The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-06-20
CHAPTER TX.

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It was q very happy evening that
Beryl spent at Uplands. Mrs. Dyne-
vor's heart went out to the pretty,
graceful girl, who seemed so strange
" alone in the world; Kitty had taken
2 fancy to her; and when Harold came
In for tea the three were as much at
home as though they had known each
other for months.
You must let me take you home"
Harold said to the little governess,
when she came downstairs about eight
With her hat on.
"oh. I could not trouble you, Mr..
Dynevor, it is so far! And am not
at all afraid"
Harold loves an evening tramp, and
1T b much too far for you to go alone"
said Kitty. Mind you come again
soon Mother wants you to, don't you
naother!"
Yes" put in Mrs. Dynevor. 81 shall
DO very pleased to see Miss Lendon
Whenever she has time to come"
When they were walking down the
broad, shady lane which led from Up
lands to Easthill village Harold asked
simply. do you know you have made
q conquest of my mother, Miss Len
don! never saw her so much taken
with a stranger"
"She was very, very kind to me. Oh,
Mr.. Dynevor, when saw her and
Kitty together I could not help wish
ing had a mother"
The voice was so sad it touched his
heart
Il wish you would confide your trou-
bles to my mother, Miss Lendon," he
said gently, "she would know how to
comfort you. The advertisement Of
&3ering the reward has not been re-
peated for some weeks now, and had
hoped you would feel happier
To his surprise and alarm, he heard
her sob. They were quite alone in
little frequented lane. He longed to
comfort her, only he could think of no
words.
Miss Lendon,' he said, very gent
u, like yoA, 1 have known troubles
one presses on me now whose weight
seems to crush me to the earth. HUI
man friends can do very little to
.eoothe an aching heart; but there is
One above who knows all His chill
dren's griefs, and sorrows for them
He will comfort you better than any
earthly friend"
II know" she said, simply yet re-
xerently "Mr. Dynevor, I had better
tel you the truth. 1 can trust you not
to betray me to my father, and can
mot bear to come to Uplands and take
kindness from you all when, if you
knew my story, you would shrink from
me in loathing."
An awful fear crossed Harold's heart
What could she mean? Only a little
while ago, at the fete, she had assured
him she was not fleeing from justice,
and he had retorted no one could take
her for criminal. What did her
present words mean?
whatever you tell me I will keep
Is a sacred trust" he answered. But,
taken; nothing you can say will make
1me SHRINK from YOU.
~But am the child of the two who
-wronged you cruelty. I am your
enemy's daughter-Beryl Linden"
He started involuntarily. Really
the movement was simply surprise, but
she thought it was due to aversion.
II never meant to deceive you Or
any one" she went on, her voice grow
ing little frmer as she proceeded 81
ran away from home because my IA
'ther wrote that he had married again,
and his new wife was to have full au-
thority over me. Mr.. Dynevor, that
woman had lived in the house for nine
months, openly as my maid, really as
my tyrant. Last January, while my
father was away, she-she struck me.
I appealed to the housekeeper, who
dismissed her. Do you think could
have stayed to see that woman in my
,EOthers' placer"
No one could have wished it," he
answered Quickly-"no one who loved
you"
"I took Mrs. Tanners situation be-.
cause it was the only one could get
and the time was all too short. I had
<onay three weeks from getting my ia
Tiers letter to the day he brought his
Wife home.
when I came to Easthill I had
never heard of Dynevor Manor. I had
not the least idea my father possessed
property here, or should have been
afraid to come.
'Mrs. Tanner told me the first night
I came to her that the Wilmots, who
were her chief supporters here, OBJ
1ected to my name. She said they
urged 1t was slight to their employ
q. Mr. Lindon, that poor little gov
srneas should be called by his name.
When found that this Mr.. Lindon
aived In Chichester square, and his
name was Eustace, I knew it was my
father, and was only too thankful
70 agree to the proposal that I should
change one letter Of my name, and be
known here as Miss Tendon.
When later I heard my fathers
STORY from Mrs. Grey, and the cruel