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"There are too many people watching him, eager to find him overstepping the letter of the law. I can promise you, Mrs. Koons, that he or his friend, Bill Kyler, will not be long at either Gleasonton or Italee. But come, let us dispose of the lunch while the babies are taking care of themselves." She had arranged the repast as daintily as her surroundings would permit.
Several discarded railroad ties served as a table. Over these, she had spread napkins. Together the three sat at the improvised table until not a scrap of lunch remained. "I didn't know how hungry I was," said Mrs. Koons. "We have to drive five miles to the station and that gets us up pretty early.
When they had finished their lunch, and began gathering and folding the napkins, Elizabeth observed something which had escaped Mrs. Koons' notice. The left hand of their unknown companion bore a heavy gold band, undoubtedly a wedding-ring, guarded by a diamond noticeable for its size and brilliance. Her hands, too, were worthy of notice.
From the conversation of the two girls, Elizabeth caught such expressions as "that class of people," "counting each penny," "bound down by poverty," and similar phrases. The train had started on its way. A half-mile passed before it again slowed up. "This is Gleasonton," said the lady, arising and coming to Mrs. Koons to assist her with the children.
It was not in a complaining tone she spoke, rather in a spirit of light-hearted raillery. Elizabeth smiled. She understood the speaker, but Mrs. Koons did not. Elizabeth had been accustomed to hear Miss Hale speak thus of her mission boys and girls. Miss Hale looked upon them as a little family of which she was the head. Mrs. Koons was amazed.
I was expectin' that I'd be home in time for dinner, and I would if the train hadn't been late." "You can't get to Italee to-night, then," said her benefactress. "There's only one train a day from Gleasonton to Italee and it has gone by this time. They don't wait on the accommodation." "Can't I? Isn't there?" Mrs. Koons' countenance fell. "But I've got to get there!
There's every inducement there for a man's going wrong, and none for his going right." "Yes'm," said Mrs. Koons. Her deprecatory, worried expression showed that she appreciated the disadvantages of the place. "That's what I've always told Sam," she continued in her apologetic, meek voice.
B.S. Winchester, "Methods and Materials Available," Religious Education, October, 1911. $0.50. II. Further Reading Koons, The Child's Religious Life. Eaton & Mains, $1.00. Hartshorne, Worship in the Sunday School. Columbia University, $1.25. III. Methods and Materials A.R. Wells, Grace before Meat. C.F. Dole, Choice Verses. Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. Privately printed.
W.G. Koons, Child's Religious Life, sec. II. Eaton & Mains, $1.00. J. Sully, Children's Ways, chap. vi. Appleton, $1.25. II. Further Reading George Hodges, The Training of Children in Religion, chaps. i-vi. Appleton, $1.50. George E. Dawson, The Child and His Religion, chap. ii. The University of Chicago Press, $0.75. Edward Lyttleton, The Corner-Stone of Education, chap. viii. Putnam, $1.50.
Putnam, $1.50. C.W. Richell, The Child as God's Child. Eaton & Mains, $0.75. W.G. Koons, The Child's Religious Nature. Eaton & Mains, $1.00. III. Topics for Discussion What are the special difficulties which you feel about introducing the topic of religion to children? Describe any methods or modes of approach which have seemed successful?
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