Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-27

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dian would consent TO their arrange
ments.
Eyes, Dick, / think he will"
"Then must see him, land dear Lily,
| want you to visit my mother. We
are stopping at the Grand Hotel. She
wishes to see you and my mother
thinks that your guardian is an old
friend of hers that she has not seen for
a long time. She has not told me
much about it but | know she has been
very anxious to find him il he is the
one.n
"How grand" said Lily, ~ only
hope it is true. How happy we would
be. | will call on your mother this
evening and guardy shall go with me, !"
said Lily.
Lily could hardly wait until evening
and as soon as her guardian had dined
she called him in the parlor saying,
dear guardy have some good news to
tell you. now please guess what it is. Z"
swell Lily perhaps that impudent
fellow has arrived to take my little
girl from me, said Dick, thinking of
the many lonely hours If it did happen.
"Why, how could you tell?'
"By that radiant face, Lily, is it
trueW
Eyes he called here this forenoon
and | have promised to call on them
this evening. He says that his mother
is an old friend of yours from the east
and wants you to come with me-"
"Well don't know how that can be
Lily, didn't know as | had any old
friends at least of the female kind"
THAT is what Dick said anyway so
now please go with me, will your"
"Why yes, | guess l can go for a
short time"
81 will get ready at once them" said
Lily as she reached up and gave her
guardian kiss and then disappeared
through the doorway.
In a pleasant sitting room on the
second floor of the Grand Hotel Jenny
and little Dick are making ready for
their company. Jenny was rather ner-
vous for mature woman OF forty
and over If it should not be her Dick
then she would not look for him any
more, but if it should be, oh Joy un-
speakable. She dare not think of it,.
These thoughts chased each other
through her brain. She was dressed
in rich brown velvet with Dicks last
gift, her watch and chain adjoining her
plump neck and bosom and no one
would have thought her over 80 at the
most. Little Dick had never seen his
mother so excited before. She had
not told him much about this friend of
hers and nothing about his fathers
perfidy. She could not tell even him
but he made up his mind that some
thing uncommon was about to tran
spire While he was thinking over
these things company was announced
for the Steavens. Jenny told him to
meet them at the door for she was so
ushered in slender beautiful girl
with a wealth of golden hair and pink
cheeks, introducing her to his mother
as Miss Lily Huffman, while Lily
turned introducing her guardian to lit
tie Dick and then as Jenny advanced
in the full light she saw a tall man
with white hair-but surely her eyes
did not deceive her-that certainly
could be no other than her long lost
Dick
"Dick! dear Dick don't you know
me?" cried Jenny.
Dick rubbed his hand up over his
brow saying ''if we were in heaven |
should say it was Jenny, but as we are
on earth | persume it is some relative
of hers that looks enough like her to
cause me to think of her."
mo! no! dear Dick not someone else
but Jenny herself who is not dead but
has hunted for you all these long
years. That was a cruel lie sent to
you to separate us as it has done. Oh
Dick / was not to blame for it. | my
self received letter that you was
false to me from the postmaster at
Denver
'Oh God! ! thank theel" said Dick
as he clasped her in his arms. II
think | am dreaming! it is too good to
be true
About that time little Dick and Lily
had slipped quietly out and decended
to the parlors below thinking they
were not needed. What explanations
followed is not for US to say, but JOY
seldom kills and they came to so good
an understanding that they delayed
parting until late hour and his last
words TO Jenny were ~ will send the
carriage after you in the morning. If
the children wish to wait for new
clothes to be made before they are
married very we'll, but we shall not
wait another day for | may lose you
again. / shall be here at 10, that will
be seven hours until we meet never to