Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27

father hnr1TtN- fp f'D iaiia H.dt | hr was coming ta set hyt To huS potatoes
 This knowledge caused Nrr heart to swell in derc, feneIhea fl there was my one thing rrssy dtslls.3 more than another it WIS hu--lae natIt,-.s Sh" sjghed and began tu Lad. w'tA ta'en~c interest where she had laft ud Il lu,- ulent before.
 "Iady Alfn-la's heanI.fal roIaea halr was crowned Wlth a 'i4.a ot sparkling diamonds utr slender white wrist, were"
 "Pes-y pesgg.~ called a'r I1htqnl. peremrt1gIly.
 "uer slender Uhitr we's's.' resumed pc..y ">,,re elasned H',A many bfacD- lets each of wil,h was set w,th pre- cious stones aueun'ins Fl yane to nauf thuusaaGs o! dollaas. Her faprr fingers Wort4-s
 "PeeEy do you hoaff1 called her rathet 1-aln,
 Pez1y -dve oEe more fe. rttul ztaaoo At taa paper. with lts isd,-pHee Illus ,r;tion then uro>n and stalh,d aut iato The gard WitA sulltn sloWr,ss Nr. Hlbharl w,ut around T.. A!u1 tAc sinokehoG>o, whence he pc, sratlg r.- turned with two a.j tin pail> md two uarroW Unaaen lad!lrs, which he set down II her teet
 T sar>s you'll have n aelp me | ht- tie while again to-day Peggy" he said. but il won't he very ball on yon Tho suns gone under clold an' don't b'- ls've thr bugs is very thick
 Peggy looked ilsconsolutcly at the pail and the paddle Her father took up his own laplemcutS If potato bug torture and began 'o retracr his steps toward the po5ato patch. But Peggy d,d uet follow.
 T don't think" she called out bitter ly. that you've got q riEht to as. me to do such work as thls.
 He turned and looked at her In un- bounded surprise. She don't t,ink." hf repeated. tlankly. that I've got right 10 ask hcr Now. who." he con tinued. addressing his remarks 10 some invisible third person. do you think has got a right to nSk her if a!n't3'
 For Ii Instant Peggy hung her head. Gulltily Then. t~iEs highly incens.7l ly the painful contrast between her own hard lot and that of Lady Alfreda she looked up and said. with consider able spirit:
 My own father sir.
 Ther" was moments silence. -T1rr Pa+ fr length still directing his conversation to the invisible third person. -Now, will you kindly tell rao who is her own father. Ii aiu'tT
 The invisible r,lrd person evidently GId not feel equal to m explanation c: the matter and I'vSSy took il upon Ter self to answer.
 To do not kHow, sir" she returned firmly, but shall Soron md out You are not he, a.a snre. Whnrr ypu found mc or how you ohfalnrI possr' sion of me cannot tyli. but ot this uuch am positive: yuu are doing f;lc q great injustice by grinding me down in this manner. and .t will not he bong until I will be restored 10 ny-tuy- my
 Peggy paused then In some confusion. She was not quite Sure whether these were the exact words Lady .Alfrpaa had used when declaring to her captors her intuitive knowledge of her noble birth. Peggy had long thought that when sbe proclaimed her identity to the people with whom she lived and who claimed to he her relatives. she would repeat Lady Alfredas declaration of indt- pendence verbatim. and IL fusterpd her to think that she might have failed to do so. still, even though she might have made Il mistake, she felt that she had put 1t pretty strong And she cer- tainly had. At least, so it seemed to Mfr. Hibbard.
 He hurried forward and laid his hand tnemblingly on her shoulder.
 Peggy" he said- nnXiously. @IAm afcard you're Q loSiH your wits, alu't you? Don't yu feel little queer in vonr head? Think q minute, Now. don't yo'f'
 Had not PeSgy's heart been steeled to an extraordinary degree, It would have beer melted ty the tender solici- tude in his voire and manner. As it was, she drew back unresponsive and regarded him coldly.
 ''No," she said, I'm not at all sick father, and I'm ready to help you Come on."
 She gathered up the paddle and pail