Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-29

you were told"
Believe me, l appreciate the cir
cumstances. l feel-
At that moment I placed my hand on
my bosom and discovered the letter
from Colonel Gates, just where I had
thrust it. Here was solution Of the
difficulty In a few words, / told her
Of my offer from the old home.
Promise me one thing she said,
"and I will have the Judge give you
the money for your fare, pay any board
bills for yourself and little girl that
may have accumulated, and you write
the proprietor of the hotel you viii be
at his place within a week"
Name the promise"
THAT you will not see the Judge
prior to your departure"
Surely you do not object to my CIV
ing him a greeting and a leavetaking
in the same breath
Call it a whim if you will, / have
too much at stake TO lose now"
You have my word"
LET the people you have been stop
/ ping with make out a bill for their
/ services-ten them TO make it gener-
Gus instead of cutting it down-and
] gDA hA aus IT, hNNA w ia Fhh hhbAN NAAA"
| time tomorrow. I win try and have
| the Judge call here tonight; if not,
then the next day A wOman's pray
ers viii follow you,'
AS she spoke, I thought l detected
/ the CLINT Of a tear on the long lashes.
All that day and portion of the next
l paced the streets looking for Tom.
! wanted to ask his advice i'm the prem
D. Ia rrHHH s.N n
proposition, to tell him good bye No
Tom to be seen. He must be in deep
/ conscienuously endeavored to induce
Mrs. Grant to make out bill for TAX
ing care Of me during my sickness.
She refused outright
Nothing but the room rent and I'd
cancel that If l thought you had it to
pay" was her reply; which was proof
positive to my mind that all Washing
ton landladies are not she Shylocks.
When / repaired to the ViOletta res
idence, she was looking splendid. Had
on a black dress, trimmed in black,
and it was certainly becoming to her
brunette style Of beauty. Evidently
the garment she wore when Dennie
found and then lost her.
81 am going to have Grace accom-
pany you to your boarding place and
carry your bundles she said.
why l have no bundles"
oh yes, you have. Here" and she
handed me package.
What is that?"
"A pair Of shoes. I had Grace go
out in the back yard where yours had
been thrown and get them and l look
ed at the number. That large bundle
contains some clothes for your little
girl 1 know they will fit her I am
satisfied on that score. have the
word of the matron at the Home to
that effect. 10 children ever came into
my life. With them, matters, mayhap,
would have been different"
Another tear on the lash. This time
was certain of it, and l turned away.
THE Judge gave me $50 for your
car fare. Take a sleeper and ride in
comfort" she said, as she handed me
the money.
left the house in company with
Grace a bright little blonde In the en-
ploy of Violetta. We went first to the
Home. secured the child, and from
there to Mrs. Grants.
If nothing happens. I shall leave on
the 1850 tomorrow morning, via the
PENNSYLVANIA" / said to Grace, as
told her good bye It will give me a
partial daylight ride over the noun
p tains"
There were two glad hearts in Wash.
q. ington that night. One was my little
girl, just big enough to appreciate
. bright and pretty toggery: You can
guess the other.
without making any pretense to be-
ing a vaticinator. 1 felt sure | would
see Mr. Baxter prior to my departure,
When Dennie came home that evening
told him / would forgive him for
losing Violetta If he would get word
to Tom that / would be at the Sixth
street station at 10 o'clock the next
I morning. He left the house at once
in search, OF him.
Up early 10 o'clock found me at the
. depot, baggage checked, ticket pur-
chased, and with nothing to do but
y await the arrival of the iron horse,
. when Tom threw open the folding
p doors Of the SiXth-street entrance.
]. OF am sorry TO lose you, gal" he
j. said when / told him Of my determine
o ton And don't think have been
e negligent. I confess TO a certain pleas
NIH III yNAl NHAA heAgp gNb my HNAA'Al
!. speak the contrary. IL rs impossible To
q be in two places at one and the same
time"
e yet you would have me go away
r without even an inkling OF your adven
ture; I am sure IL is one. Inex Cas-
k tello ! think an awful pretty name
e You only tell me enough TO whet my
D. appetite, as IL were
T. Your train leaves within the hour,
, he said, looking in the direction Of tn,
. timepiece.
% "Oh, I'll wait until to-morrow-eyer
y next day-tO hear IT,
e NO; needn't mind. I look with
Is some favor on your proposition Z,
- print n. You see, Adaline'-
B.; When he was interrupted by tht