The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

Il opcn Indignantly.
All. Its Yourself. miss, and I ncv.-
knew We ken back till | met that -.--
So4a of a hotel waiter in the street
SAID the painting servant; sure II Was
F. only nm hour ago While | WIS ut a.
woorrck in the kitchen, and Jim g7tsa.
in ana seq: For the loyc Of God. IL $50.
ye want Ia see a blessed cint of fh.
money We put in tho m1Sihcr'~ bauk. e
wild We now AMI draw II ont. Tor thyr.
a run on the bank,
1T was an infamous lic," said Cs~sr
iierccly.
Sure. miss, how was d 10 know
And If the maether has gone away its
ownly takin' me money from III" orhe-
diyilS down thare that's drawn il oHf
and dividin' it hctW5Nt anl hctwe,.
them"
Cas<y had n very ya=uc idea Of what %
run Oh the bank" meant. hnt Nerah,
logic seemed n satisfy her feminine"
reason. She softcned 4 little.
Mr.. Windibrook is in the parlor. mis-.
and a jintlcman on the v~cranla, CON
tinued Norah. encouraged.
Cissy started. IN come down. she
said briefly.
Mr.. Windibrook was waiting beside The
piano with his soft hat an ono hand and
n large white handkerchief IN the other.
lie Dlu tplhIlAtIlj4N tNIettttl IL 4tttA
CiSSy in tears. and was ready with
boisterous condolemcnt. but was a litrl"
taken aback rs the Young girl entered
with a pale face. StraiGhtcneI brows ana
eyes that Shone with arplacious rebel
lion. However. il was too late To
change his attitude. An. my y"ln-
friend" he said n little awkwardly. eve
must not give way to our emotions, hut
try 10 recognize IN orr trials the hen'-
fits Of a great lesson. But" IT. added.
hurriedly. seeing her stand still silent
hut erect before him. Il see that you
do He paused. couGhcd slightly. east
a glance at the vcrunda-whcre Cis>y
now for the first time observed Il man
standing in am obviously aSSumcd atti-
| tude OF negligent Observation-Disclosures
toward the back room. and in a lower
voice said: a word with you in pri-
vate."
Without replying. Cissy followed him.
IF" said Mr.. Windibrook, with a
sickly smile, YOU are questioned re
Carding your fathers affairs, You may
remember his peculiar and utterly I'M
solicited gift Of 4 certain sum toward a
| new organ-to which | alluded today
| You can say that he always expressed
| great liberality toward the chnr2l, AMI
it was no surprise to YOU
Cissy only stared at him with danger
Gus eyes.
Mrs. Windibrook.' continued The r"y.
erend gentleman, in his highest. hearth
est voice. albeit Il little hurried, wished
me to say TO you that until You heard
from-your FRIENDSHIP wanted YOU To
come and stay with her. DO
Do"
Cissy. with her bright eyes fixed upon
her visitor. said: II shall stay here"
But said Mr.. Windibrook. impa-
tiently, =" you cannot. That man you see
| on the veranda is the sheriff's officer.
The house and all it contains are i'll the
hands Of the law
Cissy's face whitened in proportion n
her eyes grew darker, but she said,
stoutly: Il shall stay here till my pop
per tells me to go"
TIL your pepper tells Won to co.
repeated Mr.. Windibrook, harshly. drop
ping his heartiness and his handkerchief
III q burst Of unguarded temper. "Hour
papa is a thief escaping from justice.
you foolish girl-a disgraced felon. Wt.
dare not show his face again in Canada
City-and you are lucky-yeS, lucEy miss
If you do not share his disgracc.'
And you're a wicked. wicked LIAR
said Cissy, clenching her little fists at
her side and edging toward him with a
sidelong bantam-like movement as she
dit dllttU ItI lItthltu tltfh AltN' w. '1'
with an effrontery so like her absconding
father that he recoiled before it. And
a mean double-faced hypocritc, too.
Didn't you always praise him. Didn't
you call him a Napoleon and a-Moses:
Didn't YOU say he was the making Of
Canada City? Didn't you get him TO
raise your salary-and start a subscrlp-
ton for your new house? @, you-you-
sinking BEAST
Here the stranger on the veranda, still
gazing abStractedly at the landscape,
gave a low and apparently unconscious
murmur as if %enraptured with the view.
Mr.. Windibrook, recalled to an attempt
at dignity. took up his hat and handker-
chief. when you have remembered
yourself and your position, Miss 1riXit,'
he said loftily, the offer | have made
YOU"
II despise it. I'd sooner stay in the
woods with the grizzlies and rattle
snakes said Cissy jartingly. "Go
and leave me alone. DO YOU hear" She
stamped her little foot. Are you lis
tening. Co.
Mr.. Windibrook promptly rctreatcd
through the door and down the steps
into the garden. At which the stranger
in the yeranda reluctantly tore himself
away from the landscape and slowly on
tered the parlOr through the open French
window. Here, however, he became
equally absorbed and distracted in the
condition OF his beard, carefully stroking
his shaver check and lips and pulling
his 'goatee.'
After a pause he turned to the angry
Cissy, standing by the piano, radiant
with glowing cheeks and flashing eyes.
and said slowly, Il reckon you gave tn
parson as good as he sent. It kinder
settles a man to hear the frozen truth
about himself sometimes. and you've
helped old Shadbelly considerably on the
way toward salvation. But he was right
about one thing, Miss Trixit. The house
IS IN the hands of the law. I'm repre-
senting it as deputy sheriff-mebbe you
might remember me-Jake Pool-when
your father was addressing the last Citi-
zens' meeting. sittin' next TO him on the