The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-18

i nclen laughtugly explained And
now, . she went on, slipping into the
seat opposite him. II shall expect you
10 say you're glad to see me And as
she smiled at him across the table lbe
made upher mind that for that evening
she would be as entertaining as she
knew how.
Before the meal was over Helen
Arnold had made an interesting dis
coyery, namely, that her father could
be entertaining as wen as herself
1 Moreover, there was q certain agree
able novelty about being tcte-a-tete
with ones own father at dinner Helen
could hardly remember when she had
enjoyed an hour SO much When they
arose from the table Mr.. Arnold glanced
irresolutely at his daughter. III you
are not too tired. Helen. he said, II
wonder II ! couldn't have some music. .
'InIeed you may answered Helen,
! trying TO speak lightly, though the nm
conscious appeal IN his voice had
/ touched her incxplicably. She went at
once TO the piano and almost instinct
/ iyely began TO play the simple melodies
1 which harmonized best with the gath
ering twilight, the hush Of the room
and her own softcned thoughts And
/ her father. sitting IN the deepening
shadows. now and then put his hand to
| his eyes as IL To wash away lin un.
/ hidden tear
When the long evening was over and
/ Helen went to her fathers side 10 bid
him good night, he put his arms about
/ her and held her fnst This has been
like old times, Helen, he said. u lad
expected sucltH lonely evening and this
was such pleasant surprise ss.;.li
think q 1t very often when Ina bore.
alone. Thank you, my dear Good
4 night 8
| Helen kissed him in silence, nci d t-
ing herself to make Il reply Et3t Il slI
went upstairs, struggling 70 keep b,t.l
the tears, sire whispered softly. fy
poor, lonely father III try afset ts.is
to be a better daughter
You want 10 spend the sti. :lt
homeit said Mrs Arnold the ME-. AIN
ternoon. She sat IN her room Eli tie
| Seaside house, and looked at her Olt!est
daughter with gaze in which conSi II
nation and bcwilderment were bleHd-
ed Helen, you must DC crazy Com
slider your health,''
/ Helen gazed at tile reflection Of her
blooming face in the mirror opposite
and smiled little. 1t hardly seemed
necessary to answer that argument.
Stay in the city alIsummer,s chimcd
in Grace. "Nhy, Helen, nobody does
| that
Papa does, answered Helen,
! quietly.
You couldn't stand il, Helen, said
Laura. the youngest daughter. positive
/ ~. You'd die of loneliness.
''3ut papa stays there without any of
! us, " persisted Helen
Grace flushed Indignantly GLOW
absurd you are Helen. OF course papa
does. lie always has. It's very differ
ent with man
But Hclcn's mind was made up. I'm
moved by circumstances or rfdiculc,
she packed her trunks and went hack
70 the city, not, il nnst be admitted,
/ without pang at leaving the cool ut.
Effectiveness Of Cliffside When her IA
4 ther came home that evening he found
her in her pretty tea-gown, with her
i lair dressed in the most becoming way,
waiting to receive him It was some
kline before he could be made to under
stand the change in her plans, but
when he ut last comprehended her ex-
PLANTATION he grew quite pale.
/ Give up your summers pleasure
/ fEclen2" he said nIndeed, I'm not sell
| fish enough to allow anything Of tho
kind. You must 60 back tomorrow .
Bat even then Helen proved OBJ
dnrate. Not that the way Of seif-de-
NAL was unexpectedly easy She had
many days of loneliness, many gloomy
/ hours: every letter She rrrrf~eet fEem
lCliffsde made the course She had
marked ont for herself seem more dim.
cult and unaftractivc. But the new re-
lation betwecn her father and herself, .
/ his grateful tenderness, the change in
his face and step,-Ais altered bearing
surely these We're enough to recon-
4 pense for far greater sacrifice. And,
moreover, during the enforced quiet 81
these long months Helen was making
certain suipri5ing discoveries. Among
the raany 'nobodies,' who had not left
/ the city for the Summer Helen was
finding people Of intelligence and cul-
/ tnre, charming people, people whose
4 names she had hitherto barely found
time 70 remember half a dozen THINGS
| throughout the busy year. AZ she now
felt the inspiration OF these earnest
! lives. lielenwondcfedn not a little at her
previous blindness.
II was perhaps through the influence
4 Of these hew friends that she found SO
many new and unexpected oppoltuni-
! ties Of helpfulness. Her narrow life
seemed 10 have broadened out, her
/ sympathies lad widened. ore brave
act Of scif-dehial had opened her eyes
TO the distresses Of all the suffering
world and had brought her into touch
with all the loving, sacrificing helpers
o. humanity,
i When Mrs. Arnold came home in
i September She scanned her oldest
i daughter with some anxiety ~ you
think Helen is well2" She asked of
4 Grace. Doesn't She seem changed3,'
Il think she Nooks wen Grace an
swered, doubtfGlly, but SHE certainly
seems different in some way.
y Helen, overhearing this conversation,
smiled q little for who appreciates the
difference SO fully as one who. hav-
H ing been Llind now sees or the soul
which has wandered long ID the fogs Of
RselEshness but comes at last into loves
1 clear sunlight For her lonely sum
Il mer, with Is crosses and its sacrifices,
with its inspirations and its blessings,
n Helen Arnold from Nor heart thaplsaa