The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz (mobi reader android TXT) π
Doors Slammed, Feet Trampled, Hoarse Voices Reverberated, Heavy Bodies
Flung Themselves Along The Corridor, The Very Electrics Trembled With
The Cataclysm. One Moment All Was Quiet With A Contented
After-Dinner-Peace-Before-Study Hours; The Next It Was As If All The
Forces Of The Earth Had Broken Forth.
Paul Courtland Stepped To His Door And Threw It Back.
"Come On, Court, See The Fun!" Called The Football Half-Back, Who Was
Slopping Along With Two Dripping Fire-Buckets Of Water.
"What's Doing?"
"Swearing-Match! Going To Make Little Stevie Cuss! Better Get In On It.
Some Fight! Tennelly Sent 'Whisk' For A Whole Basket Of Superannuated
Cackle-Berries"--He Motioned Back To A Freshman Bearing A Basket Of
Ancient Eggs--"We're Going To Blindfold Steve And Put Oysters Down His
Back, And Then Finish Up With The Fire-Hose. Oh, The Seven Plagues Of
Egypt Aren't In It With What We're Going To Do; And When We Get Done If
Little Stevie Don't Let Out A String Of Good, Honest Cuss-Words Like A
Man Then I'll Eat My Hat. Little Stevie's Got Good Stuff In Him If It
Can Only Be Brought Out. We're A-Going To Bring It Out. Then We're Going
To Celebrate By Taking Him Over To The Theater And Making Him See 'The
Scarlet Woman.' It'll Be A Little Old Miracle, All Right, If He Has Any
Of His Whining Puritanical Ideas Left In Him After We Get Through With
Him. Come On! Get On The Job!"
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So Far, Where She Couldn't Hope To See Him Soon, Where She Couldn't
Listen For His Whistle Coming Home At Night, Where He Couldn't Even Come
Back For Sunday And Sit In The Old Pew In Church With Them. But Those
Things Had To Come. It Was The Only Way He Could Grow And Fulfil His
Part Of God's Plan. And So She Put Away Her Tears Till He Was Gone, And
Kept Them For The Old Felt Hat When Father Was Out About The Farm. And
Then When The News Came That Stephen Had Graduated So Soon, Gone Up
Higher To God's Eternal University To Live And Work Among The Great,
Even Then Her Soul Had Been Big Enough To See The Glory Of It Behind The
Sorrow, And Say With Trembling, Conquering Lips: "I Shall Go To Him, But
He Shall Not Return To Me. The Lord Gave, And The Lord Hath Taken Away.
Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord!"
That Was The Kind Of Nerve That Blessed Little Mother Marshall Was Built
With, And It Was Only In Such Times As These, When Father Had Gone To
Town And Stayed A Little Later Than Usual, That The Tears In Her Heart
Got The Better Of Her And She Laid Her Face Against The Old Felt Hat.
Down The Road In The Gloom Moved A Dark Speck. It Couldn't Be Father,
For He Had Gone In The Machine--The Nice, Comfortable Little Car That
Stephen Had Made Them Get Before He Went Away To College, Because He
Said That Father Needed To Have Things Easier Now. Father Would Be In
The Machine, And By This Time The Lights Would Be Lit. Father Was Very
Careful Always About Lighting Up When It Grew Dusk. He Had A Great
Horror Of Accidents To Other People. Not That He Was Afraid For Himself,
No Indeed. Father Was A _Man_! The Kind Of A Man To Be The Father Of A
Stephen!
Chapter 9 Pg 55
The Speck Grew Larger. It Made A Chugging Noise. It Was One Of Those
Horrible Motor-Cycles. Mother Marshall Hated Them, Though She Had Never
Revealedential Oils And Artificial
Perfumes," 1918 Edition. "Chemistry And Odoriferous Bodies Since 1914"
By G. Satie In _Chemie Et Industrie_, Vol. Ii, P. 271, 393. "Odor And
Chemical Constitution," _Chemical Abstracts_, 1917, P. 3171 And _Journal
Of Society For Chemical Industry_, V. 36, P. 942.
Chapter Vi
The Bulletin On "By-Products Of The Lumber Industry" By H.K. Benson
(Published By Department Of Commerce, Washington, 10 Cents) Contains A
Description Of Paper-Making And Wood Distillation. There Is A Good
Article On Cellulose Products By H.S. Mork In _Journal Of The Franklin
Institute_, September, 1917, And In _Paper_, September 26, 1917. The
Government Forest Products Laboratory At Madison, Wisconsin, Publishes
Technical Papers On Distillation Of Wood, Etc. The Forest Service Of The
U.S. Department Of Agriculture Is The Chief Source Of Information On
Forestry. The Standard Authority Is Cross And Bevans' "Cellulose." For
The Acetates See The Eighth Volume Of Worden's "Technology Of The
Cellulose Esters."
Chapter Vii
The Speeches Made When Hyatt Was Awarded The Perkin Medal By The
American Chemical Society For The Discovery Of Celluloid May Be Found In
The _Journal Of The Society Of Chemical Industry_ For 1914, P. 225. In
1916 Baekeland Received The Same Medal, And The Proceedings Are Reported
In The Same _Journal_, V. 35, P. 285.
A Comprehensive Technical Paper With Bibliography On "Synthetic Resins"
By L.V. Redman Appeared In The _Journal Of Industrial And Engineering
Chemistry_, January, 1914. The Controversy Over Patent Rights May Be
Followed In The Same _Journal_, V. 8 (1915), P. 1171, And V. 9 (1916),
P. 207. The "Effects Of Heat On Celluloid" Have Been Examined By The
Bureau Of Standards, Washington (Technological Paper No. 98), Abstract
In _Scientific American Supplement_, June 29, 1918.
For Casein See Tague's Article In Rogers' "Industrial Chemistry" (Van
Nostrand). See Also Worden's "Nitrocellulose Industry" And "Technology
Of The Cellulose Esters" (Van Nostrand); Hodgson's "Celluloid" And Cross
And Bevan's "Cellulose."
For References To Recent Research And New Patent Specifications On
Artificial Plastics, Resins, Rubber, Leather, Wood, Etc., See The
Current Numbers Of _Chemical Abstracts_ (Easton, Pa.) And Such Journals
As The _India Rubber Journal, Paper, Textile World, Leather World_ And
_Journal Of American Leather Chemical Association._
Chapter 9 Pg 56
The General Bakelite Company, New York, The Redmanol Products Company,
Chicago, The Condensite Company, Bloomfield, N.J., The Arlington
Company, New York (Handling Pyralin), Give Out Advertising Literature
Regarding Their Respective Products.
Chapter 10 Pg 57
Sir William Tilden's "Chemical Discovery And Invention In The Twentieth
Century" (E.P. Dutton & Co.) Contains A Readable Chapter On Rubber With
References To His Own Discovery. The "Wonder Book Of Rubber," Issued By
The B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, Gives An Interesting
Account Of Their Industry. Iles: "Leading American Inventors" (Henry
Holt & Co.) Contains A Life Of Goodyear, The Discoverer Of
Vulcanization. Potts: "Chemistry Of The Rubber Industry, 1912." The
Rubber Industry: Report Of The International Rubber Congress, 1914.
Pond: "Review Of Pioneer Work In Rubber Synthesis" In _Journal Of The
American Chemical Society_, 1914. Bang: "Synthetic Rubber" In
_Metallurgical And Chemical Engineering_, May 1, 1917. Castellan:
"L'industrie Caoutchouciere," Doctor's Thesis, University Of Paris,
1915. The _India Rubber World_, New York, All Numbers, Especially "What
I Saw In The Philippines," By The Editor, 1917. Pearson: "Production Of
Guayule Rubber," _Commerce Reports_, 1918, And _India Rubber World_,
1919. "Historical Sketch Of Chemistry Of Rubber" By S.C. Bradford In
Chapter 11 Pg 58"The Cane Sugar Industry" (Bulletin No. 53, Miscellaneous Series,
Department Of Commerce, 50 Cents) Gives Agricultural And Manufacturing
Costs In Hawaii, Porto Rico, Louisiana And Cuba.
"Sugar And Its Value As FN, The Same Principles To Go By. So When,
After She Had Passed The Hot Johnny-Cake, Seen To It That Father Had The
Biggest Pork Chop And The Mealiest Potato, And Given Him His Cup Of
Coffee Creamed And Sugared Just Right, Mother Got Out The Letter With
The University Crest And Began To Read. She Had No Fears That Father
Would Not Agree With Her About It. She Read Eagerly, Sure Of His
Sympathy In Her Pleasure; Sure He Would Think It Was Nice Of Stephen's
Friend To Write To Her And Pick Her Out As A Real Mother, Saying All
Those Pleasant Things About Her; Sure He Would Be Proud That She, With
All The Women They Had In The East, Should Have So Brought Up A Boy That
Chapter 11 Pg 59A Stranger Knew She Was A Real Mother. She Had No Fear That Father Would
Frown And Declare They Couldn't Be Bothered With A Stranger Around, That
It Would Cost A Lot And Mother Needed To Rest. She Knew He Would Be
Touched At Once With The Poor, Lonely Girl's Position, And Want To Do
Anything In His Power To Help Her. She Knew He Would Be Ready To Fall
Right In With Anything She Should Suggest. And, True To Her Conviction,
Father's Eyes Lighted With Tenderness As She Read, Watched Her Proudly
And Nodded In Strong Affirmation At The Phrases Touching Her Ability As
Mother.
"That's Right, Mother, You'll Qualify For A Job As Mother Better 'N Any
Woman I Ever Saw!" Said Father, Heartily, As He Reached For Another
Helping Of Butter.
His Face Kindled With Interest As The Letter Went On With Its
Proposition, But He Shook His Head When It Came To The Money Part,
Interrupting Her:
"I Don't Like That Idea, Mother; We Don't Keep Boarders, And We're
Plenty Able To Invite Company For As Long As We Like. Besides, It Don't
Seem Just The Right Thing For That Young Feller To Be Paying Her Board.
She Wouldn't Like It If She Knew It. If She Was Our Daughter We Wouldn't
Want Her To Be Put In That Position, Though It's Very Kind Of Him Of
Course--"
"Of Course!" Said Mother, Breathlessly. "He Couldn't Very Well Ask Us,
You Know, Without Saying Something Like That, Especially As He Doesn't
Know Us, Except By Hearsay, At All."
"Of Course," Agreed Father; "But Then, Equally Of Course We Won't Let It
Stand That Way. You Can Send That Young Feller Back His Check, And Tell
Him To Get His New Ottymobeel. He Won't Be Young But Once, And I Reckon
A Young Feller Of That Kind Won't Get Any Harm From His Ottymobeels, No
Matter How Many He Has Of 'Em. You Can See By His Letter He Ain't
Spoiled Yet, And If He's Got Hold Of Steve's Idea Of Things He'll Find
Plenty Of Use For His Money, Doing Good Where There Ain't A Young Woman
About That Is Bound To Object To Being Took Care Of By A Young Man She
Don't Know And Don't Belong To. However, I Guess You Can Say That,
Mother, Without Offending Him. Tell Him We'll Take Care Of The Money
Part. Tell Him We're Real Glad To Get A Daughter. You're Sure, Mother,
It Won't Be Hard For
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