Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11
Continued.

HOW, buDDDbt Noh I'h'h VIZ J''' ''''N'
test bonnets and frocks, and Everard'
violin. and run down this afternoon
Your aunt Keppel will be ut the sta
ton to meet you at SIX
"Today2 Oh, papa! what can possess
your" cried Marion.
"Oh, not til Monday" pleaded Ever
ard. II am to take solo tomorrow
afternoon"
"Nayer mind the solo, lad said his
father, looking wlstfully on the boys
pightless face. doctor Rydal will
recover from the shock; Il little al
he il. You will go, darIings, by the
d: 30 train. And II the bonncts and
frocks are not smart enough for FASH
ionabc Southscn, you can get what
you want there Here Is u check,
Marry. And there, Evcrnrd, Is GOV
erclgn for you to buy toffc with.
Herr Obcrmann IL tired of his I'M
manageable pupil, and will be glad
of holiday to rummagc over old
pnrchmcnts with Canon Drake ana
the dean rose from the table with u
look TINT said that the business was
concluded, and strolled lHngnidly into
the garden, Everrd's hnnd In his,
"Miss Mackenzie" said Marion, re
naming behind n minute, there Is
something unusual about pnpn today.
DO you think | ought to leave him?
He eat nothing; he looks H."
IL, l1,, Il l.
after one of his attacks, Marry. The
great thing IL not to worry him. and,
of course, he has n great denl ON
his mind now. Perhaps, nntil the
blshopric business IL quite decided,
he would rather have you out of the
way"
Miss Mackcnzlc's words were reason
able aud Marion felt that she must
abide by them, and yet she could
not conquer the vague dlsqnlct she
felt on her fathers account. She fol
lowed him into the old fashioned, red
walled garden with n solicltudc hithcr-
to unknown In her spoIlcd-child exist
encc, and watched him narrowly.
you are becoming II perfect ogre,
daddy, hustling ny off In this dcspotic
manner; now, isn't he. EycrnrdY" she
said, Joining them,
IA regular tyrant." laughed the boy,
"But, | say. why can't you com" with
ua, papn? 1t IL on your way to Os-
borne"
cor course II is; how drllghtful.'
added Marion.
~ am not going to Osborne" replied
the dean.
Mot going to dine ut Osborn to
night" exclaimed the children, who
knew TINT royal invitation Is also
n command. "Why, what will Tia"
queen say? VIII she send you to the
Tower" asked Evcrnrd, his mind
filled with visions of scaffolds and
axes.
"Ncver mind the queen" said the
dean, sitting down on n garden seat
and placing the boy between his
girl with II grave preoccuplcd air,
which surprised his daughter, whom
he was wont pc,pctually to tease and
banter In n way that she thought de
lightful. Neither of them spoke for
II few minutes, and then the dean
asked the children If they were happy,
and they replied heartily in the affirm
ntivc. adding that they were always
happy with him, aud thought all
pleasures duh without him
~ have tried to make You happy"
he said, In his rich, pathetic tones;
~ have wished 50 much to give You
n happy youth to hook back upon.
My own youth was very, very happy
and | have always been SO thankful
for 1t; II Is possession for Il whole
lifcstime, In spite Of the sorrow with
which the world is illcd and which
we must all plunge into sooner or
later, Your father Is II sinful man.
dear children, but he has tried to he
good to You TINT has been his greatest
earthly aim. And YOU have been duti
fu and atfcctionatc. am Il success
ful man, and have been able tn give
you pleasant home, but who can
say II II may last? Trouble may come
we may he parted Well, drars, II
that time comes, think gently of the
father who. whatever his faults were,
earnestly sought his childrcn's hap
piucsS,"
The children protested with half
frightened affection; but he scarcely
needed them, and, gently mwindinE
their claSpiug hands, withdrew, unable
to speak for tears. and. waving them
off with gesture of command, went
back TO his study
ION, Marry" cried ENrrard. "som,
thing dreadful has happrucd, Fer.
haps the queen is angry. What can
II be-"
Marion comfurtcd him With all the
wisdom Of her sixteen wears saying
that there was probably some Intel
about the hishoprir, and this had sad
dcued their father.
lie took them to the station anC
saw them on arranging all lie coul,
for their comfort and security, an,
embraced them on the public platform
with unusual tenderness, APPARENT,
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