The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-31
? EsTA VILLIARS stood at the
window and gazed down at
moving mass Of people below.

from face 20 face from form 70 form.
with childish, questioning eagerness,
seeking to find one friend amid the
great thTong Of people.
Poor child she must YET learn that
one can walk through The busy streets
OF Boston for weeks, months-aye,
even for years without meeting one
old friend. and yet Il was strange that
she had not a great many old friends
here, FOR Boston was the city Of her
nativity.
But the reason Is easily told. Mr.
Nilliars. who was once a wealthy mer-
chant had left Boston ten years be-
fore peuniless man. Little Nesta
alone was with him. his fair young
wife having d,pd two years before his
failure.
And now Ncs.a has returned 70 Bos-
ton. aud a beautiful girl she ls-rather
small aud slight. with rich golden
brown hair. which falls past her waist
IN silken curls large, almond-shaped,
thoughtful eyes-eyes that looked sad
and tender. even while the we'll
formed lips were locked In stern de-
termination aud the fair cheeks dyed
with the fush OF Indignation.
And why has the fair young Yesta
returned alone and IA shis disturbance
OF mindf
We shall soon learn.
AR Yillinrs had gone 10 Frederick
ton when he left Boston, and three
years after was again business.
About this time he married Mrs.
Huntington. a widowed lady. who had
seen about thiriy-seven summers.
Mrs Huntington possessed a fortune
OF q few thousands and thls. united
90 Mr. VHliars's business talents aud
present stock. set Ain hrmly upon his
feet again.
Little Vesta WIS nov eleven years
old. and her siepmother did not VISA
20 have her a. home; therefore. she
was sent % q boarding school
But the arst year had hardly drawa
10 a close When she NAs summoned
home. Her fathers second wife had
died suddenly.
Two weeks elapsed before the dag
on which gesta arrived a. her home.
As she drew near the house she saw
little cofln carried out and placed IN
coach. then followed her father and
tan. strnnee youth
Entering fhe house nciseieesIy and
unobseryed ~ a side entrance she met
the cd heusekeepcs aud askea breath
lessiy:
"Her baby ! dead, too. Is Il net, Ju
lletY'
yes replied the old woman. ~an
it's safer With its mother than ERE
God help inotherless little giris ! say.
and she laid her hand fondly oa Yes
ta's head
\ III was a liiue girl. then, was u
Julietf'
Yes. dear.
"But who is that voung lad VIA
papar
"His wlfe's nrst child
"whaty~ exclaimed Nesia.
yes. dear relurncd the o,d womag
nposedly. -the mistress sent FOR hrl
son to come home from college feu
weeks after you were sent cfi 20 pleas
her ladyshlp~
~Dld father know she had son.
never knew itr'
"It seems 70 me master didn't know
& until be sew q grown boy Of nine
geen walk IN aud can his wife mother.
and be took on a hli FOR not being
told beforehand. But he's fairly fool
ssh about the boy now said the house
keeper scornfully.
Perhaps he "a q good boy. Juliet
20. I suppose he's good enough. but
there's q fash IN his eye aud a curl 70
his lip that ] don't like-it don't speak
much good. anyhow
Five years rolled on and Mr. Villlars'
siepson he'd grown 70 manhood.
Apparently be was a frank. true
hearted person. but away beneath the
smooth. bright surface there dwelt a
hear which was full Of vice and de-
eelt His lips could smile and his
eyes beam kindly on you even while
his braln was plotting some dark deed
10 ruin you.
lcsta. who was HOW beautiful girl
of seventeen. admired his bright Light
hearted ways yet she saw "a some
ahinrs about him which prevented her
regarding him as a sincere friend.
What the something was she could
aol tell-she liked to be wlth him, he
was So gay. but she could never bring
herseif 20 that sweet interchange of
thoughts which entwlnes hearts 80
aeariy.
Not SO with her father he was per-
ectly wild about the handsome boy.
No one was half 30 noble, half SO
athfnl as bis ~son Louis
Hls every action. every thought. was
aown by the arlful Iouis and his
rest wish was that Vesta and Louis
ald marry.
1pis seemed to be- delighted "A the
bot Yesta said nothing foF she
0ot at 81 IKE it.