Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-04-13
HOW HETTA sToRMED THE CAS-
TIE.

81 shall go up to the park the first
thing in the morning. said Hetta.
what good will that do?"
said Fanny.
Just to assert myself, if nothing
more" replied Hetta, rising from
her seat and walking quickly up and
down the room, as if her excitement
would not allow her to remain quiet.
She made very pretty picture
as she moved quickly in and out of
the western window, where the bril-
liant rays of the afternoon fell full
upon her red cheeks and threw gold
ell, glittering lights upon her rudy
brown hair. Her eyes were brown,
too, eyes that shone and glittered
as she looked eagerly at her mother
and Fanny, half depreciating their
displeasure, half exulting in her
own courage.
at seems rather a bold thing to
do" said Mrs. Wilmer, hesitating.
IF your uncle cared to see us, he
surely would have called upon us.
He knows that we are here"
"Of course he knows it, chimed
in Fanny. IF he wanted us here he
would do something to show it. |
think he doesn't want us.
81 don't imagine he does want
U.S." was Hetta's eager reply. But
here we are, and we must do some
thing. We must find out how
things stand
Your poor father told us to come
here" sobbed Mrs. Wilmer, putting
her handkerchief to her eyes.
Don't talk about that now,
mamma" said Hetta, turning quick
ly away with quivering lip.
1--WE mustn't sit down and cry now;
something must be done at once,
SO we can now know where we stand,
or if we have any ground to stand
on"
"Yes," interposed Fanny in her
slower, more gentle tones, Eyes,
mamma dear. Hetta isright. Some
thing must be done, and she is the
only one to do it. I'm sure should
not dare go near uncle Robert"
Nor | either" answered Mrs.
Wilmer. 81 never shall forget how
scornfully he looked at me the only
time | ever was at the Park, when
| was first married, just before we
sailed for Canada"
IL don't expect any sympathy"
cried Hetta, Il don't believe | want
any. | only want common justice
and common decency. And | am
going to him to ask for it. Papa
said that something would come to
us at his mothers death. We know
that she died last winter, yet he
never took the trouble to commune
cate with us"
She looked again at her mother
and sister There was a moments
silence. Neither of them knew
what to say.
81 will CO." Hetta repeated, turn
ing towards them again. There
were tears in her eyes, but she held
her fair young head bravely erect,
and tried to carry herself as became a
soldiers daughter.
| Morning dawned, dull and foggy,
with occasional drops of rain. II
was "a gloomy. discouraging outlook
which greeted her as she awoke, but
would not allow it to deter her from
setting out OH her expedition. 81
am leading a forlorn hope, just as
papa did once" she said to herself
go up this way, through the
small gate, miss" said the landlady
J of the village inn where they hat
taken up their quarters. TITS a
private way, to be sure, for the folks
at the Park. But I'm sure nobody
has a better right to go that roat
than yourself miss. You're the
; very picture Of young master Guy
: when he was lad running all about
the village and calling me Mother
Redcap."
Somehow the words gave the CIR
courage. If the people who hat
always lived in the village, recog
nized her right to be there as {
thing right and proper and natural
was there not some faint reason Il
hope that her uncle would recogniz,
| it too? "Blood is thicker than water,
Hetta said to herself, ''he is my IA
theirs brother after all; he can't re.
fuse to see me, and will hope fol
the best until the worst comes"
She opened the little gate with one