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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE.
'COME WITH US TO THE MISSION, ANSWERED THE LASSIE.
but the magnetic influence had been extended, and Jack followed the browneyed Captain who had pleadingly whispered : "Come."
At the meeting, where sorrow and misery untold were wafted upward on the wings of prayer, the little Captain told, with eyes brimful of tears, and hands raised in supplication and outstretched in entreaty; told of truths Jack had heard before, but which had never held a special meaning for himself. She told of the pearl of happiness without price, of \ hat life might be even for such as he, and then, as he suddenly realized that for the first time since his boyhood his face was wet with tears, she gently laid her hand upon his head and again said the one word, "Come."
And again Jack followed, this time to the mercy seat, and knelt, while the sweet-faced Captain prayed.
It was the beginning of a new life, and Jack thrived under its influence
and beneath the sunshine of Captain Agnes' smiles. She? Who can fathom a woman's heart? It must be the mother instinct that makes some women love the weaker men — the ones who need them most — else why should Agnes turn from the sincere, serious, handsome, young co-worker, Lieutenant Landers, to smile on and to help the crude, rough sailor?
As the Mission emptied one night, some weeks later, Jack sat, testament in hand, but heedless of its teaching. He watched the Captain closely and his heart was filled with jealousy even of the veriest outcasts to whom she gave her hand in kindly greeting, before each passed again into the dangers of life without. He heard the Lieutenant come down the aisle and say something to the Captain about walking with her to the barracks.
"Captain Agnes, would vou mind to explain this here lesson a bit ? I. can't seem to get the right understanding," interrupted Jack.