Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

nightgown and little bare feet were spot.
lcssly clean.
II was In vain that the great Lady Pit
lands daughter protested against her
stcpsons folly In adopting u paupcr' =
brat and bintcd that the eleven foot of
Socialism, showed itself IN the net. 1t was
IN vain that she shuddcrcd ut the deg
radiation of those ancestral halls. Lash
mar Wis rock. He was one Of those
quiet. uinlcmonstrativc young men. who
make mp their minds slowly and who cnI'
never he argued or niolcd into the re-
linquishmcnt Of n settled purpose.
The intruder did not take kindly to her
new life. Again and ngain. with pitcuus
tears and childish. unrcasoning iteration,
she cntrcntcl to he taken 10 her father
"Whcre In daddy Take me 10 my dad.
dy" that was the burden Of her cries
And Lashmar. albeit philosophical and
ng.inindcd In most things. could moi
find IL In his heart 10 tell this orphan
child the hard and bitter truth. lie
could not bring himself to crush her with
the word "ncvcr." Childhood 81 soo,
learns the meaning of that fatal word
40 with weak tenderness he took the
little girl upon his lap and drew her {,
/ uIS VIVuSt tVIu ueT tIltt shvuIt
SEQ her father again some day.
"Tcll me your name. little onc?" Ii,
nskcd.
"Stclln."
"Stclla! That IL u very pretty name.
ut means II star" said the child
''Dnddy told me-
Twin you he my star? VIII you liv,
with me In this house. and pluy In tlios,
gardens ont there, and go IN my boat 81
the rivcr!"
mo-" said the little one firmly. nf,c,
she had contemplated that delicious pie
turc for some moments. II don't wan
TO live with you. want TO live with m,
daddy"
And then with n divinity Of patience
with that exquisite gcntlcncss which u
n peculiar attribute Of those who love III
tie children, Lashmnr explained how tn,
journey on whicl, daddy hnd gone mus
needs last for II long time. how summer
md winter must pass before he cOul,
come back or Stella 20 to him. but how
they should meet In the days 10 come.
"And You will leave of crying. and l.,
very goWl, for my sake. won't 20,
Stellar pleaded 1.aslimnr. Fathers nr,
unhappy when they hear that their chill
drcn have been naughty. You will b,
good, md you will try to love me, won
you. Stella. for dn,idy's sakc?"
The child made supreme effort Owe
her childish heart. chokcd her sobs an,
dried her tears. aud trottcd by Lashmar
side to the gardens, and across the dew!
park to the river. lie took her In hi
bOnt. nnd rowed about with her for hal
M hour or M, and took her back to III,
castle with faint bloom In her snllov
cheeks, and fine appetite for bren kfnst
us Barber Informed him afterwards.
The inquest upon Jonathan BOldwOo,
wns he'll next dry and Lord l.nsl,n,nr wa,
present. No one cane forward out O
fs0ldwO0ds past life 10 tell what the maj
had been, ar 10 testify 10 any interest II
HIM. When the coroner asked what hn,
bccn done with the child. Lord Lashmal
s,eppc,l forward and said that he hat
adopted her, and would hold himself ~
sponslblc for iier future welfare.
lie attended the funeral In person tw,
days afterwards, BY no mems an agree
able duty, since nll the rnbblc Of Brumn
turned cut h do honor To their ruyorit,
ngitntor. But LnshE,nr told himself III,
day would come when Stella would Iurs
tlUn hin, about her fathers burial, wo,,l,
nsk TO be- tnkcn to hcr fathers grave
and he wanted to hc able To tell her TIM
Ec had stood beside that grave while III,
Gods Of earth were east upon tho coffin
while tho words OF promise and OF hop,
wcrcsspokcn.