The Holly chieftain., 1900-12-07
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told him how you had helped me.
and I think he will - you
5 II should like very much to ses Mr..
Lloyd" said Paul earnestly.
And the girl left the room.
She returned In short time.
NY father says he would like to see
you. Mr.. Enderby. Will you come this
way!"
He followed her across the dingy
corridor. until she paused before =
door and opened It. He found hjmseif
in . room much moro comfortably fur
nished than the other. A bed stood In
the center. with a white coverlet laid
neatly over 1t; the room was a. tidy
and clean rs 1t could be-
Beside small flre-the sun was
shining brightly outside--stood COM
fortably-cushioned easy chair, and in
1t, clad in somewhat old and worn
dressing gown. sat the mere shadow Of
4 mana thin. emaciated creature.
whose long limbs and evident height
seemed to make his emaciation more
marked. His hands. almost skin and
bone, were crossed ON his knees; = pa
per lay between them. He turned his
face toward the door as they entered.
and Enderby saw It fully. II was q
face that had once been a handsome
one, gentle and refined; but now the
bloodless lips. the hollow cheeks, the.
sunken blue eyes. the temple. over
vhfrh thin urav hats Lnut So. y1n -
made 1t more like the face OF a dead
man than of a living one.
A strange feeling OF mingled pity
and compunction moved in Enderby's
heart a. he came forward to the chair.
Il am sorry to see you looking. 10
Ill. Mr.. Lloyd" he said, AZ the sick
man made q gesture to rise. bowling a.
he did 80. DO not rise. beg Of you"
Jasmine. will you, place chair
for Mr.. Enderby?" said the sick man.
It was the hrst time Paul had heard
the girls name, and he turned to look
at her as she brought forward the
chair.
Jasmine did not raise her eyes. but
she must hAye felt the look she did mot
~. for second blush dawned In her
checks. For the moment she seemed 4
woman in the hrst glorious dawn OF
womanhood.
She placed the chair, then almost
noiselessly withdrew from the room.
Her father !gianced to see II she was
gone. then he turned to Paul.
Mr.. Enderby, you were very kind
to my poor little girl the other night,
and for that let me beg to thank you.
We have few friends, my child and /.
We are poor and unknown. and there
fore friendless. For me 1t matters lit
tie. but for my child feel sorry at
times that 1t should be so. some
times wonder what would happen to
her if-if died. Yet surely God would
raise up friends-the God who has new
er quite forsaken me. however low I
have fallen"
He spoke In a quiet, gentle voice
the vojce Of recluse who IL more
accustomed to think than to speak;
and Enderby glanced at him quickly.
Was it possible that this man could be
criminal-this gentle looking, enact
atsd, and now evidently dying man,
the father Of Jasmine! Or was II a.
Sir Henry had said, that he was real
~ insane. At least on one point!
Il thought. from what your daugh-
tor said, Mr.. Lloyd. that you had 1t
least one friend" he said, determined
to probe the matter a far @ he could.
Doctor Lyndon"
The sick man was startled II the
name, and locked up abarply.
"Ah, yss-Doctor Lysdoni He, was
my friend oncs,'. he said slowly, ~and
now also, ! suppose, Yet sometimes
What vas 1 about 70 aay9'' No broke
on suddenly M. Endsrby, fhsrs ID
something in you which sssnis 70 draw
my confidence; or u 1t tAat Z have
been 70 long exilsd from kindly hu-
nnanlty that / an eagsr To ssise he
frst hand stretched out to mel But
1t least Jon are kind and generous;
70 much know from what you aid
for jasmine. / sHnuld like Il y0u
would come 70 ~ ne again. Wfll
you?' w ss ss
Il shall be ssry siad TO Do u. j" saia
Nndsrby. almost eaeesay. ~1Gay ]
cone on SunAayf Ihaysinaors time It
~ disposal thsn." ss
Thank you Said ths sick man
taintly. He stretched out Nj wasted
hA1dss and Dndsrby couad net but taks
u, NJ asain hs fsat traitor.
Jasmine lot him ont
n u - glaA you cAus, : ~ aid
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