The western recorder., 1898-04-21
INTERNATIONAL PISS ASSOCIATION
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tTes and The terrible 1ifec-ne1s u -S1
gnestions-
In fact. you have made Isaac under
ling. iaborer. si4vey TO your grand
nez gardener. is that it.~ she cried
-1oh, come now he began. but Dor
5thy stood stiii in the road and con
frcnted him anErily-
rs It 50 or nctg- she asked
-weIl. something like that he ad-
uitted. rn~Iilingly.
is II absolutely 50 or rotz- Dorothy
asked again.
Wen. I'm afraid 1t Ia said David.
With a great air Of making clean
asesst OF the whole matter You see.
Dorothy. the old fellow never was
much Of a hand at Eardening@
He was good enough for US. sighed
Dorothy. in heart broken voice
Yes; but indeed he really ~as past
His work. OF should never have
thought Of dispiaeing hin And II 1t
hadn't been for yor-that he was
good many years your gardener-
Nearly forty years" put In Dor
o,hy-
well. OF course, II 1t hadn't been
for that I should just have replaced
him without troubling any further
about him. As II was. made place
for him. and gave him ten shililngs
week for what could get better done
by boy for six"
And the cottage7" asked she
-Oh. well. OF course. the cottage goes
With the situation" answered David,
who was getting rather sulky-
There was moments silence: then
Dorothy suddenly stopped and turned
to face him David" she flashed out.
you may be a good farmer. but you
are a hard man. a hard man. One of
these days you1l come to be-but.
there, what is the good OF talking to
your II long and faithful service
Will not touch your heart. what else
will7-
There is one thing which will al
Why's have power to touch my heart. .
be said. eagerly. shall ! tell you
what7"
NO" said Dorothy. wearIly. Il prob
ably should not believe II. II forty
years would not do 1t. nothing else
could"
AS she spoke she turned down the
street which led to Palace Mansions.
for she saw that II was hopeless now
10 try to prevent his finding out where
she lived; and. indeed. now that Dick
was safely out Of the country, she did
act think that It mattered much. Da-
v.d. for his part. took advantage OF the
qriet side street. and spoke out what
wak in his mind.
Dorothy he said. come back to
fse Hall. and I will show you whether
an hard man or not: only come
back and let US forget the past. nobody
need know anything. will never
remind you of It. Only come back. my
fear. and everything shall be as you
.s.sh--as you direct. III send the new
eS-densr fn Holrnyd. and Isaac shall
be head gardener at the Hall. with a
couple OF men under him to do the
work Does that sound like being
hard. Dorothy?"
YES" said Dorothy. coIdly-"hard-
est OF all. because you would not hssi-
tate to buy me. body and soul, through
my compassion and pity for those poor
ahA0l tnAiatI Ont1s H1V IdH not ntap
themselves, and can not fight against
the hard power which your money and
your strength give you"
"Oh. Dorothy. It Is not So" he cried.
Il only ask you to come back because /
love you and want you. Besides, /
can not bear to see you as you look
now-tired and worn, and ten years
older than when you turned your back
on all your old friends for the sake
OF fellow who has brought you to
this
ITO what?" Dorothy cried. her eyes
opening wide. and her tones expressing
such astonishment that David fairly
quailed before her look.
ITO ghost Of your old SELF" he an
swered curtIy. But it was all Of no
use. Dorothy could be curt, too, on
occasions. and she was so then.
1t seems to me that you are making
mistakes all round. David" she said.
coldly. Il am not very well, and the
heat has tired me-but am not what
you take me for. / have been, thank
God for 1t. blessedly happy wife Tor
many months will wish you good
morning. David"
She turned away without giving him
time TO say word. and went as quick
ly as was possible toward her home.
and went in without turning her head
to see what had become of him. As
for David Stevenson. he simply stood
rooted to the spot where she had left
him. until she disappeared from his
sight: then he took a step or two as
II to follow her. but changed his mind.
and retraced his steps, with face like
a thunder cloud.
He was SO occupied with his own
thoughts and his own disappointment
that be never noticed a smart victoria
and pair which was drawn up Just
within the corner of the quiet street,
but its occupant, an old. white-haired
gentleman. had noticed him. and took
keen stock of him as he passed. David
Stevenson would have BEEN consider
ably surprised II he could have heard
THE order which the same old gentle
man gave his coachman just after he
had swung past. Follow that gen.
tleman closely. Don't lose sight Of
him.
"Yes, m lord.'' said the servant. and
hoped up onto the box, giving the
order to the coachman-
"Ail right" murmured that digni-
tary in reply. then added in lower
voice still. Whats the old codger NJ
to now. wonder7'
'Uncommon pretty girl" answered
Charles. in an equally low tone
We've been after her some time"
who is she?"
Mrs 'Avris. Lives In Palace Nan.
sions," with a wink
HIN, wishes her Joy Of i'm" aasS
the coachman, screwing his face ny
into thousand expressive wrinkles.