an voi.
AM'E
I SO. is
in, NO.
I !lAl'Ti il XIX.
siAsyrKKAWX'..
nen iburnival had left the oftie
i crept to her father's si.lo. i
still staring out of it,,, window, am.
rstintimation ul' her appri «a.«•
it na
uch her fingers upon his hand,
ippily. Vil, Tborne was imt demon
re of affection. espeeialiy toward
mi. and just now, while h" ua
jt'Iiii^ for tin-mastery of l.w feelings.
'islioil to l» alone, a i, .-i.j.u..k
her touch Baying, coi .1,
i) |»lHV, imfied: y ,U 11
TuviriJ u?r U»»? nVliipJiUi s rAi
1
*«f thurff* siuiiil
itlv li" put out thf hand
os to misunderM
1
her in,, IN) TIJ'IVT n MVAV! TIK
'i s di-rtiro (,, haw IHT wiili i.nn
ieiii' iit was ju^i not stromr enough
k,: v
ls
inemnpetcjii'
'•itnr himself,
i n o w e i i
I i
vV
,r''.
riii- two names were instiif
.^"/ided the (5.IIiiiei's presence,
'"''''.vise life at Thome liill id re
'Csaeciistom.vl ,'ourse. ('oinjiany
••1 won' Ijjxf, Klvira bough! new
1
1 gavw jiarfies, paid and re
and went to dinings, and
•1
't all read her daily allotment
1 U)P
Ken. Every Sunday, if the
AF
Wus
'ine, she drove to chureh
JJ®}- At lonjj intervaJa »he went
'n. Iltfry. for the colonel h.'ui
awn
1'is prohibition when Flora
hut thi! intercourse was
"f o'id. and, «»xrept for
s Klvira hail
'\v and Iar
., ion JW well,
at liat, she couhl
''s-ins too often, and on a
Dear the end of June—it was
11
day
Ue,'H
iry of Nicholas' doparture,
"'nivei
Mlj„
ny
nniUe no allusion to this—
-•'stj'd upon going to Mrs. Herry's,
"-"J" 'id tie- day Imt to remain
j'"- MissFJ\jra sighed nnd.-uh
mj
W AS looking forward to that
'-''Uiitig. when the inexorable
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iti' !u*n
iii-rry
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Ills in
ate sin ness had led 'n-Uglr
•port unity anl Mi—.\ -r ep.t ten
ss. once rt*miV*i, was not easilv t:
anew. She saw in her fatm 1".
•etched hand only a signal for he
tiff, an.l her indignant -(ant u:
!t.» prott -.t as site tuned .in'! i« t,
1 i.tinii liilefing ami e.vpostula
-i Lottie and l.e&s, ilisisy attired
i! 1.. tin.-, suit, and as if sud'ifii!/
tnunwi'ii «itii tin.' liro of p'liius po«.• ti
«'i 1 to imprj ibc a drama baat i .. ii.r
adviiittiri'-. of a lost I• y.
I n i U i n a n o o i
w !i 1 •nn.'iiK'u opcrit'd ai. i
T.
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after,
wa.- t.
Hut
thfs
1
Might
I'tis!
uU-uiu.
h.i.i i.
wccured au'nhuit unv
*'iti 1 tin
'ion. he
in hi.s
n iv_-i,.
-a'.v liic iiciit U gii:i
olldet 1
hi.- pl
ihed tO
in isera 1
I tier. li
*.( return.
., v wmtcd there until the cr.'-seeiit
n hriffhlvned in (he we.-t, .v the stars
e out, and the shadow -^at hered over
l.iu Misw)did not return,
1 hell raJijr, the childreB
ti.e h.oiise in fear and per»
tne parden
and when tii
went haek
pleS.IV.
"Win )'c 1 w
illinj: risk a refusal .\
S l» iiiirk. (j,, consttled liimself
plains for her future. Hi
'uiudiiers education wan a proi
•it had vexed his soul not. infre
ef lal\ and knowiny well Miss
am»ed. its iiu _i l.le'l
Mi^s I'.h'ira, hein^' .:
fol'hed in the pel n
lines
of the da\ .1
Itisliop Ken, had ii-t
ahs»'tiee.
••Nlie'-i ait in'
r,,
i.,,n -aid little
e 11
L't
an imperative neees.-it \. to.
'Slit for diligently and secured at
Meantime Miasy ami the
'''""joyed a rest.
'ci'l ''oniea^ain, imt Nicliolnshad
heard fn»(n, nor had ..l.I JiU« rt i
'!••. W hien
i 1 a I a
.• .11 old a i, ilaii! e.iv-
wait
1 Jear!
ir a liigifiird litti'' K'1"'
learr* s ighed Mi»s hivira, a-
ilmt u(» Hishop Ken "I ne\t v. i.l i"
v from home witli thai, ehuii Hjjiiil'-
aw
mil
ss 1 have Glory-A mi.
hell sii[iper was o\er and Missy did
,i..i appear Mrs. Il-rn denand. ... wiili
i-mle annoyance:
W'llV does not W 1 ntT'I'd Cotjle 1'.
I lu'ii Lottie tol.l uisat had happened.
'11'jxcept for cutting otT her hiiir, th«
behavior is notliing out of the way for
XViuifred." s.iid Miss Klvint. placidly. "J
never know what to do with ?iw:h a child,
so 1 let ber alone. I
l'»K
6,11011 nv
wiser as she grows older.
I
wouldn
worry about her. Cousin Mjrtilla she
won't come until she choosew."
But Mrs. Herrv could not resist a gra^e
uncasines,: .-he M.,peeted a deep--,^^ p.tr
pose in Mi-sy's llight than met" 'duld
plav, and she hasU-iietl tos.-nd IKT coach
man and her dining room l« .v
,,xi
lu,,
the premise-, while t«.• o| m" wo,,).i n
were disjjaU'h'-d to '1,«lUir''
neighbors.
All this made Mi-s 1.^ 1
verv iifrvous. wih.1 she bi,an i"
xs-.'"
flo^r,-wruip:iiiH I"'1' ban i-'
It. was drawing
Mi. ll.-rry was sir
I,.,it, "1 trust M.
i o clock. and
heard tie* stage
t.iav not 1»' rut
at
MILBAXK. S. II. KIJIDA IS
-vrw 1.. ar-I to si ..
"I 'Tit -14 II-, 1-IIU'
$ .Mrs. I It rrv
'I graihls
'1st, *.\ a
I'm!, th.- i.-
Of i? i
Kt'• 1 Wit T- ••_!••
Hut tl»l .... ,.i,
iotncfhinjr L- nan|.fjjtii, a* .• 1
lii'-r -aid I'.mi, ^ravi-lj.
mjn^l tu JkirtS hi* cliuiiirf'ou i .'11 r
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u at
«tn
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to I III I
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lot.'.
Ta:, ,..
13y dint
i the
-isw hid
ti.nii..: in
1- escap.ii
1.'.em: 1
i«»st
of till
ice
1 Hereupon
ahd
ursiui.
I i poll 1»
w LiIti'
i di .4. that
... ttiriii i
ai 1 Hcjs.S at. 1
in.:: IK- 11u»ukI
I he wan net u:
in tin' liro.''!
1
fita-.
E 1 A 1
offiee, .| I ,r.
mat moment an
i .f the last few
,Iirrfetf p-»rii'vn of
i
..I
Of }o,mg I «,
lad i
1.• 1 1 I
ing Mm~\ I'm
w 1 .eel on 11 •.
hrrstdf on top.
fhere a t-. n ii
hessed he!. ...
a e e i n n I
Mi
•18
LarhMi
Mi.. II
i'aui ,.
ftiii-nM.
w i i. ri t.
•:. and mi
Ei\.e.i
Vim ri
ft-ill Mti
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'I'lf -i_ll! of I!
alt.i.' I II. She fei
wa. r. 'in he.
'.' i I• i 1 '. i' idra::.'.
he
B|.
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a hed her-, i! o
I keep Jr.",. W.
-i irt of ie !.
aitii. I ttlnng i
ii 1 gave v.
vi:
1 only prete1
1
a
ing aloud. I
keen biou.-e in h.
cowartiice. l.!ui
at last. After nil.
1, .|a_- utl.o le.
In desp ,ii ii
•o elimftd
.-'A a w
i' 1. it she le:.'
."1- lia te .t
I ach gll
i.• 1 -I '"I fell, Wi
,!i iver cm. ie in
a H'eli, Me- 1
a wild scream, b.
I 11' U iweLs,
h. .....iaiilly, 11.
-j-oi whence
1'uul 1
lurry,
..me accompani-
Tlu.i horse- v\.
there was 1.1 .»
traiJlic.cn pro--.
iiad starteil to v\.
bv his \oung fii.-nd-. turned back toj.e:
the little crowd »s.semhli.d around Mis-_\.
lviiig uncunseii.us in the sand.
'0 one recognized the child, and a
looker on had just hazarded the conject
lire that the outlandish little creafuro
mtint have arrived on the stage, unknown
to the driver, when Lark
in came upon
the Mvene.
"Ix'inuie see!" he shrieked. "Fur do
love 1' h. i" i.. mawsters, dat. chile 1?
Mavesc Jasper Thome's darter, little Miss
Winifred Thorne.''
There was a murmur of incredulity,
but Larkiu iasisteil, apo)og«.*t it-ally.
"Tubbe sho. hit doan lo(,ik Ink bit, but
liiL's .so. llukkom she's in sich a rig sh
been piayin' suecuss. l^awdl Lawd! li
she killed, mawwiers?"
Tliey lifted Mi.-sy from the ground
and carried her into a neighboring drug
store, w here sir1reeovered consciou.-neHS.
"I'm WiiiM red Tli .rise," she said, and
1 s.-aved to but fainted again.
Aiiv liiait fa,
i
kLark in asKfal rvi'.
ioinlr i".f ie «|.i( tor handing over her.
mi
{.iir««ou
and 1
laim..
I
i.-
1 and i riiMi n
o! alio". ,• rc-Hth
•r.u_r!it tidin'tj
i
11 I' i .t i \. ir i Iur-.'.
.1.1.) .v.. 1 VJlM.1
ilo'id Jic i'i*iru!ui«'ri'd, too, v. iih ,1 ^in.d
der iiid dwlaratkiu tJuil hi' would n»*vrr
again cross Mrs. IUrry's tlircsli ih] .v
in I'asi1 of sinji-cal»i!nit and tin-
1
..•
it\ ,.j -.,rnc, l.at not u Mrs. II.'i
Th" Siglits r.-r-rr- -til! V-in-rrv i'i ti-.
.aid Ui I I. :. I 1.. 1 .• u- ..
i: '.
1: al«» In on--
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r«. .• ^.
-I.
1 -n. 1. lii- i,».-n. -i aimed
r.i." u ..... lUili I V* )•. ..«-\errd
I'- i I. .f hi.
.Ui! Ai
1: ...-u,.
anytiiing of th. l.itu:.
"My dear con 1
•Wemu.-t, hop. I I :i.
.rive you some eolTee after
:_rht ride? ()r a gla.v* of wi
led t.
The colont 1 refused he w ..
i e o i I u I w i a i s .- a
and looked
ad given an
p, with her
.. -t: ai.,I l.er
I 1'
long at IJ, -. Ti.-- «i
c.nodyne. -he la a
I a id.- cro--ied on tu i
,ther. o\a rpoweied I
•.way ami left the roo ..
I led
1 1, 111 liu» I
i the po-i
1 .. .. A )uai
T' dragtring iinota.
.: 1 hiianoiis rri
1 up by the
In tbe nionii
I ad not stirred. •.
.' .V.'iiuV" he :is 1 1.
''A hell .Missy a\\' a- a
i'-lie ll.'ld U ell h- I ,.
seldom iKiti' 1! V--'!
Iiiiio
1
"'l.'ike a away!"
"Don't 1 it toueh ,•
•oli melt ii.e and it w n't
:,"11
o "Cold 1! 1".
V. itiifred, 1 v. 1 ii ,t t.
I -e 1 von." 1!., e
tue colonel aw: \.
I'.ut remain a
v. a -. th"
•Hvi'f'
ffl*.
Patent and Straight FI
1
ttcise
*n?
—_ i'WP
*,
U 'ca. *k3
(,,uS.Inot
alid Would not. Vv i" 11 slie wais (jnicted
became again a a sat down with his
I amis behind lum, i.a order to show tnat
lie did not mean to touch r. If nhe
would only smile! Hut tiie troubled look
he wore was not calculated to win smiles.
Where hurts you. Winifred' he asked
"Don't you fed better?"
"Nowhere hurts," answered Missy.
"And
I
don't feel better."
Of* nod her eyes, and looked at him with
gieat earnestness. "No, you won't," she
said, no, you won't."
'.Continued ne\t u ..
-v ^ubseribers to the Ht.v. i-
Vl
1
ean weure ih»* previous mini- 1
:. n Coir.liif"i elliel't of Ibis
y
ON-(ILLJHFII'IL IM-J|
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A!wa\ |i,,:.,1.
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1
The colonel sighed. "Is there anything I
you would like to ha ve'r" Jie .struggled i
for some term of endearment, hut hid
lips, long unused to affeet innate utter- i
ance, refused to frame the- words lie
Bought. "You shall have anything you
atk. Winifred," he declared, pathetically.
issv closed her eye.- and did not an
Bwer. She was silent so lotig that her
father thought her a.sleep, and he wa»t I
growing uneasy at what 1m farieied might
le a fatal symptom, when she suddenly
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