The Red Cloud chief., 1901-02-08

pathetic view of the matter. General" !"
Bother IL ALL" said the old soldier
irritably, 81 suppose I had better tell
you the truth! like the Dynevors.
they're the pleasantest neighbors 1
ever had, | think Harold's n son to
be proud Of; but. Proctor, I've got
only one hoy. and I haven't much
money to leave him. Alick will have
TO make his way with very little ey-
cept his pay. Cant you see l don't
want him to marry Kitty Dyncvor. a
nice girl and good one, bu, without
a penny to her fortune?"
Beryl saw good deal of the Dyn-
evors In August. Woodlands broke up
for the holidays. Mrs. Tanner and the
twins went to spend a fortnight near
to Easthill- -on-Sea, with her mothers
orders to bring back Beryi for the
time of their absence.
"You are TO he sure to come unless
you have a better engagement"
II have no engagement. and
couldn't have better one; only shall
l not be In your way"
I'VE want YOU. and we mean to
have you!" retorted Kitty. IL tod
Harold about 1t, and he said II was
a famous idea. think you fascinated
him that night when he saw you
looking so forlorn at the railway sta
tlon. for you are the first visitor we
have had to stay In the house for
years"
Mrs. Dynevor's welcome was almost
motherly in It's goodness. but 1t was
Harold's greeting which went straight
to Beryl's heart. She happened to be
alone In the oak parlor when he came
In, and as he took her hand he said
gravely:
Remember. no one here knows your
secret-no one ever will know II from
me; but II they learn ii from another
source they will be content, as do.
to remember you are Aunt Nina's
child. and forget you are Mr.. Lindon' s
daughter"
Beryl had been at Uplands just three
| days when Easthill was thrown into
commotion. Mr.. Lndon, the great
man Of the neighborhood. had arrived
and was putting up at his agents
house while he transacted some busi-
ness connected with his property.
viii he have the eifrontery to call
here?" Mrs. Dynevor asked her son.
Il should say not. II he does. send
Kitty In to interview him. She Is cap.
able OF freezing him II she tries
II wonder II he has brought his wife
sn6 daughter" hazarded Mrs. Dyne-
| vOr.
No" retorted Kitty, who always
| knew everything. His wife is not
we'll, and his daughter is at school
Perhaps she prefers 1t to her step
mothers society, but she is the same
age as / am, and I should certainly
resent being kept at letters"
Poor little thing!" said Mrs. Dyn.
evor gently. II wonder II she il like
her mother7 What is her name? Did
we ever hear?"
! ut was never mentioned In Aun
Nina's letters" returned Harold. "Sh,
always spoke Of the children as Pet
and Baby not that she wrote often
poor thing"
Beryl WAS I'm the room and natur.
ally heard these remarks. She almost
forgot herself, and contradicted his
last words, for she knew that Lillian
had never been called Pet" 1t was
her own name in babyhood and had
not been given up till she went to
the Burgesses, when, by her fathers
wish, she was always called Beryl.
! No. Lillian could not have been
Pet" Try as she would. the gr
could not recall any fond abbrevlatior
OF her sisters name When she was
brought home after Lillian's death nc
one ever spoke OF the dead child ex.
cept her mother, and she always said
your little sister, Mr. LindOn tool
no notice OF Beryl at all. Her moth
er's maid had returned to England
as she had lately heard, to take serv
ice with the family at Uplands. LII
lian's nurse had also left the Lin
| dOns, but of her movements Berry
knew nothing.
Ito be continued.)