Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-11-10

since we've heard a word, and me and
Daggett have made up our minds that
we can't stand IL any longer. So we're
going TO put him on the town. Law
yer Boxall says its legal and right, and
they can't expect nothing else Of us.
Squire Sodus is to send his covered
carryall next Saturday, and old Daddy
Mifiiinll suppose he's going for a ride.
And so things'll go off smooth and
pleasant"
Smooth and pleasantr' Helen Hyde
looked across the grassy lawn to the
little old man with his mild, distracted
face, his rufied shirt front, the silver
hair that glistened in the sunshine,
and the white claw like fingers that
slowly turned themselves backward
and forward as he sat there.
ale owned the place once" said
Mrs. Daggett, "but his sons turned out
bad and he indorsed for Squire Sodus'
cousin, and lost everything. And here
he is in his old age, without penny!
What is il Becky? The oven ready
for the pies? Yes, I'm coming"
And she hustled away, leaving Hell
en- alone. A sort Of inspiration had
entered into the girls heart as she sat
there with the briny smell Of the ocean
filling her senses, the rustic of the ma
pie leaves murmuring softly over head.
She took Mrs. Dardaners ten dollar
bill from her pocket and looked long
and earnestly at il. She thought of
the little one-horse carryall, which she
and the girls from IxwOOd institute
were to have hired together to drive
over the hills and glens, all those
sweet. misty summer afternoons; of
the excursion to Twin Rock by steam
er, upon which she had counted; of
the new black bunting dress, which
she decided to buy. She must aban-
don all these little darling extravagan-
ces, If she INDUCED this other fancy.
"As If there could be any choice"
she said TO herself. And then she got
up and went softly across the grass and
clover blossoms to where Daddy Miff-
lin" sat.
"Do you like this placer" she asked,
softly.
"Its home, my DEAR" he answered,
seeming to ronse himself out of rev.
erie; tits home. I've lived here for
eighty odd years. could not live any
where else"
"But there are other places places
pleasanter."
cit may be. my dear, it may be-" he
said. looking at her with troubled eyes
through the convex lenses of his glass
es. "But they wouldn't seem the
same to me-"
Helen went to Mrs. Daggett, who
was baking pies and rolls, and straw
berry shOrtcake all at once.
"NTrs. Daggett," said she, "here are
ten dollars which Mrs. Dardanel gave
me 10 do rs / pleased with, and
please to give it to you to keep old
Mr.. Mifflin here Eve weeks longer"
"AIercy sakes alivep' said Mrs.
Daggett "he aint no kin to you, is
hep"
mo" said Helen, "but he is so old
and feeble and friendless, and-and-
please Mrs. Daggett take the money.
And perhaps by the time that is gone |
shall be able to send little more. Ny
employers are going to pay me gener-
Ously in the city, and 1 feel myself
growing better able to work every
day"
So Helen Hyde adopted the cause of
one even poorer and more friendless
than herself. and for n year she p i'd
two dollars n week steadily, and Mr.
MifHin never knew the danger that
had menaced hlmi
At the end of that time the old
gentleman's grandson came from some
wide, wild region across the sea, a tall
dark eyed young man, with the mien OF
prince in disguise.
my father has been dead for q
year." he said. "And his papers have
only just been thoroughly investigated
so that have just learned, for the first
time. that there is an arrearage due or
my grandfather's allowance. L hop,
he has not been allowed to suffer"
"Oh, he's all right" said Mrs. Dag
gett. We've took excellent good car,
of him."
"YOu are a noble-hearted woman,
said the young man, clasping her hand
'and l will see that you are no loose
by your generosity"
at amt me-" said Mrs. Daggett
turning red and white, for Helen Hyde
now spending her second summer a
the farm house, sat by quietly sewin,
in the window recess, "I'm free to al
low that me and Daggett got out of pa
tience and was going to put him ol
the town, but Miss Hyde here, one o
my boarders, she's paid for him eve
since"
81 beg your pardon IL have inter
fered," said Helen, blushiRg scarlet a
the large black eyes fell scIutinizingl
on her face, "but he seemed so old AM
so helpless. that"
God bless you for your noble deed 7
said Ambrose Mifflin, earnestly.
But there was something in Helen
manner which prevented him iron
offering any pecuniary recompense +
her.
"My grandfather will need your car
no further" said he. ave have bee
fortunate in our Australian invest
ments, and / am prepared to buy tn
old farm back again and settle her
permanently"
And when Mrs. Dardanel began I
think about getting her winter bal
dresses made up. she received a not
from Miss. Hyde, which ran as fol
lows:
"Dear Mrs. Dardanel: am sorry
disappoint you, but L cannot undertak
any more orders. for 1 am to be MAJ
ried next month to Mr.. Ambrose Milf
lin. and we are to live at the Daggei
farml And, OIL how proud / shoul
be il you would come here and visit N
next summer, when the roses are j
bloom and the strawberries ripen. An
brose Is all that's nice. and shall has
/, the dearest old grandfather-in-law
the world. Affectionately,