New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23

to seem concerned. 5r r,,, chin
He put his big rough finger unGer lily o"ih
and lifted my face up. Then ne saiu; At, Ill.,,
.sWan Rillv. I guess you're in luck this time
They saw she makes lots of money. vi course
you'll 60 Mebby she's taken notion u Eou
m will leave YOU her propty an.
After this remark had no Inclination TO taIk
any more on the subject grew paoh . %na
walked mechanically to the marple-'oppeu 80, 80
wat stood in the room. fan was lying tlelS,
Ia da+ectnd the odOr Of frangl ANN. l TOOK
The fan and unfurled 1t, not thinking whar
was doing At that moment man ha, r.
from the main hail ana ana cyes very bright and
as had thought before, full of author''S OH i'ie
as ne ,d,,r nardor I'm sure" he said, but
~ stetor eent me back for her ran; she was
quite nostive she had left it here On 'iai'N
YOU .,o tor nrovoked with
awNM ,hnt had been found with it in my
"T W. thrust the article into an inner pocket
his coat He glanced at my it.n' ANY, bns
stood AT the window. Then without ais neS'
ta,to, no walked across the room ana saiu;
"You'u excuse me- I'm sure lor spe" - -
o, Hrt ,bot's a mighty fine colt you've Droughl
into town | saw 1t AT the stapie U.s. "0"' a.
inCl,irg after q good animal mysell'
tTo animated and pleased father grew on the
instant. .,s,s over WAS sold in
,h,l e sot he said in his loud, hearty way,
"1yby. I'm the man to come TO- an" ''''' "
fact every time. .,o, hu, I'm SIRE he
|
winked as he made this assertion. ,,.o "yvb,,o
"IJo,y Iucllv for me-" was the response Viz
do Won live? \ mar that knew ~" ~ az" Co.
tbat gray is the man II pick out my h"iSe '0'
The gentleman pulled little noteoooh rom us
nockct and held his pencil poseu orei ~ r" ,i
j.. 10 ,i.rcod interrOgatively at my lh'Hci' VIM
az Nv 60 ,h1t ANYBODY out our way could ten
where Il en- Armstrong hved-,out w or. NM
way YOU know; cars leave you WITHIN ~, IN ~
lon me know when you're coming tn Il ue
&C. thn deano with as good piece OF horseiesh ,
you ever seen l.. h,a hool,-"Vu eet
the time now" he SAID as ms rpperning rain
wen say on Wednesday, the morning Tram
VIII that do
rbn stranger put up his notebook and drew
~ nrdraea from which he extracted DIT
oS pasteboard. his diamond making great
glitter meanwhile. 49,, - roadn n fine
Father took the card. the man N'"uc INV
how, and walked out II the room. ,,1
"Grnat swell. amt he" father exclaih i,,
searrbinr for his glasses. II tell you what US
Bnly. If sell a d, nSnd n or sometiins
S'T"a nHvonced and looked at tho card MI.
piroI1 Wavorick' was what | read. and father
rcad II aloud after me as II ne were sp'''"H
''i @WaIi' all I'VE got to say is. If Mr. Ronald
Maverick en- ford to wear ring IKE 'h', ,s ne
en- ford to pay good sur. p,iGT LOT "i baye .,
Now les g TO a restaurant D'"''
howlin' good dinner" .ou..s o,,
So we went and father ate. ana taikr1 ana ana
laughed; and he Winkcd at the waiter an" va"
In extremely good spirits. go ,
" AZ ve v,ire on our way home, while the sun
gradually went lower ard lower down inc VI, ,d,
hlue sl,v father quest. pned me more apVu' vi.
Runciman-and seemed To HaN' "' "'""' ~
nv going with her - !
;von'u be a reeYar fool II YOU don't 60. n"
said in his good-na tured way. lie was almost al
En,her was in the yard when drove down
tho road The bright. red Hight Of the fet'lhE
sun was on her. and felt sudden s.'a ,n-o
pang rs saw how deicatcy IoVe'y ma' a r",
was. with it, large. mysterious looking ey'7'
witch seemed t. be able TO see strang" th'hes.
For the first time in my lie TINS Pu,S.,', ,
came to mo How did she come 20 marry WIS
Immediately the query seemed to me 50 ais,
respectful ana dsloval 10 them hoth ,hat
ha.tenca to put II from me Hut II han 'pli,
once and | had curious fe'HhH t''' - "'"'''
~ is - eipniacant tiue in the NE % daughter
when she begins t. judge her parent; a., ~
ter parcnts merely. but "A human lndlNidua'9
"Hullo. mother" called out father i've
brought Billy back this time; but mepoy next
'' IT., r1ii~d in the horse and sprang out Of the
carriage. ,-,, go, ct,
She sm,leI rather a wlsfful smile. and she
kissed me-. which she very rarely ala.
II can't be- thankful enough You've come
che said SOFTLY Il dor't know why It's. but II
Ems = ~ ia got YOU back from something
The horse and carriage had gone on into tho
barn We could hear father whl'tling as ne I'M
harnesscd. ,,, 49,.
Mother led mo on into tho orchard. which was
at the other side Of the yard
"Iowizys bahn' the biscuits. sh" said. ! We
been SO nervous ,ut you. Wilhclmina, that "
was all | could 10 To- hold myself together
What a that woman want
I hesitatcd. i held mothers hard. thin hand
fast -
the other day" responded.
$50 did: So | did.' she answered quickly
"Somchow she made mo feel $" KIND Of s!us,
fed with myself n $ If WAS real bright n
smart What f. she. anyway"
she's a great opera singer what they call q
prima donna"
| / spoke proudly.
| Mother looked at me fearfully.
"Oh," she exclaimed In a whisper. ION" OF
them opera singers? Did she make Won sing
! Sis? You've got a beautiful voice. think"
well you're mistaken about my voice.
| answered she did not care for II. And sh'
| says it Is cold She wants me To 60 with hei
this summer in hous" carriage. She says sh'
! has whins She's got n within 10 have me-
Mother hurried me along down the slope Of
the orchard until we were under the Old chest
nut tree ana out ~ sight Of any one. There she
| stopped She laid hand on each - my shout
ders glow Of beautiful, solemn HIGHT came
| from her eyes.
MY daughter" she said impreesively. 'yot
mustn't 20 with that woman. She won't 4,
YOU any good Mono. see picture Of youi
! life. | see
ooh mother-dOn'tt DON'T" | cried.
| Some great wave of mystery seemed - b'
| rising higher and higher In my soul couldn'
bear to have her go | flung my arms abou
her neck and leaned my head down on he
shoulder ] was tall girl and she seemed very
| frail to me then.
"Wen pray about it," she said In a few
moments, during which she sirokcd my hal
softly, for my hat had fallen off.
you know 1t may help Va TO pray. and some
| thing has got 10 help ua I've passed n sorrow
| full day All the time I've seen my little CIR
| drifting away from me. going into bad place
| that gttered and looked like good places. Yes
well pray right here. Wihelmina, kneel dowi
close to me.