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A TERRIBLE SECRET!
FROM A 1101 K ill"
M.U1 AGNKS KhKMlNO,
AltrilOH OF
"Ocv Raiü^. wut'.': ÍVirn," "A. WoNtmn-
mji. wywan," "nort.sk Bonn-
nos," DrO.
Kr.W Yftnk, March 13, 18—
•'DraukhtDithv :—J un liulf-.au
hour uro 1 onmo homo from a Sjilw
diil ball, tho most splendid by far r.f
tho winter, and before one Irtiy of nil
Hit brilliancefades from Uly frivo*
Ioup mind, lot m'o \^<|Wn wW ful)
you all about it it' 1 <w n. •
"The hall wan held at the De
Booywjr Jn tt <y:up~thc irtl?ivtMÍÍ*1n
honor of their disc inguishad kiiglish
fucat.fi, Lady Helena Powyes, of
'nwyHS l'lttiio, c.hcshiro, and Sir Vic,
tor Cufheron, of Cathcrnn Knyals,
Cheshire. How grand tho litios
Hound ! fflttjtitcrv pen expands as it
writ oh thoMpputrioian nauics. La
<ly Helena. (Hi, Dithy ! A "to; do
lioioÚH it must be to be, 'My La-
dy !'
'•What did 1 wear, you ask t
Willi, my dear, I wore a lovely
trained green Bilk—.gns.iight groen,
you know, under white tullo, all
looped up with trailing • sprays of
lily of the vulloy and grassos—(lit,
ta ditto, in my hair, and just nn.e
jiitik halt blown rose. A trying
coat time you nay T Yes, I know it,
but tho only bowuty poor Trixy onn
claim it< a tolerable pink nnd white
hoad ni'
carried it
'*1 set out to toll yon of tbo l)«
Rooytor bull, and Feo how I run on
complexion, and a decent,
light hrown huir, tío 1
ligl
tiff—ovary ono says 1 really looked
my very west, and—don't sot. thin
down to vanity deal —the genftas,
men's «yes indorsed it. [ dsrjoeT
all night, and here is where the
rapture comen in, three time# with
the baronet. L ttni/t Hay -much fur
liis waltzing, but lie's delightful,
Dithy—chiiiuiitig • Could a biiro-
rtet I o anything else '< Ho talks
with thut delightful fcinglisli accent,
winch it in impossible to imitate or
describe. lie is vvry young, about
tl«roo«ttiid-twonty, f, should judge,
•lid really (in Unit blonde Kuglish
way) very handsome ilia hair in
T—
I ' Vllt'y tfjíM1 h«M ító*4 l ivgrrVljííOly. li,«ti of ligypl, Uiii p r|il6<aei tiiiir
1 abort-nightotl blue evV«/ and ftutju* iiTitlt, her lieuit craved wivli
"golden youth
"Yon don't'
of New York,
say you're glad lo sec
All Now York was thore—tho inc, liithy, and yott do look uueoin
inoiily blank Will you cud my tie*
oniiing suspense on this point, Miss
Durroll, by sBying it now, antl giv
ing me u sociable kiss H"
11c made as though he would take
it, but Kditb drew back, laughing
and blushing a little.
"You know what Grotnhon snyh
to Faust: 'Lote, nio oh much as
crush wnfl awful, the music excel
lent, tho supper—heavenly !• Sir
Victor litjMjjaAmericnos *o much ;
hut then fi|pMluld help liking tut ?
Oh, it, haajpion "a charming winter
—fmrtiniTHomowhoro every night.
Nillfton sPging for us, some sleigh j
kntiug no end. L have
loveliest skating costume,
volvot, satin and ormino—
'enn't do it Justice..
k.i A clock down .stairs
0*o, and, 'Kathleen Mnvoiir
¿ grey dawii Is breaking'
lema ted eily.^BtrOvtii.1 An
Macbeth says, 'To bed—to
bod !' With endiosa loro, and end-
less kissos, cVcr thino own.'
"JÍKATMX."
Sht%nishcd the letter—it drop
[ied upon her lap, and her large,
da.rJt. eyes looked blankly out over
tho^óld, grey, rnin*bcaten nea.
Thin was the life sho longed for,
prayed for, droamcd of, tho life for
which she would have sold half tho
yeiirs of her life. The balls, tho ojh
eras, the rose silks aud pearls, the
booths and tho morry go rounas off&r*i it
Vanity Fair. She thiritod ior thom
a« tho blind thirst for .«ijjht. She
longed, for tho "htrtH"of dazzling
light," the dainty dish oh, the violet
velvet and ormino, with a longing
no words can paint She bad youth
and beauty; sho would have suited
tho life aw the life suited her. Nn«
ture had inn do her for it, and Fato
had planted her here in tho droari«
est of all dreary sen eoas^towns.
The rain beat upou her uncover*
ed head, the uold wiud blow iu her
fuco—nhr>. felt neither. llor hoart
was full of tumult, revolt, bitterness
untold,
Beatrix Stuart's lalber bad been
her dciitl, mother's eousiu. Why
was Beatrix chosen among tTio oloot
you like, but no kissing, that is *ry frasli mid prematltre to-judge
vulgar:' 1 agree with (.irotchen—it
is vulgar. Oh, Mr. Stuart, what a
surprise this is 1 [have just boon-
«ending a loiter (join your sisti'r,
and she dresn't say Hi werd ol jut
coming" ^
"For the oxoellent reason thai she'
know nothing about it when that
letter wan written. Lot mo look at*
you, J5dio. What have y«u been
doing to yoursolfsiuco 1 lolt, that
V
of Mat/itUon, and Kdilh left to drag
■nit "lifo among tUo loWlyShe
sat there while the uiouieots wore
on, the letter erunhed iu her lap.
Iter l |>r. set in a
The glory of t he
line of duil.pain
world, the flesh
abort
an eye-glass. Now 1 thiuk au oye*
glass is dlstiiiguisho'l looking tu it-
Self, aud it is hunt ton to be short
aigltlod. Why are they iu New
Y ork do I hear you' ay ? J<ady
Helena was tuecommeuded a ihjo
voy.ige for hot' health, and her ueph-
ew aeeompauied her. Ladyllclcun
is not young nor beautiful as you
Htight imagine, but a fair, f t, and
sixty, 1 iiliouh] say, British matron.
Site is the daughter of the late Mar-
quia of St. Allans, and a widow,
but husband having died :jutuc timo
ago. Aud tlicy an; iiuuieusely rich
. ImmkNnuIjY, Dithy ! Capitals can't
do justice to it. And of course all
the young Indios Inst niglit were
luakiug a dead se( at the young
harouet. Ob,.Dithy, child, if bo
tdiould only fall in love with me,
with MK, aud make uto lady Catb
vtuu, I believe I should |ust die of
pure eeal.asy (is that word spelled
ri^hty) like Lord Itorloigh's bride
iu the story. Fancy yourself read
iug it in the papers:
^ " 'On the —th instant, by the
lfov. l(latik lílank, ussisted by etc.,
, ote., at the residouee of the bride's
father, Sir Victor ('utheroti, Duro-
uet, of'Oatjheron Koyals, Cheshire,
'England, to Beatrix Marie Stuart,
only daughter of Juntes Htuart fcjs<(.,
bunker of Filth avenue, New York.
A'o' Von/*.'
"Dithy, think of it! It makes
uiy bruiu swim, uud stranger things
liavo happened. My iweiitieth
birthday couich next week', and ma
gives a large party, aud Lady II
and Sir V. are coming. I am to
wear at pink silk with trimmings of
reifl point, and pa sent home a set of
pearls from Tiffany's yesterday, for
which be gave #1,U0U. If tbo rose
silk and peurls fail U> fiuisb him,
then there in aootber project on tho
enrpot- It is this, Lady 11. and Sir
V. go homo the first week of May,
and we are going with thorn iu the
same ship. I say ««.•—pa, ma,
Cbarloy aud me. Won't it be loves
ly ( If yoi. wore coming, you might
writ$ a book' about our baps and
mishaps. I think they will equal
the -Dodd Family Abrojd.' fciori
ously, though, Edith dear, I wish
you weft eoiiiing with us. It's a
burning shaino that yotf should be
buried alive dowu in that poky
present appearances, my orrand
rc being to—Miss Darrell, doesn't
♦irike you to ini|uire what, my eru
ltd here may be ?"
"Shotting," Miss Dtirroll said,
nmi plly.
"Sliontitig iu March', (.rood lleuv
;1lS, no
Fishing {bou."
Fishing is a delightful reereie
ion in a rijij ling brook, on a hot
Sru should fall uway to u sliadow in \ugust day, but iu this month and
lis manner f jiut perhaps youa
KO. 2S:
tab
As it is by no moans u matter of
lillercnee to me, I move an ado
urnmoiit to the house. No, th link
ii, [ don't want your arm. This
l the fushiomiblo Hide of Ih'oad*
«y, ct four u'elouk of a summer
ternoon. 1 talk of it jtx though 1
ul been there-—I who never whs
rther than Boston in my lift:, and
ho. judging from present appears
ices, never will."
"Then," said Mr. Htuiirt, "it's
She bold out both her bands,!well; she had agaruttutcriuoclasp
her heart Full; and brimming over oil oiosl' iu tibr wills, a talisman
in tier btaek eyes. For once iu his jagttiust bold or %eariues*<, nüd thiuk'
life Charley Stuart lúrgot to bo ing how well «bo would look iu it
flippant and cynical. IIo held tbo, net! Thursday «t tho party, she
handn gontly, and be looked half- tripped blHboly uloi ¡¿. A keen
atigbiiigly, balfscompiissionatefy, | witiu blcW, ndárk driftiu^sky Imug
inte
failing is the natural and inevitable
result of ray leaving V
"No doubt. Life would uuturnl
ly be insupportable without, you
Whine ver / may have lost, Mr. Stu<
is quito .evident you have
not lost the most striking trait in
your eharaetor—-your soll'^eonooit."
"No," tho young mftn- muewercd ;
"my vil tune nro as lasting us they
nro numerous. Miiy i ask, how it
is that I have imddoiily become
'Mr, Stuart,' wheu It has beeu
'Charley' and' *doar Cousiu Charley'
for tho pilot two yenra 'l*
Miss Darrell laughed a little aod
blusbejl a little ngaiu, showing very
this weather! For a Mosspohu*
ittt# young lady, Dithy, 1 must say
your guvesiiig education has boon
ilianiofully tiogleetod. -No, 1 have
•ome for soniefhioubettor than eitli*
or fishing or shooting—I Imve come
for ycv." 1
"Charley!"
•'I've got Iter note softiewbere
said Charley, fooling in bis pockets
us they walked along, "if it huso't
melted away in the raiu. No, foere
it Is. Did Tris, by any chanco, al
lade to a projected (our of the. gov-
ernor's mid the uiatornal'H to. 1ÜU
ropeT'
"Yes."' Her eyes were fixed ca'
(•erly on his laee, boriips apart, and
l '"'iJsb. "Oh, Charley! what
i,.l ... .. • *Jt$
white teeth aud lovely color
"1 have boon reading Trixy'e lot, iilo you moarf V
tor, aud it lilis mo with an is-wfu j I tho iutensity of her emotions
Iflrtiw; her luiutt ortived wivh
un exceeding great lougiug, and ull
lil'o bad given her was hideous pov<
erty, going errauds in shabby bats,
and her stepmother's rubbers,
through rain and iptid, nod being
wailed upou by sucb ueu as Sam
Doolittle. She looked with eyos
full of passionate despair ftt the
dark, stormy sou.
"If 1 only hud couruge," sho said,
between her set teeth, "to jump iu
thore and make nn end of it, 1 will
uomc day--or I'll ruu away, I
dout much cure what becomes of me.
Nothing can bo uiucb worse thau
this sort of life— uothiug."
She looked dangerous as alio
thought it—dangerous to herself
and others and ready for uny des
pur ate deed, bo absorbed was she
iu hvr owu gleouiy thoughts, as
she sat there, that she uovor beard
a footstep descending the rocky
path behind Iter Suddenly two
gloved hands wore claipcd over her
eyes, and a mellow, milseuliue voice
sung u verse of au appropriate
song;'
'Drunk, hwak tiieak,
Un thy colli Ki'uy sloiisw, oh ecu !
Aail I woutil thut my toiipiie itouM uttn
Tin1 Ilioiiglns tliai ai'Ut! in uji .'
"1 would that my tongue ooulil
iittet tlic thoughts that uriso iu me,
noiicoiming young ladies who sil
perched on rroks iu the rain.. Is
it your fa voiito amuiiomunt, may i
auk, Miss Darrell, tu ait' here and
be rained on'( Ami are there uo
lunatic my loins in Saudypoint, that
they allow i/ueb people as you to go
nt large'?"
She sprang to her feet aud con-
fronted him, Iter breath caught, her
eyes dilating.
"Oh !" she cried, iu u breathless
sort of way, "it < Charley !"
Sho held out both her bauds, tho
whole expression of her lace oliaug
iug—hor eyes like stars.
"Charley, Miss Darrell, find if it
had been tho Man in the Mono you
could bardly look more thunder-
struck. Ami now, if I utay vonturui
to propound so delicate a oouun.,
drum, bow long is it since you lost
your aofiocs '! Or had you ever any
to lose, that you sit here iu the
beastly stale of the weather to got
comfortably drenched to the skiu ?"
lie wns holding both her hands,
baudypuiuty with yowc cleverness, ¡ uud looking at hor as bu> spoke—a
and your aunutniiliHliujcutH. aud guod! young in,in of some fivosundstwenty,
look?, aud everything. If I uiarty! with grey eyes aud chestnut luir,
th,« barouot, Dith. I shall take you well.looki ng uud well dressed, aud
•villi me to Kii^lund, and yuU' uuall witb tliut iudu>'ribablt air of casi;
iivt baypy fvievui, auAlaihiou which bulen;/ iu the
rospcctt for you uDd nil the tfuWt
family. How could I pn uume tc
address us plain Clmrley any one soj jnore.
fortunate mi the bosout friend of ii
baronet ?"
"Ah!" Mr. Stuart remarked^
placidly ; "'J'rixy's beeu giviug< you
u quarter ijuire' crested «becis óf
that, lias she? You • renlly wado
through lhat poor child's iulertuiua-
bio epistles, do .you'( I hardly
JiU'jW ^Jlicb*tü ^delire
IiiiiB thnt, eat) write twisniv pa^üo uf
—nothing, or tbo* patiouee wbiult
reads it, word for word. This one
is Sir Victor from dale to signature,
I'll HWear. Woll, yes, Miss Darrell,
1 kuow lito barouot, uud lie's u very
heavy swell uud a bluu diuntoud of
tho first wator. Talk of pedigree,
there's a. pedigree, if you like. A
Cuthcrou, of Catberou, was liiind
uud glove with Alfred ihu Great.
lie's a very lucky young fellow, and
why the gods should huvo singled
him out us the recipient ul' their fa-
vors, and-lelt mo iu the oold, is a
problem 1 can't aolvo. He's a bar
ouot, he has more tbousuuds a year,
aud more bou ea it/ more count ion
thau you, with your limited' kuowU
edge el arithmetic, eoubl eouut. He
bus u fair complexion, ii melancholy
contrast on that point to you, my
poor Edith ; bo has incipient, pale
yellow whiskers, he has un liuglish
ueueut, uud be goes through life
mostly iu u suit of Oxford mixture
aud a round lolt hat. lie's a very
lino follow, arid I approve of biiu.
Need 1 say moró
"More would bo superfluous. II'
you approve of him. my lord, all is
said iu tbnt. Aud Lady ilolonu t"
"Lady Helena is a ponderous uud
venerable matron, iu black silks,
O'bant illy laee, aud marabout feath-
ers, wlu) would woigh.duwu sixteeu
ofyouaudiue, auil who worships
tbo ground Iter nephew wulks ou.
She is the daughter of a murquis
uud a peeress in her own right
(die forgets to be l'orimil, and bo
Comes natural*aud cousinly once
the flushed, Cartiest li cr,. I loW ©Tor tho main nw«
"You poor child!" bo «aid ; "and | beftirti Miss Darrell nod' flu tubed
•Ah! I urn Charley ugAiu. Here
is the note. As it is your health
ful and refreshing custom to rond
your letter iu the raiu, I need
burdly nrge you to open and peruse
this one." t o
Li ardly I She tore it open, fml
Viiu over it witn kindling ebc^s
*{■! i' f>t «-liroljI'iiM' fi'enrt i
f T ITF.KU CTlTn ; ^r. Stuart
and myself, Charles and Boiitrix,
propose visiting tiurope iu May.
From my son I le'uru that you are
proUeieut iu tho Froueh uml (rcrs
man languages, uud would be in
valuable to us on the journey, JIicn
sides the ploasuro your society will
Afford us all. If you think six
hundred dollar* sufficient recom-
penso for your services aud all your
expenses paid, we shall be glad to
have you rolurii (under propel' fo
male eh urge), with Charley, i trust
this will prove acceptable to you,
aud that your papu will allow you
to come. 'J'lie advantages of for
eign travel will bo of inestimable
benefit to a young ludy su thor
ougbly educated aud tulcutod as
yourself Beatrix bids lite add she
will uevcr forgive you if you do uot
co inc. < •
With kindest regards to Mr.
uud Mrs. Darrell, 1 remain, my
(Icur Kditb,
Very uiucurely yours,
on.milott k sru a ti r.''
She hud come to ii stund still ia
the middle of tbo moddy rond,
while in u rapture site devoured
this. Now she looked up, Iter face
transfigured—absolutely glorified.
Ou to Kui'opc! France, Italy, (/eK*
many, Hwitzerlaud ! livu in the
radiant upper world of Iter dreams !
¡iho luruodto Charley, aud to the
unutterable surprise of that young
gentleman, flung her arm* Around
him, aud gave hid a frautio hug,
(J bur ley ! Charley I <Jb}
ytiu think the world outside tbislthc'ttrBt mile ofhur pilgrimage,, the
sen, and théHO sandhills, in all -ui -l great feathoay snow flakes boga
shine and bnletir <U\ rote. Well,!whitlingdewft. She looked .up iu
think so*— it's a itiiNiilestt dclilsion, dtomay—snow ! SUo bull uot oouu
aud unu that *ou't lust. And ted ou that, iler «ay Iny b*er
whatever bstides," he said iliin onr 'I liille, and dowu valleys, tlie pith
itestly, "wbbtever this now l.ilejwei eieclléut, l)ard aod beatetl, Vut
liriogs, you'll never blaiuo m«, Kd- if it aom i}d~"Wid uight wufi edUilllg
itb, for liaviug tuken you awa/from!ou fast. What eUeull! dhti do 1[
tlic old one >" . iFruduuce whirtpored, "Juhr liitolt-;"
Never!" t>he avswer«d. . And youth's iuipatibiico and eonl^Mw
site kept hor word. Id all thu sad/ in itWIf Oried out. "gh w/' Mdiilf
iiess—the shume, the pain of tho [went on.
after tiuic, she would uovor have ! It waft as lo&fcly a llvc ttilr walk
jono baek if she could—sho uover Up you Would wire to take iu au Au
j lamed him. gust noontide. Thiuk what it lutot
They walked eu io slleuoe Theylhuvo beet this stormy Februmy
were at the door of tbo ugly bleak evening. She ♦as uot entirely
house which Kdith Darrell for alone. "Don Owsot," tlie bouse
eighteeu years liad cullod houie, but I dog, u big ifiugllah matíiff, trotina
which she wus never to call home J by her side. At long iutl'r^ale,
more. You would hardly havo down by putbs uud i Oio s fields;
known hor—so bright, eo beautiful there «ero souie half doíuUChabita
in a moment had hope mudo her— I lions, botwtiou MillficblJiB tísudy
usmile ou Iter* lip*, her eyes like point—thut Was all. FBwr, fusUf
dark diamonds. For Charley, he [came tho white whirling flake# j ad
watched her, us ho might some iu | out'and out February mo# alorul
•cresting natural curiosity. i had net in. -
"When am I to ho ready I"' sho] Again—should she turu buck r
asked him, softly, at the door. I Slgb paused half n Uiiuute to dtVatu
"The sooner the better," bo an- the (|ueetiou. If she did there
V we red. * would be a slooplefui uigbt uf turret
* Tlieu she opened it ami wont iu for hor norvuus fsther a^ hume
CIIAHTBR II. Aud she might ho able to keep the
One snowy February night, ¿UstUth with tho"lion's" ttid lei-
two yoars before,.Hdith l)Arrell aud «oual tear sho ielt nqno ¡ sho won a
Churl * Stuart ttud met for tho firs', thoroughly bravo little w«i«u, and
time-met in a very odd and ro 'boro was a spice of ajtwituto iu
mantrc way. I bsnviug the storm end goiug out
Before rolaling thot peculiar first 8h# shook book hot clubtering
meeting, lot me premise that Editli «" rls, Hod her hood a little Uabtor,
Durroll's iiiothor had boon born a wrappod hor oloak more doMly
Mise Elomior* SfcuuH, Iho daughterI^or> whiflllod cheerily to
of a rich No^f York uierobaut, who Do" c®¡¡ffr, and *«®t °h.
hud lallen in lóvo at un Curly peti-l Iu the bfiglit Itíiltfc h bf
od of her career with Iter fatU'e thorn ia no suoli word M'Fail, she
hundrioine by<.k*keopor, Fredcricl *") gayly, puttiog tho Done sl.au-
Darrfcll, bad ob.peil with Itiin. and «y head. "£ avunl,V^ tttaaf#
frxnt r>fl'-Vy —> * -■ w!k'I< ' *" "
from ihveecforih, forever. ,
years' hard battling with poverty Uross's bund',and trotted pODtoutedly
and ill-houilli bud followed, aud before.
thou one day she kissed her hu -| "As if 1 coubt lose Hie path With
baud uud little daughter for the the Don," she thought; what a
Inst time, and drilled wtarily out ol j goose 1 am. 1 shall make Mamma
tbostrifo. Ofoourso Mr. Darrell, Dariell out out my garuet metioo
a year or two ulter, murried again and begio it before 1 go to bed to«
lor tho sauo of having some one to uight.
took alter his house uud little Kditb | aho wuik„d brnvoly and brightly
as much as auythiug olso. Mrs.Ln wfciuUing a,,d talking to D-m
at intervals. Another mile
was got over, aud tho uigltt bad
shut dowu, white with whirling
drifts. It was all she could do new,
to make her way agaiust tho étoim,
and it grew worse every inetauf
'l'lireo miles of thu live, lay yet before
her. Hor heart began to fail bet u
little; the path was lost in Iho
.... . , . snow, nnd ovon tbo Don began to
of three liviag languages and twoj^, ul ftult< The drifting wilderness
... , .. „ .nearly blinded her, the doon miow
"If you call t support your larully .uuurtorably fatiguing. Tliere
by your bunds, .Mr. Durmll, «u p" Wllft but nno thing in hor favor—(be
ped his wife, "support them by yonr u¡ M for jf(J rilary. was mUd, Sho
heud. litem arc plenty yoiiug W|¿ nU iu B R|uW of warmth, but
uieii iu thu world roadv to learn lwkul ¡, s||0 ^faould got lent auH
flounder about here uulil uiuruingV
And what would papa thiuk of her
ab.toucc ?
Shostop\!t'd short ogaiu, II' she
could see a light alio would wake
fot it, kVo thought, and take rcf%
Darrell No. 2 wue iu every . ronpoot I ^¡n)ljur
the exact contrast of Mrs Darrell|
No. 1 She wus a brisk little wo*
HI tin, with ¡mapping bisele eyes, u |
sbiirp uobe, u eomplexiou of saflrt
a ml u totiye like u curviugsMfi....
Freduric Diirrdl wus by nature u
feeble, helpless sort of mau, but she j
galvanized oven him into spuss
umdic sort of 1Mb- lie wus master [
of three lh
dead onOs.
uieu tu thu world rouily to learn
Froueh and (>oruian, Crook aud
Luliu, if they oun leuru Ihoin at u
reuuiiiablc rate. Advert,iso for
these young uicu, and I'll board
thmu when tlicy come"
He olioyod, the idea proved a
returned the impul •
i Vvith a promptitude
Tl.; k au... ,™ ,rr. ¿ "J'""
civilized Yankee girl, ami blusb to 'j,jr ... .... I
rciuombor you never bid an aucess
tor. B'rt why do I waste my breath
aud time iu those details, when Trix
lias uarriUcd thorn already by tho
oubiu foot. Miss Darrell yju muy
be u luermuid or « kelpie—tliut soil
of youug person does exist, I be
heve, iu a perpetual shower bath,
but I regret to inform you I atu
mortal—very mortal—Subject to
meliuieholy colds iu tho bond, aud
doprotsin^ attacks of influenza. At
tho prouont moment, my patent.
¡Stuart
t-ive ouibraoe^
and warmth íb^i. did hiiii credit.
"1 never knew, a loiter of my
Utftthcr'tt to havo suuh a ploasutjt
olioCl before, lluw dolightful it
must be tu be a postmau. It is ftn<,
thou, Kdith
"Oh, Charley! as if jt oould be
uuyLliingiiiiho ? I owolbiH to you
— I know I do. How ntiitll I evor
thank you 1"
"By a repetition of .your litlle
leather boots aro loakiug at every 1 pcrfi/rtnuueu. You wou't 1 Woll,
us your stepmother is look iug ut u.-
cut of the window, with u juco of
verjuice, perhaps it is just as woll.
You're sure the deal old dud won't
¡i
pore, the guruiouts I wout beueatli
this gray overcoat are saturated,
aud little rills of ruin water are
trickling do^u thu small of my back
You nursed mo through one pro- no
longed siege of fever uud freezing—i ."Door papa !" hir rndinnt
unless you are especially desirous of . clouded a little, "Ins will uilss
uursing me through um/iler. pur- but uo—he couldn't refuse m«
lupii wo hud better get out of tbu. j thing if he tried—leimt of all
I merely throw out the suggestion— Charley, T ?<j ibauk
it', a mutter of iodiifcrouee to uic." b"..t eousiu that ;vci was—Willi
KlitU lauijliodaud tutead tc ¿o. my Ivan ."
good oue, the youug ujeu emiie,
Mrs. Darrell bvur.ied bulged
thorn, Mr, Jtbrrcll eoAched thorn In
clasaitji and iutlfjongr*. Kdith shot
up like ii bop,.vine. Five more lits
tie Darrells were added in the ful"
nesn of timo, aod the old problem.
that not ull the malhomatios he
knew eoubl over solve, how to make
both ond* moot, scmcd ax knotty
us ever. For his duugliter bo felt
it moHt of all. The fivo gr nal noi
sy boys who vailed Mrs. I terrell
"mo," lie looked at through his
ifpootaidcu iu foar aud trembling.
His hottdsotno daughter he loved
with (ti whole heart. Her dend
mother's relatives were among tho
pIutoorMiy of New York, but oveu
tho memory of the dead Kleanor
seemed to have fad* ! utterly out of
tbeir minds.
One raw February afternoon two
years before this Mai eh morning,
Kdith Durrull not out to walk from
Milllicld, a large manufacturing
llown, five uiiles from Hnndypolnt,
foeo' home. Mho had been driven over i
uie, in the morning by a neighbor, to;
any- bjy a new dr^sn; ■•lie bad dined at'
ugo from the uight and storm. Hut
through iho white whirl uv light
wuh to bo seen. Right or wronn ,
nothing rumaiuod but to go ou.
- Hark ! wbot was that I She flt
ped ouco moro—the Doto pricke^U|f
bis sagaeinaM ours. A ary Hii/lsiUta
kably—a cry of distress.
Again it came, to tho loft, Mint'
and fur oil'. Yen—uo doubt ibúut
it, a cry for help.
She did not hesitntc • niUmtfnti
Htrungors, who had tried thin hill*
path before ntiw. had boon found
stark from ii ue*t day.
"Find hinr, Don—find him, good
fellow!" nho said aud turned ut once
in the direction of tho call.
"Coming t" nho shouted,
"Where arc you 7 Cull ngoiirt"
"Here," oai^o faintly over ...
snow. I tore, to the ibft.''
She iibiwK,!,}1 Uock a ebtury' 4ti« .
wer. Oyee more tlieto eamu a
faint reply—then all watrstill,
Suddenly iho Dim «topped. Inis.
possible lo iell where tliey wore,
bur there prostrnlii in a leathery
drift, lay the d4rk figure of i* man'.
The girl boot d >wn (h the darkoes.i,
hum
i
V-
.n.. I'1'" i T\r!!'r m ",t'\U",UUU,t' *': and touched the w|d faiv wi /li
you—dear.' the Millfii'ld elocki itruek five, <et! j1MIJIj
out Iw walk houio. She wir n '«sps I
itdI. waller ; ho kaow the lomV lin UK Kiiii'iui.,
all
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