Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-03-21

VIII mat. Af. tefEI1io. 1 sElstil Dc very
glad to see you i yog cLa ever forgive Ly.
man. Idout krasgr- WIsat he means, but
am sure he viii DE sorry by and by
The window went down again before he
could answer a word, and Carol faced about
TO look det1autly into the face Of her brother,
who had entered in time 10 oyerhear the
most Of her speech.
'tIt is q shaI7e-a shame, Miss Everleigh
will not easily forgive you for this, mol
shall II
Nothing bat quiet sadness looked out OF
LyTnsn's eyes INTO the girls flushed, indig-
nant face.
Carol. have | ever been unkind to youa
Do you think would give You one pang !
could avoid: | am sorry your acquaintance
with that yclng man has grown until the
step l have been forced to take became
necessary. IEave my reasons for wishing
him to keep his distance: / would rather he
had always been a stranger to US. Have
you not faith enough in my judgment 10 be
guided by me?1
Carol flushed and paled with a girls yield
ing weakness. She loved her brother dear
". she believed in him utterly; only her
heart rebelled low, not her reason. She
Booked at hin in Il startled way, dropping
her voice unconscious4y.
" L--~A --ES 49, 'tA~ - A-N<-
He has done nothing, but he is our
enemy-ny enemy, if you want me to put it
In that way. How and why. l can not now
explain, but it will be better for him
and better for me if our paths lie apart.
Come, little girl, put that grioved look off
your face; be the bright little sister who
has made my home happy for nc. Are not
we two enough for each other:"
Il hope not" murnured Carol, with a
CLEAN Of roguish light breaking through
the clouds; but they gathered again as Ly-
nan went on. seriously:
Il want you to promise that you will not
put yourself IN Bergman's way. l don't
think he will disregard ny wishes by COM
ing here again. l may as well tell you that
1t was because he was there I brought you
away from NJ. Everleigh's house. because
he IS so close q friend of theirs, we must
give up their friendship. Now yoa know
how serious the matter is TO ne"
His voice grew hHsilE. his face pale. He
turned abruptly away from her, and the
questions which Carol longed to ask Were
checked. She could only steal her head
into his and promise TO Go as he wished.
The next morning at the breakfast table
he gave her quite the old, dazzling smile,
which always meant something pleasant
for her.
II am sure tina my good little girl wants
to hear Kellogg tonight. Put on the best
decentralization when YOU get yourself
ready. Iexpect to be kept after hours; it
may be ate when | come home.n
"Oh, Lyman. You darling
"There, thereI l can't afford to be
choked,'' he cried, hastily rising, for Carol
was coming at him with outstretched arms.
Was that a shade of remorse that
glooned over Lyman Childer's face after
he left her2 some furies were after him,
certainly, for while he had affected to be in
a great hurry to reach the bank, he took a
long circle out of his way simply for the
sake of walking past Mike Maloney's place
and stealing q dozen furtive looks at its
dingy front. The signal for which he
watched was not there, evidently, and he
drew q long breath of relief.
"Thank Heaven, the rascais are satisfied
for once. Stone has been persuaded to go
into retirement again, and after his late de-
mands Red Tom will not dare to ask moro
for some time. must strike q plan to rid
myself of that lot. They would ruin a man
much less desperate than | am. Do they
think | will always give in like a~frightened
child? They must be taught their mis-.
take.n
So muttering he turned away, without
seeing q pair Of fever-bright eyes that
glared at him from one Of the smallpaned
windows, without hearing the cry which
rung out shrllly, startling the early ioung
ers in the rooms below.
"Childerl Childer! A thousand curses
which a merciful Providence stilled on the
raVing tongue. The patient whoIa Norris
had helped to that doubtful refuge fell bach
upon his bed, and the brain which had beer
weaving wild fdacies all the night seemed
to crack asunder. When Norris kept hi:
promise by looking in later in the day, the
man lay in a deathllke stupor from which
nothing could rouse him.
1.-THE very ould scratch is in lit" grum
bled the landlord. "Nhln a chaps in luck
he niver comes near me; but let him dhro,
into throuble, an I've got him On me back
bedadl an it's a foine time I'm wiskin' We
wild yer 'ould mar of the say yer honor
for it's not mesllf can put up wild the like 0
that in me house,
You wouldn't turn the poor fellow on
In that state, Maloney?'
"Wouldn't /, thlp' Sure, a dith in tn,
house wud ruin NE inthirely."
He is not dead yet, and I don't believ,
he will die if he has proper care. He nus
have it here, since he objected so bitterl,
to going elsewhere. I'll send a doctor ait
charge him to find a responsible nurse 70
Miller. Il will eat up Uncle Amos check,
Norris added to himself, but 1 DOM be
. lieve / could find a better use for it. !
this poor fellow has sinned. he has suffered
too. Idon't know why should take sue
an interest in him, | am sure, but I've quit
made up my mind to sec him through"
Do any Of us know why we are led int
some things and kept from others which G
, to max up the sum and substance of tn
story of life. If fate had thrown this wal
in his way, Norris did not know ii, but tn
. story would work itself cut to its entiret
all the same.