Evening journal., 1892-09-26

was REMOVING an MS plht nc aVelhc4
TO be standing outside himself, where
heoould see his life in all It's deformity-
ths Wrapping and pervsrsiou of his better
nature. layers of hardness and selli4h-
ness that had gathered in moody, nm
sympathetic years, the appetite for greed !
ami gain that had grown upon him |
stcaltMly Ike a creeping mold. He had |
struggled for advantage like other men
and some weaker brothers had neces.
sprly gone ~ the wall A strong
masterful, self willed man, he had made
his purposes tell IN the world of affairs
while he shut himself away from his
ueighbors anu lived in a narrow groove
A good lover, good hater, a valiant
FIGHTER, half way measures We're not
possible to George Bligh. But now his
purposes all looked poor and mean and
s9gdid He bad lost his only love long
years ago Had hercely denounced her
because he believed she had swallowed
tie evil reports of his enemies, and the
good that WAS possible 10 him had turned
10 bitterness. the wound in bis nature
hsyl gathered gangrono and proud flesh
But these hours had brought Ninio
back to him. She seemed TO have come
from the pale shades of the other world
AFTER their long separation, and to be
standing there in the room with her
rsntle. beseeching face. He could think
nothing but Ninie, and her presence
rll uearnes9 seemed TO wrap him around
ia a soft atmosphere OF forgiveness and
/ reconciliation He remembered her as
she was when q girl, among the morn
! Ing glorics and tall hOllyhocks OF the
Ga Mayhem garden with the tender
pose and snow Of her pure skin, and the
| GIN shining on her dark curls. He re-
iiemberod an her little movements, her
smallest words, the glances, half playful
lalf loving, she had given him, the
llush that came so readily TO her cheek
when be appeared
How was he ever to approach Vinie
ccross that impossible gulf Of years that
had been dug between thems He had
promised Mrs. Whitcumb never to re.
veal the secret Of her perhdy, and al
Trough the woman was q viper he must
keep his word. Should he stride boldly
into the old Mayhem homestead and lind
Ninie there by the window where he
Rad known she was sitting all these
years. although he had never looked her
/ way, and clasp her and kiss her anc
claim her Tor his own: And would she
understand without speech and come t,
, Linn with the confidence OF a childf
4 The man was shut out from all sight
, and sounds 10y the little world Of emo
, ton in which he lived. He was ava,
tack in his youth, wandering again witt
Niuie in the Pelham woods on a sprin'
/ woruing when the laurel was in bloom
I, sad an the intervening. fruitless, with
: ssed time had dropped away. The da
/ ga ~ sloped 20 twilight. then melted int
: darkness when he raised his head, for
= s.range sound had pierced the quiet stree
, tarongh and through il was the SCUM
a ~ many feet. the running. OF men an
r. boys close pressed, breathing hard, dow
h 80 roadway suddenly church be
!, ek.nged ont then another aud another
3 10 stepped " tiLs window, opened it an
~ thsust forth his head into the still even
nAsair. A significant smell 81 burniu
~ esras 10 his nss4EilR. tho sound u aterALth
\ sss~khDs sssd saapping hames greete
A ~ car last Us woinaD' . shrul voice bl
N ssa " Shrek. "Pirej Firer
i A saaky red tongue shot up anon
n 80 apple trees closs TO the bounds {
b Captain Blighs garden. He locke
n about beSildered for mouent tryin
- 10 ges ha bearings. Suddenly it can
a oror hin like blow that the tire W.
= nassipg hoedysy in tho l. part of IL
a oli Nayhew house Ho heard the e.
= giaes snd hose carts rafting down q
Pr -sreet, hat lac never knew how he 81
n ct n his house or scaled tho interve
IN ~ fences and walls between his garde
ut I'D VINES home He saw a once Il
fro WIS confined to the kitchen al
re saod and had not yet attacked the ma
u building. The night was MINDLESS, al
IT, tho flames went straight Up against q
N SKY with dense volumes of smoke az
er lowers Of sparks that hung like lun
As nous cloud just above the trees.
st The Gremen in their shiny black ha
"a I'D coats were getting two streams
"A water TO play on the burning roof. Son
an 81 them were mounted on ladde
10 knocking ont windows and cutting hol
m Cirough she shingles. AT first tho strea
~ d,.heA in among the branches Of [
a. treea. hnt preeonty 1t took a better ali
en- NJ Gra covered down as the jets like
Ak psinioa writing sorpents hissnd on !
ks,t eanbeTs. It Is TIE fashion In Lift
ne & Ia 60 '-run" 10 fire. and Miss Ma
Oh haw's lawn was filled with neighbC
,or who could do nothing but get IN ca
it. others way, and were as glad to come
ms ID it had been a garden party. Lad
his ran out barehcaded and wirhout wral
al xoung men and maideRs snt on the w
no. looking AZ the blaze. and large co
in pany of boys roasted in the trees in fro
.ed az the house An the house doors We
IA wide open and neighbors were bringi
in ost the furniture. jostling each other
mt TIE steps and IN the passages
,er Absorbed as the people were with
in- spectacle. there were some eyes suificie
;th ~ discouraged TO note the presence