Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-30

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have been, and though better had oc'
cusionaily been known. there was ON
the present occas.O on. no call Tor CON
plaint. jerry, in particular, was ior
tuEate, and the little girls spirits
would have risen unGer the inspiring
influence, if it mad produced like
ebect VI on her companion. But al
though Bellenden assisted both In
taking the tsh oil the hooks. and IN
batting them agaIn. and although he
was always ready with his congratu
tatory. Another, Jerry: You are
lucky tonight, p" she felt tnat the spirit
was absent, and that the passing scene
had only q faint, made luate hold on
his attention. His very 5milc was
grave.
But after 4 while, and that at a move
ncnt OF her own, he looked round
quickly. she had shivered as the air
grew colder, and a slight breeze had
sprung up.
You are cold" said Bellenden, at
once laying down his hand-line, LET
me put this over your shoulders" and
he drew Il ougl, warm, weatherbeateD
plaid around ner. ''Lon't you go and
;atcn cold tonight, and then be i'll
alter | am gone. Little one"
lit won't matter If l do"
The words q ca led under her breath,
out they reached MS ear ne eSertheless,
and he could not but make some re-
5lonse.
"IOu think your chances of getting
out on the moor ana the lo:h will de-
part with me: is that 1t: Is Cecil nc
good
Il shall not care TO 90 with Cecil y
"You cared to 90 by yourself before
came "
She was ST ent. 1t seemed to hei
that she would not care even to go by
herself any more.
Bot Belle enucu's toIe grew more anc
more soft ana gentle. 1t moved him
infinitely. In his present subdued and
pensIve frdue, 10 think how much OF
her ane tens this open hearted. in
nocent-mlndeI child had giv0n him in
Due short fortnight. IT graft ed his
vanity. ami something better than n {
vanity mis- bene. oience. He was glad
10 think he had maze anyone the nap
pier. particularly anyone 80 sweet, anc
natural. and lOyabie ~ Geraldine. be
y his arm around her, and drew hel
10 l. : side.
81 ou must not 'orget me, jerry" hs
said.
No" She had stopped fishing u
ls-en.
II may come and see you again some
lay IN : not:"
oh, yes.
And YOU are going to be good girl
and learn a great deal, and have 6
great dea 10 tell me when l do come
And Won VIII 20 on with our collec
tiUns. aud read up about them, anf
have them all in nice O. der:
on, yes.
Il shall tell your cousins about y0
II | come across them"
shall YOU come across then:"
'Very likely / may. If meet Lore
and / ady RaymonI, shall ask TO Sc
Ethel and Alicia. and tell them al
about their little couS n in the north
40 you think they would care abou
me-
~ shall make them care about you.
.Nou won say that | am very
very o."
Very what?'
"N on know What. You know how
you found me tn : first fishing day
But indeed, / am not often "a bad al
that. and [ am never going 10 be a:
bad again. | have promised granny
tnat snail not. Aunt Charlotte. and
Ethel. and Alicia would have though
it dreadful. | don want them to thlni
ne dreadful
Il pro mise that they sham
'.W ell. they won ii you stand up fol
ne. and Jerry smiled contldlngly
round.
.'Because ( am grown up, suppose
s'Oh. YES and a man, and al that.
rhev would think great deal of what
you say. and If yoI say that am-'
Here she stoDDed.
go on. That you are -"
"No: L am silly"
.sNot silly al all l want to hear. Gt
,n there 5 good child. You are quite
:,fe with me- and his arm pressed
h. little closer.
Il was only going to say that II you
you'd say | was rather nice that Is. /
you could say 1t, said Ioor Jerry hum
uly. they void tell Aunt Charlotte.
and she would perhaps believe 1t, and
that would please granny. You see
Aunt Charlotte does not like me very
much now, and that veXes dear gran
ny, who loves me so dreadfuily, and
thought tho ght it might Just ne
one else could do any good she con
cluded. There was something sc
truthful ana confiding in the lImpid
childish eyes. and SO artless IL the
childish ,onfess on, that Bellender
could not smile ut t.
II will certainly do what / can" he
said, 'and-and yoI were quite right
TO tell me all abolt it. Jerry denr.
Now. YOU see. | know what am about.
And il y chance offers, why, OF course,
shall emb ace it at once" And tC
hin self he added. lis there any hope
that he will always remain Ike this
VIII she, can she expect to be always
As true and honest or will she be Ike
all the rest in d few short years? and
even the man OF the world sighed. OF
he little knew, he little dreamed. that
even then he had not seen to the
depths of the heart ne called IA child S.
Just before the boat to ched the
'hore, he stopped over Jerry for mo
nent.
Farewell to Loeb Marew. he said.
Farewell to all the kini hearts here
Farewell, Geraldine. Goodbye. dear
child say Coed bye ior | shall be ~
and away long before you are awake
in the morning | an to breakfast III
my own room. so you must not get II
as on the sroo1ng Gays. 20 say
Goodbye then, wnI e We may AM
on her cold rosy cheek she suddenly
felt his. warm breath and then the
pres ure of his lips in Kiss.
Her heart seemed to stand still
the pulses in her throat to choke her.
Cecil, raising at yhe ether end OF the
boat. seemed like shadow in Il dream
his voice calling TO her, an echo from
some far away distant spot,
Mechanically she rose to obey the