Hutchinson gazette., 1900-04-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PL0Y BLADEN.

iie nelu an open ltller IN MS mana
and was evidently rather surprised
perhaps slightly dismayed, at It's con-
tents.
80 Tom Bladen Ia dead" he said
"Res, dead and buried, and his daugh'
ter placed In my hands until she is OF
age, which will be In two years time
Poor Toni The dearest friend | had
until" His voice died away; he
went back 10 the time that he had
stood beside Annie Arnold In the sum.
mer twilight, and she had thrown
down the pretty aIr-castle ho had
Duilt, yet 30 gently and 80 pltyIngly
that he could not be angry, Then she
had married Tom Bladen, Well he
never could blame either Of them, yet
they could not be friends as they had
been, They were both dead now,
Annie years ago; and Tom
He turned again to the letter,
Miss Florence Blnden, have new
er seen her" lac snld, 81 remember
Tom wrote to me when she was born;
they were In Europe then; he was al.
ways flying from one continent to
another, She must come here, Tom
never would own real estate; thought
II was On odd whim, but It's very con-
venient now, as | couldn't possibly be
running to her to settle affairs Her
fortune isn't very large-that win be
no great trouble-but she herself"
Herman Havorloigh shrugged his
shoulders and looked perpleSed,
He began to conjecture whether the
girl would look and speak like Annie;
whether she would be prude or a
hirti an oracle or q slmpleton In the
midst Of his medltatlons he was In
teiTupted by the opening OF the door,
He turned 10 see the intruder A llt.
tie black-robcd figure entered
Am | addressing Mr. Haverleigh?"
she said
Mr. Hayerleigh, hardly aroused from
his reyerle, bowed silently and offered
her a chair
81 am Floy Baden" she said, look
Ing up into his face with a sort Of child
Ike confidence, rs, Pnsley said !
would find you here"
"l very seldom sli In this room" he
replied, having by this time "found hla
tongue" "but as | expected a young
lady to-dny ! thought must receive
her IN STAGE"
II didn't think you came here often,
she said
"You thought II did II would be
less orderly" he asked, smiling at
her frapknesR,
mot exactly; but | should think yol
would have the covers taken Off the
pictures and furniture"
She looked up to him again, as II Ia
see whether she had offended She did
not have all the c,ances to herself;
Mr., Haverleigh had been searching her
face for some trace Of her mother
Toms face" he had said TO himself
"all but Annie's brown eyes" Then
In reply to her last remark
"They shall be taken or to-day;
never noticed before what an uncom.
Portable look they have" The lIttl,
stranger was winning him over, Al
length Mrs, Plnsley came to announce
dinner and he ordered the remtyal oI
the obnoxious covers, She said moth.
ing, but her eyes expanded TO the size
Of tea-saucers, and she unswathed the
poor, inanimate mummies with groani
and deep sighs innumerable.
ITS all that little mlnX's doln's,
she observed to Sarah Jane, whom she
had summoned to assist her "NoW
I've got to undo all these here fasten.
ms. She's Jest goin' to make com
plete-Go get the tack-hammer, Sary
Jane" she broke in suddenly reflect.
ing that what she had said was no,
very discreet
"Sary Jane" who was not too fond
Of Mrs Pinsley, being desIrous Of gain.
Ing Miss BadeN's favor, reported these
remarks to her after dinner.
"0h, we'll" was the Indifferent re.
ply, 81 know / am little, and ] hive
been called a mink, too, before to-day.
Tho iNformer g. luded IL was not
worth while to carry news In that d.
reclion,
Mr., Haverlelgh went to his study in
tending to write a business letter, but
never In his life had II been such n
task. His thoughts were straying over
the track Of long ago, and centering
in the girl that had come to him with
Annie Arnold's eyes looking out Of
Tom Bladen's face. He began to won
der how he could have wishes, as he
undoubtedly had that she had been
left to some other guardian.
The days slipped on so much faster
with his companion that he was very
much surprised, one May morning, to
find that 1t was year and half since
she first came. GLOW can 7 ever give
her up, when the time comes?' he
thought as he went down TO breakfast,
"Will you ride with me to Glonville
this morning, Floy?" he asked as they
rose from the table,
NO" said Floy; owe a terrible
cold; coughad twice this morning"
"Thats the consequence Of sitting
out on the veranda last might with
nothing on your head"
"Who called me out?" asked Miss
Floy, triumphantly.
"T didn't tell you to come bare
headed protested Mr., Haverlegh
"You didn't tell mo to nut anything
on, either, and ho consequence Is, you
may 60 to Glcnvillc alone"
Mr. Haverleigh retired, completely
discounted. On his return he locked
in vain for Floy. She was not in the
sitting-room, library or ,parlor At
last he concluded she Ind gone ont,
and went NJ 10 his study; n room pos
itivcly taboced to ell but hlnselr He
started ba,'J sg he entered IN one Of
the two leathor-coyered arm-chairs sat
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