The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-09-27

search of health for the boy: Of the death
of the boy. and of finding herself friend
less and penniess in a strange place In
a moment of despair she had donned her
dead brothers clothes and gone out in
the hope of earning a quarter in some
fashion that should find her food While
she talked Dick had sudden inspiration
and acted upon it.
Look here" he said, what is your
name:"
"Tamlyn-Bertha Tamlyn," replied the
girl.
Most extraordinary" exclaimed Dick,
inventing story on the spot. My IA
Their knew your father - great friends
they were-and he left a sort of injunc-
ton upon me TO look after you, to be
friends with you. Shall we begin now"
She was skeptical at first, but Dick
stuck TO his story, and the girl, after all
she had gone through. was glad to meet
some one who treated her as frankly and
gently as he might have treated his own
sister. After little time the impetuous
Dick, still blindly forgetful of the uufor-
tunate Captain Boxer and the dinner Mt
the hotel. insisted on the girl going out
with Lim then and there and dining with
him at a quiet little place they found mt
the upper end of the town Just because
my dad knew your dad, You know" he
assured her.
For perhaps the first time in his life
Dick l.yddon began to lie deeply interest
cd in some oue-began to cast about in
his mind for methods of helping her deli.
cltcy. Suffice it that he Smoathed the
way for her wonderfully; that, among
other things. a mysterious letter arrived
from an equally mysterious lawyer. in
closing q sum of money" some payment
due to the estate of your late father"
And then ono day in the midst Of this new
happiness some chance word OF his, when
she and Dick were sitting together watch
ing the sea under the shadow Of the
quaint rock mt the western olNl Of the
town, showed her in moment the gentle
fraud that lad been practiced upon her
and the position IN which she stood She
said nothing then. but the next day there
vas no Bertha Tamlyn in all Dawlish.
and a lisconsoate Dick Lyldon searched
in vain for her
He searched for three months. while Il
long summer wore itself ont He drag
gcd the faithful aud unfortunate Captain
Boxer about here, there and everywhere.
but all to no purpose. and at last one day.
after many journcyings, the little train
ratified him again through the little tun-
mel into DawliSh.
lie found her that night sitting quietly
under the shadow of the biz rock gazing
at the sea He came and sat down be
/ side her, and she did not try to run
away Gently, being terribly afraid to
startle her or to drive her again from
him he began to tell her something Of
his seart5 for her-somethug. too. of
that old story which yet is always new
story and which had grown so steadily
in his heart.
"You only say tbs out of pity for me"
she said at last in whisper without
looking at him. YOU are sorry for a
penniless girl who had to masquerade in
boys clothes to try and get Il living"
Il was always sorry for you he said
gently; but it's something better than
shat. Dear Eertha, I'm just as lonely as
you agc, except for the captain, ana one
gets tired even of the captain in time
Won't You forget that I'm SO abomina
bly, rich? Won't you try if you can't
love me littie:"
you've been like fairy prince to me"
she said gratefully. You came and
stretched out a golden hand to me-
"Oh, no; it only had quarter in it at
first he said. laughing, and it's quite
an ordinary hand, Bertha, and it just
wants to help you over the rough places
in the road and to fight some Of your bat
ties for you. Won't you let it do that 2"
She took the hand he held out to her
and carried it swiftly up to her breast
and laid it there and bent her lips to it,
and they sat a long time in that quiet
place under the stars watching the sea
and whispering together.
And on the honeymoon = what time
Captain Boxer had been left disconso-
late-it was Dick who carried the bag
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