New-York tribune., 1901-06-16

blushed Yes, his weather beaten. grizzly old
iaoe actually turned scarlet
Aiss N""dhurst appeared to he suE.imely un-
T"ilSeiols 81 What vas going on. her attention
hting entirely occupied 10y the dog. whom she
seemed to regard as a being of higher sphere.
isn't he dear old thing" she whispered IN
him"
If you buy the dog. yourn have to take the
OLD man. TOO l remarked. You can't have one
without the other"
oh. don't want the old man." she said
glancing. with little shTus Of horror, at Oil
Billy.
think it must have been the first time she
had looked at him. for flash of half puzzled
fec"ShitIon came into her eyes, and scarlet
patch APPEARED ON each cheek. as she glanced
from the old man to the dog. and then back
again.
Then she turned away quickly. and walked
toward home. and, Of course, l followed sub
misSiveIy.
presently. making a great effort To speak nat
uralIy.
They call him Alcibiades' l said speaking
lightly. To help her regain her composurc.
He's old in sin and in years"
And-and the old man." she said.
Ecclestune-f famiaTly. By-a very good cd
boy. too. in spite Of his faults
He happens to he my father she said.
rms was rather a shock. hut, of course. I
eVinc"d ~ surprise. but received the il
II we're quite natural for a we'll dressed young
lady. living in The Drive To have a father who
ran a performing dog show on the beach
II am rather upset abo't H." she taltercd.
1 think you ought to he very glad 10 find
him. | VentHTed
I'm glad To hear you say that" she whis-
pered- Il was afraid you would think the oppo-
site Win YOU help me? What ought / to io:''
IL appeared that her mother had died when
she was SIX years Of age, and from that time
untli she was eleven her father neglected her
So shamefully that At last her mothers brother
interfered and took her away. She could vague
~ rrcollect her father buying AlCibiades as a
pup The old man WAS then going downhiI
fast. and had practically lost all seIf-respect.
She had never seen him again after her uncle
pII h.4I raaf..
effort To- seek her out.
I;ut she now free Her uncle had died
ami left her well provided for. and she was
anxious to do the right thing for the old man
and IN fact more than the right thing She
was lvnS With maiden aunt. the only other
relative she mad in the world. but she would like
I" h'' real daughter 10 the old man. if cOul5
suggest any way of bringing il about
Now. II struck mo that this was not quite so
Impossible as might suppose Like most
weak people old Billy was anenabIe To infu-
ence. and had long since found that | could
81" almost what liked with him.
50. without telling Miss Woodhurst anything
"i my intention sought the old vagabOnd out
hat ,hat nisht at his lodsings. and arrived just in
time 10 prevent "A drinking bout.
After giving him "A good shaking up morally
ana physically. a proceeding which rather puZ-
Zed Acibiades. who hardly knew whether 10
applaud my efforts or lay hold of INV leg I pro-
ee''ded 10 sound him on the subject of his
daughter.
Now. there was redeeming feature i'm old
Blly's charaCter-he was not exactly "A ca,Igar-
and when. in order tO see how he would take it,
suggested that he should ask his daughter tor
h,lp. he rejected the notion with scorn
No my boy" ne said bitterly. Il treated the
girl badly. and I'm not going bIackmaI her
and be a hcastly nuisance. Tomorrow rnornfn.
the dog and will be- up and of. and get out .
her way And 81 IL will go until the old d..
des-Tt won't he long now. for he's very 0ld-lpd
then shall 20 10 the w0rkhOusc. and no on. vsll
bc "A penny the WORSE
Then approached the matter i'm a different
spirit. and told him that the girl wanted father
just is badly as he wanted a home, and that ha
would have 10 shake of his yagabond ways and
De a
Finally. took HIM into the town and had him
Erorm~d down and dreently clothed ami thr
change Was 81 remarkable that when We three
Eilly. tho dog. and walked along the Parad,
next morning no one would have recognized tn.
old show man.
II WAS great occasion. for W. met "A certain
dignity and self possession IN one side and
greatly 10 the cement ~ "A lara, and a. Shan-
able crowd. put her arms round the old sim rs
neck and kissed him
Then she welcomed AIcihiades who with hi,
usual sagacity, had remembered her from hi,
IuPpyhooJ
Finally. she turned o. me. and-wcn no she
in her eyes which had never before seen in the
eyes of any woman during the five and th rty
years had hnon knocking about in the world
And have only one more remark to add a % ut
Alcihtades. the why-sincc that he has
never performed a trick. NJ Cuaxiny per-
suading will induce that cunning old rascal &C.
die for his country. even accent a cake IN
retired from rhc prof, sSion AMI like "A wise DO.
ne declines TO appear as an amateur.
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