Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-22

ueparteu Win the information, Whlcn
was not long in reaching Mary's ears.
why, Mary, what's the matter2" ask
ed Ida, when, toward the close of the
day, she found her companion weeping
In her room. Without lifting her head
Mary replied, ITS foolish In me to cry,
l know, but why need l always be re-
preached with having been a pauper?
couldn't help 1t. l promised mother
would take care Of little Allie as long as
she lived, and IL she went to the poor
house had to go too"
"And who was little AllieT asked Ida,
taking Mary's hot hands between her
own.
In few words Mary related her his
tory, omltting her acquaintance with
George Moreland, and commencing at the
night when her mother died. Ida was
warm-hearted and affectionate. and cared
but little whether one were rich or poor
If she liked them. From the first she had
been interested In Mary, and now wind
Ing her arms about her neck, and kissing
away her tears, she promised to love her,
and to be to her as true and faithful
friend as Jenny. This promise, which
was never broken, was Of great benefit to
Mary, drawing to her side many Of the
best girls In school, who soon learned
to love her for herself, and not because
the wealthy Miss Selden seemed SO fond
of her.
Soon after Mary went to Mount Hol-
yoke she had received letter from Billy,
In which he expressed his pleasure that
she was at school, but added that the
fact of her being there interfered great
Ixy xrytt de- Nil 90 I'D ttn0 hor him
SELF Mothers Ill health" said he, pre-
vented me from doing anything until now,
and just as am in a fair way to accom-
plish my object someone else has stepped
In before me. But It Is all right, and as
you do not seem to need my services at
present 1 shall next week leave Mr.. Sci
den's employment, and go into Mr.. Wor-
thingtons law Office as clerk, hoping that
when the proper time arrives shall not
be defeated In another plan which was
formed In boyhood, and which has become
the great object of my life."
Mary felt perplexed and troubled.
Billy's letters of late had been more like
those of lover than brother, and she
could not help guessing the nature of
"the plan formed In boyhood." She knew
she should never love him except with
sisters love- and though she could not
tell him so her next letter lacked the tone
of affection with which she was accus-
toned to write, and was on the whole
rather formal affair. Billy, who readily
perceived the change, attributed 1t to the
right cause, and from that time his let
ters became far less cheerful than usual.
Mary usually cried over them, wishing
more than once that Billy would trans
fer his affection from herself to Jenny,
and 1t was for this reason, perhaps, that
| without stopping to consider the propri-
ETY. OF the matter, she first asked Jenny
to write to him. and then encouraged her
In answering his notes, which became
gradually longer and longer, until at last
his letters were addressed to Jenny, while
the notes they contained were directed to
|, Mary!
CHAPTER XIII.
Rapidly the days passed on at Mount
i Holyoke. Autumn faded into winter,
whose icy breath foated for time over
| the mountain tops, and then melted away
at the approach of spring, which, with
Its swelling buds and early flowers, gave
way In its turn to the long bright days of
summer. And now only a few weeks re-
manned ere the annual examination at
which Ida was to be graduated.
Neither Rose nor Jenny were to return
the next year, and nothing but Mr.. Lin
coins firmness and good sense had pre-
vented their being sent for when their
mother FIRST heard that they had failed
| to enter the middle class. Mrs. Lincoln g
! modification was undoubtedly greatly in
creased from the fact that the despised
Mary had entered In advance of her
daughters. '"Things are coming to a pret-
ty pass" said she. Eyes, a pretty pass;
but l might have known better than to
send my children to such a school,"
She insisted Upon sending for Rose
and Jenny, but Mr.. Lincoln promptly re-
piled that they should not. come home.
Still, as Rose seemed discontented, COM
planning that so much exercise made + 'r
side and shoulder ache, and as Jenny
did not wish to remain another year un-
less Mary did, he consented that they
should leave school at the close of the
term, on condition that they went some
where else.
~ shall never make anything of Hen
ry," said he, "but my daughters shall
receive every advantage, and perhaps one
or the other of them will comfort my old
age"
He had spoken truly. with regard to
Henry, who was studying, or pretending
to study. law In the same office with Billy
Bender. But his father heard no favor
able accounts of him, and from time to
time large bills were. presented. So it
is no wonder the disappointed father
sighed, and turned to his daughters for
the comfort his only son refused to give
For the examination at Mount Holyoke
great preparations were being made.
! Rose, knowing she was not to return,
seemed to think all further effort on her
part unnecessary; and numerous were the
reprimarfds, to say nothing Of the black
marks which she received. Jenny, on the
contrary, said she wished to retrieve her
reputation for laziness, and leave behind
| = good impression. So, never before IN