The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-03-27

sitting by the wayside, sobbing bitterly.
She had her apron full of primroses and
! YI3lets, and black and white kitten was
! euddled up in her arms. Moved by some
/ impulse which he could not have eE.
planned, Arkwright stopped his horse
and accosted her. She sobbed out her
| little story with all a Child'5 ingenious
| ness. Her mamma had gone somewhere
to carry work, and she and Spot had
! gone to walk by themselves, and they
had walked, oh, so far and now they
were lost.
He. lame was Lily, and the Kittens
name was SpOttie, and that was all she
could tell to prove her identity. Sur
/ prised at himself for doing so, ArkWright
all-and carried her to his own home.
He advertised her, and for the first two
or three days made some effort to dis
cover her relatives. After that he did
not want to discover them. Into bis
cold, closed heart Lily had crept and
made her home there; and the desolate,
cynical man found himself loving her as
a little before he had not dreamed OF
loving anything again. After the lapse
Of a fortnight, the idea Of Lily's leaving
him became absolutely unbearable. He
got so nervous that he started at every
sound Of the bell-fearful that some one
was coming to claim her. r -.-
She and the kitten had it all their own
way in ArkWTight House. They strayed
in the library ana upset books and
papers to their mutual satisfaction. Lily
sat on ArkWright's knee a great deal Of
the time, amusing herself with braiding
and curling his hair into the most gro
tesGue shapes and Spot, with feline
audacity, mounted on his shoulder an6
nibbled the top of his pen, or thrust her
inquisitive little nose into his face, all
unrebuked.
But one. day, just as Arkwright was
beginning to feel sure of the child,
a lady came for her, This lady was tall
and slight, and wore black, and had her
face covered by a thickveil Something
iH her low, sweet voice stirred the in
nerm0ss depths of Mark ArkWright's
nature, but a fierce pang shot through
him when be saw with what sagerness
Lily Few towards her.
Mamma darling mammal II she cried,
covering her with kisses. 81 so dad 90
tuml Now 90 and l, and Spot, and papa
are all togetherp ~
Arkwright Redeemed. He had been
weak enough to teach this child to call
him papa. He wondered what the lady
thought of his presumption; but she
seemed unwilling to lihg6r She thanked
him for the care he had given Lily
offered to pay him for his trouble from
a very slender-lOOking purse and, being
Indignantly refused, she turned to 60.
Lily was in her arms. ArkWright took a
step toward them, and Lily threw an
arm around his neck, drawing him up
close, and face to face with the lady.
Through the thick folds of the veil their
eyes met. He started back, pallid and
trembling.
Augusta !" he faltered, in a choked
voice.
''Mr. ArkWright"
She was the calmer of the two. A
woman always is in cases Of emergency.
All the old love, fierce and ungovernable,
rose up within him.
''This Childl Whose is t?'
''Mine and yours" she answered
quietly. "She was born four months
after our separation. L wish you good
morning"
He caught her arm in an iron grasp.
DLUD3 MY Clllll ] AlllE J ll6 CILCNlg
dreaming, as if it were an effort for him
to realize it.
mo, not yours nov" she said steadily.
'You forfeited the right to claim her
when you drove her mother from her
home. Mark, at this time-the last time
I shall see you in this world-I will tell
you the truth. You were jealous of my
brOtherF
"Your brother! I never knew you
had one %
''That was where I erred. Arthur was
two years my junior, and a cruel misfOr-
tune placed him in a position where he
was suspected Of forgery. He was un-
able to prove his innocence, and he fed
from mistaken Justice. I was too proud
to tell you that I was the sister Of one
whom the world looked upon as a felon,
In that I sinned. I had a secret from
you, and upon that rock our happiness
was wrecked. Thank heaven! Arthur
is free now-the guilty party has con-
fessed, and my brother is a man once
more"
ArkWright snatched her to his breast,
and would not let her 90. She tried her
best to escape, but he held her fast.
suppose he won her pardon some way,
for she remained at Arkwright House,
and Lily and Spot remained likewise.
Go there to-day, and you will see the
haDDieSt family this side of paradise,