Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-30

She tcdS % alive uTtb beauty.
warm blooded and happyi She seemed 10
come to him like sudden youth or summer in
this last desperate hour. There hung about
her even the faint scent Of roses. II seemed
no easy to come back TO sit down beside his
little daughter, who loved him with all her
honest heart, and be happy and jolly and
alive as always.
But he knew what he had to do.
"How long are you going to stay, Maddyr
"Until to omorrow-uniess you would rather
I would 60 tonight" quickly.
eyes, I would rather. have some busi'
ness--there will be some men here after
awhile-it wouldn't be best for you to stay"
"Very weI,n Maddy nodded, turning her
stockinged feet about before the hre' she
never asked questions, but she gener
ally found out all that she wanted
10 know without them "How long can
stay, Uncle Dam taking of her hat.
siIn two hours will be time enough. Let
me have you long as can"
"Isnt that a lovely hatr poising it on her
little fat fist, and looking over 1t steadily into
his paunt, changeless face. The brown
plume is Just the shade Of my hair. Been
hard at work on The Camera lately, dearf'
"They've needed nothing for two weeks" ="
"Ohlo She was quiet minute. Just put
that hat carefully away in my room, won't
youl and bring me my slippers. They're In
the lower drawer You have the keys" She
eat motionless until the door closed behind
him. and then like fash she was in the pan
try cupboard, which was empty, as we know,
and back again by the fire She took up the
goblet and smelled it. The major, coming
back, glanced at it jehsusly, but it stood
where he left it, and Maddy was leaning
lazily back in her own low chair. She was
pale and the water stood in her eyes"
"Youre not well, childP
"No. Sit down by me, Uncle Dan. I'm
tired and I'm hungry, that's all. ordered q
nRraculous little supper as came along IL
will be here presently" She took his big
hand as he sat by her, lingering it over, hold
ing IL now and then to her cheek Some
thing else than hunger had been at work with
him. They were both too old soldiers TO bt
beaten, as he was today, by a little whole
some fasting. But what was the sorei She
did not know where to thrust her probe.
They've raised my salary, Uncle Dan, die
you noticef
"No, did not I'm glad of it, my dar
ling. You can go through the world aion'
pretty well now, MnddyP
She made grimace. "If one only care
for hard work and money-yes. But In
tired of being alone. mean to either conn
home, or you must come 10 me. Though
man Of your talents would be wasted In
Jersey village like that. They have only ON
newspaper. You could not go there"
"Only one newspaper, have theyr
There was silence, "Jack is at home" h
said, at last.
The cheek against which she had presse'
his fingers grew suddenly, fercely hot Sh
got up and laid some wood ON the crate, sa
down leisurely, her face turned from him
"Who did you say had come homel-John
John Proctorp
"Yes, Jack The very name Of the bo
stabbed him like pain, yet he could not kee
It on his lips. He did not waver in his r.
solve. He would put himself out of the wa
10 keep the shameful birth Of his boy secre
Yet. as the clock licked away the momen
OF this last hour, nature grew almost u
strong for him. He could have cried out,
that all the world might hear, for his son
for his son, whose flesh and blood was {
came as his He heard the girl speaking
him as In dream. Her voice trembied
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