The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-10-20

changed. And what's worse his folks
have left of sending the money"
i wonder whg?' said Helen, her
large. dreamy eyes fixed sadly on the
old man. who sat under the naples
wfstfuliy watching the sea.
~Thcy'er dead, p'raps,7 said Mrs.
| Daggett Cor p'raps they've got tired
of him. Anyhow, it's three months
since we've heard 4 word, and me and
Daggett have made up our minds that
we can't stand it any longer, so we're
going to put him on the town. Law
yer boXail says it's legal and right and
they can't expect anything else of us.
Squire Sodus is to send his covered
carryall next Saturday and old Daddy
uiffiin1l suppose he's going for ride.
And so things'll 60 of All smooth and
pleasant"
Smooth and pleasant" Helen
HYDE looked across the grassy lawn to
the little old man with his mild alb
stracted face, his ruilled shirt front,
the silver hair that glistened in the
sunshine and the white claw-like lin
gers that slowly turned themselves
back ward and forward as he sat there
''He owned the place once" said
Mrs. Daggett, "but his sons turned cut
bad ana he iudorsed FOR Squire So
dus' cousin and lost everything. And
be- IS il his Old age, without penny!
What is it Becky? The oven ready for
the pies? I'm coming"
She BUSTED away, leaving Helen
alone. A sort of inspiration entered
the girls heart as she sat there with
the briny smell OF the ocean filling her
senses and the rustic of the maple
leaves murmtIring softly overhead.
She took Mrs. Dardanel's so bill from
her pocket and looked long and earn
estly at it. She thought OF the little
one-horse carryall which she and the
girls from Ixwood institute were to
have hired together to drive over the
hills and 9lens all those sweet, misty
summer afternoons. of the excursions
to Twin Rock by steamer, upon which
she had counted; of the new black
bunting dress which she had decided
to buy. She must abandon all these
little darling eXtravagances il she in
dulged this other fancy.
CAS- if there could be any choice"
she said TO herself.
Thcn she got up and went softly
across the grass and clover blossoms
to where Daddy Mifiiin sat.
do you like this place." she asked,
softly.
It's home, my dear" he answered,
seeming to rouse himself out of rev.
erie. "it,. home. | have lived here for
eighty-odd years. | could not live
anywhere else"
But there are other places pleas
anter"
1T may be, my dear; it may he" !"
he said looking at her with troubled
eyes through the convex lenses of his
glasses. But they wouldn't be the
same 10 me-"
Helen went to Mrs. Daggstt who
was baking pies and rolls and straw
berry short cake all at once.
Mrs. Daggett," said she, "here are
so which Mrs. Dardanel gave me to
do as pleased with, and / please to
give it to you to keep old Mr. Mifliin
here five weeks longer"
Mercy sakes alive." said Mrs Dag
gett; ''he amt no kin to you, is he4'"
NO" said Helen, "but he is so old
and feeble and friendless. and-and--
please, Mrs. Daggett, take the money.
Perhaps by the time that is gone
shall be able to send little more.
Ny. employers are going to pay me
generously in the city, and feel my
self growing better able to work every
day.
SO Helen Hyde adopted the cause of
one and for year she paid % :; week
steadily. even poorer and more friend
less than herself and MIR. Miiliin new
er knew whata danger had menaced
him.
At the end Of that time the old gen
tleman's grandson came from some
wide, wild region across the sea, a
tall, dark-eyed young man with a
mien of a prince in disguise.
"My father has been dead year"
be said. "And his papers have only
been thoroughly investigated, so that
] have just learned, Tor the first time,
that there is an ;uraarage due on my
grandfather's allowance. | hope he
has not been allowed tc suffer-"
"Oh, he's allright!" said Mrs. Dag
gett. "We have taken. excellent care
of him"
"You are noble-hearted woman"
said the young man, fevently clasping
her hand, and | will see that you are
no loser by your geneosity."
1T amt me-" said Mrs. Daggett,
turning red and white, for Helen HYDE.
now spending her second summer at
the farmhouse, sat by quietly sewing
in the window recess. Il n free to
allow that me and Daggett got out Of
patience and was going to put him on
the town, but Miss Hyde here, one of
our boarders, she's paid for him ever
since"
Il beg your pardon if | have inter-
fered," said Helen. blushing scarlet rs
the large black eyes fell scrutinizin@ly
on her face. but he seemed SO old and
helpless that "
God bless you for your noble deed."
said Ambrose Miiiiin. earnestly.
But there was something in Helens
manner which prevented him from
Offering any pecaniary rccompense to
her.
"-dy grandfather will require your
aase no longer" said he. We have
been fortunate in our Australian in
vestments and l am prepared to buy
the old farm back again and settle
here permanently"
And when Mrs. Dardanel began to
think about getting her winter dresses
made mp, she received a note from
Miss Hyde, which ran as follows:
Dear Mrs DardanelE I am sorry to disap-
point you, but 1 cannot undertake any more
orders Ter am to be married next month to
Dir. Ambrose Miiiiin and we are to live at the
Daggett farm. And oh. how proud should
be II you would come here and visit ME next
summer, when The roses are in bloom ana the
straw berries ripen. Ambrose is all that Is
nice and l have the dearest old grandfather
in-aw in the world. Anectionately.
HELEN HYDE.
And all this life's romance had
grown out of Helen's month at the
seaside.
He Finally Drew the Line.