Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-01-06

the shock to her nerves remained. The
assertion that her scare was all i'm
aginary, though repeated over and
over to herself, failed TO quiet them,
There! Ii was somebody trying to
get into the house. The front door
bell rang loudly. Then some one be
gan pounding on the door. Myrtle
could hear it quite plainly. She sat
upright ard listened. Never before
had she been awake at night and not
heard her father snoring. She missed
that rcaSSWring snorc very much.
Could anything have happened to him?
Or perhaps the house was on fire, Yes;
it must be fire. She was sure that she
Smcllcd smoke.
Giving May Il tremendous shake.
Myrtle slipped cut of bed. threw ON a
dressing gown and hurricd down to t."
front door, where the pounding %.l!l
kept up. III Il moment SHE had TIE door
open; but. instead Of a stalWart Grr-
man, in stepped her brother Edward
and HIS wife.
"Why, it's Myrtle" cried Edward.
'"TLe train was late, and we thought
you We're mover going to let ui i'll.
We're nearly frozen aud hungry rs
bears. And how is mother ami every
body? Why, what's the matter? Why
don't you speak?'
For Obvious reasons Myrtle remained
ciIopt nomo,t loto,. a s,cond siInnr
tr,,,n c,o,,t down tho hallway o,,1
ctooI Nv. M,,.tIo mud tbnn emma NJ.
Hatch ninself hastily nrlIipr I,i y
fnw clothes ,s mo emma
SON hnrn.s fatnor, IIe will ovnl,fn
oriol tho ,,,,ynd Edward as tb3 tb;,l
ii,,,,., ,.,,,, .,,.,,,in,, s.ilnr+1,. d,,.p tho
+,,.ili.,lt If +ho lone, bou ",.ood hn.,,,-
ans l.v,, 3otbor,o dun,h toon, Fo,. i,
+ho r,i1.j,o nf tl,o hou .+onl thn ,,oto,..
mol TIoto,, ut+c,ipr rot ono word op
wal,o,nn to his bclovnd son
u,onon+ l,+nr Nrrs IIo+ch ror,
do,,.,, ,,i.fjIv oait.to1 ,rI nr,nIv
w,vino hr,, arms Rnhfnd hnr c,mn t,,r
+,,,o Wants. MON ono ,rr,cl win -
h.so,iou I,ot and tho othn, with =,
notor Hut NOT onn word dfd thnv
snool, I,i,oI,., nIoc,o,. h,. soma ,,n,.y
o1hoei,., ,-.,ro,.tios and y,hop ,no',
,,,o,+,, l,o, I,no, o1rol .hu+ f,,. throo
lana, h,,,,.s ,,,, ,.n,n,,t hn n,.r,,.+,1 to
,,,+,,,,1,,1 ,,,,,,,.,,.ntio, r,o,
so,.n,.,I ,,,i,,,,tos tha ,t,,n,,o c,.o,,n
.,ovoI ot n,n,,,o+bor
1I,I,,.,,,.l +1,n,,,rn on ,...,.,., 7 o,., e,o
ho,,o ,,,,,,,I,nro h,,t do NOT CROW. II,
t,,iI. }o,,,,',,,, l,.;n1 NJ, II.+nn i,,,,i,r
with st,.nno eia,, Of nv,toria
.c,,na1. ,r,I,aI,. |.,,,,t ,,o,.. 17,,.
hoo,l,.,,,. s.,-,, ,,.f.I, -. , h,.,,,, Eo,,,
yoo,.,,, o,.i,,l 1-l,,,orl +,1.inal'ii, f.i,,h+
oned wifn in lis arms
P,,t NOT y word diI ,nv ono sna.i,
Tho stIort oro,n shnrinI sheanish1x,
about mo,,i,,o Toird and innv,,Iica,,ra
ei,,r, ,,.l,il1, ,,,o,.o orI ,,,,,, ,.,,,,,iu,.,1
Edward tbot oil tho f,mi!v of Hatch
bod suddenly Innortod With thnir Gov.
o,.oI onI inI;,.fdn,I snnsn.
.Arothcr, rathrr, ITos if come 70
tbia. WIN Won turn your own son
away from yorr door Mt midnight with
ont one word of welcome? What have
DONE what has banppned? can no
one snpak:p
The answer to the last question lad
to lie q distinct but inaI1iculatc mega
five, Eva covered her face with ber
hands ana broke into sobs. "Tnoy
hovn turned Won owoy Edward hn.
rauso-hcrorsn tbnv thinI, bavn dis.
hopornd fnc name Of Hatch Some one
has talJ them about-thp- tnr-.appIc
pies. Ten them. Edward it was not
NV faI,It NOT NV fault, LI-diIn't
mrap-I-oh | cou't ro ON, ro-,,r ro
onw Ana arafn moor Eva broke into
sohs
A. t,i,, roin+ >r,.rtIo s1i,no1 o,,.or