The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-08-25

green awning OF the appic-bOughs.
Mamma shall not drudge herself t
+ DEATH said Patty, ssVhilc am able {,
work for her"
j. Patty Kent was farl,-eyed and piquant
with a warm olive skin, lips like a rip,
cherry, and jetblaek.h;4ir, full of fperplexec
lights, like the petal ofa.t,11acls pansy.
She looked mp from her work ms
strange footstep echoed on the road
=. II wonder who that can be. said Pat
", snspending the quick glitter Of hel
needle.
He is coming here, said Mrs. Kent
AT al events, said Patty, with q
laugh..s.fe cannot be customer.
/ But she rose up, laid aside her work, and
asked him politely into the house,
Il have called to sec Mrs. keturah
Kent, : said he, "abont a nephew of hers
one Robin Harlv-who went 10 Idaho
ten years ago
Poor Bcb.'' interrupted Mrs Kent,
wipirg her spectacle glasses; lie ran away
and Patty and | were sorry enongt--for
i he was a good well-meanire lad, only Il
bit feasl-strong.
/ Patty liquid hack eyes tainme,7 over
with tears.
'He Is dead said she softly 1--WE
heard it n month ago, from some one who
had lived in the same part Of the country.
Poor Bob, We liked him, mother and |.
And mother always SAID that Bob would
make bis way in the world yet.
II was with him in his last sickness. =
said the stranger, n did What could for
him, but
'tGod bless YOU for that," said Mrs.
Kent. earnestly. "We are not rich. PATTY
aud |, but if there are any bills unpaid, or
any way Of 1ecompensing you, sir, for
your trouble, we are ready to help
according TO our poor Hhtlity--are we not,
Patty ?''
!" Mother, !" said Patty, gently, the
gentleman is very pale and tired. II you
were to get him 81 cup OF tea
Il will do it, and thankful fo1, the
chance, said Mrs. Kent, buaeling to her
feet. Poor Bob !--poor, Warm-hearted,
headlong Bob! Ny sister Mary's only
child 70 think that he should have died,
away in that desolate country, and meyer n
relation to close his eyes!n
'You are, perhaps, unaware that he had
made large fortune of later years. ad-
ded the tall man, ''of which you would
be among the natural Eeire.''
Poor Bob!" said Mrs. Kent II
would a good deal rather he should have
lived toenjoy it himself. .
''Wonld you said The stranger, starting
up. s.5Ihen yosn slsaIl have your wish,
aunt Ktturah. Patty, is it possible you
do not know me--little Bob, grown into a
long-legg}sged, swarthy skinned mineJ?' i
Patty uttered a little shrek Mrs. Kent
dropped her spectacles and ran to clasp
Bob in her aruls.
'sGod bless you, my laddie,'' said =,
81 have had a sore heart for your sake this
many long day.
And when they allsat down to tea be-
hind the emerald shadows Of the hopvine,
Robin Hardy told his adventules-how he
had buffeted with good fortune and evil.
until finally he had struck !; vein Of luck |
that had made "a rich man OF him.
"And when | had that long, dreary
five months ago. said he, /
s'home and home faces came into my mind, !
and resolved IWould come back east
again. And when / saw that Ethel El- |
kington did not know me, i thought I t
would see how Robin Hardy's credit stood
among his relatives
So Robin made bis home with aunt
Keturay and married blaek-eyed Petty, to
Miss Elkington's chaglin.
'stt was very shabby Of Robin Hardy to |
let me suppose he was dead, Y said she.
''Fo be sure he never said so. il direct I
words, but all the same, he lei me to sup
pose
Yes said Mrs. Elkingtan, rather .
bitterly, and Patty Kent i. tl,e one to |
marry rich, after all I"
Mrs. Ellington began to think that pos
sibly she llad been mistaken after all, in /
the system she had followaIin Etbel'e cd /
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