CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-10-06

: pear to u INK OF separation from in,
Z little waif whose ~ is. iiks hers. SCENE,
sast in lonely paths. But there cam,
time when even Lizzie could NO l. ngt
expect to retain control of Bee Ro=si, or
a childless couple had come to xunr.s
st neighboring resort in the Greer
mountains, and while ON their jrnrur
visited the orphanage They ha.. Ion,
ago decided TO adopt . child. and I
1 glance at little Bee satisfied them thai
she was Just what they wanted Ths
i bargain was made and it was agreed
that Bee should be sent 70 them few
days before their summer sojourr came
to an end.
From that time on Number Six wa.
. changed being. She pined and fret
ted, as the day drew near that would
separate her from the little girl, and
Aunt Sanders was more than once com.
| PEELED TO call in the house physician to
administer to her niece.
The girl who had tasted all the bit
terness of an orphaned life. chung to
the motherIess child with all tie We
hemency of first love. Night and day
J she prayed that something might inter
fere TO let her keep the little girl lit
tie longer.
And the unexpected happened. A
stranger alighted one day from the
single-horse fly which piled between
the railway station and the best hotel
in town. He was handsome, prosper
Gus looking man. His clothes and the
alligator bag indicated that. He asked
for the best room in the house and paid
for it in advance. The morning after
his arrival he set out for the pars. Image.
. and through the volubility Of the min
ister's housekeeper.. it soon leaked out
that be had come to inquire about Mrs.
/ Rossiter- The parson took him first to
the little graveyard and showed him
the mound beneath which the old char
woman lay buried. Then he accom-
panied him TO the orphanage to zee lit
tie Bee.
Lizzie Macready was busy at a win
dow when the stranger and the parson
walked up the gravel path The
bronzed face of the former was sglow
with excitement. Lizzie had never seer
q more pleasing face. she thought. 1t
was q good. honest face, too. and when
moment later she was reques.ed TO
bring little Bee TO the reception-room
her heart throbbed wildly Perhaps
her prayer had been heard.
The woman and the child entered the
room. and the stranger came forward
to greet them. He caught the little gin.
In his arms and kissed her. Bee. who
had never before been caressed by a
man. wound her arms around hi. neck
and laid her head on his shoulder.
good omen. though. Lizzie, and confid-
ingly shook the strangers hand. The
minister introduced the stranger as Mr..
Correll. little Bees half brother. His
father, a wild, reckless fellow. had left
his wife BE had taken their child.
boy, with him. The boy was TN. ran
who now stood before them. They haa
orifiet to the mining camps OF Colorado
and there Correll hsd araxsed riches.
A few months ago he died leaving every
thing to his son ard iniplc i1g LIN 10
ind his mother. This the son did. He
had learned of his mothers divorce ard
marriage to RoSsiter. and of the birth
Of baby girl Their trail led TO the
little mountain town in Vernon, and
here he found one in her grave. The
other q public charge in an orphanare.
Now he would take her away with him
and spend his riches upon her. In a
day or swo he would be ready to de-
part.
Lizzie Naeready grew pale a. death
yhen he announced his intention. The
child. still nessling in his arms, held ou,
fkr hand TO her so<ser-mother-
Dear Number Six.~ she cried. II can
never leave you.'.
4~~~s bl,,~k~. .--s 49, -.
cheek at this avowaI Of Affection On the
part Of the child The stranger stopped
and kissed her hand.
How can ever thank you for what
yon have done for her."
For dsye Mr.. Correll. the rich young
miner. fingered in the little mountain
town Again the gos.ips got together.
wondering what kept him in a place 50
devoid of attraction to people with
money. There wa. nothing in the wav
of little Bees departure. Surely that
fociish young woman. Lizzie Marrea6y,
would not again interpose silly objec-
tions.
Every day The strsnger went to the
orphahage to spepd hours with his lit
tie sister and her beloved Number Six.
should accompany her charge on all
their strolls through tl- garden.
At last be Informed the landlord of
the little kosselry that he would depart
the next day. He ordered four-seat
carriage instead OF a single fiy to take
him to the station
Il am not going alone this time h-
said. with happy sr.ile.
'Soing to take he little cir, with
you. see s-swers', the landlord. sz.-
ing TO himself that there would he one
less for Tie county 10 feed.
Yes and 3 wife" continued Corren.
a wisc?" gasPri the innk-eper.
Where did you r.; here-
Over at the oryA-nage- am going
to be married in ihe morning TO Lizzie
Maeresdy-Number Six-you know
-ss. Louis Republic.