The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-14

you come hcre?-
Helen laughingly explained. And
now. she went on, slipping into the
seat opposite him. n shall expect you
70 say you're glad 70 see me. And as
she smiled nj him across the table she
made upher mind that for that evening
she would be as entertaining n she
knew how.
Before the meal WINS over Helen
Arnold had made an interesting dis
covery. namely. that hcr father could
be entertaining as well rs herself.
Moreover, there was certain agree
able novelty about being tcte-a-tete
with ones own father lit dinner Helen
could hardly remember when she had
njoycd an ionr 80 much. When they
arose from the table Mr. Arnold glanced
irresolntely 1t his daughter. m you
are not too tired. Helen. he said, ~
wonder II couldn't have some music.
''Inleed you may answered Helen,
trying to speak lightly, though the I'M
conscious appeal In his voice hail
touched her inexpiicably. She went at
once 70 the piano and almost instinct-
lively began 70 play the simple melodies
which harrnonizfd best with tAc gath
ering twilight, the hush " Tie room
and her own softened thoughts And
her father, sitting ii the deepening
shadows. now and tiaa put lis hand 70
his eyes as II To wash away aa nm
hidden tear.
When the long evening WAS oyer md
Helen went 30 her fathers side u bid
him good night, lie rut his arms about
her and held her fat This has been
like old times. Helen hcsaaid N had
expected such lonely evening end
was such a pleasant surprise a9ll
think If ii very otten. when I'Ea lssfe
alone Thank you. my dear Coed
night :
Helen kissed him in silence, rat tff M
ing herself q matte reply isa sla
went upstairs, Struggling q lteeo back
the tears, She Whispered softly slg
poor, lonely father IN try after tllis
To be d better daughter
"Yon want 20 spend III, sti1iasf
homel' said Mrs Arneld tlc nrxt h Il
ternoon. she ST is ber resnl IL tie
Seaside house. aud looked et licr olssest
daughter with faso ii Willis cansse
nation aud bcwildcfinciit mfre hlnel.
ed ..IIelent You mtst Le crazy Con
slider your health!H
Helen gazed at the reflection IL her.
blooming face IN tie mirror opposite
and smiled alittlc. Ii hardly eeined.
necessary To answer that argument
Stay IN the city alI SUMMER. ehimgfl
in Grace why llelep, ra',adg does
that .
Papa doeasn answered Helen,
| quietly.
You couldn't stand IL llelpn, said
Laura. the youngest daughter, posiiiye2
| ". You'd die Of LONELINESS
i But papa stays there without ANY u
MS, persisted Helen.
Grace flushed Indignantly How
/ absurd you are. Helen. or course papa
does. lie always has. It's very differ
i ent with man
But FIelen's mind was made mp Un-
moved by remonstr4nces or iidicnle,
she packed her trnnlss and went back
| To the city, not, it must be admitted.
without a pang at leaving the cool at
i Effectiveness Of Ciiffsidc. When her fa-
! Their came home that evening he found
her in her pretty tea-gown, with her:
| hair dressed in the most becoming way,
waiting to receive him. II was some
time before he could he made to under
kstand the change in her plans, but
when he at last comprehendetl her ex-
PLANTATION he grew quite pale.
Give up your summers pleasure,
/ Ilelen?'' he said Indeed, I'm not sell
fish enough TO allow anything Of the
| kind. You must go back Tomorrow
4 But even then Helen proved OBJ
| tlnratc. Not that the way of self-de-
NAL was unexpectedly easy She had
many days of loneliness, many gloomy
hours; every letter she received from
/ Cliffside made the course she had
marked ont for herself seem more diff
/ cult and unattractivc But the new re-
lation between her father and herself,
i his grateful tenderness, the change in
his face and step. his altered bearing
surely these were enough To recon-
pcnse for far greater sacrifice. And,
moreover, during the enforced quiet Of
these long months Helen was making
certain surprising discoveries. Among
4 the many .nobodies' who had not left
i the city for the summer Helen was
finding people Of intelligence and cul-
ture, charming people, people whose
names she had hitherto barely found
time TO remember half a dozen times
4 throughout the busy year. As she now
felt the Inspiration of these earnest
4 lives, Helen wonderednot little Mt her
previous blindness
y It was perhaps through the influence
Of these new friends that she found So
many new and unexpected oppoltuni-
ties Of helpfulness, Her narrow life
seemed to have broadened ont, her
Il sympathies had widened Ore brave3
act of self-denial had opened her eyes
Il TO the distresscs Of all the suffering
world and had brought her into touch
with ain the loving, sacrificing helpers
\ Of humanity.
When Mrs. Arnold came home in
September She scanned her oldest
daughter with some anxiety, ..Do you
think Helen is well21 she asked of
Grace Doesn't she seem changed?
II think she hooks well, Grace an
swered. dou6tfully, hut She certainly
seems different III some way.
Helen, overhearing this conversation,
smiled a little, for who appreciates the
difference" 50 fully as one who, hav-
II ing been blind, now secs, or the soul
which has wandered long 10 the fogs of
I selfishness but comes at last into lose's
clear sunlight For her lonely sum