Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-01

iAe every Douy else. Ills manners were sc |
ovely. He was offered ba ronetcy at the |
End Of that Whiteboy business, on account !
Of his loyalty, that nearly cost him his |
life, but he refused 1t, thinking the old |
name good enough without handle to it."
"kavanagh, we all know, is good
IF he had accepted tha. title he would
nave been as-the same-as your father"
There is defiance in this sentence
Quit" the same"
No. no, he could not" her defiance now
changes into a sOrrowful honesty. "Youl
father has been a baronet for centuries;
my father would have only been a baronet
for a few years."
We'll, never mind that. I've got you
Without any gross flattery, consider you
worth a dozen dads"
And yet your father"
Il know" rising to his feet his brow
darkeniLs. DO you think don't suffer
doubly on your accountr That I don't
feel the insolence of his behavior toward
you fourfold? There is but one excuse
for him and my mother, and that lies In
their terrible disappointment about my
brother-their eldest son."
Il know; you have told me-" begins she,
quickly, but he interrupts her.
Yes, l have been more open with you
than you with me- l feel no pride where
you are concerned. or course my broth.
er's conduct toward them is no excuse for
:heir conduct toward you, but when one
has a sore heart one is apt to be unjust,
end many other things. You know what
e: aeart-break he has been to the old peo-
PIE, and is. A gambler, a dishonorable
gambler! He turns away from her, and
his nostrils dilate little; his right hand
grows clinched. Every spare penny they
possess had been paid over to him or his
creditors, and they are not overburdened
with riches. They had set their hearts on
him and all their hopes, and when he fail
ed them they fell back on me. The name
is an old one; money was wanted. They
had arranged a marriage for me that
would have been worldly wise. l, too, dis
appointed them"
'Oh? she has sprung to her feet, and ID
staring at him with Mortified eyes. "a
marriage! There was some one else! Did
you ever mention this beforeY'
Now, Barbara, don't be the baby your
name implies" says he, placing her firmly
back in her seat. II didn't marry that
heiress, you know, which Il proek thea
-tvvru you, NOT her.
But she-she-" she stammers and
.eases suddenly, looking at him with Q
glance full of question. Woman-like, ev.
erything has given way to the awful
thought that this unknown had not been
unknown to him-and that perhaps he had
admired|oved-
Couldn't hold a candle to you," says
he, laughing in spite Of himself at her ex.
preston, which, indeed, Is nearly tragic.
"You needn't smother yourself with char
coal because Of her. She had made her
pile, or rather her father had, at Birming-
ham or elsewhere. l never took the trou-
BILE to inquire, and she was undoubtedly
solid In every way. but l don't care for
the female giant; and 50 1-you know the
! rest-I met you; l tell you this only to
soften your heart, If possible, toward
| these lonely, imbittered old people OF
mine"
"Do YOU mean that when your brother
, disheartened them that they" she
i pauses.
mo. They couldn't make me their heir.
; The property is strictly entailed. You
need not make yourself miserable fmagin'
ing you have done me out OF anything
more than their good will. George will In
1 WnaleVGI
"Jt 1. sad" says she, with downcast
eyes.
.nnovance to them ever since he left
Eton." -,
Where Is he now"
| "Ahroad. 1 believe. In Italy, some.
.,bore or France-not far from q gaming
oble Won may be sure. But know moth
inc yerv exactly, as he does not CORE
.nond with me, and that letter Of this
,aorn;ng is the first have received from
NV father for four years..
"He must, indeed, hate me-" says she
IN a low tone. His elder son such fail
mre and you-he considers you q failure
too"
"Well, don't consider myseaf Co. say
he, gayly. d w,
!-vou married a girl without penny.
II married a girl who was in herseif
mine of gold" returns he, laying MI
hands on her shoulders and giving ne,
little shake. Come, never mind ina
letter. darling; what does 1t matter, wnei
Iii is saidsand done? What heart
roursr' saws he, drawing her to MIN
..Ra rbara. surely l shall shall not Oh
until they have met you and learned VII
loved you.
CHAPTER II.
Jovce is running through the saroen,
,ho sweet. wild winds OF heaven pay w =
round her. They are a little wild sun;
10 the end of lovely May, but. tnousn iau
lid summer is almost with u.s. susp'
c;on of her more sparkling sister, spf'"s
N,;ss Kavanagh has caught up the Ia
hor gown and is flying as II Ior oea
Er. Rehind her comes the foe' fast an
:o,s M Tommy, indeed, is now danger
~, close at her heels, armed Win
, oorn.;ons looking garden fork ms ac Iae
ar;mson- his eyes glowing win .he the hc hanI
% .h, chase: Mabel, much III 'he O"'-
making a bad third
,,,. Karanagh is growing dis,'n..'
" 10th In another moment lomn mn
wii, have her. By this time ne .a. n. .he !
worted himself into the behei 'na md
= rod Indian, and his law1ui p.h; ~. ,orl
,-a,,ar rod TO make a tomahawk ., us om,
pnd having felled her, 10 scaip n. oorne
an.l anu Ia hen Providence show: her co,a.
= uo,d uUm' !. rbododendron bush that mAy ~ :. ,
= .ounu 90 .he moment. She maEes ~, ~, ,
e;.. ne ,G T. dsshes round 1t, and a! ou. .orr nm
q cinitates herself into the sI ,.,.urely t,
man who has been waik'ns
:. ward her. decidedly GOO
i. 70 look at with honest hasei - yell .,
!. sh.noiv head. and altogether Vss .t chee