The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18

q long blue cloak, and q limp Waite
cap framing an ugly face.
What dye mean7 What business
is II Of youre7" ] asked, shaking IN
her hand.
What buslnossf 70 may well ASH,
20 dirty spalpeen," she retorted BIT
terly. "No. no; l tell ye. I won't gel
out o. yer way-yell have to knock
uA down first. I'm only m ould
woman, and yen do II easy enough:
but even then I'll hang onto ye. an
dig me nails into 20. until yo tell me
what ye'vc said to that motherless lit.
tie crayther that hasn't sowl In us
wide wurrld TO care whether she"
"ohi" l Interrupted quickly. all the
anger leaving my face and voice. u
understand. You are old Molly Grit
lin come home at last"
Jay, ay, an It's about tlmo I Ola
come home, I'm thinkiD'. 0chone.
oehone: but isn't this a cruel wurrid
entiroly! oh. aren't ye ashamed of
y%crself. you that calls yerself u
gentleman belikes. toto play scoun-
drol lihe that? Wouldn't her ,ery
innocence, her folornness spnke TO yer
black sowl and bid yer 30 yer way
an laive such as her In peacof'
MOLLY. Molly" J said gently. for
felt q certain respect and liking for
this uncouth old dame. the only friend
and protector roor Hc'en seemed TO
have. don't let your tongue run so
fast, II you please. Allow me n word
In self-defcnse."
Then I explained the cause OF the
girls depressed appearance that par
tlcular evening. After n littlo hest
tatlon q look OF relief crossed her
face, and I saw she believed me.
"well, well. / beg your pardon,
that's oil I can say. oughtn't 20
have been 40 hasty maybe. but
I've had bitter cause. heaven knows.
to suspect the likes o. you. Not. sir.
that I've hoerd anythin' but good o.
you, 30 far. How you've come all the
way from London to tell the anld
wan bout poor Master Brian. an
give up his letters-the heavens be his
bed this night. But-but." she went
on ~anxiously, after n slight paule,
what I want to know Ia. yer KIND
work done, what on earth keeps va
loi,cr,n' on here nj the very back o.
Godspood2"
81 am doing no harm" muttered
doggodly.
"An' I say 20 are. Nc harm TO yer
aclf an mauin' none mayhap. atbeI
ways: but harm all the same to her
She was happy. contented. at laist
poor child. In her lonesome. QUE
: ways. %scamperlng about Wild her dog
sw!mmin' aud splashin' about In tn
say. until you came with yor sol
voice. yer white hands, n yer hand
] some fac,, givin' her what no wal
I ever glye her before. lowers. an
D books. sweetios. an purity glmcracka
! an swecter still. kind words an smli
in looks. what her poor little heart
: miss an hunger for sore when ye'y
O yer ways an forgotten her vor
name. hut ye name no harm =
ooorse. of coorse--ah, get away Wit
I va. man alive: yer oil tho sane tn
: wurrid owe rich or poor. high O
) low-every mothers son OF ye-sel
:, self. selfv'
you're mistaken, you're mistake
: indeed. old woman" l broke In carr
l es,Iy: she's n child. a mere chill
. I know her better than you. She
y forget ME before 7 will her. youn see
= 'You know her better than me. VIII
: nursed her from the cradle an N
J. mother before her." retorted Mol
contemptuousiy--'you! An ] tell /,
to yer face, It's you that are mistake
not me. l see a change In her q
.. last month, n great change; I seen
1t at tho first moment ] looked mt h
Z last Tuesday. an I've watched h
o close ever since"
+ We'll, what have you found cut7"