The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-02-21

i tHt "lue WOElu WnOm DOrOthy WOulG
4 rather not have seen just then, thai
person was David Stevenson. thini
she looked all the dismay which she
felt, and that she felt all and perhaps
more than the dismay which she look.
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Oh Is that your, she gasped.
| David let his hands, with their GLAD
welcome, drop instantly.
| You're. not very glad to see me, Do
rothy,s hessaid in quiet. but bitter re-
proach.
/ that Is, you startled me- she re.
| piled, in 4 Wild endeaYor to put off any
questions he might think proper to
| ask her.
Evidently he said, dryly. and yor
| want to get rid of me, eh 81
mot at ALL biting her lip and
wishing that she could sink into the
ground, or dissolve into thin air, any.
where out of the way of his hard and
steely-blue eyes, which seemed to loob
her through, and to know In moment
all the secrets OF her life.
No? All, that is better Then
since YOU don't want to get rid Of me
all IN hurry, perhaps you will let me
walk q little way with you. May IT. ~
aOh, yes, certainly said Dorothy.
giving herself up for lost at once. .
DO you live near here?s he asked
AT that moment Mere was slight
block on the pavement of the always
busy street, and just as David spoke
Dorothy perceived that the sweet
faced lady who lived on the floor above
her was also blocked, and stood for a
moment or SO face to face with her.
Undoubtedly she had heard Dayid's
question Just as Dorothy had done,
and undoubtedly Dorothy had never
seen her eyes so cold or her lips SO
austerely shut before. In her distress
and annoyance at being thus appar-
emily caught, Dorothy blushed a vivid,
guilty crimscn--a fact upon which the
sweet-faced lady put the usual con-
struction to which all highly moral per-
sons seem to jump at once In a mo-
ment of doubt-th is, the very worst
possible one. NM
Can you give me no news from
home, them" Dorothy asked, in a des-
perate voice, raised far above her usu-
al tones. Il
David looked down at her in sur
prise--an involuntary action which
was not lost upon the lady, who was
still unable to pass on.
#a 9,s r-ny,nn oil ttyFyh
course can. have SO much news to
tell you that / hardly know where to
begin. Let me see Lady Jane is
back, Of course
Dorothy turned her head in time to
see that the lady had passed on and
was out OF ear shot before David had
begun his news
There, just like David's stupidity, to
be too late. Why, she wondered, ir-
ritably could he not have happened to
say something which would have let
that woman upstairs know that they
had known each other all their lfvesg
But no, David had always blundered
whenever and wherever she was con-
cerned, and she supposed that he all
ways would. Her interest in the home
news was gone. lost in the depths Of
her annoyance, but she listened pa -s
tiently till he had exhausted that topic,
till she had heard who was married
and who was dead, Of a fire in such a
ones rick-yard. and Of a barn belong
ing to another which had been struck
by lightning.
\ Then he told her how he had inn
proved the Hall her perfect old home,
which in her mind needed improve
ment Of no kind how he had put a
smart, capable gardener in to bring
the place into real good condition 49,
And old Isaac2' said Dorothy, fierce
".
ooh, he is still about shouldn't
turn any old servant of yours off, You
know There are plenty of odd jobs
for him about the place.
What sort OF odd jobs?" demanded
Dorothy. 3.
fTo be Continued.)