Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-24
wall on the wors, RInu! Anu J
wnrIo luch at dom it,
BAN ode met with auurOvnl: mon

lOleu since ms marriage. Sllrn II form OF
rcproach assailcd Doctor Lucas as made him
bend his craven head. Matters might have
become serious for him but for the reaction
IF laughter over Bob Nugent's tip,y dictum
Bob was gentleman, drunk or sobcr-more
commonly drunk, poor felow!-and he
voiced his ScOrn of the druggist.
as not worth thrashin, Banoy' Doc,
yo' d'sherve duckin n tailin' pond; II I'd
give t { yo' + | wasn't drunk"
George Locke, timing his free step to the
,arrful tread of that tiny figure beside him,
swiftly revolved in his mind the situation,
AMI determined TO conduct his charge to n
notel, assumed to be "Ianicls,n where he
could, 10y cou ion with the people, defend
her from unite irabe information at least
until she should lie strengthened by nights
rest. What them was his di,may wien the
dainty footsteps paused ON tie broad .ide-
walk before door whose streaming light
made distinct the sign before the building
"Dancls.' She dropped his arm, and went
straight i'm at the wide door
Isis Daniels tavern. IIaveI come into
the wrong place"
She looked about at the uuwoutc1 sur
touudings- tiers If barrels, lon shelves Of
tasks and bottles. Some young mon were
,omging in large cane arm-chars and AN
other, CDatle,S, came forward from u tall
desk
"What pla. of business do you keep" the
Old lady asked politely,
He wa, a dark boyish-lookiug Young fell
low, until one 10. iced the thou htful brow
and gray eyes, tnat hcl.e1 his smooth clocks
and plcaSuIc-lovng month. lie flushed as
he answered very gently:
1--WE are EuUOr dealers
The old lady staggered slightly. almost as
if tn" wi.e5 fumes began to affect her. Then
she tulUci with a certain timil ficrcrur,s,
to George Locke, standing in the doorway,
pale and Disconnected
"Whv did that man send me to find news
Of my daughter h~ic-at a saloon"
Young Daniels face flushed He could
har lily have gotten kconcr stab than thi-,
that struck home to his own deep sense of
shame in his bu~in' IS. There was something
very noble ami brave in the yonnG mans
nature. subject as he had been to lifelong
evils of crcum,tance-surr and train
H.. 'e,r1, Locke hardly kno.r whi.h of
III" two he most pitiel. rs ne iutorpo-od:
"Uh, that's simple enough. You see all
the naw- from out-id com @, her t. Daniels
first. ia 'n"--wijh n look of meaning and
'aution -'hlyc You heard how Carrie is ,e;-
ting along with her new school. over at Flint
vile: This lady is her mother. She don't
know Just where Carrie is now"
hlS l"'ular 'ilPhaSi' put on l'aIo inc
young man. ready-wittod and clever, and
educated to quick eXpndiouts by the practical
aXi@eucios Of the section.
"No.' replied young DAM !. pleasantly;
TO mai has come in yet. You know she
only went over 10 Fiin,villc last Monday.
Well hear from there tomorrow or next
iaV."
we hhGht =" around 10 me hot'l' AM
maze sure HaII '""rgr Locke. MIS-
Ilatt VIII you await me here-oh' Assure
you lhrIc l. no lhPf"prl1N. Inc mos, IRE
of"arh'hle lalIe' "l the camp make no
'rrup-' "I coming IN mere To- see Inc coile't'h
" l"l'lrra' an ores. ih''e thlHES are
uiIeIe"' OH IIe 'fHiter' N'u Nl""' h'i"'
Ii'IIy' VIII you SLOW MIS-. llatt your cahl-
il'''
"Nour plan seems to me far-tetch"I AMI
mrl"jlaw"ii'. said Noung Daniel, gl1omily.
Geor@" Locke hat mtpHcd Iii, plan of ac-
ton. hn~'t ON information his rrote-e had
given ~ thor slow WolE from the pp't'tlicc
to "DaneI~. But all the S"u'h"rn'rS mag
nrilr e. qucncc could not convince the
younger nan,
at Is a lit theatrical. MIR. Locke conceded;
hut prartl' hI", think. At all events its
our only aviation
"Wnat is the Ms" tn discuss the NATTER
sal Jack Daniel, bitterly. Mrs. French
W uId no more # The AINmer come into her
house, for any purpose whatever, than She
would go do"n 60 the Continual and a"-
company the AYhnor in one of her songs
Mistake, Jack. Nou don't know Mary
'r'nchS tru" heart and sweet, womanly
charity a ! do Jack, its great pity You
two could not have met ON equal ground. Or
failing that, its Il pity You ever met at all.
Confound this FIRE" and easy frontier life! In
any place, where N' cial regulations exist,
Mary French would never have come in con
tact with a mon in your position, and you'd
have been spared deal of suffering"
"Gporge,' cried the other tierccly, "what's
the matter with you to-nght!'
For, indeed, this turning the knife in an
others wound was most uncharitable Of
George Locke, the tactful. He put his hand
on the young mans shoulder Jack" he
said-and the tenderness Of his tone was like