The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-17

when she died, us there we're no rsla-
tlons, brought the forlorn baby home
till something could be done with H..
The whole Of Il was, determined ia
keep IL altogether That was why your
father was 30 angry And that child Is
Mabel Vordle."
And was that alI2"
That was all. We are an obstinate
family, Lionel The more your fataer
objected to my bringing the child up.
the more resolved became"
HIM II was very good OF you. Tho
girl must have been no end Of trouble.
And 80 you have brought her up to be
your maid or companion2"
She is my adopted niece," l said
rather stiffiy, for his tone burt me In
some way. II sh n leave her every.
thing / have.
Soon after he took his leave, promis-
ing to come on the following day end
bring his traps" No sooner was he
gone than Mabelcame back dressed for
dinner.
Aunty do You know It ts nearly seven,
and you are not dressed?"
Never mind, love" said, gathering
up my knitting. 4" Dinner can wait for
me for once. Mabel. tine long fam ly dis
agreement 'is al an end That was my
nephew, Lionel"
" At an end2H Mabel cried. 20. Aunt
Dorothy, am glal OF that Now, per-
haps, you will tell me what ii was"
Ishook my head and laughed, for that
was point on which, though she was
very curious, would never euliRhten
her.
Isn't he handsome, Mabel? What did
you think of him2"
81 scarcely saw him, she answered,
lndifferently.
She laughed at me many times that
evening for my absence Of mind, told me
that took salt TO my applicant a. din
ner, and never knew it, and hat smiled
at my tea, and at everything.
1t may have been true, for could
think of nothing but the message Of roc
Onciliation after 80 many years / wrote
n long litter to Julius, that Is my
brother. that very night.
Tho next afternoon Lionel cam~.
Il hope you're prepare to have me
on your hands Tor at least fortnight,
aunt, said he. as We sat together chat.
ting. In fact, / shall very likely want
to stay for good--you look so homelike
and comfortable here"
Armtage Hail used always 10 be
homelike and comfortable enough" re-
marked, and then grett, the words,
for cloud came ever his face,
All, yes, in my dear mothers time,
he answered, softly.
/ received KIND letter from Julius
very soon after in which he told me
how gla he was for his son to be with
me, aud plainly intimated that he would
be pleased IL persuaded him TO stay ae
long as he would, for he, Julius, had no
intention OF coming up to town at ali
this winter, and he was afraid the boy
would be bored TO death il compe He'd to
remain throughout December at the
Hall.
And so the fortnight lenethen, into
mouth. and Lionel wes:sti.l with us. He
escorted us to theatres, concerts aud
the opera, and we had a gayer winter
than usual.
At first was haiti afraid lie might fall
In lOVe WIN my pet, nut 4 soon came to
the conclusion that su an idea was al
together absurd. The two cOnversed 90
little-for Mabel was quiet girl who
never talked much, but merely listened
to other people, with her expressive
eyes saying a thousand things she would
never put into words.
On the whole, believe it mus. be dis
concerting to any man, after delivering
what he thinks rather neat speech, TO
meet pair of eyes dancing with tun as
Mabel's often did. She had gilt for
seeing the ludferous side of feverything,
though her secret amusement never
showed itself except in those black eyes
or the slightly compressed lips.
Consequently, it was both a surprise
and a severe shock to me Wien. stx
weeks after his arrival. Lionel said 10
me, in the simplest way
Aunt Dorothy. am going 10 marry
Mabel"
could not speak FOR minute or two.
The room turned round.-JOurnal.