Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-08

| mere Is 10 uelp lOT 1t, uuSL dCCSpL
or be plundered of ALL"
''Let us join hands on the bargain"
| At that moment Barbara and Eve en-
tered from the court.
-"Eve! Eve!" cried the father excitedly,
''come to me, my angel! My ill-treated
child! My ma rtyr!" He caught her to- his
sobbed. my darling, you have had your
money stolen, the money put away for you
when you We're in the cradle"
who has stolen it, papa ?" asked Bar
| bara.
Look there"' he cried; casper Babb
was bringing me the money, and when
he fell from his horse it was stolen"
Neither Barbara nor Eve spoke.
Now" continued Mr.. Jordan, she has
offered himself as my help to look after
the farm for me, and promises, if I give
! him time"
Father, you have refused!' interrupted
| Barbara.
"On the contrary, have accepted
"It cannot, it must not bev exclaimed
Barbara vehemently. Father, you do
| not know what you have DONE"
''This is strange language to be address
ed by child to a father" said Mr.. Jor-
l
ever so unreasonable girl before? This
morning you pressed ME to engage bail
if, and now that Mr.. Jasper Babb has
volunteered, and have accepted him, you
turn round and won't have him."
Miss Jordan stood thinking; the color
mounted to her forehead, then her brows
contracted. "Mr. Jasper she said at
! length, II entreat you-go."
He was silent.
Il have nursed you; 1 have given my
nights and days to you. You confessed
that had saved your life. If you have
any gratitude in your heart, if you have
any respect for the house that has shell
| tered you-go"
"Stuff and fiddlesticks!' shouted Mr..
Jordan. HE shall not go. forbid him."
Jasper turned. Miss Barbara he said
humbly, you are laboring under q mis-
take which 1 must not explain. Forgive
me. I stay
She looked at him with moody anger
and muttered: knowing what you do
that am not blind-that you should dare
to settle here under this honorable roof
1t is unjust! it is ungrat eful! it is wicked!
Heaven help us! | have done what
could"
Jasper was installed in Morwell as bail
iff. Barbara had done what she could to
prevent his becoming an inmate Of the
house. She might not tell her father her
real reasons for objecting to the arrange
ment.
She was rendered more uneasy a day or
two after by receiving news that an aunt,
q sister of her mother, who lived beyond
Dartmoor, was dying, and she was sum-
ho,, loe CT
When she received the summons to her
aunt's deathbed, knowing that she must
go, she asked where Mr.. Babb was, and
hearing that he was in the barn, went
thither with the letter in her hand.
Barbara had a curt, almost rough, man
ner at times. She was vexed now, so she
spoke shortly. II am summoned to Ash
burton. That is close to Buckfastleigh,
where, you say, you lived"
eyes, Miss Jordan"
eff your story be false l shall break
my promise to you, and tell my father ev-
erything."
"If you go to Buckfastleigh, Miss Jor-
dan. shall venture to send word by you
| to my father where am, that the money
| is lost, and what l have undertaken"
| Barbara tossed her head, and flashed an
| indignant glance at him out of her brown
eyes.
81 cannot be a porter of lies"
"What liesT
"You did not lose the money. Why de-
cieve me? know your object in lurking
here, in the most out-of-the-way nook of
England you could find. You think that
here you are safe from pursuit. You
made up the story to impose on my father,
and induce him to engage you. Q, you are
very honorable! discharging a debit
hate crime, but I hate falsehood even
| more"
"You are mistaken, Miss Jordan
"Then tell me all, that l may form a
more equitable judgment"
81 cannot do THAT now. You shall be
! told-later."
s.Then I must judge by what l know"
''Should you favor me so far as to visit
my father" said Jasper, Il beg of you
one thing most earnestly. Do not men
ton the name of my companion-Martin. !"
"Why not?"
"He may suspect him of having robbed
me. My father is an energetic, resolute
man. He might pursue him, and l alone
| am to blame l lost the money"
!, "Who was that Martina"
| he tOlQ you-tual was AotnAhS "
| him."
"Then why do you seek to screen him z
"Can I say that he took the money? If
nv father gets him arrested shall be
found"
Barbara laughed bitterly.
.Of course, the innocent must not be
brought into suspicion because he has rid
den an hour alongside of the guilty. No!
| will say nothing of Martin"
CHAPTER TX.
The air under the pines was balmy. Eve
carried her straw hat on her arm, hung
by its blue ribbons. She needed its shell
ter in the wood no more than in her faith
er'.s hall.
She came to brook, drihblinG and
tinkling on its way through moss and over
stone. Yhe path was fringed with blazing
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