing the paper forward it is pouring in chamber of commerce 1000 womens club 500 eddington whole sale grocery 300 thats bayliss public spirit with the courier to ub- it into the outlying districts but of course mr farnham trumansville xongratu- lates bayliss on securing your services my servlcescor what for the walls of the new auditor ium now we shall never hear the last of bayliss new city auditorium ten thousand dollars the sum made suas almost apoplectic ten thousand dollars- for what asked david farnham beautiful to his high wroughtlron gate then she hurried back after her father to see whether he was having as jolly a time with molly as she always had herself molly redolent of soapsuds always wrapped a visitor in welcome even while she never stopped rubbing and wringing but molly did not look jolly this morn ing daddy david dld not 16ok jolly either but grimahd witffsparks in his sombre gray eyes he held th baby on his knee as l down on the bench outside the door pauline sat down facing her father stretching out a hand to- the babys chubby grimy llttje paw so pauline i understand youve been trying to get trumansville to build a community house but they gave out in the middle community house mollys voice in terrupted sure community is a word trumansville dont know but the librarys done daddy- said pauline tat least the walls and the roof are done and the library was to be in the centre the children were to come there for and pictures and the young folks for radio apd music and science papers and travel lectures we started last fall there was a burst of enthusiasm- but as time went on somehow the work went slower and slower and people got shyer and shyer and stiller and stiller when ted and i tried to push them on toihe finish thats a way trumansville has nwhen the- dontwanters rule- the roosp theres lots ive learned about this time when ive been handing in its laundry at the back doors mollys voice was bitter a low ttlck it was a month ago to let charley jones echo say what none of em dared to say outright to them two blessed young folks in the parsonage whadld the echo say growled the lion paulines voice drooped ilice her head u said that work on the commun- fbr painting the walls of the audi torlum not a bad sum for a small city said david farnham suddenly professional and who is the artist two blank faces stared at him why of course you david farnham woke up i kindly let me see that paper he pounded his hat down on his head he read pauline might have understood the glint in his hardening eyes the iron grimness beginning jto freeze his lips we congratulate you sir it was heartfelt and in unison on what doyou congratulate me on this offerfrom bayliss i never heard of it until this minute bayliss has not had the courtesy tscqn suit me before publishing this article before rushing in contributions to this fund i will not paint foi bayliss i have other work that i prefer he turned on his heel no open country for him that day but instead hispauline he found her alone at her desk a little strainedwith the weekl accounts he noted with relief that the mailed copy of the mornings courier was unopened and remembered how they had tossed it aside to enjoy a riot of muffins and marmalade daddy dave theres a big official- looking letter for you from bayliss what in the world canit be david farnham sank into a chalr stretching out hs long legs and leaning back his head read it he said he heard the envelope torn open heard the heavy paper crackle well he asked q daddy daddy i congrat the lion shot to his feet you need not i art going to refuse pauline clamped a cold little hand down on her account book 6 daddy but for all of us paul there is something better that i want to do he hurried into the half and upstairs to his room where he knew there was a noble maple standing just outside his window to steady him erect before it he repeated something better i want to do paul f of you swiftly one by one the days fell oil the calendar and nearer and nearer came the 28th day of may it was very early op that date still dark when david farnham slipped out that is he thought he slipped but pauline smiled beneath her warm covers wondering what daddys surprise would be this time all her life daddy dave had al ways managed to plan a surprise before he went away anywhere one of daddys surprises until hes ready trumansville must have felt much as edwin did for befeffe three it had begun to gather and tire crowd thickened steadily it-was- a- f unny- crowdr eager- alert curious but a little apprehensive it was with instinctive seller that when pauline and edwin appeared at the outer edge a path was cleared for them right through the mi rig up to 1 the entrance somehow reassured by hav ing their minister and their pauline standing there first to incur whatever was about tohappen the waiting group relaxed a little and charley jones was inspired to a bit of buffoonery say friends and folkses gathered here before this door see us the same happy band of chillus that used to gather round the door of the famousforever little red schoolhouse let all the little scholars of the old days keep still a minute fold- their hands and shut their eyes and try to remember fwhat they once thought they were going to be while a selected few make a bow and speak a piece ill begin he clambered on top of a heap of planks bobbed a tenyearold bw arid declaimed in a wouldbetenyearold falsetto of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these it might have been there was a silence prolonged cynic al then the silence stirred something was about to happen there was the scraping of bars within the doors were flung open the renowned mural painter had transformed the entire west wall until it was not a wall at all but a highway leading to some bright future below in the centre was a squat drab little build ing with a shining open doorway it might have been the district school of- long ago or it might be another build ing to right and left two sh small x figures appeared to be holding open jthe portals the faces were tiny but as one looked the figures grew familiar one of a brownhaired boy the other of a yellowhaired girl both the tiny faces looked straight irito je faces of the crowd as if wistfully they- invited tru mansville to enter that doorway which shed forth light as if it had been a gate upon a shining road on either side of this central building was a line of maple trees and behind the maples was an ir regular bar of gray mist out of which as one looked gradually there stood forth the suggested outlines of houses the maples ied up like an avenue con verging to an apex but at the top they did not meet but parted to make place for a shining goldhaired figure a child amid billowy whiteandrosy clouds in the broad space beyond the shadowy houses were men and women sharp and clear lifesized brightcolored gracious theyseemed to- be marching like the riiaplestupwardif rom each side toward the glowing child figure at the top they formed a crowded mass heads suggested behind other heads but in the foreground one form after another stood concluded on page six the maples were yienrst to see the notice naturally since it was nailed on ity house had been tndennitely dlsconsix of them chosen at successive points debts collected the sooner you send your list of outstanding accounts to jbkuy aiken the collectors at orangevllle the quicker you will have funds on hand to meet your own requirements established 1890 and still lead the field ribroll roofing colored or plain for houses barns sheds garages council standard or acomquality easy and quick to lay permanent proof against fire free estimates gladly sent send measurements maker of preiton sttel trust barnm oau vamztd tank barn door hardware pftmton ledhed nails doubtsmesh metal lath ventilators rolln fold oaras doors alt hinds sheet metal building material p jsnitedi r gtnlpa st prton ont fotori at montnal and toronto by edson r wait shawnee oklahoma community advertising addresses it self to the tourist homeseeker investor manufacturer and farmer 7 most everybody believes in respect being shown to old age the sentiment is right and a useful one although mainly io the extent that the younger party re cognizes the fortitude of the older party in adding what he has to the foundations of wisdom and knowledge and to the ex- tent that the respect rende i a a rcognitioh of the inevitability with which the youth of one day is the old age of to morrow quite surprising how daylight sports and events can be held at night nowadays by the aid of searchlights floodlights and spotlights being set at various parts of the ground making the field so clear that every unit taking part is distinctly seen tu anopportun ity to let the outside world know- the good things about your town some contend that when times are ba everyopportuhity should be taken to cease work cut down wages discharge men and stop production and through such efforts bring back better times this they think is economy while others maintain that n order to bring back normal times we must redouble every energy in every direction toward getting better markets and more money in cir- culationt spasmodic advertising does not bring the results that can be obtained by con tinuous ad vertisingt telephones are nearly as necessary to a business as advertising the use of a telephone can help to build business a well as to destroy it when complaints are made over the telephone courteous answers will smooth out many misunder standings while discourteous answers can lose more business than can be regained in many a day it is said that a lot of cities would pro gress faster if a nuniber pi its citizens would take a ship and when in midocean jump overboard by advertising the desire to possess is created in the minds of those who have tlietinntontyt r m 0l m i xa vja 4 vi m ra i rt sir i v jis rv h v j v nz sslii r v i v v- i- l n i v virtif rrv- f t 2